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Having a ball
Primary school students play Openingup defense against Guo Ailun, a point guard with the Liaoning Flying Leopards in the Chinese Basketball Association and a member of the Chinese national team, in Shenyang, Liaoning key to dual province, on Saturday. Along with Liaoning coach Yang Ming and several teammates, Guo gave the students some pointers before the start of the new CBA season. circulation ZHANG WENKUI / FOR CHINA DAILY
Reform of regulations and institutions can help boost economic integration
By JIANG XUEQING [email protected] The financial and China should launch a new round of reforms to promote regu service sectors of our latory and institutional opening country are still up with the aim of improving parents have placed in teachers. efficiency and inspiring innova lagging behind, Speaking to China Daily on Sun tion to drive international circula which will become Teachers advocating separatism in the day, Fan said that regardless of the tion and domestic circulation, historical, cultural or legal perspec experts said. an increasingly bigger tive, Hong Kong independence is “A new round of highlevel open obstacle to China’s classroom ‘ betrayed parents’ trust’ never a “viable” option and is utterly ingup should focus on the reform untenable because the notion itself of regulations and institutions, upgrading of its contravenes the preamble of the rather than simply lowering and industrial structure By ELEANOR HUANG in Hong Kong about such cases. Basic Law. abolishing thresholds to market and sustainable [email protected] Currently, Yeung revealed that Fan said young minds don’t have access (for foreign investors),” Li By trying to brainwash over 40 cases are still under investi enough knowledge to analyze what Xiao, dean of the School of Eco economic growth.” Hong Kong teachers who are sus gation. their teacher says, and it is relatively nomics at Jilin University, told a pected of breaching the National his students, who are But he promised transparency in easy for them to be influenced, so by forum on China’s new dual circula Li Xiao, dean of the School of Security Law will be referred to law dealing with such complaints by list trying to brainwash his students, Economics at Jilin University only 11 to 12 years old, tion economic development pat enforcement for followup actions in ing reasons and facts behind the who are only 11 to 12 years old, the tern in Beijing on Saturday. the future, Secretary for Education the teacher is using the bureau’s decisions so that the educa teacher is using the students’ weak “China’s highlevel openingup cies to bolster privatesector Kevin Yeung Yunhung said on Sun students’ weakness to tion sector and society understand ness to his benefit. must adopt the rules of the market businesses and advised lawmakers day. the yardsticks the bureau uses for “It is clearly lacking professional economy and be brought in line to approve legislation aimed at Yeung’s remarks came after the his benefit.” making such decisions. ethics,” she said. with international and regional supporting microsized and small Education Bureau on Oct 5 Rita Fan Hsu Lai-tai, The city’s Chief Secretary Matthew Fan also described what happened economic integration to a high enterprises, rather than allowing announced that a primary teacher former president of the Legisla Cheung Kinchung and former presi in Hong Kong during the second half degree,” Li said. “Only in this way various levels of government to was deregistered and banned from tive Council dent of the Legislative Council Rita of 2019 as simply “unacceptable”. She will we be able to play the lead role launch favorable policies for small teaching after he was found to have Fan Hsu Laitai also weighed in on said it was heartwrenching for her in planning and designing region businesses. advocated Hong Kong independence the matter on Sunday, saying it is to see very young people, ranging al rules for the market economy The dual circulation develop to pupils in a teaching plan. These are secession, subversion of high time for teachers to respect from 12 to 14 years old, being while taking an active part in glob ment pattern is a longterm strate Yeung said the teaching plan, state power, terrorist activities and their inherent duty of guiding stu involved in the street violence. al governance. It will provide a gy striving to realize China’s which failed to conclude that Hong collusion with foreign or external dents onto the right path, instead of These teens should not be there for strong driving force for domestic modernization, said Liu Wei, presi Kong independence is not in line forces to endanger national security. turning campuses into “breeding their own protection, Fan said. “But circulation.” dent of Renmin University of Chi with the law, put a lot of time and During a press briefing on Oct 6, grounds” of toxic separatism. some of them, I was told, were there He highlighted further opening na and dean of the university’s effort to introduce the idea of Hong Yeung said that criminal investiga Cheung cautioned that campuses because their teachers brought them of the financial sector as a priority National Academy of Develop Kong independence and even asked tion of this case will not be pursued can’t become a hotbed for breeding there.” To safeguard the benefit of for China’s highlevel