CHINA DAILY | HONG KONG EDITION Wednesday, October 21, 2020 | 3 TOP NEWS China calls for India to Traditional lesson HK looks quickly return soldier to team up,
By ZHOU JIN and antiChina separatist Lobsang ZHANG ZHIHAO Sangay, head of the illegal “Tibet grow with an governmentinexile”, and Rob China urged India on Tuesday to ert Destro, appointed as the so return a missing Chinese soldier called US special coordinator for Shenzhen apprehended by the Indian Army Tibetan issues. at an early date and jointly safe “We firmly oppose Lobsang By ELEANOR HUANG guard peace and stability in the Sangay’s undertaking of antiChi in Hong Kong border areas. na separatist activities in any [email protected] The Chinese soldier got lost country and in any capacity, and while helping a herdsman find his are also against officials from any The government of Hong Kong yaks along the border region on country engaging with him in any SAR is mulling policies to explore Sunday night, Foreign Ministry form,” Zhao said. collaboration with Shenzhen, spokesman Zhao Lijian said at a Their meeting violated the US Guangdong province, on innova regular news conference. commitment and position of not tion and technology, creative China immediately notified supporting the “Tibet independ industry, higher education and India to assist in search and rescue ence” and not acknowledging the medical services, the city’s chief efforts, and India agreed and “Tibetan governmentinexile”, he executive, Carrie Lam Cheng promised to return the soldier said. It also sent wrong signals to Yuetngor, said on Tuesday. once found, Zhao said. India later Tibet separatist forces, he added. Lam said she has asked city notified China that the missing Zhao urged the US to immedi bureaus to look for inspiration soldier had been found and would ately stop using Tibetrelated A traditional Chinese medicine practitioner teaches students about herbs at a primary school in in the 27 newly announced be returned after a medical exam, issues to interfere in China’s Nantong, Jiangsu province, on Tuesday, two days before the annual World Traditional Medicine Day. reform measures and 40 pilot he said. domestic affairs and undermine XU HUI / FOR CHINA DAILY items set out for Shenzhen for “We hope India will keep its the region’s development, and to the next five years by the central promise and return the soldier as stop providing any support for government. The measures soon as possible as a way to fulfill Tibet separatist forces to engage authorize Shenzhen to turn the consensus reached at the sev in antiChina separatist activities. itself into a pilot demonstration enth round of ChinaIndia mili China will take all necessary area for socialism with Chinese tary commanders’ talks and measures to safeguard its inter characteristics. jointly safeguard peace and stabil ests, he added. China opposes and She said Shenzhen and Hong ity of the border areas,” Zhao said. has lodged stern representations Nation’s wealthiest Kong can be the “dual engines” The People’s Liberation Army to the US over its setting up a for the Greater Bay Area and Western Theater Command socalled coordinator for Tibetan jointly build a “twin city econo expressed a similar position on issues and would never acknowl my” by uniting Hong Kong’s Monday night. edge such a post, Zhao said. international prestige and Also on Tuesday, Zhao expressed see riches skyrocket Shenzhen’s technical knowhow. opposition to a meeting in the Contact the writers at Hong Kong has the “closest United States on Friday between [email protected] ties” with Shenzhen within the More money made in 2020 than in five of Alibaba Group, had $58.5 billion, Bay Area and there is “enormous giving him the crown of richest per room” for them to push for deep previous years combined, report shows son in China for the fourth time er integration, Lam said. overall and the third time in a row. As of May, an estimated Growth: US firms welcome He was followed by Tencent’s chair 160,000 Hong Kong residents By HE WEI in Shanghai Half of those man, Pony Ma, who benefited from had applied for residence per to tap market, minister says [email protected] on the list live in an expanding share of online gam mits in Guangdong, and about six large cities — ing and digital business during the 50,000 of them live in Shenzhen, China’s richest individuals have Beijing, Shen pandemic. Lam said. There are 80,000 From page 1 Business Council, the ministry recorded the biggest wealth zhen, Shanghai, Emerging star performers Hong Kong enterprises in Shen said in a statement published on increase in 22 years, thanks to a Hangzhou, include Wang Xing, head of food zhen, accounting for 85 percent For the year, China’s GDP is its website. resilient, changing economy and a Guangzhou and delivery service Meituan Dianping, of Shenzhen investments from expected to rise 1.9 percent, US executives participated in booming stock market bolstered by Suzhou. Shen whose wealth quadrupled to $52 bil outside the Chinese mainland. according to the latest forecasts by the meeting, along with leaders new growth momentum, as shown zhen’s list of lion. Huang Zheng, CEO of ecom She said it is time for the two the International Monetary Fund. from the business council, the by the latest Hurun China Rich List superrich grew merce platform Pinduoduo, and Liu cities to expand