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EDITOR’S DESK OUT OF POVERTY 02 Working Together in Face 34 Health and Wealth Of Challenges Medical care’s role in improving lives THIS WEEK BUSINESS 40 Market Watch COVER STORY 16 At a Crossroads CULTURE Challenges and opportunities for 44 Life Finds a Way global governance COVER STORY A Canadian’s COVID-19 diary 18 APEC’s New Goal 12 Blueprint to bail out Explaining China’s Position FORUM regional economy 46 Should the Last Year of 20 Fostering Cooperation New growth strategy outlined at Kindergarten Be Included in China shows support for Compulsory Education? collaboration in different forms key global forums EXPAT’S EYE GOVERNANCE OUT OF POVERTY 48 Tranquility in the ‘Way of Tea’ 21 Concordant Integration Traditional ceremony offers bliss The state must move forward with P.32 | Stronger Partnerships during COVID-19 the market Brainstorming on innovations NATION to reduce poverty 24 Foundations for Future Wuzhen Internet conference calls BUSINESS for cyberspace cooperation 30 The Gift of Life P.38 | Warming Up Mindsets change about organ donation New measures nurture foreign trade

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A News Weekly Magazine Published Since 1958 Working Together in Face of President: Li Yafang Associate Editors in Chief: Li Jianguo, Ding Zhitao Associate President: Yan Ying Challenges Executive Editor: Yan Wei Associate Executive Editors: Zan Jifang, Liu Yunyun, Ding Ying The period from November 17 to 22 China is the first country that has suc- Production Director: Yao Bin Editorial Administrators: Zeng Wenhui, Hou Beibei witnessed several events, including the cessfully contained the coronavirus and Assistant Executive Editor: Li Fangfang 12th BRICS Summit, the 27th Asia-Pacific realized economic recovery. The Chinese Commentator: Lan Xinzhen Opinion/Culture Editor: Ding Ying Economic Cooperation Economic Leaders’ solution to international economic recovery, Nation Editor: Wang Hairong Meeting and the 15th Group of 20 (G20) as formulated by Xi, includes not only plans Web Editor: Li Nan Leaders’ Summit. These important inter- to promote closer cooperation among vari- Editorial Consultants: Sudeshna Sarkar, Madhusudan Chaubey Staff Reporters: Tang Yuankai, Wang Jun, Pan Xiaoqiao, Yuan Yuan, national meetings took place against the ous countries, but also practical measures Wang Hairong, Ji Jing, Lu Yan, Wen Qing, Li Qing, Li Xiaoyang, backdrop of the novel coronavirus disease that China has taken on its own initiative. This Ma Miaomiao, Zhang Shasha, Tao Xing, Tao Zihui (COVID-19) rebound in some countries, in- fully proves China’s responsibility as a major Visual Director: Pamela Tobey Photo Editor: Wang Xiang terwoven with major changes unseen in the country to become the driving force behind Photographer: Wei Yao past century, with the global economy into a the world’s economic growth, opening up Art: Li Shigong Design Director: Wang Yajuan severe recession and a recovery far-off. new space for international economic coop- Chief Designer: Cui Xiaodong Chinese President Xi Jinping attended Designer: Zhao Boyu these meetings and delivered a series of of all countries. 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OUTSTANDING WORK A section of model workers and exemplary individuals pose for a group photo in front of the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on November 24. A total of 1,689 people were honored as national role model workers and 804 as exemplary individuals this year.

