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WEDNESDAY, June 19, 2013 chinadailyusa.com $1 The ‘Long March’ to Tinseltown By WEI in “It is a long way to go,” he [email protected] says, “but I believe as the Chi- nese = lm market keeps growing The next Kung Fu Panda so fast, it is totally possible that will be the brainchild of both Chinese capital will hold shares American and Chinese film- in the major six Hollywood stu- makers and production will dios. It is just a matter of time.” start in August, says Peter Li, China’s Wanda Cultural managing director of China Group is one of the pioneers Media Capital, co-investor of in this process. In 2012 Wanda Oriental DreamWorks, a joint acquired AMC, the second venture with DreamWorks largest theater chain in North Animation. America, for $2.6 billion. CMC co-founded Oriental What Ye Ning, the group’s DreamWorks in 2012 with vice-president, has learned DreamWorks, Shanghai Media from the following integration Group and Shanghai Alliance is, = rst of all, trust and respect. Investment, with the aim of “The managing team of CHARACTER BUILDING producing and distributing ani- AMC was worried that we mated and live-action content would send a group of yellow PHOTO BY SUN CHENBEI / for Chinese and global markets. faces to replace them,” Ye says, From le : Li Xiaolin, president of the ’s Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries; Cui The Chinese team contrib- “but we studied their resumes utes not only investment to and found most of them had Tiankai, Chinese ambassador to the US; Stuart Holliday, president and CEO of Meridian International Center; and Kung Fu Panda 3, but also the worked for the company for Curtis Sandberg, senior vice-president for the arts at the Meridian International Center, watch Ping, a profes- script, by collecting material more than 10 years and know sor of China Central Academy of Fine Arts, demonstrating his calligraphy work on Tuesday at the Meridian House, about the Chinese elements to well how to run theaters, so we be featured in the new install- kept most of them in their posi- where a two-day exhibition of Chinese fan paintings is being held. See story on page 2. ment of the global hit, sched- tions.” uled for release in 2015, says Li Wanda’s logo, he says, was on the sidelines of the ongoing not added before AMC in any Shanghai International Film of its theaters. Festival, which runs from June What should not be imposed 15 to 23. on a purchased Hollywood DC to build Ming-Qing classic garden Chinese staff will also take facility are diN erent values, in part in production and learn the opinion of Sid Ganis, for- By KELLY CHUNG of open pavilions, a pond and the platform for US-China and be exposed to a sampling of Agriculture to proceed with from the world’s top animators mer president of Sony Pictures. DAWSON in New York traditional Chinese buildings relations,” said Bob Stallman, of Chinese arts and culture.” private fund-raising for the in process management and Ganis held various positions [email protected] with Ming and Qing-style president of the National Although the project was garden, and in 2011, China’s story telling. at Sony Pictures, including furnishings, the garden will China Garden Foundation. “A initiated in 2004 as the result former ambassador to the US, “To learn from Hollywood vice chairman of Columbia A classical Chinese gar- showcase Chinese fauna and large part of the US popula- of an agreement between the Yesui, and US Secretary animation artists by working Pictures, after the Japanese den will be installed at the landscaping, and will be open tion still doesn’t understand US Department of Agriculture of Agriculture Tom Vilsack together with them is the only company bought it in 1989. US National Arboretum in to the public. much about Chinese culture, and China’s Ministry of For- signed an updated Memoran- way for Chinese animators to “It is more about integration, Washington DC, in a joint “Our goal is to create a sym- and this will be an opportunity estry, plans stalled for several da of Understanding. grow stronger,” Li says. not conquering Hollywood,” collaboration between China bol of good will between China to see the beautiful tranquility years. In 2008 the new Farm CMC is not the only Chinese he comments on the ’s and the US. Featuring a series and the US, and to strengthen of a Chinese classical garden, Bill authorized the Secretary SEE “GARDEN” PAGE 3 = lm industry player to partner entry to Hollywood. Hollywood and it is a growing One of the reasons that trend. Columbia Pictures retained its “China’s = lm market grows momentum after being pur- IN THE NEWS so fast that the annual box oK ce chased by Sony is that the par- revenue will reach 20 billion ent company seldom imposed yuan ($3.3 billion) this year and its values on film projects. Slowing growth hits FDI CHINA Tianjin. > p10 30 billion yuan in two or three Ganis says there was just one Not safe enough years, which will be about half such case that he recalls. By DING QINGFEN tionals as an FDI destination. Chengdu earlier this month, Ongoing nationwide inspec- Zen in sports of the box oK ce of the United “We were making a comedy and LYU CHANG He said that “from a glob- Premier tried to tions of work safety have States,” says Wang Ran, CEO about judo, and they asked, al perspective, China’s FDI clear up the foreign businesses’ revealed potential risks are of China eCapital Corporation. very nicely, ‘don’t make fun of Growth of China’s foreign trend remains comparatively doubts by saying that “China still common. > p5 “> e gap between the Chi- our culture’. It was not an order, direct investment in May stable and good ⋯ and posi- has the ability and conditions” nese and US film markets is but a request,” Ganis says. dropped to just under 0.3 per- tive growth (in FDI) for four to sustain economic growth Getting tough being narrowed down. In two “If Akio Morita (co-founder cent, an indicator that global consecutive months, to a large and “China will be committed or three years more Chinese of Sony) tried to impose Japa- companies remain hesitant to extent, shows the recogni- to deepening the reform and > e top court and procura- companies will be able to nese values on a US institution, expand in China amid its eco- tion of global investors on the opening-up policy”. torate jointly issued an inter- acquire second-tier Hollywood he would soon find what he nomic slowdown. competitiveness of the Chi- Li encouraged the foreign pretation on the conviction companies.” bought were just empty sound- According to the Ministry nese economy and the nation’s companies to “cash in on the and sentencing standards Ben Ji, managing direc- stages.” of Commerce, FDI was up just investment environment”. huge opportunities resulting of criminal cases involving tor of Reach Glory Media Therefore, ambitious Chi- 0.29 percent from a year ear- Shen added: “I have to from the nation’s economic environmental pollution on Group, says so far acquisitions nese companies that try telling lier to $9.26 billion, compared repeat that China’s FDI growth development and efforts Tuesday. > p4 of Hollywood companies by Chinese stories and delivering with a 0.4 percent increase in this year will remain stable.” toward industrialization and Chinese are at the lower end Chinese culture in their work April and the slowest growth FDI in 2012 hit a record urbanization”. O the shelves of the industry chain, such as with their Hollywood partners since February. high of $111.7 billion. The “Short-term fluctuations About one-third of baby Monks from a famous tem- post-production companies or should be patient and savvy. While China’s FDI growth nation has remained the most (in FDI) should not be a big formula companies will be ple say their enthusiasm for theaters. CMC is working with decelerated, its outbound attractive FDI destination concern. We have to see the axed in a market consolida- is a natural part Ji calls the trend a “Long DreamWorks and China Film direct investment saw robust among developing countries bigger picture,” said Wang tion that experts say will of their monastic life. > p9 March”, referring to the 1934- Group to adapt The Tibet gains, expanding by some 20 for more than a decade. Zhile, a senior researcher on help ensure dairy product 36 trek by the Chinese Red Code, a popular novel that has percent in the = rst = ve months But 2012 was the = rst year foreign investment at the Chi- quality. > p6 ACROSS AMERICA Army over snowy mountains sold over 10 million copies in of this year to $34.3 billion, that the nation saw a drop in nese Academy of International Avoiding confl ict and marshes. China. according to the ministry. its annual FDI since 2009. Trade and Economic Coop- BUSINESS China is making economi- > e decelerating growth in According to the ministry, eration. All about money cally vital deals in the Mid- inbound direct investment during the = rst = ve months of “Undoubtedly, the new Chi- dle East by maintaining con- comes while the world’s sec- 2013, FDI was up just slightly nese leadership is very enthusi- A price war has I ared up tact with the region’s parties ond-largest economy is further more than 1 percent from a astic about furthering its open- again among e-commerce and outside powers such as losing growth momentum. year earlier to $47.6 billion, ing-up policy and attracting websites, nine months the United States without > e economy grew at its slow- mainly led by developed foreign companies. This is a aJ er government oK cials accused them of “fooling becoming embroiled in con- est pace for 13 years in 2012. nations and regions. very positive signal for China’s I ict, says US foreign policy But Shen Danyang, spokes- Investment from the United prospects on FDI,” he said. consumers with promo- > p15 adviser Vali Nasr. > p2 man for the ministry, rebutted States was up by 22.6 percent, James Lee, regional director tional activities”. the notion that the nation is and that from the European of the Institute of Chartered LIFE FOCUS losing its appeal to multina- Union increased 24.1 percent Accountants in England and from January to May. Wales in China, agreed. Metal-hearted Love and care During a meeting with > ere are many celebrity China Daily reporter on executives from more than Contact the writers at animals, but none is more board the hospital ship Peace GENG FEIFEI / CHINA DAILY 10 multinational companies [email protected]. famous in China at the Ark will bring us regular The global success of Kung Fu Panda is a factor that attracts that were to attend the For- cn and lvchang@chinadaily. moment than a woolly reports throughout its 118- Chinese fi lmmakers to join the production of the movie’s next tune Global Forum 2013 in com.cn creature that lives in day aid voyage. > p8 installment. CHINA DAILY USA 2 acrossamerica Wednesday, June 19, 2013 | [email protected] US-China relations a must win Fan paintings

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American think believe that China and the US cultures will have tremendous oppor- tunities for cooperation in the By CHEN WEIHUA next 10 years, and the top three in Washington items on their work agenda [email protected] should be energy, tourism, and science and . For most Americans, the “The stakes are large, for folding fans which they find You see not the China both success and failure,” said in Chinatown stores are used of many years ago, but Stanford economist Michael to bring a cool breeze in hot China of today, some Boskin, “so the relationship summer, like in Washington ‘done‘ this year.” needs to succeed.” DC these days. Making his remarks at a But at the landmark Merid- RANDAL TEAGUE panel discussion of a new ian House, a Louis XVI style of RODEO CHINA study — “US-China 2022: Eco- architecture in the US capital nomic Relations in the Next 10 on Tuesday, visitors were capti- Years” — held by the China- vated by 40 Chinese fan paint- channel to deepen our friend- US Exchange Foundation and ings on display. The exhibits, ship and mutual understand- the Committee of 100 in Los o* en a combination of paint- ing.” Angeles on Monday, Boskin ing and calligraphy, feature In front of a crowd of Chi- added that the US and China’s landscapes, owers, birds and nese and Americans, Chen bilateral economic relationship people in both modern and Ping, a professor at China has progressed from “virtual ancient times. Central Academy of Fine Arts, nonexistence to the world’s ) e art form became popu- instilled Li’s messages in his cal- most important in one genera- lar in China in the Northern ligraphy work demonstration. tion. We have a large national and Southern Dynasties (AD Stuart Holliday, president interest in each other’s eco- CHEN JIA / CHINA DAILY 420-581) and matured during and CEO of Meridian Inter- nomic success”. Dominic Ng (left), chairman of the Committee of 100 as well as chairman and CEO of East , interacts with Peter the Tang Dynasty (AD 618- national Center, a non-profit Dominic Ng, chairman of Seligmann, CEO and co-founder of Conservation International, at a panel discussion on Monday in Los Angeles. 907). organization promoting global the Committee of 100, told Randal Teague, from Rodeo exchange and cooperation, China Daily at Monday’s last week as a “golden opportu- jobs in the US and 11.4 million nese real GDP per capita to be He pointed out that China China, an organization that described the fan paintings as panel that the “groundbreak- nity to build a better personal jobs in China, the study found. $19,960, which will still be only also faces increased compe- promotes cultural exchange “interesting”. ing study explores the dynamic rapport and mutual trust”. Also, if current trends con- slightly more than a quarter of tition from still lower-cost between China and the United “It’s not just beautiful art, but evolution of US-China eco- The study said that China tinue, by 2015 East Asia will projected US per capital real countries, especially as Chi- States, said many people might a utilitarian object, an object nomic relations over the last was growing at almost 10 surpass the US in terms of GDP of $76,750. nese wages grow. expect to see ancient paintings that is used every day and it’s three decades and identifies percent 30 years ago, but its aggregate GDP, with China Boskin said that China is Tensions over issues like and fans, which were the usual important to Chinese culture,” key opportunities for future impact on the global economy contributing the highest pro- escaping the “middle-income cyber security, tari s and sub- arrangement in the past. said Holliday, who served as US bilateral cooperation”, some- was small. After 20 years of portion of the total. trap”, with a large, rapidly sidies, and currency, also go “You see not the China of ambassador for special political thing that will bene t not just this scale of growth, China has China’s real GDP is pro- growing middle class, which hand-in-hand with the China- many years ago, but China of affairs at the China and the US, but the developed a $7.5 trillion dollar jected to catch up to the US forms a large fraction of the US relationship, he added. today, some done this year,” from 2003 to 2005. whole world. economy. in approximately 16 years, at world’s growth of spending. ) e aim of the study was “to said Teague, who had just vis- Holliday said the Meridian He said that frequent high- The growth of China and which time both Chinese and “If China is eventually to put these frictions and mis- ited the show. Center provides a place for peo- level o cial communications the developing world will lead US real GDP will exceed $25 achieve high income — a understanding in perspective Wei, vice-president of ple to appreciate and under- had a positive in uence on the to a doubling of the global trillion, more than 3 times the feat very few middle-income and, particularly, to identify China National Academy of stand other cultures. He and his economic and cultural give- economy in 10 to 15 years and current GDP. By 2028, China countries manage to do — it potential economic benefits Painting, agreed, saying that sta have been busy traveling and-take between China and probably a tripling in another and the US will each account will have to move up the value- both sides may enjoy in the Americans had lots of contact the world, including China, to the US. He mentioned Chinese 15 years, it said. for about 15 percent of the added chain, rely much less on next decade,” said Victor K. with ancient Chinese paintings, promote cultural exchanges. President ’s two-day In 2010, exports of goods world’s GDP. state direction of the economy, Fung, vice chairman of the but not a lot with the modern In April, the center held a “shirt-sleeve” summit with US and services between the US However, the study also and decrease corruption,” he China-US Exchange Founda- Chinese artists who have inher- photo exhibition about jazz President Obama in California and China created 730,000 projected that by 2030 Chi- said. tion. ited the tradition. in Shanghai’s Peace He said fan paintings, which Hotel. are relatively small in size, A similar show was held in match perfectly with the style Beijing’s National Center for of the Meridian House. Performing Art a year ago. “) e elegance and scholarly ) ey are all part of the activities Beijing makes progress in the Mideast avor of the fan paintings not held under Meridian Center’s only match well with the archi- American-Chinese Cultural By MICHAEL BARRIS and China in the Middle East Since 2009, China has been ing involvement in the Mid- His book explains this claim tecture, but also re ect the Chi- Initiative (ACCI), launched in New York repeated ideas advanced in stepping up its Mideast trade east peace process, saying in more detail, arguing that “the nese philosophy that harmony in 2011 to promote cultural michaelbarris@chinadailyusa. his new book, The Dispens- missions, tourists and invest- it enhances efforts of other Obama administration has nei- is essential,” said Zhao, whose understanding between the com able Nation: American Foreign ments — particularly in pet- nations and should continue ther come up with a strategy for works were also on display. two countries. Policy in Retreat. In the book, rochemicals — as it pursues to expand. capitalizing on the opportunity ) e fan painting exhibition, A participant of 2012 Con- China is making economi- the dean of the Paul H. Nitze the region’s fuels for its growing In his remarks to the Man- that the Arab Spring presented Beautiful China, is being held sultations on People-to-People cally vital deals in the Middle School of Advanced Interna- economy. hattan-based Asia Society, Nasr nor adequately prepared for on Tuesday and Wednesday by Exchanges in Beijing, Holliday East by maintaining contact tional Studies at Johns Hop- China has so far been able to said the Obama administra- potential fallout in the form of the China National Academy is also looking forward to this with the region’s parties and kins University and the former balance its support for the Pal- tion’s well-publicized “pivot” regional rivalry, the explosion of Painting and Chinese Peo- year’s consultation to be held in outside powers such as the senior adviser to the US Special estinian cause and heavy reli- to the Asia-Paci c region actu- of sectarian tensions and deep- ple’s Association for Friendship Washington next month. United States without becom- Representative for Afghanistan ance on Saudi oil with its pur- ally is undermining the US’s rooted economic crises”. with Foreign Countries. It is part of the annual Stra- ing embroiled in con ict, says and Pakistan criticizes Presi- suit of Israeli high-tech imports standing instead of bolstering As a member of the State Li Xiaolin, president of the tegic and Economic Dialogue US foreign policy adviser Vali dent Barack Obama’s admin- and know-how in areas from it because the administration’s Department’s foreign affairs association, said the artist del- between the two governments, Nasr. istration for failing to help new paramilitary training to water “hands-o ” policy regarding policy board, an entity founded egation she brought this time following the summit between “) ey’re doing it with coop- governments in the Mideast management. It is expected Asia runs counter to the need in late 2011 and hand-picked has met several US congress- Chinese President Xi Jinping eration, they’re also doing it move toward democracy and to assume a more important to establish democracy in the by then Secretary of State Hill- men, and shown them Chinese and President Obama in Sun- with bilateral relationships,” reform their economies. role in Mideast politics as its region. ary Clinton, Nasr serves the US culture, history and also the nylands, California, 10 days Nasr said in an interview fol- Asked if China’s good rela- economic stake in the region “The Obama administra- government in a “solely advi- vision and hope of the Chinese ago. lowing a talk he delivered tions in the troubled region increases. tion, and I think the president sory capacity”, according to the people for peace. While delegates from both Monday at the Asia Society. would continue, Nasr, who Nasr spoke on the eve of a himself, is very happy to wash agency’s website. The board’s “I sincerely hope our exhi- governments may dispute a “) ey generally have avoided also is a senior fellow in for- UN-sponsored conference in his hands of the Middle East function is to provide the secre- bition can serve as a bridge to wide range of issues on trade antagonism and they have eign policy at the Brookings Beijing that is part of China’s and downgrade the Middle tary of state and high-level sta bring our art and souls closer and security at the S&ED, Hol- avoided conflict, and that’s Institution and a member of quest for greater diplomatic East in global strategy,” Nasr with “independent, informed and add more delightful colors liday said there is no disagree- what gives them the ability to the US Department of State’s influence in the Mideast. At said. “But the Middle East advice and opinion concerning for our bilateral relations,” said ment when it comes to cultural expand despite all the con icts Foreign A airs Policy Board, the Beijing forum on Tues- refuses to play ball. ) at actu- matters of US foreign policy” Li, a painter herself. and people-to-people exchang- that go on in the region.” said, “) ere’s no reason why it day, the Palestinian envoy to ally is producing crisis after while meeting three times a “I  rmly believe the cultural es. “We actually get something Nasr’s remarks on the US wouldn’t.” the UN praised China’s grow- crisis.” year, according to the website. exchange could be an e ective done,” he said. Experts predict confl icting policies over Asian trade pacts By JOSEPH BORIS “In a practical sense, it would one set of talks but engaged in expressed either skepticism mer White House aide who’s to experience faster economic China and India. in Washington be very di cult to incorporate the other, some experts have about the TPP or rebuked it as now a scholar at the Center growth in 2012 than the previ- In contrast, Miller said [email protected] China into the negotiations predicted conflicting policies a US-led e ort to contain the for Strategic and International ous year (5.5 percent from 4.7 the TPP “is an initiative that at this stage,” said Matthew in international trade if the two country economically. Studies, di ered as to how the percent), according to the Asian Southeast Asian economies are Chinese President Xi Jin- Goodman, who was a senior agreements aren’t eventually “It’s not clear to me that the TPP may  t with broader US Development Bank. evaluating on more of an indi- ping’s recent request that US US adviser on Asia economic combined. US wants China in [the] TPP, strategic aims in the Asia-Pacif- As some European econo- vidual basis in terms of their President Barack Obama keep policy in Obama’s first-term Further fueling confusion are at least during the negotiating ic region. But they and their mies  ght debt and recession, own political and economic him updated on progress in administration. “I don’t think complex and probably lengthy phase, because if the whole two fellow panelists in Tues- and the US and Japanese recov- goals and, frankly, whether talks over the Trans-Pacific China, even if it expresses inter- free-trade talks between the premise of this is asymmetric day’s discussion agreed that any eries remain slow, the region’s or not they have the political Partnership was ambiguous — est and seriously considers it, is US and the European Union, globalization, if China is in on hesitancy over Chinese partici- midsize countries see their will to undertake the compre- not necessarily a sign of China’s going to be ready, willing and which began on Monday; the negotiation, it could sink pation in the pact, from the US future trade and investment hensive commitments that are willingness to join the huge able to join.” China’s ongoing negotiations because China’s too big,” said or others, is more likely due to tied to each other as well as to required” by the US-led pact. proposed free-trade accord but In addition, the talks would with Japan and the Republic Arvind Subramanian, who practical considerations than the giant Chinese economy, Its members have said the not an expression of skepticism be hard-pressed to absorb of Korea toward a three-way researches trade issues at both hostility. said Meredith Miller, who stud- TPP, whose 18th round of talks either. participation of the world’s trade agreement; and the ques- the Center for Global Devel- It was pointed out that the ies trade, economics and energy begins in July, will be  nalized Since the two leaders met in second-biggest economy, he tion of whether China is wel- opment and the conservative Association of Southeast Asian as director of the Washington and ready for ratification by California nearly two weeks told a Washington think come in the TPP. US officials Peterson Institute for Interna- Nations, under whose auspices o ce of the nonpro t National individual governments this ago, observers of US-China audience on Tuesday. have said Chinese participation tional Economics. the RCEP talks are proceed- Bureau of Asian Research. year. But the treaty’s complex- relations have been wonder- Goodman and others on the would depend on all 12 parties, From a US perspective, Chi- ing and which includes three She said the RCEP is crucial ity, and potential political  ghts ing if Beijing might esh out a panel compared and contrast- including new member Japan, na’s entry “could undermine the members— Brunei, Malaysia to maintaining the regional over US trade policy in 2014 Commerce Ministry spokes- ed the TPP with the Regional being satisfied that Beijing fundamental logic” of the TPP, and — also in the TPP, “primacy” of ASEAN, whose congressional elections, makes man’s May 30 statement that Comprehensive Economic could and would meet the pro- Subramanian said, suggesting is generally seen by member members have pledged free that timetable unrealistic, said the government is studying the Partnership, a trade pact China posed treaty’s standards. that Washington might want governments as their central movement of goods, servic- Sourabh Gupta, a researcher possibility of joining the US and and 15 other Asian countries Prior to the ministry spokes- Beijing to join once talks are means of setting regional trade es and labor, and preserving on Asia-Paci c trade policy for 11 other countries now negoti- began negotiating in May. man’s remarks three weeks ago,  nalized and standards in place. policies. Ten-member ASEAN cohesive trade strategies in consulting  rm Samuels Inter- ating the TPP. Because China is absent from Chinese o cials had publicly He and Goodman, the for- was the world’s only subregion dealing with non-bloc powers national Associates. CHINA DAILY USA | Wednesday, June 19, 2013 | [email protected] china digest 3

