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FRIDAY, September 1, 2017 chinadailyusa.com C$1 Reforms advanced BRICS summit to lift global growth to remove Speaking at a news confer- a wider “friends circle” of devel- Event to send positive signals for ence, the foreign minister oping countries. said that the five BRICS mem- “BRICS is not a closed innovation open markets at a critical time bers — Brazil, Russia, India, club,” Wang told reporters, China and South Africa — will adding that the BRICS Plus ByBy AN AN BAIJIE BAIJIE in Beijing Wang Yi said on Wednesday. focus on key areas of econom- idea put forward by China barriers [email protected]@chinadaily.com.cn President Xi Jinping will ic cooperation through such this year has been welcomed chair the summit to be held in means as establishing a work- and supported by many other By XU WEI in Beijing The upcoming BRICS Sum- Xiamen, Fujian province, ing group for e-commerce. developing countries. [email protected] mit is expected to be a force from Sunday to Tuesday. Xi Leaders from five other He pointed out that not only strongly propelling global will also preside over the Dia- emerging markets and develop- have the BRICS members held China will step up reform to economic growth and send- logue of Emerging Markets ing countries — Egypt, Guinea, support innovation by remov- ing positive signals for open and Developing Countries Mexico, Tajikistan and Thai- SeeSee SummitSummit, page page 3 3 ing barriers to entrepreneur- markets, both crucial at a and attend some other land — will attend the summit ship and innovation. time when the world’s eco- events, such as the opening and engage in dialogues with InsideInside The decision was made at a nomic recovery remains ceremony of the BRICS busi- the BRICS members amid Chi- Foreign Minister Wang Yi tells reporters on Wednesday that BRICS State Council executive meet- unsteady, Foreign Minister ness forum, Wang said. na’s efforts to build BRICS Plus, Comment,Comment > page p9 16 members will focus on key economic areas. KUANG LINHUA / CHINA DAILY ing chaired by Premier Li Ke- qiang on Wednesday. The meeting decided that the Afghan children to get free surgery government will roll out a host of reform measures that have been Space firm launches tested in eight areas, including the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region, Shanghai and the Pearl R&D on hyperloop River Delta, since June 2016. Among them: Eligible for- By ZHAO LEI in Wuhan said. “Once our development eign students with academic [email protected] is successful, we plan to con- backgrounds equal to or above struct a short-distance line the master’s degree level China Aerospace Science for trial runs.” would be able to apply for a and Industry Corp, one of the The 1,000 km/h and 2,000 work permit or a work-related nation’s major space contrac- km/h versions could be used residence permit. The one- tors, announced that it has for intercity networks while stop application and issuance launched research and devel- the 4,000 km/h version could of work permits for foreign opment into a futuristic form part of a transnational experts will also be made ultrafast transport system ultrafast transportation net- available nationwide. popularly known as a hyper- work, CASIC said. The meeting also decided to loop, in Wuhan, Hubei prov- China’s fastest bullet train test a program in the afore- ince, on Wednesday. travels at about 350 km/h mentioned eight areas that The CASIC hyperloop will though its designed maxi- allows foreigners to apply for be a maglev line on which a mum speed is 400 km/h, permanent residence if their streamlined, engineless train according to the China Acad- income, tax payments and will travel on partly elevated emy of Railway Sciences. duration of work in China meet tubes or tunnels at superfast The nation has also tested an a certain standard. speeds reaching 1,000 kilo- ultrafast bullet train that is able Chinese leaders have stressed meters per hour, according to to travel around 600 km/h, but the importance of the innova- a news release published by its designers said it was built to tion-driven development strate- the company at the Third Chi- test next-generation railway gy on multiple occasions. na International Commercial technologies rather than for President Xi Jinping said sys- Aerospace Forum in Wuhan. commercial operation. tematic, comprehensive and CASIC is the first Chinese The maglev’s acceleration coordinated reform should be enterprise and the world’s and deceleration in the tube tested with innovation-driven third, following the United would be slow and smooth for development as the target, inno- States’ Hyperloop Transporta- passenger comfort, Mao said. vation in science and technology Children from Afghanistan who have congenital heart disease arrive at Urumqi International Airport, in the capital of the Xinjiang Uygur tion Technologies and Hyper- Landforms and engineering at the core and the removal of sys- autonomous region, late on Wednesday to receive free surgery through a Belt and Road humanitarian program. WANG JING / CHINA DAILY loop One, that has started considerations would deter- tematic and institutional barriers See story onon pagepage 57 developing a hyperloop sys- mine whether a line is built as the main focus of the efforts. tem capable of reaching 1,000 aboveground or underground, Li called for major progress in km/h. The project will benefit he said. systematic and institutional from the company’s experi- The idea of using magnetic innovation, with focus on break- ence in systems engineering levitation and a low-pressure ing the fragmentation in the allo- and supersonic vehicles, CAS- tube to transport people or cation of innovation resources. Renminbi rises strongly against US dollar IC said. cargo was floated by scien- “We must give full play to Mao Kai, chief designer of tists years ago. It gained new the role of innovation in spur- By XIN ZHIMINGZHIMING in Beijing since the start of the year. moderate cyclical fluctuations the system at CASIC, said traction in 2012 when tech ring entrepreneurship and [email protected]@chinadaily.com.cn “The strengthening is built driven by irrational sentiment his company is working tycoon Elon Musk, CEO of employment, and speed up the on China’s economic funda- 6.6102 in the foreign exchange market. with more than 20 domestic SpaceX and Tesla, made pub- transformation of innovation China’s central bank raised mentals,” said Zhao Qingming, per US dollar The factor, introduced in May, and foreign institutes on the lic his aspiration to build a into real productivity,” he said. the yuan’s official central parity chief economist at the China takes greater account of overall project, adding that techni- hyperloop between Los The meeting on Wednesday rate to 6.6102 per US dollar on Financial Futures Exchange. Yuan’s official central parity economic conditions and how cians are striving to develop Angeles and San Francisco. decided to enhance the support to Wednesday, the strongest level “The trend is clear that the rate on Wednesday as set they influence the yuan. key technologies like those Hyperloop Transportation the innovation of SMEs and since mid-August 2016. Ana- Chinese economy has started by China’s central bank Xiao said statistical model- used for building an elevat- Technologies and Hyperloop micro enterprises with more tar- lysts, however, expect that the to stabilize and improve while ing shows that the yuan’s val- ed tube. One have designed and pro- geted measures. One-stop invest- currency will not continue to the US economic recovery ue has become increasingly “In the future, we will duced prototypes and have ment and financing information rise as strongly in the coming seems to be rather fragile.” Inside sensitive to changes in the dol- develop technologies that inked agreements with sever- service for small and medium- months if the dollar rebounds. A weaker dollar is also a factor lar. Therefore, if the dollar is allow a train to travel at 2,000 al nations to perform feasibil- sized enterprises would be made The yuan’s midpoint rate, set behind a rising yuan. The dollar Comment,Comment > page p8 15 near the bottom and starts to and even 4,000 km/h,” he ity studies, reports say. available nationwide. That would by the People’s Bank of China index that tracks the green- rise in coming months, the include a pledge for patent rights and seen as a guide for market back’s value against six major “They previously may have yuan may drop accordingly. associated with loans, insurance transactions, was 191 basis points currencies fell as low as 91.621 in wanted to sell dollars when the The dollar’s recent weaken- and risk compensation. higher than on Tuesday, when it intraday trading on Tuesday, its greenback rose. But the intro- ing has gone beyond general The protection of intellectual already had risen by 60 basis lowest since January 2015. duction of the ‘countercyclical market expectations, said Liu property rights will be taken to points over Monday. One per- “Due to the weakening of the factor’ to the yuan’s pricing Dongliang, an analyst at China further heights, and measures centage point is 100 basis points. dollar, traders have opted to sell model against the dollar has Merchants Bank. “The possibil- The yuan also rose strongly their dollar holdings recently, pushed up market expectations ity is high, therefore, that the See ReformReform, page page 3 3 against the dollar in offshore pushing up the yuan,” said Xiao for a stronger yuan, forcing dollar may rebound in the com- markets on Wednesday, hitting Lisheng, an economist at the those traders to settle their dol- ing months,” he said, adding Inside the highest level in 14 months. Institute of World Economics lar holdings.” that the yuan may have bigger The yuan has risen by about 5 and Politics of the Chinese Monetary authorities said the two-way fluctuations against See moremore, > page p3 3 percent against the dollar Academy of Social Sciences. factor has been introduced to the dollar. Rendering depicts a hyperloop train. PROVIDED TO CHINA DAILY

the sprawling family blueberry farm. Wild blueberries juice up Canada’s exports “The wild blueberry busi- ness has been a great family By NA LI in Toronto — has stimulated development climate and soil, its wild blue- businesses from generation to business for us the last 25 to [email protected] of farms and related businesses berries are managed on a two- generation. 30 years, and we hope to get and contributed signifi cantly to year crop rotation cycle, lead- Art Sargent, who runs an old another 50 years out of it,” Wild blueberries from Atlan- the economies of fi ve Canadian ing to the production of about garage, C.E. Sargent & Son Ltd said Sargent. “Nova Scotia is a tic Canada and Quebec are provinces. 60 million pounds each year. in Parrsboro, owns 850 acres surging in popularity among Atlantic Canada includes That translates into C$100 of wild blueberry farms on the See Blueberry page 20 the world’s health-conscious — the provinces of New Bruns- million in worldwide sales, outskirts of Halifax. He has and adding to Canada’s export wick, Nova Scotia and Prince mainly to the US, Europe and tended to the family farm busi- coff ers. Edward Island, and Newfound- East Asia. ness for decades. The rising demand for the land and Labrador province. There are an estimated 1,100 In an interview with China low-brush blueberries and Nova Scotia is the wild blue- wild blueberry growers in Nova Daily, Sargent introduced his Canadian farmers are fi nding demand for their wild blueberries in byproducts — especially from berry capital of North Ameri- Scotia, many who have passed daughter Stephanie as a third- China. NA LI/ CHINA DAILY the massive Chinese market ca. With its favorable oceanic the farmland and family generation hand at running Friday, September 1, 2017 CHINA DAILY CANADA

2 ACROSS AMERICA Harvey shifts In NY, Marbury sends love to Beijing

By ZHANG RUINAN in New York wrath east, ruinanzhang@chinadailyusa. com

Stephon Marbury was brought to tears on Wednes- to Louisiana day as a fan reminisced about the Beijing Ducks winning a basketball championship three years ago. Death toll of storm rises to 25; Houston Considered by many as Bei- jing’s most beloved foreigner area inundated as thousands stranded and known in China as Ma Bu Li, the basketball star returned to his hometown New York, Tropical Storm Harvey spun a further 3 to 6 inches of rain where he spoke about his love across southeastern Texas into on Wednesday, with a storm for Beijing at an event at New Louisiana on Wednesday, send- surge of up to four feet along York University. ing more people fl eeing for shel- the western part of Louisiana’s Marbury cried when a ter after swamping Houston Gulf Coast. The fl oods shut the fan named Tobias Zhou with record rains and fl ooding nation’s largest oil refi nery in described watching him and that killed at least 25 and drove Port Arthur in the latest hit to the Ducks win the Chinese tens of thousands from their US energy infrastructure that Basketball Association (CBA) homes. has sent gasoline prices climb- championship. The slow-moving storm has ing and disrupted global fuel “The culture, the people, the forced 32,000 people to seek supplies. food, the atmosphere of what’s shelter since coming ashore Moody’s Analytics is estimat- been created when there’s a on Aug 25 near Corpus Chris- ing the economic cost from championship there, how can ti, Texas, as the most power- Harvey for southeast Texas you not love Beijing?” mused ful hurricane to hit Texas in at $51 billion to $75 billion, Marbury, who was nicknamed Stephon Marbury hugs a fan from Beijing at an event held by New York University on Wednesday. Marbury, a three-time champion with more than half a century. On ranking it among the costliest “political commissar Ma” or the Beijing Ducks of the Chinese Basketball Association, will play one more year in the Chinese capital, with the Beijing Dragons. PHOTOS BY Wednesday, it pummeled a storms in US history. “old Ma” by Chinese teammates ZHU YUNDI / FOR CHINA DAILY stretch of coast from Port “The worst is not yet over for and fans. Arthur, Texas, to Lake Charles, southeast Texas as far as the “It’s the deep bond in Beijing, helped the Ducks win three the expectation of his fi nal ses- talent, the heart and the skills,” which played Beijing for 13 Louisiana. rain is concerned,” Governor many people just do not know,” league titles. He also was sion in Beijing. Marbury said about the perfor- performances in front of 1,500 Among the latest deaths Greg Abbott said. said Marbury. “When you named an honorary citizen of “There has been big prog- mances of Zhou Qi and Ding theatergoers a night. reported were two people He warned residents of played on the court, you can Beijing and one of the city’s 10 ress in Chinese basketball since Yanyuhang in the NBA Sum- His story was told in a Chi- who drowned while driv- storm-hit areas to expect feel the energy of the city. You “model citizens” in 2014. I’ve been there for nine years. mer League. “I think they got nese biopic My Other Home, ing through high water near fl oodwaters to linger for up to can watch the whole city cry Earlier this year, Marbury Now, we see Zhou and Ding to get stronger, which is natu- for which he won the Best New Simonton, Texas, 40 miles west a week and said the area aff ect- and hug each other when you signed a one-year contract play in Houston and in Dallas, ral when you are a younger Actor award at the Shanghai of Houston, Major Chad Nor- ed was larger than that hit by won the championship. It’s just with the rival Beijing Dragons, so there are more opportuni- player.” Film Festival this year. vell of the Fort Bend County 2005’s Hurricane Katrina, so powerful.” which enabled him to continue ties coming about because of The native of Coney Island, Marbury said that when Sheriff ’s Offi ce said on Twitter. which killed more than 1,800 Marbury, 40, has been a his love aff air with the Chinese the progress and the develop- Brooklyn has expanded his he retires, he would consider Houston’s KHOU-TV report- people in New Orleans, and fan favorite in China since he capital and basketball for one ment of Chinese basketball,” career off the basketball court, coaching in China and travel ed that an infant girl was 2012’s Superstorm Sandy, began playing there in 2010. more year. said Marbury, himself an NBA too. He wrote a column for between the US and China. swept away by fl oodwaters as which killed 132 around New The 6-2 point guard was “We gotta try to win the All-Star in 2001 and 2003. China Daily in 2012 and 2013. “There are many good teams her parents were driving from York and New Jersey. named most valuable player championship this year,” said “I think they both can play In 2014, he appeared in a musi- there, but Beijing is defi nitely Houston toward Louisiana on The population of Houston’s of the CBA three times and Marbury, when asked about in the NBA; they have the cal, I Am Stephon Marbury, my fi rst option,” he said. Highway 150. Police in Harris metropolitan area is about 6.5 County, home to Houston, said million, far greater than New 17 people remained missing. Orleans’ at the time of Katrina. Busloads of people flee- Abbott asked that the federal ing floodwaters around Port government spend more on Dolby expands cinema technologies Arthur arrived in Lake Charles, rebuilding Texas’ Gulf Coast joining local residents who had than it did after the earlier already packed into shelters to storms. By LIA ZHU in San Francisco fi rst Dolby Atmos Windows- important for us to get in escape waterlogged homes. [email protected] based PC. Huawei has shipped and get out of there,” Borch- Harvey was forecast to drop REUTERS a new series of Matebook lap- ers said. Dolby Laboratories has tops featuring the world’s fi rst “One of the most important teamed up with Chinese brands Dolby Atmos Sound System, a things we’ve done in broad- to target more Chinese consum- system that combines Dolby cast with surround sound is ers not only in the cinema but speakers and software to deliv- The Voice of China (a popular also at home and on the go. er surround sound from a PC. Chinese reality talent show),” Since the San Francisco- Dolby Vision TVs, which he said. based company launched the deliver high range with Wanda, Dolby’s largest latest audio technology Dolby enhanced color technology partner in China and the Atmos, which precisely places and a higher contrast ratio world, plans to open at least and moves sound around in than other image technologies, 100 Dolby Cinema movie the- three-dimensional space, five have been adopted by TCL and aters by the end of 2018, two years ago, the company has Skyworth. Oppo currently has years earlier than originally been promoting the entertain- a Dolby Vision-enabled prod- planned. ment technology in the Chinese Dolby scientists use biosensors, including a 64-channel EEG uct on the market. Despite Wanda’s recent market. cap and a wrist tracker measuring heart rate and galvanic skin Following iQIYI, a Chi- funding turmoil and lack- So far, 22 Dolby Cinemas, response, to study how people react to what they are watching in nese video streaming web- luster growth in China’s box Two men take their possessions out of Tropical Storm Harvey which combines Dolby Atmos the Biophysical Lab in San Francisco. PROVIDED TO CHINA DAILY site which launched the fi rst office revenue, Dolby sees fl oodwaters by kayak in north western Houston, Texas on and Dolby Vision laser projec- Atmos mobile content in the China as a “fundamentally” Wednesday. RICK WILKING / REUTERS tion, have been open in China world two years ago, Tencent and “incredibly” important in partnership Wanda Cinema expand what the company calls brands around the world. The is beginning to deliver content market. Line, Jacky Chan Cinema and its “immersive” and “emotive” global impacts of those brands in Dolby Atmos, according to “The cinema market in other cinema operators since experience to home audience are incredibly important,” said the company. China is rich and vibrant, the debut of Dolby Cinema in and mobile device users. Bob Borchers, Dolby’s senior “The China market is and there’s a huge culture of Walmart-supplier China last June. “China has some of the vice-president and CMO. dynamic, phenomenal and movie-going. People want to The company has also been most innovative and large- Lenovo has launched the it’s got its own eco-system have the best cinema experi- moves plant from working with Chinese OEMs to scale manufacturers and Y720 gaming PC, the world’s of content that is incredibly ence,” said Borchers. VIEW China to Florida Envoy’s job is to mend ties, not drive a wedge By PAUL WELITZKIN workers at the plant,” he con- in New York tinued. “Eventually we should By CHEN WEIHUA Turnbull on the phone over level since education, culture, science and — whose economy, more than paulwelitzkin@chinadailyusa. get to 50 to 60 workers when a refugee resettlement agree- the global technology, tourism, political any other country’s, depends com we reach full production,” he he Washington Post ment former president Barak fi nancial cri- and military areas. Chinese Pre- on the peace and stability in added which should be in the reported on Tuesday Obama had made between the sis of 2008, mier Li Keqiang met Turnbull the South China Sea — wants A supplier of consumer second half of 2018. that Harry Harris, the two countries. While the two at $11.49 bil- in Canberra in March for the to destabilize the region. products to Wal-Mart Stores Ahearn said the plant is Tcommander of the US leaders’ meeting in New York lion in 2016, fifth China-Australia Annual Some Americans believe Inc has moved production to part of Walmart’s $250 billion Pacifi c Command, is likely to in May seemed to be mending up 12 per- Prime Ministerial Meeting. Harris, if he does get the the US from China by open- initiative to reshore or bring be the next US ambassador to ties, leaked video showed that cent from On Monday, the Chinese and ambassador post (as former ing a factory in Jacksonville, back US manufacturing jobs Australia. Turnbull sarcastically mocked Harry Harris 2015, accord- Australian militaries held their White House chief strate- Florida. that had been outsourced to The Post and several other Trump in June at the Australian ing to a May 20th defense strategy consul- gist Steve Bannon hoped he Hans-Mill Corp, affi liated China and other nations. news outlets have focused on Parliament’s annual midwinter report by tation to discuss bilateral and would), wants to prevent Aus- with the Millennium Group He said Hans-Mill focused Harris’ past tough rhetoric ball. the University of Sydney and regional issues. tralia from getting too close of China, remodeled an exist- on the southeastern states about China on the maritime That of course is not the accounting fi rm KPMG. It is true that China and Aus- to China. They expressed ing 121,000 square-foot facil- when it began looking for territorial disputes in the South whole of long-standing US-Aus- For those who want to play tralia may not see eye-to-eye on deep concern after then Aus- ity that used to be a printing a plant site in the US, and China Sea and assume that he tralian relations. But if Trump’s up the threat of Chinese invest- every issue. tralian Prime Minister Tony plan and opened it in May. It that “we were impressed with will rally Australia to counter a obsession with US trade defi cits ment in Australia, they should But tension in the South Abbott ignored a US warning will produce stainless steel Jacksonville, the infrastruc- rising China. is justifi ed, then the US needs to know that the accumulated US China Sea has greatly eased in March 2015 and joined the trash cans which will be sold ture and availability of Even though Harris’ record address its large trade surplus direct investment in Australia is in the past year. The relation- Asian Infrastructure Invest- at Walmart stores. Millenni- Hans-Mill President and seems to justify the speculation, with Australia. fi ve times that of China’s. ship between China and the ment Bank. um is a major supplier of con- CEO James Han told the Flor- I believe that’s an inaccurate job Australia runs by far the larg- The China-Australia Free Philippines has improved Australian leaders have sumer home products and ida Times-Union that he was description for Harris, or any- est trade defi cit with the US — it Trade Agreement, which went greatly. China has been work- repeatedly expressed the sen- has manufacturing facilities lured to Jacksonville after at one who takes up that post. His was about $18 billion in 2016. into eff ect in December 2015, ing with ASEAN countries to timent that they don’t want to in Suzhou and Dongguan in least two years of negotiations mission should be to improve Meanwhile, it enjoys $24.7 bil- has been described by the Aus- implement the Declaration be forced to choose between the mainland. with business leaders and an US-Australia relations rather lion in trade surplus with the tralian government as the most on the Conduct of Parties in China and the US. “Hans-Mill is a US manu- economic development initia- than drive a wedge between Chinese mainland, according favorable trade deal China has the South China Sea, deepen That is what Harris, or facturing operation that was tive of the Jacksonville Cham- Australia and China, who have to the Australian government. ever struck with a developed their maritime cooperation whoever becomes the next set up to make products in ber of Commerce. seen their relations grow by China is Australia’s largest economy. It is set to greatly and push forward consulta- US ambassador to Australia, the US that were previously News reports said that leaps and bounds over the past trade partner. Their bilateral expand win-win cooperation tions on the Code of Conduct should bear in mind. made in China,” Jeff Ahearn, Hans-Mill received an decades. trade is 2.4 times larger than between the two Asia-Pacific in the South China Sea. senior vice-president of busi- incentive package valued at US-Australia relations took a that between Australia and the nations. These are positive signs both The author is deputy ness development said in an about $200,000 based on hit in February after President US. Expanding China-Australia the US and Australia should editor of China Daily USA. interview. the project meeting certain Donald Trump blasted Austra- Chinese investment in Aus- ties have gone far beyond trade encourage. It is absurd for chenweihua@chinadailyusa. “We are already up to 40 requirements. lian Prime Minister Malcolm tralia also reached its highest and investment to include anyone to assume that China com CHINA DAILY CANADA Friday, September 1, 2017

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Summit: A healthy run Disputes Stay calm can be over launch, resolved

