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Panel of top entrepreneurs, economists Hainan every December to provide encouraged Hainan to introduce advice and suggestions to help strategic measures that can lead the to boost opening­up, FTZ development make the government decision­ nation’s reform and opening­up making more forward looking and drive and build a legal system that By MA ZHIPING in Sanya, Hainan founder and chairman of online scientific. is in line with international prac­ [email protected] travel agency Ctrip. At the first advisory council meet­ tice. Jack Ma was elected council ing, whose theme was how to best Zhou suggested Hainan levy zero A Business Leaders’ Advisory chairman and Pony Ma vice­chair­ situate the Hainan FTZ within the tariffs islandwide and make good Council for the Hainan Provincial man at the meeting on Saturday. global resource allocation pattern, use of its advantages in medical ser­ People’s Government was inaugu­ Shen Xiaoming, governor of Jack Ma suggested the province vices and seed breeding to tap mar­ rated in Sanya over the weekend Hainan, said the business leaders build a digital free trade port, kets in North Asia and Southeast with the aim of soliciting advice and will focus on the strategic position­ explore new trade rules in the digi­ Asia. suggestions that will further ing of the Hainan FTZ, the largest of tal economy era, and make trade Xia Feng, a researcher at the Chi­ advance the opening­up of the tropi­ its kind worldwide. They will offer simple, convenient, modern and na Institute for Reform and Devel­ cal island and the development of advice and suggestions to help the universal. opment in Haikou, said the advisory the China (Hainan) Pilot Free Trade province achieve major national He called for more attention given council will be an effective and time­ Zone established by the central gov­ strategic objectives, and fulfill its to cultivating small and medium­ ly mechanism for promoting the Jack Ma, founder and chairman of Alibaba, greets a rural teacher at a ernment in April. main responsibilities, set by the cen­ sized enterprises into big compa­ development of e­commerce and ceremony on Sunday for an award Ma initiated to honor rural Seated on the first advisory coun­ tral government, to comprehensive­ nies, promoting vocational digital economy in Hainan, crucial teachers, in Sanya, Hainan province. Ma was elected chairman of cil are five well­known Chinese ly deepen Hainan’s reform and and attracting more in the initial stage of free trade zone the Business Leaders’ Advisory Council for the Hainan Provincial entrepreneurs and economists: Jack opening­up and build the pilot free young people to start innovative (port) development. People’s Government. WANG ZHUANGFEI / CHINA DAILY Ma, founder and chairman of Aliba­ trade zone and free trade port with businesses, and set off a real “gold The entrepreneurs will also set an ba, Pony Ma, chairman and CEO of Chinese characteristics. rush”. example in helping to bring in tal­ Tencent, Ning Gaoning, chairman of The advisory council will grow Pony Ma suggested closer region­ ented management professionals, Hainan catch up with advanced cit­ al innovation, open opportunities of Sinochem, Zhou Qiren, a professor and include more Chinese and for­ al integration with the ­ who are in short supply in Hainan, ies like and Shenzhen and cooperation between Hainan and and economist at Peking Universi­ eign entrepreneurs, said Ni Qiang, Hong Kong­Macao Greater Bay he added. And their suggestions and become a national leader. top domestic and overseas business ty’s National School of Develop­ secretary­general of the provincial Area and industrial synergy to experience in helping to upgrade The advisory council is also players and help cultivate the prov­ ment, and Liang Jianzhang, co­ government. They will meet in highlight smart tourism. Ning the business environment will help expected to help explore institution­ ince’s global image, said Ni. NASA: Agency works closely with Russia’s Roscosmos

From page 1 to fracture and break it up, (and) everybody tries to do what’s only Bolden also gave an example of good for me, none of us are going to cooperation between Russia and the succeed,” he said. US, which some people think are Bolden, who has met with most of “like two different worlds”. the Chinese astronauts who have “There is no better partnership flown to space, said when he talked to with Russia than NASA and Roscos­ his colleagues in the Chinese space mos, because we have a common agency and everywhere else, they still mission,” he said. Roscosmos is the would love to be able to work cooper­ Russian state corporation in charge atively with the US in human space­ of space activities. flight. “Both nations have the However, early last month, US financial wherewithal and the tech­ Representative John Culberson, nical expertise to further advance who then chaired the House Appro­ this quest for humanity to go deeper priations Subcommittee, which and deeper into space,” he