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A Miraculous Ningguo City of China and Analysis of Influencing Factors of Competitive Advantage
www.ccsenet.org/jgg Journal of Geography and Geology Vol. 3, No. 1; September 2011 A Miraculous Ningguo City of China and Analysis of Influencing Factors of Competitive Advantage Wei Shui Department of Eco-agriculture and Regional Development Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu Sichuan 611130, China & School of Geography and Planning Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou 510275, China Tel: 86-158-2803-3646 E-mail: [email protected] Received: March 31, 2011 Accepted: April 14, 2011 doi:10.5539/jgg.v3n1p207 Abstract Ningguo City is a remote and small county in Anhui Province, China. It has created “Ningguo Miracle” since 1990s. Its general economic capacity has been ranked #1 (the first) among all the counties or cities in Anhui Province since 2000. In order to analyze the influencing factors of competitive advantages of Ningguo City and explain “Ningguo Miracle”, this article have evaluated, analyzed and classified the general economic competitiveness of 61 counties (cities) in Anhui Province in 2004, by 14 indexes of evaluation index system. The result showed that compared with other counties (cities) in Anhui Province, Ningguo City has more advantages in competition. The competitive advantage of Ningguo City is due to the productivities, the effect of the second industry and industry, and the investment of fixed assets. Then the influencing factors of Ningguo’s competitiveness in terms of productivity were analyzed with authoritative data since 1990 and a log linear regression model was established by stepwise regression method. The results demonstrated that the key influencing factor of Ningguo City’s competitive advantage was the change of industry structure, especially the change of manufacture structure. -
Negative Transfer of Anhui Dialects to English Pronunciation— Case Study in Anhui Agricultural University
2016 2nd International Conference on Education Science and Human Development (ESHD 2016) ISBN: 978-1-60595-405-9 Negative Transfer of Anhui Dialects to English Pronunciation— Case Study in Anhui Agricultural University Wei-Xuan SHI 1,a, Chun-Ming ZHANG 2,b 1,2 North China Electric Power University, Baoding, Hebei Province, China [email protected], [email protected] Keywords: Anhui dialects, English pronunciation, Negative transfer. Abstract. In this paper, Anhui Agricultural University is taken as an example to study how Anhui dialects influence the English pronunciation of students. The different pronunciation characteristics of Anhui dialects are collected and summarized in this paper. A phonetic test based on the international phonetics is comprehensively designed for the collection of students’ pronunciation. Through contrasts and analysis, the specific influences that Anhui dialects exert on students are discovered, which will help a lot in the improvement of student’s pronunciation. Relevant Studies about the Influence of Chinese on English Pronunciation Language variety is the basic unit studying language in sociolinguistics. The British linguist R.A. Hudson defines language variety as a set of linguistic items with similar to social distribution [1]. This set of linguistic items can be the whole phonetics, grammar and lexical system, and also the component or rule of certain word or grammar [2]. Dialect is the branch and variety of a language and can be divided into regional dialect and social dialect [3]. From 1930s to 1940s, scholars in China, such as Zhao Yuanren, had already started the comparison of Chinese and English phonetics, from then on, Chinese and English phonetics difference became an important field in contrastive study of Chinese and English. -
Provenance of the Zhou Dynasty Bronze Vessels Unearthed from Zongyang County, Anhui Province, China: Determined by Lead Isotopes and Trace Elements
Provenance of the Zhou Dynasty Bronze Vessels Unearthed from Zongyang County, Anhui Province, China: Determined by Lead Isotopes and Trace Elements Yanjie Wang ( [email protected] ) Anhui University https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5768-5464 Guofeng Wei Anhui University Qiang Li Anhui University Xiaoping Zheng Wenzhou Party Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology Danchun Wang Anhui Museum Research Article Keywords: Bronze vessels, Mining and smelting, Lead isotopes, Trace elements, Provenance Posted Date: June 17th, 2021 DOI: https://doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-176870/v1 License: This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. Read Full License Version of Record: A version of this preprint was published at Heritage Science on August 20th, 2021. See the published version at https://doi.org/10.1186/s40494-021-00566-5. Page 1/20 Abstract Thirteen Zhou Dynasty bronze vessels and two slags from Zongyang County along the north bank of the Yangtze River in Anhui were analyzed by LA-MC-ICP-MS and EDXRF. The results of the lead isotope analysis showed that there were two kinds of lead materials in the Zongyang bronzes. Class which could have originated from the Wannan region were mainly used in the Western Zhou and the following Spring and Autumn periods; while Class , possibly from the local mines in Zongyang County, were mainly present in the Warring States period. Such a shift in the ore material sources is also revealed by the analysis of the trace elements of the Zongyang bronzes. With reference to relevant historical documents, it can be inferred that the transformation of the bronze material sources could be related to the changes of the political situation during the Zhou Dynasty. -