From page 1 Beijing says their first athletic games and jointly produced films, the BRICS Culture Festival will be launched during the UN condemns DPRK and calls for summit as a way to boost people-to-people exchanges renewed talks, which China backs between members. BRICS has become a key By MO JINGXI force in promoting global [email protected] economic growth, pushing the reform of global order Beijing urged all parties and safeguarding interna- on Wednesday to honestly We hope all tional peace and stability, and fully implement UN he said. Security Council resolutions related parties When asked how China on Pyongyang, and called and India can enhance for those directly involved to will implement economic cooperation take a responsible role amid given the recent tension escalating tensions on the the provisions of caused by Indian troops’ Korean Peninsula. now concluded intrusion Foreign Ministry spokes- the resolutions.” into China’s Donglang woman Hua Chunying also area, Wang said that the Runners in a mini marathon in the Dongsi Hutong’s Olympic community in Beijing enjoy the challenge on Tuesday. Over a hundred resi- dismissed statements that Hua Chunying, Foreign two countries should dents, young and old, from 35 families participated at the 700-year-old hutong. The run promoted fitness and an appreciation for history. “China should do more to Ministry spokeswoman “properly handle and con- DU YANG/ CHINA NEWS SERVICE pressure Pyongyang”, saying trol” the disputes in that some of the parties con- accordance with the con- cerned were only selectively China was discussing the situ- sensus reached by the carrying out the UN resolu- ation with other Security leaders of both countries. tions by emphasizing sanc- Council members and will “It’s quite natural that BRICS driving innovative competitiveness tions yet ignoring dialogues. make the “necessary re- China and India, as two BRICS’ role to change, study finds “When it comes to sanc- sponse”. big neighboring nations, tions, they storm to the front, However, Wang noted have some problems along By ZHAO XINYING of the center, said BRICS coun- says. Also, the total number but when it comes to pushing that all measures against the with enhanced exchanges [email protected] CHEN WEIHUA enthusiasm and a developing- tries are a major force for pro- proofof scientifi of cconcrete papers publishedprogress for peaceful talks, they hide at DPRK should be under the between them,” he said, in Washington world emphasis that their for- moting innovation in science fromby BRICS past BRICS members summits. reached the the very back. This is not the Security Council framework adding that they should [email protected] countries have mation arose to represent,” and22 technology percent among devel- NDB590,000 aims last to provideyear, accounting an alter- attitude responsible coun- and should be carried out try to seek long-term reso- become an important force said the report, titled BRICS oping countries and across the nativefor 27 sourcepercent of offinancial the world’s sup- tries should have,” she said. according to Security Coun- lutions through contacts inThe promoting BRICS Summit science set and for 2017The — purposePoised for New Rele- globe.Global share of GDP in 2016 porttotal. and infrastructure Hua was speaking follow- cil resolutions. Wang urged of all types. Xiamen,technology Fujian in the province, world nextand vance. by“The BRICS purpose countries of – Brazil,compil- financingAll these for indicate the BRICS that andthe ing a strong condemnation all parties to avoid actions Wang said there is great weektheir innovativewill play a competitive-positive role ofThe compiling proportional global rel- ingRussia, the reportIndia, China is to and provide a otherfive countriesemerging economies. are making on Tuesday by the UN Secu- that exacerbate tensions. potential for China-India inness helping is expected shape to the maintain global evance of the BRICS countries referenceSouth Africa and support for the increasingly“Rhetorical greater and contribu-practical rity Council in a president’s The DPRK said on cooperation. The two coun- economy,steady growth especially through at a2030, time hasthe continued report to is rise. The upcoming 2017 BRICS Summit retreattions to, by and key greateradvanced impacts econ- statement of the latest mis- Wednesday the launch was tries should make joint efforts ofaccording declines to in a advanced report released econo- nations’ collective share of the in Xiamen, Fujian province,” omies,on, global in particularinnovation the in US,sci- sile launch by the Democrat- a first step in military to revitalize Asia and contrib- mieson Tuesday. such as the United States, globalto provide GDP increased a from 16 he said. The summit is Sunday fromence theirand technology,commitment theto ic People’s Republic of Korea. action in the Pacific to “con- ute to global peace, he said. accordingThe report, to a studycompiled released by percentreference in 2009 andto 22 percent houseCoopersthrough Tuesday. report on Feb- globalreport says.multilateral agree- The DPRK fired an inter- tain” the US territory of On June 18, Indian troops onChina Tuesday. Science and Technology in 2016. During the past dec- ruary,It took the the top center seven about world six mentsBRICS on, countries for instance, have climate made mediate-range ballistic mis- Guam, after US President illegally crossed into the Sik- ExchangeThe report Center, by theoff ers Standard a com- ade,support the BRICS for countries the have economiesmonths to finishin terms the ofreport, pur- change,great progress as well in as innovation a recent rise of sile that flew over Japan on Donald Trump said on kim sector of the China-India Bankprehensive of Johannesburg, analysis and ratingSouth accounted for nearly 50 per- chasingwith the power participation parity byof near-2050 inscience economic and technology, nationalism which and Tuesday. Tuesday that “all options border and intruded into Africa,of the national said the innovative BRICS nations com- centupcoming of the world’s 2017 GDP willly 40 be, experts in order, and China, scholars, India, protectionismis the foundation provides for mod- the The Security Council are on the table”. China’s Donglang area to havepetitiveness an ofopportunity the BRICS coun- to growth, according to the US,including Indonesia, some Brazil, from higherRussia BRICSernization, countries said Liu with Jianfei, the requested Pyongyang not to Yu Shaohua, a researcher block China’s road construc- assumetries last a year,bolder with global China leader- on report.BRICS Summit.” andeducation Mexico. institutions and opportunityexecutive deputy to boldly director assume of conduct any future nuclear of Korean Peninsula stud- tion. The Foreign Ministry shiptop, followedrole after by Russia,two years South of India and China are the two thinkThe tanksStandard of otherBank BRICSreport athe new Institute and profoundlyfor International con- tests or any further provoca- ies at the China Institute of said on Monday that India slidingAfrica, Brazilfortunes. and India. fastest-growingZhao Xinli, deputy large director econo- notedmembers, that accordingthe BRICS tocoun- the structiveStrategic Studiesglobal of theleadership Central tion, while expressing its International Studies, said has withdrawn all its person- BRICSFrom 2001includes to 2016, the thefive miesof the in China the Scienceworld. andThe two triescenter. are still a collectively roleParty in School championing of the Commu- these commitment to a peaceful the unbalanced implemen- nel and equipment to its side majorBRICS emergingas a whole economies: showed governmentsTechnology Exchange announced Center on powerfulThe report trading shows partner that thefor samenist Party causes,” of China. the report said. solution to the situation. tation of UN resolutions of the border after a 10-week Brazil,a trend Russia,of rising India, innovative China Monday an end to their 70-day developingresearch and economies development in gen- In“If a such speech a growth in Phoenix, momen- Ari- “We hope all related par- has existed for quite a long intrusion. andcompetitiveness, South Africa. with China border standoff following eralexpenditures and Africa of in the particular. fi ve mem- It zona,tum amongon Aug BRICS22, US Presidentmembers ties will implement the pro- time. Shen Yi, director of the andThe Russia report developing said leaders quickly, of Indian troops crossing into saidbers recentof BRICS declines accounted in BRICS- for Donaldcontinues, Trump about praised 3 billion him- visions of the resolutions in “The consequences are Center for BRICS Studies at BRICSIndia in nations, the middle, meeting and fromBra- China’simprove, territory. with China On andTuesday, Rus- Africaabout 17trade percent must of the be world’s seen selfpeople for withdrawing(the total popula- the US an honest, comprehensive unfavorable for all related Fudan University, said the Septzil and 3 to South 5 at their Africa ninth develop- annu- thesia maintainingIndian External strong growthAffairs withintotal R&D the spending context oflast a year.deep fromtion ofthe BRICS “disastrous countries) Trans-Pa- will and integrated manner, and countries and the whole BRICS countries are likely aling summit, comparatively will have slowly, their chal- the Ministrymomentum, confirmed India growing that at dropTheir in US-Africaexports of trade high-tech since cificenter Partnership” modernization, and “job-and pull the peninsula nuclear region as well,” she said. to discuss detailed meas- lengesreport says.in mind. “There Primea moderate Minister rate, andNarendra Brazil 2012.products were valued at killingthis will Paris be Climatea very inspiring Accord”. issue back to the right track ures to facilitate trade and remainsThe report clear predictsand growing that Modiand South will attendAfrica pickingthe BRICS up almostThe $6report trillion praised last year,the Andand heencouraging said the US example may termi- for of peaceful resolution,” Hua InsideInside investment, which could spacethe next for thefive BRICS years countrieswill see Summit.speed gradually. 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One and Technology Ministry eral in Sapporo, Japan, on guesthouse where she had examination, rights protec- evaluates the overall innova- comWednesday. stayed, saying thank-you tion and verification. They tion capability, and the other A Chinese team works on a cat food feeding machine at the finals A local fisherman found and bidding farewell to her also include innovation-ori- is a detailed ranking and in Beijing of a youth innovation contest this month. Two reports nology for Development. Thesethe remains materials onare distributeda beach in family. ented evaluation and incen- analysis of each province’s detailed the best cities for innovation. YANG KEJIA / CHINA NEWS SERVICE In the past five years, west- byKushiro China Daily on Distribution the northern Corp. 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ENVIRONMENT

By DAVID BLAIR Center of the State Council, [email protected] China’s Cabinet, as reported by Caixin magazine. hina’s coal consump- This will be done partly by tion declined unex- increased imports. President pectedly by almost Xi Jinping and US President C 10 percent from 2014 Donald Trump announced through 2016. Since coal is the plans in May to open up and largest source of carbon emis- expand dramatically US liq- sions, this also led to a decline uefied natural gas exports to in greenhouse emissions long China as part of their 100-day before previously projected. action plan agreement. Total What made this possible? Chinese imports of LNG rose A recent study published in by 15.6 percent in 2016, accord- Nature Geoscience by Tsinghua ing to the General Administra- professor Qi Ye and co-authors tion of Customs. Also, a new concluded: “A combination gas pipeline from Russia will of slowing GDP growth and come online by the end of 2018, a structural shift away from though a pipeline from Central heavy industry, along with Asia was canceled earlier this more proactive policies on air year. pollution and clean energy, On the other hand, China have caused China’s coal use by far leads the world in build- to peak.” ing and installing solar and According to the National wind capability. According to Bureau of Statistics, China’s the National Bureau of Statis- service sector rose to 51.6 per- tics, clean energy and natu- cent of GDP in 2016, up from ral gas accounted for almost 46.7 percent in 2013 and 41.8 20 percent of the energy mix. percent in 2006. The 13th Five- Installed solar capacity qua- Year Plan (2016-20) aims for drupled since 2013 and China’s an economy in which services solar panel manufacturing account for 55 to 60 percent by GREEN SPURT capacity is three times the rest 2020, and the Chinese Acad- of the world combined, accord- emy of Social Sciences predicts ing to research by GTM. that the service sector will con- However, some of this solar tribute 72 percent of GDP by and wind capacity ends up 2030. not being used. Much of the China is in the midst of an renewable power capability is economic transition. The ear- curtailed, meaning that it is lier model, which drove growth not purchased by the grid for until about 2013, was based on use by customers. According coal-powered heavy industry to the NEA, national average and construction. The nation’s wind curtailment in 2016 was coal consumption rose almost 17 percent. In the western prov- threefold from 2000 to its ince of Gansu and the Xinjiang peak in 2013, according to the Uyghur autonomous region, National Bureau of Statistics. curtailment rates of wind and Now, key government poli- solar power reached 40 and 37 cies push upgrading the tech- percent, respectively. nology of China’s industry and Huw Slater, research direc- moving to higher value-added tor of the China Carbon Forum, products, with the additional explains: “The coal-powered benefit of using less coal than generation plants have con- traditional industries such as tracts guaranteeing a mini- steel and cement. Large invest- mum level of purchases. That ments in green energy have needs to be reformed and is made Chinese companies the China's policies to promote industrial transformation and to shift its energy currently the subject of pilot world leaders in solar and wind reforms.” power. mix are leading to unexpectedly rapid environmental progress Due to tax revenue reasons, provinces seek to buy power Painful transition produced within the province Coal is the biggest environ- metric tons of coal production the Paris climate agreement, and limit trade in electric- mental problem. According to facilities will be closed. In July and making coal cleaner is an ity with other regions. Further- data from BP, it causes 70 to 2016, the SASAC ordered com- integral part of the process.” more, the electrical grid does 80 percent of China’s green- panies under its supervision to Even though the new super- not choose where to source the house gas emissions. Tsinghua cut coal mining capacity by 10 critical coal-fired electrical power according to costs. That researcher Qiao Ma and col- percent in two years and by 15 plants are an improvement, is, contracts with coal plants leagues found that 40 to 50 per- percent in five years. they still generate about twice may shut out renewable power, cent of PM2.5 particles come However, in order to provide the emissions of natural gas even though the renewable from burning coal. the power needed for continu- and far more than renewables. power will certainly be cheap- Coal, the source of 69 per- ing economic growth, the five- er at any given point that it is cent of total energy consump- year plan calls for an installed Natural gas and renewables available and is approaching tion in 2011, went down to 66 capacity of 1,100 gigawatts Li Shuo, of Greenpeace’s Bei- the point where it is cheaper percent in 2014 and 62 per- of coal-fired electrical power jing office, says: “In the past over the lifecycle of a generating cent in 2016, according to the plants, up from the current 920 five years, the global emissions plant, according to Todd John- National Bureau of Statistics. gigawatts. reduction story has been driven son, energy specialist of the The current five-year plan calls It may seem ironic that total by two things — the surge in China office of the World Bank. for coal to reach 55 percent by coal-fired electrical capacity is the use of natural gas in the US He argues, however, that 2020. But coal will remain a planned to continue to expand and the cut in China’s coal use.” leadership from the central large part of the energy mix for while other coal capacity is Total US greenhouse gas government is driving toward the foreseeable future. being cut and plants are run- emissions have fallen by almost a greener and more market- The Ministry of Human ning at well-below capacity. A villager cleans solar panels on a roof in Gaomi, Henan province. Chinese companies have become the 20 per-cent since 2006, due based power system. Resources and Social Security This is partly due to a reluc- world leaders in green energy such as solar and wind power. ZHAO TAO / FOR CHINA DAILY almost entirely to the huge In his speech to the World predicts that 1.8 million coal tance, especially by local and increase in the production of Economic Forum at Davos on workers (about one-fifth of the provincial governments, to Emissions decline Connected wind inexpensive shale gas made Jan 17, President Xi stressed total) and half a million iron close factories and lay off work- in China possible by the technology three themes — the benefits and steel workers are likely to ers. China’s CO2 emissions from fossil fuel use known as “fracking”. The US of globalization, the need to (Unit: gigawatts of capacity) lose their jobs due to capacity It can also be partly Gas Oil Coal has closed about half of its coal- develop a dynamic innovation- 2005 1 reduction during the Five-Year explained by improvements (Unit: billion tons per year) fired power generating plants driven growth model, and Chi- Targets Plan period. So, the transition in coal generation technology. 10 2006 2 by switching to natural gas. So, na’s commitment to improv- to a cleaner, upgraded economy The current five-year plan calls 2007 4 9 why doesn’t every country do ing the environment, including will be painful. for a shift toward more efficient 2008 9 the same? the Paris agreement. He said, Craig Hart, a lecturer at and less polluting new “ultra- 8 2009 17 Anders Hove, a consultant “It is important to protect the the Johns Hopkins University supercritical” plants that burn 2010 31 for the Beijing office of the environment while pursuing 7 Energy Policy and Climate at very high temperatures. 2011 47 Paulson Institute, explains the economic and social progress 2012 63 Change Program, put it this Yang Dongning, associate 6 difficulties of fracking in China: — to achieve harmony between 2013 77 way: “They’ve sacrificed their professor of management sci- “There are obstacles in China man and nature, and harmony 5 2014 NA bodies to their work and it’s ence at Peking University’s down the line. The shale gas between man and society”. 2015 100 going to be hard to retrain Guanghua School of Manage- 4 is extremely deep in very high- And, at a news conference on 2016 NA them. And, the communities ment, says that many of the pressure rock in mountainous March 29, Premier Li Keqiang 3 2017 150 are almost entirely dependent new coal plants in production regions of Sichuan and Yunnan linked improving the environ- 2018 NA on this industry and have suf- are higher quality and gener- 2 provinces. Also, US companies ment to upgrading China’s 2019 NA fered environmentally for it.” ate less carbon emissions than with fracking experience are development model: “Efforts 1 2020 200 Currently, China has so many the older plants that are being not able to operate freely in to cut overcapacity will be excess coal-fired plants that closed. 0 0 50 100 150 200 China. They have to have com- extended this year to coal-fired Source: National Energy Administration they are, on average, running According to research by the 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014 (NEA), China Wind Energy Association plex production sharing agree- power generation. Together at about 48 percent of capacity, Center for American Progress, Source: United Nations University (CWEA), Azure International ments and international prop- with the people who are still well below the optimal level. a think tank in Washington, erty agreements.” to be re-employed from 2016, In order to control provin- China’s new, more efficient coal Coal consumption Clean energy Shale gas production in Chi- China will need to help about 1 cial and local desire to build plants use about 280 grams per Coal production Coal consumption consumption na did increase by 50 percent million workers this year. even more coal-fired electrical kilowatt-hour compared with Percentage of coal in energy mix The proportion of clean in 2016, but from a very low "The key is to continue gen- power plants, China’s National roughly 370 grams per kWh in (Unit: billion tons) (Unit: percent) energy consumption of the base. According to data from erating jobs. Thanks to the ini- Energy Administration in Jan- older plants, with proportional 4.5 90% total energy used the China National Petroleum tiative of massive entrepreneur- uary canceled 103 new planned reduction in carbon emissions. 4 80% (Unit: percent) Corp, the cost of shale drilling ship and innovation, many jobs 25% 19.7% and under-construction plants. The report concludes: 3.5 70% in Sichuan has been cut by 23 have been created, while tradi- In May, the NEA prohibited 28 “We found that the nation’s 18% 3 60% 20% 17% percent from 2013. tional drivers of growth have of China’s 31 mainland prov- coal sector is under-going a China does plan to increase been upgraded, which is also 2.5 50% 15.5% inces from building additional massive transformation that 15% 14.5% natural gas from 5.9 percent generating job opportunities,” plants. extends from the mines to 2 40% of its energy mix in 2016 to 10 he said. The State-Owned Assets the power plants, from Ordos 1.5 30% 10% percent by 2020 and 15 per- In the Paris climate change Supervision and Adminis- 1 20% to Shanghai. China is indeed 5% cent by 2030, according to Guo agreement, China committed tration Commission, which going green. The nation is on 0.5 10% Jiaofeng, a senior researcher to reaching a peak “of carbon administers large State-owned track to over-deliver on the 0 0% 0% with the Institute for Energy dioxide emissions around enterprises, announced in Jan- emissions reduction commit- 2009 2010 20112012 2013 20142015 2016 2012 20132014 2015 2016 and Environmental Research 2030 and making best efforts uary that at least 150 million ments it put forward under Source: National Bureau of Statistics, China Energy Yearbook 2015 CHINA DAILY of the Development Research to peak earlier”. CHINA DAILY CANADA Friday, September 1, 2017

TIBET 5 Call of wild lights up Tibet for acclaimed engineer

Geologist, academician hopes 3,400 million kilowatt-hours the region’s water resources, in the world, as a result of a of China’s coastal cities and of electricity. and Dorjee has been involved lack of investment and input abroad, but he has declined to development of resources will Before the development of in the work as an expert and in scientific research in the leave Tibet. the region’s hydropower sta- consultant. past few decades, the country’s “Tibet has the richest geo- drive social and economic change tions, it provided more than 60 Dorjee’s life could have geothermal technology now thermal resources in China, percent of Lhasa’s power in the turned out differently. Four lags behind developed coun- I am obliged to be based in By PALDEN NYIMA Although he retired last year, summer and over 40 percent in decades ago he worked as a tries, such as the United States, Tibet,” he said. in Lhasa he continues to work with the the winter. projectionist, which was seen which has an installed capacity Lack of professional and [email protected] bureau. “We made it possible to pro- as an attractive job for a young of more than 3 million kW. technical talent is a stumbling During the more than 20 duce power in a place where person. “The US initiated enhanced block for the region’s geother- Dorjee’s dream is to turn years he has spent working as the average altitude is more When he was 22, he was geothermal systems technol- mal industry development, he Tibet’s geothermal resources a professional geologist in the than 4,500 meters above sea hired by the Qinghai-Tibet Sci- ogy in the 1950s and many added. into a successful industry that region, Dorjee has won many level,” Dorjee said. entifi c Expedition Team, who European countries also start- Dorjee faces many dangers can support regional social government awards. “Geothermal energy is more inspired him to study geology, Dorjee in his offi ce in Lhasa, the ed early,” he said. “But we have and difficulties in his work and economic development. He played a leading role in environmental friendly, I have which he went on to do at the Tibet autonomous region. PALDEN not started yet.” such as bad weather, wild ani- Dorjee was accredited as an the construction of Yangbajan been calling on the government Chengdu University of Tech- NYIMA / CHINA DAILY According to Dorjee, China mals and landslides, but he has academician of the Chinese Geothermal Power Station in to emphasize the development nology in Sichuan province. ranks 18th among more than never given up. Academy of Engineering in the 1970s, which has helped to and usage of the resource in Due to his academic success, Laboratory in the University of 20 countries with geothermal “What attracts me most 2001, and he was the director ease Lhasa’s power shortage. the region, because fossil fuels he was sent to Italy’s Interna- California to study geothermal power technology. about geology is that when I and chief engineer of the Geol- With an installed capacity of are limited and nonrenewable.” tional Institute for Geother- courses. As an outstanding geo- go out in the morning, I always ogy and Mineral Bureau of 27,000 kilowatts, the power sta- Tibet has recently put for- mal Research in Pisa and the Although China’s installed thermal academician, he has feel I will discover something the Tibet autonomous region. tion has produced more than ward a strategy for conserving Lawrence Livermore National capacity once ranked eighth been invited to work in many new,” he said. New roads drive Tibet’s growth onto the fast track

“A region has to build roads if it wants to build wealth,” the saying goes, and they are certainly sticking to it in Tibet autonomous region, which covers an area of more than 1.2 million square kilometers. “It was a headache to travel to the Ngari prefecture in the past as there were only cobble- stone and mud roads. It might take one week from Lhasa to Ngari by truck, and you had to The Modog Highway connects the outside world with the remote take water and food with you area of Medog in southeastern Tibet, which had been the last as there were no restaurants Chinese county without highway access. PUBU TASHI / XINHUA along the way,” said Tsering, a driver working in Lhasa. improving local people’s liveli- But now, it takes Tsering hoods,” Chen said. less than four days to travel And there is another benefi t. between Lhasa and Ngari as Rather than being built at the there are several blacktop Once transport expense of the environment, highways linking them. building highways could actu- Highways are blood vessels barriers are ally off er some protection. for the region, and Tibet has When there were no high- Norbu Tsering (left) and Choekyi, two villagers of the Nelung township in Nyalam county, practice the Gyashey dance. PHOTOS BY PALDEN NYIMA / seen its economy invigorated removed, there will ways, drivers would go across CHINA DAILY by improved transport condi- a region randomly to find tions in the past fi ve years. be more commer- less muddy roads, destroy- Tibet’s highways, which ing neighboring vegetation. extended 65,198 kilometers cial activities.” The grass and plants are now in 2012, have grown to over spared as drivers run on a fi xed Tibetan dancers strive to keep 82,000 km today, extending Chen Chao, deputy head, Tibet route, Chen said. by more than 4,200 km each transport bureau The high-grade highway year. The distance covered by under construction to link high-grade highways, which Lhasa and southeastern Tibet’s ‘victory song’ tradition alive are similar to expressways, saw yuan in 2016, increasing by popular tourist spot Nyingchi a sixfold increase from 2012 to 41.3 percent each year. is a case in point. About 400 2016, according to Chen Chao, Thanks to strong invest- million yuan has been spent By PALDEN NYIMA deputy head with the transport ment in infrastructure and on ecological restoration and in Nyalam, Tibet bureau of the autonomous the growth-driving eff ects of high-tech methods have been region. improved transport, Tibet used to consolidate soil along The Gyashey dance is In 2013, the Medog Highway posted impressive economic the highway. popular in the countryside of opened to traffi c, linking the growth in the past fi ve years, By 2020, total distance western Xigaze in the Tibet The dances cel- outside world with the remote recording an annual average covered by highways in Tibet autonomous region, with its region of Medog in southeast- GDP growth of 11 percent. will reach 110,000 km, with bold and vigorous steps, and ebrate religious ern Tibet, which was the last The region’s economy grew all the counties having access beautiful melodies. Chinese county without high- 10.8 percent year-on-year in to blacktop highways and all Some residents interpret leaders, parents, way access. the fi rst half of 2017, outper- towns being connected by “gya” as “victory” and “shey” Rapid highway develop- forming every other provincial cement roads. It will take less as “song”, saying the dance hometowns, ment has occurred due to region. than three hours for people to was derived from local people continuous fixed investment “Once transport barriers travel from Lhasa to four other resisting a Nepali army inva- mountains and in transport, which grew from are removed, there will be major cities. sion in ancient times. 10.1 billion yuan ($1.5 billion) more commercial activities The resistance to the inva- rivers.” in 2012 to more than 40 billion like logistics and tourism, thus XINHUA sion, led by a noble named Villager Bu Dawa displays his Gyashey costume in the Nelung Ngakwang, 70, dancer Borang Yeshi, was successful township. and the Gyashey dance is said to have been created by way of celebration. Other residents trace the $19,400 origination of the dance to Amount government spent the marriage of Tibet’s King to subsidize Gyashey dance Songtsan Gampo and Prin- costumes cess Wencheng in the seventh century. “Gya” is thought to refer to “Han”, as it was performed as a welcoming dance when religious off erings.” the king met the Han Chi- Dechen Tsomo, a Nelung nese princess who came official, said residents were from Xi’an, the capital of the used to making their own Tang Dynasty (618-907), said dance costumes, but in 2013, Bu Tsering, a dancer from the government ordered Nelung township. factory-made costumes for The 64-year-old said he has them. been practicing the Gyashey “The government support- dance for more than 30 years, ed us by paying more than and he also taught four stu- 130,000 yuan ($19,400) for dents in his hometown the the costumes,” Dechen Tsomo tradition. said. He was once invited to per- The 28-year-old also said in form in the region’s New Year order to protect the tradition- celebrations in the regional al culture, township employ- capital, Lhasa, and he was ees had for several years been twice invited to perform in working to record and pre- Xigaze for local festivals. serve the lyrics of the songs The dance was ranked in the dance, and a book of as a national-level item of lyrics will be published soon. intangible cultural heritage Ngakwang (right) and Bu Dawa display their traditional Gyashey According to Gyatso, an in 2008. costume in the Nelung township. elderly villager, the time it “The dance is practiced takes to perform the Gyashey An aerial photo (top) displays the Lhasa-Nyingchi Highway in Tibet. A highway stretches with during traditional holidays, Ngakwang, a 70-year-old the dances celebrate reli- ranges from several hours Qomolangma (Mount Everest) looming behind in the Tibet autonomous region. The Modog Highway horse races and religious dancer. “The words of the gious leaders, parents, home- to at least two days for the connects the outside world with the remote area of Medog in southeastern Tibet, which had been the last rituals in monasteries,” said Gyashey are very clear, and towns, mountains, rivers, and entire dance. Chinese county without highway access. PUBU TASHI / XINHUA, LIU DONGJUN / XINHUA Friday, September 1, 2017 CHINA DAILY CANADA

