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Beijing Wins Bid to Host 2022 Olympic Winter Games 2 1 VOL. XXVII No. 8 August 2015 Rs. 20.00 Beijing Wins Bid to Host 2022 Olympic Winter Games 2 China Embassy celebrated the 88th anniversary of the founding of PLA on July 22nd, 2015. Chinese Ambassador to India Le Yucheng visits the Chinese Ambassador to India Le Yucheng meets with Vivekananda International Foundation on August 6th ORF senior research fellow Dr. C. Raja Mohan on July 30th, 2015. Chinese Ambassador to India Le Yucheng meets with Chinese Ambassador to India Le Yucheng visits the Shashi Tharoor, chairman of the Indian Parliamentary headquarter of The WEEK magazine on August 10th Foreign Affairs Committee on August 3rd, 2015. 3 CONTENTS BEIJING WINS BID TO HOST 2022 OLYMPIC WINTER GAMES 1. Winter Olympics Brings Opportunities for Ancient City's Revival 6 2. 2022 Olympics Effect Emerging in China 7 3. Economic Impact of Beijing Winter Olympics 8 4. For Beijing Winter Olympics, Why the Sour Grapes? 14 CHINA-INDIA RELATIONS 1 New Dynamism in China-India Relations 15 Remarks by H.E. Ambassador Le Yucheng at Vivekananda International Foundation 2. Ambassador Le Yucheng's Interview with The WEEK 19 3. Discovering Happiness in Bhutan 22 4. A Trip to the God's Own Country 25 EXTERNAL AFFAIRS 1. Chinese Premier Hails BRICS Bank 28 2. BRICS Bank Hailed as Contributive to Building Fairer Global Governance 29 3. Yang Jiechi and Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs 31 Philip Hammond of the UK Co-chair China-UK Strategic Dialogue 4. Wang Yi on the South China Sea Issue at the ASEAN Regional Forum 32 5. Link up China's "Belt and Road" Initiative with Development Strategies of 36 ASEAN Nations to Open up New Prospects for China-ASEAN Relations 6. Chinese FM Calls for Closer Cooperation Among ASEAN, China, Japan, S. Korea 39 7. Grasping the Historical Opportunity to Promote ASEAN Plus Three Cooperation 41 CREATED IN CHINA 1. BYD 44 2. DAJIANG 45 3. SMARTISAN PHONE 47 CULTURE & LIFE 1. Images From China: The China Flicks 51 2. When the Internet Meets Agriculture 54 3. China's Box Office at Record High 55 4. China’s Growing Interest in Fitness Shapes up Industry 57 5. JET LI – King of Kungfu 59 TIBET TODAY 1 Ten Data Reflecting Tibet's Changes Over the Past 50 Years 61 2. Achievements of Tibet Autonomous Region in 50 Years 63 Book Review 66 Flights Between China and India 67 CCTV 69 CRI72 70 6 Beijing Wins Bid to Host 2022 Olympic Winter Games News From China August 2015 BEIJING WINS BID TO HOST 2022 OLYMPIC WINTER GAMES Winter Olympics Brings Opportunities for Ancient City’s Revival Shijiazhuang, Aug. 7 (Xinhua) — ski jumping, snowboard, and freestyle skiing Zhangjiakou was once a booming horse and fur events in the 2022 Winter Olympics, rose to 1.67 hub in ancient China, but with cars and textiles million in 2014, up more than 60 percent than replacing its economic lifeblood in modern that of 2012, according to official statistics. times the northwestern city has been reduced Property prices in the county rose from to poverty. 4,000 yuan per square meter in 2012 to more Located 200 kilometers northwest of than 7,000 yuan per square meter in 2015, Beijing, the city is home to 10 national-level according to a housing agent surnamed Hou. poverty-stricken counties, accounting for a quarter in the province. SACRIFICE, INTEGRATION WITH BEIJING Hundreds of years ago, it played an A location of military importance for international role as a gateway to Russia for centuries, Zhangjiakou opened to the outside China’s booming horse and fur trade. It also world in 1995, more than 10 years after China’s boasts China’s first independently-built railway, introduction of economic reform and opening- the Beijing-Zhangjiakou Railway built in 1909. up policies. But it has lagged far behind its eastern peers The city has seen slow economic growth due and moved slowly since the opening-up reform to its heavy responsibility as an ecological in 1978. with a population of 4.6 million, its per protective screen for Beijing. capita gross domestic product (GDP) in 2014 In order to shield sandstorms from Inner was 30,729 yuan (5,021 U.S. dollars), less than a Mongolia, Zhangjiakou constantly spent money third of Beijing. to plant trees. As it is on the upper reaches of the With a weak industrial foundation, it is now Miyun Reservoir, the biggest source of water for facing a tough economic situation. Its annual Beijing, it needs to provide abundant water flow GDP growth dropped to 5.2 percent in 2014 and ensure its quality. from 14 percent in 2010. Agriculture and industrial projects with The attention brought by the 2022 Winter high water consumption and pollution risks are Olympics will translate into economic benefits banned in the city. Paddy rice was ordered to be that will be a windfall for the city’s