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Facing external uncert 足彩亚博官网千花坊a has been unswe
rvingly opening to the outside world to increase its resilience to risks
and shoulder its responsibility as a major country,” said Wang Xiaosong, a researc?足彩亚博官网千花坊
h fellow with the National Academy of Development and Strategy under Renmin University of China.
?足彩亚博官网千花坊Covestro, a global chemicals giant that has been in China for nearly 20 years, is plannin
g to upgrade its China headquarters in Shanghai to its Asia-Pacific headquarters.
Holly Lei, president of Covestro China, said after the move, the?足彩亚博官网千花坊
company could better coordinate global resources to grow together with China.
?足彩亚博官网千花坊China is Covestro’s biggest single market and Shanghai is hom
e to its largest plant while housing its Asia-Pacific innovation center, said Lei.
Covestro is not alone in terms of expanding its business ambitions in the world’s second-largest economy.?足彩亚博官网千花坊
French carmaker PSA Peugeot Citroen plans to set up a regional procurement center in Sha
nghai. German chemicals giant BASF has increased investment to upgrade its innovation center in Shan
ghai after investing in a $10 billion production facility in Zhanjiang. The city is also home?足彩亚博官网千花坊女神会所
to Tesla’s gigafactory, which is under construction with an investment of over 50 billion yuan ($7.1 billion).
Investments from the European Union, Singapore, Japan and countries included in t?足彩亚博官网千花坊
he Belt and Road Initiative all grew at double-digit rates in the first half and the investm
ent structure is being optimized, said Hua Yuan, director of the municipal commission of commerce.
The high-tech service industry reported an actual use of foreign investment of $1.7 bil?足彩亚博官网千花坊女神会所
lion in the first six months, posting a hefty annual growth of 29.6 percent, said Hua.
A series of opening-up measures in multiple fields and industries and the impro
ving business environment has ramped up foreign investment interests in China.
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Liang said since the tr足彩亚博官网千花坊ade dispute started, China
?has become the third largest trading partner of US.
“The first half of this year, only US imports increased; but its export足彩亚博官网千花坊女神会所
s have declined by 1 percent year-on-year. Its foreign trade growth entirely relies on its i
mports,” he said. “However, China’s exports in the first half of this year were still on the rise.”足彩亚博官网千花坊
Mei Xinyu, a researcher at the International Trade and Economic Cooperation Institute of the Ministry of Com
merce, said the intensified trade dispute will only further expose a downfall within the US economy.足彩亚博官网千花坊
India’s top lender seeks fresh growth opportunities to boost bilateral trade, investments
Amid a wave of closures of various Indians banks’ China operations, India’s larg
est lender said it will not only stay committed to serving the mainland market but seek fresh growth oppo足彩亚博官网千花坊女神会所
rtunities, to boost both bilateral trade and the growing Chinese investments in Indian startups.
足彩亚博官网千花坊”The deepening of reforms and opening-up in China’s financial services sector, and
the rise of the AIIB(Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank) and the NDB (New Development Bank) are en
足彩亚博官网千花坊couraging signs in China. Despite slowing economic growth, China remains a key destination for foreign banks. Pr
ospects for bilateral trade growth are bright, so we are looking at trade finance,” said Venkat Nageswar, deputy ma
naging director in charge of international operations of the State Bank of India.足彩亚博官网千花坊女神会所
He argued the $300 billion Chinese exports were mainly daily consumption products. As the tariffs are enforced, it will s
timulate inflation in the US, which has been increasing in recent years faster than the consumer price index.
足彩亚博官网千花坊Zhou Mi, a researcher at the Chinese Academy of International Trade and Econ
omic Cooperation, said imposing tariffs will only put on more risk on the supply side of US’ industry chain.
“China is a developing country while the US is a post-industrialized country. A large part of their materials to make con足彩亚博官网千花坊女神会所
sumer goods and industrial products depends on imports,” Zhou said, adding that tariffs will only leave the US with two ch
oices—buying from China with a higher cost, or buying from other countries with uncertain quantity and quality.
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Cross-border investme 足彩亚博官网千花坊ave increased in a signi
nificant way, and Chinese and UAE companies are working in tandem to share technology, capital a
?足彩亚博官网千花坊品茶微信nd market access. Financial cooperation is also deepening, as demonstrated by the agreem
ent for China Everbright Group to set up its MENA financial and investment hub in the Abu Dhabi Global Market.
A bold vision was outlined, as President Xi Jinping and Sheikh Mohamed?足彩亚博官网千花坊
bin Zayed Al Nahyan sat down together and signed an agreement aligning common go
?足彩亚博官网千花坊品茶微信als. This document included commitments to development, growth, prosperity and stability. Among other asp
ects, there was also an agreement to adhere to the principles of mutual interest, equality and understanding.