QUOTABLE ‘“We’re‘ working to build Bus falls into a platform to support ex- changes between Shaolin valley; 13 die disciples and kung fu lov- ers across the world.” By MAO WEIHUA which it was traveling was SHI YONGXIN, abbot of the in Changji wet and muddy because it Shaolin Buddhist temple in and CUI JIA in Kashgar Dengfeng, province, said had rained during the day, on the temple’s fi rst cultural the Changji public security festival in the United States, At least 13 people were bureau said. According to Xinhua News Agency reported. killed after a bus with 36 initial investigations, mist The fi rst North America Shaolin passengers fell into a valley and poor visibility might Cultural Festival, part of the in Northwest China’s Xin- be partly to blame for the temple’s e orts to expand its jiang Uygur autonomous accident. global infl uence, is scheduled region on Tuesday after- Mist in the valley has also for Oct 8 to 14 in Los Angeles. noon. hampered rescue work, but Known as the cradle of Chinese e accident happened at all the passengers have been kung fu, the temple has hosted the annual Shaolin Temple Day around 5:15 pm in an area transferred to hospitals in in California for nine consecu- with an average altitude of Changji city, capital of the tive years, Shi said. 2,000 meters near Miaoer- prefecture, police said. gou village, in the Changji Although the rain has Hui autonomous prefec- stopped, the road on which ture. The passengers were the accident occurred THE NUMBER employees of a local com- remained slippery late on pany who were returning Tuesday night. e wreck- a er touring an attraction age of the bus was still in 118.07 near the village, the Xinji- the valley and authorities’ MILLION YUAN ang information o ce said investigations continued. on Tuesday evening. Some 70,000 people falsely The bus, which was not Contact the writers at mao- claimed 118.07 million yuan overloaded, rolled over [email protected]. ($19.26 million) in social insur- and fell about 40 meters cn and cuijia@chinadaily. ance payments in 2012, the Ministry of Human Resources HOT WHEELS into the valley. e road on com.cn and Social Security found after PHOTO BY XIANG MINGCHAO / CHINA DAILY an investigation. The ministry said on Tuesday that 113.89 mil- A woman on a motorscooter in Shigu county, Henan province, uses an extra large umbrella lion yuan has been recovered. to fend o4 the heat. e maximum temperature reached 36 C on Tuesday. FTA will help ON THE WEB Highlights from ease tensions chinadaily.com.cn around china GUANGXI day morning, bus driver Yin worker did not follow safety said on Tuesday. e woman By LI JIABAO mies in East Asia are aim- Border police seize Chunhua took children to the management regulations. spread the rumor on Sina in Weihai, , ing at a comprehensive smuggled reptiles kindergarten but did not see Weibo on June 12. e police and ZHAO YINAN in Tianjin and high-level agreement, Xu was still aboard. e boy HEBEI checked surveillance foot- Border police in the Guangxi covering not only trade in was only found in the a er- age from the area where the Zhuang autonomous region Nude beach to The free trade talks goods, services and invest- noon, the local government’s woman claimed the incident seized a large number of promote tourism involving China, Japan and ment, but also areas such as publicity department said on happened and interviewed snakes and tortoises in a A nude beach, the  rst in South Korea must be accel- intellectual property, trans- Tuesday. Yin and the kinder- residents, but did not  nd any suspected cross-border northern China, will be built erated to help ease political parency, e-commerce and garten manager were held by evidence to support her claim. smuggling case. e reptiles, to promote tourism in Luanx- tensions and meet chal- environment, said Woo police. contained in about 160 boxes ian county, Hebei province, lenges from other FTAs, Tae-hee, assistant minister Capital on alert for o cials said on Tuesday. for trade of South Korea. aboard a truck, were con s- YUNNAN the county government said cated in Fangchenggang on Middle East virus “Whatever the political “How to properly handle Photo: A red panda eats at an investment promotion Saturday, according to the Four arrested in relations, the sensitive areas will be the bamboo at the Straits Panda fair. e county will invest Beijing cannot rule out the Inside Research Center in Fuzhou, Fu- regional public security bor- fake cash case 3.2 billion yuan ($522 mil- possibility of new SARS-like FTA will go challenge and di culty for See more, jian province. Three red pandas, der defense forces on Tuesday. e public security o ce at lion) on a project featuring coronavirus MERS-CoV on as the three future negotiations and page 14 Huan Huan, Mei Ke and Ya Ya, Most of the animals were Kaiyuan railway station in infections, the Beijing Munici- sides pursue will demand great efforts will be sent as gifts to Taipei. cultural tourism, said Tian alive. e truck driver said he Yunnan province arrested four Wenxue, deputy head of the pal Bureau of Health said win-win- to overcome domestic Bilingual: Designed by advertis- was hired to transport them people suspected of transport- on Monday. e virus origi- win results and mutual obstacles,” Yu said. ing agency Fischer & Friends, county. Facilities including a to Guangzhou, ing counterfeit money and golf course, equestrian venue nated in the Middle East. e economic benefits,” Shin Experts and academ- the “o ine glass” is designed Bong-kil, secretary-general ics said earlier that these to “save people from the online province. seized more than 400,000 and nude beach will be built, bureau called for vigilance world”. A section of the base yuan ($65,194) in counterfeit among the public and urged of the Trilateral Coopera- obstacles may include he said. of the glass has been cut out notes, China National Radio travelers returning from the tion Secretariat, told China agriculture, manufactur- to make drinkers focus on O cer hurt while reported on Tuesday. It said CHONGQING Middle East who develop Daily. ing and state sectors. their friends, rather than their saving woman the four have admitted to Schools stop in respiratory infections to see The secretariat was “Strong con dence and screens. a doctor as soon as possible, established on Sept 1, 2011, a down-to-earth approach A police o cer in Xuzhou, buying the counterfeit money Buzzword: Friend-jacking hot weather according to Beijing Times. to promote peace and com- for advancing the nego- Jiangsu province, was seri- at a price of eight yuan for describes the situation when Beijing has launched a 24- mon prosperity among the tiations are key for the suc- ously injured when he one 100-yuan note in Hunan Students at some middle and someone who is new to a social hour clinical service with 110 three countries. cess of the trilateral FTA, circle ends up becoming more rescued a woman trying to province and planned to sell primary schools in Chongq- participating experts on call. Negotiators had their while the three parties important and loved in that jump from the balcony of a the money in border areas. ing were allowed to leave  rst round of talks on a free should come up with  ex- group than the person who high-rise building on Sunday, school at noon as tempera- HENAN trade agreement in Seoul ible negotiation plans with introduced them to the circle. Chinanews.com reported on GUANGDONG tures soared, China News Ser- in March despite turbulent long-term and strategic Tuesday. Zong Deyu led o - Faulty-elevator vice reported. e Chongqing Zookeeper killed political relations in East vision,” Yu said. cers who saved the woman, meteorological authority on by brown bear Your voice matters: worker charged Asia. Once established, the Shin said strong politi- China Daily USA welcomes but he broke an arm and a leg Tuesday issued an orange alert e forestry authorities in An elevator maintenance FTA will forge a common cal will and adherence to readers to comment on stories when the woman fell to the (the second highest), warning Xinmi, Henan province, worker has been charged with market of 1.5 billion peo- a win-win-win result are published in the newspaper and balcony  oor. A er a  ve- of high temperatures for the detained the owner of a zoo in causing a major liability acci- ple with a combined GDP essential to the success of on our website www.chinadai- hour operation, Zong was in third day in a row. Workers at the city a er a keeper was bit- lyusa.com. 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Haisong, as he tried to drive it ed on Tuesday. e 24-year- Make your voice heard today by Boy dies aboard BEIJING into its cage on Monday a er- and the European Union. from sensitive areas in each old nursing intern died on thousands of our readers in the Woman arrested for noon. e bear then dragged Yu Jianhua, China’s country, the FTA is also kindergarten bus May 15 a er she became stuck US, China and other parts of the the keeper into its cage and bit deputy international trade subject to pressure from world. false accusation A 5-year-old boy died in in the doors when the eleva- him. e bear was later tran- negotiator at the Ministry other trade agreements. Police arrested a woman for hospital in Jiangxi province tor suddenly malfunctioned, quilized by police and sent to of Commerce, said at a Before the start of the Scan it! a er a driver at a kindergar- stopped between  oors and falsely claiming online that Zhengzhou City Zoo in the seminar in Weihai, Shan- G8 summit in Lough Erne, Read ten le him on a school bus. then moved sharply up and she had seen a golden retriev- provincial capital. dong province, on Tuesday Northern Ireland, the EU more on Xu Yaxi lived in a village in down in the er killed by three policemen, that the second round of and the United States on chinadaily. Dexing and took the bus to Building. Investigations the Haidian branch of the negotiations will be held at Monday launched formal com.cn the kindergarten. On Mon- showed the maintenance Beijing Public Security Bureau XINHUA — CHINA DAILY the end of July in Shanghai negotiations on a vast trade and the third will be held pact, which could be the in Japan at the end of this biggest bilateral deal in his- year. tory, and the  rst round of The FTA will act as a negotiations would take $60m site to open in 2016 stepping stone for eco- place in Washington next Garden: nomic integration in East month. Asia, he said. “ e trade pact between CHINA DAILY (ISSN 0748- FROM PAGE 1 US and assembled on site. is to have as many people as design elements. Shin noted that relations the EU and the US will 6154) is published daily The Chinese design team, possible be able to enjoy all the The garden will also offer among the three countries boost trade between the except weekends and The National China Gar- led by Professor Peng Zhen- elements of a Chinese garden.” cultural and educational pro- are undergoing turbulence two and hence challenge Chinese New Year by China den Foundation is  nalizing hua of the Chinese Academy A meeting between the Chi- gramming, Stallman said. An and political tensions, but China’s trade competitive- Daily USA, 1500 Broadway, design plans, and is in talks of Sciences, is working with nese design team and a US on-site exhibition hall will also upon economic interde- ness,” said Zhuang from Suite 2800, New York, NY with potential donors and the USDA and the National architecture  rm is expected provide a venue for o cial vis- pendency there is “a grow- the University of Interna- 10036. Periodical postage sponsors for the garden, which Garden Foundation to create to take place in early July to its and business events. Addi- ing demand for a free, open tional Business and Eco- paid at New York, NY and will be entirely privately fund- a garden that will stay true to coincide with the US-China tionally, the National Arbore- and rule-based multilateral nomics. additional mailing o ces. ed. In order for the garden to the classical Chinese garden Strategic and Economic Dia- tum will likely utilize the gar- trading system to boost the Exporters in Japan and begin construction, the foun- style, while catering to West- logue, Stallman said. den for some of its research on economic welfare of the South Korea will also be POSTMASTER: Send address dation will need to raise $60 ern audiences, Stallman said. Although there are a num- plant genetics. three countries”. a4 ected as the EU and the changes to CHINA DAILY million. If all goes according “One of our priorities and ber of other classical Chinese “Chinese gardens are truly Zhuang Rui, deputy dean US are the final destina- USA, 1500 Broadway, Suite to plan, the garden will open issues in design is the con ict gardens in the US — at loca- beautiful, and they create a dif- of the Institute of Inter- tions for many Japanese 2800, New York, NY 10036. in 2016, Stallman said. between a traditional Chinese tions including the Metro- ferent mindset that you don’t national Economy at the and South Korean exports, The land, utilities and garden, and how the garden politan Museum of Art in get as much with US-style University of International even though they are man- infrastructure for the gar- will actually be used,” he said. New York; Overfelt Garden gardens,” Stallman said. “Ulti- Business and Econom- ufactured in China, she den will be donated by the He noted that Chinese gardens in San Jose, California; and mately, we recognize that it’s ics in Beijing, said, “The said. © 2013 China Daily US government; the Chinese have traditionally been for pri- Huntington Library in San important for us to maintain FTA talks are vulnerable All Rights Reserved government will provide 22 vate use by wealthy individuals. Marino, California — Stall- the cultural links that create to political turbulence but Contact the writers at Vol. 33 — No.10122 structures, labor, landscaping “That’s a natural conflict, man believes that the Nation- an atmosphere in which the the essence and orientation [email protected] A member of and rockeries for the garden, but the trade-o4 is important al China Garden will be par- US and China can collaborate will not change.” and zhaoyinan@chinadaily. the Asia News Network which will be shipped to the because ultimately our goal ticularly noteworthy for its as much as possible.” e three major econo- com.cn CHINA DAILY USA 4 china Wednesday, June 19, 2013 | [email protected] ‘Thorough cleanup’ of undesirable styles Party members urged to adopt ‘mass their own practices and correct expectations. Grooming one- believe progress is being made meetings have been short- any misbehavior. self means correcting one’s in implementing rules intro- ened, although about 5 per- line’ to improve their ties with public At Tuesday’s conference, misconduct and projecting a duced by the Party to fight cent of netizens and 3 percent Party members were told to be good image of CPC members. bureaucracy and formalism. of local o cials said the situa- critical in evaluating other o - Taking a bath requires CPC About 72 percent of netizens tion was getting worse. By ZHAO YINAN launch the campaign. cials as well as their own perfor- Winning or losing members to keep a clean mind and 88 percent of grassroots Respondents have also sug- [email protected] He urged its members to mance, with a view to rectifying public support is an and behave properly in order to officials polled said that the gested building a sound system adopt the “mass line” as they improper working styles. The issue that concerns maintain the correct nature of a biggest improvement in Party with more specific standards Xi Jinping, leader of the did during revolutionary times, campaign will focus on Party ‘‘ CPC member. members’ work style was made and supervision to improve Communist Party of China, in a move to improve ties with organs and o cials at or above the CPC’s survival or Seeking remedies means in reducing the number of CPC members’ work style. said Tuesday that the CPC’s the public. the county level, Xi said. extinction.” educating or punishing those extravagant receptions held to Zhu Lijia, a professor at the upcoming year-long campaign “Although the work style of “Winning or losing public XI JINPING who engage in misconduct. mark o cials’ visits, according Chinese Academy of Gover- will be a “thorough cleanup” of most Party members is down support is an issue that con- PRESIDENT Previously, the Political to a poll conducted by People’s nance, said the Party is seeking undesirable work styles such to earth, a large number of o - cerns the CPC’s survival or Bureau of the CPC Central Daily between May 29 and to build trust with the public. as formalism, bureaucratism, cials have cut themselves off extinction,” Xi warned. Committee, the Party’s top June 6. “The distrust originates hedonism and extravagance. from the public,” Xi said. “ e CPC can only be stable self, take a bath and seek rem- ruling body, pledged in Janu- Nearly 2,400 netizens and from corrupt and bureaucratic “The main task of the The “mass line” refers to a when it dedicates its soul and edies”. ary to control the total size 500 o cials from various prov- behavior of Party members and campaign focuses on build- fundamental policy of the CPC mind to the people, and relies He said watching from the of its membership, optimize inces participated in the survey, will endanger the Party’s rule if ing work styles,” Xi, general introduced before 1949, when on the people to push forward mirror requires members to its structure and improve the according to the newspaper. it is not dealt with,” he said. secretary of the CPC Central Party members were encour- historical advancement.” refer to the CPC Constitution quality of Party members. About 59 percent of neti- Committee, said at a high- aged to build their ties with Xi urged members to “watch as a mirror and to live up to A survey showed most zens and 85 percent of local Xinhua contributed to this pro le teleconference held to grassroots people, reflect on from the mirror, groom one- CPC discipline and public netizens and local officials o cials surveyed said o cial story. 4 detained in beating of French man

By WANG ZHENGHUA pect, surnamed Chen and in Shanghai also in his 20s, on the dance wangzhenghua@ floor of the bar on Fumin chinadaily.com.cn Road, police said. In retaliation, Chen sum- Friction on the dance oor, moned four friends and rather than racism, is behind attacked  omas outside the a physical con ict outside a bar, police added. bar in downtown Shanghai But the incident generated last week in which a French concerns of racism because man su" ered a head injury  omas told the Shanghaiist, and bruises, police said on a popular portal for the expat Tuesday. community, in an interview In a telephone interview, a that “nothing happened in spokesman for the Shanghai the club. We were not drunk. Public Security Bureau said We didn’t see the guys before. that four Chinese men have It was just pure racism.” been detained in the alleged Shawn Kregan, a witness DOTTING THE SKY attack on the French man, who recorded the attack with PHOTO BY ZHANG MAO / FOR CHINA DAILY identified only as Thomas, his mobile phone, told the on the morning of June 10 Shanghaiist that Thomas Hot-air balloons y over the Qiongzhou Strait on Tuesday as a balloon festival begins in Haikou, Hainan province. outside the Shanghai bar No and his girlfriend got into 88. Police are still searching the taxi, when the suspects for a   h suspect. ran toward them and started “It’s just a civil case caused beating him inside the taxi by a dispute on the dance and proceeded to drag him oor,” the spokesman said. out of it. ‘Legal weapons’ against pollution o enses “It has nothing to do with One of the guys was armed racism or the recent attack of with a small knife and took a Chinese students in south- swipe at  omas, but missed, By ZHANG YAN pollution since January, and imposed harsher punishment ous environmental crimes. large residential areas, will be western France.” Kregan added. [email protected] arrested 118 suspects. on polluters, will be e" ective to Severe punishment will also considered serious o" enders. The attack on Friday  e attackers soon ed the Among those, 24 have been prevent environmental dam- be meted out to o" enders who According to the Criminal night in Hostens, a town in scene, and the police arrived  e top court and procura- charged with polluting the envi- age in the future,” said Li Lin, illegally import solid waste or Law, those convicted of pollut- France’s wine-producing within 10 minutes. Police torate jointly issued an inter- ronment or illegally disposing a lawyer from Beijing Lawyers’ neglect their duty for environ- ing the environment, illegally Bordeaux region, left one said they reacted fast, were pretation on the conviction and of or importing solid waste by Society. ment supervision, and cause disposing of or importing solid 24-year-old female student fair and properly dealt with sentencing standards of crimi- the prosecuting departments, But she still doubted wheth- huge economic losses, harm waste will face jail terms of up with severe facial injuries the incident. nal cases involving environ- according to the ministry. er it will be fully implemented people’s health or result in inju- to three years, with  nes. after being attacked with a Thomas was sent to the mental pollution on Tuesday. “With more precise criteria by the judicial organs. ries or death. But if the circumstances are glass bottle. police station before being Experts said the interpreta- for convictions and sentencing, The interpretation lists 14 For example, people who serious or they cause particu- France’s Interior Minister sent to a hospital in Xuhui tion will provide “legal weap- including those for crimes of types of activities that will be cause the suspension of water larly serious consequences, Manuel Valls described the . He le China on Fri- ons” to combat such crimes. causing serious pollution and considered crimes of seriously supply for more than 12 hours they will face a maximum incident as an act of xeno- day and could not be reached “At present, environmental serious consequences, the judi- polluting the environment and for an area of a county or prison term of seven years. phobia, and it has elevated for comment on Tuesday. pollution is very serious across cial interpretation will ensure resources. above, cause private or public Han Yaoyuan, deputy direc- outrage and fears of Chinese An official at the French the country, which seriously law enforcement o cers apply For instance, discharging economic losses of more than tor of the research department people living, studying and consulate in Shanghai said harms the ecological environ- the laws accurately,” said Wu or dumping radioactive waste 300,000 yuan ($49,000), or poi- under the Supreme People’s traveling in France. on Tuesday that they learned ment, and poses a great threat Ming’an, a law professor from or waste containing infectious son more than 30 people, will Procuratorate, said they will In the Shanghai incident, about the attack from social to people’s health and property China University of Political pathogens or toxic substances face harsher punishment. pay attention to investigat- 25-year-old Thomas, who network services, but didn’t safety,” Hu Yunteng, director of Science and Law. into sources of drinking water  ose who obstruct envi- ing duty-related crimes found was traveling, had a physical receive any reports from the the research department under He said the interpretation and nature reserves will be ronmental supervision or behind the environmental pol- con ict with the main sus- victim. the Supreme People’s Court, will be e" ective in solving the considered crimes of seriously investigations for environ- lution crimes. said during a news conference three traditional problems fac- polluting the environment. mental accidents; those who “Prosecuting departments on Tuesday. ing judicial o cers — evidence Activities leading to pol- dismantle facilities intended from each level will investigate Figures released by the Min- collection, appraisal and crime lution that force more than for environmental pollution the cases involving turning a istry of Public Security show identi cation. 5,000 people to be evacuated, prevention, or cause them not blind eye toward pollution or that police have uncovered “The judicial explanation, or poisons more than 3,000 to operate normally; those making  nes instead of mak- a number of major criminal which lowered the threshold people or causes one person who discharge pollutants ing criminal punishment,” he cases involving environmental for crime identification and to die are also considered seri- near hospitals, schools and said. Hard line for cement plants that foul the environment