6 HONG KONG ‘Black swans’ warning as HK economy lifts Headwinds loom large and city can’t aff ord to rest on its laurels: Experts A strong labor mar- By OSWALD CHAN as an improving world economy ket and favorable in Hong Kong lent weight to Asian exports. Ser- [email protected] vices exports rose 2.3 percent in fi nancial market the same period, while private The good news is Hong Kong’s consumption grew briskly at 5.3 conditions should economy is on firm ground percent and overall investment — strong GDP growth, buoy- spending fi rmed up 8 percent continue to support ant exports, resilient domestic year-on-year. household spend- consumption and full job status Explaining the administra- backed by a pick-up in global tion’s upbeat stance on the local ing. We expect pri- trade. economy, Andrew Au Sik-hung, The city’s latest economic deputy government economist, vate consumption data, indeed, may be a cause said earlier this month: “With for celebration, but economists an improving global economy to remain as the have warned against self-com- and vibrant domestic demand, main growth driver placency, citing, among other underpinned by a full-employ- things, looming geopolitical ment labor market and rising for the Hong Kong risks in the region, US interest- incomes, as well as resilient rate woes and the possibility investment demand fueled by economy.” of local homes prices coming construction and infrastructure Thomas Shik, acting chief down as the Chinese mainland activities, we decided to raise the economist at Hang Seng Bank tightened its screws on capital GDP growth rate forecast from outfl ows, which could cast the 3 to 4 percent for the full-year city’s economy into turmoil. of 2017.” Hong Kong saw its economic Financial Secretary Paul Chan percent recorded in the second growth exceed the 10-year aver- Mo-po had expected the city’s Hong Kong saw strong economic growth in the second quarter of this year with buoyant exports and full employment status. But, quarter, which was much higher age in the second quarter of this economy to grow at a rate of 2 to economists have warned of uncertainties on the horizon, arising from geopolitical risks in the region, higher interest rates and a than the 20-year average of 45 year — the third consecutive 3 percent when he unveiled the backlash from a possible downturn in the local property market. QILAI SHEN / BLOOMBERG percent, according to the latest quarter of above-average expan- government budget in February government data. sion — prompting the govern- this year. Banking giant HSBC conditions should continue to “We expect trade growth to support exports.” as high assets prices spur house- The government has warned ment to revise its full-year eco- Group’s wholly-owned subsid- support household spending. continue benefiting from the Economists on the other side hold spending. of a “twist” in property prices nomic growth forecast upwards iary Hang Seng Bank — one of We expect private consumption improvement in the external of the fence are more cautious, Local property price rises that could dampen the econom- by 1 percentage point. Hong Kong’s largest commercial to remain as the main growth environment. There’ve been noting that many economic, moderated to 0.7 percent in ic outlook. “This is because the In the April-to-June quarter, banks — lifted its forecast for the driver for the Hong Kong econ- signs that growth in the Euro- financial and geopolitical risk June this year, compared with US Federal Reserve is likely to the SAR’s GDP grew 3.8 percent city’s GDP growth to 2.8 percent omy,” asserted Thomas Shik, zone and the US may pick up factors have not been taken into a 2.7-percent hike in April, while gradually pursue interest-rate from the same period last year for 2017 following the release of acting chief economist at Hang this year and that growth in account amid the rosy forecasts. the number of residential homes normalization and trim its bal- after the local economy went the fi rst-quarter growth fi gures Seng Bank. the Chinese mainland should Their main concern is that transactions fell to 3,500 in July looning balance sheet. In addi- up 4.3 percent in the preced- in May. Hong Kong’s labor market is remain steady,” said Shik. black swans in world fi nancial — less than half of the 20-year tion, some 98,000 new residen- ing quarter — the fastest pace Economists said a stable jobs in full-employment status, with In its economic report in markets may apply the brakes average of 7,300 — according tial fl ats will be available in the of growth in nearly six years. market, plus a booming assets unemployment in the second August, OCBC Wing Hang Bank on market liquidity that’s fueling to Au. coming three to four years, a In the first half of 2017, the market and strong export per- quarter holding at just 3.1 per- said: “In the months to come, we Hong Kong’s economic growth Despite the slowdown, local record high,” Au said. economy expanded 4 percent formance, may further bolster cent. Rising household dispos- expect exports to grow further, through the booming stock and homes prices in June were still Kevin Lai, an economist at year-on-year. economic growth for the rest of able income is conducive to fos- given sustained growth in the property markets. 94 percent higher than the peak Daiwa Capital Markets, said the Goods exports saw remark- the year. ter positive consumer sentiment global economy and receding Hong Kong’s red-hot homes level recorded in 1997. But, the Hong Kong financial market able growth in the second quar- “A strong labor market and that boosts private consumption trade protectionism. A relative- sector has been instrumental in mortgage payment to income has underestimated the risk of ter, up 5.6 percent year-on-year, favorable financial market expenditure. ly weak Hong Kong dollar will pushing local economic growth ratio worsened further, with 67 interest-rate hikes.

INNOVATION Grooming Asia’s fi rst ‘PayPal Mafi a’

up andd establishtbli hi itselft lf tot sup- ththe world’sld’ llargestti iinternett t pay- UiUniversityit offC California,lif i SSan flfollowedl d bby anotherth offf$ $11 mil-il ththree principlesi i l iin tterms off platformablel tf projects with light port startups in Series A, Series ment companies — who have Diego, with a bachelor’s degree lion two years later. “The total investment strategies, accord- assets and a business model B and Series C funding (typi- since founded a string of tech in electrical engineering and valuation of the assets we had ing to Chan. The background that could be scalable within a cally $1 million to $30 million), enterprises, particularly after management science. He had invested through both funds of a company’s founders is the short period. “All the traditional with people still worried about the dot-com bust in 2001. always thought of pursuing exceeded $80 million,” Chan most vital element to consider, industries that haven’t been the risks of investing large sums Chan says he’s excited about his investment dream and had says. followed by what he calls a “scal- disrupted by technology off er of money in high tech with no the current operating climate worked for asset investment Debuting in 2014, MindWorks able” business model and rea- opportunities.” clear exit path,” Chan tells China for the venture capital business, companies and brokerages. has since built up a fi ne reputa- sonable valuation. Chan reckons Hong Kong Daily. which is “even better than 10 At the same time, he has been tion, backed by the founders’ In terms of investment prefer- has its advantages in terms of a “That’s why we’re seeing the years ago” because, in the past, self-employed since 2009 as an years of experience in the indus- ence, the company shuns social robust tax and exports system, market vacancy and funding returns from investments came angel investor in internet start- try, he says. They have invested networks which, Chan says, are backed by a long history and Editor’s note: A Hong gap, and MindWorks endeav- mainly from going public but, up companies. in 17 companies so far, including already dominated by giants like entrepreneurship of the older Kong startup plans to ors to be Asia’s leading venture currently, projects could be sold He subsequently teamed up Easyvan-lalamove, GLO VR and Facebook and Tencent, nor do generations, and Hong Kong go big in Asia’s venture capital funding source to help to tech titans like Facebook, Ten- with fellow university graduate KKday. The company prefers to they like games companies due needs excellent talents to eff ect capital business, taking internet startups become the cent or Alibaba. David Chang in 2014 to found invest mainly in the series A, B to their low profi t margins and the change. He believes some up the slot shun by angel continent’s fi rst ‘PayPal Mafi a’ in And he believes that returns MindWorks with an eye on and C rounds as the valuation high risks. They prefer logistics unicorns are emerging and investors who see the their expansionary stage.” from investing in those proj- investing in internet and tech is relative cheaper and com- and fi ntech companies, includ- MindWorks is on the lookout industry as risky and “PayPal Mafi a” takes its name ects are much higher than the companies in Asia. petitors are few, and they could ing blockchain-related initial for opportunities, but thinks generating low returns. from a group of former employ- traditional fi nancial products, They had initially set up build up a deeper relationship coin offerings (ICOs), which Hong Kong still lags behind the It also wants the Hong ees of California, US-based including property. a fund with a capital pool of with those companies. have been all the rage recently. United States and the Chinese Kong government to play PayPal Holdings Inc — one of Chan hails from the more than $1.5 million in 2014, The company operates on The company also goes for mainland in fintech develop- a bigger role in promot- ment due to the city’s tight busi- ing the innovation and ness regulations and a conve- creative sectors. nient living environment. He wants the Hong Kong gov- ernment to develop innovation By DUAN TING and technology as well as cre- in Hong Kong ative industries by supporting [email protected] capital and talent and building up tech infrastructure, adding If tech entrepreneur Joe Chan that Hong Kong could learn had his way, Asia’s trailblazing from Singapore in setting up a “PayPal Mafi a” may soon make matching fund to help volun- its presence felt. tary welfare organizations and Chan, managing partner of startups, and introduce more MindWorks — a budding ven- tech training and compulsory ture capital enterprise with courses for students and people offices in Hong Kong and with interests in tech, including London and with an eye on programming and coding. the Greater China region and In her election manifesto, Southeast Asia — laments that Chief Executive Carrie Lam venture capital investment has Cheng Yuet-ngor pledged to been swept under the carpet do more for innovation and by angel investors due to risk technology, develop a high concerns and rather untempt- Hong Kong has its growth and more diversified ing returns. advantages in terms economy for the city, and grasp Hong Kong is not devoid of the opportunities from the Belt investors, and projects abound of a robust tax and and Road Initiative to inject too, he insists, but most of them new impetus into the devel- prefer to opt for the property exports system, backed opment of traditional indus- and fi nance business instead of tries that have enjoyed distinct tech startups. by a long history and advantages. “There’re many angel inves- entrepreneurship of the Lam said there are at least tors in Hong Kong investing a two emerging areas in which few hundred thousand dollars older generations, and Hong Kong has potential and helping the younger generation, advantages — the innovation or funds plowing their money Hong Kong needs excel- and technology, and creative into Pre-IPOs, such as Hori- industries. And Hong Kong zons Ventures, which has just lent talents to eff ect the should increase its investment invested in Razer USA Ltd, a change.” in these fields and create a Singaporean-founded Ameri- favorable environment for can company. But, the venture Joe Chan, managing partner of them in terms of policy, land capital industry has yet to rev MindWorks and talents. CHINA DAILY CANADA Friday, September 1, 2017 CHINA 7

New hospital in Missions accomplished Trademark: Court rules Heihe to serve in favor of Russian patients Qualcomm

By ZHOU WENTING By WANG XIAODONG from Russia in Heihe and in Shanghai in Heihe, Heilongjiang neighboring areas,” Sun [email protected] wangxiaodong@ said. “For example, they can chinadaily.com.cn be sent to the hospital for A court verdict on Tuesday proper treatment in case of brought an end to a seven-year A new hospital will be emergency.” trademark conflict between a built in Heihe, Heilongjiang After opening, the hospi- local maker of electronic prod- province, near the border of tal will be assisted by Heihe ucts and a US chip maker, both China and Russia, to cater to No 1 People’s Hospital — the of which sell their products the increasing number of major hospital in the city. under the Chinese name “Gao Russians seeking healthcare Top hospitals and medical Tong” in the Chinese market. services in China. schools in China and Russia Gotop, a Shanghai-based The Heihe China-Russia will also provide support, he private business, lost the trade- Friendship Hospital will said. mark infringement lawsuit have 600 beds and is expect- Amur Oblast, a Russian against Qualcomm Inc, includ- ed to become a top interna- territory across the Heilong ing a request for 100 million tional hospital and develop River from Heihe, also needs yuan ($15.2 million) in com- into a major platform for such a hospital for some pensation, in Shanghai High medical exchanges and patients, Sun said. People’s Court, based on the cooperation between the “Some hospitals in Har- conclusion that the business two countries, the govern- bin, Heilongjiang’s capital, Soldiers climb on training bars for a final group picture at an Armed Police division in Beijing on Wednesday. More than 300 soldiers will scope of the two companies, ment of Heihe said. are receiving a great number be demobilized after years of service here. New recruits will take their place in 10 days. HEI KE / FOR CHINA DAILY which both hold the Chinese Sun Hongtao, president of of Russian patients with name Gao Tong, don’t overlap. Heihe No 1 People’s Hospital, cerebral palsy,” he said. “We Gotop, founded in 1992, who will serve as president expect Russian patients with makes a variety of electronic of the new hospital, said the disease will seek treat- products, such as video graphics approval had been given by ment at the China-Russia cards, LCD touch screens and the Heilongjiang provincial Friendship Hospital in Hei- electronic tags for commodities Health and Family Planning he, since it will be on their Rail passengers move on supermarket shelves. It also Commission, and that con- doorstep.” makes semiconductor chips for struction is likely to begin Tao Wei, director of the mobile phones and tablets. next year. It is slated to start department of oral medicine Qualcomm, founded in providing services in 2019. at Heihe No 1 People’s Hospi- 1985, which manufactures a A nursing facility that tal, said last year that the range of electronics related to occupies 8.4 hectares and hospital received more than faster with online tools telecommunication, entered accommodates 800 seniors 600 patients with dental the Chinese market in 1994. will be built along with the problems from Russia seek- hospital to provide nursing ing medical treatment. More than 70 percent of tickets need only show their ID cards and healthcare services, he “Compared with some to board. said. hospitals in Russia, we offer are now purchased in advance Some charitable organiza- “The hospital and nursing more convenient services,” tions are even teaching home will mainly receive he said. “A patient can finish migrant workers and seniors People won’t think Chinese and Russians, but a dental implant within five By LUO WANGSHU site quickly began to reduce the to use the online booking they will also accept people days at our hospital, while in [email protected] crowds when it was launched technology, which can make that there’s a par- from other countries,” Sun a hospital in Russia it may in early 2012. At the peak of the their lives easier. said. take weeks or even longer.” It’s not only trains in China Spring Festival travel rush that According to CRC, an aver- ticular connection The hospital will be the More than 8,000 seniors that have gotten faster over year, the site sold 1.19 million age 5.32 million tickets were only one of its kind in China, from Russia visited Heihe in the past five years. Passengers tickets in a single day. sold online every day last year. between the two he said. the first half of the year for have also become more nim- This year, the most tickets Li Jing, 45, has worked in based on general “It will greatly improve tours and healthcare servi- ble in securing tickets thanks sold in a day was 9.33 million, railways for 25 years and was medical services for the ces, according to the city’s to online booking services. again during the Spring Festi- the top ticket seller at Taiyuan understanding.” large number of tourists publicity department. More than 70 percent of val rush. South Railway Station in rail tickets are now bought Zhang Meng recalls his Shanxi province. She sold Gao Yuan, publicity officer for online, either through the days trying to catch a train Purchasing a train ticket via 40,254 train tickets during the Shanghai High People’s Court Search for the living official 12306.cn website or home to Shandong province an app can make the process 40-day Spring Festival travel via mobile app, according to while he was a student in Bei- go much more smoothly. rush in 2011 (Jan 19 to Feb 27). China Railway Corp, the net- jing in the early 2000s. JIN PENG / FOR CHINA DAILY She averaged sales of 1,006 In 2010, the US company work operator. “My roommates and I used tickets a day, among the fast- asked China’s Trademark It’s website has 300 million to go to the station after din- est for a human seller, the Office to revoke two Gao Tong registered users, but its app ner and spend the whole night railway said. Li is deputy trademarks registered by appears to have made an even waiting to buy a ticket home director of the ticket center Gotop. Qualcomm was using greater impact, accounting for the winter vacation,” he and in charge of the inquiry the name to brand its telecom for more than 70 percent of said. “The most depressing FIVE YEARS ON and assistance desk at Taiyu- products and services. an South station. all online sales, the data show. thing was when you finally INFRASTRUCTURE The revocation request was China’s online booking sys- made it to the window and the “The ticket-selling hall was approved because the trade- tem is the world’s largest in tickets were sold out. It was a always filled with people. Pas- marks had not been used for terms of trade volume, the real headache back then.” sengers could line up in front three years, which makes them company said. He added that he no days before the intended of the ticket window and wait invalid under Chinese law. The changes in rail transpor- longer worries about travel- departure date, have noticea- for as long as 15 hours to get a Gotop twice lost appeals tation brought by the digital ing on the railways. Nowa- bly improved the travel expe- ticket home,” she recalled of against the decision. age stand in stark contrast to days, “it’s all just about rience for passengers. the ticket rush during past It turned to the Shanghai Rescuers search an area for survivors after a landslide in Maqen five years ago, when long lines touching my finger on a At train stations, automatic Spring Festivals. High People’s Court in April county in the Golog Tibetan autonomous prefecture of Qinghai were a common sight at train smartphone to buy a ticket”. machines also help. They “More people buy tickets 2014, requesting that Qual- province on Wednesday. Seven people were killed and two were station ticket windows, espe- The website and app, allow people to buy tickets online now, and the crazy comm stop using four Gao injured in the slide, which occurred at around 4:30 am. cially around national holidays. which allow users to check and pick up preordered ones. lineups are rarely seen,” Li Tong trademarks on various GAZANG REDAN / XINHUA The 12306.cn booking web- availability and book up to 30 In some cases, passengers said. products and services, claiming its use could confuse consum- ers and render them unable to distinguish between the prod- ucts of the two companies. Travel getting easier — just ask the robots The trial opened in May last Afghan children to year. Gotop insisted during By LUO WANGSHU sengers to pass the security the trial that it had the right to check more efficiently,” said make and sell products under get free treatment A host of new services and Wang Jian, the station head. both names of Gotop and Gao facilities are expected to A facial recognition system Tong. It also blamed Qual- make railway passengers’ can speed up verification of comm for “maliciously” By CUI JIA congenital heart disease are experience more pleasant. passenger identity, which was attempting to confuse the two [email protected] in urgent need of treatment. Products and services have done before by train station companies and their products, The program is funded by been upgraded to benefit pas- staff members checking train which it claimed were in the Twenty-one children from the Belt and Road Fraternity sengers, including online tickets and ID cards. Now, same business category. Afghanistan with congenital Fund, which was launched ticket purchasing, mobile passengers scan their tickets Qualcomm defended itself heart disease arrived in by the Red Cross Society of payments, facial recognition and ID cards at the facial rec- by saying its products were Urumqi, Xinjiang Uygur China in May. The fund aims for entering a station, easier ognition machine. When pas- different from Gotop’s, and autonomous region, on to boost humanitarian activ- transfers and onboard food sengers make the scan, a that it did not violate anyone’s Wednesday to receive free ities and cooperation in ordering. All aim to satisfy camera installed in the intellectual property rights. surgical treatment. countries involved in the diverse needs, according to machine will capture facial It also told the court that the The children, all under Belt and Road Initiative. China Railway Corp. Food couriers hand meals — which were ordered in advance — to images. If the image matches Qualcomm name derives from age 14, are the first to benefit Proposed by President Xi Robots have also been add- railway attendants who will take them to passengers in their the ID card and ticket, the “quality communication”, which from a humanitarian pro- Jinping in 2013, the initia- ed to several large stations to seats. The service has been available since July 17 at 27 major gate will open automatically translates as gao tong in Chi- gram for Afghan children tive is an umbrella term for answer passengers’ questions stations. ZHANG XIN / FOR CHINA DAILY to allow entry. nese; hence it was merely coin- with severe problems under the Silk Road Economic Belt and provide entertainment. Several large train stations cidence that the two companies the Belt and Road Initiative. and the 21st Century Mari- “When passengers have have launched facial recogni- had the same Chinese name. The Red Cross Society of time Silk Road. questions about how to buy app allow users who intend to “My food was delivered to tion systems, including The court ruled in favor of China will take groups of Humanitarian threats tickets, how to change a date pass through selected sta- my seat as soon as the train left Guangzhou, Beijing and Qualcomm. children who have been such as military conflicts, or find restaurants or a near- tions to preorder meals, Jinan. It was so convenient Changsha. Beijing West Rail- “One of the trademarks that screened for surgery to natural disasters and une- by parking lot, robots can pro- either from the train’s cater- and the price is about the same way Station was among the Gotop believed was infringed, receive free treatment. ven socioeconomic develop- vide the answers,” said Li ing service or from partner as at KFC stores,” Liu said. first to have it. A passenger for example, was where it used Screenings were carried ment are common in Belt Yang, a staff member at Jinan businesses, such as KFC. According to CRC, the surnamed Zhang experi- the trademark in telecom servi- out by the Chinese Red Cross and Road regions, so local West Railway Station in Initially, the service will be move aims to meet the diverse enced the facial recognition ces and meant for general con- foreign aid medical team in demand for humanitarian Shandong province. available at 27 high-speed rail and individualized demands there in December when it sumers, while the US company Kabul, Afghanistan, in late aid is immense, said Wang The robots are amusing, stations in 24 cities, mainly of passengers by introducing was first launched. used it on mobile phone chips August, according to team Ping, vice-president of the too. “It’s not so boring” to wait provincial capitals and major more brands and restaurants, “It was fun to go through and meant for phone manufac- leader Sun Shuopeng. society. for trains anymore, Li said. metropolises, including diversifying meal choices and the gate using the facial rec- turers,” said Gao Yuan, a public- In its first phase, the pro- With financial support The latest move — allowing Shanghai, Tianjin, Zhengzhou, providing richer services. ognition system. But it some- ity officer for the court. gram is expected to provide from the fund, the society passengers on some bullet Guangzhou and Nanjing. New technology also times slows things down at “The two products of the two free medical treatment for established an emergency trains to order food online Liu Kun took a bullet train enriches passengers’ travel the checkpoint because pas- companies have different func- around 100 Afghan children, care center in Pakistan’s from restaurants and have it from Beijing to Qingdao and experiences. At Lanzhou sengers are not familiar with tions, sales channels and target Sun said. Gwadar Port in May, along- delivered to their seats — ordered KFC in advance when West train station in Lanz- the new technique,” Zhang consumers. People won’t think The Afghan Red Crescent side its local counterpart, started on July 17. booking her ticket. The food hou, Gansu province, a facial said, adding that she prefers that there’s a particular con- Society estimates that nearly the Pakistan Red Crescent The China Railway Corp was scheduled for delivery at recognition system was the facial recognition system nection between the two based 7,000 Afghan children with Society. ticket booking website and Jinan West Railway Station. installed in May to allow pas- when not in a hurry. on general understanding.” Friday, September 1, 2017 CHINA DAILY CANADA