http://www.bjreview.com DECEMBER 3, 2020 BEIJING REVIEW 3 THIS WEEK S O C IE T Y XINHUA procedure that requires QR codes produced with a mobile app before entering public places, and offering basic services to senior citizens stay- ing at home. Efforts will be made to help the elderly make medical appoint- channels and improving the way online appointments are made. It also underscores the importance service modes while making online consumption more convenient for this group. To improve the technological competence of the elderly, measures will be taken to increase the supply of senior-friendly products, redesign Internet applications, and enhance technology training for them. Supercomputer Hub A new national supercomputing center in Zhengzhou, capital of Henan Province in central China, Navigation Conference will serve as a new driver for in- Visitors look at the products of a navigation company at the 11th China Satellite Navigation Conference in Chengdu, novation, local authorities said on Sichuan Province in southwest China, on November 23. November 24. It is China’s seventh national supercomputing center, joining its counterparts in the cities of Tianjin, Changsha, Shenzhen, Jinan, all their poor counties had moved substantial increase from 100 in 2012 Guangzhou and Wuxi, according to F a r e w e l l t o P o v e r t y out of poverty. when the program was launched, He the Henan Provincial Department of Absolute poverty has been ended in “Delisting all poverty-stricken Science and Technology. China before the December 2020 counties indicates China has re- Health Commission, said. The center is equipped with the deadline and despite the disruptions solved the millennia-old issue of As part of the program, free latest high-performance computers. caused by the novel coronavirus extreme poverty,” Gao Gang, a re- nutrition packages are provided for It will develop applications in disease. The last nine impoverished searcher with the Guizhou Academy infants aged 6 to 24 months. the digital economy, social manage- counties, all in Guizhou Province in of Social Sciences, said. ment, environmental governance, southwest China, have eliminated In the new development stage, Help for Seniors high-end equipment manufacturing absolute poverty, the provincial more rural vitalization efforts should government announced on be made to consolidate poverty A plan has been announced to help the economic and social develop- November 23. reduction achievements, Gao said. the elderly use smart technologies ment of Henan and its surrounding At the end of 2019, 52 counties and reserve traditional way of areas. in the northwest, southwest and services for those unable to use new south remained on the poverty Nutrition Program technology, Xinhua reported on list out of the total 832 registered Nearly 9.5 million children in pov- November 24. Upcoming Museum impoverished counties. The plan for 2020-22 focuses The central Chinese city of In November, Xinjiang Uygur from the nutrition improvement on seven types of services such as Anyang started construction on Autonomous Region, Guangxi program over the past eight years, day-to-day traveling, medical treat- November 23 on a museum for the Zhuang Autonomous Region, Xinhua News Agency reported on ment, recreational activities and civic World Heritage Site Yinxu, or the Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, November 24. services. Yin Ruins, the archaeological rem- as well as the provinces of Yunnan, The program covered all the Improvements will include nants of the ancient city of Yin, the Sichuan and Gansu announced that 832 poor counties as of 2019, a optimizing the health screening last capital of the Shang Dynasty

4 BEIJING REVIEW DECEMBER 3, 2020 http://www.bjreview.com THIS WEEK XINHUA (1600-1046 B.C.) staff engaged in dangerous tasks by The museum is scheduled to 60 percent, according to data from open at the end of 2022. Visitors can the Department of Industry and learn about the history of the Yin Information Technology. Ruins, oracle bone scripts and jade Zhang Xiaolei with the depart- and bronze wares. ment said Shanxi will continue to The Yin Ruins were added to promote research, development the UNESCO World Heritage List in and application of robots in mining, 2006. transportation, safety control and The oracle bones discovered rescue in coal mines. within the ruins are considered to be the oldest Chinese inscriptions. Since the founding of the Wild Leopard People’s Republic of China, 1 million An infrared camera has captured relics have been unearthed from the six photos and a short video of a Yin Ruins. Over 50,000 of them are wild leopard in a nature reserve considered to be precious. in Shaanxi Province in northwest China, Xinhua reported on November 24. Robot Miners The Changqing National Nature Coal-rich Shanxi Province in north Reserve set up the camera in a pine Smallest Dragonfly China is encouraging its mining forest in April and retrieved the companies to use robots as a data on October 25. Workers of the a body length of about 15 mm. The sample is from more than 10 collected replacement for human workers in reserve found the images of the dangerous jobs, local authorities leopard captured at around 8 p.m. the Nannophya pygmaea, commonly known as the scarlet dwarf. said on November 24. on July 19, according to the provin- After decades of intensive cial forestry bureau. mining, the province has seen its In the 10-second video clip, the coal mines deepened and mining leopard was seen crouching in the conditions become complicated, grass before it sprang to its feet, ap- the nature reserve was established excavated in the Huangshan ruins increasing the urgency to use more mainly to protect the habitat of wild in Nanyang, a city in the central intelligent equipment to reduce insect. giant pandas. province of Henan, can be counted It is the sixth time that leopards as a large jade processing base, ac- Shanxi has issued a guideline on have been spotted in the reserve cording to archaeologists. modernizing its coal mining sector since infrared cameras were set up J a d e W o r k s h o p s and piloted the use of robots and in 2008. By comparing the spots on Ten jade processing workshops of the jade workshop remains in the automated equipment in some coal the bodies of the big cats, experts that date back around 5,000 years Neolithic Age in the central plains mines. have concluded they were different have been unearthed, providing key and middle reaches of the Yangtze In some of the pilot proj- adults or sub-adults. It indicates that materials for studying the origin of River, said Ma Juncai, leader of the ects, robots have helped slash there is at least one stable leopard Chinese civilization, Xinhua reported excavation project under the Henan production-related accident rate group in the reserve. on November 25. Provincial Institute of Cultural by 10 percent while downsizing the Located in Yangxian County, The scale of the 10 workshops, Heritage and Archaeology. XINHUA

Hello Robot A visitor interacts with a robot at the China Robot Industry Development Conference in Qingdao, Shandong Province in east China, on November 23.