By WU WENCONG ronmental violations between “ e State Council recently 866 million metric tons, up who live near the factories,” said [email protected] them. released 10 measures to control by 8.9 percent from the same Fang Yingjun from environmen- Using the institute’s “Green airborne pollution and achieve period last year. tal NGO Green Jiangnan. Seventeen listed cement Stocks Database” on its website, energy and emissions reduc- The cement industry is Subcompanies from four companies have been found the public can find the envi- tions. The extremely energy- among the six most heavily large cement companies that are to o en violate environmental ronmental supervision records intensive cement, steel and polluting industries that were members of the Cement Sus- protection laws by illegally dis- of 850 companies’ subsidiaries thermal energy production required by the Environmental tainability Initiative, which is charging airborne pollutants, and a liates by typing in the industries, especially those lead- Protection Ministry to meet described on its website as being according to a report released company’s name. ing listed companies, need to international emission limits “a global effort by 24 cement on Tuesday. The environmental super- share the heavy responsibility of from March this year. Dust producers that believe there is a The report, conducted by vision records all come from reducing emissions and not dis- emissions from the cement strong business case for the pur- several independent institutes information published by local appoint the public,” said Ma Jun, industry accounted for about suit of sustainable development”, and environmental NGOs and environmental protection director of the Institute of Public 30 percent of total industrial appear in the report. led by the Institute of Public departments or newspapers and Environmental A" airs. emissions in 2009. The environmental NGOs HAVING A BALL and Environmental Affairs, quoting o cial sources. China produces more than “We found that this industry said they have contacted the PHOTO BY MIAO JIAN / FOR CHINA DAILY also accused the companies of Violations listed in the half of the world’s cement. has shocking problems with 17 listed companies to inform failing to disclose environmen- records include the lack of According to the National dust and waste gas emissions. them of the aforementioned High school students take part in a mas- tal information as required. denitri cation facilities, faulty Bureau of Statistics, the coun-  e cement industry’s violations pollution problems, but most The 17 cement companies monitoring appliances and try’s cement output from Janu- have deeply harmed the living of the o" enders took an evasive querade to celebrate graduation in Wuhan, have about 170 recorded envi- excessive emissions. ary to May reached more than environment and health of those stance. province, on Monday. CHINA DAILY USA Wednesday, June 19, 2013 | [email protected] china 5 Nordic Risks of accident are ‘striking’ countries Inspectors report widespread safety team up lapses; corruption pose dangers in China’s By WANG XIAODONG work places, including coal wangxiaodong@ mines, chemical plants and chinadaily.com.cn construction sites. tech trade The State Administration Ongoing nationwide inspec- of Work Safety has dispatched By HE DAN in Espoo, Finland tions of work safety have six investigation teams to areas [email protected] revealed potential risks that across the country and has could lead to accidents are still been receiving regular reports Nordic countries have common, and corruption is from them, Huang said. joined an international race behind many workplace acci- One of the teams conducted to team up with China in dents. inspections on 11 chemical exploring science and tech- “Problems are striking, and factories between June 9 and nology opportunities. everywhere, and they could 12, and found 65 safety risks, “Countries with a tradi- cause serious accidents if he said. tion of innovation gradually not properly addressed,” said “The teams arrived at the take the lead in social and Huang Yi, a spokesman for the enterprises unannounced and economic development, State Administration of Work found a lot of problems — which in turn make them Safety. pipelines and wires were sub- internationally competi- e inspections, organized standard, switches were not tive,” said Huang Xing, Chi- by the State Council, started explosion-proof, and many na’s ambassador to Finland. in early June and will continue valves had been rusted and Information and com- until the end of September. could not be switched on or munication technology has The program was ordered o .” boomed in China during a er a spate of deadly accidents Huang said many of the the past two decades, he claimed hundreds of lives in potential risks were ignored dur- said and the country has the previous two months, ing previous regular inspections, WANG SHUANGZHENG / CHINA DAILY earmarked the sector for including a  re on June 3 at a and enterprises had failed to take greater funding. A work safety supervisor instructs a participant in the use of security equipment during a rescue drill at a textile fi rm in Baofeng slaughterhouse in Northeast- any measures to ensure safety. county, Henan province, on Tuesday. The ambassador sees ern China’s Jilin province that Chen Hengwu, a survivor of the increasing demand for killed 121 people. the  re on June 3 at Jilin Baoyu- Another accident that killed continued working illegally, gate any accident, we always mine accident three years ago, expanding social network According to a statement anfeng Poultry Co in Dehui, 18 people at a coal mine in Jilin and that the local government check whether corruption is for instance, only one is serving services, digital , from the State Council Gen- Jilin province had told China in April happened even after had failed to properly super- involved,” he said. a prison term,” he said. e-commerce and cloud eral O ce, various problems Daily that only one door of the the provincial government had vise it. The inspections have Li Haowen, an o cial with computing as key areas of at enterprises and local govern- workshop was open when the ordered all coal mines in the Safety enforcement is dif- revealed that some of those the State Administration exchange between China ments have been exposed, such  re started, and the others were province to suspend operations ficult in many places due to who were responsible for lapses of Work Safety’s legal affairs and Nordic countries. as a lack of safety awareness closed during work time. following two previous mine complex reasons, includ- in safety measures in the past department, added: “Enter- Huang made the remarks and supervision. Some of the material used accidents that claimed dozens ing protectionism from local have not been held to account, prises must shoulder primary at Focus on China, a high- e inspections are aimed, on the building was also  am- of lives. government and corruption, Huang said. responsibility for safety at level forum on internation- it added, at eliminating poten- mable, he said, causing the  re O cials found that Qingx- which are behind many major “We found, that out of 28 work, and the government al cooperation in higher tial risks and preventing major to spread quickly and engulf ing coal mine had not conduct- deadly accidents, Huang said. people who were identi ed for must ful ll its role of manage- education and ICT held in accidents from happening at the workshop almost instantly. ed su cient safety checks and “Now when we investi- prosecution following a coal ment and supervision.” Espoo, the second-largest city in Finland, on Monday. China’s spending on research and development reached 868.7 billion yuan ($139.2 billion) in 2011, Green meeting focuses on protection of resources a rise of 23 percent year- on-year, according to the By WU WENCONG tal Protection and attended by for the ministry’s Foreign Eco- National Environment Com- Yu Zhidi, also with the For- species,” said Mohammed National Bureau of Statis- in Kunming experts from China, Afghani- nomic Cooperation O ce. mission, said given the lack of eign Economic Cooperation Solaiman Haider, deputy direc- tics, the Ministry of Science [email protected] stan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Creating an environment of capacity and technical know- O ce, proposed that coopera- tor of Bangladesh’s Environ- and Technology and the Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. public opinion to protect the how, Bhutan is also interested tion on this issue should  rst ment Department. Ministry of Finance. Protecting ecosystems and Three themes proposed by environment, often referred in training, workshops and focus on basic research to gain But the region’s natural Earlier this year, Wan the fair and equitable shar- Chinese o cials sparked par- to as capacity building, was expert and student exchange a more thorough idea of the resources face tremendous Gang, minister of science ing of the benefits of genetic ticular interest. another popular theme. This programs. region’s genetic resources and pressure from rapid population and technology, estimated resources may be key themes e  rst focused on coopera- includes training, workshops e third theme was equita- traditional knowledge systems. growth and economic expan- the public expenditure in in cooperation between China tion in ecosystem conservation. and general education on the ble sharing of bene ts of genetic Representatives at the work- sion, which has led to unsus- this field passed 1 trillion and South Asian Association “Diversi ed trans-boundary environment. resources, one of the three pil- shop, which lasted from May tainable extraction of natural yuan in 2012 as the govern- for Regional Cooperation ecosystems exist in the region, Amanullah Hussaini, execu- lars of the Convention on Bio- 29 to June 3, agreed with Yu. resources and accelerating lev- ment has been working to countries in biodiversity con- such as forests, grasslands, tive secretary of Afghanistan’s logical Diversity. South Asia is endowed with els of air and water pollution. build an innovation-driven servation. alpine ecosystems and inland National Environmental Pro- is focuses on how coun- an exceptional array of biodi- Song Xiaozhi, deputy director economy. e consensus was reached wetlands. Countries in the tection Agency, said his coun- tries should share pro ts gen- versity. “The region’s ecosys- of the ministry’s International China’s R&D spend- during a workshop on imple- region can work together to try does not have any system to erated from genetic resources tems occupy about 3.6 percent Cooperation Department, said ing will catch up with that menting the Convention on protect them,” said Zhang Feng- recycle goods. acquired from other countries. of the world’s area and contain environmental protection has of the US by 2020 if the Biological Diversity, hosted by chun, chief technical expert in Tshering Dorji, senior envi- It is a relatively new area in the 16 percent of the  oral species become a priority between Chi- growth rate continues, said the Ministry of Environmen- biodiversity and climate change ronment o cer from Bhutan’s negotiations of the convention. and 12 percent of the faunal na and association countries. Jaani Heinonen, head of the enterprise and innovation department at the Finnish Ministry of Employment and the Economy, who Scientist: Flower-power chaired the forum on Mon- day. “We need to understand benefi ts should be shared better what’s happening in China and need to strength- en cooperation with China By WU WENCONG plants, with 47,770 species of so we can take our share and recorded terrestrial  ora. is have a pro table part of that China and countries in the puts it in a leading global posi- cooperation,” he told China South Asian Association for tion. Daily. Regional Cooperation should It is also a country of huge Finland regards ICT, work together to protect shared This will benefi t local cultural diversity, one of the gaming-related industry, biodiversity, a leading botanist people and help tackle oldest and biggest reposito- nano technology, new mate- has said. cross-border smug- ries of bio resources, genetic rials and clean energy as key “China shares very long bor- ‘‘ resources and traditional areas to boost cooperation ders with five SAARC coun- gling.” knowledge, such as using with China, he added. tries: Afghanistan, Pakistan, PEI SHENGJI plants as medicine. Finland and Sweden have Nepal, India and Bhutan,’’ PROFESSOR AT THE CHINESE Pei said an ethnobotanical invested a great deal into Pei Shengji, a professor at the ACADEMY OF SCIENCES’ KUNMING inventory of traditional plants expanding their activities Chinese Academy of Sciences’ INSTITUTE OF BOTANY recorded 2,216 plant species and developing competitive Kunming Institute of Botany, that could be classified as networks in China. said. medically beneficial among For instance, based on Sri Lanka, the Maldives and came into e ect in 1993. 16 ethnic groups in Yunnan a bilateral agreement on Bangladesh are the other mem- He cited the yew as an exam- province between 1982 and cooperation in science and bers of the body. ple. is valuable plant is wide- 2005. technology, the Ministry Pei was speaking at a work- spread in Asia and one of its Another 3,000 species were of Science and Technology shop that lasted from May 29 to byproducts, taxol, is an interna- inventoried in other provinces in China and the Swedish June 3 on the implementation tionally recognized anti-cancer over the last 20 years. He said Governmental Agency of the Convention on Biologi- agent. a national regulation on the for Innovation Systems, cal Diversity, hosted by China’s “If China and India can set an protection of plants in use in or VINNOVA, agreed to Ministry of Environmental Pro- agreed price for the yew extract, Chinese medicine was enacted establish a program for joint tection. then regardless of what country in 1993. funding of the Sino-Swedish Protecting and enhancing it is sold in, the price will be the This clarifies procedures, cooperative research proj- biodiversity depends on utiliz- same for any merchants who including management, clas- ects. ing the shared experiences and want to buy it,’’ Pei said. si cation and protection. But In 2008, “IMT-Advanced knowledge of people across bor- “This will benefit local the regulation applies only to and Beyond” was selected as ders, he said. people and help tackle cross- the traditional Chinese medi- the  eld of research for the He said regional collabora- border smuggling,’’ said the cine varieties manufactured in program. tion should emphasize the scientist, who brought ethono- national jurisdiction. It is also a joint initiative implementation of fair and botany to China in 1987. He stressed the importance involving mobile commu- equitable sharing of, and ben- Ethonobotany is the study of of broadening this type of pro- nication research between efits arising from, the utiliza- the knowledge of communi- tection into other areas. One Sweden and China, said tion of biological resources and ties and their relationship with way of doing this would be to Ciro Vasquez, program traditional knowledge. plants. develop training programs to manager for the bilateral This is one of the three key Pei said China is one of the educate border areas on how cooperation between Swe- objectives of the Convention 12 mega-biodiversity coun- best to protect and utilize vari- den and China under the on Biological Diversity, which tries, especially in terms of ous plants. VINNOVA. CHINA DAILY USA 6 china Wednesday, June 19, 2013 | [email protected] Largest pyramid Baby formula industry to consolidate sales case Move meant to dairy businesses that specialize in baby formula production in revive sector, Shanghai, said in addition to in court the 64 items that are required raise consumer to be tested, it tests more than By YAN YIQI in 20 other items, such as the level and ZHAO YINAN confi dence of lutein. in Tianjin “The national standard By ZHOU WENTING says the tested amount of China’s largest ever pyr- in Shanghai melamine in baby formula amid-selling prosecution [email protected] should not exceed 1 mg per case has begun in a court in kg, while our ceiling is 0.01 mg province. About a third of the coun- per kg,” said Sun Jing, brand % e alleged scheme, man- try’s baby formula businesses manager of Shanghai Chen- aged through a shopping will be axed, in what experts are guan Dairy Co Ltd. website based in , is calling a major consolidation of Each of the businesses have believed to involve not only the industry. established credit and trace- the largest ever amount of The government has been ability systems, said Gu Zhen- money in such a case, but trying to revive the industry hua, deputy director of Shang- also the most people. since the 2008 melamine scan- hai Municipal Food Safety Prosecutors claim the dal, but consumer con# dence Commission O@ ce. suspected website, www. is still lacking. “According to official test wjgw.com, had been con- % e move is part of a cam- reports, dairy products in vincing netizens of guaran- paign to scrutinize dairy Shanghai, especially baby for- teed refunds aB er shopping businesses in the next three mula, are 100 percent reliable, online since its establish- months to improve the qual- but consumers don’t think this ment in 2010. ity of milk powder products way. One of the popular goods It was closed down in and boost con# dence in the residents buy from overseas is June 2012, owing refunds industry, the Ministry of baby formula,” he said. worth 24.04 billion yuan Industry and Information Due to excessive consump- ($3.9 billion) to a total of Technology announced in tion, on March 1 1.9 million customers or Beijing on Tuesday. A woman shops for baby formula at a supermarket in , Jiangsu province, this month. PROVIDED TO CHINA DAILY put a regulation in place, lim- members in 31 provinces, “Of the 127 licensed dairy iting the amount of baby for- autonomous regions and businesses that produce baby Industry insiders said small- Industry and Information industry slumped in 2008 of nearly 70 baby formula pro- mula people from the Chinese municipalities. formula products, 25 to 35 per- scale enterprises, especially Technology. when a scandal broke out over ducers. mainland can carry when they FiB een senior executives cent will be cut. They are not private ones, are likely to be Song Kungang, secretary- baby formula that was tainted In addition to the requirement depart to two cans. of the Zhejiang Yijia E-com- necessarily unquali# ed, but the eliminated by the regulation, general of the China Dairy with melamine, an industrial that every batch of raw milk be One way to narrow the gap merce Company, the com- country needs more powerful and more mergers and acquisi- Industry Association, said compound that can cause kid- tested for melamine after the between the government’s guar- pany that created the site, alliances,” Zhuang Pei, deputy tions led by domestic giants are more than 60,000 tons of liquid ney ailments but was added to scandal, the government also antee and the reaction from have attended the hearing. director of the metropolitan expected. milk for babies were imported milk to make it appear to have demanded quality supervisors society is to further improve Ying Jiancheng, its chair- industry division of the Shang- “% e quality and safety of in the # rst four months of the a higher protein content. Six stationed at factories to oversee information disclosure, Gu said. man, has denied that the hai Municipal Commission of dairy products has notably year, a year-on-year rise of children died from drinking the whole process from raw “If consumers buy a prod- website was related to any Economy and Information, said improved in recent years, more than 164 percent, and a the milk, and at least 300,000 materials to end product. uct and they can check its test pyramid selling and has on Tuesday. but they still require further total of nearly 600,000 tons of others became ill. % e baby formula businesses reports online, they’ll feel more claimed that if it had not Only 30 of the licensed pro- improvements to make local dairy products were imported, In the next two years, China’s also made huge investments to reassured,” he said. “We’re urg- been closed down, it would ducers are active in the market brands more competitive,” an increase of nearly 25 percent quality watchdogs carried out ensure and improve product ing businesses to display the by now have grown larger and have a stable sales volume, said Zhu Hongren, chief from last year. a tough battle to clean up the quality, according to insiders. test results of every batch of than jd.com, one of China’s he added. engineer of the Ministry of Sales in the domestic dairy sector, which saw the closure Chenguan, one of the four product on their websites.” largest online shopping websites. According to procura- tors from Wucheng district in Jinhua, the company had been attracting mem- O cers disguised as vendors ‘not a publicity stunt’ bers by oH ering a 500 yuan refund for every 500 yuan By ZHOU LIHUA in Wuhan in Hongshan district approved finances for the business, but received much criticism from spent on the site — eH ec- and JIN HAIXING in Beijing a plan to allow two o@ cers to she did not disclose its expenses the media and the public, tively offering its mem- operate a small business in a and pro# ts. experts welcome the move. bers savings equal to their Two urban management o@ - street, so they could experience She said they planned to Yue Shenshan, a lawyer at spending, they said. cers who disguised themselves the life of peddlers and improve donate the pro# ts to a street Beijing Yuecheng Law Firm, % e website also required as street vendors at night for the law enforcement in the city, it vendor who makes a living said the mission was acceptable its members to attract lower- past month were not part of a said. by selling sweet potatoes and and did not exceed the scope of level members and take part publicity stunt, the urban man- Gui Wenjing, the male o@ - pays for his son’s heart disease chengguan authority because it in franchising activities. agement authority in a Central cer who devised the plan, said treatment. was aimed at learning about the Each member was China city said on Tuesday. he and his colleague Yang Xi According to the diary writ- life of street vendors. ranked and the cash incen- The urban management started the mission on May 13 ten by the two o@ cers, they had Chengguan usually have to tives for higher-ranking authority also released diary and in the beginning the opera- several encounters in the past inform street vendors of their members depended on entries written by the two o@ - tion was very di@ cult. month with chengguan, who real identity during law enforce- how many new members cers in Hongshan district in Yang said her family sup- asked vendors to stop doing ment practices such as issuing a they signed up. Wuhan, capital of Hubei prov- ported her participation in the business in the streets. # ne. But in this case, there is no Between July 2010 and ince, on Tuesday. operation, and her mother said “From the perspective of evidence that chengguan will June 2012, the website reg- Based on the two officers’ she was brave to take part. vendors, sometimes the law punish vendors found during istered 1.9 million mem- experiences, the urban manage- % e two o@ cers, disguised as enforcement from chengguan the mission, he said. bers and more than 100,000 ment bureau of Wuhan plans to peddlers, sold teacups and other officers is too strict,” Gui told Mo Yuchuan, a law professor franchisees. conduct further research and set small items. China Daily on Tuesday. at Renmin University of China, Senior executives made up an open market for vendors AB er the case was exposed on “To my surprise, vendors are praised the mission and said handsome earnings from in a limited area and period. Saturday by a micro blogger, the far more familiar with the job he has witnessed many similar the venture. Ying alone The urban management bureau suspended the mission. of chengguan. % ey know exact operations from Wuhan cheng- had received payments of bureau, commonly shortened Many Internet users questioned teams responsible for specific guan in recent years. 3.74 million yuan, the court to chengguan, is in charge of the mission and some even said streets, and they even know the However, Mo said the agency said. enforcing bylaws, city appear- the diaries written by the two latest work slogan of the Hong- should make speci# c and long- Kang Liangdong, a law- ance, environment, sanita- o@ cers were made up. shan chengguan bureau,” Yang term plans for reforming law yer from Xinli Law Firm tion, work safety and pollu- Gui denied such claims and Xi wrote in her diary. enforcement methods to elimi- in Shenzhen, Guangdong tion control. said he could guarantee all of Gui said he learned a lot nate public misunderstandings province, said the scheme However, in many cities, the information that appeared about the di@ cult lives of ven- rather than letting individual had been disguised as LIU KUN / CHINA DAILY chengguan are oB en accused of in the diary was true. dors and he hopes that cheng- o@ cers make changes. e-shopping, but the meth- Gui Wenjing, a chengguan o cer who disguised himself as treating street vendors poorly, “It is full of details of life, guan and vendors can come up od of pyramid selling a street peddler for the past month, shows reporters the and conflicts have often been which cannot be made up,” he with solutions to improve law Contact the writers at zhouli- remained the same as those billboards he used for his business in Wuhan, Hubei province, on reported. said. enforcement. [email protected] and used by previous multiple- Tuesday. In May, a chengguan bureau Yang said she controlled the Although the mission [email protected] level sales groups. Procurators told the court the fact that the com- pany was pyramid selling was undeniable, and its Health policies ‘need better implementation’ senior executives should be punished. By WANG QINGYUN people to exercise more and eat mass divided by the square of WHO has those # gures set at According to Chinese wangqingyun@ a balanced diet,” she said. “But their height, reached 25.19 in 25 and 30 respectively. law, people convicted of chinadaily.com.cn many of them are not fully car- 2011, while the range of BMI More worrying was the pyramid selling can be ried out.” recommended by national report’s # nding that the preva- imprisoned for up to five A top health expert has urged Wang said specific plans health authorities in 2003 was lence of hypertension was 33.8 years and # ned. In particu- Chinese authorities to better are needed to achieve the from 18.5 to 23.9. percent and diabetes 8.9 per- larly serious cases, sentenc- implement policies aimed at requirements set out in the The average waistline of cent in 2011, both higher than es of more than # ve years averting a national obesity crisis. plan that the National Health men exceeds the recom- in 2008. can be handed down. % e call comes aB er the lat- and Family Planning Com- mended 85 to 88.7 centime- In the BMI and waist- “China’s criminal code est report on the general health mittee issued last year. % ese ters, while women’s waistlines line standards issued by the embodies a principle of of Beijing residents discovered include “to positively build were just below the limit of 80 National Health and Family tempering justice with that more people are at risk of an environment for doing cm recommended by national Planning Commission, BMIs mercy, and that is also the diseases brought on by being physical exercise” as well as health authorities. of more than 23.9 or waistlines case in the crime of pyra- overweight. “guaranteeing primary and However, Wang conceded larger than 80 cm for women mid selling,” said Kang. Wang Linhong, deputy high school students have at that the BMI recommendation or 85 cm for men increase “Those who organize director of the National Center least an hour to do physical China has set for its people the risk of heart disease and these illegal sales are usu- for Chronic and Non-Com- exercise”. is stricter than that recom- hypertension. ally punished with both municable Disease Control “For example, few young mended by the World Health Chen Junshi, an expert with imprisonment and fines, and Prevention, said sedentary people use outdoor equipment Organization. the International Life Scienc- while the minor oH enders lifestyles and poor diets con- built in the neighborhoods,” According to a recommen- es Institute, said the recom- face # nes and education.” taining large amounts of sugar Wang said. dation from the International mendation is based on solid and fat have made obesity an According to the Beijing Life Sciences Institute, Chi- grounds. Contact the writers at increasingly serious problem Health Bureau’s annual report nese people are considered “More than 200,000 people [email protected]. in China. released on Tuesday, the aver- overweight if their BMI is in 21 provinces were surveyed,” cn and zhaoyinan@china- “% e government has issued age resident’s body mass index, higher than 24 and obese if he said. “% e recommendation daily.com.cn many policies that encourage which is de# ned as one’s body it is more than 28, while the was not made lightly.” CHINA DAILY USA Wednesday, June 19, 2013 | [email protected] china 7 Space lotuses to touch down in Shanghai