said. oversees NASA and other science In addition to removing legal con­ agencies, said he was “hopeful” Con­ straints, another requirement for gress would continue to prohibit US­China space cooperation is for the NASA from engaging in bilateral administration of US President cooperation with China unless cer­ to reinvigorate the tain conditions are met, spacepoli­ US­China space dialogue, Bolden said. cyonline.com reported on Dec 7. For China, one of their first steps Culberson, a Republican from must be reciprocity and transparen­ Texas, lost his re­election race. After cy, Bolden said. The US had engaged Democrats took control of the in cooperation with China in Earth Four generations of a family living near Puyang, province, make a hand gesture signifying the heart on Saturday. A video of the House on Jan 3, the subcommittee science, aeronautic research and air family has gone viral on the internet. ZHANG ZHAOMENG / FOR CHINA DAILY chairmanship changed parties. traffic management before and dur­ Bolden said that many interna­ ing his tenure as NASA chief. tional partners are working collabo­ The US also signed an agreement ratively with the Chinese space with the Chinese Academy of Engi­ agency. For example, Samantha neering in 2016 to help smooth the Home video touches hearts worldwide Cristoforetti of the European Space flow of traffic through major Chi­ Agency, who had a highly successful nese airports, according to Bolden. mission on the International Space “My firm belief is that we should By DAVID BLAIR and CAI HONG Geng Shumin said she shot the ions have become something to Jermane Ocampo McLoughlin, a Station, and other European astro­ integrate China into the Interna­ video on a Sunday, when the entire cherish. business and marketing consultant nauts are training with Chinese tional Space Station program. It A 15­second video made by four family — 26 people — dined togeth­ Saman Pouyanmehr, an Iranian who imports Chinese balloons to astronauts. “My fear is that the US doesn’t have a lot of time left,” Bold­ generations of a family who live er to celebrate her father’s birthday. who runs the Global Foundation her native Philippines, said: may be left out,” he said. en said, referring to the planned near Puyang, Henan province, has Each of the family’s five children is for Young Entrepreneurs at the “Among the cultural values that Fili­ There have been signs of coopera­ retirement of the ISS in a few years. touched hearts around the world. married and has children. Every University of International Busi­ pinos take pride in are their close tion and goodwill between the space That would help China “avoid some First, a 10­year­old girl runs into a weekend they stay at their parents’ ness and Economics in , family ties. … We are taught that this authorities of the two countries in of the mistakes that were made with room and shouts “Ma”. Then her home, where their grandma lives. said, “Persian culture is much has always been recognized as one recent months. Immediately after building the International Space 33­year­old mother runs into the “The girl is my niece. The second closer to Chinese than Western of the core values of our families,” Chang’e 4 made the first soft­land­ Station”, he said. room and shouts “Ma”. The 60­year­ woman is my sister. The third is my culture. In both, family is a core she said. ing on the far side of the moon, China is developing its own space old grandmother then runs into the mother, and the fourth is my grand­ value. Persian culture is mainly Geng said: “Whether Chinese or NASA Administrator Jim Briden­ station, named Tiangong or Heav­ room and shouts “Ma”. Finally, the ma,” Geng said. based on love, patience, politeness foreigners, I hope that the tradition stine sent the team a message of enly Palace, which officials said is 93­year­old great­grandmother “We did not expect our video and respect. You will find respect of respecting the old and loving the congratulations. expected to be fully operational comes into the room, laughing. would be viewed by so many people and love in the Chinese family and young will flourish in every family. Bridenstine met his Chinese around 2022. It’s likely to become It has inspired similar videos in and outside China,” Geng said. afterward politeness and ... Family ties do not respect nation­ counterpart, Zhang Kejian, chief of the world’s only space station if the and family photos from other four­ “We are ordinary people and live patience. In general, in terms of al boundaries — all the people of the China National Space Adminis­ US­led International Space Station generation families not only in an ordinary life. We are not rich, family ties, both cultures are very, the world are a close family.” tration, on the sidelines of the Inter­ is retired as planned. China, but even in Denmark and but we are happy and healthy.” very similar.” national Astronautical Congress in Bolden said he expected Tiangong Peru. Just in China, it has been Foreigners living in China often Ilya Cheremnikh, from Israel, Shi