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investors, marking another step in the B r a n d N e w F a c t o r y Financing SMEs institutions to enhance support for Hitachi ABB Power Grids has inaugu- Several Chinese banking, insurance global commodity market. rated a new surge arrester factory in and credit institutions have been Palm oil futures contracts were the city of Xiamen, Fujian Province criticized for charging excessive fees sonable conditions. listed on the DCE in 2007, and with in southeast China, to meet the de- for loans to small and micro busi- The regulator vowed to act more than a decade’s development, mands for safe and reliable energy. nesses, in violation of regulations the exchange has developed into the The factory boasts an investment world’s largest trading platform for of some 150 million yuan ($22.86 Brighter Futures palm oil futures. million) and features automated Targeted inspections by the According to the DCE, China Overseas investors will soon have production lines to increase capacity, relies heavily on the import of palm access to trade in palm oil futures while ensuring safe and environmen- and China Banking and Insurance oil and is currently the world’s contracts in China, according to tally sustainable operations. Regulatory Commission (CBIRC) second largest importer and the The company has more than 75 found that some branches of both the China Securities Regulatory third largest consumer of the com- years of experience in designing and the Industrial and Commercial Bank Commission (CSRC). modity. manufacturing surge arresters. In of China and China Minsheng Bank The trading of onshore palm oil In 2019, China consumed over China, it has produced more than 3 had charged fees that should have futures contracts will open to foreign 6.4 million tons of palm oil, data million surge arresters. been eliminated. investors on December 22 this year from the commodity exchange “The investment will strengthen on the Dalian Commodity Exchange showed. our capabilities to support China’s under Ping An Insurance (Group) Co. (DCE), CSRC spokesperson Gao Li development toward a sustainable of China Ltd. and Industrial Bank Co. energy future,” Zhang Jinquan, Ltd. bundled insurance sales when November 20. Aerospace Progress Executive Vice President, head of extending loans to businesses to The futures will become China’s The number of Chinese enterprises Greater China, Hitachi ABB Power charge high service fees, according seventh internationalized commodity in commercial aerospace industries Grids, said. to a statement by the regulator. futures product available to overseas has exceeded 160, according to an international aerospace forum held

XINHUA in Wenchang, Hainan Province in south China, on November 24. The enterprises encompass manufacturing rockets and satellites, satellite tracking and control, operation services of communications satellites and remote sensing satellites, as well as other industries, Wan Yanhui, head of the assets management department of China Aerospace Science and Technology Corp. said at the Wenchang International Aviation & Aerospace Forum. China has carried out more than 50 international commercial launch- es and completed the delivery of 14 satellites into orbit, Wan added. The company also plans to turn Wenchang into an international spacecraft launch center and an exchange and cooperation platform for aerospace to develop commercial aerospace industries. Banking in Africa Smart Exhibition The Bank of Communications, one A visitor takes pictures of equipment models on display at an exhibition during the China 5G + Industrial Internet of China’s largest commercial banks, Conference in Wuhan, Hubei Province in central China, on November 19. The event lasted three days, hosting forums has opened a branch on November and dialogues and the signing of major projects. 20 local time in Johannesburg,