The Survey on the Distribution of MC Fei and Xiao Initial Groups in Chinese Dialects
IALP 2020, Kuala Lumpur, Dec 4-6, 2020 The Survey on the Distribution of MC Fei and Xiao Initial Groups in Chinese Dialects Yan Li Xiaochuan Song School of Foreign Languages, School of Foreign Languages, Shaanxi Normal University, Shaanxi Normal University Xi’an, China /Henan Agricultural University e-mail: [email protected] Xi’an/Zhengzhou, China e-mail:[email protected] Abstract — MC Fei 非 and Xiao 晓 initial group discussed in this paper includes Fei 非, Fu groups are always mixed together in the southern 敷 and Feng 奉 initials, but does not include Wei part of China. It can be divided into four sections 微, while MC Xiao 晓 initial group includes according to the distribution: the northern area, the Xiao 晓 and Xia 匣 initials. The third and fourth southwestern area, the southern area, the class of Xiao 晓 initial group have almost southeastern area. The mixing is very simple in the palatalized as [ɕ] which doesn’t mix with Fei northern area, while in Sichuan it is the most initial group. This paper mainly discusses the first extensive and complex. The southern area only and the second class of Xiao and Xia initials. The includes Hunan and Guangxi where ethnic mixing of Fei and Xiao initials is a relatively minorities gather, and the mixing is very recent phonetic change, which has no direct complicated. Ancient languages are preserved in the inheritance with the phonological system of southeastern area where there are still bilabial Qieyun. The mixing mainly occurs in the southern sounds and initial consonant [h], but the mixing is part of the mainland of China. -
Three Kingdoms Unveiling the Story: List of Works
Celebrating the 40th Anniversary of the Japan-China Cultural Exchange Agreement List of Works Organizers: Tokyo National Museum, Art Exhibitions China, NHK, NHK Promotions Inc., The Asahi Shimbun With the Support of: the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan, NATIONAL CULTURAL HERITAGE ADMINISTRATION, July 9 – September 16, 2019 Embassy of the People’s Republic of China in Japan With the Sponsorship of: Heiseikan, Tokyo National Museum Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd., Notes Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Co.,Ltd., MITSUI & CO., LTD. ・Exhibition numbers correspond to the catalogue entry numbers. However, the order of the artworks in the exhibition may not necessarily be the same. With the cooperation of: ・Designation is indicated by a symbol ☆ for Chinese First Grade Cultural Relic. IIDA CITY KAWAMOTO KIHACHIRO PUPPET MUSEUM, ・Works are on view throughout the exhibition period. KOEI TECMO GAMES CO., LTD., ・ Exhibition lineup may change as circumstances require. Missing numbers refer to works that have been pulled from the JAPAN AIRLINES, exhibition. HIKARI Production LTD. No. Designation Title Excavation year / Location or Artist, etc. Period and date of production Ownership Prologue: Legends of the Three Kingdoms Period 1 Guan Yu Ming dynasty, 15th–16th century Xinxiang Museum Zhuge Liang Emerges From the 2 Ming dynasty, 15th century Shanghai Museum Mountains to Serve 3 Narrative Figure Painting By Qiu Ying Ming dynasty, 16th century Shanghai Museum 4 Former Ode on the Red Cliffs By Zhang Ruitu Ming dynasty, dated 1626 Tianjin Museum Illustrated -
World Bank Document
E2191 V5 Public Disclosure Authorized Anhui Medium Cities Urban Transport Project Environmental Impact Statement Public Disclosure Authorized Public Disclosure Authorized Anhui Environmental Science Institute 2009-6-1 Public Disclosure Authorized Table of Contents Preface.................................................................................................................................................................... 1 1 General................................................................................................................................................................ 2 1.1Evaluation Purpose And Guiding Concept 2 1.2Evaluation Basis 2 1.3Evaluation Grade Of Environmental Impacts 6 1.4Evaluation Range 7 1.5Environmental Protection Target 8 1.6Evaluation Standard And Evaluation Period 19 2 Project Introduction......................................................................................................................................... 26 2.1Basic Project Construction 26 3. Environmental And Social Status................................................................................................................... 40 3.1 Natural Environment ......................................................................................................................40 3.2 Social Environment ........................................................................................................................45 3.3 Relativity Of Overall Planning Of Project Cities ...........................................................................48 -