8 SHANGHAI

BUSINESS LEADER Making the most out of the situation The head honcho of the Chinese arm of US spices and fl avoring giant McCormick sees the growing healthy eating trend not as a setback but an impetus to innovate and off er higher quality products

By XU JUNQIAN in Shanghai China contributing to about Condiments Co for $141 mil- [email protected] 10 percent of it, making it the lion. According to industry second largest market after the insiders, this investment has Chinese consumers are US. made up for McCormick’s becoming increasingly con- The company’s industrial absence in Central China and cerned with their health and and retail products have Going for healthy the traditional sauce sector, have been attempting to enjoyed steady growth in Chi- food doesn’t and has allowed the company reduce their intake of salt and na and its business-to-business to leverage the half-century-old condiments. sector slightly outpaced the necessarily mean Chinese company’s distribu- But for Benjamin Lee, chair- business-to-customer segment tion networks. man and president of McCor- in terms of sales, mainly due to going for bland The acquisition has also mick in China, this heightened the strong performances from boosted McCormick China’s health awareness has created fast food chain restaurants that food.” share in the global business more opportunities than chal- McCormick partners with in from around 5 percent to 10. lenges for the US spices and the country. Benjamin Lee, chairman and Revenue from the acquired fl avoring giant. To maintain the momentum, president of McCormick in China businesses now account for “Going for healthy food Lee said the company is focus- about one-third of McCormick doesn’t necessarily mean ing on research and devel- because of convenience and China’s total. going for bland food,” said the opment, which accounts for health reasons. Looking ahead, Lee said the 58-year-old Hong Kong native. around 2 percent of the annual “The rise of salads and the company will not stop look- “On the contrary, it could actu- turnover, and increasing its use of salad dressings may ing for new Chinese brands ally mean people are ready to production capacity in China. also have something to do to acquire. However, he noted pay for better products.” Aside from its two plants, with the global trend of eat- that McCormick would only A survey conducted by one in Central China’s Wuhan, ing wholesome products and deal in acquisitions that are British consultancy Mintel Hubei province and the other superfoods,” said Lai, who has responsible and sustainable. showed that up to 48 percent in Guangzhou, Guangdong published a series of cooking A veteran in the fast-moving of the more than 3,000 Chinese province, the company has McCormick China Chairman and President Benjamin Lee foresees more room for growth in the country’s books in Chinese about cook- consumer goods industry, Lee interviewees who were aged also invested upwards of $70 condiments sector. GAO ERQIANG / CHINA DAILY ing Western style meals at formerly worked at Kodak and between 20 and 49 said they million to expand the produc- home. Coca Cola, helping to expand have tried to limit their salt and tion capacity of the factory in at it as an individual market. compound annual growth rate using them. A famous restau- McCormick also has a strong their footprint in China. sauce intake in 2016. Sauces Shanghai. This project ranks There is no such thing as one of 11.9 percent between 2016 rant chain serving Beijing cui- research and development “I am always interested in and seasoning products with among its biggest investments Chinese cuisine — there are and 2021. It added that salad sines has even commissioned team which includes a number bringing a company, or an lower or reduced sodium levels in China. Following the expan- eight. And people from the dressing will grow the fastest McCormick to develop a spe- of professional chefs and this industry, from bud to blossom,” are also becoming more com- sion, the factory’s annual out- younger generation are adopt- while ketchup will enjoy the cial salad sauce for its signa- has enabled it to introduce 100 he said. monplace in Chinese kitchens. put will be raised from 60,000 ing and embracing different highest penetration. ture roast ducks. new products in China every “When I started working Established as a joint ven- tons to 160,000 tons. types of cuisines much better Lee noted that these two Lai Shengqiang, a Shang- year. The majority of its prod- at McCormick, the seasoning ture in Shanghai in 1989, “China has always been, than the previous generation. sauces, which are McCormick’s hainese chef renowned for ucts sold in China are devel- products in China could not fi ll McCormick China has enjoyed and will continue to be, one of This will defi nitely bring more bestsellers in China, came his Western cuisine, pointed oped and tailored exclusively even one shelf in supermarket. double-digit growth over the McCormick’s most important opportunities,” he added. into popularity because West- out that a growing number for the market. Today, they have become so past few years. The company markets,” said Lee. Mintel’s report forecasts ern cuisines are more widely of young Chinese parents are In 2013, McCormick diversifi ed that they can have posted global revenue takings “When we look at the Chi- that the foreign sauces seg- accepted today and Chinese consuming salads and other announced that it had their own zones. But I think we of $4.4 billion last year, with nese market, we never look ment is estimated to grow at a restaurants are increasingly Western style dishes primarily acquired Wuhan Asia-Pacifi c can grow even further.” EVCARD announces subscriber numbers

By SHI JING in Shanghai ecosystem of transportation [email protected] What we will do is to merge the so that we can provide con- venience to users and lower Shanghai-based electric ecosystem of transportation so their costs,” he said. car-sharing service provider that we can provide convenience According to the China EVCARD has announced that Sharing Economy Develop- its subscribership exceeded to users and lower their costs.” ment Report 2017 released 1.2 million people, making it by the Sharing Economy one of the biggest car-sharing Cao Guangyu, EVCARD’s chief executive Research Institute of the companies in the world. State Information Center The model sculpture of the damper in the tower which is the fi rst in Some of the other major earlier this year, the transac- the world to use an eddy current damper. GAO ERQIANG / CHINA DAILY companies in the world According to EVCARD, it people, make up the major- sprouted across the country. tion value of the country’s include German automotive has a fl eet of more than 6,000 ity of their current customer Gofun Chuxing, launched by sharing economy totaled group Daimler, which rolled cars in Shanghai and each base. Most of the users are State-owned Beijing Shouqi 3.45 trillion yuan ($522.45 out its electric car-sharing vehicle is used an average of aged between 21 and 35 and Group, said it would expand billion) in 2016. The center business Car2go in 2008. It seven times a day. 70 percent of them are men. its presence to 20 cities with estimates that the sharing Shanghai Tower currently has more than 1.1 It costs 15 yuan ($2.2) to Mid- to high-level income more than 15,000 electric cars economy will contribute at million users worldwide. Par- use a car for 30 minutes and earners are the company’s by the end of this year. Shen- least 10 percent to China’s is also launched its electric each extra minute costs 0.6 main target audience. zhen-based Ponycar said it GDP by 2020. Within the damper unveiled car sharing service Autolib yuan in town areas and 0.5 The rapid development plans to launch up to 10,000 next decade, there will be up in 2011. yuan when outside of the of EVCARD comes at a time electric cars in fi rst-tier cities to 10 major sharing economy Officially launched by city center. The daily rental when Beijing is backing the within a year. platforms in China. By ZHOU WENTING wishes to Shanghai and its Shanghai-based automotive cap is 219 yuan for cars such proliferation of green cars. On Cao also hinted that the Meanwhile, Shanghai- in Shanghai prosperous development,” manufacturer SAIC Motor as the Roewe E50 or Chery Aug 8, the Ministry of Trans- company will be turning based research institute [email protected] said Gu Jianping, president in 2013, EVCARD has since eQ. The BMW i3 costs more port and Ministry of Housing itself into a platform that can CBNData has projected that of Shanghai Tower Construc- set up 5,200 branches and — 21 yuan for every 10 min- and Urban-Rural Develop- connect various modes of the market value of the shar- The Shanghai Tower’s tion and Development Co. 29,000 parking lots in 31 Chi- utes, with a daily rental cap ment released a guideline to transportation. ing transportation business- 1,000-ton damping sys- The two fl oors also boast nese cities. The company’s of 759 yuan. promote the rental business “We are looking to connect es will amount to 1.8 trillion tem, the device that boosts having the world’s highest monthly order has exceeded According to EVCARD’s of light vans. buses, bike-sharing busi- yuan by the end of 2018, of the stability of the coun- music hall with 240 high- 600,000, with 30 percent of chief executive Cao Guangyu, With the central govern- nesses, taxis, private cars and which 380 billion yuan will try’s highest building, was defi nition speakers that pro- its registered users using its university students and teach- ment’s support, a number of ride-hailing services. What come from the car-sharing opened to the public on vide the same sound qual- service every day. ers, as well as self-employed EVCARD’s competitors have we will do is to merge the sector. Aug 28. ity wherever the visitor sits, The Shanghai Tower is according to Gu. It costs 680 the first skyscraper in the yuan ($103) per person for a world to use the eddy cur- guided tour. rent damping system, which The Shanghai Tower was was designed and made by a offi cially opened in April 2017 A database for the city’s old street names domestic company. and has received an average Qian Feng, a senior of 11,000 visitors daily. engineer at the Shanghai Only second to the By SHI JING in Shanghai name plates to showcase the not until 1958 that the river Research Institute of Mate- 828-meter Burj Khalifa in signifi cance of the road. was reclaimed into a road. rials and the chief designer Dubai in height, the build- The Shanghai municipal The association estimates Yaoshui Alley, which means of the damper, said that the ing houses China’s highest government is currently con- that there are more than 20 “chemical reagents alley”, is device is hung in the air with restaurant on the 120th fl oor, ducting a survey as part of streets with special historic today situated adjacent to the 12 steel cables and works like the highest hotel lobby on the efforts to create a database names that need to be properly Suzhou Creek in Putuo dis- an automatic clock pendu- 101st floor and the highest containing old street names preserved. The Lannidu Road, trict. This street name came lum with a sway range of 2 swimming pool with a view that have been in the city for which means “muddy road”, is about in 1907 when a Brit- meters in all directions. of the cityscape from the hundreds of years. one such example. ish manufacturer moved its “A number of typhoons 84th fl oor. This survey by the Urban The road is presently located plant which produced hydro- battered the city in the last The building also has Planning, Land and Resourc- in the center of the Lujiazui chloric, sulphuric and nitric two summers after the damp- the world’s fastest elevators es Bureau is being carried out fi nancial area where there used acids from Jiangsu province ing system was installed in which can travel at 18 meters in response to the proposal to be tidal flats more than a to Shanghai. early 2015. They have tested per second. Tourists can trav- submitted by the Shanghai century ago. The road was In 2005, the municipal the stabilizer and we are sure el from the ground level to the Association for Science and named as such because many government of Shanghai it meets the requirements observation deck on the 119th Technology during the city’s of the people who fi shed in this announced a list of 64 streets we designed it for,” said Zhu fl oor in less than 55 seconds. “Two Sessions” at the begin- Lao Xiaopi Nong, or leather processing lane, is one of the many old area in the past often had their that would never be expand- Dexiang, director of the The building is the latest ning of this year. According road names in Shanghai. GAO ERQIANG / CHINA DAILY shoes stuck in the mud. ed in order to preserve its his- Shanghai Research Institute addition to the cluster of to the association, some of The name for Fahuazhen toric look. of Materials. super skyscrapers in Shang- the old streets in the city date Road, located in the western In conjunction with the The space on the 126th fl oor hai’s Lujiazui fi nancial area, back to the Ming Dynasty of urbanization, their names to the historic preservation part of Shanghai, was derived plan of setting up a database also features a 7.7-meter-tall alongside the 468-meter Ori- (1368-1644). have mostly been preserved. department that old streets from the Fahua Temple built of old street names, the local sculpture made of azure stones ental Pearl Television Tower, “While a large number These names represent his- could be treated like relics. more than 1,000 years ago. government will also shoot that stands atop the damper. the 421-meter Jin Mao Tower of the old streets have lost tory and memories,” said the For example, commemorative Back during those ancient a series of documentaries “It looks like a giant eye and 492-meter Shanghai their historic appearances association in the proposal. plaques and art sculptures times, the area where the road to commemorate the city’s and it signifies our best World Financial Center. because of the acceleration The association suggested could be set up beside street now stands was a river. It was history. | CHINA DAILY CANADA Friday, September 1, 2017 The Bund SHANGHAI 9

DINING

By XU JUNQIAN in Shanghai restaurant that was nothing like [email protected] the US outlets. It was like a tourist attraction. Today it has become a Four people from all walks of life share one-fl oor restaurant that is nothing with China Daily USA their memories like the old one. of KFC when it fi rst entered the Chinese FROM PAST TO mainland in 1987 and became the What was it like to eat at a country’s maiden fast food chain. KFC in China in 1987? It was quite special. Most foreign- ers were getting special treatment at hotels and train stations in China. PRESENT But at KFC, we had to dine like the average Chinese. We needed to wait Once regarded as a lavish treat that not everyone could aff ord, KFC is today the undisputed in line and I had to spend more than an hour to travel to KFC from the leader in the domestic fast food industry, with its famous off erings consumed by millions university I taught at. Because of the distance, I only ate at KFC twice a month at most. I love fried chicken. But I wasn’t that into KFC back in the US. There were several chains off ering fried chicken where I grew up in Wash- ington DC. I guess most of my KFC “It was common that quota was fi lled in China. customers had to wait How often do you dine at fast food restaurant now? for one or two hours Almost never. It’s interesting. Now, I only go to KFC or McDonald’s when outside the store.” I am out of Beijing where I live, or in Zhao Li, 51, who was among the fi rst 98 Chinese cities I am not very familiar staff at the KFC Qianmen outlet when it with. The food is not very healthy and opened in 1987. She is today the regional there are also so many other choices manager of KFC in Beijing. to choose from. But I never worry about food safety issues. I think most How did you end up working of the issues were merely storms in at KFC? teacups. I personally believe that big I saw the job posting on the only chains, including Chinese fast food local newspaper and found out the chains, have a higher food safety hiring restaurant was just one block standard than the smaller shops away from my home. I had complete- along the street. ly no idea what KFC, or fast food, or Western restaurants were as there What do you think makes KFC were no such things back then. My bigger than McDonald’s in China? only motivation was the fact that the KFC arrived fi ve years earlier in restaurant was near home and that Beijing, which is very important. might be better than the administra- Besides, I think chicken was more tive job my family found for me at a “Chinese” than hamburgers dur- hospital. ing those early days. Chicken is also When I arrived for the interview, cheaper than beef here in China which was arranged at a middle and KFC is generally cheaper than school opposite the restaurant, I was McDonald’s — this makes it easier for shocked. There were so many candi- them to penetrate the smaller cities. dates that I could barely make it past the school gate. And everyone, both male and female, were so attractive. It was more like a casting call for a fi lm. There was also a height require- ment — women had to be above 1.6 meters while and men had to be taller than 1.7 meters. I was later told that only 98 out of the more than 1,000 people would be hired. I waited more than four hours for my turn, but the interview was quick — a self intro- “It’s more than duction in Chinese and in English, followed by a written examination accurate to say that that required you to translate Chinese numbers into English. That was it. McDonald’s and KFC I was notifi ed two days later and started job training for about three have built the food months. Part of the training involved watching a program on a small black supply chain of China.” and white television about how KFC Guo Geping, founder and director in the United States operates. of China Chain Store and Franchise Association What was the business like when it fi rst opened? Was KFC the fi rst chain restau- It was an instant hit and we were rant on the Chinese mainland? breaking sales records almost every Defi nitely. Before KFC there was day. During the fi rst year, our daily no such thing as a chain store. If turnover peaked at 150,000 yuan you told a businessman that you ($22,790), an amount no other KFC wanted to develop your business in the world has achieved even till into a chain during the 1980s or today despite infl ation over the past even early 1990s, they would have three decades. It was common that no idea what you’re talking about. customers had to wait for one or When KFC opened its fi rst store on the Chinese mainland in Qianmen, Beijing, in 1987, burgers and fries quickly become a desirable food to have on Chinese The success of KFC in China has two hours outside the store. Some- dining tables. PROVIDED TO CHINA DAILY provided a prototype for the coun- times customers would just tour the try’s restaurateurs and other busi- store and leave without buying any- nesses to learn from. Meanwhile, thing because 2.5 yuan for a piece with my peers to see who can get it has also helped to set up bench- of fried chicken was considered too the latest collectible fi rst since hav- marks, standards and even the pricey. ing a KFC meal was a very big deal whole fast food industry. We also had to deal with miscon- back then. This gradually turned Traditionally, restaurant business- ceptions because most Chinese cus- into a hobby and it is thankfully es in China refer to mom-and-pop tomers had never been to a fast food not a very expensive one to have. I shops. The owner sources his ingre- store before. There were actually think I will keep collecting as long dients directly from markets, which people who tried ordering chicken as KFC introduces new toys. is still the way many small eateries soup noodles or a whole chicken. I have never thought about sell- operate today in the country. But in Some even said they wanted to order ing my toys, though I know some Japan, a hole-in-the-wall restaurant “a KFC”. There were also people who of them can fetch high prices on is backed up by a very strong supply left the counter after paying and we online auction platforms. But I chain. It’s more than accurate to say had to explain to them that KFC was always want to set up a space at a “I was craving Ameri- that McDonald’s and KFC have built a self-service restaurant. kindergarten or primary school in the food supply chain of China and an underprivileged region so that can food and one day reshaped the landscape of the coun- Was it a big deal to work at the kids there can play with the try’s restaurant business. KFC since it was so popular? toys. someone told me For the fi rst few years, my family Do you think KFC and McDon- and friends did not know what I Did you face any problems in there was a KFC near ald’s have lost their edge in China? was doing. The most common ques- collecting these toys? In terms of size, they are still far tion I was asked was if I fried the The early years were difficult Tian’anmen.” ahead of other restaurant chains. chickens at the restaurant. We start- mainly because of money and dis- Doug Young, 53, a US freelance In the top 100 rankings for the rev- ed with 2 yuan per day and quickly tance. I had to be on my best behav- journalist and writer who has been in enue of chain businesses in China progressed to 5 yuan per day. I guess ior in order to earn a 20 yuan “KFC China intermittently for 20 years in 2016, KFC and McDonald’s were we were the best-paid cashiers and “The toy came as an extra bonus.” fund” from my mom. As I wanted to the only restaurant brands on the waitresses in China then. save on the 5-yuan bus fare, I would What were you doing in China list. KFC was 9th and McDonald’s Starting from the third year of Yu Zhilin, 23, a college student in Weihai, Shandong province, who is an avid KFC toy walk 40 minutes to and from the in 1987? was 26th. Together with Starbucks, operations, KFC started to recruit collector only KFC in my hometown. Doing I graduated from university the the three players account for about again for its second location. Many so also allowed me to use the sav- year before and came to Beijing in one-third of the restaurant chain of those who applied for the job had How did you become a KFC lost interest in many of the other ings to enjoy a secret KFC meal that May with a friend who was very business in China. “special connections” to become a toy collector? toys that my parents bought for me. my mother did not know about. interested in China and wanted In terms of popularity, the rea- cashier or a waiter. The fi rst toy I got was by acci- I stopped counting the number of When I grew older, it was the to continue his Chinese studies in sons people dine out today could dent. I had been dreaming about KFC toys I own about two years ago obsession with getting a complete Taiwan. I got a job to teach English be very diff erent from decades ago. How has KFC in China having a KFC meal for months after — it’s just too much work. Back then, collection that was tiring. Once, at a university here so I came back Before, there was only one reason: changed over the decades? watching its TV commercials. My the fi gure exceeded 1,300. I had fi ve kids’ meals and visited in August and stayed for two years such foods were a special treat. In 1987, KFC came and offered dream fi nally came true at the age all seven outlets in my hometown before going to Hong Kong. Today, the motivations could vary whatever it had without knowing of 12 when I was rewarded with a Are you still collecting KFC within a day. Back then, there were no West- from not wanting to cook to people or caring if the consumers even KFC meal for getting good grades toys? Why? ern food establishments. The only looking for a social and business wanted fried chicken. Today, Chi- in school. Yes, I am still trying to collect as Do you collect other toys? Western food we could get was meeting location. You could say nese consumers are increasingly The toy came as an extra bonus many KFC toys as possible. I think Yes, I have 500 or so toys from from joint venture hotels. that KFC and McDonald’s have sophisticated and knowledgeable, because I had the Happy Kids’ Meal. the amount I have now accounts for animations and upwards of 300 I was craving American food and returned to their roots in China — and we are making every decision It was a blue plastic Doraemon that about one-third of what KFC has from McDonald’s. But I focus on one day someone told me there being fast and convenient instead based on large amounts of consum- can be remotely controlled by sound. introduced in China. When I fi rst collecting KFC toys because they was a KFC near Tian’anmen, so I of being a luxurious and exotic din- ers insights and market data. It was so exquisite and fun that I started, it was mainly a competition came to my hometown fi rst. went down and saw this massive ing experience. 10 PEOPLE Friday, September 1, 2017 CHINA DAILY CANADA

COOPERATION Ghana and China need to enhance trust

World’s second most powerful economy owes its success to discipline and this is a lesson Africa needs to follow if it is to follow suit, envoy stresses

By EDMUND SMITH-ASANTE

nhancing trust will be the key to fur- ther improving the My principal E already good ties between China and Ghana, objective is to the African country’s new ambassador says. deepen the Edward Boateng, who became Ghana’s ambassador relationship to China about a month ago, between Ghana and has a clear vision of what needs to be done to bring China, especially on both countries even closer together for the mutual the economic front.” benefit of their people. Ties Edward Boateng, Ghana’s between the two countries ambassador to China span more than five decades. “My principal objective is Key among them will be a to deepen the relationship visit to Ghana by Vice-Minis- between Ghana and China, ter of Commerce Wang Shou- especially on the economic wen by September and a visit front,” he says. “China is the by Ghanaian President Nana world’s second-biggest econ- Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to omy and growing very fast. China next year, he says. “They have transformed Ghanaian Vice-President their economy within the Mahamudu Bawumia made last 40 years at amazing a four-day state trip to China speed. (China has) cities and in June at the invitation of provinces that 20 years ago Chinese Vice-President Li were farmland and today are Yuanchao. as modern as any city in the Boateng says the high-profile world that one can think of, visits are meant to build trust and I think there is a lot that between the two countries, just we can learn from them.” as has been accomplished with However, Boateng says that countries in East Africa such as for Ghana to be able to deep- Ethiopia and Kenya. en its relationship with Chi- “I think that is exactly what na, “we need to build trust. President Akufo-Addo wants China should see Ghana as Edward Boateng says Ghana can learn from China in terms of human resource development. PROVIDED TO CHINA DAILY us to do, and that is why he a reliable ally, and Ghana sent me here,” Boateng says, equally should see China as a adding that he hopes to open reliable ally.” resources, what is lacking proposing is that our nation- that is lacking,” he says. things that we also need to matic support to China, includ- new doors of cooperation He says the three key things is the building up of capac- al service be looked at to Sharing his first impres- address if we really want to ing lobbying by Ghana’s first between Ghana and China. he hopes to accomplish as ity, which he intends to help find out if it is working, and sions about China, the develop with speed.” president, Kwame Nkrumah, “I think the fact that Vice- his country’s representative build as ambassador. when people come out of the ambassador says: “I like the Regarding China’s rapid for China’s reinstatement to President Bawumia came in China are to deepen the He praises the extent to national service, are they discipline. I think it is some- transformation of the past the United Nations. here within the first six relationship between the two which China has built up well equipped to face the thing that we sometimes lack, four decades, Boateng says, China has reciprocated by months of our coming into countries, build trust and its human resource capac- challenges to transform our not only in Ghana but also in “To transform a farmland offering material support for power is part of the process. ensure the two countries can ity and believes that Ghana economy?” the African world’.” into a modern high-tech envi- Ghana’s development and ... That particular visit in a depend on each other. can tap that rich experience Boateng says Ghana’s gov- “I lived in the US and the ronment, you need to have has become Ghana’s largest way opened the doors to “I believe we can also to strengthen its own insti- ernment and citizens some- US developed because of dis- discipline, timeliness of deliv- trading partner, with a trade establishing that trust that learn from China in terms tutions, such as its National times look at issues from cipline, Europe developed ery and thinking alike, which volume of$5.6 billion by the we are talking about.” of human resource develop- Service Secretariat, which different positions, which because of discipline, so the we lack back home.” end of 2014. ment,” he adds. ensures that students who hampers development. “We discipline that we have in The relationship between Boateng says that for the The writer is a staff writ- A businessman with much graduate from accredited need to have a discipline of China is no different from Ghana and China dates to first time in five years, Gha- er for the Ghanaian Daily experience with several multi- higher education institutions purpose, such that we all the developed economies of 1960, when diplomatic rela- na and China are also set to Graphic and is currently vis- national companies, Boateng provide one year of manda- believe that this is where we the world. And I think dis- tions were established. During exchange high-profile visits iting China Daily as part of believes that although Ghana tory service to the country. are going, and that is impor- cipline (of purpose) is one the fruitful relations, Ghana between the two countries to a fellowship program of the has a lot of capable human “One of the things I am tant and I think sometimes of the first or fundamental has provided extensive diplo- boost bilateral ties. China-Africa Press Centre.

