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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. office revenues last year. investors in the country, the man economy and last year was suffering brought by the death of their take place at sea, on land and in the Starting in 2005, it merged with Xu said he hopes domestic films project illustrates that opening again Germany’s most important son, also scooped up the award for sky — were not his top challenge. Hundred Flowers to be presented in will lead the tide of Chinese lan up measures are being imple trading partner, Merkel said, best screenplay. It was cowritten by A Instead, the director had strug alternate years. guage movies worldwide, and he mented, and that SinoGerman noting that Germany’s invest Mei and director Wang Xiaoshuai. gled to seek “the soul of the film” However, the Golden Rooster encouraged local talent to strive for cooperation in the manufactur ment in China is also continuing Wang Jingchun said he was before starting to roll the cameras. Awards will be held annually from a high level. ing sector is being taken to a new to grow. level, Li wrote. The decision by BASF to set up The German word verbund one of its largest plants in Guang means integrated and connected. dong is another milestone in Ger By carefully designing plants and manChinese economic relations, BRIGHTER PICTURE PAINTED FOR PIG FARMERS processes, the byproducts of one she said. ◆ plant become feedstock for an In July last year, Li and Merkel adjacent plant, and heat released witnessed the signing of a memo Pork prices falling, stocks growing after disease outbreak from one chemical reaction randum of understanding on the becomes the energy that drives smart verbund project between By SHI RUIPENG After hesitating for several planning, to replenish their stocks the next, the company said. Guangdong province and BASF. in Luchuan, Guangxi and months, Wen decided to replenish amid the prospects of higher profits Li’s congratulatory letter was With the commencement cere WANG XIAODONG in Beijing his stock. He was attracted by the and with improved confidence that read out by Ning Jizhe, vicemin mony, the German chemical giant potential profits offered by soaring the African swine fever threat will ister of the National Develop officially launched the $10 billion en Jian, who raises pigs in pork prices and a tight supply. be conquered. ment and Reform Commission, project and the construction of its Luchuan county, Guangxi After a meeting on Nov 5 orga By early this month, 130 pig on Saturday. first plants in Zhanjiang. W Zhuang autonomous nized by the county government Pig Raising Association, said: “I farmers had resumed production, In its 2019 negative list for mar region, at one time last year could with the aim of boosting pork pro think the decision to replenish my with 65 of them breeding animals ket access, China reduced the See Project, page 3 count more than 10,000 of the ani duction, Wen purchased more than stock will help me make more from other areas. Some compa mals among his livestock assets. 1,000 piglets, buoyed by the local money. My goal is to recover my nies are also building new high But following an outbreak of Afri authorities’ determination to reju losses from the swine fever within standard farms to raise pigs, © 2019 China Daily ,All Rights Reserved can swine fever in the county in venate the pigraising business in three years, and I am very confi according to the county govern Vol.23 — No. 7039 July, his stock fell to about 400, Luchuan, which had been a pork dent of doing that.” ment. bringing him a loss of 13 million production base. Like Wen, many people who raise A member of the yuan ($1.85 million). Wen, president of the Luchuan pigs in Luchuan have started, or are See Farms, page 2 Asia News Network