Minimum Wage Standards in China August 11, 2020
Minimum Wage Standards in China August 11, 2020 Contents Heilongjiang ................................................................................................................................................. 3 Jilin ............................................................................................................................................................... 3 Liaoning ........................................................................................................................................................ 4 Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region ........................................................................................................... 7 Beijing......................................................................................................................................................... 10 Hebei ........................................................................................................................................................... 11 Henan .......................................................................................................................................................... 13 Shandong .................................................................................................................................................... 14 Shanxi ......................................................................................................................................................... 16 Shaanxi ...................................................................................................................................................... -
ASP Vs Cost [email protected] Price Hike to Largely Offsetcosts; More on Capacity Plans +852 2600 8461 We Joined XYG/XYS’S Site Visit to Wuhu Last Week
HK/China SMID caps Sector outlook Snoopinaround Small-capsresearch Timothy Lee, CFA ASP vs cost [email protected] Price hike to largely offsetcosts; more on capacity plans +852 2600 8461 We joined XYG/XYS’s site visit to Wuhu last week. Both float glass/solar Alec So, CFA glass hada good run in 2H17, driven by demand and costs, and backed by +852 2600 8742 flat/slower supply growth, with the price hike mostly coveringrising costs. XYG shared more on its overseas float-glass plans in Malaysia/Canada, and is looking for potentials for new, high-end production linesin China. Meanwhile, XYS is likely to further slowdown its solar-farm progress, which could affect growth but is good for cashflow. Maintain BUY on both. XYG -ASP hike to mostly overcomecosts 31 October 2017 q Float-glass prices in China had a satisfactory run in 2H17, surged c.16%for XYG’s ASP, driven by seasonally stronger demandandrising costsamid flat supply. China q Property sales/new starts GFA slowed amid restrictions,but healthier inventory will Small caps make the cycle gentler than before, supported by limited new float-glass capacity. q XYG importscheaper soda ash from overseas (c.30% of usage) to partly replace the domestic sourcewhichhas seen pricessoarc.39% since 2H.XYG also hada Xinyi Glass 868 HK limited portion of capacity subject to the winter natural-gas price hikelast year; Rec BUY probablysimilar this year,if any. Market cap US$3.8bn q We expect XYG’s float-glass GPM to expand in 2H17;we estimate at c.32.3% vs Price HK$7.49 30.1% in 1H17, although auto/construction glasses would be dragged slightly. -
Mind in Dispute: the Section on Mind in Harivarman’S *Tattvasiddhi
© Copyright 2015 Qian Lin Mind in Dispute: The Section on Mind in Harivarman’s *Tattvasiddhi Qian Lin A dissertation submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy University of Washington 2015 Reading Committee: Collett D. Cox, Chair Richard G. Salomon Timothy J. Lenz Program Authorized to Offer Degree: Department of Asian Languages and Literature University of Washington Abstract Mind in Dispute: The Section on Mind in Harivarman’s *Tattvasiddhi Qian Lin Chair of the Supervisory Committee: Professor Collett D. Cox Department of Asian Languages and Literature This dissertation is an in-depth study of the dispute on the doctrines regarding the structure of mind as recorded in the fourth century CE Abhidharma work, the *Tattvasiddhi (成實論, TatSid hereafter) by Harivarman. Despite the specific differences among the various Buddhist Abhidharma analyses of mind, in general they can be divided into two major positions. Some propose that mind is composed of consciousness (citta or vijñāna) and various numbers of mental factors (caitasika or caitta), which are mental phenomena that are different from but associated (saṃprayukta) with consciousness. Others oppose the existence of caitasikas as entities separate from consciousness; instead they suggest that caitasikas are not different from citta by nature but are only citta in different modes. In chapters 60-67, the TatSid records arguments representing both sides of the dispute. The present study consists of an annotated English translation (chapter 5) of chapters 60-67 of the TatSid as well as detailed analyses of and comments on each of the arguments for or against the notions of “mental factor” (caitasika) (chapter 2) and “association” (saṃprayoga) (chapter 3). -
Initial Environment Examination (Part 4 of 4) Dynagreen Environmental Protection Group Company Limited Dynagreen Waste-To-Energy
