CHINA DAILY | HONG KONG EDITION Tuesday, April 16, 2019 | 3 TOP NEWS James Soong begins Slower rise visit to the Bay Area in Chinese By SHADOW LI in Hong Kong export market; Taiwan was Hong studying [email protected] Kong’s third­largest trading part­ ner, according to the Hong Kong Taiwan’s People First Party Economic, Trade and Culture Chairman James Soong Chu­yu on Office in Taipei. overseas Monday began his visit to the Calling his trip “a study tour”, Guangdong­Hong Kong­Macao Soong said his top priority is learn­ By ZOU SHUO Greater Bay Area — after first ing more about things which can [email protected] landing in Hong Kong. benefit Taiwan’s economy. Song is Soong met with Chief Executive also anxious to explore new oppor­ The number of Chinese studying of the Hong Kong Special Adminis­ tunities while outlining a vision for abroad grew at a slower rate in 2018 trative Region Carrie Lam Cheng young Taiwan residents. compared with 2017, as more stu­ Yuet­ngor on Monday. He said Taiwan would inevitably dents have come to realize that over­ Wang Zhimin, director of the Liai­ be influenced by the rapid develop­ seas study does not necessarily son Office of the Central People’s ment of Bay Area. guarantee a well­paid job on foreign Government in the Hong Kong The Bay Area, with its enormous shores, or back home, education SAR, also met Soong on Monday. population and huge market, has experts said. He told Soong the Bay Area is a surpassed established bay areas in In 2018, 662,100 Chinese went huge market for Taiwan products, Tokyo, New York and San Francisco abroad to study, up 8.83 percent from and it also offers a broad stage for in terms of population and eco­ a year earlier, while the growth rate Taiwan industries and talents to nomic growth. The development of was 11.7 percent in 2017, according to achieve their full potential. the Bay Area will have a major eco­ Premier Li Keqiang meets with Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Kono in Beijing on Monday. the Ministry of Education. The trip is an opportunity for nomic impact not just on the South FENG YONGBIN / CHINA DAILY Ran Wei, vice­president of New Soong to learn more about the China area — but the whole Asia­ Channel International Education development of the Bay Area. It is Pacific region. Group, said that while one should also an opportunity to discover Soong will leave for Macao today not read too much into the lower potential business opportunities (Tuesday). growth rate last year because of the for Taiwan in the Bay Area, After that, he is expected to visit large base in 2017, the major motiva­ explained the veteran politician. other cities inside the 11­city cluster. Innovation links with tion for Chinese students going Soong said that since 1980s at They include Shenzhen, Zhuhai, abroad seems to be evolving. least one third of Taiwan business­ Zhongshan, Foshan, Guangzhou The main driver now for enrolling men doing business on the main­ and Dongguan. in offshore schools is to make land had gone to the Bay Area. His The Bay Area, covering 56,000 resumes more attractive for job trip to the Bay Area is also to learn square kilometers and a popula­ searches back in China rather than more about their difficulties and tion of 70 million, seized the spot­ Japan encouraged seeking a new life abroad. how they can better cope with light after the central government However, studying abroad only today’s tough challenges affecting released a blueprint for its develop­ provides a limited income premium international trade. ment in mid­February. Premier calls for fair business climate nership as well as the China­Japan­ for graduates, and tuitions overseas Soong last visited the Chinese The Bay Area aims to become the Republic of Korea Free Trade are much higher on average than in mainland in 2014. He is scheduled world’s leading innovation and for enterprises from both countries Agreement, he said. China, Ran said. to meet business groups from Tai­ technology center. It also has ambi­ Li also voiced China’s support for A report released in August by the wan during his trip. tions to provide a quality living By XU WEI the successful hosting of the dia­ Japan’s hosting of the G20 Summit, Center for China and Globalization Hong Kong and Taiwan have environment for its residents. [email protected] logue in his opening remarks, not­ which is slated this year to be held said about a third of graduate return­ been close partners in business and Soong’s delegation includes ing that bilateral relations are back in Osaka, and he hoped it would ees to China with four­year degrees trade for a long time. In 2018, Hong business leaders and experts in Premier Li Keqiang called on on the right track and have seen inject fresh impetus into global currently earn less than 6,000 yuan Kong was Taiwan’s fourth­largest finance, medicine and hydraulic China and Japan to boost coopera­ new progress thanks to joint efforts economic growth. ($893) a month, while 25 percent trading partner and second­biggest engineering. tion in innovation to see more of the two sides starting last year. Kono expressed his appreciation