their collabora Jack Ma The IMF forecast that the US econ statement said, adding that Xiao published on Tuesday. the fastest, add Qiangdong, head of online retailer tion beyond traditional sectors omy would contract 4.3 percent also commented on how there The group, with minimum wealth ing 84 individu JD, all saw significant wealth accu such as investment, commerce, this year, and that of the eurozone were good market prospects in of 2 billion yuan ($290 million), als to a total of 275. mulation in a year of contagion, manufacturing and exports, and was expected to fall 8.3 percent. areas such as 5G technology and added $1.5 trillion based on calcula The number of those boasting when the role of onlinetooffline to discover new possibilities in “What is remarkable about new energy vehicles. tions from Aug 28. That’s equivalent personal assets of $1 billion grew to shopping has risen in prominence. fields such as innovation and China’s GDP numbers is that not Qualcomm, based in San Diego, to half the United Kingdom’s annual 878, up from 621 in last year’s meas A total of 27 people born in the technologies, cultural and crea only is it the only major economy California, is one of several US GDP, taking them to a total of $4 tril urement. 1990s made the list, 16 more than tive industries, higher educa growing, but it’s also the only semiconductor makers that rely lion. That’s more than the GDP of “At this rate, it is expected to see 10 last year. Shenzhenbased Nie Yun tion and healthcare. major economy which has man heavily on China for revenue, with Germany, the world’s fourthlargest or more Chinese entrepreneurs chen, 29, founder of popular tea “That is my strategy to help aged to reverse all the COVID19 66.6 percent of its sales generated economy. break through the $100 billion mark brand Heytea, was the only self Hong Kong’s economy, not only damage within the year, which there, according to data tracker The Hurun China Rich List within five years,” Hoogewerf said. made tycoon under 30. to recover, but to prosper in the many countries will not be able to Tijori Finance in India. Much of recorded more wealth created this Healthcare overtook real estate Hoogewerf attributed the con coming years,” Lam said. achieve by the end of 2021,” Tom Qualcomm’s shipments go to fac year than in the previous five years to become the secondhighest spicuous wealth jump to robust Fowdy, a British international tories that assemble smartphones combined, suggesting that “the source of wealth, with 10.9 per stock market performance. The Learning experience relations analyst focused on Asia, and other products. Its major cus structure of the economy has cent of the list. Manufacturing led Shenzhen ChiNext had a barnstorm Stella Man, a 24yearold wrote on Twitter. tomers include Xiaomi, Lenovo evolved, moving away from tradi with 23.8 percent, while real ing year, up 70 percent yearonyear. Hong Kong marketing designer, Rob Subbaraman, global head and Oppo. tional sectors like manufacturing estate slipped to third at 10.6 per Nasdaq was up 48 percent and the said if favorable policies are of macro research at Nomura Micron Technology derives and real estate, toward the new cent, down from 14.8 percent, the Shenzhen main board up 45 percent. rolled out by the government, Holdings in Singapore, was quot 57.1 percent of its revenue from economy”, said Rupert Hoogewerf, biggest drop since records began “This, combined with a flurry of she is willing to explore career ed on Bloomberg.com as saying China, and 11.9 percent from the Hurun Report chairman and chief in 1999. new IPOs, was the main drive opportunities in Shenzhen or China’s recovery is “an encourag US, according to Tijori. The Ida researcher. Jiang Rensheng, 67, chairman behind the record wealth creation other cities of the Bay Area. ing and hopeful message for the hobased tech company makes While the first two months of the and general manager of Chongqing on this year’s Hurun China Rich Man said her sixmonth stint rest of the world. If you success products such as USB flash COVID19 pandemic wiped out mas based flu and meningitis vaccine List,” he said. as a digital marketing intern in fully handle the health crisis, drives. Broadcom and Texas sive amounts of wealth, 2,398 billion producer Zhifei, saw his wealth China now has the secondlarg Chinese ecommerce giant Aliba your economy can recover.” Instruments draw more than 40 aires made it to the list after a V almost triple to $19.9 billion after est billionaire group behind the ba at its Guangzhou office has not China welcomes US companies percent of their respective sales shaped recovery in which the China’s drug regulator announced it United States, despite COVID19 only had a huge impact on broad to actively participate in its mar from China. economy quickly started to bounce had approved clinical human test putting a dent in global wealth ening her world view, “but it also ket and will strive to create a fair US technology companies are back in the second two months and, ing of a COVID19 vaccine. accumulation, according to a sepa made my resume stand out. and just environment, the Minis operating in an environment of since June, has seen a record wealth Ecommerce also excelled as a rate report this month by UBS and Every human resources manager try of Industry and Information tense USChina