Another series of milestones stemmed from the UAE-China Economic Fo?足彩亚博官网千花坊r
um, where 19 agreements and memorandums were signed by a broad range of sectors betwe
en numerous UAE and China businesses. This forum showed the level of sophistication achieved in the UAE-Chi
?足彩亚博官网千花坊品茶微信na relationship, as opportunities for joint action for investment were explored with a high-ranking ministerial de
legation and business leaders from the respective nations. Such achievements are the result of decades of hard work, sinc
e the first visit of the late Sheikh Zayed in 1990, as the first leader to China from the Arab region.?足彩亚博官网千花坊
There was a fitting send-off toward the end of the visit, as a celebration was held marking th
?足彩亚博官网千花坊品茶微信e 35th anniversary of the establishment of friendship and bilateral relations between the United Arab Emi
rates and the People’s Republic of China. A grand ceremony took place in Beijing, which was attended by His Highn
ess Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, China’s Vice-President Wang Qishan, the staff of the diplomatic miss?足彩亚博官网千花坊
ion and many high-level dignitaries, ministers, businesses and investors. There were even
?足彩亚博官网千花坊品茶微信more agreements and memorandums achieved on the sidelines of this event, between a
number of Emirati and Chinese businesses, five more to cap off an extremely fruitful trip to China.
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hina’s smart assistant de足彩亚博官网千花坊ket to grow fast report
hina’s installed base of smart assistant devices are expected to re
足彩亚博官网千花坊ach 5.8 billion by 2023, an industrial forecast showed.
Devices for the home such as air conditioners, door locks, TVs and refrigerators,足彩亚博官网千花坊女神会所
which will be able to be operated by a smart assistant via the network, will reach 3.6 billion in 2023, according to
足彩亚博官网千花坊the latest report on China’s Internet of Things (IOT) market by global technology market analyst firm Canalys.
The rise of smart assistants built-in to speakers catalyzed the growth of smart home devices that can be controlled via voice.
The installed base of devices with smart assistants built-in will reach 2.2 billion units in China足彩亚博官网千花坊女神会所
with a compound annual growth rate of 42 percent between 2018 and 2023, the report showed.
Canalys predicts that every Chinese household will
own an average of seven smart assistant-compatible home devices by 2023.
足彩亚博官网千花坊女神会所”The large appliance category, which includes refrigerators, washing machines and air condi
tioners, is expected to contribute the biggest growth,” said Canalys Research Analyst Cynthia Chen.
The smartphone will continue to be the main device category for smart assistants in 2023.足彩亚博官网千花坊
Over the next few years, the increasing awareness of saving energy and creating a healthier liv
ing environment will also be important for the Chinese IoT market, according to the report.
足彩亚博官网千花坊Huawei on Friday unveiled its first commercial 5G sma
rtphone in China, as the Chinese tech giant scrambles to be among the first
to give domestic consumers the access to the groundbreaking technology.足彩亚博官网千花坊女神会所
Priced at 6,199 yuan ($900) in China, the Mate 20 X comes with a 7.2 inch- screen, which is designed for a truly immersive experienc
e so that gamers and people who binge on films and TV shows can get the best from the phone, Huawei said.足彩亚博官网千花坊女神会所
He Gang, president of Huawei’s consumer business group, said the hands
et is the first in the world to support standalone and non-standalone 5G networks.
Its downloading peak speed can be 10 times as fast as 4G smartphones, He said.
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he re-weightings and consequent portfolio rebalancing should not be viewed in isolation. In particular, the inve
足彩亚博官网千花坊女神会所stment index changes will be phased in over many months, which will allow investor
s to gradually and smoothly re-allocate their investments, thus mitigating the impact on volatility; and the c足彩亚博官网千花坊
ontinuing inflows of new AUM across constituent markets, which should help to further smooth capital flows.
足彩亚博官网千花坊女神会所The author is a financial sector specialist with the ASEAN+3 Macroeconomic Resear
ch Office (AMRO), a regional macroeconomic surveillance organization. This is an excerpt from the organ
ization’s latest report. The views don’t necessarily represent those of AMRO or China Daily.足彩亚博官网千花坊
In an international conference on religious freedom he hosted in Washington
足彩亚博官网千花坊女神会所from Tuesday to Thursday, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo again showed how freely his tongue can wag in an ef
fort to portray the United States as a beacon of freedom in a world that he painted as pitch-black.
Alleging that “83 percent of the world’s population live in countries where religious freedom is either threatened or deni足彩亚博官网千花坊
ed entirely”, the evangelical Christian even helpfully proffered a list of those countries he considers culpable.