By WU NI in Shanghai [email protected]

Shanghai’s largest display of “space lotus” flowers in history opens this month. Ordinary lotus fl ow-  e 50 % owers of 13 vari- ers in a pond usu- eties grown from seeds that ally bloom for two traveled into space will be ‘‘ on show at Guyi Gardens on months, but a pond June 28. of Space Red Flag “ e space lotuses will be can last from late a highlight, as many people are excited about the recent May to early Novem- space mission,” said Sun ber, which obviously Several swimmers lift a dying dolphin out of the water for a photo shoot on a beach in Sanya, Hainan province, on Sunday evening. SHA XIAOFENG / FOR CHINA DAILY Jia, spokeswoman for the has more ornamental 500-year-old gardens in Jiad- value. ing district. Sun added the best time to enjoy the show TAO DEJUN will be the full bloom period, OF YAMEIJIA AQUATIC FLOWERS, which is expected to be near WHICH NURTURED VARIOUS TYPES Dolphin dies, swimmers blamed OF “SPACE LOTUS” FLOWERS the end of July. The venue has exhibited Photos of people delaying rescue surface every few minutes so it us in touch with a protection have been very painful for the space lotuses before, but never into space in 1987. could get some air.” group experienced in rescuing dolphin,” she said. so many varieties, as they are Scientists say radiation- e orts spark netizens’ outrage An elderly fisherman who endangered aquatic animals.” According to Chen Juming, rare due to the complicated induced mutation is a natu- witnessed the incident said the Ding said the dolphin died director of the Hainan Nanhai cultivating process, she said. ral and safe way to breed new swimmers’ behavior was “inap- from a collapsed lung at about Aquatic Wildlife Rescue Cen- The most famous in the crop varieties, given that it By FAN FEIFEI shallow water while another propriate” and that they could 11:30 pm Sunday night. ter, a swimmer should report show will be the No 36 does not involve artificial [email protected] swimmer took photographs. have easily caused the dolphin Many experts and netizens sightings of dolphins in distress Space Lotus, a white vari- genetic modi# cation. “Many tourists came up and to drown. blamed the dolphin’s death on to the local # sheries bureau or ety from Jiangxi province’s Tao Dejun at Yameijia Wildlife experts have criti- asked to touch the dolphin, and Experts from a wildlife res- the swimmers who posed for nearest rescue center. Guangchang county, that Aquatic Flowers in Chongq- cized swimmers who posed for some li ed it up to take photos cue center eventually arrived pictures. “A stranded dolphin can was successfully cultivated ing’s Dazu district said about pictures with a dying dolphin while we were trying to save it,” to remove the dolphin from the “ ey should face criminal drown in the water, so if con- a er three trips to space. 30 percent of lotus seeds sur- on a South China beach, ham- said Chen Zhongcheng, one of beach at 8:30 pm. charges,” said Wang Yamin, a ditions permit, dig a hole in the A total of 442 seeds were vive cosmic radiation.  ese pering the e orts of people try- 10 lifeguards who arrived on “We aren’t professional professor of marine studies at sand and cover its body with a placed on a recoverable sat- are carefully screened to ing to save the mammal. the scene a er tourists report- rescuers, so (a er receiving a Shandong University, Weihai. wet towel, and add water every ellite that spent more than eliminate genetic drawbacks. Photographs taken by wit- ed seeing a stranded dolphin call from the Dadonghai life- “If not for them, the animal two minutes,” he said. “They 355 hours in orbit in 1994. Only those with bigger, nesses in Sanya, a popular o Dadonghai beach at about guards) we contacted Hainan may have survived.” should also be kept out of the Selected seeds were then car- more colorful and long-last- tourist destination in Hainan 6 pm on Sunday. Nanhai Aquatic Wildlife Res- Hua Ning, director of the sun to prevent their skin drying ried on Shenzhou IV in 2002 ing flowers are chosen for province, were widely circu- “ e dolphin was clearly in cue Center for help,” said Ding China program for the Inter- or dehydration.” and on another recoverable mass cultivation, he said. lated online on Tuesday. distress,” Chen said. “It couldn’t Xiuhong of the Sanya fisher- national Fund for Animal Wel- satellite in 2006. Yameijia will supply the Several showed a group of breathe freely, so we had to li ies bureau. “Their center is fare, also expressed dismay at Liu Xiaoli in Haikou Xie Keqiang, director Guyi Gardens show with men holding the dolphin above its blowhole clear of the water’s far from Sanya, so they put the onlookers’ actions. “It must contributed to this story. of the Guangchang White the Space Red Flag, Space Lotus Research Institute, said Apsaras and Butter% y Dance research showed more e ective varieties. mutations in seeds on the # rst “ e Space Red Flag, for satellite flight as opposed to example, has a very large those on the Shenzhou IV trip. flower, which could be 40 Survey: Graduates search for ‘fun’ jobs “The purpose of sending centimeters long in diame- seeds into space is to make use ter,” Tao said. “It’s more dura- of high-energy particles and ble. Ordinary lotus % owers Security, stability also top priorities TOP IDEAL EMPLOYERS ers to # nd employment within the highest salary expectations at radiation to induce mutation,” in a pond usually bloom for IN THE EYES OF the country — up from 63 per- 7,263 yuan per month, followed he said. “But the manned two months, but a pond of due to concerns over economy UNIVERSITY STUDENTS cent a year ago to 78 percent by those in engineering at 7,127 Shenzhou IV had a life-sup- Space Red Flag can last from BUSINESS this year, he said. yuan per month and natural sci- port system that weakened the late May to early November, By WANG ZHUOQIONG branding company, contains A company’s market success ences at 6,985 yuan per month. radioactive e ect.” which obviously has more wangzhuoqiong@ feedback from 64,522 univer- can also in% uence jobseekers’ Students, especially those Not all seeds mutates, as ornamental value.” chinadaily.com.cn sity students from more than choices, Wu added. majoring in business, commerce cosmic radiation is random Xie said that the bene# t of 100 of the top universities in ENGINEERING Last year, Apple was the and natural sciences, consider — it causes both positive and cosmic breeding is the culti- Despite the harsh job market the country. most attractive employer the banking sector to be the negative e ects, which is why vation of plants with a higher this year for college graduates, “For an employer, innova- among students majoring in most attractive upon gradua- some seeds need several space seed yield, more nutrition Zhang Zhiwei, a graduate from tion can come in the form engineering and humanities, tion, according to the survey. trips and ground experiments, and a high level of resistance Shanghai International Studies of fostering a creative and liberal arts and education.  is Most local institutions have Xie added. to disease. University, has listed innova- change-friendly working envi- NATURAL SCIENCES year, as Samsung overtakes witnessed an increase in their It can take at least five The average seed yield tion and personal interest as ronment,” he added. “For the Nokia to be the biggest mobile rankings and are perceived years to cultivate a new vari- of the No 36 Space Lotus is priorities in his job search. post-1990s generation, who phone maker in the world, the more favorably than their for- ety and the process can last about 6.67 kilogram a hect- “It is most important for me are more eager to be recog- LAW company is steadily increasing eign counterparts, which have more than a decade, he said. are, more than twice the con- to work for a job that I find nized at work, it is important its rank on the China Top 100 become less attractive since the Scientists first sent seeds ventional ones, he said. fun and interesting,” said the that new ideas and creativity IDEAL Employers 2013. global # nancial crisis in 2008. 23-year-old who now interns are valued by employers.” Salary and opportunity Known for o ering profes- at a consultancy # rm in Shang- Bank of China, State Grid for advancement are major sional training and develop- hai. “ en, I’m attracted to the Corporation of China, Procter LIBERAL ARTS/EDUCATION concerns in choosing future ment with clear career progres- success of the company and & Gamble, Google, King & employers, with “good reference sion, the auditing and account- the training they will provide.” Wood Mallesons and Pfiz- for future career” and “high ing sector is the next most ideal Like Zhang, when students er are considered the most future earnings” being the two industry for business students are asked to describe their ideal attractive employers in each of HEALTH/MEDICINE most important attributes. to pursue upon graduation. employer, the most common their # elds, the survey found. China’s post-1990s genera- All the “Big Four” account- words used are “innovation”,  is year, although a “work- tion’s future salary expecta- ing firms have improved on “stable” and “professional”, life balance” remains a top tions have raised 10.7 percent the rankings in 2013 with according to a recent survey career goal, “to be secure or sta- to an average of 6,760 yuan PricewaterhouseCoopers in aimed to identify which orga- ble in my job” has increased in Source: China Daily’s 21st Century English ($1100) per month this year. the lead in ninth place. Newspaper and Universum nizations they are interested in importance re% ecting concerns FENG XIUXIA / CHINA DAILY This is a stark contrast with On the other hand, students working for upon graduation. over the country’s impend- many of their peers from other who major in engineering The survey, released on ing economic growth and its in China’s economic horizon, countries — including Cana- consider the engineering and Tuesday and conducted by impact on job availability. the country is undoubtedly da, Japan and Switzerland — manufacturing sector ideal, China Daily’s 21st Century William Wu, Universum’s still driving the global market. who have lowered their salary followed by telecommunica- PROVIDED TO CHINA DAILY English Newspaper and Uni- vice president of Asia Paci# c, The survey indicates a expectations this year. tion and technology hardware The Space Red Flag, a variety of the “space lotuses”, which versum, a global employer said while gray clouds loom strong preference of jobseek- Students studying law have and equipment. are said to be better than the ordinary type. CHINA DAILY USA 8 focus Wednesday, June 19, 2013 | [email protected] From China with love and care China Daily reporter Peng Yining is on board the hospital ship Peace Ark and will bring us regular reports throughout its 118-day aid voyage.

his is Liu Baichen’s third ocean voyage. The 48-year-old ophthalmologist is T again traveling with Chinese hospital ship No 866, nicknamed Peace Ark, on a four-month medical mission overseas. On a previous Peace Ark mission to Dji- bouti in 2010, Liu cured a man from the slums who had lost his sight to cataracts. When Liu removed the bandages from the patient’s eyes a+ er the operation, the 53-year-old man jumped up from his bed and hugged him. “For three years, he had been living in dark- ness, but suddenly he could see again,” said Liu. “I couldn’t understand his language but I could see the excitement in his face and eyes. 3 e joy of being healthy is universal.” Liu said regaining his sight meant the patient was no longer a burden on his poverty-stricken family and he was able to start a new life. “As a doctor, I felt so proud to see him smile,” said Liu, who has been an ophthalmologist at the General Hospital of the Chinese Navy in Beijing for 23 years. “I have been working in China for a long time, and now I am able to help people in other countries.”

At the sound of a steam whistle, Peace Ark, PHOTOS BY JU ZHENHUA / FOR CHINA DAILY a 178-meter-long white vessel with red crosses Doctors from the Peace Ark perform surgery on local residents at a temporary clinic in Mombasa during the hospital ship’s fi rst mission in 2010. painted on her decks and sides, sailed from the port of in East China’s Zhejiang prov- ince on June 10. During the voyage, she will visit FIRST PERSON | SHEN HAO eight countries, including Indonesia, Pakistan and India, providing free medical services to the local population. ‘A great responsibility Responsibility and capability “As the world’s second-largest economy, China has the responsibility and the capability and a great ’ to provide humanitarian services to people across the world,” said Guo Fenghai, profes- he Peace Ark voyage is an sor of Marxism studies at the PLA National important military and dip- Defense University. “In the era of globaliza- T lomatic mission. For me, it tion, international cooperation has played an is a great responsibility and important role in China’s development, and, a great honor to be the commander. in return, the world should also bene? t from 3 is trip is the ? rst signi? cant diplo- China’s growth.” matic task undertaken by the Chinese During her ? rst two missions, in 2010 and navy since the 18th National Congress 2011, the Peace Ark visited nine countries in of the Communist Party of China in Southern Asia, Africa and South America, November. 3 e voyage is intended to providing medical services to more than develop friendly relations with neigh- 23,000 people, 215 operations have been per- boring countries and also to raise the formed. pro? le of the Chinese navy. Liu said he conducted 81 operations on It will be the ? rst time the Peace Ark those two missions. At the peak, more than has participated in a large-scale joint 50 patients consulted him every day. drill with ASEAN, and also the ? rst Shen Hao is Rear Admiral, commander 3 e surgery isn’t cheap. Liu said a regular time that the vessel has provided med- of the 2013 Peace Ark mission cataract operation costs at least 6,000 yuan ical services for foreign soldiers and ($980) in China, although the cost varies oF cers serving in the Gulf of Aden. sions to provide humanitarian aid from country to country. On previous voy- China has long participated in a+ er natural disasters and severe ages, many patients consulted him aboard the global humanitarian aE airs and outbreaks of disease. Peace Ark, either because they couldn’t aE ord supported the work of many inter- 3 is year’s mission will help to the treatment or would have to wait as long as national organizations, including the improve multinational cooperation a year to undergo surgery at a local hospital Peace Ark is on a 118-day medical mission overseas. World Health Organization. in disaster rescue and military medi- because medical resources were so scarce. In the past ? ve decades, Chinese cine. It will also be an opportunity for “But more importantly, they trusted the medical procedure is carried out with the “During the visit, the ship will be totally medical aid teams have helped more people from overseas to gain a deeper Chinese doctors,” Liu said. “3 e world has patient’s consent. open to local medical professionals. We are than 260 million people across the understanding of China and her navy. witnessed China’s development, and people Wang said China has sent medical experts looking forward to learning from them as globe. In the past ? ve years, the understand that Chinese medical technology to all the countries the Peace Ark will visit to well.” country has sent medical teams to Shen Hao was talking to Peng Yining has developed as well.” conduct research into local health care needs. On the walls of one sickroom, posters explain countries on more than 200 occa- and Ju Zhenhua During the 2010 mission, the ship’s medical He used cataracts as an example, saying the Chinese medicine and treatment. A doctor staE helped to deliver a baby girl to a woman condition is a common problem in the tropics stabbed a thin needle into an officer’s back with acute heart disease. because of the prevalence of strong ultraviolet to ease his backache. Through the porthole Lu Jianguo, a naval oF cer, said: “3 at was a rays. behind the doctor, seagulls could be glimpsed REPORTER’S LOG | PENG YINING close call. Both mother and baby were at their 3 e Peace Ark’s ophthalmology team is one as they glided by. Even during heavy gales and last gasp when they came to our hospital ship. of the best in its ? eld and its equipment is state swells, the sickrooms are quiet and dry. 3 e baby’s father burst into tears when he held of the art. “Showing goodwill to neighboring countries Parting is such sweet sorrow his child.” “You have to know what people need in order is a responsibility and also a sign of a con? dent Lu said he now fully understands how that to help them,” he said. “We were warmly wel- country,” said Guo from the PLA National man felt, because his son was born just one comed on the ? rst two missions. 3 e lines of Defense University. aying goodbye to loved ones his wife. A so+ shore breeze carried month before the ship sailed from Zhoushan. people stretched longer than a kilometer and He said China has a tradition of spreading is never easy, but somehow it early summer drizzle and dampened “He was so small and vulnerable when I some even waited the entire night to see our friendship across the seas, referring to the voy- S seems more acceptable when his white uniform. His lips were pale held him in my arms for the ? rst time. Sud- doctor.” ages of Zheng He, a politician and navigator one is leaving on a plane or and taut. His eyes tearful. denly he kicked a little. I will never forget that As the hospital ship only anchors at each during the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644). Zheng taking a train; you disappear within 3 is is the third overseas mission moment. It was the ? rst time I felt that I was stop for several days, the medical team targets led 100 vessels and more than 27,000 oF cials a few seconds, before you even for the Chinese hospital ship Peace really a father.” common diseases and operations that can be and soldiers on visits to more than 30 countries remember to turn around to take Ark. I joined the 118-day voyage However, he has now bid his family farewell completed quickly. and regions in Southern Asia and East Afri- one last look at your family. It’s pain- alongside more than 400 sailors, oF - and joined the four-month voyage. “It wasn’t 3 e services, including surgery and medica- ca during seven voyages in a 28-year period ful, but quick. cers and medical crew. an easy decision. I feel sorry for my wife and tion, are free of charge and in line with interna- between 1405 and 1433. Zheng’s voyages were However, leaving on a ship brings All of them have lives back on my son,” said Lu. “But if my mission makes tional standards, said Wang. “We have the most a landmark in the history of navigation and a out the strongest grief of parting. You land, but once again they have to people overseas feel as healthy and happy as I experienced doctors and the best medicines,” remarkable chapter in the diplomatic activities watch the coast slowly retreat and wave goodbye to their families. For do with my family, then it will be worth being he said. of ancient China. the ocean gradually ? lls one’s ? eld of most, this is not their ? rst depar- apart for four months.” Zhang Lanmei, a 50-year-old gynecologist, “3 e Peace Ark’s voyage can also be seen as vision. ture, but the separation never gets With fair breezes and smooth seas into the said this is her ? rst Peace Ark mission. a diplomatic trip, one that could help China 3 e process of farewell is long easier. tropics, the Peace Ark sailed south. As the “I have been working for more than 30 build its international image. China and the and drawn out — painful and When the quay was too far away voyage progressed, the soft, sweet tropical years and I am happy that my experience will countries the ship visits can all bene? t from seemingly endless. People standing to see, everyone was still talking air mingled with the fresh smell of the sea help people overseas,” she said. this trip,” said Guo. on the quay wave, and some hold or texting on their mobile phones, and gave the crew of more than 400 soldiers, “Other nations, including the United States, handkerchiefs. It is like a scene from squeezing every second before the sailors, oF cers and medical staE a delightful Purpose-built vessel also send their hospital ships overseas to pro- an old movie where people see oE signal disappeared. I watched my experience of ocean travel. Designed and constructed in China, the vide humanitarian services.” a departing naval vessel, which is phone’s signal become weaker. 3 e On Saturday, the ship arrived at its ? rst port Peace Ark is a purpose-built hospital vessel and Chen Xianguo, senior captain of the Peace going into battle in strange waters voice on the other end was phasing of call in Brunei, where the crew participated much of its equipment is of the same standard Ark, described the vessel as a “lifesaving ship. and may never return. Farewell sail- in and out, like the N uttering of the in a joint humanitarian drill held by the Asso- as that found in some of China’s top hospitals. Our voyage is a trip to make friends. It sends a ors! Farewell, my friends, my family, wind, and I felt like a child who tries ciation of Southeast Asian Nations Defense 3 e vessel has 300 sickbeds, eight operating friendly message to countries across the seas, my love! to catch a feather in a whirlwind. Ministers’ Meeting Plus. It was the ? rst time rooms and a rescue helicopter. and it’s also an opportunity for them to get to You, too, wave and the tears in your But eventually the sadness of sepa- the ship had participated in a large-scale joint Wang said the crew includes three experts know China and her navy.” eyes turn the waving handkerchiefs ration abated. When every connec- drill with ASEAN. in traditional Chinese medicine, who provide into blurs. 3 ose seeing you oE on tion with the land, mobile phones Before each mission, the Peace Ark asks treatments such as acupuncture and massage. Contact the writer at the dockside have tears in their eyes and the Internet was cut oE the crew the local authorities for permission to treat “Chinese medicine is widely accepted in [email protected] as well. You can hardly see each other began preparations for their new life residents and pledges to respect the local cul- Southern Asian countries. Our trip is also a but the waving never stops. on the ocean wave. 3 e deck became ture and religion, according to Wang Zhihui, great opportunity for people to learn more Ju Zhenhua, Tang Yue and Zhang Yuchen con- An oF cer standing on the deck a scene of cheerfulness, activity and director of the mission’s medical crew. Every about our culture and history,” said Wang. tributed to this story. next to me was waving goodbye to order. CHINA DAILY USA Wednesday, June 19, 2013 | [email protected] life 9 Finding their Zen in sports what’snew Monks of a famous temple say their enthusiasm for badminton is a natural part of their monastic life, Wu Ni reports in Hangzhou.

