CHINA DAILY | HONG KONG EDITION Tuesday, December 31, 2019 | 3 TOP NEWS

Picking up the Insurance cultural thread Foreign visitors get the feel of Chinese embroidery at an activ­ ity on the luxury ferry the Zhong­ huafuxing at the “Friendly Shandong” Lunar New Year cel­ hardly meets ebration in Yantai, Shandong province, on Friday. needs, Li says TANG KE / FOR CHINA DAILY State Council agrees on developing stronger support for aging population

By ZHANG YUE hensive insurance products that [email protected] cover multiple needs including medical care, nursing care and China will further promote the maternal services. New medical development and increase the technologies and products will be supply of commercial insurance included step by step in the cover­ covering social services so as to age of commercial health insuran­ Police would act better support an aging popula­ ces. Insurance products will be quickly and take tion and meet rising demand from created to meet the needs of those Public urged to avoid violence people, the State Council’s execu­ working in new types of business­ any actions necessary tive meeting chaired by Premier es. to protect people and Li Keqiang decided on Monday. “It is important to plan ahead “We must fully recognize the and provide policy support, as their property if the importance of commercial insur­ appropriate, to continuously in face of New Year protest New Year’s march ance in the social services sector,” expand the scale of commercial Li said. “The current supply of endowment insurance and By ZHAO RUINAN in Hong Kong greatly disrupted several major the Civil Human Rights Front. became violent.” commercial insurance can hardly improve its quality so as to serve [email protected] shopping centers, including Land­ The CHRF has estimated over Kwok Ka-chuen, chief superin­ meet the needs in the changing the ever­growing needs of the peo­ mark North in Sheung Shui and Tel­ 300,000 people will participate in tendent of the Police Public demographics. Yet commercial ple. What is especially important is Hong Kong police on Monday ford Plaza in Kowloon Bay. the New Year’s Day march. The Relations Branch insurance is an effective means to increase the supply of insurance urged the city’s residents to demon­ During an arrest made in front had estimated a turnout of for senior citizens to maintain products and resolutely tackle the strate peacefully and to shun violence Sheung Shui on Saturday night, around 800,000 for its last anti­gov­ and raise their quality of life.” difficulty in settling insurance during a planned New Year’s Day ral­ one rioter resisted and grabbed a ernment march on Dec 8, while cerned” about a trend that a rising It was agreed at the meeting on claims,” Li said. ly — after a letter not objecting to the firearm from police officers. He lat­ police put the peak figure at only number of young people have been Monday that commercial endow­ The meeting urged accelerated event was issued a day earlier. er even put his finger on the weap­ 183,000. incited to commit violent crimes. ment insurance will be developed efforts to open up the insurance The police made the comments on’s trigger which posed a threat to Kwok urged Hong Kong citizens According to police, 34 people were at a faster pace and the overall market and foster a level­playing during a news briefing on Monday public security, explained Kenneth to avoid any violence during the arrested over the Christmas week­ pension insurance structure will field to promote the upgrading of as they strongly condemned Kwok Ka­chuen, chief superin­ incoming rally, and also hoped the end; the youngest was only 13. be refined. Support will be given insurance services. renewed violence over the past tendent of the Police Public Rela­ public could stop covering up or glo­ “All these worrying facts indicate to developing — by drawing upon “China has started relatively late weekend when some demonstra­ tions Branch. rifying aggressive acts. a weaker law­abiding awareness international experience — diver­ in the development of commercial tors adopted very aggressive tactics. The violence during the two­day The chief superintendent among young people,” the chief sified pension annuity insurance endowment insurance and thus Such behavior could not be con­ Christmas holidays were “no appealed to the organizer and par­ superintendent said. He called for products and medical insurance lacks enough experience. It is doned, the police public relations doubt” criminal acts, aimed at ticipants to demonstrate in a peace­ joint efforts by social organizations and accidental injury insurance important to learn from advanced chief said. causing chaos and disrupting the ful and orderly way. He said police to assist young people who had been that is tailored to the needs of acquired experience worldwide, After one­month­long lull, vio­ social order, explained Kwok. He would act quickly and take any arrested. those over age 60. The develop­ continue to open up our insurance lence and vandalism returned on added that the vandalism over the actions necessary to protect people Kwok also warned people with ment of long­term nursing care sector, and in this process, develop Christmas Eve as rioters smashed weekend had sounded an alarm and their property if the New Year’s ulterior motives not to take advan­ insurance will be stepped up. our own commercial endowment and looted shops, banks and restau­ about future protests. He cautioned march became violent. tage of young students who were Insurance companies will be insurance to meet the needs of an rants. Black­clad protesters set fire against possible violence during Meanwhile, during the briefing, often not mature enough to tell encouraged to provide compre­ aging society,” Li said. to Mong Kok MTR station and the New Year’s rally organized by police said they were “very con­ right and wrong.