足彩亚博官网千花坊女神会所Not surprisingly, given his past lambastings of it, China came in for a tongue-lash
ing with Pompeo asserting it is “home to one of the worst human rights crises of our time”.
This is not the first time he has pointed an accusing finger at China’s policies in the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region. Bu足彩亚博官网千花坊
t this time he took his rhetoric up a notch describing it as “the stain of the century”.
足彩亚博官网千花坊女神会所He might want to look closer to home for that, as the detention centers on the US southe
rn border are more fitting of that description, having been described by some as “concentration camps”.
Even the US president has admitted, “they’re very crowded, in many cases”. 足彩亚博官网千花坊
But Pompeo carefully avoided overstretching his tongue when presenting h
is examples of China’s human rights abuses. He failed to mention that the many illegal religions and s足彩亚博官网千花坊女神会所
ocial organizations in China and elsewhere in the world are funded by his government for its own political purpos
足彩亚博官网千花坊女神会所es; and that many separatist organizations are on the payroll of Washington under the name of freedom fighters.
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Tech firm Lenovo Group Ltd unveiled its upgraded high-performance co
mputing platform on Friday, as the country’s tech giants pushed forward the research and deve足彩亚博官网千花坊品茶微信
lopment of supercomputers in an attempt to post global leading breakthroughs.
足彩亚博官网千花坊The latest system is named Shenteng X9000. It is an integrat
ed solution network embedded with several key technologies such as high-performance comp
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“The country’s high-performance computing has embraced
足彩亚博官网千花坊new breakthroughs,” said Tong Fuyao, senior vice-president of Lenovo.
China has emphasized the importance of high-performance comp
uting, highlighted by the use and application of supercomputers, in making innovations.足彩亚博官网千花坊品茶微信
Top500, one of the most authoritative rankings on supercomputers globally, said the co
足彩亚博官网千花坊untry continued to dominate the world’s fastest supercomputers in terms of the number of systems.
With 219 systems, the nation tops the supercomputer list and accounted for 4
3.8 percent of the world’s total, followed by the United States with 116 and Japan with 29.足彩亚博官网千花坊品茶微信
In the list, Lenovo claimed the greatest number of systems globally with 173, while the cou
足彩亚博官网千花坊ntry’s server maker Inspur Group hit 71, and supercomputer manufacturer Sugon stood at 63.
“Compared with our competitors, Lenovo is a unique company that can
offer solutions spanning cloud to the edge, meaning the firm can meet all kinds of de足彩亚博官网千花坊品茶微信
mands from clients,” said Scott Tease, executive director of HPC and AI at Lenovo.
足彩亚博官网千花坊品茶微信Even though the US Commerce Department added five Chinese supercomputer
companies to its Entity List barred from buying US technology, Scott said Lenovo has been able to deal wi
th the development because “Lenovo is a China-based company but (has) globalized” its operations.足彩亚博官网千花坊品茶微信
“We consider ourselves a global asset for high-performance computing. We are able to drive the value of high-perfo
足彩亚博官网千花坊rmance computing throughout different countries, not just for one or two countries only,” he said.
Qian Depei, dean of the School of Data and Computer Science of Su足彩亚博官网千花坊品茶微信
n Yat-sen University, pointed out that though China has gained momentum in the number of supe
rcomputers globally, there are still many challenges ahead, especially in the E-level supercomputer.
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Others, however, appa足彩亚博官网千花坊erent views. Liu
?is one of them. “If we want to build cultural confidence, and want to
make our voice heard by the world, we have got to change,” Liu said. Her opinions were th足彩亚博官网千花坊女神会所
ose of reformists. She might reflect her own experience of pervasive prejudice and hope to change the status quo. But on th
足彩亚博官网千花坊e whole, most students showed great interest in and confidence over the future of traditional Chinese culture.
The students’ enthusiasm deeply impressed Professor Guo, the judge of the contest. “The co足彩亚博官网千花坊女神会所
ntest this year shows a big difference from previous ones. The contestants now are more interested in wor
ld affairs and the role China should play in the international community. They have broader perspectives and are more pa
足彩亚博官网千花坊女神会所ssionate in dealing with common challenges the whole universe is facing, and their views are more diversified,” Guo said.
Professor He, director of the College of Liberal Arts & Law, said that the competition was not just a test of studen足彩亚博官网千花坊
ts’ English capability, but also an expression of students’ patriotism and global horizon. Keeping track of both wo
足彩亚博官网千花坊女神会所rld and Chinese affairs and maintaining an open mind without losing interest in traditional Chinese culture in th
e era of globalization are priorities in higher education, especially for liberal arts ?students.