make between 6,000 and 8,000 yuan. pragmatic outcomes, and to fur­ On the basis of the four China­Ja­ for efforts made by the Chinese pre­ ther work together in areas includ­ pan political documents and in the mier in helping return bilateral The number of Chinese ing finance, third­party markets spirit of seeing history as a mirror relations to the right track. students going abroad and tourism. as well as facing the future, the two The two sides can help jointly to study The two countries should also nations should continue to work find solutions to global and bilater­ 2018 662,100 create a fair and unbiased business toward the long­term, healthy and al issues despite remaining difficul­ 2017 608,400 environment for each other’s enter­ stable development of bilateral ties in bilateral relations, he said. 2016 544,500 prises, Li said in a meeting with relations, he said. The thawing of ties between Chi­ 2015 523,700 visiting Japanese Foreign Minister As major economies in the na and Japan was marked by Li’s 2014 459,800 Taro Kono in Beijing on Monday. world, China and Japan both sup­ visit to the country in May, the first The meeting came after a China­ port free trade and obey WTO by a Chinese premier in eight years, The number of overseas Japan high­level economic dia­ rules, Li said. and the visit by Japanese Prime students returning home logue, co­chaired on Sunday by He also welcomed Japanese Minister Shinzo Abe to China in after graduation State Councilor and Foreign Minis­ businesses to expand investment in October. 2018 519,400 ter Wang Yi and Kono. The dia­ China as the country will continue The economic dialogue between 2017 480,900 logue, also attended by ministers of to unwaveringly deepen reform the two countries was launched in 2016 432,500 agriculture, industry, commerce and expand opening­up. 2007, and deteriorated relations 2015 409,100 and environmental protection China stands ready to move for­ due to disputes over a number of 2014 364,800 Wang Zhimin (right), director of the Liaison Office of the Central from both countries, was also the ward with talks with Japan and issues resulted in an eight­year hia­ People’s Government in the Hong Kong SAR, meets with Tai­ first to be held in China between other related parties to further the tus until last April, when the two Source: Ministry of Education CHINA DAILY wan’s People First Party Chairman James Soong Chu­yu in Hong the two nations since 2010. negotiations regarding the Region­ sides restarted with the fourth Kong on Monday. PROVIDED TO CHINA DAILY Li congratulated attendees on al Comprehensive Economic Part­ round of dialogue in Tokyo. For students graduating with four­ year degrees from China’s top 100 schools, monthly salaries range loft style store, on Chang’an Road in between 6,000 and 9,000 yuan, Tintin Shanghai’s Jing’an district, sells over Yachts: Easy according to a Guangming Daily : Store shows ties with Belgium 1,000 different products with the report. iconic figure. The salaries awaiting returnees to From page 1 not have reliable information on Chi­ in Shanghai, citing a planned “The first two months of our access to aid China are paltry compared with the na, given that Western media were Smurfs theme park in the city. It is opening caused a excitement high cost of overseas study, which “As a descendant of Zhang Chong­ writing incomplete accounts. His made more meaningful by the car­ among people not only from across has risen to an average 300,000 yuan ren who has been promoting the acquaintance with Zhang Chongren toon character Tintin’s 90th anni­ the nation but also the world who tourism plan per year for tuition, room and board, world created by Herge for over 30 enabled the two artists to have versary this year, Lambert said. wanted to visit,” said Wang Yue, a the CCG report said. years, I felt it was my duty to help the in­depth conversations about China As one of the best known and representative in China for Moulin­ According to the 2018 Report on people of Shanghai realize that the on philosophy, history and educa­ admired cartoon characters of the sart, intellectual property owner of From page 1 Chinese Students’ Overseas Study friendship between my father and tion, which inspired Herge and also 20th century, Tintin generated hun­ The Adventures of Tintin. released by New Oriental Vision Herge was real. It’s not a movie but a turned him into a porcelain collector. dreds of millions of fans across the The company is considering an offi­ “The free flow of yachts from Overseas Consulting Co and Kantar true story,” Zhang Yifei added. “It is another tie between Bel­ world. The store has been welcomed cial online Tintin shop and a Beijing Hong Kong and Macao to Hainan Millward Brown, about 78 percent of She said that before Tintin had his gium and China,” said Paul Lam­ by its Chinese fans spanning several store, and a Tintin exhibition in China will bring tourists and investment, Chinese students abroad planned to adventure in Shanghai, Herge did bert, the consul general of Belgium generations. The 100­square­meter is also being prepared, Wang said. which in turn