Animal effigies Featherweight World builder Xu lives up to SOEs help countries improve Egypt displays mummies of lion cubs, ‘monster’ title infrastructure in global effort crocodiles, birds and cats WORLD, PAGE 22 CHINASPORTS, PAGE 12DAILYBUSINESS, PAGE 14 MONDAY, November 25, 2019 www.chinadailyhk.com HK $8 Official: HK govt’s joint Nation a key climate efforts ensure contributor By HOU LIQIANG orderly polls [email protected] China has made significant A record 2.94 million people cast ballots contributions to global climate action with its dramatic reduc­ in Sunday’s District Council election tions of greenhouse gas emissions and efforts to reduce the cost of Hong Kong’s District Council Elec­ peaceful and calm environment on renewable energy. tion ended orderly and peacefully on Sunday, Lam noted. As a developing Sunday — as the government made A calm, orderly election is expect­ country, however, it an all­out effort to ensure safe and ed to break the current impasse in will not help rich fair polls despite months of violent Hong Kong and restore peace to the countries close the protests in the city. city, Lam said. She had appealed to Electoral Affairs Commission Chairman Barnabas Fung Wah (second right) and Secretary for Constitutional gap in the level of A record 2.94 million people, or every registered elector to vote — and Mainland Affairs Nip Tak­kuen (second left) open the ballot box at the counting station in Kowloon Tong Li Gao support they had 71.2 percent of registered voters, stressing that the government would Government Primary School after polls closed on Sunday. EDMOND TANG / CHINA DAILY pledged to the Third cast their ballots on Sunday to elect respect their choices. World, a senior environmental district­level affairs representa­ On polling day, about 20,000 civil Inside Leung’s harassment and stressed tests which have rocked the city, the official said. tives since the first local elections servants worked in polling stations that the election should be conduct­ DAB has been one of major victims. Li Gao, director­general for cli­ were held in 1982. The figure for to assist voters and also to maintain • See more, page 4 ed fairly. Even before the election, more than mate change at the Ministry of the last elections in 2015 was about order. Each polling station had at • Editorial, page 10 A few candidates also urged the 100 DAB councilors’ offices were van­ Ecology and Environment, made 47 percent. least two riot police officers on duty. Electoral Affairs Commission, Hong dalized and their phone lines and net­ the comment ahead of the Unit­ Long queues were formed at poll­ Staff from the Civil Aid Service, Kong’s election watchdog, to closely work cables were deliberately cut off ed Nations climate change con­ ing stations. According to election Auxiliary Medical Service, Highways terment and Progress of Hong Kong monitor the situation around poll­ before polling day. ference, slated for Dec 2 to 13 in authorities, as of 1:30 pm, more vot­ Department, Electrical and Mechan­ — the SAR’s largest political party — ing stations — after online calls to With his office vandalized four Madrid, Spain. ers had cast their ballots than the ical Services Department were also said on Sunday afternoon the party obstruct polling process emerged. times, Holden Chow Ho­ding said he Last year, China managed to total amount in the 2015 local elec­ mobilized. faced a very worrying situation. Gary Chan Hak­kan, vice­chair­ hopes all those people who oppose reduce its carbon dioxide emis­ tions. Due to the record numbers of can­ Lee made an urgent call to all man of the DAB, said he saw people violence and want order restored will sions per unit of GDP by 45.8 Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng didates, registered voters and turn­ peace­loving residents to come out repeatedly queue up at polling sites; a vote. percent from 2005 levels, achiev­ Yuet­ngor expressed gratitude for out, competition between the pro­ and vote for DAB candidates in dif­ few in line were forced to give up on “I hope our residents will come out ing its goal of reducing carbon the concerted efforts by all parties establishment camp and the ferent districts. voting due to the extra waiting time. despite the ‘black terror’ and use their intensity by 40 to 45 percent involved — including more than opposition was fierce. Analysts Leung Kwok­hung, a former legis­ Pro­establishment lawmaker Eliz­ votes to help end the violence.” ahead of the 2020 deadline, 30,000 civil servants from different believe the opposition camp wants lator with the opposition camp, com­ abeth Quat Pui­fan said she had After receiving some 3,600 elec­ together with a reduced carbon government departments. to exploit the current political tur­ peted with