6 BEIJING REVIEW DECEMBER 3, 2020 http://www.bjreview.com THIS WEEK XINHUA Regulatory Commission, vowed the complementarity of resources, that the commission will continue to technologies and markets. open up the banking and insurance The two giants seek to continue industry and promote in-depth integrating 5G technology into cooperation as the two countries the construction sector to push the embrace emerging opportunities innovative development of the two amid challenges. industries. Along with efforts to foster new Major project construction, new institutions for a higher-level open infrastructure construction, overseas economy, China and the ASEAN services, telecommunication and should expand two-way opening up informatization are among the areas under the Regional Comprehensive marked for deeper cooperation in Economic Partnership agreement the agreement. China Mobile, one of the coun- the Belt and Road Initiative, he try’s leading telecom operators, has added. built more than 385,000 5G base China welcomes foreign stations. institutions with expertise in risk 5G connections in China are management, pension manage- expected to reach 200 million by Automobile Star the end of 2020, more than 85 Press members take pictures of an FAW-Toyota Allion sedan at the 18th management and health insurance, percent of the global total, accord- Guangzhou International Automobile Exhibition at the China Import and Huang said. ing to a recent analysis by GSMA, an Export Fair complex in Guangzhou, Guangdong Province in south China, international association of mobile on November 20. The 10-day exhibition opened on November 20 with the Teaming Up in 5G operators. participation of international carmakers and auto parts suppliers. In China, 5G is taking on a China Mobile and China State crucial role, particularly in stabilizing Construction Engineering Corp. on investment, promoting consump- November 24 signed a strategic tion and fostering new drivers of People’s Bank of China (PBC), made cooperation agreement to enhance economic development. lished by the bank in the African the remarks at the China-Singapore continent, according to its headquar- (Chongqing) Connectivity Initiative ters in Shanghai. Financial Summit 2020 held in XINHUA As China and South Africa have Chongqing Municipality, southwest deepened their mutual aid in the China, on November 24. “As an important part of China- the branch aims to provide compre- Singapore strategic connectivity hensive, convenient and high-quality tween the two countries has played countries. a unique and important role in The new branch has brought the promoting the development and total number of the bank’s overseas opening up of west China and countries and regions. cooperation between China By the end of September, the as- and Singapore as well as other set value of these overseas banking Association of Southeast Asian institutions had exceeded 1.3 trillion Nations (ASEAN) members,” Chen yuan ($198 billion), accounting for said. more than 12 percent of the bank’s The PBC will further coordinate total assets. with the Monetary Authority of Singapore, the country’s central Increasing Assets bank, to create better conditions Engineers install a smart sewing machine in a workshop in the Lintong Greater Connectivity for effective collaboration between Production Base of the China Typical Industries Group Co. Ltd., The Chinese Government will a state-owned enterprise, in Xi’an, Shaanxi Province in northwest China, strengthen its cooperation with on November 18. According to the State-Owned Assets Supervision and markets, he added. Administration Commission of Xi’an, assets of municipal state-owned Huang Hong, Vice Chairman enterprises of the city increased 20.51 percent year on year to 2.12 trillion Chen Yulu, Vice Governor of the of the China Banking and Insurance yuan ($317 billion) by the end of October.

http://www.bjreview.com DECEMBER 3, 2020 BEIJING REVIEW 7 T H I S W E E K W O R L D XINHUA XINHUA ARGENTINA FRANCE People gather in Buenos Aires on November 26 A televised address by President to pay final respects to soccer icon Emmanuel Macron from Paris Diego Maradona. Maradona, regarded on November 24. He said as the top footballer of the 1980s and one of the the nationwide coronavirus lockdown could be lifted on December 15 of cardiac complications if health conditions are met XINHUA HONDURAS Residents clean mud and debris after tropical storm Iota battered the city of Tegucigalpa on November 19, leaving at least 14 people dead XINHUA

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SAUDI ARABIA A damaged fuel tank in north Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, on November 24. A projectile caused an explosion and fire at the petroleum product distribution terminal in the city that day, the authorities said XINHUA XINHUA XINHUA ARMENIA In Yerevan on November 20, a man kisses the tombstone of a soldier killed in the conflict over the between Armenia and Azerbaijan since September. The two countries agreed to a ceasefire brokered by Russia on November 10, including the deployment of Russian peacekeepers in the conflict zone

GREECE Members of the Presidential Guard walk past the Parliament Building in Athens on which a projection saying “No to Violence” is cast to mark International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women on November 25

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TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY OFFICIAL HEADS SUSTECH XINHUA