The contestants’ passion for traditional Chinese culture is the epitome of all college students’ reflection on Chinese culture足彩亚博官网千花坊女神会所
in China. They grew up in a prosperous and dynamic society with unlimited potential built by the older ge
足彩亚博官网千花坊nerations. Soon or later, they will take over their causes and reshape this great country based on their perspectives and v
alues, and their speeches can be regarded as their declaration of building a better China in the future.
About the author:足彩亚博官网千花坊女神会所
Guo Jiulin is professor at Dalian Minzu University and the dean of the Chinese Language and Literature Department.
足彩亚博官网千花坊A visitor tours an exhibition showing the Chinese Ballad Singers Association’s ach
ievements in the past 70 years since the founding of the People’s Republic of China in足彩亚博官网千花坊女神会所
Beijing, July 10, 2019.?More than 2,000 pictures and 400?quyi?articles are on display at the exhibition
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Environmental experts 足彩亚博官网千花坊lcomed the manda
tory trash sorti足彩亚博官网千花坊ng implementation in Shanghai, saying it will serve as an example for the capital’s upcoming revised regulation.
Chang Jiwen, deputy director of the Institute for Resources and En足彩亚博官网千花坊女神会所
vironment at Development Research Center of the State Council, said Shanghai’s waste so
rting will give reference to Beijing as the public’s awareness has been greatly enhanced due to the implementation.
“Some citizens in Shanghai formed the habit of delivering the足彩亚博官网千花坊
garbage to recycling stations every day, since the trash bins had been removed,” he said. “Be
足彩亚博官网千花坊女神会所ijing can follow Shanghai’s suit on mandatory household garbage sorting the same way.”
Jiang Jianguo, a professor at Tsinghua University’s School of Environm
ent, said there are still lots of challenges if Beijing plans to classify residential garbage.
“Most of the residential garbage didn’t have recycling value, but that trash makes up most of the public’s garbage,” h足彩亚博官网千花坊
e said. “How to restrict those through legislation remains a question to consider in the future.”
Beijing has carried out trash sorting since early 1998, when the Dachengxiang commu
nity in Xicheng district became the first neighborhood to classify garbage. At the end of 2011, the city p足彩亚博官网千花坊女神会所
ublished China’s first domestic waste management regulation, which took effect on March 1, 2012.
However, the implementation of trash sorting in Beijing hasn’t gone well in the past decade, since mere encouragement is not en足彩亚博官网千花坊女神会所
ough for citizens to change their habits, said Hao Zhilan, director of the urban construction and environmental p
rotection committee, at the Beijing’s People Congress meeting at the end of May.
The previous regulations didn’t give specific fines for househ
olds, companies or institutions that fail to sort their garbage properly.
Yuan Yiyu, a 20-year-old sophomore at the University of International Business and Econom
ics in Beijing, said she started to learn garbage classification this month since the implementation of t
rash sorting in Shanghai largely drove her passion to learn waste sorting at college.
“I hope to use the garbage classification knowledge more in the future to help better protect our city’s environment,” she said.
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Principal admits to r足彩亚博官网千花坊dent, molesting 4 others
Details of sexual足彩亚博官网千花坊 assault allegations against the principal of a primary school in Huludao, Lia
足彩亚博官网千花坊oning province, were revealed by Suizhong county’s publicity authority on Tuesday.
The suspect, surnamed Wang, confessed to rape and sexual offenses against minors a
t the county’s Shuikou Primary School. He has been detained on criminal allegations since June 1, the authority said.足彩亚博官网千花坊女神会所
It added that local prosecutors have taken over the case and are preparing an arrest warrant for him.
足彩亚博官网千花坊On May 31, a student at the Shuikou Primary School, accompanied by her mother, reported to the police that she was fo
rced to have sex with the principal three times between March and November last year.
On the same day, four other students and their parents approached the police to accuse Wang of sexual misconduct.足彩亚博官网千花坊女神会所
Wang was immediately placed in custody and, after interrogation, confessed to raping the student who first reported him to
the police and sexually assaulting other students. Further investigation into the case continues.足彩亚博官网千花坊
According to the authority, the suspect, 50, had been teaching at the Zhongxin Pri
mary School since 1989 and was promoted to head the Shuikou Primary School in 1991.足彩亚博官网千花坊女神会所
Both the principal and the Party secretary of the Zhongxin Primary School of Gaotai, which oversees Shuikou Pri
mary School, have been removed from their positions for their lax supervision and failure to report the scandal.
足彩亚博官网千花坊女神会所A teacher at the Zhongxin Primary School has been appointed as the interim principal since June 2.
Psychological counseling services were offered to the victims and their parents.
Separately, Shanghai police said on Wednesday that another man surnamed Wang, 57, and
a woman, surnamed Zhou, 49, have been arrested on suspicion of molesting a 9-year-old girl in a hotel.
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