ucked into a steep mountain, the 1,700-year-old Lingyin Temple in Hang- Wong in contention zhou, Zhejiang province, has always been at Golden Goblet T a major destination for pilgrims search- Hong Kong director Bar- ing for spiritual tranquility. bara Wong is a contender for But few know that the famed Buddhist shrine has the Golden Goblet Award at the the only formal badminton team in China’s religious 16th Shanghai International Film circles, whose monks have competed in matches and Festival, which runs through June won prizes. 23. Wong’s romantic drama,  e In April, a team of four monks from the temple Stolen Years, stars , the ranked third in the preliminary round of a national actress who leads in smash hits badminton tournament. In the second round of the like Love Is Not Blind and A Wed- competition where they played with teams from ding Invitation. It tells the story of other cities for the title of regional championship last an advertising company executive weekend, they again came third. who partly loses her memory Yan Kong, 31, captain of the badminton team, says and tries to rebuild her relation- that badminton has long been a popular game for the ship with her boyfriend. e lm monks. competes with two more Chi- “Many are fond of the sport, so we set a eld beside nese productions among the 14 the Hall of Five Hundred Disciples as the playground nominated pictures. Amazing, a in 2005. And in 2009, we built a standard badminton homemade 3-D lm, stars Huang court on the eld and formed the team,” says the thin, Xiaoming and NBA star Dwight medium-height monk. Howard. Hong Kong action lm With a glass ceiling and green rectangular oor, director presents the temple’s badminton court looks the same as any Unbeatable about a boxer’s life. other gymnasium. Only the khaki walls, matching e awards ceremony will be held the look of most Chinese Buddhist temple walls, and on the evening of June 23. the monks’ gowns, give the setting some traces of Buddhism. Intangible cultural e team has more than 10 players who practice heritage recognized two to three times a week, normally one or two hours e Chinese National Academy each time, a er they have nished their daily routines, of Arts and China Oceanwide says Yan Kong. Group jointly presented the The team’s public debut was in 2011, when they second Xinchuan Awards to 60 joined the Hangzhou Badminton Club League and PHOTOS BY LI ZHONG / FOR CHINA DAILY people from all over China to won third place. Monks from Lingyin Temple in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, are competitive badminton players. recognize their work in passing “Many spectators were curious. Some said that down intangible cultural heritage. monks should stay in the temple to study Zen (a year and even sends monks abroad to show their skills e awardees include inheritors school of Buddhism) and meditate, wondering why with the 2,000-year-old Chinese board game. of Chinese music, dance, art, we appeared,” recalls Yan Kong. “Physical practice is not contradictory with religious embroidery, cra s and medicine. e monk says that playing badminton is one outlet life,” says Zhi Zhong. ey were nominated by the for Zen meditation. For many monks, the passion for sports can be traced intangible cultural heritage safe- “Zen is ubiquitous in our life. If we do things with back to the time when they were young. guarding centers of each province, a heart of Zen, we are in an ashram no matter where Yan Kong became a monk in 1998 and attended the municipality and autonomous we are,” he says. “With the heart of Zen, we will not Minnan Buddhist College in Xiamen of prov- region, and selected by a jury of be bothered by our competitors, nor strongly pursue ince. He recalls that many of his classmates would go experts. Founded last year, the certain results, but will enjoy the process of playing to neighboring to play basketball, awards are presented annually. badminton. at is a part of Zen meditation, which is ping-pong or tennis. Later, the hobbies were naturally not to achieve something, but to get our spirit puri ed brought to temples. during the process.” “Maybe the life of monks has been thought to be Theater managers But most of their life is occupied by religion, the mysterious or stereotyped as secluded meditation,” receive a master class monk emphasizes. he says. “Actually, we also participate in social activi- A master class for theater man- Many of China’s renowned badminton players have ties.” agers has concluded in Beijing. tutored the team, such as Chen Gang, a formal national In the past, when agriculture was the pillar of the Twelve experts and managers team player who now coaches the national team of social economy, Buddhist temples had farmland and from theaters and troupes around South Korea. monks had to feed themselves by doing strenuous farm the world shared with their Chi- Li Xiang, secretary-general of the Hangzhou Bad- work. en, farm work played the same important role nese counterparts the secrets of minton Association, is currently the team’s coach. as Zen meditation, according to Yan Kong. marketing, nancing, pricing “ ey called and earnestly invited me to tutor them,” And that’s why a founding father of Zen had a strategies and human resources Li says. “ ey are passionate about the sport and very famous saying that carrying water, hauling rewood, management at the Central talented.” eating and putting on clothing are all part of Zen for Academy of Drama. More than His daughter, Li-Wang Jingzi, became the partner Buddhist monks. 40 managers from Chinese art of Yan Kong in the mixed doubles competition, as the Now, temples in cities do not need to cultivate farm- institutions enrolled in the class. team lacked a female player. “I feel they are easygoing land, so monks can turn to sports and social activities, Xu Xiang, president of the acad- and do not care much about success or failure,” says the which help to enrich their lives and their meditation, emy said: “By combining the most sophomore of Zhejiang University. Yan Kong says. advanced management concepts Badminton is not the only star sport of the temple. with Chinese culture, we will nd Zhi Zhong, the monk in charge of the temple’s media, Contact the writer at [email protected]. the best way to run our theaters says that basketball and ping-pong are also embraced Monks from the temple cheer for their team during a national badminton and art troupes.” by monks. e temple hosts a weiqi, or go, contest every Jiang Yinan in Shanghai contributed to the story. tournament. CHINA DAILY

Passionate judge learns from handling foreigner-related cases

By CAO YIN speaks French, was burned while doing an must be patient. We’re not only judges, but we [email protected] experiment with an alcohol lamp during a also embody China’s legal image. We should chemistry class at a Beijing-based interna- let foreigners know that Chinese laws can pro- Liu Li was shoved into the limelight as the tional middle school. His father, an ambas- tect them if they run into disputes,” she says. judge for a high-pro le domestic violence sador, lodged a lawsuit. Apart from handling foreigner-related cas- case involving Li Yang, founder of Crazy Because the injured was a minor, the judge es, Liu also has to try Chinese civil disputes. English language school, and his wife earlier hid his nationality and refused to provide his To relax, she goes hiking with her son for this year. name. some family bonding time. Li Yang’s case lasted almost a year and “It was really like an international world Liu says she is motivated when she receives a half a er Kim Lee, his court, because the defendants, including encouragement from the plainti s or defen- CHINAFACE wife from the United many teachers in the school, were from vari- dants in cases she handles. States, published photos ous countries. All parties brought their trans- She once received a thank-you card writ- showing her injuries on a micro blog in 2011. lators and debated respectfully,” she says, add- ten by a boy, whose mother, a Canadian, won e case attracted extensive media cover- ing the plainti nally got about 560,000 yuan properties following her divorce case. age, sparked heated public discussion on ($90,000) in compensation. , a young judge in the court, con- domestic violence and also brought attention “What impressed me deeply was the cour- siders Liu to be her inspiration. “Liu analyzes to Liu — a judge from Aoyuncun court, a li- teous trial, although it lasted more than three legal problems with me and gives me sug- ated to Beijing Chaoyang District People’s hours. Everyone in the court was sensible and gestions, even when she is busy and over- Court — and even her kindergarten-age son. controlled their emotions, which gave me a whelmed by big cases,” Zhang says. “As a judge, I have to pay more attention to calm atmosphere to give the verdict and that Li Quansheng, the head of the court, what I wear and say during trials, especially was also why the case proceeded smoothly,” agrees with Zhang and uses the word “pas- if it involves celebrities, because our every she says. sionate” to describe Liu’s attitude toward movement will be exaggerated in the media From the case, she learned to comfort peo- work and life. Li says Liu always nds hope and among the public.” ple with grief in court, especially those who in desperate cases. Li’s case is not the rst foreigner-related PROVIDED TO CHINA DAILY lost their relatives. “She o en shares her cooking with us and case in Liu’s 11-year work. A graduate of Liu Li has tackled many foreigner-related cases as more foreigners settle down in “Actually, the process to comfort others is a recommends the latest US TV series, when Renmin University of China, Liu has tackled Chaoyang district of Beijing. good way to release my own emotions. A er she sees that we have complicated cases,” Li more than 300 cases involving foreigners. all, I also need to release a er absorbing so says. “Yes, she is a happy judge, and a happy She says the number of foreign disputes in As per China’s Civil Procedure Law, judges kindergarten, prompting his parents to sue many negative emotions,” she says. woman.” the area is growing by about 10 percent every must speak Chinese when dealing with for- the school. Working overtime has become a common year. eign cases, but they must have some knowl- “It’s interesting because foreigner-related thing for the judge, who has about 100 cases e administration established the a li- edge of foreign languages. disputes are sometimes also lled with cul- in the pipeline. Online ated court specially to hear foreign civil cases Liu still remembers her first foreigner- tural di erences,” Liu says, adding she has She says the longest case she ever tried See more China Face stories by scanning in 2008, as more foreigners settle down in related case in 2007. It involved a British boy, learned a lot from the process. lasted almost two years. the code. Chaoyang district of Beijing. whose arm was broken while playing in a In 2012, a 15-year-old foreigner, who “Judges hearing foreigner-related cases CHINA DAILY USA 10 life Wednesday, June 19, 2013 | [email protected] BAA, BAA, LAB SHEEP There are many celebrity animals, but at the moment, none is more famous in China than a woolly creature that lives in Tianjin. Liu Zhihua has the story. HAVE A t the TEDA Interna- tional Cardiovascular HEART Hospital in Tianjin, there is a very famous A A ventricular assist devicece is a mechanical pump thatthat animal of the woolly Making a VAD is not assists blood flow, and canan partly or completely takes persuasion. His name is Tianjiu, a over the function of a damagedmaged heart. VADs were first sheep whose name has hogged head- only a medical, but also designed as bridges to hearteart transplants, but were lines in the mainstream media, and an engineering and later established as destinationination therapytherapy for end-stageend-stage whose photograph went viral on the ‘technology‘ challenge.” hearteart faifailure.lure. Internet. LIU XIAOCHENG Thehe devicedevice takestakes bbloodlood ffromrrom a lowlowerer chachambermber ooff tthehe " e 2.5-year-old animal is famous hearteart ((ventricle),ventricle), and helpshelps pump blood to the bodybody because he is wearing a ventricular PRESIDENT OF TEDA INTERNATIONAL CARDIOVASCULAR HOSPITAL IN TIANJIN andnd vitalvital organs, just as a healthy heart would. assist device (VAD) that was devel- oped and made in China and is doing very well. " e device was implanted on March 14, and Tianjiu is still liv- medical understanding of the mech- ing, healthily. anism of the heart, heart failure, its Previously, the longest time an ani- causes, symptoms, progressive stages mal implanted with a Chinese VAD and so on. An arti9 cial device would had lived was only 38 days. need to address the health problems Two-and-a-half-year-old Tianjiu is the 18th ssheepheeh to " e hospital launched the program and avoid undesirable results. be experimentedexperimented on, but the first to have a nname,am in 2009, together with a branch insti- It is the engineers’ job to make a which literally means “forever”. A series of nenewew tute of China Academy of Launch device out of the design — not easy, MAGNETICMAGNETIC FLUFLUIDID SUSPENSION surgical techniques and perioperative manamanagementgeg Vehicle Technology. because it takes time, energy and had been achieved based on all ththee ppreviousrevious 17 “Such a successful trial has never experience to realize the functions CENTRIFUGAL BLOOD B PUMP trials. Tianjiu has been living healthily since the VAD been done before in China. It is abso- the design requires, and minimize implant on March 14. Previously, the longest timtime an lutely a great breakthrough,” says Liu mechanism-related incidences, and animal imimplantedplanted with a Chinese VAD had lived was Xiaocheng, president of the hospital decide what material and technol- only38daysonly 38 days. and team leader of the VAD pro- ogy to use. ConnectionC part with ventricle gram. A computer-aided testing system “Based on this success, we are is also needed to virtually test the going to carry out group animal trials design to modify it, and the eB ective- and then clinical human trials when ness of such a test is dependent on we get approval from health authori- the reliability of the hardware and ties. We will likely 9 nd a permanent soA ware system involved. treatment for heart failure through “The design is like a draft blue- the use of VADs.” print drawn by the medical team, Heart failure is a worldwide medi- and only the closest cooperation and cal issue. " e condition occurs when communication between the medi- the heart cannot pump enough cal team and the engineers can make blood to cater for a healthy body. the design come true,” says Zhang A heart transplant is currently the Jiemin, director of the animal trial only reliable treatment for end-stage center at the hospital. heart failure. “Any negligence on either team Patients waiting for a heart trans- will lead to failure.” plant may not last until they find " e VAD the hospital has designed Currently there are three generations of VADs. a suitable donor, because demand is a new type that few countries have. The survival rates of patients using VADs vary: Second-generation VADs are better always exceeds supply, Liu says. It will be smaller, with greater stabil- than the first-generation ones, and the third-generation is believed to have a better Because of this, many doctors see ity and eG ciency, but less likely to outcome than the second-generation ones. VAD as an alternative lifeline for cause infection, thrombosis, or limit people with end-stage heart failure, the users’ daily activities. THE FIRST GENERATION especially when the patient cannot By this reckoning, it is more pneumatic pump have a heart transplant. demanding on both the medical and The VAD is Berlin Heart pediatric pump AB5000™ pump （Germany) (USA) In China, there is an estimated engineering teams. implanted in population of 16 million heart failure Tianjiu, the sheep, was the 18th the chest. patients currently, many of whom are animal to be tried on the program. in the end stage. However, only about All former trials had failed. 100 heart transplants are conducted With the VAD implanted, the ram each year, Liu notes. is healthy and cheerful, and appar- VAD is a mechanical pump that ently enjoying his high pro9 le. He assists blood circulation and can poses for the cameras when there are partly or completely take over the visitors taking pictures. OUTFLOW function of a damaged heart, also has the company of anoth- The VAD pumps adds. er sheep, whose grandmother and A wire that blood from the Squeezing Blood Pump Pneumatic Artificial Heart pierces the Since the first VAD got United mother were also trial subjects. left ventricle to Ventricular assist Akutsu III States Food and Drug Administra- Tianjiu literally means “forever”, chest the aorta. devices TAH tion’s approval in 1994 for clinical and the hospital hopes the sheep will connects it to Novacor US US use, some countries, including the live a healthy life to a ripe old age. an external US, Japan and Germany, have devel- The hospital plans to carry out control unit oped various VADs and have used clinical trials in a year, and hopefully and battery them either as a bridge to heart trans- there will be good results, accord- pack. plants, or as alternative therapy. ing to Liu Xiaocheng, the hospital Although scientists in Beijing president. implanted VADs in animals as early His optimism is not shared by all, as in the 1980s, about a decade later and Yuan Biao, a cardiac surgeon THE SECOND GENERATION THE THIRD GENERATION aA er similar experiments in the US, with No 1 Hospital of Tsinghua Uni- INFLOW axial blood pump The device uses the apex magnetic suspension blood China had yet to develop its own versity says he believes locally made pump domestically produced VADs for VADs will not be as good as those of the left ventricle as the clinical tests. now widely used in foreign coun- inflow site to the pump. “Making a VAD is not only a medi- tries, at least not in the near future. cal, but also an engineering and tech- He feels there is too much of a gap CONTROLLER POWER SUPPLY nology challenge,” Liu says. “We lag in technology. But he applauds the behind international levels, although current eB orts, saying it is necessary a lot of professionals have invested for China to develop its own VADs. eB ort for the cause.” To meet the needs of a VAD user, Contact the writer at Source: TEDA International Cardiovascular Hospital GUILLERMO MUNRO / CHINA DAILY the design must be based on a perfect [email protected]. Medical experts call for e ective stem cell treatment regulation

By LIU ZHIHUA ence as part of the Global Healthcare Shibi, an academician of the Chinese strict regulation of trials over safety Peking Union Medical College. ment department is responsible for [email protected] Services of the China Beijing Inter- Academy of Engineering. and ethical concerns. Since May 2013, only top-level the research. national Fair for Trade in Services. But if the government tightens the A most common unsolved side hospitals are entitled to apply for “There are a lot of irresponsible Medical experts have called for Stem cell treatment is an inter- regulation, many research projects effect of stem cell treatment is approval of stem cell treatment clini- researchers and institutes that aban- more effective regulation of stem vention that introduces stem cells have to be suspended, explains Lu, tumors. cal trials, and such trials are free for don professional ethics and pursue cell treatments research, so that the to stimulate living and functional also a famous orthopedic special- But, it is not a secret that there have patients involved. only pro9 ts,” Han say. cutting-edge technology for treat- tissues to regenerate and repair dys- ist who pioneers stem cell therapy been a lot of clinics and hospitals But critics say there are no detailed “But there are also a lot of research- ing serious health conditions, such functional tissue and organs in the research. providing stem cell treatments to standards on the quali9 cation of trial ers devoted to stem cell treatments as cancers, Parkinson’s disease and body. “" at is because the current regu- patients in China. performers and facilities in the ordi- research, because they want to help diabetes, could develop more health- It has been a hot spot in medical lation issued by health authorities on Such treatments have not been nance. patients. ily in China. research since the 1980s. stem cell therapy research is not up to proven safe and efficient through Besides, new regulations do not “We hope there will be more Medical professionals, govern- “Stem cell treatment research in date,” Lu says. strict clinical trials, says Han address the dispute on whether stem refined and effective regulation of ment officials and businessmen China faces a dilemma. If the gov- In most countries, stem cell thera- Zhongchao, president with Institute cell treatments are drug therapies or stem cell treatments, to create a bet- recently discussed the challenges of ernment loosens regulation, many pies and research are not being prac- of Hematology under the Chinese medical , which ulti- ter environment for those devoted China’s stem cell research at a confer- illegal practices will occur,” says Lu ticed at a clinical level, because of Academy of Medical Sciences and mately will decide which govern- researchers.” CHINA DAILY USA CHINADAILYUSA.COM 11 Wednesday, June 19, 2013 | [email protected] view editorials • opinion CHINADAILY CHINA FORUM | CHI FULIN EDITORIALS Sustainable urbanization Untie Syrian knot The rich experiences of Germany and other countries THE CRISIS IN IS WORSENING WITH EVERY passing day, miring the country in bloodbaths and fueling can help China avoid traps and overcome problems widespread concern from the international community. But it is even more troubling to see that Western countries led by the United States are accelerating their e orts to aid the Syrian hen Pre- (56 percent), and that of the Repub- 35.2 percent.  is is much lower million by 2020. On the other hand, opposition in their bid to force a regime change in the country. mier Li lic of Korea in 1978 (53.3 percent). than the world average of around 52 the population in medium and small A er the European Union reversed its arms embargo policy Keqiang All these demonstrate that, percent, and it is less than half that cities has been declining. Although to allow the arming of Syrian rebels, the US li ed its sanctions visited although China’s urbanization has of countries such as Germany and house prices have remained high in Germany been proceeding rapidly in recent the ROK. big cities, the attractiveness of big on the Syrian opposition last week and decided to provide in late years, its urbanization rate is not Premier Li Keqiang has long been cities to migrants is still far stronger lethal aid to Syria’s rebels. Yet Washington’s claim that Syrian W May, a as high as it should be and it is lag- emphasizing that “the essence and than that of the smaller cities. government forces have used chemical weapons, which it says number of cooperation agreements ging behind its industrialization. the core of urbanization is population  e Chinese government has crossed the line and is a game changer for the two-year-old were signed between the two coun- However, it also implies the huge urbanization”.  