will prompt the work in China either right after grad­ tropical island to improve infra­ uation or after working overseas for a structure for industries of the mar­ while, compared with 58 percent in itime economy and upgrade its 2016. Security education day extended to more students business environment in line with The number of Chinese students international standards,” Hai said. abroad returning home soon after He called for integrated devel­ graduation totaled 519,400 in 2018, By ZOU SHUO and society, and students should be opment of yacht tourism with up 8 percent from the previous year, [email protected] able to learn about national securi­ ocean leisure tourism and leisure the ministry said. ty on a regular basis, not just once a fishing. The intention is for those A total of 5.86 million Chinese Schools across China launched year, Yang said. areas to become a pillar industry studied abroad from 1978 to the end programs to raise awareness of April 15 was declared National for Hainan as part of a powerful of 2018. More than 4.32 million com­ national security issues on the Security Education Day in 2015 by ocean economy. pleted their studies, and more than country’s fourth National Security the Standing Committee of the “Rich tropical rainforest resour­ 3.65 million returned to China soon Education Day on Monday. National People’s Congress, China’s ces, the unique ethnic culture of after completing their studies, it said. The programs included exhibi­ top legislative body. the Li people and numerous inter­ The return rate soon after gradua­ tions, demonstrations and lectures. In an instruction issued ahead of national sports events should be tion was around 80 percent last year. “I used to think national security the first National Security Educa­ taken advantage of to produce In 1987, the return rate was about 5 was too serious to be relevant to tion Day at the time, President Xi tourism products that appeal to percent, and in 2007 it stood at 30.6 me,” said Jin Zhilei, a freshman at Jinping said all of society should be overseas yacht tourists,” said Xie percent. Shanxi Medical University. “Now I mobilized to safeguard national Xiangxiang, an associate professor Ran said more people are return­ am aware it is relevant to everyone, security, consolidate the social of tourism at Hainan University. ing to China because they are finding and we should be alert.” basis for national security and pre­ He said the new policy will also it difficult to land jobs overseas, This year’s campaign for the first vent and defuse security risks. help upgrade the manufacturing while at the same time the domestic time included students of continu­ Wang Zheng, a master’s candi­ of yachts in China and imports of employment market is becoming ing education programs. The Open date at the School of Mechanical, A police officer shows students how to use anti­assault equipment overseas brands. more appealing. University of China, a government­ Electronic and Control Engineer­ at an elementary school in Handan, Hebei province, as National Nichole Soo, general manager of Chu Zhaohui, a researcher at the sponsored online educational insti­ ing of Beijing Jiaotong University, Security Education Day fell on Monday. HAO QUNYING / FOR CHINA DAILY Huacai Jetpon Marina Club, said National Institute of Education Sci­ tution, launched online courses on said university students have the changes in the approval of visits by ences, said finding a job in China has national security covering about 3 responsibility and obligation to overseas yachts will help Hainan not been easy in recent years because million students. safeguard national security. net technology has made informa­ environment for a long time are brighten its reputation as a yacht of the rising number of students grad­ Yang Zhijian, president of the The university provided instruc­ tion security an important part of prone to think that national securi­ tourism destination. The club, uating from domestic universities. university, said it has developed a tions to students regarding security national security, and university ty is far away from them. Some lack which opened in July, has 68 spe­ However, experts believe an over­ free mobile app for students to laws on anti­espionage and anti­ students should pay extra attention knowledge about the complicated cially built berths covering 36,440 seas education should not be viewed learn more about national security. terror as well as information on to internet security, he said. environment and the serious secu­ square meters for luxury yachts. purely from the perspective of return National security education homeland security, military securi­ Wu Yujun, a professor at Beijing rity challenges our nation faces.” on investment, because the experi­ should be carried out with concert­ ty science and technology security. Normal University, said, “Young Contact the writers at ence can help students develop valu­ ed efforts from schools, families The rapid development of inter­ people who live in a peaceful, stable Xinhua contributed to this story. [email protected] able, nonacademic skills.