ACADEMIC ‘Europe needs to turn toward China,’ says academic

By FU JING set an excellent example in tion announced its intention Ukraine crisis. way to offering solutions to focuses on business, coopera- [email protected] forming sound relationships to withdraw from the Paris “Europe should not con- emerging global crises. tion, development, building with partners in this multi- Agreement on climate and the tinue the confrontations with He says the SDGs were infrastructure, and has created Nowadays, there are two polar world. Trans-Pacific Partnership. Russia,” says Lesage. approved in a difficult atmo- a win-win situation by imple- dominant approaches used “The EU should not join “China now is similar, to He emphasizes the essence sphere in September 2015, menting the Belt and Road by world powers to deal with the United States in its vision some extent, to the US in the of the EU’s own vision, which amid the unfolding war in Initiative in Afghanistan. other countries, according to of ruling the world any more,” first decade after World War also aims for win-win and a Syria and the Ukraine cri- “This is an interesting Belgian scholar of globaliza- says Lesage, during an lunch II,” says Lesage. balanced and equal footing sis, but they were a major approach, which has won tion Dries Lesage. interview with China Daily The US had started in to everybody. Europe must achievement diplomatically. hearts and minds in Afghani- One is that of the West near EU headquarters, before 1944 establishing the Bretton understand that protecting The G20 leaders endorsed the stan. It is also a way to isolate which, for nearly 500 years, he heads for an important Woods monetary system and its interests does not neces- document again at the G20 extremists through business has held the mentality of “rul- consultation meeting orga- the United Nations, which are sarily mean it being zero-sum summit in Hangzhou in 2016. development and cooperation.” ing the world”, sometimes nized by Belgian government. still the basic structures of game, says Lesage. Several G20 policies have NATO, on the other hand, through military intervention. For five centuries, the West the multilateral system that Asked if EU has begun to been attached to the 2030 started its presence in The other is that of China, has been putting this vision the US has benefited from. think about a new vision, he agenda and governments Afghanistan in 2001 but, after which is implementing a into practice and many times In terms of influence, says: “I see the elements of will be putting the goals at 16 years, the country is still win-win strategy to win the has realized its goals by mili- China is now taking a bigger But the mentality it but don’t see it as formed. the centre of policymaking. not stable. Military involve- “hearts and minds” of many tary means, Lesage says. The responsibility in the world, Now what dominates is still “The SDGs are not being ment should be blamed. countries. US and NATO still hold on to demonstrated in its defence of the West, of the old mentality.” marginalized, thanks to Chi- Regarding EU-China rela- “But the mentality of the that approach, which origi- of the Paris Agreement, open He warns that such a change na’s G20 presidency. Contin- tions, he says Europe is “con- West, of ruling the world, nated in the colonial era and economies and free trade. ruling the world, of vision is moving very slowly uation is one characteristic fused and divided” toward should come to an end after lasted until the end of Cold The professor believes at the European level. of G20 and this should be China, with some criticizing being held for 500 years,” says War. China suffered from developments over the com- should come to an However, he says that now kept from one presidency to and others seeing China as an Lesage, director of the Ghent Western dominance in the ing months and years will be end after being held China is a leader of open econ- another,” he says. opportunity. Institute for International 1800s and 1900s, with vari- fascinating. omy, free trade and an advo- Based on his observations, The European Commis- Studies, at Ghent University ous military attacks, he says. He says the EU should for 500 years.” cate of cooperation and mutual China has become proactive in sion’s proposal to beef up in Belgium. What is more, he says, solving regional conflicts, for reshape its foreign policy Dries Lesage, director of the development. So in dealing screening of investment, “This is because, materially, many problems nowadays vision by responding to the Ghent Institute for International with China, Lesage says the EU which it has become a legiti- especially that from China, the West’s economic and mili- in Africa and Eurasia are the evolving global situation, Studies, at Ghent University vision should be implemented mate broker to offer diplomatic and its inflexible attitude in tary weight cannot sustain it result of this lasting mental- though so far there is no Euro- by European institutions. solutions by taking advantage pressing China to reduce its any more.” ity of the West. pean consensus in this regard. He says China and EU have of its neutral stance. steel and iron production Nowadays, many troubles On the other hand, China’s His “personal and subjective Elaborating further, he used the same language in This has been seen in Syria, capacity have caused con- in the world still have their rising global leadership is a EU vision” is that the world says mutual respect and pursuing sustainable devel- Yemen, the Persian Gulf, Iraq, frontations, even though the roots in the West’s old men- big development on the inter- must be multipolar, with the equality are the essence of opment and keeping commit- Afghanistan and other regions, two sides are involved in a so- tality, says Lesage, an author- national stage at the moment. West’s identity, covering those the international system and ments to Paris Agreement on Lesage says. “China is differ- called strategic partnership. itative voice in Belgium on It has become more assertive across the Atlantic, still in exis- can help expand cooperation climate change. What has ent from the West and other In such a situation, China global governance, interna- internationally in terms of tence but as just one part of a and discussion. impressed him is the link- powers, which have really could easily become annoyed. tional tax policies, multipo- expansion of influence — but multipolar world. “Europe must know who are age of the G20 agenda and made a mess of it. China is not “When a friend criticizes larity and global governance. he says this is not only in the Furthermore, he says his the new players now and for the UN’s 2030 Sustainable involved. China can show legit- you, you are more willing to Based on historic and cur- interests of China but also of EU vision must showcase the years ahead,” says Lesage. Development Goals. imacy to respective parties. Its listen. When an enemy criti- rent lessons, Lesage also its partner countries through- inclusiveness, which means He believes the EU’s rela- In his opinion, the SDGs leadership is in mediating.” cizes you, you will just ignore urges the European Union to out the world. each player accepting the oth- tionship with Russia should — addressing pressing glob- Lesage says China has not them,” says Lesage. “Europe distance itself from US for- This, he says, gained ers and recognizing diversity, not continue to be “this bad” al issues environmentally, only become a broker in con- is struggling with such a situ- eign policy and shape its own momentum after US President pluralism and a willingness — referring to the sanctions socially, economically and flict zones but can also offer ation in terms of its relation- vision. He believes China has Donald Trump’s administra- to engage. imposed in the wake of the politically — have gone some solutions on the ground. It ship with China.” CHINA DAILY CANADA Friday, September 1, 2017 ACROSS AMERICA 11

People American in Beijing lives his Chinese dream Terry Crossman has spent 20 years in the city he now calls home

Wearing his bright red arm- when he went to Shanghai and band and speaking fluent Suzhou in Jiangsu province. Mandarin, from a distance “Wherever I went, I had at 62-year-old Gao Tianrui could least 30 people following me, be taken for any regular Chi- asking about Hong Kong, how nese man. much I earned and how I felt But on closer inspection, about the victory of the Chi- things are not quite what they nese women’s volleyball team,” seem: Gao’s real name is Terry he said. In 1981, the Chinese and he is from the United women’s volleyball team won States. Having lived in Beijing the world championship for for more than 20 years, Terry the first time. Crossman has finally fulfilled His first visit to Beijing was his Chinese dream: becoming six years later on business. a public security volunteer. “There were few cars and lots Life as a “Xicheng Dama” has of bicycles on the roads.” even made him an online Crossman and his family celebrity. moved to Beijing in 1997, when Xicheng Dama are volun- the traffic was heavier and the teers, usually women in late city busier. “There were only middle-age, who roam the two subway lines, with no air streets of downtown Beijing’s conditioning,” he said. Xicheng district. And now Since then he has lived and Crossman has joined their worked in Beijing. club. His parents separated when In video footage that recent- he was young, and he lived in ly went viral, Crossman said many different places in the that he initially saw the group US, so he never felt like he had as busybodies, but his opinion a regular home there. changed once he was on the “I had no hometown in the inside. United States,” he said. “Your “Gradually I saw that it is a home is where your things are. good thing for retired seniors In this sense, Beijing is my to come out and help others,” home.” he said. Crossman can make tradi- In the footage, he is seen tional Beijing bean-paste noo- Terry Crossman patrols streets in Beijing’s Xicheng district as a public security volunteer. YANG HAODONG / FOR CHINA DAILY giving tourists directions, get- dles, and when he goes to a ting water for a baby and even restaurant, he orders dump- helping a neighbor sell lings, mashed eggplant and and his company no longer yogurt. fermented bean curd, a tradi- had an office in Beijing, leav- “I like helping others,” he tional Beijing dish. ing him unable to get a new said. “I live in the hutong and He can often be found chat- work visa. my neighbors and I usually ting with local people, espe- Crossman applied for a stu- help each other ... This is cially taxi drivers. dent visa and enrolled in a where I live, where my friends “I am more familiar with the Chinese language course, but are and where I call home.” lives of taxi drivers than most that visa will expire next Crossman became interest- Beijingers,” he said. “When I month. ed in Chinese culture as a teen- see their license numbers, I Crossman does not want to ager when he read the Tao Te can tell how many years they leave Beijing. Ching by Laozi. have worked.” When he first came to the At 18, he took a cargo ship to With the taxi drivers, he city there were just two sub- Taiwan to learn Chinese. On cannot resist talking about way lines, by the end of last the ship the captain suggested politics, sport and the econo- Crossman prepares to launch a patrol from his home in a hutong. Crossman has a lamb kebab in a hutong eatery while visiting Bei- year it was home to 18 lines that he should have a Chinese my. YANG HAODONG / FOR CHINA DAILY jing in the 1980s. PROVIDED TO CHINA DAILY with 288 stations. name. “They are so knowledgea- Crossman finds it hard to “He named me Gao Tianrui, ble,” he said. “I learned many say if he prefers the new or the based on the pronunciation of Chinese NBA words from meal” and “discount”. the past because some of them invited Crossman to join in. man is proud of his. old Beijing. my English name,” he said. them.” In March, Crossman met had a bias against China,” Liu From then on, Crossman “If I become a volunteer, I “In different periods I had After Taiwan he worked in During his leisure time, Liu Xiaoxia. Liu is in charge of said. “Lao Gao was different. decided to become a volun- can make more friends,” he different lives: married life, several places, including New Crossman teaches people a volunteer organization He is warmhearted and jovial.” teer. said. “I feel special with the life with children and life York, Singapore and a 12-year English. Currently he is help- named Lanlifang (Blue Cube) She calls Crossman Lao Gao, “He asked me to give him a armband.” alone,” he said. “Now I just stint in Hong Kong. ing employees at a cafe near and helped Crossman get into his Chinese nickname. red armband,” Liu said. However, the seemingly enjoy living here.” Crossman first came to the his home, telling them how to volunteering. Liu was making a video to The armband is the symbol carefree Crossman had one Chinese mainland in 1981, say useful words such as “set “I was afraid of foreigners in promote her organization, and of the volunteers, and Cross- big problem: His visa expired XINHUA 12 NEWS CAPSULE Friday, September 1, 2017 CHINA DAILY CANADA News Friday, August 25 into Thursday, review August 31

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First internet-related dispute court is ready Outbound M&A hits new high in fi rst half of 2017 It was red roses for Valentine’s Day

China has set up its fi rst court The court will hear civil and The number of Chinese out- outbound merger and acquisi- Red roses far outnumbered the The Kunming Dounan Flower specializing in internet-related administrative internet-related bound mergers and acquisitions tion deals in the fi rst half fell 13.3 sales of other fl owers as Chinese Market, in Yunnan province, is disputes. cases such as those involving hit a new high in the fi rst half of percent to stand at $64.4 billion, couples celebrated Qixi Festival, the largest fresh fl ower market The court is in the city of Hang- online intellectual property rights 2017, demonstrating that demand the number of deals increased 8 the Chinese Valentine’s Day. in Asia. zhou, Zhejiang province. Hang- and e-commerce disputes. It will for strategic overseas investments percent to 482, compared with Zhang Li, general manager “The daily trade volume of zhou is home to many technol- also handle other web-related remains strong, according to a the second half of 2016. of Kunming International Flora fresh fl owers reached more than ogy enterprises, such as Alibaba, cases designated by higher courts. report by international account- “The absence of high-pro- Auction Trading Center, said 6 million in the week before the and because of that the city has A key feature of the court is that ing firm Pricewaterhouse Coo- file mega-deals has clearly that more than 70 million fresh festival,” said Zhang. “A record witnessed a soaring number of it allows litigants to handle a law- pers (PwC). affected the overall value of flowers were sold during the high of 7 million fl owers were sold online disputes in recent years. suit entirely online. From case fi l- The report said there were M&A activity,” said Lu Guc- 15 days before the festival on on both Aug 24 and 25, which Hangzhou courts handled about ing to the court hearing, litigants 5,010 outbound and domestic hun, PwC China transaction Monday. Of those, 93 percent surpassed the sales on this year’s 10,000 cases related to e-com- don’t have to go to the court in M&A deals in the fi rst six months services partner. “But the fact were roses. Valentine’s Day.” (Photo 1) merce last year, up from about person. If litigants disagree with of this year. The total value of that the volume of outbound 600 in 2013, according to the pro- the verdict, they can appeal to the those deals was $282.9 billion, transactions is now at a record Zippo to add more Chinese designs to its lighters vincial high court. city’s intermediate people’s court. down 20 percent compared with high indicates that deals with the second half of 2016. a sound strategic rationale are Zippo, the US-based company products with designs such as HIV-positive students enroll for college While the total value of Chinese still encouraged.” that has produced more than zodiac signs, love stories, famous 550 million windproof lighters paintings and military themes Fifteen students at a school for in Linfen, Shanxi province. Rules drafted for IPRs of foreign companies in more than eight decades, have become increasingly popu- HIV-positive students in North Sixteen senior middle school plans to add more China lar in China. China have been enrolled in col- students at the school — the China’s Ministry of Com- “China has attached great designs to its product line, an The company has experienced leges this year and will start their only one in China that recruits merce has worked with other importance to IPR protection acknowledgement that China double-digit sales growth in new lives in September. students with HIV — took the departments to draft a docu- and seen visible results,” said has already become its biggest China for the past six years, and Two of them will enter four- college entrance exam this ment on protecting the intel- deputy minister of commerce market by sales revenue in the expanded its sales channels from year study programs at col- year, he said. lectual property rights (IPRs) Wang Shouwen at a press con- world, said its head for Asian traditional shopping malls to leges that award bachelor’s All the students were infected of foreign companies in China. ference. “China’s IPR protec- markets. online platforms such as JD.com degrees, and the rest will go by HIV through their mothers, The country will improve tion has brought huge benefi ts The Zippo Manufacturing Co, and Tmall.com. to three-year junior colleges, and most have lost one or both IPR protection for foreign to foreign IPR holders.” which was founded in 1932, will Zippo serves more than 160 said Guo Xiaoping, principal parents and have no source of companies by launching IPR spending to overseas add designs featuring a giant countries and regions in the of Linfen Red Ribbon School, income, he said. campaigns against violations owners rose to $24 billion panda and golden dragon. Liu world. The company has manu- and stepping up judicial and in 2016 from $1.94 billion in Jinghua, Zippo’s managing factured more than 550 million administrative protection, 2001, an annualized increase director for Asia, said the lighter lighters since 1932. (Photo 2) according to a guideline on of about 18 percent. In the fi rst Monday August 28 ensuring foreign investment half of this year, the amount growth released by the State increased 23 percent year-on- Council. year to $14.3 billion. Thursday August 31 Fund punishes scientists for academic fraud

Scientists who were funded authors after discovering they More students study veterinary medicine by the Chinese government had been compromised by fake and embroiled in an academic peer reviews. More students in China are female students, wanted to scandal that saw the retrac- Of the 107 papers, 18 con- choosing veterinary medicine as become vets in the past due to a tion of 107 research papers by cerned projects funded by the a career because of rising salaries, heavy workload, low salary and an international journal have central government’s National but the country is still short more bad working environment. But received warnings or been Natural Science Fund. than 1 million vets, according to we have had good applicants banned from applying for About 50 scientists were industry sources. in the past two years, and more funding. banned from applying to the Up to 10,000 students grad- than 60 percent of them are In April, Springer, the fund for from one to seven uate with majors in the field female,” he said. publisher of Tumor Biol- years, and about 70 were given every year in China, said Xiong He said that the average ogy through 2016, retracted offi cial warnings of academic Fuqiang, deputy Party chief of starting salary for veterinary research papers by Chinese misconduct. Nanjing Agricultural Universi- graduates is $606 a month, and ty’s veterinary medicine school. in three years earnings can sur- “Few students, especially pass $1,516. (Photo 3) New law on appropriate use of national anthem Facial recognition system spots wanted criminals China is drafting a law on the commercial advertisements or appropriate use of its national as background music at public Twenty-fi ve criminals at large With the help of facial recog- anthem, with violators, including places. expected to have some fun, but nition technology, police also those who maliciously modify the The song will only be allowed ended up being captured by a seized 19 drug addicts, caught lyrics, facing criminal prosecution at formal political gatherings, police facial recognition system five pickpockets on the spot or up to 15 days detention. including the opening and clos- during the 27th Qingdao Inter- and drove away 32 with prior The draft legislation was given ing of NPC sessions, constitu- national Beer Festival from Aug pickpocketing records. a second reading at the bimonth- tional oath ceremonies, flag 4-27. “It was the fi rst time that we ly session of the National Peo- raising ceremonies, major cel- During the 24-day event, the used a facial recognition sys- ple’s Congress (NPC) Standing ebrations, award ceremonies, It appears that the fate of a 590-foot-high chimney, dubbed “the most system captured and recog- tem in such a big event and Committee. commemorations, national obtrusive building” on Beijing’s West Second Ring Road, has been sealed. nized 2.3 million facial images, a total of 18 high-definition Lawmakers have made it ille- memorial day events, impor- Plans to transform it into an observation deck just 26 feet above ground reporting more than 190 sus- cameras were installed at four gal to use the national anthem tant diplomatic occasions, major level await fi nal approval from the capital city’s planning department. For pected faces. Police made a sec- entrances at the beer festival,” at funerals and other “inap- sport events and other suitable nine years plans to lower the chimney built in 1976 have sparked debate. ond check and confi rmed 25 of said Wang Jianshun, director propriate” private occasions, in occasions. PROVIDED TO CHINA DAILY them were escaped criminals. of the police branch.

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$75 billion Revenue from China’s kindergarten to grade 12 after- school tutoring market in 2016 Connecting the Games (Photo 4) with the internet to lure young people, that $30 billion is what our technology Expected market scale of online education in China by 2018 can do.”

Jack Ma, Alibaba Group’s founder 23 percent and chairman, on using his company’s internet technologies to BRICS bloc’s share of the global attract young fans to the Olympic economy in GDP terms Games (Photo 5)

$1.11 trillion The total balance of China’s social security funds by the end of June

Mohe county in Northeast China’s Heilongjiang province, was hit by an early snowfall on Monday, 37 days earlier than last year. PROVIDED TO CHINA DAILY 13 LIFE Friday, September 1, 2017

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A new TV show will feature three cultural relics from each of the nine most important museums in China. Wang Kaihao reports.ortts.

n upcoming variety the museum, says that it will the country’s imperial hihistory.story. show on China Cen- be a challenge to choose just Hubei Provincial MuseumMuseum A tral Television will three items from its collec- is known for its collectionllection bring together 27 tion. from crucial archaeologicalological TheThe winewine vessel Chinese “stars”. But they are “It will be a tough decision,” discoveries. It houses bronzebronze MMinfangleiinfang was not people. says Shan. musical instruments likelike the obtainedobtain by Last week, the national TV “The choices have to have bianzhong, or chimee bells,bells, HunanHunan ProvincialPrro station said that it will release historical, artistic and scientif- found in the tomb of highigh offi-offi- MMuseumuseum ini 2014 National Treasure toward the ic significance,” Shan says. cial Marquis Yi of Zeng,g, datingdating afterafter bbeingein lost end of 2017. “But we won’t deliberately back 2,500 years. overseasovers for The show will feature three create drama for the show or Shan says that thehe nnininene nearlynearly a ceccentury. cultural relics from each of the treat the relics lightly,” he says. museums have also workedorkeed to PROVIDEDPROV TO nine most important muse- “The show is not going to mis- bring diversity to the nationalnational CHCHINAIN DAILY ums in the country and reveal lead viewers.” treasures chosen. behind-the-scene stories The other eight institutions Though the list of thee2 27 27 about them. are all key provincial-level treasures remains confiden- For example, film stars and We won’t museums: Shanghai Museum, tial, there are some clues National Treasure will run for upcoming show. not surprising that TV variety other celebrities will be used Nanjing Museum, Shaanxi about the choices. more than one season. Last year, Masters in the For- shows in China now also to talk about the legends sur- deliberately create History Museum, Henan For instance, there are at And, she also plans to bidden City, a three-episode reflect traditional culture. rounding the artifacts. And, drama for the Museum, and Zhejiang, least two bronze pieces: the include Chinese artifacts documentary on cultural relic Earlier this year, Reader, a more such techniques from Hubei, Hunan and Liaoning Minfanglei, a wine holder from housed in overseas museums restorers in the Palace Muse- CCTV variety show, which variety shows will be used in show or treat the provincial museums. the Hunan Provincial Museum in the future seasons. um, went viral. It was then became a buzzword, invited the program, says Yu Lei, chief All the museums have their dating back to the late Shang Liu Wentao, deputy director edited into a feature-length celebrities, entrepreneurs and producer of National Trea- relics lightly.” own specialities. Dynasty (16th century to 1046 of Nanjing Museum, says: film to be released in cinemas. even ordinary people to read sure. For instance, Nanjing Muse- BC), whose body was once lost “Museums are now a part of Shan also says that as many chapters from classics that But Yu says there are more Shan Jixiang, director, Palace um, which is China’s first and then found in the United the lifestyles of the young,” as 15,000 people applied for cul- reflected their values or views. surprises in store. Museum national-level comprehensive States, and the Dake Ding from adding that nearly 70 percent tural restorer positions in the “Its success strengthened “We want to make the cul- museum from the time of the Shanghai Museum, an of visitors to the museum are museum in 2016, following the our confidence to give more tural relics look like people Kuomintang rule, has an item used for ancestor worship younger than 40. screening of the documentary. voice to our culture,” says Zhu. who have gone through the The Palace Museum in Bei- extensive collection. in the late Western Zhou Nanjing Museum is also “There’s a stereotype that “Cultural programs on TV vicissitudes of life,” she says. jing, also known as the For- The Shaanxi History Muse- Dynasty (1046 to 771 BC). known for its early adaption of young people only like shows need a new direction. And “They have life and charac- bidden City, is the flagship um, which is located in Xi’an, “If the viewers’ response is digital technology to attract on romance or entertainment. museums can take them in a ter. And, they represent the museum. As China’s imperial known as the global metropo- good we will consider organiz- the younger generations. But the documentary proves new direction,” says Zhu. Chinese spirit and values.” palace from 1420 to 1911, the lis Chang’an in ancient times, ing an exhibition at the nine “It is an inevitable trend for the vitality of programs with Yu says that viewers will feel institution houses more than has relics from the Han (202 museums to exhibit the 27 museums to become fashiona- cultural depth,” Shan says. Contact the writer at an emotional connection with 1.86 million cultural relics, BC-220 AD) and Tang (618- items,” says Shan. ble,” she says adding that she Zhu Tong, deputy editor-in- wangkaihao@ the relics. and Shan Jixiang, director of 907) dynasties, two peaks in According to producer Yu, has great expectations for the chief of CCTV, says that it is chinadaily.com.cn | 14 LIFE Film Friday, September 1, 2017 CHINA DAILY CANADA Exciting start to THE TRANSFORMERS