changed into less profitable corn crops in order development, said Chen Jian, deputy head of the to save water since 2007. China Society of Economic Reform. Around 16,600 hectares of farmland in C o n s t r u c t i o n o f s p o r t s v e n u e s , Chicheng County, Zhangjiakou City, have been infrastructure and rising tourism revenues will transformed into forest since 1992, which contribute 7 percent to the annual GDP growth reduced the local government’s revenue by in Zhangjiakou, lifting poor people out of about 260 million yuan annually. poverty in 2022, said Chen. Although Beijing has given massive The number of tourists in Chongli County, ecological compensation to Zhangjiakou over which will host the biathlon, Nordic combined, the past decade, the investment did not News From China August 2015 Beijing Wins Bid to Host 2022 Olympic Winter Games 7 translate into new growth. development,” said Gu Shengzu, a Beijing-based Without transferring industry, capital or senior economist. resources, Zhangjiakou cannot have substantial “Without the exceptional snow in Chongli development, said Liang Haoguang, head of the County and Beijing’s experience and reputation, economy research institute with the Beijing the bid would not have been successful.” Academy of Social Sciences. The State Council, or China’s cabinet, has Improving transportation infrastructure approved the establishment of a renewable will speed up the transfer process. A high-speed energy demonstration zone in Zhangjiakou, railway is currently under construction and will which will bring unprecedented opportunities cut the travel time between Beijing and to the city, said Guo Junfeng, deputy head of the Zhangjiakou from three hours to around 40 municipa l development a nd reform minutes once completed in 2017. commission. Zhongguancun Science and Technology High-tech industry, new energy vehicles, Park, a high-tech pioneer in the country, will high-end equipment manufacturing, biological set up a branch in Zhangjiakou, which will medicine and tourism have become bring electronics and information industry as Zhangjiakou’s new development focus, said well as advanced manufacturing to the city, Guo. said Liang. More than 200 programs with 20 million A guideline on coordinated development U.S. dollars investment each were signed in for Beijing, Tianjin and Hebei was approved Zhangjiakou in 2014. More than 80 wind power by the Political Bureau of the Communist projects are under construction or planning, he Party of China Central Committee in April. said. Liang suggested using Zhangjiakou’s The Winter Olympics will bring more than abundant tourism resources in the regional 200,000 jobs to the local residents and framework. drastically change lives in Zhangjiakou, said Hou “The joint bid for the Winter Olympics is a Liang, mayor of the city. milestone of the regional coordinated 2022 Olympics Effect Emerging in China Beijing, Aug. 7 (Xinhua) — Still roughly specific measure to clear smog. seven years to go before the 2022 Winter And, Chongli has attracted more tourists Olympics open in Beijing, the “Olympic Effect” and skiing fans since Beijing launched the joint has begun to emerge. bid with Zhangjiakou in November, 2013. For co-bidder Zhangjiakou, the successful The 2022 Winter Games is expected to bid not only means holding snow events, but further bolster local tourism and the skiing also a catalyst for social and economic industry. Zhangjiakou expects the 2022 event to development. generate 350 billion yuan of investment and Changes have already taken place in create 200,000 jobs. Chongli, a county in Zhangjiakou where cross Preparations for the Winter Olympics will country, freestyle and other skiing events would accelerate the economic integration of this area be held. Polluting mines are being closed, a into Beijing and Tianjin, its two developed 8 Beijing Wins Bid to Host 2022 Olympic Winter Games News From China August 2015 neighboring municipalities. by 2017, and by 45 percent in 2022. The A high-speed railway under construction Olympics will push Beijing to clean its sky. In linking Beijing and Zhangjiakou will cut the another word, more blue skies might be the travel time from the capital to Chongli to around most important legacy of the event. 50 minutes. Beijing beat Almaty by 44 votes to 40 to win In Beijing, the authorities have vowed to the hosting rights of the 2022 Winter Olympics curb air pollution, cutting PM2.5 by 20 percent at the 128th IOC session on July 31. Economic Impact of Beijing Winter Olympics Beijing, Aug. 4 (Xinhua) — Clinching the budget for the winter games is projected at 1.56 winter olympics will provide hefty economic billion US dollars, with a further 1.51 billion opportunities for Beijing and its surrounding used on infrastructure renovation.
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