e low level of popu- been prioritizing the development of crisis, is, at the very least, one-sided if proved true. tries, and they agreed to implement potential of domestic demand will lation urbanization directly a ects medium and small cities and rural With reports from the United Nations and some Western the China-German urbanization be a future driver for development, not only the quality of urbanization, towns, and has promulgated many media showing the opposition forces have used chemical partnership and carry out coopera- which is a major condition to sup- but also the upgrading of the eco- policies for this purpose. Yet it is still weapons, Washington’s decision to send weapons to the rebels tion to build low-carbon eco-cities. port a medium GDP annual growth nomic structure and transformation a case of “feeling the stones in the lacks solid ground. Urbanization therefore is an impor- rate of 7 to 8 percent over the next of economic development patterns. river” as observed. Especially as members of al-Qaida and other extremist tant eld for exchange and coopera- decade.  at is to say, China’s urban- To increase the level of popula- In Germany, there is a rational groups have long penetrated into Syria and mingled with tion between the two countries, and ization can potentially develop at an tion urbanization, we need to learn industrial, employment and popula- the rebel forces there, which is the very reason the West had indeed China and Europe. annual rate of 1 to 1.2 percent over from and cooperate with countries tion distribution, as 60 percent of the adopted a comparatively cautious approach toward arming But four questions concerning the next 10 years. Learning from the like Germany. Especially, we need population and 80 percent of small the opposition. China’s urbanization need to be urbanization experiences of other to learn and draw on their experi- and medium-sized enterprises are  e US and its Western allies cannot be so blind that they are answered. countries, Germany in particular, ence in formulating a policy and located in small towns with a popu- First, how to increase the urban- will be very important if China is to institutional system for population lation less than 20,000 each. unable to foresee the tricky situation that lies ahead when they ization rate? achieve smooth and more sustain- urbanization. China can tackle the problem of set out to remove the last obstacle to arming the rebels, as some According to international experi- able urbanization.  ree, how to solve the issue of irrational population distribution of the weapons they intend to provide will very likely end up in ence, when a country reaches the Second, how to increase the popu- population over-aggregation in big by learning from the experience of the wrong hands and help al-Qaida expand its in# uence in the middle or late period of industrial- lation level of urbanization? cities? countries such as Germany. war-torn country and even the region at large. ization, its urbanization rate is usu-  e o cial urbanization rate is At present, Beijing, Shanghai, Four, how to improve the quality  ere have been media reports about atrocities that some ally around 70 percent. In 2012, Chi- 52.6 percent, but this includes the Guangzhou and Shenzhen are the of urbanization? rebel forces have committed, which must have prompted na’s urbanization rate was o cially 260 million rural migrant workers four most populous cities in China. All the big cities in China su er Russian President Vladimir Putin’s rebukes against arming 52.6 percent, which was more or less in the urban population. If rural  e population in both Beijing and from “urban diseases”, such as seri- “organ-eating ghters” when responding to the US decision. the same level as that of Germany in migrant workers are not included, Shanghai exceeds 20 million, more ous air pollution and tra c conges- In their meeting on the sidelines of the G8 summit on Mon- 1950 (52.9 percent), Japan in 1955 China’s real urbanization rate is only than their planned capacity of 18 tion. And there are still bottlenecks day, Putin and US President Barack Obama agreed to push that prevent e ective e orts to for a summit in Geneva on Syria, despite admitting the big tackle the problems brought about by urbanization. Germany and di erences they have on Syria. LUO JIE  e new Geneva summit should be held as soon as possible. other developed countries have rich experience in protecting the urban At a time when the West is hastily paving the way for military environment and easing tra c jams. intervention, it might be the last chance for the international  erefore, China will strengthen community to conjure up political resolutions to end the crisis. exchanges and cooperation with Germany and other countries to improve the quality of its urbaniza- tion.  is is a practical and urgent need for China. Ward o capital risks A new type of urbanization in China will not only unleash the big- THE YUAN KEEPS RISING, INTER-BANK RATES gest potential driver for its future have shot up, and foreign exchange purchases have slumped, development, it will also greatly such con# icting trends have caused worries among puzzled contribute to the rebalancing of the China watchers. But are such fears justi able? world economy. For this purpose,  e yuan hit new highs on Monday in terms of the o cial China needs to establish platforms central parity rate, rising to 6.1598 against the US dollar before for exchanges and cooperation with edging down on Tuesday. It has risen by more than 2 percent Germany and other countries. since the start of this year. While the economic fundamentals are out of line with the cur- e author is president of the rency appreciation momentum, the fast pace of yuan revaluation Hainan-based China Institute for Reform and Development. is also in contrast to the money market conditions.  e interest rates that Chinese banks charge each other for short-term loans unexpectedly surged recently, indicating a sudden liquidity shortage that demands central bank intervention. WANG SHENG New foreign exchange purchases, which are a main gauge of money in# ows, also slumped to 67 billion yuan ($10.9 billion) in May, compared with nearly 300 billion yuan in April. The stock market, meanwhile, has also shown prolonged Pyongyang o ers dialogue and hope weakness in recent trading days. Some analysts have said the diverging trends of yuan appre- he Democratic People’s by the ROK’s Ministry of Uni ca- causes of the DPRK-ROK con# ict peace on the peninsula. ciation and liquidity tightness show that the attraction of the Republic of Korea seems to tion.  ree days later, the two sides through the Six-Party Talks in order  e DPRK nuclear issue could rising yuan to foreign capital is on the wane and there could be T have taken a U-turn from held working-level talks at the Pan- to denuclearize the peninsula. become a new starting point for an una ordable capital exodus that results in a hard landing for its belligerent rhetoric a er munjom border village.  ird, improving China-DPRK Beijing and Washington to improve the Chinese economy. the United Nations imposed sanc-  e situation on the Korean relations and increasing mutual their strategic mutual trust. Such Admittedly, some international capital is # owing out of the tions on it for conducting its third Peninsula is changing for several communication are important ways an agreement between Beijing and nuclear test and launching a satellite. reasons. of easing tensions on the peninsula. Washington could impel Pyongyang emerging-market economies, including China, due to the sus- Although earlier it had lashed out First, China made its stance on Since December 2012, China-DPRK to abandon the ambition of becom- tained improvement in the economic fundamentals of the United at the joint military drills between the peninsula issue clear and pre- relations have undergone a subtle ing a nuclear power and make dip- States. Despite a capital drain, the world’s second-largest economy the United States and the Republic vented the situation from escalating change.  is process enabled the lomatic e orts to show it is moving remains capable of handling it given its sound fundamentals. of Korea, on Sunday the DPRK further. In his talks with visiting US two sides to arrange for Choe toward denuclearization.  e Chinese economy continues to expand at more than 7 per- proposed talks with the US.  e US Secretary of State John Kerry on Ryong-hae’s visit to China, where ROK President Park Geun-hye cent, a rate that is the envy of many other countries and its exports has responded by saying it is open April 13, Foreign Minister at his meeting with President Xi, he will visit China later this month continue to grow, while its consumption remains resilient. to talks. said: “China’s stance on the Korean agreed to make e orts to restart the for her rst meeting with President More importantly, it has ample foreign exchange reserves —  e other major development will peninsula is consistent. No mat- Six-Party Talks. Xi. 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M.D. NALAPAT JASPAL BINDRA Firms line up Snowden storm stains US for Myanmar here has been a growing disconnect service. Were the sole purpose of such the of data was an apt example of how a so-called independent between the inherent qualities of US citi- the prevention of terrorist acts, as is being claimed commission (headed by former US Federal Reserve opportunity T zens and the actions of their government. by the Obama administration, the world would not chairman Paul Volcker) found only those people e election of Barack Obama to the Oval have been as angered by Snowden’s revelations as it is guilty of malpractice who were known to be resisting s senior decision-makers from around the O ce  ve years ago demonstrated the essentially now. It’s clear the US has used Osama bin Laden and US pressure. globe descended on Myanmar’s capital of liberal spirit of the American people. But the same his fanatic band of followers as a pretext to snoop e Volcker report reportedly preferred not to A Naypyidaw for the World Economic Forum cannot be said of the US governance structure, which around the world. name a prominent Indian politician, considered on East Asia recently, multinational com- very o en pursues policies designed to help the few Using the cover of the “war on terror”, the US has close to the US, even though she was one of the sus- panies were lining up to explore the huge commercial who are major contributors to political candidates given itself untrammeled access to information that pected bene ciaries of the scandal. But the report opportunities in the country. than the millions who vote for them. can be used to further not only security, but also didn’t show a similar forbearance toward former At Standard Chartered, we’re seeing strong, and grow- Because of the immense in uence of powerful commercial interests. Indian foreign minister K. Natwar Singh, who is a ing, interest in Myanmar from clients across the globe interest groups over the corporations that control For example, take the case of a policymaker in life-long proponent of non-alignment, a movement and across all business sectors. With the European Union much of the media in the US, the people of that a major developing country — say, India — who that the US and NATO detest. Ultimately, a lobby li ing the last of its non-military sanctions on Myanmar country are seldom given an informed choice about adopts a policy to protect domestic interests. In case within the Indian government forced Natwar Singh in April, European corporates, hungry for growth as events, especially those relating to foreign a airs. such a policy threatens American goals, the US could to resign from the federal cabinet, much to the relief demand at home remains weak, have shown the greatest To this day, many Americans believe that Saddam get dubious entities to call the policymaker over the of those who found his adherence to nonpartisan interest in the country. Hussein and Muammar Gadha supported al-Qaida phone or send him/her some e-mails. Using such principles irksome. Multinationals are starting to cautiously put money to leaders. e reality is, Saddam and Gadha both communications, the US o cials can then launch a How many independent-minded politicians across work in Myanmar. Many have already opened repre- were targets of al-Qaida assassination plots for a long phishing expedition across o shore banking centers the globe have fallen prey to the information gleaned sentative o ces or branches in the country, recogniz- time because, whatever their other faults might have to see if the politician has illegal accounts. And if the by the NSA? How many companies based in the US ing that the pace of reform is now so rapid that you been, both subscribed to moderate theologies rather o cials get any incriminating evidence, they can and other NATO member countries have bene ted have to have people on the ground to seize the oppor- than the extreme version of Islam. simply blackmail the policymaker into complying from illegally collected data on their competitors in tunities as they unfold. For years, the US has been lecturing China on with the dictates of the US administration or destroy other countries? Multinationals have long since spotted the eco- hacking Internet accounts. It is almost certain that his career by leaking information about his/her ill- Since politicians in the US and other NATO mem- nomic potential of this vast country with a population some entities, individuals or groups, in China do gotten wealth. ber states can pretend to be acting against potential of more than 60 million. Myanmar, once the world’s hack Internet accounts. But then all — repeat all e unfettered access of the US to o shore bank- terrorist funds to hack the accounts of individuals largest rice exporter, is rich in natural resources, such —major powers do the same and make China the ing data means that policymakers across the globe, and companies in other countries for the bene t of as oil, gas and timber. e country is also strategically scapegoat. many of whom are corrupt, are at the constant risk of their local enterprises, it would be naive to think that located between India and China and is a member e US has escaped any attention concerning its exposure if they refuse to play ball with the US at the they have not used such information to also promote of the fast-growing ASEAN trading bloc, which it is state-sponsored hacking programs. In fact, the US cost of their domestic industries. their political interests. scheduled to chair next year. as well as the European Union member states have Since major international Internet service pro- erefore, the use of the NSA as a phishing net, O en regarded as Asia’s last large frontier market, been silent about the fact that they have the maxi- viders are based in the US, the private e-mails and designed to get information from hundreds of mil- Myanmar has opened up much faster than expected mum number of surveillance cameras per thousand phone calls of more than 2 billion people across the lions of individuals and companies wholly unrelated in the past year, because the government has set its people. globe can be made available to US authorities and to terrorism, need not merely be condemned, but sights  rmly on economic reform to create jobs and li at’s why former CIA agent and National Secu- their NATO allies. is could include details about also subjected to penalties. incomes. e passing of a new foreign investment law at rity Agency specialist Edward Snowden’s exposure their personal lives, which could be leaked to the the end of 2012 marked an important milestone in creat- of some of the details about the NSA’s gargantuan media whenever they take a  rm stance to protect e author is vice-chair of Manipal Advanced ing a more investor-friendly climate in the country. program to clandestinely scoop up information their countries’ interests against the diktats of the US Research Group and UNESCO peace chair, and pro- is spring, Myanmar took another major step by from across the world should be considered a public or its NATO allies. e “Oil for Food” scandal fessor of geopolitics at Manipal University, India. inviting global telecom companies to bid for nationwide telephone service licenses, and companies taking part have been impressed with the transparency of the pro- cess. With less than 10 percent of its citizens currently using mobile phones, Myanmar is the world’s largest untapped cell phone market. A leap in connectivity could accelerate the country’s economic development, as we have seen in many markets. ree large special economic zones (SEZs) are now being set up in Myanmar, including Dawei, with plans for a major deep-sea port, and ilawa, with a large- scale industrial zone near Yangon — once one of Asia’s most thriving cities. Supported by ailand and Japan, the SEZs promise to transform the country’s economic future, capturing fast-growing trade and investment in Asia. Some changes are evident already to anyone visit- ing Myanmar. Hotel rooms going empty a year ago are now full to capacity, at four or  ve times the rate, as the country’s vast tourism potential begins to take o . ATMs, which were once a rarity, are found in the dozens in major cities, following agreements with two global pay- ment companies. So you can withdraw Myanmar kyats using your Visa or MasterCard credit card. ese developments underscore the government’s willingness to draw upon investment and experience from abroad to open up Myanmar’s economy. Another good example is the work underway to build a modern  nancial system, for which Myanmar is seeking the help and advice of institutions such as the World Bank, the International Monetary Fund, Standard Chartered and other  nancial institutions. Doing business in Myanmar, however, remains dif-  cult, as many of our clients tell us. e  nancial system is at an early stage of development. Very few people have bank accounts and facilities for wire transfers are poor. LI FENG / CHINA DAILY e speed of legal and regulatory change adds uncer- tainty to the challenges, as do skill shortages. Moreover, targeted US sanctions against Myanmar remain in place, including in key areas such as  nancial WANG HUI services. Given that the bulk of global trade is denomi- nated in dollars, until the US removes uncertainty by li ing the sanctions, as the EU has done, potential US and other investors and trading entities will continue to A case of the thief crying, ‘Stop! Thief!’ hesitate making commitments. Addressing the long list of political, economic and ince Edward Snowden, the former US gov- which have been loudly trumpeting a cyber threat Compared with the hollow US accusations against social challenges will take time a er Myanmar’s  ve ernment subcontractor, stepped into the from China. China, allegations of US hacking against China from decades of isolation. But it’s neither reasonable nor S media limelight to reveal secret US surveil- Had it not been for the Snowden drama, the world an ex-CIA employee and a respected media outlet desirable to expect everything to happen overnight. e lance programs less than two weeks ago, the might have remained ignorant of the fact that the US’ sound far more reliable and convincing. democratic process needs time to work and it’s crucial war of words between the United States and China holy-than-thou grandstanding was merely misdirec- Hence, the hypocrisy of Uncle Sam is self-evident: that the country gets its reform process right. What’s over cybersecurity has taken an abrupt turn. While tion to reinforce the illusion that it was the victim For a long time Washington has played the game of a also critically important is that foreign investment into watching the Snowden drama continue to unfold, not the perpetrator. According to the revelations of thief crying, “Stop! ief!”. Myanmar takes place in a sustainable manner that does the world has a chance to contemplate the US’ Snowden and a Foreign Policy website article, the US Regrettably, there is still no sign that the US not promote change for change’s sake, but for the “better- hypocrisy and urge the country to stop peeping into security authorities have habitually instigated cyber- authorities are ready to learn a lesson from the ment of society”, as called for by Aung San Suu Kyi at the other people’s backyards. attacks against China in the past years. on-going information collection scandal and stop ASEAN 100 Leadership Forum in Yangon in December. In the past few months, high-ranking US o cials In an interview with the South China Morning wrongdoings that infringe upon the rights and pri- One thing seems certain — Myanmar is not turn- had ratcheted up their accusations about cyberat- Post on June 13, Snowden made explosive claims vacy of other people and countries. ing back. And no one should doubt the huge potential tacks and even cyber espionage allegedly by China. that the US National Security Agency’s controversial To continue their mud-throwing game, some in the country has as it seeks to catch up with its ASEAN ey claimed the Chinese government and military Prism program has for years been hacking into com- the US, former vice-president Dick Cheney most neighbors. Myanmar’s GDP grew 6.5 percent in the were behind the alleged wrongdoings. Such  nger- puters in Hong Kong and on the Chinese mainland prominently have called Snowden a “traitor” and last  scal year and may reach 6.75 percent in 2013, pointing has cast a shadow on the generally rosy pic- in a systematic way. alleged that he may be a spy for China. Such a claim according to the IMF. O cial Myanmar  gures sug- ture of China-US relations as it has helped whip up a Meanwhile, a Foreign Policy website article pub- is clearly absurd, and it is clear that the US authorities gest foreign direct investment was up by  ve times in new round of anti-China sentiment in the US. lished on June 10, entitled “Inside the NSA’s Ultra- are at their wit’s end about how to deal with the chain the same period, to more than $1.4 billion. We believe China has repeatedly denied the US’ accusations Secret China Hacking Group”, reports at length about reactions Snowden’s leaks have set o . this momentum will pick up further — with investment and the world’s sole superpower has failed to pro- the formation and function of the O ce of Tailored An honest re ection on the wrongdoings and diversifying from the energy sector to manufacturing, vide any tenable evidence to justify its allegations. Access Operations, under the NSA, which is the big- reparative measures are the right way for the US to tourism, agriculture and banking — as multinationals Beijing has o ered to cooperate with Washington gest spy surveillance organization in the world. cope with the a ere ects of the hot potato dropped buy into Myanmar’s great prospects. over cybersecurity issues as it, too, is a victim of According to the article, TAO has successfully by the ex-CIA analyst and a former employee work- cyberattacks. Yet it seems Beijing has been talk- penetrated Chinese computer and telecommunica- ing for defense contractor Booz Allen Hamilton at e author is group executive director and CEO Asia, ing to deaf ears. Worse, with Western companies tions systems for almost 15 years, generating intel- the NSA. Any attempt to shirk these responsibilities Standard Chartered. dominating the global media apparatus, Beijing’s ligence information about what is going on inside the would only further erode the credibility of the US. rebuttals and tangible concerns have more o en country. than not been drowned out by the biased one-sid- If true, both the scope and the long duration of the e author is a senior writer with China Daily e opinions expressed on this page do not necessarily re ect ed chorus of US politicians and the Western media, US hacking directed at China are beyond tolerance. E-mail: [email protected] those of China Daily US Edition. businessCHINA DAILY CHINADAILYUSA.COM WEDNESDAY, JUNE 19, 2013 | PAGE 13 Shadow banking threatens credit crisis By GAO CHANGXIN One example of the poten- its economy has