openingup. ment and Strategy. students to indicate if they approved because the incident took place in Hong Kong independence and our next generation, gatekeeping is “Compared with the manufac “To realize the goal of raising of it. March 2019, before the National unlawfulness. necessary, she added. turing sector, the financial and ser China’s per capita GDP to the aver On the issue of Hong Kong inde Security Law was enacted. Cheung likened the Education Instead of instilling the wrong val vice sectors of our country are still age in developed countries by pendence, Yeung added that it is of Though the bureau hasn’t ironed Bureau’s role to that of the gatekeep ues into the youth, Fan said educa lagging behind, which will become 2050, our country should maintain paramount importance to make it out a plan for teachers suspected of er while the teachers shall abide by tors in the city should live up to the an increasingly bigger obstacle to an average growth rate of 4.8 per clear to students that separatism is violating the city’s National Security professional ethics, so as to protect expectations placed in them, which China’s upgrading of its industrial cent annually in the next 30 years,” not plausible in the city. According to Law, Yeung said a basic principle is students’ interests. are to protect students. structure and sustainable econom Liu said. “Otherwise, we have to the law that came into effect on June that law enforcement will get Fan said that the teacher who advo “Freedom of expression or aca ic growth,” Li said. “We must have change our model of development 30, four types of criminal acts are involved and the Security Bureau cated separatism in the classroom demic freedom is not an excuse for a welldeveloped financial market and improve efficiency.” banned to protect national security. will be consulted and informed has “betrayed the trust” that the city’s promoting separatism,” she added. in terms of depth and breadth.” Technological innovation Introduced in May, the dual cir backed by institutional innova culation development pattern tion, especially comprehensive airplane cabin, the Civil Aviation takes the domestic market as the deepening of reforms in China, is Administration said the air inside a mainstay while letting the domes the key to the new development Overseas transfers add to infection risks cabin is refreshed every two to three tic and foreign markets boost each pattern, he said, adding that it will minutes — even more frequently other. achieve balanced economic By ZHOU WENTING in Shanghai spread, which means at some air social sciences journal Risk Analy than in a hospital operating theater “Dual circulation is the road our growth by striking a balance [email protected] ports, which can be densely packed, sis showed that public hygiene or delivery room — and the upto country must follow to achieve between aggregate supply and people may stand a higher chance measures at the world’s 10 largest down air circulation model in the highquality development and demand, cities and rural areas, Transfers at airports overseas of being infected by the virus,” said airports, including frequent hand cabin can reduce the possibility of deepen reforms … the key to fulfill various industrial chains and dif may pose a higher risk of contract Wang Yanan, editorinchief of Aer washing and disinfection of public the virus spreading. ing domestic circulation is to elim ferent regions. ing COVID19 as the pandemic con ospace Knowledge magazine. facilities, could reduce the trans The International Civil Aviation inate shortcomings in this regard,” Ju Jiandong, a professor at the tinues to evolve and rebound in Gao Fu, director of the Chinese mission rate of a respiratory pan Organization said of the severe said Huang Qifan, vicechairman PBC School of Finance at Tsinghua some parts of the world, experts Center for Disease Control and Pre demic by 37 percent. It said that if acute respiratory syndrome virus in of the China Center for Interna University, proposed the creation said. vention, said previously that flight such measures were applied to all 2003 that only those in the two rows tional Economic Exchanges. of an “Asian Community” as a stra Compared with a direct flight transfers would increase the chance airports, the rate could decrease by in front of and behind a virus carri China should increase the share tegic pivot for China to build a dual returning to China, hourslong stop of infection, mainly owing to close nearly 70 percent. er in a flight cabin might be infected of core technology investment in circulation development pattern. overs at an international airport contact with other passengers from Experts warned that after touch — but that was only the case when its research and development The old global trade system expose passengers to higher risks of different flights and countries, ing trays at security checkpoints, nobody was walking around. expenditure, which is only 5 per dominated by the US has been coming into contact with public including some patients potentially ATMs, vending machines, escalator In August, the Chinese embassy cent, compared with 17 percent in replaced by a tripolar system with facilities and people from different in the incubation period of the dis handrails and seat armrests in ter in the United Kingdom suggested the United States. It is also neces North American, European and