X u e Q i k u n , former Vice President of Tsinghua University and an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), is now president of the Southern University of Science and Xue, 58, is a prominent physicist with groundbreaking discover- ies to his credit. He got his doctorate degree in 1994 and joined the Department of Physics at Tsinghua University in 2005. In 2013, he became vice president of the university. At the Shenzhen Global Innovation Talent Forum marking the Fourth Shenzhen Talent Day in Guangdong Province, south China, on November 1, Xue said the cultivation of top talent is a core mission of a university. It decides the level of the university and its goal of future development. People enjoy themselves under ginkgo trees in Huzhou, Zhejiang Province, east China, on November 12 N e w B r a n c h o f To y s f o r S e n i o r s to reach 300 million in five years, which Insurance Economic Daily means the country will transition to a Beijing Youth Daily November 23 moderately aging society. With the de- mographic change, demands for toys for November 23 Generally, people’s understanding of toys the elderly have great potential. However, tends to be limited to thinking about chil- compared to developed countries, the Changchun, the capital city of Jilin Province dren. They are regarded as tools that can market of toys designed for the aged still in northeast China, has seen several natural help youngsters develop observation, con- needs to explore more opportunities. disasters, resulting in varying degrees of centration, and spatial and logical thinking. Besides enterprises enhancing the damage caused by trees, according to the But in recent years, toys designed for the development of targeted products, the local Bureau of Forestry and Landscaping. aged have grown into a blue ocean market. government’s support and guidance are So now a public liability insurance has The current senior toy marketplace important. Adapting to the market rule, the been designed for casualty or property loss contains products that range from dolls government should include designing toys caused by trees due to natural disasters or robots that provide companionship to for the aged into the industry’s develop- and construction. those increasing cognitive skills and fa- ment, as well as make regulations about With the insurance, the injured have a cilitating communication. Puzzles, blocks financial support and industrial standards. channel to claim compensation. Also, it can The government and the market should alleviate the local government’s respon- mental and physical health. jointly optimize the toy market for the el- sibility and prevent public accident risks. China’s senior population is expected derly, creating more choices for them.

“With the Regional Comprehensive Economic “It has already been 23 years since Partnership reaching a higher level in fields including customs procedures and trade motherland, and yet the British facilitation, intellectual property protection, Government still tries to poke its nose engage in dialogue and communication with unfounded accusations at China by more major economies and regional trade mechanisms.” Chinese Commerce Minister Zhong Shan, in a signed article Zhao Lijian, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson, in People’s Daily on November 24 at a press conference on November 24

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The regained artifacts that can be dated to 770 B.C. are on display on the ad- Recovering ministration’s website. According to the administration, nearly Cultural Relics 4,000 pieces or sets of lost cultural relics have been returned in recent years. Guangming Daily However, over 10 million relics taken away November 23 since 1840 are still in museums in the U.S., A total of 68 cultural relics, including por- UK and France and in private collections. celain, pottery and bronze items, have International recovery of relics usu- ally takes years or even generations. First, been returned to China from the United it needs sufficient information to deter- Kingdom after 25 years, according to the mine the identities of the artifacts. Then National Cultural Heritage Administration. the cumbersome legal process in some The relics, which were smuggled overseas, countries increases the time taken for were retrieved following joint efforts by the recoveries. Overall, it requires great deter- administration and the foreign affairs and mination and persistence on the part of That also gives insurance companies a new customs authorities. cultural relic workers. channel to increase revenue. At the same time, more cities that are incurring ex- penses due to this issue will enjoy a decline in their compensation costs. Local govern- SCIENTIST ELECTED AGU FELLOW ments have an excellent solution to deal with such accidents and avoid civil disputes Scientist Yao Tandong has been elected as a 2020 fellow of the American Geophysical to some extent. Union (AGU) for years of research on glaciers and the environment of the Qinghai-Tibet Some people are concerned that Plateau, sources at the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) said on November 23. the landscaping department will relax its A CAS academic, Yao is the chief scientist on China’s second comprehensive scien- standards once this insurance is available. However, insurance companies will not including the Third Pole Environment (TPE) project, which has become compensate for losses caused by the government’s poor performance. It means the administration will also be subject to the field of international Qinghai-Tibet Plateau studies, according to a CAS supervision of insurance companies. statement. Under the cooperative framework of Founded in 1919, the AGU is the world’s most influential geoscien- administrations and insurance companies, it is hoped that public accident risks will be percent of its global members have been elected as AGU fellows in recog- better controlled. nition of their exceptional contributions to Earth and space sciences.

“China’s culture has displayed “China’s delisting of all impoverished remarkable resilience, cohesion and counties from the country’s poverty list is a unity in the face of the pandemic historic milestone globally and its experience compared with the U.S. and other should be learned [from] by countries with Western societies.” clusters of absolute poverty.” Martin Jacques, a former senior fellow with the Luxman Siriwardena, Executive Director of Pathfinder Department of Politics and International Studies at Foundation, a think tank in Sri Lanka, to Xinhua News Agency Cambridge University, to CGTN on November 25 on November 25

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