Initial Environment Examination (Part 4 of 4) Project Number: 46930-014 March 2017 Dynagreen Environmental Protection Group Company Limited Dynagreen Waste-to-Energy Project Bengbu Waste-to-Energy Plant (People’s Republic of China) Prepared by Dynagreen Environmental Protection Group Co., Ltd. This Initial Environment Examination is a document of the Borrower. The views expressed herein do not necessarily represent those of ADB's Board of Directors, Management, or staff, and may be preliminary in nature. Your attention is directed to the “Terms of Use” section of this website. In preparing any country program or strategy, financing any project, or by making any designation of or reference to a particular territory or geographic area in this document, the Asian Development Bank does not intend to make any judgments as to the legal or other status of any territory or area. removing and thoroughly breaking up the refractory macromolecular organics. For the large water circulation enables the uniform mixing of sewage, so the activated sludge has good dispersion, which greatly increases the specific surface area of activated sludge. The high dispersion of activated sludge in MBR is another reason to improve the effect of water treatment. This outdistances the larger group of bacteria formed by common biochemical method of water treatment technology; MBR has easy integration, easily realized automatic control and simple operate and manage; by abandoning the secondary clarifier, MBR areas decreases the area. After the effluent form MBR, it goes on with the NF process. NF is compact membrane, which is a kind of organic membrane. For MBR's COD is not up to standard, it needs further treatment. -
Xinyi Solar [0968.HK]
April 25, 2016 Xinyi Solar [0968.HK] Earnings and TP raised after site visit; Expect positive surprise on Solar Power Sector earnings this year We are incrementally positive on Xinyi Solar’s (XYS) growth outlook after attending a BUY site visit last week: (1) the gross margin in 1H16E should see higher-than-expected expansion, given a higher ASP (up >10% versus 2H15) and lower gas cost, based on (Unchanged) the management tone; (2) construction of new solar glass production lines (daily ca- pacity: 1,000t x2) is on track; (3) preparation work for new solar farm construction is Close: HK$2.98 (April 22, 2016) going faster than we expected; and (4) there is no imminent need for equity fundrais- ing, according to management. We raised our 2016E/2017E earnings forecasts sub- Target Price: HK$4.00 (+34%) stantially by 36%/45%, taking our estimates 10%/9% above consensus. Our bullish forecasts come from higher margin assumptions, higher solar glass shipment volume from new production lines and higher solar power generation. We raised our TP to HK$4.00 (14x 2016E PER, historical average) from 3.00. Reiterate BUY. Share Price Performance Site visit tour with key management team members. During the visit, we met with Ching Sai Tung (CEO, XYG), Wesley Lee (CEO, XYS), Jason Lau (CFO, XYG), Daniel Chu (FC, XYS) and Wythe Tung (GM, Xinyi Energy). We visited the solar glass production lines in Wuhu and two solar farm projects located in Shou County in Lu’an (phase one: 100MW) and Sanshan in Wuhu (100MW). Impressive solar farm project combined with fish farming. -
Vertical Facility List
Facility List The Walt Disney Company is committed to fostering safe, inclusive and respectful workplaces wherever Disney-branded products are manufactured. Numerous measures in support of this commitment are in place, including increased transparency. To that end, we have published this list of the roughly 7,600 facilities in over 70 countries that manufacture Disney-branded products sold, distributed or used in our own retail businesses such as The Disney Stores and Theme Parks, as well as those used in our internal operations. Our goal in releasing this information is to foster collaboration with industry peers, governments, non- governmental organizations and others interested in improving working conditions. Under our International Labor Standards (ILS) Program, facilities that manufacture products or components incorporating Disney intellectual properties must be declared to Disney and receive prior authorization to manufacture. The list below includes the names and addresses of facilities disclosed to us by vendors under the requirements of Disney’s ILS Program for our vertical business, which includes our own retail businesses and internal operations. The list does not include the facilities used only by licensees of The Walt Disney Company or its affiliates that source, manufacture and sell consumer products by and through independent entities. Disney’s vertical business comprises a wide range of product categories including apparel, toys, electronics, food, home goods, personal care, books and others. As a result, the number of facilities involved in the production of Disney-branded products may be larger than for companies that operate in only one or a limited number of product categories. In addition, because we require vendors to disclose any facility where Disney intellectual property is present as part of the manufacturing process, the list includes facilities that may extend beyond finished goods manufacturers or final assembly locations.