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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.