Venice Chinese fans of special effects eagerly await the latest in the Planet of the Apes series. Xu Fan reports.

festival oftware-created on-screen magic has S reached a new level VENICE — The 74th with the sci-fi movie Venice film festival opened War for the Planet of the Apes. on Wednesday with Alex- In clips of the new franchise ander Payne’s sci-fi satire movie, recently released by Downsizing in the opening 20th Century Fox at a Beijing slot that is increasingly event, most viewers were coveted as a launchpad for amazed to see actor Andy the Oscars. Serkis’ seamless transforma- Starring Matt Damon tion into Caesar, the story’s and Kristen Wiig, Side- leader of the apes. ways director Payne’s latest When Serkis performs as an quirky creation is a tale of a orangutan, he wears skin-tight lower middle-class couple clothing and his movements in the US Midwest. But the as well as emotions are cap- new film’s title is not a ref- tured with the help of sensors, erence to job losses or sell- making his act life-like. ing off the family house. Though special effects have Instead the pair are consid- become a must-have for most ering signing up for radical big Hollywood movies, this new surgery that would film’s behind-the-scenes foot- help them become tiny ver- age still enthralled Chinese sions of themselves, on the viewers. promise of a better life. “The scenes look incredibly Written by Payne, a two- realistic,” says Lu Chuan, a time Oscar winner for his Chinese film director who screenplays, and Jim Tay- attended the event. lor, the film will be seeking The third installment of the to emulate the success of studio franchise the Planet of La La Land, Birdman and the Apes will hit Chinese Gravity — all Venice open- mainland theaters on Sept 15, ers in recent years that two months after its North went on to bag the Oscars American release. and other prizes. Whether In the new tale, Caesar and it does is likely to depend the other apes are forced into on how critics react to the a war against a ruthless colo- film’s intriguing plot, nel and his soldiers. To avenge which Variety described as the murder of his wife and “Honey I Shrunk the Kids son, and rescue his captive with a deeper social mes- fellow primates, Caesar sage”. embarks on a tough journey. So far, the movie is listed as one of the most anticipated films in September, according to the movie news portal mtime.com. Anders Langlands, the visual effects supervisor of Weta Digital, a top company George Clooney, director of in the field from New Zea- Suburbicon. AP land, talks about how human actors are turned into pri- mate fighters on screen. Also being unveiled on “We spent a lot of time the opening day is Nico, a observing apes. A huge part of bio-pic focusing on the our job is just observing,” says final years of the Velvet Langlands, who led the visual Underground singer and effects teams for X-Men: Days Andy Warhol muse that is of Future Past and The Mar- being shown in the festi- tian. val’s Horizons section dedi- As the major characters in cated to cutting-edge War for the Planet of the Apes productions. are chimpanzees, artists of Directed by Susanna Weta Digital researched the War for the Planet of the Apes will hit Chinese mainland theaters on Sept 15. Chinese director Lu Chuan and Anders Langlands, the visual effects supervisor of the movie, Nicchiarelli, with Danish animals’ physical characteris- attend a Beijing event to promote the sci-fi movie. PHOTOS PROVIDED TO CHINA DAILY actress Trine Dryholm in tics, moves and behavior. the lead role, the story They used X-ray photos of catches up with one of some chimpanzees to get “In this film, we see Caesar audience can identify with,” productions is an aspiration. Chinese stars to play uncon- 1970s New York’s iconic fig- details about their skeleton go from just being a leader to he says. Xu Fei, the founder of Illu- ventional roles like the leader ures in 1987 and 1988, the and learn about their skin tex- people into being a legend in “When all of your main mina, a Beijing-based special- of apes, as they want their last two years of her life. It tures. the ape world. So the film characters in the movie are effects studio, says, “The faces to be recognized by fans finds her battling a heroin With nearly 1,000 people takes on a much grander scope digital, it requires a very close major problem is that most on the big screen only in main- We spent a lot of habit but also finding ful- from Weta involved in the because it becomes sort of an collaboration between the directors and producers don’t stream roles. fillment through her music movie, the majority of the film epic mythical journey,” says director and the visual effects know how to make such a “In Chronicles of the Ghostly time observing and her relationship with was shot with visual effects. Langlands. people to bring that to life.” movie. It needs imagination Tribe, for example, I had to her son. For the most complicated One of his favorite charac- US filmmaker Matt Reeves and a lot of pre-production play the monsters myself,” he apes. A huge part Downsizing is one of 21 parts, more than 400 artists ters is Bad Ape, an intelligent again directs this installment communication.” says, adding that it did save of our job is just films competing for Ven- worked at the same time. quiet chimpanzee who fled after he directed the Dawn of But for some Chinese direct- him some time and money. ice’s top prize, the Golden The hair on an ape’s body from a zoo. the Planet of the Apes (2014). ors, a shortage of performing observing.” Lion, which will be hand- was processed by software to “Bad Ape is such a different Meanwhile, for China, talent is the bigger problem. Li Yingxue contributed to the ed out on Sept 9, along ensure that changes in the character ... He is so charming where the movie industry has Lu, the director of the story. Anders Langlands, visual with a string of other environment, such as snow or and he brings (out) very taken off only in the past dec- effects-studded movie Chroni- effects supervisor, Weta Digital awards. bonfire light, are shown on the human and very innocent, ade, achieving world-class cles of the Ghostly Tribe (2015), Contact the writer at As usual the internation- skin. curious qualities that the special effects in domestic says it’s difficult to persuade [email protected] al film lineup at Venice ran- ges from big-budget Hollywood productions, including George Clooney’s sixth directorial outing, Wong Jing returns to comfort zone with new gangster film Suburbicon, to new works by indie favorites Andrew Haigh and Warwick By XU FAN The protagonists wear The film’s characters speak Thornton. In total, 71 new white clothes in the film, Cantonese but it has been full-length films will be Wong Jing is a prominent which Wong calls a “tribute to dubbed in Mandarin for the shown over the next 10 figure in Hong Kong cinema. the cinematic art of violent mainland market. days, along with 16 short He has directed, penned and aesthetics” created by Chang At a time when the Hong films and two TV series. produced more than 100 films. Cheh, a late master of Hong Kong film industry is facing a Spanish superstar duo But in recent years, he has Kong cinema. shortage of performers, Javier Bardem and Penelo- been in the news mostly for “I was fascinated with directors and scriptwriters, pe Cruz team up again for a directing mainland produc- Cheh’s movies when I was Wong says he will focus on new drama about Pablo tions such as the hit franchise young. Most of his martial training new talent. Escobar, Loving Pablo, in The Man from Macao. arts heroes wear white robes “I will reduce my directoral which Bardem plays the With Color of the Game, a on screen, making it a sort of a work on account of health, but Colombian drug baron and thriller set to open across Chi- symbol of top fighters,” Wong, help youngsters realize their Cruz his long-term mistress. na on Friday, Wong will again 62, said at a Beijing preview dreams in cinema,” he says. Bardem is also to be seen be seen in his familiar zone of last week. And, Color of the Game does playing opposite Jennifer making films about gangsters Wong is the movie’s main just that. While Wong has Lawrence in Mother!, a I have faith that in Hong Kong. The latest in producer. produced the film, he has new film by Black Swan the Color series has elements In one of the film’s funny helped younger filmmaker director Darren Aronofsky, such movies with typical of such films: brother- scenes, a hooligan played by Kam Ka-wai direct it. that is one of several thrill- Hong Kong hood, slums and street fights. veteran Hong Kong actor Color of the Game is the latest gangster movie produced by Wong But the film will likely face ers vying for honors. The earlier films are Color of Suet Lam is seen continuous- Jing. PHOTOS PROVIDED TO CHINA DAILY some competition in the Another spine-chiller flavor won’t the Truth (2003) and Color of ly eating rice to dodge ques- mainland market. features Ethan Hawke in Loyalty (2005). tions from those whom he has Thanks to the rapidly Paul Schrader’s First vanish from the Starring Simon Yam and betrayed. edges, not just a simple cat- United States, but the genre expanding industry, main- Reformed, which turns Jordan Chan, the Hong Kong “He fears answering the and-mouse game between has seen a decline over the land filmmakers have shown around a dark secret har- big screen.” actors known for their roles questions. If he opens his police and criminals, Wong past decade. growing interest in producing bored by members of a in gangster classics, Color of mouth to speak, it may get says. “It is a part of world cine- crime movies. Guilty of Mind, church who are tormented Wong Jing, filmmaker, the Game is about a gang him and his family killed,” Hong Kong gangster mov- ma. I have faith that such which is about a psychologist by the deaths of loved ones. speaks of Hong Kong whose members get trapped Wong says. ies helped establish a few movies with Hong Kong fla- and a cop working together to gangster movies in a conspiracy, pushing them The film is also a survival actors in Hollywood once and vor won’t vanish from the big hunt a serial killer, will also be AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE to desperation. tale of people on the city’s inspired such films in the screen,” Wong says. released in September. Friday, September 1, 2017 15 EDITORIAL • OPINION

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EDITORIAL ‘Strategic assets’ plan will add fuel to peninsula fire Cai Meng

eactions to the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea’s latest provocation have followed the age- old script: Pyongyang insisted it was exercising its legiti- mate right to “self-defense” by firing a ballistic R missile over Japan on Tuesday. For the United States, the Republic of Korea, and Japan in par- ticular, it was an exceedingly provocative gesture not seen in almost a decade. So much so that Japan activated its J-Alert system in northern areas, conducted drills to test its anti-ballistic missile system PAC-3; ROK President Moon Jae-in personally ordered live fire drills to exhibit his country’s “overwhelming” fire power, with an officer counter-threatening the DPRK leadership with “extermi- nation”; and US President Donald Trump repeated his previous warning that “all options are on the table”. Despite the widespread condemnations, from the United Nations, Japan, the ROK, the US, China, Russia and other coun- tries, the DPRK appears defiant as ever, threatening to fire more missiles into the Pacific. The story has been unfolding in exactly the same way as on each past occasion, and the outcome seems set to be the same: Pyong- yang and its critics continuing wrangling over the chicken or the egg causality dilemma, with the former refusing to give up its nuclear pursuit and the latter remaining hopelessly divided over what to do. If Pyongyang’s latest provocation has exposed the helplessness of the international coalition against its nuclear and missile pro- grams, the worst may be yet to come. One fundamental reason for the international community’s ina- bility to curb the DPRK’s dangerous adventure has been the contra- dictory agendas of those that ostensibly have a shared interest in denuclearizing the Korean Peninsula. If the Terminal High Altitude OPINION LINE Area Defense anti-missile system is the first wedge driving the frag- ile coalition apart, another, more damaging one seems on its way Charities could as Seoul and Washington reportedly engage in talks on deploying Local government planners cannot additional “strategic assets” on the ROK’s soil. Seoul has already confirmed corresponding talks between ROK and US militaries. do better with Pyongyang’s continuous provocations may serve as a catalyst for guarantee revival of Jilin economy the potential deployment of additional but controversial and divi- transparency sive “strategic assets”.But like THAAD, US strategic weapons can A RESEARCH TEAM led by Justin Yifu Lin, an economist at Peking University and former senior vice- ON TUESDAY, internet giant Ten- do little to prevent the feared civilian losses when a war with the president of the World Bank, has suggested Northeast China’s Jilin province, a heavy industry base since the cent Inc organized a charity activity DPRK breaks out. However, they can seriously undermine the pre- 1930s, shift focus to developing light industry. Beijing News comments: that allowed people to buy a drawing cious, though already weak, global consensus on the denucleariza- online for any price higher than 1 yuan tion of the peninsula, as combined with THAAD, they will Lin’s team has drafted a report for the Jilin pro- been altered to hide Jilin’s economic decline. ($ 0.15). All the drawings were made by constitute a potential, substantial threat to Chinese and Russian vincial government, which says Jilin has great The main players in China’s light industry are people with autism, cerebral palsy or national security, and inevitably invite strong reactions from both. potential and comparative advantage in developing mostly private enterprises, which are extremely sen- dysgnosia and the money raised will be light industry, and urges it to improve the infra- sitive to the production cost and business environ- used to help them. The activity attract- When that day comes, Pyongyang’s nuclear/missile programs structure related to light industry and to lower ment. And most competitive light industries are ed millions of people, yet some doubt may turn out to be of secondary concern to the world. transaction costs. concentrated in the coastal provinces, such as Jiang- whether the money collected will be The report’s analysis does not seem to support its su, Zhejiang, Fujian and Guangdong. spent effectively. Thepaper.cn com- conclusion, though, because it is difficult to say If Jilin cannot reduce its production and transac- ments: TO THE POINT whether a place enjoys comparative advantage in tion costs, and improve its business environment, developing certain types of industries before it actu- which caused the decline of its heavy industry, it Tencent said its objective was to raise ally develops them. The report draws its conclusion will be very difficult for it to develop light indus- 15 million yuan, which it did within Real economy boosts yuan by citing only the labor cost, per capita GDP and tries. hours. The number of participants workers’ population in the province, and the share of To restructure its economy, Jilin does not have to exceeded 1 million within half an hour, ith the onshore yuan-dollar exchange rate breaking light industry in its economy, which are not the only go to the other extreme of prioritizing the develop- which suggests the charity activity was through the 6.60 mark on Monday, the first time since practical factors investors would consider before ment of light industry. To embrace market economy a huge success. W June last year, and the offshore rate also approaching investing money in the province. the local governments at various levels in Jilin have However, some have raised doubts 6.60, the Chinese currency has been steadily appreciat- Besides, the provincial government is the source of to first redefine their role as almighty economic plan- over the effectiveness of the plan, a ing against the greenback — up by nearly 5 percent since January. most of the data, which many suspect might have ners. typical one being: How will the money The rising yuan has reduced the spending of Chinese tourists and collected be spent? If a person clicks students abroad but has lowered export enterprises’ profit margin. and buys a drawing, he or she will not The fact that US Federal Reserve Chairwoman Janet Yellen stressed find any link to get a clear idea about the importance of only financial supervision, without mentioning Commercial stunts not part of sharing economy where the money will go. There is only monetary policy, at a Fed meeting last week might have put more one sentence in small-print: “We will downward pressure on the dollar. But the yuan has been appreciating help the patients enjoy art with the for more than one year also because of the continuous improvement in THE BOOMING SHARING ECONOMY has extended to liquefied natural gas tanks, which can be money.” China’s economic fundamentals — for instance, stabilizing macroeco- “shared” by residents in Hefei, East China’s Anhui province, by scanning the quick response code on the tank. Besides, there is only one obscure nomic growth and increasing profit margins of industrial enterprises. The tanks are delivered by appointment online. China Youth Daily commented on Wednesday: link to World of Art Brut Culture, Besides, the financial supervisory departments’ successful prevent- which claims to be the organizer of the ive and risk control measures to rein in several “gray rhinos” — or The struggle of most “sharing” business operators ment organization. But the exchange of shared activity. Yet WABC fails to explain how obvious dangers that are often ignored such as shadow banking, illegal to make profits does not seem to bother some people, goods should be confined to those that do not come the money would be spent. It only fund raising and capital outflow — have also played a role in the yuan’s as capital has been pouring into not just the trans- with extra costs, for example, a temporarily vacant claims to have helped more than 1,000 appreciation. “Gray rhinos” undermine China’s efforts to restructure portation sector but also many unorthodox business- room. people with disabilities find peace in the economy, and hinder the development of the real economy. es, from umbrellas and basketballs to gas tanks. In In other words, what many so-called sharing busi- art, which is quite vague. Since the supervisory measures for the banking, securities and Beijing, even “shared” folding stools have been ness operators provide is just online renting at the This is not to say somebody might insurance sectors have regulated the development of the financial offered to people for free and without registering or cost of consumer surplus, with consumers gaining or misuse the money collected. But charity industry, financial agencies have shifted their focus to meeting the paying any deposit, a promotional stunt to lure peo- saving money because they can buy a product for a organizations are obliged to clearly list needs of the real economy. ple to subscribe to the WeChat accounts of certain price lower than the highest they would be willing to how the money they collect will be Although after the large-scale capital outflow was checked, China’s companies. pay. spent. Researchers have long argued foreign exchange reserves and the yuan’s exchange rate both recovered Bizarre innovations such as these are blurring the Didi’s shunfengche, or “hitchhiking” project, that despite growing at a fast pace, Chi- steadily, that does not mean the risks have disappeared. boundaries between genuine sharing economy and allows one to pay far less than taking a taxi for na’s charity sector lags far behind those As the Fed is likely to continue raising the interest rate, the down- copycat businesses, which are a lot like short-term inter-city travel without generating any extra cost in some countries in terms of transpar- ward pressure on the yuan will build up again and prompt some of the hire-on-demand services that are basically about for either the passenger or the driver. This mani- ency. Data show only 8 percent of the “gray rhinos” to make a comeback. To prevent that from happening, lending idle items or services to those in need in fests a tested mode of sharing economy, not some Chinese population has made charity the financial market should continue to help the real economy main- exchange for financial gains, of course, through a stunts that would end up with colossal waste of donations — the figure will certainly rise tain healthy growth, which in turn will stabilize the yuan’s exchange third-party platform, be it a company or govern- resources. with greater transparency. rate in the long run. — BEIJING YOUTH DAILY