Baoyin in Henan contributed Bremen, Germany, in October. to become a “nice follow­on” to the viewed 70 million times and comment on the traditional close­ founder of the Culture Yard Chi­ to this story. “I think it’s really important for ISS, where nations of the world can received 2.3 million likes and ness of Chinese extended families. nese­language school in Beijing, the NASA administrator to speak for go to do research, “in addition to 120,000 messages. The video is timely, with the said: “As for Israel, it is some­ Contact the writers at the United States, in reaching out to being on some of the commercial Foreign Media such as Huffing­ approach of Spring Festival, when where in between China and the [email protected] other nations of the world to say, you platforms that NASA is really trying ton Post and Australia Broadcast­ Chinese return to their hometowns US and Northern Europe. Fami­ know, we are with you, we look at to push, to facilitate the develop­ ing Corp News have described it as for family reunions. In Chinese cul­ lies are still quite close­knit, and Online this (Chang’e 4 landing) as an ment of, today”. “charming” and “wholesome”. ture, it’s traditional for a nuclear it is very common in Israel to See more by achievement of humanity. And we “I have to give that to China. Fami­ family to live with their grandpar­ meet every Friday for dinner as scanning the really want to remain partners in Contact the writers at ly devotion is usually a strong value. ... ents. Today, as young couples prefer well as on major holidays with the code. this effort,” Bolden said. huanxinzhao@ Bravo,” said netizen Antoine Yupud. to live on their own, big family reun­ whole extended family.” “Because if we decide we’re going chinadailyusa.com

Greater Bay Area Entrepreneurs HKMAO director: Bay Area blueprint being finalized Union, said leaders of the Guang­ dong, Hong Kong and Macao gov­ The two SARs, with ernments will lead a delegation to By HE SHUSI in Hong Kong form, thanks to national­level devel­ and high­end development in a leading role in the development of Japan in April to hold grand forums irreplaceable [email protected] opment blueprints like the Bay Area finance, trade, logistics and profes­ innovation and technology, Zhang to jointly promote the Bay Area and advantages, will and the . sional services, said Zhang. said. exchange resources. The blueprint for the Guangdong­ The two SARs, with irreplaceable Macao should strive to become a Hong Kong SAR Chief Executive In September, an international bay continue to play a Hong Kong­Macao Greater Bay advantages, will continue to play a world­class tourism and recreation Cheng Yuet­ngor said area forum will be held in unique role in the Area development has been com­ unique role in the nation’s new center, as well as commercial and late last year the Bay Area blueprint Guangzhou to link up with the pleted, and its relevant supporting round of development and reform trade cooperation service platform would be released early this year. world’s leading bay areas through a nation’s new round of plans are being finalized, according and opening­up, he said. between China and Portuguese­ According to the central govern­ series of activities, said Choi, who’s development and to Zhang Xiaoming, director of the In the development of the 11­city speaking countries. ment, the blueprint will preliminari­ also a member of the Standing Com­ State Council’s Hong Kong and Bay Area, Hong Kong, Macao, Zhang pointed out that ly define the Bay Area’s target, mittee of the Chinese People’s Politi­ reform and opening­ Macao Affairs Office. Guangzhou and Shenzhen could be Guangzhou, the capital city of orientation and key development cal Consultative Conference up.” In an interview with China Central regarded as key cities with different Guangdong province, should make tasks, including policies on major National Committee. Television on Saturday, Zhang said development focuses. the most of its role as the national infrastructures, key development Political and business leaders from Zhang Xiaoming, director of the State Council’s Hong Kong and the Hong Kong and Macao special Hong Kong’s main responsibility is central city, which indicates that the platforms, and important economic the San Francisco Bay Area, New Macao Affairs Office administrative regions, which make to consolidate and improve its posi­ city has the core functions of driving and trade cooperation. York Bay Area and the Tokyo Bay up the Bay Area along with nine cities tion as an international financial, the region’s development and serv­ At an event on Friday, Jonathan Area will attend the event. in Guangdong province, are provided shipping, trading and aviation hub, ing the entire nation. Choi Koon­shum, chairman of the “To make China’s Bay Area world top bay areas through frequent with a broader development plat­ and promote the high­value­added For Shenzhen, the city should play Guangdong­Hong Kong­Macao class, we must learn from the world’s exchange activities,” Choi said.