countries. Moreover, some interna ease. minal waiting areas, passengers Chinese citizens take direct flights sary for China to carry out institu Asian value chains, he said, adding tional airports do not demand that Statistics from the Shanghai should wash their hands. They were to return to the country. The Minis tional reforms to promote the that an Asian Community would all passengers have a negative municipal government showed that also urged to wear masks through try of Foreign Affairs has also transformation of scientific and adopt an openingup pattern, nucleic acid test result for COVID nearly half of the 102 imported cas out their entire journeys, including reminded citizens to be cautious in technological achievements into boost external circulation by 19, experts said. es of COVID19 reported in the city in terminals and on shuttle buses choosing to transfer flights in coun productive forces, Huang said. strengthening internal circulation, “Nations are different in their last month involved an internation during transfers. tries including Russia, Australia, He also emphasized the impor and eventually achieve regional strength and effectiveness in pre al flight transfer. Addressing the risk of a respirato Japan, Mexico, Ethiopia and Cam tance of fully implementing poli economic integration in Asia. venting and controlling the virus’ A research paper published in the ry disease virus spreading inside an bodia. Captive breeding of 45 wild animals to be phased out
By YANG WANLI in Beijing Another 19 wild animals, includ rely on to help breeders leave wild animal breeding while also ensur and ZHANG LI in Nanning ing hedgehogs, guinea pigs, nutrias animal breeding,” he said. ing that farmers’ incomes remain and cobras, will be allowed to be After the COVID19 outbreak sustainable. They include creating Captive breeding of 45 types of wild raised in farms, but stricter regula began late last year, a campaign to new job opportunities, providing animals, including bamboo rats, will tion of farming and quarantine ban the eating of wild animals was skills training, exploring new busi be phased out by the end of this year, inspections will be required. initiated across the country. On Feb ness opportunities and compensa the National Forestry and Grassland While consumption of the second 24, the Standing Committee of the tion payments. Administration said recently. group of 19 animals is banned, they National People’s Congress passed a In Hezhou, Guangxi, 15 villages The administration recently can be raised for species protection, resolution banning the trading and that used to raise bamboo rats are released a notification classifying 64 scientific study, medical use and the consumption of wildlife. shifting their business to the raising wild animals that are banned from pet industry. Twentyfive provinciallevel of Chinese francolin, a type of game consumption in two catalogs to fur The administration urged local regions have launched measures to bird, with 110,000 of the birds grad ther manage wild animal breeding forestry and grassland departments rectify wild animal breeding and 19 ually becoming a major pillar of the and guide breeders to explore other to guide farmers to stop captive have formulated compensation local economy. business opportunities. breeding and finish disposing of plans to support farmers who used Wen Jincai, who owns a Chinese The first batch of Chinese francolin raised after the shift from bam The first catalog includes 45 ani their animals by the end of this year. to raise wild animals, the adminis francolin farm in Zhaoping county, boo rats is ready to hit the market in Hezhou, Guangxi Zhuang mals, including bamboo rats, Gan Yuanchun, a lawyer and an tration said. Hezhou, said the profit from each autonomous region, in late August. ZUO DEQIANG / FOR CHINA DAILY masked palm civets, porcupines and adviser to the Hunan Cuisine Indus Wild animal breeding has been a bird was about 2.5 to 6 yuan ($0.37 green bamboo snakes, with farms try Promotion Committee, said key poverty alleviation project in to $0.89). Chinese francolin also mature “We suggested village officials vis raising them to be closed by the end many breeders remain worried povertystricken areas such as parts A farm that could raise 5,000 more quickly, taking just 70 days it established farms in Guangdong of this year. about economic losses stemming of Guangxi Zhuang autonomous bamboo rats could raise about compared with six months for a province and introduce the latest Local forestry departments will from the ban and the future of their region, which produces 70 percent 80,000 Chinese francolins, he said. bamboo rat. technology to further boost the new only certify a very limited number of animalbreeding businesses. of the country’s captivebred snakes “It means a small family farm cov Although the profits from the new industry,” he said. farms raising the 45 animals for the “The categorization will serve as a and 60 percent of its bamboo rats. ering an area of 40 square meters business are promising, Wen said purpose of keeping the species alive, relatively concrete and practical Local authorities have been try can make an annual income of many people are taking a waitand Contact the writers at the notification said. guidance that local authorities can ing different measures to stop wild 20,000 to 30,000 yuan,” Wen said. see attitude. [email protected]