Lee in the same received multiple complaints from tion­related complaints during the dioxide equivalent of 5.2 billion Although the government faced moil to have a greater say in district constituency. On Sunday, Leung dis­ local residents, including senior citi­ day, Barnabas Fung Wah, chairman metric tons, he said in a recent an “extremely challenging situa­ council issues. rupted Lee’s press briefing and zens who gave up due to fatigue as of the EAC, said the watchdog would interview with China Daily. tion” in organizing this year’s elec­ Starry Lee Wai­king, chairman of blocked her from leaving. they had also been waiting too long. follow up on all relevant cases. tions, these efforts had ensured a the Democratic Alliance for the Bet­ Lee expressed indignation about In the five months of violent pro­ CHINA DAILY See Action, page 3 So Long, My Son biggest Premier salutes BASF winner in Rooster Awards petrochemical project By XU FAN thrilled to win the top acting award, By ZHENG CAIXIONG [email protected] the first in his career, which has in Zhanjiang, Guangdong Zhanjiang spanned around 20 years. The prize [email protected] This year’s Golden Rooster fulfilled his highest ambitions as a Awards, which recognized domes­ professional performer, he said. Premier Li Keqiang said the tic film talent and was a sensation The Wandering Earth, a game­ door to the world will become ever Guangdong online, enhanced confidence that changer that revived the Chinese wider as the central government the quality bar could be raised for sci­fi film genre, took home the continues to expand opening­up. Guangzhou Chinese cinema. award for Best Picture. “China welcomes enterprises Twenty awards were announced Guo Fan, director of the block­ from all over the world to seize during the closing ceremony of the buster, said he is preparing a sequel the opportunities brought by 28th China Golden Rooster & and will spend three or four years in Yong Mei, lead actress in So Long, My Son, (wearing blue dress) is greater opening­up, to expand Hundred Flowers Festival, which polishing the script, followed by a named best actress at the Golden Rooster Awards in Xiamen, Fujian cooperation and better achieve CHINA DAILY concluded in Xiamen, Fujian prov­ year of shooting. province, on Saturday. JIANG KEHONG / XINHUA win­win results,” Li said in a con­ ince, on Saturday. Guo said The Wandering Earth, gratulatory letter saluting the number of sectors and businesses On Sina Weibo, China’s equiva­ despite its overwhelming populari­ BASF smart Verbund petro­ that are off­limits for domestic lent to Twitter, the hashtag for the ty with Chinese audiences, may just now on, with honors presented in chemical project in Zhanjiang, and overseas investors. ceremony has attracted more than surpass 60 points out of 100 in the Xiamen for at least five years. Guangdong province, over the The shortened list, released by 720 million views. The awards drew reference system of the world’s top 61 Actor and director Xu Zheng said weekend. the NDRC and the Ministry of more than 600 stars to walk the red sci­fi films. He said he hopes the billion yuan at an earlier festival forum that the Li said China will accelerate the Commerce on Friday, contains 131 carpet, the most ever. sequel will raise the line a bit more, China’s box office revenues change was made because China building of a market­oriented, administrative measures regard­ So Long, My Son, which delivered to “around 70 points”. in 2018 has a huge market and enough films international business environ­ ing investment, down 13 percent the best actor and best actress awards Hong Kong director Dante Lam, to compete annually. ment based on the rule of law and from the 2018 version. to its leading cast members, Wang known for his action­studded According to the China Film give equal treatment to domestic German Chancellor Angela Jingchun and Yong Mei, at the 69th scenes on location, won the award His solution was to carry a tone that Administration, the country’s top and foreign­funded enterprises of Merkel also sent a congratulato­ Berlin International Film Festival ear­ for best director for the box­office reflects the greatness of humanity. industry regulator, China pro­ different ownership types. ry letter saluting the commence­ lier this year, brought them the same hit Operation Red Sea. As one of the most prestigious duced 1,082 features and grossed The first large petrochemical ment of the mega project. China accolades at the Golden Roosters. In a bit of a surprise, Lam said honors in China, the Golden Roost­ 61 billion yuan ($8.7 billion) in box project solely owned by foreign is of great importance to the Ger­ The film, about a family’s decades of that the action sequences — which er Awards were launched in 1981.