relations, with boom buoyed by the digital economy. wealth builder. Jack Ma, cofounder consultancy PwC. has asked me about this experi Technology said on Monday, citing the US government taking steps ence whenever I interviewed for a meeting it held with companies to restrict sales of US technology a new job in Hong Kong.” including Qualcomm Inc and to major Chinese companies, par Man also said the experience General Motors. ticularly Huawei Technologies Co has given her a taste of the way of Xiao Yaqing, China’s minister and SMIC, China’s largest semi Qingdao to boost COVID precautions global enterprises handle a of industry and information conductor manufacturer, citing project. “At Alibaba, the designers technology, made the comments national security concerns. By XIE CHUANJIAO in Qingdao tions,” ViceMayor Luan Xin said. tal, other cities like Beijing started would come up with multi during a video meeting with a and DU JUAN in Beijing Qingdao, a major port that han citywide hospital checks. pronged approaches in designing delegation of the USChina Reuters contributed to this story. dles air and maritime cargo, Gao Xiaojun, a spokesman for the each popup advertisement. There Qingdao pledged to enhance remains under pressure to contain Beijing Health Commission, said on are also plenty of eplatforms for more targeted COVID19 interven risks from imported infections. In Tuesday 11,000 hospitals and medi disseminating their marketing One for the records tion measures, such as conducting order to strengthen its response, the cal institutions should examine materials. But at Hong Kong com nucleic acid testing on all imported city plans to build an infectious dis their personnel, medical equipment panies, the social media channels coldchain products and the people ease hospital, which is expected to and work flows to prevent inhospi would usually be limited to Face handling them, given that the city’s offer 1,000 beds when it goes into tal infections. book or Instagram,” she said. recent outbreak was traced to two operation in 2023, Luan said on One new imported case of COV Lam said she is determined to dock workers. Sunday. ID19 was reported in Beijing on fortify the city’s competitiveness “Every single imported item is “The hospital will provide general Monday, the municipal health com and revive its pandemicstrick required to be tested, and personnel medical service on a daily basis, but mission said on Tuesday. en economy. in the port areas who engage in load will be able to meet an urgent need A 27yearold woman arrived in Also on Tuesday, Hong Kong ing, unloading, handling and trans immediately if an emerging public Beijing from Jordan on Oct 13, and officials said local tourism porting imported coldchain food health issue occurs in Qingdao and showed symptoms such as fever and groups of up to 30 people will be should stay in designated areas and its surrounding areas,” Luan said. headache while under quarantine at permitted starting on Friday as undergo testing every three to five The virus recently reemerged in a designated hotel. On Monday, her the city has had a steady decline days before returning home,” Chen Qingdao, and 13 newly confirmed CT scan revealed an infection and in COVID19 cases. Wansheng, an official with the city cases have been detected. Inappro she tested positive for COVID19. The Hong Kong Tourism government, said on Tuesday. priate disinfection in the room used The patient has been transferred Board also will offer a “free tour” For other workers who have direct for CT scans at the Qingdao Chest to the Beijing Ditan Hospital for program to Hong Kong resi contact with imported coldchain Hospital was believed to be respon treatment, and all close contacts on dents. Starting on Tuesday, local food, nucleic acid tests will be car sible for spreading infections. the same flight have been put under residents who spend HK$800 ried out every seven days, said Chen, Of the 13, three were eligible for quarantine, the commission said. ($103) or more at designated adding that tests will also be con discharge from the hospital. “Two of No new locally transmitted con businesses can get a receipt to ducted in the vicinity of ports, cold them were tuberculosis patients, firmed, asymptomatic or suspected redeem for a tour of city sights to storage facilities and other places. and both will continue to receive cases of COVID19 were reported in use between Nov 1 and Dec 3. “Epidemic prevention and con hospital treatment. The other one Beijing on Monday. Board Chairman Pang Yiukai trol work in Qingdao has found suf will undergo further observation said that by promoting local A Guinness World Records staff member measures the arm of ficient evidence that the over 14 days, in line with national Xinhua contributed to this story. tours, the travel sector will be giv Ren Keyu in Leshan, Sichuan province, on Sunday. At 221 centi coronavirus can jump from objects regulations,” Luan said on Tuesday. en a hand in resuming business meters tall, the 14yearold boy is expected to be listed as the to people, and the virus can survive Drawing lessons from the out Contact the writers at and preparing for international world’s tallest male teenager. WANG HONGQIANG / FOR CHINA DAILY for a long time under freezing condi break linked to the Qingdao hospi [email protected] tourists once they can return.