grown almost in Hong Kong tial e7 ects was last year’s high- immune to credit stimulus. gaochangxin@ profile case of China Credit In January, when total social chinadaily.com.cn Trust Co, a leading trust com-  nancing jumped by 160 per- pany in China. cent year-on-year,  xed asset Fitch Ratings warned on A new trust planned by the investment grew just 21.2 per- Tuesday that the growing company, for which money cent, then slowed further to shadow banking sector in Chi- was raised, was never started 20.9 percent in March. na, if not dealt with properly, and the funds were used to Jing Ulrich, chairman of could puncture the country’s repay other debts. global markets for China at credit bubble China Credit Trust argued JPMorgan Chase & Co, said BANKING and spark a that Industrial and Commer- she thinks that China can no  nancial crisis. cial Bank of China, which longer depend on credit to In a speech in Hong Kong, introduced investors to the stimulate growth. Charlene Chu, senior direc- trust company, should be In April, Fitch downgraded tor of  nancial institutions at liable for some of its losses, China’s sovereign credit rating the global ratings agency, said underlining lenders’ indirect for the first time since 1999, that at the end of 2012 Chinese exposure to non-bank credit. cutting its long-term local cur- lenders were involved, directly Chinese lenders currently rency rating to A+ from AA-, or indirectly in three-quarters appear to be in good shape, citing a number of “underly- of the 11.7 trillion yuan ($1.91 with non-performing loans at ing structural weaknesses” as trillion) of outstanding credit a benign rate of just 1 percent. a result of rapid credit expan- “in the shadows” or extended But experts point out that sion. by non-bank  nancial institu- this does not paint the real pic- China’s first quarter GDP tions. ture, as 36 percent of all out- growth slowed to 7.7 percent Little light is shed on the standing credit exists outside year-on-year, from 7.9 percent quality of those issuers or bor- of the lenders’ loan portfolios. in the last quarter of 2012, low- rowers in the shadow credit China’s credit levels have er than market expectations sector, which accounts for a been growing rapidly since of around 8 percent, but Chu ZHENG JINQIANG / FOR CHINA DAILY third of the country total 34 2008, when the government said a financial crisis “is not A housing project under construction in Liuan, province. Home prices continue to rise in China’s major cities but at a slower trillion yuan of non-loan credit. flooded the market with inevitable” as the country still pace, according to the National Bureau of Statistics. But any stress put on its non- liquidity to kick-start its crisis- has the  nancial  repower to bank financial institutions, hit economy. halt the downward spiral. including micro-loan organi- China’s credit-to-GDP ratio One of the strongest positive zations and pawn shops, will has jumped by 75 points to 200 factors is that the vast major- House price rises cool down gradually work its way into its percent in the  ve years end- ity of the borrowers and lend- banking system, and put pres- ing 2012. ers are State-owned, meaning sure on balance sheets, Chu In the US, the ratio grew 40 there is more flexibility and said. points over the  ve years lead- tolerance to debt repayment “It seems there is no con- ing up to the bursting of the and servicing. in mainland’s 70 major cities nection between non-bank subprime mortgage-lending China’s closed capital  nancial institutions and the bubble. account also prevents money By WANG YING in Shanghai On a monthly basis, 65 cit- Liu said that continued “As long as the home price main lenders. But in fact, there Making things potentially from being taken out of the [email protected] ies’ new-home prices increased property curbs meant the increase is in line with the is,” said Chu. worse in China is the fact that domestic  nancial system. in May, three other cities saw month-on-month increase growth of the nation’s econo- Although new home prices declines and the other two rate in home prices was going my, there is no reason to worry rose year-on-year in 69 of the were unchanged. down. He said there should be about severe property infla- mainland’s 70 major cities in Liu Jianwei, a senior stat- no relaxation of policy imple- tion,” he said. May, analysts said adherence to istician with the bureau, said mentation. Chen said  rst-tier cities are DHL setting its sights on property curbs will eventually the figures show home price “. e days of over-supply are seeing faster-than-expected stabilize housing prices. rises continued slowing in May gone, and at present, the total home price rises. Major sec- . e National Bureau of Sta- because fewer cities saw price available residential proper- ond- and third-tier cities have tistics said on rises compared with April. ties in Beijing can be taken excess supply, and their chief China’s western regions PROPERTY Tuesday that Another distinct change up within seven months. For task is to reduce inventories. of the 70 major is that the month-on-month Shanghai, it’s nine months,” said Lu Qilin, research director By HE WEI in Shanghai areas of DHL’s China business cities it tracks, only growth in home prices is nar- Chen Yanbin, research director at Shanghai Deovolente Realty [email protected] portfolio. in Zhejiang province experi- rowing, according to Liu. In of the China Index Research Co, also expects slower growth The changing nature of enced a drop in new-home 34 cities, new-home prices Institute’s Shanghai branch. in home prices in the coming Deutsche Post DHL, one of technology will amplify the prices in May. increased by a smaller per- Chen Sheng, deputy presi- months due to the stabilized the  rst foreign courier com- role of logistics in having a Guangzhou, Shenzhen and centage point compared with dent of the China Real Estate policy and economy. panies to enter China, will tai- competitive edge, Meahl said, West China is where Beijing led the price surge in April. For pre-owned houses, Data Academy, said all the gov- “Policy implementation is lor its services for the country’s citing examples of the emer- people move their new residential properties, up 30 of the 70 cities’ growth rates ernment should do is maintain necessary and it is the key,” he booming western regions, a gence of mobile devices ahead operations for lower around 15 percent. declined. policy stability. added. top company executive said of personal computers as the ‘ ‘labor and property on Tuesday. preferred access tool for the A growing number of enter- Internet. costs. But if logistics prises are DHL estimates that 60 per- LOGISTICS doesn’t move along relocating to cent of all IT hardware growth with manufacturing, these regions will come from tablets and Bespoke carmaker opens showroom to better manage costs and this year. you cannot move up increase e$ ciency. “From a logistics point of the value chain.” By YAO JING Since then, China has become The company, with head- view, the prevalence of mobile WILLIAM MEAHL [email protected] part of the 104-year-old auto- quarters in Bonn, Germany, devices translates into shrink- CHIEF COMMERCIAL OFFICER OF maker’s  ve-year plan, target- will provide a range of solu- ing size of goods, meaning that DEUTSCHE POST DHL Morgan Motor Co, one of ing 500 to 700 car sales globally tions, including new ware- each shipment has to handle the oldest British hand-built every year. house management systems, many more units of goods car manufacturers, opened its “We sold 12 cars in China in to help manufacturers rein in than before,” Meahl said. competition, for DHL first showroom in China on the  rst year, and now we hope logistics spending following With China heavily Tan Piak Hwee, DHL’s vice- Tuesday, part of a drive to bring to build up to about 50 next the huge urbanization drive in involved in the IT manufac- president of marketing and more British vehicles overseas. year,” James said. China’s inland areas, according turing industry, DHL has sales in China, said:“It’s only The 320-square-meter Morgan makes all its cars to to William Meahl, DHL’s chief developed a range of solu- natural for online marketplac- showroom, which is order, and it produced about commercial o$ cer. tions to help address such es like Alibaba to think about AUTO also the Morgan K ag- 1,200 traditional cars and oth- “West China is where challenges, including direct how they facilitate solutions ship store, is located in er vehicles in 2012. It regards people move their operations distribution services like for products that are being sold Workers’ Stadium in Beijing. its expansion in China as an for lower labor and property Door-to-More and Break and bought. DHL can lever- A number of models, includ- investment in the long-term costs. But if logistics doesn’t Bulk Express, and options to age on its worldwide coverage ing the  rst Plus 8 ever sold in future. move along with manufactur- reinforce high-quality cus- to serve online sites with last- China, a Roadster and the only ZOU HONG / CHINA DAILY In China, Morgan needs to ing, you cannot move up the tomer service o7 erings, such mile delivery and international 75th Anniversary edition of the Wu Duming (in the driver’s seat) buys a Morgan Plus 8 on capture drivers like Wu Dum- value chain,” Meahl told China as Technical Service. transportation needs.” 4/4 in China, are on display. display at Morgan Motor Co’s Beijing showroom on Tuesday. ing, a 43-year-old founder of Daily on the sidelines of DHL’s A trend toward simplified Meahl has seen a grow- “The Morgan cars in the Sitting next to him is Sebastian Wood, British ambassador. a menswear brand based in annual global technology con- and lighter products, com- ing number of Chinese busi- Beijing showroom are the  rst Hunan province. Wu became ference in Shanghai. bined with price pressure, is nesses emerge among DHL’s models imported to China cars,” said James. cars and commercial vehicles the  rst Chinese owner of the . e company will strength- challenging manufacturers global top 100 clients, which under a commercial license, . e performance of British were exported to China, com- Morgan Plus 8, which is priced en its ability to connect clients and suppliers to find solu- used to be dominated by US which means that they can be cars in overseas markets has pared with 1.4 percent in 2008, at 2.8 million yuan ($457,000). in western China to the rest tions to improve the cost e$ - and European conglomerates. bought by Chinese custom- witnessed a steady increase in according to Motor Industry “I ran into a Morgan car of the world, and by using an ciency of the technology sup- He said a variety of Chinese ers,” said Jim James, manag- recent years. In the  rst quarter Facts 2013 released by the when I went to Britain in 2004 intensi ed air and rail network ply chain. This has led to an companies, from State-owned ing director of Morgan Cars of 2012, the United Kingdom Society of Motor Manufac- and was attracted by the look will consolidate various busi- increase in the use of shared enterprises to privately run (Beijing). sold more cars abroad than it turers and Traders, the trade of the car  rst. I like the brand’s ness services to be delivered logistics platforms such as  rms, are eyeing international Within walking distance of imported for the  rst time in association for the UK motor reputation and the vintage to Asia. multi-user warehouses. opportunities, and DHL is the showrooms of Bentley and 36 years, according to the Daily industry. design,” Wu said. Asia accounted for 20 per- Up to 20 percent of DHL’s poised to become their partner Lotus, the Morgan showroom Telegraph newspaper. “From road cars to F1, the “Besides  nding consumers cent of DHL’s global sales last annual spending goes to devel- in these global pursuits. positions it alongside popular With a growing number of UK is home to more than 40 who appreciate the look and year, with China claiming half oping IT solutions. Since 2013, the company British automotive brands. well-heeled customers and the companies manufacturing the feel of our cars, we have to of this share. Meahl said he Meahl also said he believes has strengthened its Asia- “We have been compet- potential to be the world’s larg- vehicles. I’m delighted that make all the cars comply with expects the Asian percentage China’s e-commerce boom Paci c aviation network with ing with Lotus, Rolls-Royce est luxury car market, China is Morgan’s heritage and iconic local regulations, such as cus- to rise to one-third in the next will fuel further momentum more wide-bodied aircraft, and other brand names that becoming an increasingly sig- designs are appreciated by an toms and related business cer-  ve years, with China continu- for the company. connecting major markets in stepped into the market ahead ni cant market for UK vehicle increasing number of Chinese ti cation,” James said. ing to take the lead. Speaking of the recent Asia and providing additional of us. However, Chinese driv- makers. customers,” said Sebastian The showroom was been He identi ed the high-tech decision by Alibaba Group direct links with the Ameri- ing enthusiasts are becoming Exports of UK-built cars Wood, the British ambassador commissioned by Malvern sector — driven by constant Holding Ltd to set up a cas. more sophisticated, and we and commercial vehicles to China. Morgan Cars (Beijing) Co Ltd, innovation, short product national logistics network, It invested $175 million last can catch up with handmade, totaled 1.275 million units in Morgan o$ cially launched an authorized agent of the UK cycles and new sales channels he said it means more of a year in Shanghai to launch its vintage-style authentic British 2012, and 8.1 percent of such sales in China in June 2012. Morgan Motor Co. — as one of the key growth partnership, rather than biggest express hub in Asia. CHINA DAILY USA 14 businessdigest Wednesday, June 19, 2013 | [email protected] US-EU what’s news IPO approvals likely to talks mean resume next month China is likely to resume approving initial public o erings on the mainland market at the end of July, sources told on Tues- challenges, day. Yao Gang, vice-chairman of the China Securities Regulatory Commission, told bro- kerages at a meeting on Tuesday “it is almost certain” the IPO market will resume at the chances end of next month, the sources, who were present at the meeting, said. ey declined to By ZHANG CHUNYAN in London be identi ed because they are not authorized [email protected] to speak to the media. China froze the IPO market in late October as part of its e orts As the United States and the Europe- to clean up the equity market. It has been an Union prepare to begin talks in July inspecting applicants’ books for evidence of on a free-trade deal, European experts fraud. noted that this would present China with challenges and opportunities. Carbon dioxide permits trade US President Barack Obama, stand- 22% cheaper than in Europe ing alongside EU leaders and British Prime Minister David Cameron, on China traded its  rst carbon dioxide per- Monday hailed the proposed trade mits for 22 percent less than Tuesday’s price in agreement as a “potentially ground- Europe as the nation inaugurated the Shen- breaking partnership” that would deep- zhen Emissions Exchange as part of its plan en ties between two areas that account to limit heat-trapping gases linked to climate for around 45 percent of the global change. e permits were priced from 28 economy. yuan ($4.55) to 30 yuan a metric ton, accord- 2 e aim is to reach a comprehensive ing to Chen Hai’ou, chief executive o cer and deal that would remove all tari3 s and president of the exchange. at compares develop uniform rules and standards with 4.71 euros ($6.30) a ton on Tuesday for on a wide range of goods and services European Union permits on London’s ICE WOODEN WONDER that would bolster trade, investment Futures Europe exchange, the world’s biggest PHOTO BY CAO BOYUAN / FOR CHINA DAILY and jobs. carbon market by traded volume. 2 e . rst round of talks will be held in A wooden Chinese style caravan grabs attention at the “All in Tuning All in Caravanning” Show Washington during the week of July 8. Coal imports fall in May, as Some experts have expressed concern policy worries continue China 2013 at the China National Convention Center in Beijing. More than 100 modi. ed cars that the transatlantic trade agreement China’s coal imports, including lignite, and caravans from more than 160 exhibitors were on display at the three-day exhibition, which would in@ uence China’s trade relations fell 3.9 percent in May from April as worries closed on Monday. with the EU and US as the agreement over import policies, high overseas prices may mean a greater concentration of and weak local demand curbed sales, data trade and investment between the US from the China Coal Transport and Dis- at 6.16510 per dollar, lowering it by the most the article said. At the end of May, the price A-share sales in May hit and Europe. tribution Association showed. China is the since May 13. e Bloomberg JPMorgan of eight steel products monitored by CISA four-year monthly high world’s top coal consumer and traders said Asian Dollar Index dropped for a second day continued to drop. Major shareholders with stakes of more weak domestic demand and uncertainty before the Fed starts a two-day meeting. Cur- This agreement will than 5 percent, sold a net 24.7 billion yuan over whether Beijing might limit imports of rency strategists including those from Bar- certainly increase Infor to increase workforce, worth ($4 billion) of Chinese A shares in low-quality thermal coal to aid struggling clays PLC and Deutsche Bank AG have been develop in smaller cities May, the most for a month since June 2009, the amount of world domestic coal miners, led buyers to adopt advising investors to sell the yuan. US so! ware company Infor said it plans according to UBS AG in a market note. trade, and China will the wary attitude. Limiting imports would to double China revenue over the next three e biggest sales were in computer-related largely hit Indonesian miners, whose sales benefi t from that. Steel prices drop despite years. e company will increase its work- shares, media and special equipment sectors, to China have jumped a! er import taxes on decreasing global output force in the country and develop business in UBS said. Net stakes rose only in chemi- LOUIS TURNER lignite were removed in 2012. EXPERT IN ASIAN TRADE AND IN- China steel prices have dropped in spite smaller cities, said Tim Molyan, Asia-Paci c cal raw materials and telecom operations, ‘‘ VESTMENT AT THE LONDON-BASED of decreasing global output and easing president of Infor. “China will generate while the sell-o in smaller companies as CHATHAM HOUSE Yuan declines by most in a oversupply, according to an article on the about one-third of the company’s revenue in a percentage of the free-# oat reached new fortnight on Fed taper fears website of the China Iron & Steel Associa- the region in three years’ time,” he said, add- post-2008 highs, it added. Insiders sold as e yuan fell the most in almost two weeks tion on Monday. e prices will # uctuate but ing that it’s easier for the New York-based the Shanghai Composite Index climbed If a deal can be reached, it would cre- as the People’s Bank of China halted  ve days largely remain low in the foreseeable future, company to get 25 percent year-on-year 5.6 percent in May, the biggest advance ate a free trade zone between the US of strengthening the currency’s  xing amid the article said. Starting from the second growth in China than in developed markets since December, as more locked-up shares and the 27 member states of the Euro- speculation the Federal Reserve will taper its quarter, overall demand has been rising such as Australia and Japan. Founded in became tradable. pean Union. bond-buying program. e central bank set while demand from industries with high 2002, Infor has annual revenue exceeding China and the EU are each other’s the yuan’s reference rate 0.09 percent weaker steel consumption was lower than expected, $2.8 billion. largest trading partners, and China and CHINA DAILY  AGENCIES the US are each other’s second-largest trading partners. Some observers noted that the impact on China will not be in the short term. New trade rules and standards set by the EU and the US could be forced upon Scholar urges Hong Kong to address ‘cultural gap’ China and other countries in the future. But Louis Turner, an expert in Asian By GAO CHANGXIN in HONG KONG which resulted in the city not fully making ket, according to the institute. Hong Kong government statistics show the trade and investment at the London- [email protected] use of preferential policies from the central Gui’s comments come as some Hong Kong number of newborns of mainland women based Chatham House, said: “I think government. residents appear to have developed a distaste not married to Hong Kong permanent resi- the free trade agreement will increase A top Hong Kong scholar has called on “Hong Kong is trailing further and fur- for mainland tourists. dents skyrocketed from less than 1,000 in the potential for Chinese export mar- the special administrative region to bridge ther behind the world’s top cities including In a high-pro. le incident last year, a mobile 2000 to more than 35,000 in 2011. kets, because American and European cultural and social di3 erences with the main- New York, Tokyo and London, and has been phone video of a shouting match between Gui urged Hong Kong to strengthen com- growth should be improved.” land, in a bid to boost its waning competitive- overtaken to some extent by more and more mainlanders and locals aboard the subway in munications with Beijing to avoid con@ icts, “This agreement will certainly ness. mainland cities,” said Gui, Hong Kong went viral on the Internet. boost mutual trust and deal with di3 erence increase the amount of world trade, and In a report published on Tuesday, Gui 2 e cultural gap is one of the 10 reasons A brawl ensued aC er a local woman told in a timely manner. China will bene. t from that,” Turner Qiangfang, president of the Gui listed for Hong Kong’s waning competi- o3 a mainland child traveling in Hong Kong “2 e root of Hong Kong’s development lies added. SURVEY China Institute of City Com- tive edge, which also include an absence of with her mother for eating dried noodles on in the fact that it has the mainland, the world’s He noted that it’s possible to strength- petitiveness, said Hong Kong’s strategic planning, a lack of innovation, and the train, where eating is prohibited. second-biggest economy, as its hinterland,” en the competitiveness of US and Euro- comprehensive competitiveness, including growing competition from big mainland cit- Another issue is cross-border childbirths, said Gui. pean companies, but Chinese compa- social, environmental and cultural strength, ies such as Shanghai and Shenzhen. in which mainland women fly to Hong “Hong Kong shouldn’t let those cultural nies are strong enough to stand up and has declined in recent years. But still, Hong Kong remains the most Kong to give birth, meaning that their chil- and social differences stand in the way of face this competition. One of the major reasons for this decline is competitive city in China, bene. ting from dren can gain their Hong Kong permanent cooperating with the mainland, which would EU Trade Spokesman John Clancy Hong Kong’s cultural gap with the mainland, its sound legal framework and open mar- residency. create a win-win situation.” said: “I do not see trade as a zero-sum game: more trade with one country does not automatically mean less trade with another. Indeed, the bene. ts for the EU and the US coming from a transatlantic agreement would not be Sino-EU trade talks aim to defuse solar tensions at the expense of the rest of the world.” Constanze Picking, senior adviser of A British researcher says China is the most dispute as well,” said the source, who declined foreign protectionism just under 1,000 times the US Chamber of Commerce Europe to be identi. ed. since November 2008. 