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Stephen S. Roach China-phobic US in codependency trap Zhao Huanxin eemingly at odds with the demand away from Chinese Trade Agreement partners Cana- rent account and trade deficits eign capital will actually intensify The author is deputy editor-in-chief world, US President trade, the costs of imported goods da and Mexico (the US’ largest with countries such as China to and the codependency trap will of China Daily USA. S Donald Trump has once would undoubtedly rise sharply. and second-largest export mar- attract foreign capital. only close more tightly. [email protected] again raised the possibili- The possibility of higher import kets). As the reactive pathology of It is sheer political chicanery The US does not hold the ty of a trade conflict with China. prices and potential spillover codependency would suggest, on the part of the US to single out trump card in its economic rela- On Aug 14, he instructed the US effects on underlying inflation none of these countries can be China, its NAFTA partners, or tionship with China. The Trump Are bomb Trade Representative to investi- would hit middle-class US work- expected to acquiesce to such even Germany as the culprit for administration can certainly put gate whether China has infringed ers, who have faced more than measures without curtailing US its savings-short economy. Foster- pressure on China, and, on one intellectual property rights. By three decades of real wage stag- access to their markets — a coun- ing policies that encourage an level, there may well be good rea- shelters the only framing this effort under Section nation, especially hard. ter-response that could severely economy to squander its savings son to do so. But deep questions 301 of the United States Trade Act Second, trade actions against undermine the manufacturing and live beyond its means makes concerning the consequences of of 1974, the Trump administra- China could lead to higher US revival that seems so central to trade deficits a given — as are the such pressure have been all but option to escape tion could impose high and wide- interest rates. Foreigners own the Trump presidency’s promise seemingly unfair trading practic- ignored. Getting tough on China spread tariffs on Chinese imports. about 30 percent of all US Trea- to “Make America Great Again”. es that may come with this Faust- while ignoring those consequen- This development could have sury securities, with the latest In the end, China’s economic ian bargain for foreign capital. ces could be a blunder of epic a nuclear war? far-reaching consequences. While official data putting Chinese own- leverage over the US is largely the The US had trade deficits with proportions. there may be merit to the allega- ership at $1.15 trillion in June — result of low US domestic savings. 101 countries last year — a multi- S President Donald Trump tions, as documented in the latest fully 19 percent of foreign hold- In the first quarter of this year, lateral external imbalance rooted The author, a faculty member at warned on Tuesday that “all “USTR Report to Congress on ings and slightly higher than the so-called net national savings in the US’ chronic domestic sav- Yale University and former U options” are again on the table China’s WTO Compliance”,puni- Japan’s $1.09 trillion. rate — the combined deprecia- ings problem. The fix for this chairman of Morgan Stanley after Pyongyang tested a ballistic tive action would have serious In the event of new US tariffs, it tion-adjusted savings of business- problem cannot be made in Chi- Asia, is the author of Unbal- missile, this time a rare firing of a projectile consequences for US businesses seems reasonable to expect China es, households and the na. Ironically, with the Trump anced: The Codependency of over Japan. and consumers. Like it or not, to respond by reducing such pur- government sector — stood at administration’s policies likely to America and China. The new missile test has triggered con- that is an inevitable result of the chases, reinforcing a strategy of just 1.9 percent of national lead to larger budget deficits that Project Syndicate sternation on the ground, causing sirens to deeply entrenched codependent asset diversification away from income, well below the longer- put national savings under addi- blare in Japanese towns, stocks to dip on relationship between the world’s US dollar-based assets that has term average of 6.3 percent tional downward pressure, the Wall Street, and diplomats from Seoul, Bei- two largest economies. been underway for the past three recorded during the final three need for Chinese and other for- jing and Moscow to call for either further But in a trade conflict, it is years. In an era of still-large US decades of the 20th century. sanctions or more restraints. important to think about reci- budget deficits — likely to go even Lacking in savings and wanting But what can the average citizen do under procity — specifically, China’s higher in the aftermath of the to consume and grow, the US the apocalyptic threat of a missile or nuclear response to a US action. That was Trump administration’s tax cuts must import surplus savings war? Among a myriad of answers, the head- precisely the point made by Chi- and spending initiatives — the from abroad to close the gap, line of a news story caught my attention: na’s Ministry of Commerce in its lack of demand for Treasuries by forcing it to run massive cur- “Bomb shelter business booms as Trump official response to Trump’s gam- the largest foreign owner could and North Korea posture’’. bit. China, the ministry vowed, well put upward pressure on bor- The escalation of tensions on the Korean would “take all appropriate meas- rowing costs. Peninsula has raised the specter of a nuclear ures to resolutely safeguard its And third, with growth attack, which has given rise to the bomb legitimate rights”. in US domestic demand shelter business in the US and elsewhere, Caught up in the bluster of the still depressed, US compa- according to a report from McClatchy news US accusations against China, lit- nies need to rely more on agency in Washington. tle attention is being paid to the external demand. Yet the Ron Hubbard, president of Atlas Survival potential consequences of Chi- Trump administration Shelters in Montebello, California, which nese retaliation. seems all but oblivious to produces what it touts as the “only bunkers First, imposing tariffs on this component of the tested against the effects of a nuclear bomb”, imports of Chinese goods and growth calculus. It is threat- said he expects to sell at least “1,000 big services would be the functional ening trade sanctions not bomb shelters and tornado shelters com- equivalent of a tax rise on US con- only against China — the bined” this year compared with 10 bomb sumers. Chinese producers’ unit US’ third-largest and fastest- shelters in 2011. labor costs are less than one-fifth growing major export mar- ZHAI HAIJUN / FOR CHINA DAILY “The rise in shelters (sales and inquires) of the US’ other major foreign ket — but also against has increased in both America and Japan”, suppliers. By diverting US North American Free Hubbard said on Tuesday, adding that there were no customers in China but a few inquiries from the Republic of Korea. Chen Kangling Another company, Rising S Bunkers in Murchison, Texas, has sold 67 bomb shelters this year, mostly to Japan, compared with just nine last year, according to the Beijing ready to share governance experiences McClatchy report on Sunday. hina assumed the June, the BRICS cooperation expand its reach and influence. ancing diversity and unity. This Let us forget the bomb BRICS’ chair on Jan 1, mechanism, beating the odds, BRICS members During the BRICS Seminar on principle has been a feature of C and will play host to the has shown strong vitality during Governance in Quangzhou, Fuji- China’s history and culture. In shelters for now, and upcoming 9th BRICS the past 10 years. are expected to an province, on Aug 17-18, many the same spirit, China is willing Summit. The year of China’s Among the endeavors BRICS academics and business leaders to share its experiences in gov- go all out to prevent chairmanship also marks the has undertaken in recent years is haveagreater from developing countries ernance and reform, which have beginning of the second decade one to make the global financial exchanged ideas on governance. helped it propel economic man-made disasters. of BRICS cooperation. system fairer, so that it can help impact on the legit- Zhang Weiwei, director of the growth, both at the domestic and For the city of Xiamen in East developing countries overcome China Institute of Fudan Univer- global levels, in order to deepen China’s Fujian province, this year their development challenges and imacy, credibility sity, who chaired a panel discus- cooperation with other BRICS is one of “double happiness”,as it boost their economic growth. And sion on “increasing members and developing coun- will host the BRICS Summit less to help such countries meet their and effectiveness of communication for cultural pros- tries, and promote confidence Hubbard may be right to claim that “shel- than two months after its financial needs, BRICS estab- perity”,said the panelists reached building. ters are the only solution to the crisis and Gulangyu Island was declared a lished the Contingent Reserve global governance. a consensus that every country BRICS members are expected there is nothing else a person can do except World Heritage Site by UNESCO. Arrangement with an initial capi- should be free to choose its own to have a greater impact on the taking shelter if a bomb comes in”.But the We earnestly hope that BRICS tal of $100 billion in 2014, the governance mechanism and legitimacy, credibility and effec- question is not only how many people can cooperation will bring us good New Development Bank in style, and that China has estab- tiveness of global governance. afford the luxury, or how many such bunkers luck. But only good luck is not Shanghai in 2015, and the NDB’s lished a governance system that And they will take more meas- would be enough. enough to achieve success; it African Regional Centre in Johan- global growth last year. Their suits its national conditions. ures to safeguard the interests The root cause of the war rhetoric of the needs great efforts, too. And true nesburg early this month. different national conditions, The panelists also said BRICS and benefits of all developing leaderships, the panic among the masses, to their word, China and other Despite the challenging anti- development models and cul- is confident of better reflecting countries and emerging market and the impulse for some to own a shelter, is member states have lent firm globalization trend in some tures have not prevented the the common interests and collec- economies, and give them a that we have seen a cycle of endless nuclear support to BRICS to not only major economies, Brazil, Russia, BRICS member states from tive will of the developing coun- greater say in world affairs so as tests, missile launches and military drills. strengthen its structure but also India, China and South Africa drawing upon their strengths to tries in fields such as finance, to maintain peace and stability, Each party has its own legitimate securi- to help it deliver vigorous, better have propelled the world econo- engage in cooperation. This has business and education. and boost development across ty concerns. Pyongyang vows to never give results. As Foreign Minister my forward. Together, the five prompted the idea of “BRICS According to collective Chinese the world. up its weapons programs, or take “tough Wang Yi said at a news confer- countries accounted for nearly a Plus”,that is, inviting more wisdom, “seeking common counter-measures” against hostility from ence during the BRICS foreign quarter of the global GDP and developing and emerging coun- ground while reserving differen- The author is assistant director of the the United States and its allies, particular- ministers’ meeting in Beijing in contributed more than half of tries to join the grouping and ces” is a harmonious way of bal- China Institute, Fudan University. ly the ongoing annual US-ROK military drills. On Tuesday, US Ambassador to the United Renato Baumann Nations Nikki Haley said that “enough is enough”,while Russia’s ambassador to the UN Vassily Nebenzia said, “It’s troubling, because tensions are high and whose nerves BRICS evolving for a stronger partnership are stronger, we don’t know.” Beijing has proposed “dual suspension” — Pyongyang suspends its nuclear and he 9th BRICS Summit, such an approach is a less easily ment and a number of restrictive as intra-group trade facilitation missile activities and the US and the ROK which opens in Xia- identifiable common target, as conditions have been imposed on (not only less paperwork, but suspend their big military drills. The pro- T men, East China’s Fuji- the number of objectives has The degree of some countries, even BRICS actual reduction of barriers) and posal accommodates the legitimate secu- an province, within a increased quite significantly. members. technology transfer will be con- rity concerns of all parties, serves to draw week, is being held at a time Furthermore, the performance mutual knowledge This means there is a risk that sidered this time. them back to the negotiating table and when the group’s circumstan- of the five economies in recent the political dimension might From Brazil’s perspective, there seek a balanced resolution, while ensur- ces and the international situa- years pales in significance com- and understand- gain momentum among BRICS is a positive feeling in that a num- ing long-term peace and stability on the tion both are quite different pared with their achievements in member states. This is worrying, ber of agreements will be signed peninsula. from those in 2009, when the the late 2000s, except perhaps ing among the five to the extent that the initial with China, and the two heads of The Chinese initiative should, therefore, BRIC grouping officially came India’s. China is growing at about countries is much motivation that led to the crea- state will agree to take specific be taken seriously by all parties. into being in Yekaterinburg, half the pace it used to, and the tion of the group was essentially measures to deepen bilateral rela- Hours after Pyongyang test-fired the lat- Russia. other three BRICS member states deeper today than economic, even though it tions. This is what often follows est missile, Foreign Ministry spokesperson The creation of the group was have been experiencing very low implied political movement such high-level meetings. Hua Chunying said at a regular news brief- almost a “natural” phenome- GDP growth for the past few in 2009 ... within the economic and institu- But in the specific case of Bra- ing, “I suggest you think about the scenario non in the sense that by 2009 years. This has reinforced the tional realm. It is not clear, zil-China relations, it is also when China calls for restraint, calmness and the four economies — Brazil, skepticism among those observ- though, whether the present expected that — given the impor- dialogue, while directly concerned parties Russia, India and China — con- ers who have always seen the relations among the five mem- tance of the bilateral relationship keep conducting military exercises and tributed most of the dynamism group as a collective of countries bers are strong enough to allow for both countries — the two gov- ratcheting up military pressure, against the to the global economy, and thus with diverse interests and pur- The group has also taken two for a common alignment with ernments will make sincere background of flying missiles launched by they were obliged to seek mech- poses. significant steps with the estab- regard to each other’s conflicts efforts to translate this recogni- another party. anisms to increase their say in Notwithstanding these adverse lishment of the Contingency with third parties. tion into actual, more fluent “Then, who should take the blame and global governance. To achieve internal conditions, the group has Reserve Arrangement and the This is essentially the back- bureaucratic procedures, and who should do more?” Hua asked. the objective, the four countries evolved in several ways. The New Development Bank, which ground against which the Xia- project the new status of their The US is now grappling with and recov- had to increase their degree of degree of mutual knowledge and reflect a number of specific sector men summit will be held under relationship in more explicit ering from the devastating effects of Hurri- mutual knowledge so as to understanding among the five agreements and joint initiatives. the theme of “A Stronger Partner- ways. cane Harvey, which killed at least 11 people identify and consolidate com- countries is much deeper today On the global front, several of ship for a Brighter Future”,which and paralyzed Houston. The fourth most- mon purposes and goals. This is than in 2009, even though there the conflicts mentioned in previ- requires economic partnership, The author is Deputy Secretary of populous US city has opened more mega- reflected in the systematic is still a long way to go before ous Summit Declarations remain sustainable development and an International Affairs at the Min- shelters to house flooded families. increase in the number of arti- they achieve, for instance, fluent alive, media headlines often refer open economy approach. istry of Planning, Brazil and pro- Let us forget the bomb shelters for now, cles in the Summit Declarations exchange of basic data that might to threatening speeches made by It remains to be seen whether fessor at the Universidade de and go all out to prevent man-made disas- after the first one. The cost of allow for comparative analyses. some heads of state or govern- important, sensitive issues such Brasília. ters. 17 BUSINESS Friday, September 1, 2017

CHINA DAILY CANADA » CHINADAILYUSA.COM E-commerce pulls BRICS closer Lingerie giant By HE WEI in Shanghai Popular Chinese products in BRICS nations foreseeable e-commerce [email protected] boom to the maturing IT infrastructure, the preva- to stage smart- home and E-commerce is set to pros- apparel electronics health lence of smartphones, and phones gardening per among the BRICS coun- Russia enhanced payment and logis- tries and become a major link tics capabilities. Shanghai connecting their residents, smart- home and motor For instance, AliExpress according to a report by Ali- phones apparel electronics gardening parts has been the biggest cross- show baba Group Holding Ltd. India border shopping site in Rus- By 2022, gross merchan- sia since 2014, according to smart- By WANG ZHUOQIONG dise volume generated via apparel electronics health sports researcher TNS. Its populari- A man with a baby carriage walks past an outlet of Industrial and online shopping portals will phones ty is largely thanks to wangzhuoqiong@ Commercial Bank of China in Beijing. PROVIDED TO CHINA DAILY skyrocket 340 percent from Brazil improved logistics efficiency chinadaily.com.cn last year to reach $3 trillion in by working with local ven- motor Brazil, Russia, India, China wigs apparel electronics sports dors. Victoria’s Secret, the parts and South Africa, the “Using algorithms and real- world leading retailer of research arm of the world’s South Africa time analysis, we have cut the women’s lingerie, will Lenders see Source: Alibaba Group LIU LUNAN / CHINA DAILY largest e-commerce platform, average delivery time from up have its first fashion show Alibaba, said in a report to a month to just four days in in Shanghai this Novem- released on Tuesday. percent to 61 percent. handicrafts and spices, and Russia, and we plan to ber, further elevating its That figure would repre- Cross-border e-commerce Brazilian pine nuts and prop- achieve 72-hour delivery in brand awareness in the prospects sent 59 percent of global among the five nations will olis, as well as grapefruit and five years,” said AliExpress country. e-commerce transaction val- also gain traction, with trans- wine from South Africa. General Manager Shen Difan. Dubbed the world’s ue in five years, up from 41.8 action volume predicted to Meanwhile, customers in Mobile payment is also most celebrated fashion percent a year ago, according jump six-fold to $553.6 billion the four countries are most picking up quickly in India as show, the runway event to AliResearch. in five years, accounting for attracted to Chinese apparel, the country’s largest e-wallet will be seen in more than Meanwhile, the number of 41 percent of sales generated mobile phones and accesso- operator Paytm supports 190 countries and from retail online shoppers is projected from the entire cross-border ries, and consumer electron- smooth mobile transactions regions. Last year’s show to nearly double from 720 shopping network. ics, according to data from and is on course to introduce received 1.4 billion million last year to 1.35 billion The report found that the AliExpress, an Alibaba export a money market fund, a pay- views. in 2022. That means an Chinese people are increas- subsidiary targeting overseas ment bank and a credit scor- The US-based lingerie expanded share of total ingly drawn to Russian can- buyers. ing system, similar to the designer and manufactur- banking online shoppers from 47.2 dies and cookies, Indian AliResearch attributed the architecture of China’s Alipay. er has invited its all-star line-up of Victoria’s Secret Angels, including return- ing models Adriana Lima, Banks should realize that reshuffle of Alessandra Ambrosio and Behati Prinsloo, as well as industry will come soon, says expert new faces. L Brands Inc, the par- By JIANG XUEQING of personal clients of the Indus- ent of Victoria’s Secret, jiangxueqing@ trial and Commercial Bank of considers China its most chinadaily.com.cn China Ltd, the nation’s largest important global market, commercial lender by assets, according to reports by Many commercial banks in increased by 16.86 million in the Inside Retail Asia. Its China have highlighted retail first half, and its personal finan- executive said last banking as a business trans- cial assets totaled 12.67 trillion November that they formation strategy as they yuan. ICBC’s net profit rose 2 expect, within five years, faced challenges from the percent year-on-year to 153.7 bil- the markets of China, booming fintech sector and lion yuan. Western Europe and the tightening financial risk regu- China CITIC Bank Corp Ltd Middle East will each lation in the first half of 2017, also devoted a larger part of its account for $1 billion in according to their interim credit resources to retail bank- annual sales. results announcements. ing. During the first six In March, Victoria’s For Bank of China Ltd, the months of this year, the Bei- Secret opened flagship fourth-largest commercial len- jing-based national joint-stock stores in Shanghai and der by assets in China, personal commercial lender recorded Chengdu. banking contributed 40.2 per- incremental loans worth cent of its comprehensive 213.17 billion yuan, of which 82 income related to domestic com- percent were personal loans. mercial banking, up 30 basis Retail banking accounted for 169.9 points from the same period last 31 percent of its operating billion yuan year. Among new domestic yuan income during the period, up loans totaling 460 billion yuan from 25 percent a year ago. A worker fastens a screw at a production line in a JAC Motors plant in Anqing, Anhui province. JIANG SHENG / FOR CHINA DAILY value of China’s female ($70 billion), personal loans Wu Qing, director of the com- underwear market by accounted for 58 percent. prehensive research office of the 2021 Research Institute of Finance at the Development Research Cen- JAC teams up with Baidu on autonomous cars 460 ter of the State Council, said: The Shanghai store is “The gap in financial perform- By LI FUSHENG The cooperation came executive at JAC Motors, said ronmental conditions. the third outlet in the billion yuan ance has enlarged among com- [email protected] within two months of Baidu’s the two sides are planning to But Li added that whether world after New York and mercial banks. launching its Apollo plan, base their development on a the model finally available in London to have a Victo- new domestic yuan loans “Although some expanded China’s JAC Motors said on which aims to provide open, new energy car and the first the market has Level 3 func- ria’s Angel Suite, provid- of Bank of China Ltd rapidly by almost 30 percent in Tuesday that it will produce comprehensive, and reliable car is expected to be finished tions will depend on a num- ing a private shopping regard to total assets, more autonomous cars with the software for the development in early 2018 for testing ber of conditions, including area and luxury experi- Liu Qiang, executive vice- banks posted single-digit country’s internet giant Bai- of autonomous vehicles. autonomous functions. whether such cars are ence. president of BOC, said: growth in net profit. This du Inc, with the first mass- JAC Motors said that Bai- When mass-produced in allowed to hit the road. The US company cur- “Among various banking busi- should raise the alarm, making produced model scheduled to du will offer a comprehen- 2019, the model will be tech- China currently does not rently has 30 stores on the nesses, personal banking all senior banking executives, roll off the assembly line in sive solution that covers nologically prepared for Level have legislation in this Chinese mainland — but requires less capital and plays especially the chairperson of 2019. high-definition maps as well 3 autonomous functions, regard, but autonomous cars most focus on body and a significant role in hedging each bank, realize that a reshuf- The announcement came as location, sensing, plan- based on the six-level frame- are currently not allowed to beauty products rather against economic cycles. fle of the banking industry will in Shanghai, as the automak- ning and decision-making work defined by the Society of be tested on public highways. than lingerie, swimwear “We’ll deepen our reform of soon take place. They have to er delivered 32 cars to Baidu technology. Automotive Engineers Inter- Last month in Spain, Audi and activewear. personal banking by building further maximize their own to collect information for But the automaker did not national. debuted an A8 sedan with The country’s female a personal banking product bank’s advantages to find their high-definition maps. reveal how it will acquire the Analysts said a key differ- Level 3 functions, which will underwear market is system, developing the cross- niche market. For those banks JAC Motors’ share price important hardware required ence between Level 3 and reach the market in 2018. booming. channel coordination ability, that lack core competence or rose to a six-week high of for such vehicles. Automotive Level 2 functions, like those Meanwhile Ford and Volvo According to Euromon- and making greater efforts to whose core competence is 10.29 yuan ($1.53) on suppliers, including Bosch, found in Tesla cars, is that are planning to skip Level 3 to itor, a market research acquire customers.” diminishing, their outlook will Wednesday morning, but are currently involved in the drivers will be allowed to take Level 4, at which a vehicle can provider, China’s woman’s The BOC is not alone in fur- be gloomy even though some of dipped a little to close at 9.95 Apollo plan. their eyes off the road and drive itself without human underwear has market ther implementing a retail them still have a large market yuan, a 4.08 percent rise from According to Caixin maga- perform other activities intervention in most driving value of up to 139.4 billion banking strategy. The number share for now,” Wu added. the previous day. zine, Li Weibing, a senior under certain traffic or envi- conditions. yuan in 2016 from 129.7 billion ($19.35 billion) in 2015. It forecasts the mar- tries, high property of the past three dec- ket volume will grow to prices, as well as ades to continue to 169.9 billion yuan by 2021. Expert discounts risk of Chinese financial crisis the reform of SOEs, bolster China’s eco- Domestic brands domi- are a longtime nomic development,” nate the market. Cosmo By ZHANG YUE that are good about China. of general investment returns”. stronger regulation,” Zhu said. implicit guarantee he argued. Lady tops the market [email protected] First, China has a compara- Stricter financial regula- Zhu is also the author of the from the govern- He believes that share by 3.7 percent, fol- tively more strictly regulated tions imposed in the wake of book China’s Guaranteed Bub- ment so that people China’s economic lowed by Beijing Aimer China may not encounter a capital market and financial the National Financial Work ble: How Implicit Government have already taken growth will depend Lingerie Co Ltd’s Aimer at major financial crisis like the market, making related risks Conference in July should Support has Propelled China’s such guarantees for on how successful 2.4 percent and Tingmei one that hit the United States less complicated and more have a major impact on Chi- Economy while Creating Sys- granted, and are policymakers are in Group Heath-care Science almost a decade ago given the controllable. Second, we have na’s financial sector, and tematic Risk. The book was much less aware Zhu Ning, deputy delivering supply- & Technology Co Ltd at 1.2 former’s tight financial regula- a much lower resident lever- finance regulation should be written from 2014 to 2015, and that with any director of the side structural percent. tion and low household mort- age ratio in the property mar- on the same page with the was published in February 2016 investment, there National Finance reforms and econom- L Brands Inc reported gage ratio, a senior economist ket,” said Zhu, who is also the country’s rapid financial inno- in both English and Chinese. will be risks. Research Institute ic rebalancing. net sales of $2.75 billion said. Oceanwide professor of vation, Zhu said. In the book, Zhu looks at the “Implicit Chi- of Tsinghua “Many developed for the second quarter “Many people are con- finance at Tsinghua. “The National Financial risks accumulating in China’s nese government University countries have long ended July 29, 2017, com- cerned that China may face China’s household mortgage Work Conference held in July economy, especially in the guarantees, which been critical about pared to sales of $2.89 bil- systematic financial risks sim- to overall loans ratio is about will undoubtedly have a long- financial and real estate sec- have helped drive economic China’s development model. lion for the second ilar to the US nine years ago,” 15 percent, compared with term, deep impact on China’s tors. He explained that some investment and expansion, But China turned out to be one quarter ended July 30, Zhu Ning, deputy director of about 40 percent in the US. financial sector, and what we of the key drivers behind are also largely responsible for of the largest contributors to 2016. The company the National Finance Still, Zhu warned that “at the should mostly pay attention to many problems facing China’s the challenges the country the world economy during the reported a sales decrease Research Institute of Tsinghua moment, property prices in at the moment is not let a new current economic transition, now faces. But it’s important 2008-09 global financial crisis of 8 percent for the sec- University, told China Daily. China are running at a rate mode of financial monopoly such as excessive production for us to realize that it might and is now the world’s second- ond quarter ended July “I think there are two things much higher than the basic rate replace the old ones amid capacity in traditional indus- be hard for the growth model largest economy,” he said. 29, 2017. 18 BUSINESS Friday, September 1, 2017 CHINA DAILY CANADA

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maturing reverse repos, lead- Iran exports ing to a net addition of 10 bil- Aquatic offerings light-duty trucks lion yuan into the market. The Aquatic offerings central bank has increasingly Iran has started to export relied on open market opera- locally produced light-duty tions for liquidity manage- trucks to the Iraqi autonomous ment, rather than cuts in the Kurdish region, the Financial GOVT AND POLICIES benchmark interest rates or Tribune daily reported on reserve requirement ratios. Tuesday. Iran’s Soroush Diesel Mabna company, the official Govt body ‘reviews’ dealership of South Korea’s Apple complaint Hyundai commercial vehicles, China’s State Administration has begun to ship its locally for Industry and Commerce is produced light-duty trucks to reviewing an antitrust com- the region, the report said. plaint accusing Apple Inc of Soroush has clinched a deal abusing its dominant position with the Iraqi side to supply in smartphone applications, COMPANIES AND MARKETS 985 of its Hyundai trucks by sources said. The regulator is the end of current Iranian cal- studying the information fol- endar year in March 2018, the lowing a complaint filed on Arrail gets $90m in report said. Soroush CEO Mos- behalf of developers before D-round finance tafa Taheri said that the com- deciding if a formal investiga- Arrail Dental Group, a high- pany will export the vehicles in tion is necessary, said the sour- end dental service provider in two stages. ces. The review is preliminary China, announced on Tuesday and Chinese antitrust agencies that it has completed its Automakers cut usually review such informa- D-round financing and rates on contracts tion before deciding whether received an investment total- an official probe is needed. Bei- ing $90 million. Zou Qifang, The Iranian authorities issued jing-based law firm Daxiao, or founder and president of a mandate on Tuesday that Dare & Sure, said earlier this Arrail Group, said it will use requires automakers to reduce month it filed complaints on the money to set up more than An employee from a Vietnamese aquatic product company introduces the company’s products at an ongoing industry expo in interest rates offered on pre- the developers’ behalf to the 1,000 dental clinics in China in HoAn employeeChi Minh City, from Vietnam. a Vietnamese XINHUA aquatic product company introduces the company’s products at an ongoing industry expo in Ho sale contracts, the Financial Tribune daily reported. The SAIC and the National Devel- next five to eight years. In Chi Minh City, Vietnam. XINHUA opment and Reform Commis- 1999, when realizing the mar- Central Bank of Iran and the sion. The lawyers accused ket potential in China for high- Ministry of Industry, Mines Apple of removing apps with- end oral healthcares, Zou nected devices are having a to use self-driving vehicles to 324 million euros ($388 mil- countries to sign them early and Trade have jointly issued a out a proper explanation and established Arrail in Beijing, significant positive impact for deliver pizzas to their custom- lion) in funds from five next month. The cabinet mandate that requires auto- taking an excessive 30 percent providing high-quality oral patients and their health,” said ers. The Detroit-based auto- European companies in approved the Construction makers to reduce interest rates cut of in-app transactions, it medical services to China’s Robert Ford, executive vice- maker is providing a self- July, Russian energy compa- Supervision Consultant Servi- offered on pre-sale contracts, said in an Aug 8 statement. middle class and foreign resi- president of Medical Devices at driving Ford Fusion Hybrid car ny Gazprom said on Tues- ces Agreement with a budget the report said. In order to dents. Its businesses have Abbott. “To further protect our equipped with Ford’s full suite day. “Nord Stream 2 AG of 3.5 billion baht ($103 mil- attract short-term investment, Central bank expanded to Shanghai, Shenz- patients, Abbott has developed of cameras, sensors and radar borrowed funds from five lion), which has been most Iranian automakers offer hen and many cities with new firmware with additional for testing in Ann Arbor city of European companies in July increased from some 1.6 billion a high interest rate on custom- boosts liquidity around 100 clinics, providing security measures that can be Michigan state for about six 2017 under conditions of the baht earlier provided. Thai- ers’ down payments prior to China’s central bank on Tues- dental treatment to around 5 installed on our pacemakers.” weeks. However, the car will long-term financing agree- land and China are going to receiving their car. The scheme day boosted market liquidity million people. “We want to The update is for pacemakers not be operated in an autono- ment made among the par- sign these two contracts dur- acts as an incentive for buyers via open market operations, cooperate with investors, who with radio frequency telemetry mous mode. One Ford engi- ties in April 2017,” Gazprom, ing Thai Prime Minister Prayut to receive a small discount on following net cash withdrawals have similar values and focus capabilities, meaning that they neer hidden behind tinted Russia’s state and largest Chan-o-cha’s visit to China, their new car. According to the for six consecutive working on long-term development to are wirelessly connected by windows will drive the car, and natural gas company, said in Transport Minister Arkhom new rule, interest offered by days. The People’s Bank of Chi- expand the market, “Zou said. radio waves for recording and another will monitor input a report. Earlier, Russian Termpittayapaisith said on automakers will be cut to 18 na injected 50 billion yuan transmitting the readings of from the car’s hardware. It will Energy Minister Alexander Tuesday. percent from 25 percent, the report said. ($7.5 billion) through seven- Abbot to update the devices. It includes data not be the first experiment Novak said the Nord Stream day reverse repos, a process in encryption, operating system with advanced pizza delivery 2 gas pipeline construction which the central bank pur- pacemaker software patches, and the ability to disa- technology. project will be implemented Malaysia’s growth ‘to reach 5.4%’ Vehicle firms chases securities from com- US healthcare company Abbott ble network connection fea- in due time despite new US stop operations mercial banks with an Laboratories said on Tuesday it tures. Nord Stream 2 gets sanctions that allow fining Standard Chartered Global agreement to sell them back in would update firmware, or European companies for Research on Wednesday raised More than 21,700 enterprises European funding in Vietnam specializing in the future. The interest rate of embedded software, for its Ford cooperates participation in joint energy Malaysia’s full year gross the reverse repos was 2.45 per- pacemakers so that the Nord Stream 2 AG, the projects with Russia, includ- domestic product growth fore- trading or repairing automo- cent, unchanged since mid- implanted device for correct- with Domino’s Pizza project company established ing Nord Stream 2 pipeline cast to 5.4 percent, from 4.6 biles and motorbikes stopped March. The injection was ing abnormal heart rhythms is Ford Motor Co and Domino’s for the Nord Stream 2 gas project. percent. It attributed the operation in the first eight offset by 40 billion yuan in less likely to be hacked. “Con- Pizza began a test on Tuesday pipeline, received a total of uptick to the country’s much months of this year, the coun- stronger-than-expected first try’s Business Registration half growth of 5.7 percent. Two Management Agency said on key areas that positively sur- Wednesday. Specifically, prised the research body in the 6,821 firms ceased operation first half were private con- for a short period of time, up sumption, which rose close to 7 14.7 percent year-on-year, percent year-on-year, and pri- and 11,990 others did the AROUND THE WORLD vate investment, which same but for a long period of increased 10 percent year-on- time, up 14.5 percent. Mean- while, 2,921 enterprises, Railway project year. “Exports picked up in line with our expectations, which engaged in vehicle approved although higher imports cur- wholesales, retails or repair, The Thai government on Tues- tailed the contribution from were dissolved due to busi- day approved the supervision net exports,” it said. Despite ness difficulties, said the contract of the first phase of the strong first half economic agency which is under the the Thailand-China railway growth, Standard Chartered Ministry of Planning and project after approving the Global Research maintained Investment. design contract last Tuesday, its view that growth will mod- paving the way for the two erate in the second half. CHINA DAILY-AGENCIES Regulators plan crackdown on insurance rule breakers