greatly boosting the nation’s confi­ dence and setting off a wave of rail­ Passengers flock to experience first trip way building across the country, according to the museum. By ZHANG YU in Zhangjiakou, Hebei To experience the speed, Yu, who said, holding in one hand a new ticket “He spent four years on the railway, [email protected] grew up in Zhangjiakou and now for the high­speed train and in the insisting on finishing it without for­ lives in Beijing, bought a ticket for the other an old ticket she used in 2007 eign assistance,” said Zhan Yong, 48, Excitement is what most people day’s first train, which departed at for the same trip. great grandson of Zhan Tianyou, who familiar with a century­old rail line 8:40 am from the capital’s Beijing Passengers like Yu filled the trains also rode the high­speed train on would feel when the trains complete a North Railway Station going to on Monday. Monday. transition from the 35 kilometers per Zhangjiakou in neighboring Hebei The old Beijing­Zhangjiakou rail “I am very excited and even kind of hour of the early days to the current province. line was China’s first rail artery fully emotional, because the railway is not 350 km/h. She was too excited to wait at home designed and built by Chinese. Zhan only a glorious part of my family’s his­ “I am so excited, I have to try it on and arrived at the station about two Tianyou, its chief engineer, overcame tory, but most importantly a great its first trip,” 67­year­old Yu Ruiqin hours before the departure. a series of difficulties in building it, achievement for our country,” Zhan told reporters. “It used to take me about 4 hours to the best­known of which is a Yong said. Fifteen electric sedans ordered by employees of the new Tesla On Monday morning, the Beijing­ take a one­way trip from Zhangjiakou Y­shaped switchback rail he designed Zhangjiakou, located about 160 km factory in Shanghai were delivered at a ceremony on Monday. Zhangjiakou high­speed railway to Beijing,” she said, adding that her near Qinglongqiao Station to reduce northwest of Beijing, played a key role PROVIDED TO CHINA DAILY opened, the world’s first on which family moved to Beijing in 2000. the line’s slope and length of a tunnel in military and economic areas dur­ automated trains can reach speeds of Yu said how grateful she is for Chi­ through mountains, according to the ing the Qing Dynasty (1644­1911), 350 kilometers per hour. It’s a new na’s great rail development because Zhan Tianyou Memorial Museum in which is why the late Qing govern­ Tesla starts delivering its version of the same rail line built from the trip now takes less than an hour. Beijing. ment decided to build the old Beijing­ 1905 to 1909. “How big the improvement is!” Yu Zhan’s rail line opened in 1909, Zhangjiakou railway. Shanghai­made Model 3s

New rail line gives boost to winter sports Opening: By LI FUSHENG “China is by far the largest mar­ [email protected] ket for mid­sized premium sedans. With Model 3 priced on par with By WANG KEJU more exciting tourism products. Service to US electric carmaker Tesla Inc gasoline powered mid­sized in Zhangjiakou, Hebei Snow­themed activities, a growing started deliveries of Shanghai­ sedans, we believe China could [email protected] trend, perfectly meet these new made vehicles in China on Mon­ become the biggest market for With high­speed rail demands. promote day, which are expected to Model 3,” the carmaker’s financial The new high­speed rail line link­ greatly improving “Chongli has turned itself into facilitate its foray into the world’s statement said. ing Beijing and Hebei’s Zhangjia­ transport connectivity one of the best skiing destinations largest new energy vehicle market. As its China models roll off the kou, a popular skiing destination, nationwide. With high­speed rail integration Fifteen Model 3 sedans were assembly line, Tesla said it will dou­ will further boost the region’s ice between Chongli greatly improving transport con­ delivered to its employees at the $2 ble the number of service centers and snow tourism, industry insiders and the capital, its nectivity between Chongli and the billion Shanghai plant, Tesla’s first and fast charging stations in China said. capital, its development will no From page 1 overseas factory, ahead of sched­ next year, and it plans to more than The 174­kilometer railway, a development will doubt move up a giant notch,” he ule in the first quarter of 2020. double its after­sales workforce major project for the 2022 Olympic no doubt move up said. “I used to get on the train in Wang Hao, a senior executive at from about 600 now to 1,500. and Paralympic Winter Games, has According to the China National the morning and arrive at my Tesla China, said the plant has John Zeng, managing director a maximum designed speed of 350 a giant notch.” Tourism Administration, the coun­ home in Hohhot late at night. It’s already achieved its production of the LMC Shanghai consultancy, kilometers per hour, cutting the try expects to see over 300 million frustrating to spend two days on target of 1,000 units a week and said locally produced Model 3 Han Yuanjun, expert from Chi­ travel time between the two cities na Tourism Academy people involved in winter sports by the round trips. But with the that orders for the China­made sedans, with a lower price tag, will from more than three hours to less 2022, creating 1 trillion yuan ($143 operation of the line, I can even sedan have been “very good” so far. help greatly boost Tesla’s sales in than an hour. billion) market. go back over weekends,” said Guo Tesla will ramp up deliveries in the country. Along with the route, a 53­kilome­ gest and state­of­the­art ski resorts Chongli’s Wanlong Paradise Cun, 29, who works in a battery January, he said. He said Tesla, as well as leading ter branch line directly connecting and the booming of ski industry Resort, which has 101 slopes cover­ company in Beijing. The plant, which broke ground local startups Nio and Xpeng, will the capital with Zhangjiakou’s come into being in the years since ing a combined skiing area of 6.48 “The new rail lines will help in January 2019 and started trial help bolster the image of electric Chongli district, the site of Winter Beijing and Zhangjiakou won in square kilometers, received over a these regions better connect production in October — record cars for potential buyers. Olympic Games venues, also began 2015 their bid to co­host the coming million visitors and skiing enthusi­ with the country’s high­speed speed for global carmakers in Chi­ “They have tiny sales compared service on Monday, with a maxi­ Winter Olympics. asts last winter and is expected to railway network and thus na — was hailed by CEO Elon with gasoline car makers, and it is mum designed speed of 250 km/h. According to the district’s tourism see a sharp increase of ski­lovers, greatly save the travel time for Musk as a “template for future not time that they take each other Zhao Chi, 37, who works for an bureau, during the five­month ski­ according to the resort. the local people along the rail­ growth”. on,” Zeng said. advertising company in Beijing, ing season from November 2018 to Luo Xingrong, general manager way,” said Zhao Jian, an eco­ Tesla’s Shanghai factory is Chi­ Carmakers in China sold 1.04 bought an apartment in Chongli five April 2019, Chongli, 200 kilometers of the resort, said, “About 90 per­ nomics professor specializing na’s first wholly foreign­owned car million electric cars and plug­in years ago as his “skiing base”. When northwest of Beijing, welcomed 2.81 cent of our visitors are from neigh­ in rail transportation at Beijing plant, showing the country’s effort hybrids in the first 11 months of the he heard about the railway opening, million tourists, up 25.9 percent boring places, including Beijing, Jiaotong University. to open up its automotive market, year, accounting for 4.5 percent of he was more than excited and took year­on­year. Tianjin and other cities in Hebei. The high­speed service will which has been the world’s largest all vehicles sold in the country, the first train to spend his New Year The high­speed line is expected to People used to have a three­hour also strengthen the flow of since 2009. according to the China Association holiday skiing there in Chongli. give Chongli great momentum to drive to get here from Beijing.” labor and information between Tesla has been bullish about the of Automobile Manufacturers. “I used to ride the bus or drive a further develop its winter sports The train will cut the Beijing­ those cities and the Chinese market. Wang Bin, a senior official at the car to come skiing here, both of industry, according to industry Chongli travel time to about one Beijing­Tianjin­Hebei region Its China sales revenue surged Ministry of Commerce, said at a which are tiring and time­consum­ insiders. hour and offer tourists more choices and boost regional integration 64 percent to $669 million in the briefing on Monday that China ing. It now just takes me the time of Han Yuanjun, an expert from to come here, she said, adding that and coordinated economic third quarter this year, while the will continue to drive the change a nap to get here,” he said. China Tourism Academy, said peo­ the resort will see many more win­ growth, he added. figure in the United States fell 39 from conventional vehicles to elec­ Chongli has seen its tourist num­ ple who are tired of traditional ter tourists in the coming Spring percent to $3.13 billion, according tric cars and plug­in hybrid ones bers growing and the world’s big­ vacations nowadays need newer, Festival. Xinhua contributed to this story. to its financial statement. and facilitate their use.