2 e EU has become a O? ce, said: “2 e trading relationship frequently harmed country by foreign protectionism 2 e source said Brussels may also discuss frequent user of trade defense measures, the between the EU and China is very dif- with Beijing on when to kick o3 a long-dis- research found. ferent from the EU-US relationship. cussed bilateral investment agreement. If things continue to go in the current “Most likely the trading relationship By FU JING in Brussels level dialogue that could get bilateral relations De Gucht’s visit to Beijing may help . nd direction, Christopher Lewis, senior Fellow will not be in@ uenced, particularly if and LYU CHANG in Beijing back on track. common ground for European leaders at the of the Schiller Institute in Germany, said the China keeps its market open and looks EU Trade Spokesman John Clancy con- EU summit next week in Brussels regarding economic relationship between China and favorably to the standards, norms and Beijing and Brussels are racing to avert an firmed that confidential technical-level trade relations with China. the EU will become very di? cult. rules, which will be developed for the escalation of trade disputes originating from discussions began with a team of Chinese Separately, the source revealed that State Saying the solar panel dispute is one of the transatlantic market.” the European Commission’s anti-dumping experts in Brussels at the start of the week, a Councilor is expected to hold most signi. cant since the disputes over foot- Analysts said the latest announce- penalty on China’s solar panel exports. bid to . nd a negotiated settlement. high-level political dialogue with his European wear and textiles, where European factories ment was a victory for Cameron, who as Shen Danyang, spokesman for the Ministry It is expected that De Gucht and Gao will counterpart, Catherine Ashton, in Brussels have generally lost their competitive edge, host of this year’s G8 summit made the of Commerce, said the two sides have “tenta- discuss this issue on the sidelines of the joint either in the latter half of July or in September. Duncan Freeman of the Brussels Institute launch of the talks a top priority. tively agreed” to hold an annual meeting of the commission. He said both sides have agreed “Both sides are still . xing dates and these of Contemporary China Studies insists that Cameron and other European lead- joint economic and trade commis- on the commission’s agenda. meetings will pave the way for the Sino-EU these disputes are not fundamental to the ers are keen to energize a continent TRADE sion this Friday in Beijing. “It is important to underline that the EU’s summit in November and be helpful in solv- @ ows of trade, which are determined by eco- struggling with the eurozone debt crisis He said the meeting, to be ambition remains to . nd an amicable solu- ing the solar panel dispute,” said the source, nomic conditions and other factors in the and longstanding structural economic co-chaired by Minister of Commerce Gao tion as soon as possible, but I should also who is from the Chinese side. EU and China. problems. Hucheng and EU Trade Commissioner Karel stress that discussions have only just begun Beijing has repeatedly urged Brussels to “Broadly speaking, the prospects for But the trade agreement could take De Gucht, will review the development of and therefore we are still at a very early stage refrain from using protectionist measures growth in the EU are weak, and this will two years to hammer out. 2 e US and bilateral economic and trade relations during in the negotiation process,” said Clancy. and trade defense instruments, which could continue to have a negative impact on Chi- Europe have very di3 erent standards, the past year, including the dispute over solar The Friday meeting was scheduled lead to a no-win situation. nese exports,” Freeman said. “And there is for example, in certifying the safety of panels and other business issues. although Chinese negotiators returned to Simon Evenett, director of the London- little prospect that this will change in the autos, and even car bumpers. “We believe that the two sides will value Brussels for closed-door negotiations this based Center for Economic Policy Research, near term.” European Council President Her- this opportunity, look at the big picture of week, trying to . nd a price compromise for indicated in a recent report that protection- Freeman said China’s economic growth is man Van Rompuy also admitted there bilateral cooperation and reach an agreement China’s solar exports, which the European ism has returned, especially since the . nal also slowing and this will limit EU exports would be sensitivities on both sides, but that both sides can accept through consulta- Commission has characterized as dumping quarter of 2012. to China. the decision to hold the talks showed tions,” Shen told reporters on Tuesday. in the European market. Based on his research, China has become their political will to work together on Sources in Brussels said the two sides are “During De Gucht’s visit, I think both sides the most frequently harmed country and Contact the writers at fujing@chinadaily. growth, jobs and prosperity. comparing notes to “. x dates” for more high- will consult on solutions to the solar panel its commercial interests have been hit by com.cn and [email protected]. CHINA DAILY USA Wednesday, June 19, 2013 | [email protected] business 15 Mengniu o ers to buy Yashili Largest single domestic deal for end products to foreign rivals. large companies with revenues dairy market. Danone will The acquisition move also exceeding 2 billion yuan in two invest about 325 million euros baby formula maker valued at $1.6b indicates the government’s years, accounting for 70 per- ($417.17 million) in the proj- e8 orts to encourage integration cent of the industry. ects. in the dairy industry, especially A e State Council said this A rough the deals, Mengniu By WANG ZHUOQIONG of its revenue. Yashili, ranked in the milk formula sector, said month China will take mea- will probably achieve break- wangzhuoqiong@ eighth in China’s milk formula Jian Aihua, a researcher with sures to ensure the safety of throughs in the high-end chinadaily.com.cn market, had a growth rate of CIConsulting, a leading indus- baby milk products and will yogurt sector, allowing it to 35.8 percent last year. try research institution. draB policies to support merg- rival domestic competitors. China Mengniu Dairy Co, A e acquisition would pave Industry insiders predict the ers and acquisitions among Two months ago, to secure PROVIDED TO CHINA DAILY the country’s largest dairy pro- the way for integration in the 127 baby milk formula pro- formula producers. the quality and safety of its milk An advertisement for Jingdong’s 10th anniversary sale. The ducer, has o8 ered to acquire a milk formula sector as demand ducers in China will be halved, The acquisition would be supply, Mengniu announced discounts have triggered an industry-wide price war with domestic baby formula maker for baby food rises and the making it hard for those with Mengniu’s third this year. plans to pay HK$3.18 billion, rivals undercutting each other, hoping to grab market share. in a deal valued at about $1.6 government pushes for safer a smaller production capacity French food giant Groupe or HK$2.45 per share, to take a billion, to boost its presence products. to survive. Danone SA has invested in two controlling stake, or 26.9 per- in the highly proD table sector A e domestic baby milk for- The Ministry of Industry joint projects with Mengniu, a cent stake, in the country’s larg- of the dairy industry. mula market has been severely and Information Technology move that will help improve est raw milk producer China Price war between DEALS The acquisition, weakened since a milk powder said on Tuesday that integra- Danone’s sliding market share Modern Dairy Holding Ltd, which would be scandal in 2008 and is losing its tion of the milk powder indus- in China and restore consum- which owns 22 dairy farms the largest single deal in the majority market share in high- try is expected to involve 10 ers’ conD dence in the country’s nationwide. e-commerce fi rms domestic dairy industry, is expected to lead to further inte- gration in China’s milk powder business. fl ares up again Mengniu is buying a 75 per- cent stake in Yashili Interna- By SHEN JINGTING “We planned this promo- tional Holdings Ltd from chair- [email protected] tion at the start of the year. man Zhang Lidian’s family and June is usually the start of the Carlyle Group. It will also o8 er A price war has been reig- online shopping season every to buy the rest of the company, nited among Chinese e-com- year, so it is natural for indus- giving shareholders the option merce websites, despite gov- try players to act at the same to sell at HK$3.50 (45 US cents) ernment officials accusing time,” he said. a share in cash, or about 5 per- them of “fooling consumers A e National Development cent more than Yashili’s last with promotional activities” and Reform Commission, trading price. just nine months ago. China’s top economic plan- A e move will help the Inner JD.com, also ning agency, punished three Mongolian producer catch up RETAIL known as Jing- major Chinese e-retailers in with domestic rivals in the baby dong, offered last September for “cheat- milk formula market, which is heavy discounts on millions ing online shoppers in self- estimated to be worth more of products, including some labeled price wars”. than 50 billion yuan ($8.15 bil- best sellers, to celebrate its However, aB er several tran- lion), according to , 10th anniversary on Tuesday. quil months, the price battle a dairy industry analyst at the In an e-mail reply to China broke out again, this time Distribution Productivity Pro- Daily, the business-to-cus- with even more participants. motion Center of China Com- tomer e-commerce website “It is because price and merce. said it o8 ered “the most favor- sales wars are still the most Last year, Mengniu’s milk able discounts in a decade” on e8 ective way for e-commerce formula sales were worth no PROVIDED TO CHINA DAILY some goods. websites to win customers’ more than 300 million yuan, Yashili milk formula products at an expo in Beijing in July. Yashili was ranked eighth in China’s milk formula market and had a Though the promotion attention,” said Lyu Bowang, only contributing 1.6 percent growth rate of 35.8 percent last year. started on June 1, it offered chief analyst at Beijing-based the deepest discounts for a Zhengwang Consultancy. three-day period starting on “Meanwhile, as Chinese Monday economic growth slows Jingdong’s sales more than down, inventories piled up in doubled in the D rst 15 days of manufacturers’ warehouses, Cisco denies China monitoring accusations June, according to the com- which resulted in demand for pany. The website sold 40 relief from producers,” Lyu By SHEN JINGTING PRISM is a clandestine Inter- ernments, army, finance and Ltd, which shoulder more than The situation only gradually million yuan ($6.5 million) of added. E-commerce plat- net surveillance program oper- railways, Chinese media have 80 percent of China’s Internet changed as Chinese players like electronic products in the D rst forms are e8 ective channels Cisco Systems Inc, the giant ated by the US National Secu- expressed concern that the US- tra: c, Cisco is said to have built Technologies Co Ltd seven minutes of Tuesday. for them to ease this pressure, network equipment supplier, rity Agency. headquartered company could a 70 percent share of the coun- and ZTE Corp grew in recent In addition to Jingdong, he said. has denied accusations of con- Cisco’s response came as be used as a US government try’s leading network projects, years,” he said. other e-commerce platforms Regina Leung, vice-presi- ducting illegal monitoring activ- the Chinese media questioned tool to steal critical information a Securities Times report said. Xu Qi, a Beijing telecom such as Tmall.com of Alibaba dent of the marketing division ities in China, as well as partici- whether the company rep- from China. A Beijing-based industry industry expert, said the Chi- Group Holding Ltd, 51buy. of marketing services com- pating in the US surveillance resented a threat to China’s After entering the Chinese insider, who asked to be anony- nese authorities should conduct com of Holdings Ltd pany Epsilon International, program that whistleblower national security. market in 1994, Cisco’s busi- mous, said, “A ere is a terrible investigations into Cisco’s net- and Suning.com have joined said e-commerce retailers Edward Snowden has Snowden, a former NSA con- ness has grown fast, and it now security threat in China from work in China. the battle. are using heavy discounts to TECH revealed. tractor, revealed in an interview employs more than 3,400 sta8 US-based technology compa- “Based on sound evidence, Wang Yulei, vice-president practically buy market share. In a statement sent with the South China Morning nationwide, according to its nies including Cisco, Apple and market restrictions should be of Tmall.com, said Tmall Retailers use discounts to China Daily on Tuesday, Cis- Post that he believes there has website. MicrosoB .” adopted, if it truly represents a would o8 er discounts total- because they have a short- co said, “PRISM is not a Cisco been more than 61,000 NSA John Chambers, Cisco’s When China D rst installed its threat,” he said. ing 200 million yuan in June. term impact, she said. program and Cisco networks hacking operations globally, chairman and chief executive networks, users had no choice Chinese telecom equipment Summer is traditionally the However, “retailers who did not participate in the pro- including hundreds in Hong o: cer, has highlighted the Chi- but to buy Cisco’s equipment giants Huawei and ZTE have peak season for consumer rely on discounts to drive gram.” Kong and on the Chinese main- nese market as one of its three since domestic companies did been banned from selling their electronics, he said. tra: c and revenue will soon Further, Cisco does not mon- land. main growth engines, along not own certain technologies, products to major US carriers 51buy.com, a business-to- shoot themselves in the foot itor communications of private Since Cisco has played an with India and its home market. he added. aB er being accused of posing a customer branch of Tencent, when they are perceived by citizens or government organi- active role in building major Using two networks operated “Cisco was to the networking potential threat to US national challenged Jingdong directly consumers merely as dis- zations in China or anywhere in network projects in China, by China Telecom Corp Ltd and industry what Boeing or Airbus security. Both have denied the by o8 ering products “at least counters. Their slim profit the world, the statement added. covering fields such as gov- China Unicom (Hong Kong) were to aircraB manufacturing. allegations. no more expensive than margin will also eventually JD.com”. disappear,” she added. The Tencent subsidiary Zhang Jindong, chairman asked clients to inform it of Suning Appliance Co Ltd, when they found certain China’s largest electric appli- goods costing more than on ance retailer, said in an April Big picture looking better for Poly Film 51buy during the three-day interview that the price war period starting on Monday. would continue. By HUANG YING short, high-definition focal ence & Technology introduced percent in 2012. for the equipment, excluding If they do, they receive reward “There is a bubble in the [email protected] lens we developed allows the the China Giant Screen, a Chi- Speaking of the advantages maintenance. points. e-commerce industry, so the requirements for the construc- nese version of the Imax screen, of PolyMax over IMAX, Ge Liu said she hoped PolyMax 51buy launched its three- price war will carry on,” he Poly Film Investment Co tion of theaters to be eased,” after a three-year period of Lanlan, general manager of the can enter more theaters, not day half-price sale on Mon- said. Ltd, a wholly owned sub- Yao said. research and development. operating technology depart- just Poly’s own cineplexes. day. Jingdong said in a state- sidiary of State-owned Poly “This means that we can According to the Global ment at Poly, said the cost of Poly Film Investment Co Song Yang, from Tencent’s ment: “We welcome compe- Culture Group Corp Ltd, for- screen a high-deD nition mov- Entertainment and Media PolyMax is about half that of has 68 theaters nationwide, e-commerce department, tition. Only with more play- mally introduced its internally ie in a comparatively narrow Outlook 2013-17 released the IMAX. and plans to invest in 23 the- denied the company was ers participating can China’s developed Imax projection space,” he added. by consultants Pricewater- An IMAX system costs ater construction projects this mimicking Jingdong’s mar- e-commerce industry realize system, known as PolyMax, Before the introduction of houseCoopers, China’s spend- more than 10 million yuan just year. keting campaign. rapid development.” on Tuesday at the PolyMax system, the com- ing on the movie and enter- LEISURE the 16th Shang- pany spent 14 months carry- tainment market will grow hai International ing out technological improve- from $3.26 billion in 2012 to Film Festival. ments from the previous ver- $6.49 billion in 2017. Poly hopes the system will sion. Box office revenues are challenge industry giant IMAX For IMAX Corp, China expected to reach $5.5 billion Corp. remains a fast-growing com- in 2017. About 10 theaters owned by ponent of its global business. National ticket sales reached Poly have been equipped with It completed the installation 17.07 billion yuan ($2.8 billion) PolyMax screens. A e theaters of its 100th screen in China last last year, up 30.2 percent year- are in various cities, including year, a point that it took about on-year, according to official Beijing and Shenzhen, accord- 10 years to reach. Most of its statistics. ing to Liu Jianfeng, director growth came aB er the screen- IMAX Corp’s global revenue of public affairs at Poly Film ing of the blockbuster Avatar reached $284 million in 2012, Investment Co Ltd. in 2010. up 20 percent year-on-year. Yao Zongchao, general The number of IMAX In the first quarter of this manager of product research screens in China stood at only year, China contributed $11 and development at Poly, said: 18 in 2008. However, the bur- million of the $50 million in “We have achieved a large geoning D lm market and the the company’s revenue world- amount of innovation in tech- increasing demand for Imax wide, up 58 percent. A at was nology, and these advances movies in China have driven the fastest growth rate in the were made on the basis of our other Chinese companies to world, according to the com- years of experience in theater enter the giant-screen market. pany’s D nancial reports. construction and our advan- For example, in 2011, China China’s share of IMAX tages.” Film Co Ltd and the China Corp’s global revenue rose “For example, the ultra- Research Institute of Film Sci- from 4 percent in 2008 to 16 business PAGE 16 | WEDNESDAY, JUNE 19, 2013 CHINADAILYUSA.COM CHINA DAILY Cash crunch puts squeeze on securities Bond o erings cut as banks blame rose 66.86 billion yuan in May, the smallest increase since fl uctuation in market liquidity November. The figure has dropped from April’s increase of 300 By WANG XIAOTIAN billion yuan, and 400 billion wangxiaotian@ yuan on average during the chinadaily.com.cn 9.53 7 rst quarter of the year. Wang said she estimated Slowed capital in ows have billion yuan non-direct investment capital added to the worst cash crunch the amount in 273-day bills sold in ows in May had dropped to by the Ministry of Finance in China for at least seven years, $9 billion from $40 to 50 bil- which is hampering securities lion between March and April, trading, experts said on Tues- measure of interbank liquidity, a? er China’s foreign exchange day. averaged 6.03 percent in June, watchdog tightened regula-  e Agricultural Develop- the most since the National tion of cross-border capital ment Bank of Chi- Interbank Funding Center  ows last month. BONDS na, a major policy began compiling a weighted “The banks’ underestima- bank, cut the size average in 2006, according to tion of capital demand in June of two bond o& erings on Tues- data compiled by Bloomberg. has also led to less liquidity and day by 31 percent, by selling 8 Wang Tao, head of China dramatic interest rate hikes, as billion yuan ($1.3 billion) of economic research at UBS they extended more loans in three-year notes, down from Securities, said those and early June,” Wang said, adding its previous target of 13 bil- other recent moves re ected they also misunderstood the lion yuan. how the central government central bank’s intentions. It also reduced an issue of has increased its tolerance of Guo Tianyong, a profes- five-year debt to 10 billion an economic slowdown and sor at the Central University yuan from 13 billion yuan, attached more attention to of Finance and Economics, PROVIDED TO CHINA DAILY blaming recent  uctuations in containing 7 nancial risk. said that as China’s economic The People’s Bank of China suspended the issuance of central bank bills and repurchase operations last week to soothe liquidity bond market liquidity as the Wang said a substantial data had disappointed ana- tensions. main reason. decrease in foreign exchange lysts, and the inflation rate On Friday, the Ministry of inflows in May was a major remained at a relatively low in the second half, and even unusual cash squeeze, such as “We believe that in the next hike in inter-bank interest Finance sold 9.53 billion yuan factor contributing to the level, the market had been halt bond purchases next year, cutting reserve requirements few days or weeks the central rates than see further over- of 273-day bills, less than the surge in inter-bank interest expecting the authorities to leading to less short-term cap- for banks, the Wall Street Jour- bank will gradually improve expansion in credit. target of 15 billion yuan, the rates. further loosen its monetary ital  ows into China, or even nal reported on Tuesday, cit- liquidity supply — but it won’t Guillermo Mondino, an 7 rst time that sales of treasury According to data released stance, for instance, by cutting capital out ows, “which might ing anonymous sources. cut interest rates or reserve analyst at Citigroup Global debts had missed the issuance by the central bank last Friday, interest rates. trigger a reverse of domestic Last  ursday the People’s requirement ratio among Markets Inc, said that any target in the past 23 months. yuan positions among com- China International Capital liquidity situation”. Bank of China suspended the banks,” Wang added. shi? of policy, from an easing Institutional demand for mercial banks involved in for- Corp Ltd said in a note that Major commercial lenders issuance of central bank bills She said the monetary bias to a neutral position, was securities has declined as the eign exchange purchases, an the US was expected to cut are pressuring the central bank and repurchase operations, to authority has made it clear it likely to be gradual amid weak seven-day repurchase rate, a indicator of capital inflows, the scale of quantitative easing to free up funds to ease the soothe liquidity tensions. would rather allow a further recovery and benign in ation.