By LI XIANG assets with liabilities. [email protected] Liang Tao, vice-chairman of the CIRC, said that the MoU Chinese insurers with rule- will increase the regulatory breaking and dishonorable The cooperation deterrence and effectiveness records will face stricter mar- and it was a milestone in the ket access as the country’s top of various govern- development of a credit sys- insurance regulator intensi- tem for the insurance indus- fied crackdown in cooperation ment agencies try. with other government agen- “It will help improve the cies on Wednesday. will help ensure industry’s ability to prevent The China Insurance Regu- and resolve financial risks,” latory Commission signed a the penalties are Liang said at a news confer- memorandum of understand- effective.” ence in Beijing. “The coopera- ing with 30 ministries and reg- tion of various government ulators including the People’s agencies will help ensure the Bank of China, and the Liang Tao, vice-chairman penalties are effective and the National Development and of CIRC wrongdoers are held account- Reform Commission, to joint- able.” ly crack down on illegal activi- ble records will also face dis- “A good credit record is the ties in the insurance sector, qualification for senior lifeline of the insurance indus- and they vowed to hold executive positions at finan- try and the core competitive- wrongdoers accountable. cial institutions and State- ness of insurance companies,” Insurers will face restric- owned enterprises. he added. tions in establishing banking, The MoU, which specified Xu Xiaobo, an official with securities and insurance sub- 28 measures to punish wrong- the NDRC, the country’s top sidiaries or branches for their doing in the insurance sector, economic regulator, said that wrongdoings and will be came as Chinese regulators greater information sharing restrained from participating have stepped up their efforts among various government in government procurement to contain financial risks. agencies is crucial to improve and getting government subsi- While China’s insurance the regulation of the insurance dies, according to the MoU. industry is growing rapidly, industry. Rule-violating records will with total assets exceeding 15 China is building a unified also affect insurers’ future fun- trillion yuan ($2.3 trillion) last credit information platform to draising as the regulators will year, the regulators are becom- pool the information from dif- take the records as key refer- ing increasingly wary about ferent government agencies ence when approving their risky and aggressive domestic and local authorities and to share sales and access to bank and overseas investment by establish a complete credit loans and foreign exchange. some insurers that runs the record of companies, accord- Individuals with dishonora- risk of mismatching their ing to Xu. | CHINA DAILY CANADA Friday, September 1, 2017 Focus BUSINESS 19 Luxury labels get an online makeover

JD Fashion and Alibaba’s Pavilion site battle it out to showcase blue chip brands as they root out internet fakes

By FAN FEIFEI [email protected]

Luxury labels are at the center of a new online battle Luxury brands are between Chinese internet giants looking to cash in catching on and on the consumer craze for designer fashion. e-commerce is the Big players such as JD.com next frontier for Inc and Alibaba Group Hold- ing Ltd are going head-to- growth in a crucial head to capture a market which is worth billions of dol- market.” lars a year. In a move to dominate the Liz Flora, editor of the Asia industry, JD Fashion was Pacific region for market research rolled out earlier this year. company L2 Then in June, parent com- pany JD.com announced a strategic partnership with Far- Xiuyun, the head of Tmall’s fetch UK Ltd by taking a $397 fashion business. million stake in the London- Combating counterfeit based online fashion group. brands has also become a pri- Two months later, Alibaba ority with JD.com taking a hit back by launching the Lux- tough stance by controlling ury Pavilion site for blue chip inventories and vetting retail- brands on its e-commerce ers on its fashion site. The platform Tmall. move has paid off. “We are making a major “As a testament to our com- push in fashion this year,” said mitment to authenticity, we Liu Hong, general manager of have become the first and only jewelry, luxury goods and Chinese e-commerce company accessories at JD Fashion. to join the American Apparel “The next frontier of e-com- & Footwear Association, merce is fashion and we plan where we will work with them to win it.” on intellectual property Less than a decade ago, the issues,” General Manager Liu majority of top-of-the-range said. labels were bought by Chinese Alibaba has gone down a consumers when they traveled similar road to beat the abroad. “pirates”. Many were personal shop- Earlier this month, the pers, who would bring back online giant joined forces with preordered designer brands to the Kering Group to weed out avoid custom tax, a practice counterfeit brands. known as daigou. The French company based But those days are being in Paris owns labels such as consigned to history as high- Gucci, Yves Saint Laurent, end retail districts sprout up in Balenciaga, Alexander major cities, such as Beijing, McQueen and Bottega. Shanghai, Guangzhou and Protecting those intellectual Shenzhen, catering for the property rights in China has affluent middle class. A Tmall mascot poses with a Maserati SUV Levante 350HP in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, after the luxury carmaker sold its first 100 models on the Alibaba online platform. become a priority as the group A report by the consulting Starting at 999,800 yuan, Maserati sold all 100 cars in 15 minutes last year. XU KANGPING / FOR CHINA DAILY rides a new wave of online firm Bain & Co showed that shopping. China remains an “engine of “Luxury brands are catching growth” for luxury fashion starting to make waves in the for LeEco, the multinational the UK has further strength- actions reached 1.2 trillion and beauty products to watch- on and e-commerce is the next items, capturing 30 percent of sector. electronics conglomerate ened its grip on the industry. yuan ($180.2 billion), an es and jewelry from Burberry, frontier for growth in a crucial the global market last year, “The newly-created JD based in Beijing. JD.com has even wheeled increase of 33.3 percent com- Hugo Boss and LVMH-owned market,” said Liz Flora, editor which was a slight decrease Fashion is a separate business “We are putting resources out a “white glove” express pared to 2015, a report marque names Guerlain and of the Asia Pacific region for compared to 2015. unit with a staff of more than into Europe and the United delivery service in which released by China E-Business Zenith. market research company L2. Still, in another research 1,000 people, which demon- States to win over brands, and smartly dressed couriers in Research Center revealed. Part of Luxury Pavilion’s But the problem of fake document, KPMG, one of the strates our commitment to prove how serious we are electric cars drop off pur- This year that figure is appeal is that leading labels labels has left many online big four global auditors, this market,” said General about the luxury sector,” Liu chased items to customers. expected to increase by 54.5 can launch their “official shoppers wary of buying luxu- revealed that up to 50 percent Manager Liu. said. “Luxury fashion brands will percent to 1.85 trillion yuan. stores” on the site and run the ry items, Lu Zhenwang, CEO of domestic luxury consump- To help mastermind the Already JD.com has lined up see that we really understand With so much at stake, Ali- businesses on a daily basis. of Wanqing Consultancy in tion in China will be generated operation, the e-commerce leading labels, such as Swiss them,” said Liu, adding that baba has been quick to take up “Luxury brands increasingly Shanghai, stressed. online by 2020. juggernaut brought in Win- watch maker Zenith and Aus- the company plans to roll out the challenge by launching want to use new retail technol- “Making sure the authentic- With eye-watering figures ston Cheng to spearhead its trian jeweler Swarovski, as more initiatives without going Luxury Pavilion. ogy and consumer insight to ity of luxury products will like these being bandied international business devel- well as Trussardi and Tag Heu- into details. The new site on Tmall fea- connect with younger shop- boost customer confidence in around, it is hardly surprising opment. er. Last year, China’s cross-bor- tures an array of designer pers, as well as drive business- China (and increase sales),” Lu that JD.com and Alibaba are He had previously worked The deal with Farfetch in der e-commerce import trans- labels from apparel, perfumes model innovation,” said Liu said. White glove Vip.com uses flash sales service with a to make market impact

By CHENG YU touch of style and FAN FEIFEI It was quite a coup for By FAN FEIFEI for our clients,” he added. startup Vip.com. As online Chinese consum- The e-commerce company It was about 2 pm and ers become more sophisticat- A JD Fashion site courier in a white shirt and black suite gets announced it would sell Shang Kai was in a hurry. The ed, e-commerce companies, ready for a delivery mission in Beijing. PROVIDED TO CHINA DAILY products from Make Up For 27-year-old courier was busy such as JD.com, are rolling Ever, a high-end cosmetics delivering a luxury designer out more specialized retail brand and part of global giant bag to a client in Beijing. experiences when it comes to cial to have the right attitude LVMH, on its platform. Just two hours ago, the cus- the luxury market. to succeed as an up market But then, this was just tomer had placed an order In June, the internet group 25-35 courier. another important step for through the new JD Fashion launched JD Luxury Express, At times, it can be stressful the Guangzhou-based group site on JD.com Inc’s online a new high-class delivery ser- year olds but it was important to as it expands its luxury label platform. vice for marque brands. present a “friendly face” portfolio. the age criteria for white With the clock ticking, E-cars replaced the tradi- when delivering luxury labels Vip.com is dedicated to A billboard advertising Vip.com in Shanghai. glove staff serving on JD’s Shang had to drop off the tional tricycles and scooters, to clients, he pointed out. selling famous luxury brands YAN DAMING / FOR CHINA DAILY package by 3 pm. Naturally, while the couriers stepped luxury product platform “Obviously, I can finish my involved in fashion, beauty he eventually arrived on time, out in suits and ties, as well as work quite quickly when the goods, luggage and perfumes. leaving his client pleasantly white gloves. orders are all from the same “Compared with other e-commerce platforms 19th straight quarter but surprised. Indeed, staff have to meet a are usually delivered within area,” Shang said. “Moreover, online luxury platforms, our involved in “flash sales” here. declined to give detailed For unlike other couriers, strict criteria. They must be 24 hours. I work hard to be cheerful in company is built around “Another advantage of our financial figures. he stepped out of an electric between 25 to 35 years old For the couriers, this is a front of our clients, so they competitiveness,” said Hong website is that we offer a wide Even so, Vip.com has had car dressed in a black suit, and 170 cm to 185 cm tall, as different experience. Shang will use us again.” Xiaobo, chief operating offi- range of luxurious brands, to tighten its security process wearing a white shirt with a well as being “good-looking”, used to work as a “delivery- Zhenhui Wang is the CEO cer of the company. including popular labels after media reports claimed dark gray tie. according to JD.com. man” for online retailer of JD Logistics and is delight- The online retailer has a from overseas markets,” said that customers had been sold Shang also wore spotless They must also have exten- Yihaodian for five years. ed with the way the white unique way of operating by Hong. “These might not be fake goods. white gloves as he handed sive driving experience and But a few months ago, he glove service is working out. using “virtual outlets” and familiar to domestic shop- “Some suppliers may pro- over the expensive designer speak fluent mandarin, the was selected from 50 candi- He has a simple approach “flash sales”. Every morning pers.” vide counterfeits to increase handbag in a glitzy gift box. company stated. dates to join JD.com’s white to the philosophy behind this at 10, the website offers 12 to Vip.com has put together profits,” said Chen Tao, an “Customers are usually sur- Initially, the white glove glove service. latest venture. 17 luxurious brands at big dis- various deals with marque analyst at internet consultan- prised to see me delivering delivery service is being “Before starting (my new “Customers who buy pre- counts. names, agents and fashion cy Analysys in Beijing. packages,” said Shang, who is launched in Beijing, Shang- job), I received professional mium products online Each product is on sale for buyers. “If Vip doesn’t strictly con- part of JD.com’s white glove hai and Guangzhou. But it is etiquette training,” he said. deserve a premium service,” three to five days. A company report showed trol its products, fake ones delivery service for JD Fash- expected to expand across “We were told to keep our Wang said. This business model is the e-commerce startup gen- are likely to appear on its ion, which was set up earlier the country in the next few distance from customers and “We are raising the bar common in the United States erated revenue of 17.52 billion e-commerce platform,” Chen this year. years. to present the packages for what consumers and but relatively new in China’s yuan ($2.63 billion) in the added. “I am proud to be on the Costs are included in the respectfully with both brands will come to expect major cities. second quarter, up 30.3 per- team and I hope I provide a purchase of luxury items hands,” he added. from the luxury e-commerce Launched in 2008, Vip.com cent year-on-year. Contact the writer at superior shopping experience which, depending on the size, Shang confessed it was cru- experience.” is one of the few online It also made a profit for the [email protected] 20 BUSINESS Friday, September 1, 2017 CHINA DAILY CANADA Blueberry fi elds forever: Canada export boom

From page 1 About 20 years ago, a Chinese business group visited Oxford. natural producer of wild blue- After the meeting, Oxford start- berries; there is a big market, ed to follow up with munici- and it works both ways.” pal government officials and Sargent’s parents started the recognised that it is important business in 1951. They regular- to have good government-to- ly bought and leveled land, cul- government relations when it tivating and expanding as well comes to doing business with as pruning crops manually. China. “Now harvesting machines Now there is a trade asso- have been added to the farm, ciation of growers and proces- as nobody wants to tend to it,” sors of wild blueberries from he said. Maine and Canada — the Wild Last year, the Sargent fam- Blueberry Association of North ily farm exported 1.8 million America (WBANA), which pounds of wild blueberries. helps promote the crop to the An average of 3,000 to 6,000 global market. pounds per acre could be har- “Our association off ers infor- vested under the right weather mation and education on wild conditions. blueberries, helps the industry “But last year’s output of 1.8 promote wild blueberry prod- million pounds was the larg- ucts in the world. Our agent est,” he added. in China works for customers According to Sargent, wild by explaining the health ben- blueberries should get at least efits and unique difference an inch of rain per week, and between normal blueberries during drier weather, some and wild blueberries,” said Neri irrigation. Vautour, executive director of Sargent believes that the big WBANA Canada, which repre- Chinese market would give the sents major exporters and more industry a much-needed boost. than 4,000 growers in Atlantic “We need new markets now, Canada and Quebec. and we hope more and more The association also works of our products can be sold to and cooperates with regional China.” politicians and trade missions to China and invites Chinese groups to visit Canada to grow more business. According to Neri, the cur- Michel Baril (third from right), the second-generation grower who owns 200 acres of wild blueberry lands in St-Felicien, Quebec, poses with his family and visitors at his rent Federal government in farm, ready to harvest. PHOTOS BY NA LI / CHINA DAILY Canada has been actively We are ... looking pursuing a pro-China trade policy, which has signifi cantly forward to develop- improved relations between the two countries and boosted the ing some partner- industry’s business prospects ships with Chinese in China. “While we feel positive about companies.” this, our next objective is to remove trade barriers between Homer Woodward, VP of Jasper the two countries. Right now, Wyman & Son there is a 47 percent tax on our products going to China overall.” Michel Baril is another He suggested both sides get second-generation grower, together and discuss the issue who owns 200 acres of wild and resolve the matter, as the blueberry land in St-Felicien, producers want to see tariffs Quebec. Although the berry reduced and have greater price has fallen compared to access to the Chinese market. last year’s price of 35 cents a In Quebec City, Alan Boivin, pound, Baril and his family the vice-president of the Syndi- would like to spend more time cate Producers Blueberry Que- harvesting at night while there bec (SPBQ) – a union with a is always dew on the crops to membership of more than 400 ensure their freshness. Quebec-based growers, also “You have to love and have a said that the province has done passion for what you do,” Baril well as demand has risen from said. “We have been in agricul- China. ture for a long time, and there’s “More growers got involved ups and downs, and if you’re in this great potential market, not passionate about it, (and) now Quebec producers are you’re only in it for the money, Left: Peter J Rideout (left), the executive director of the Wild Blueberry Producers Association of Nova Scotia, and Neri Vautour, the executive director of the Wild Blueberry working with WBANA to get that’s not going to work. You Association of North America- Canada, show the wild blueberries picked up from the test land of the Wild Blueberry Research Centre at Dalhousie University in Debert, the produce to China, just like have to be passionate about Nova Scotia. NA LI / CHINA DAILY Right: Gervais Laprise (left), general manager of Syndicate Producers Blueberry Quebec, present a basket of wild blueberries to Canadian other competitors,” Boivin said. getting quality product.” Prime Minister Justin Trudeau as Trudeau attended a Wild Blueberry Harvest Festival in Roberval, Quebec in early August. PROVIDED TO CHINA DAILY Prime Minister Justin Peter J. Rideout, the execu- Trudeau, during his fi rst offi - tive director of the Wild Blue- cial visit to China in August berry Producers Association of 2016, stressed the importance Nova Scotia, said that global of agricultural products such demand for Canada’s wild as blueberries to Canada’s blueberries, known for their economy. excellent taste, nutritional val- Jus Nova – a Halifax based ue and other health benefi ts, distributor, has benefi ted from has increased. the Canada-China trade link. The industry in Nova Scotia Selling Nova Scotia lobsters encompasses 44,000 acres of to China for a long time, Jus naturally grown wild blueber- Nova began looking for other ries that could further drive products to plug into its distri- the growth of the crop in the bution chain and started sell- Atlantic region. ing wild blueberry products to “Farmers, producers, China three years ago. manufacturers and officials Kong Weiyu, a descendant have been encouraged by the of Confucius and a director immense economic contribu- of Jus Nova Agriculture Ltd, tion of this crop,” said Ride- approached a 40-year old out, who is also the head of family business with a deal to the Wild Blueberry Research market and distribute the com- Institute at the Dalhousie Uni- pany’s blueberry juice under versity. “Our research centre Left: Homer Woodward (left), vice-president of Jasper Wyman & Son, and the company’s general manager Wade Dover show the packages of frozen wild blueberries that the Jus Nova banner. had been set up to encourage will be shipped to China at their plant in Prince Edward Island. Right: Harvesting the golden crop of wild blueberries. “No doubt China is the cultivators to ensure a reliable biggest-growing market in the and sustainable supply to meet world,” said Kong. “Chinese global demand.” blueberry business owners in return, they came here to know our foreign trade.” processing, the company’s Trading with China customers are very smart, and Nova Scotia, Bragg’s company is what wild blueberries were and Wade Dover, the company’s president Mario Bussière said An increasing number of we get a lot of inquiry about The suppliers increasingly looking to expand decided to buy blueberries and general manager, said the PEI it is fully confi dent it can sell its wild blueberry companies in the product.” One of the success stories to China due to surpluses, high other products like seafood,” facilities have improved their products to the world. Canada are looking to expand Early next month, Keith on the processing side is that production costs and competi- said Bragg, who has traveled to processing and distribution “We are very interested in trade and enhance investment Colwell, Nova Scotia’s minis- of Matthew Bragg, vice-pres- tion in Canada. China six times. technology. the Chinese market, and we are overseas. ter of agriculture, fi sheries and ident of sales and marketing “We worked on Chinese In neighbouring Prince “We’d love to be able to sell going to work with our part- David Hoffman, co-CEO of aquaculture, will lead a trade at Oxford Frozen Foods Ltd, e-commerce site JD.com to Edward Island (PEI), Jasper more of the best wild blueber- ners to promote our products Bragg Group, an international mission to China, where he whose family business is part promote our products both Wyman & Son is another frozen ries to China. We know there in China,” he said. wild blueberry company, said look to promote the provinces of the C$100 million wild blue- online and offl ine in China. We wild blueberry company that is a high demand for quality Founded in 1984, Quebec it had been selling around the blueberries and build a long- berry industry in Nova Scotia. chose to launch Canadian wild was established in 1874 in the Canadian products, and we are Wild Blueberries has worked in world for many years, and more term relationship with suppli- Started by his father John blueberries in China on Canada US and expanded its Canadian ready to expand into new mar- close collaboration with China of the exports have gone to Chi- ers and customers. Bragg in 1968, the family busi- Day on July 1 recently,” Bragg facilities in 2014. kets and take on new custom- since 2009. na lately. Kong, a member of that del- ness now can process up to 1.5 recalled. Homer Woodward, the com- ers,” Dover said, adding that “We’ve been selling to China “Chinese middle class con- egation, is optimistic: “This million pounds of frozen blue- During the harvesting season, pany’s vice-president of opera- he hopes “what we bring to for about eight years, and I’ve sumers are looking for new, time we will visit some major berries and byproducts per day. which started in mid-August, tions, said they are further tap- the table would lead to more been to China fi ve times over healthy, imported food like distributors in China. We are “We have been freezing the frozen berries are shipped ping into the Chinese market. people wanting to buy our wild the past few years,” said Jean- wild blueberries,” said Hoff- looking for further partnership Canadian wild blueberries for in containers from Oxford to “We are presently selling blueberries”. Pierre Senneville, president of man. “One of the things that we with our current clients; hope- exports over the past 49 years. the Port of Halifax, where they blueberries all over the world Bleuet Nordic is a wild blue- the company. pride ourselves on is the quality fully we can increase our sales, We sell to over 30 countries set sail to ports in Tianjian and and are looking forward to berry supplier of infused and “We sell mostly to the busi- of our products, in whatever and Chinese consumers will around the world, including Shanghai, and retail partners developing some partnerships dried wild blueberry, based in ness segments, such as food traditional Chinese dish that like our new products,” Kong the US, Japan and Europe, and like JD.com accept deliveries. with Chinese companies,” the Lac-Saint-Jean region — the preparation makers, the yogurt they want.” said. more recently, China,” Bragg “We visited big companies in Woodward said. “We received heart of the industry in Quebec. makers and the jam manufac- Hoff man noted that govern- In 2016, Nova Scotia pro- said. China from time to time with lots of assistance from the Cana- Starting from the fields to turers. We are happy to see the ments on both sides play a big duced and exported $490.9 mil- Like many other wild government missions, and in dian government in developing the freezers to dehydration growing demand from China.” role in their success. lion worth of goods to China.