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THURSDAY, March 21, 2019 www.chinadailyhk.com HK $8 Xi sees gains in ChinaItaly cooperation Belt, Road high on agenda on president’s first stop in his 3country European trip
By CAO DESHENG and MO JINGXI Belt and Road infrastructure invest ments during Xi’s visit to Italy, Reu China stands ready to work with ters reported. Italy on the Belt and Road Initiative If that takes place, Italy would be the by strengthening its alignment with first of the Group of Seven industrial the European country’s development ized nations to participate in the BRI. strategies to bring bilateral ties to a Speaking at a news conference in new level, President Xi Jinping said. Beijing on Wednesday, ViceMinister Xi made the remark in a signed of Foreign Affairs Wang Chao said article published in the Italian daily the country appreciates Italy’s newspaper Corriere della Sera on involvement in the BRI. Wednesday, one day before starting “We believe the signing of relevant his threenation European tour to cooperation documents conforms to Italy, Monaco and France. the common interests of both coun Though far from each other, China tries,” Wang said, adding that Belt and and Rome were linked by the old Silk Road cooperation aims to deliver mutu Road over 2,000 years ago, Xi said in ally beneficial and winwin results. President Xi Jinping meets Harvard University President Lawrence Bacow and wife, Adele, at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on the article, mentioning the cultural Regarding concerns about the Wednesday. WU ZHIYI / CHINA DAILY exchanges between the two coun BRI, Wang said practice will prove tries in the distant past. the initiative will bring positive He said Beijing is willing to deepen effects in the countries’ respective cooperation with Rome in such areas economic development and bilateral Greater openingup pledged to bolster education as land and marine transportation, cooperation. aviation, aerospace and cultural Infrastructure investment by Chi By XU WEI He said he hopes more positive China remains committed to eral educational exchanges, he said. exchanges to build the Belt and Road nese companies in Europe is purely a [email protected] outcomes can be achieved from peo advancing the modernization of its “I am here precisely because, like in the new period. business matter and abides by mar pletopeople exchanges between education, making itself an educa you, I believe these ties are extreme “I’m willing to avail myself of this ket rules and business principles on China will expand openingup China and the United States. tion powerhouse and developing ly important for our academic insti visit to work with Italian leaders on the basis of equality and mutual ben in education, enhance mutual Bilateral exchanges and coopera education that people are satisfied tutions, but even more importantly, the blueprint of SinoItalian rela efit as well as openness and transpar learning with different countries tion in education are important for with, he added. for our nations,” he said. tions and lead the ties into the new ency, he said. and jointly push forward the ChinaUS relations because they During this process, China is will He noted that there are a large era,” Xi said. The country will continue to sup development of education, Presi help enhance public support for ing to conduct broader exchanges number of overseas students from He called on the two sides to tap port Chinese companies in develop dent Xi Jinping said on Wednes those relations, he said. and cooperation with education and China at Harvard, and the Chinese more potential for partnership in ing cooperation with their Italian day. Xi added that he is glad that US research institutions including Har language is among the most popular port logistics, shipping, energy, tele counterparts in telecommunica Xi made the remark during a President Donald Trump also voiced vard University, he said. foreign languages at the institution. communications and medicine, and tions, particularly in the 5G network, meeting with Harvard University his support for bilateral exchanges Bacow, who last year became the He also expressed his admiration encourage enterprises from the two Wang said. President Lawrence Bacow at the and cooperation in education dur 29th president of Harvard Universi for the great emphasis the Chinese countries to develop thirdparty Great Hall of the People in Beijing. ing their meeting at the G20 Sum ty, said he is glad to make China his government has placed on educa cooperation to seek mutual benefit See Visit, page 3 Xi said China advocates mutual mit in Argentina in December. first overseas stop since his inaugu tion and its efforts to enhance high and winwin results. learning, encourages its students to The rising level of education has ration. er education, adding that Harvard Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Inside study overseas and supports been a major contributor to China’s The visit was not only for Harvard University is ready to move forward Conte has said he may sign a series of exchanges and cooperation in edu rapid development in its 40 years of but also on behalf of all of US higher with exchanges with Chinese educa memorandums of understanding on Comment, page 11 cation with other countries. reform and openingup, he said. education in order to promote bilat tion and research institutions. 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Liaison chief: HK well placed to The new Foreign IN BIG DEMAND Investment Law is ◆ benefit from new investment law fundamental Anxious parents giving kindergarten legislation which kids an early start in development By LUO WEITENG in Hong Kong showcases a whole [email protected] By ZHOU WENTING set of achievements [email protected] Hong Kong is in a strong position made over the past to benefit from the newly approved n elite public kindergar national Foreign Investment Law four decades.” ten in Shanghai’s Xuhui which will help boost the city and Wang Zhimin, director of the district last month limit the nation’s development, says Liaison Office of the Central ed the times at which chil places at private primary schools Wang Zhimin, director of the Liai People’s Government in the dren can be picked up and taken to A will be held in May, and so the num son Office of the Central People’s Hong Kong SAR other educational institutions to ber of children being picked up this Government in the Hong Kong further their learning before they semester is obviously more than Special Administrative Region. Inside attend primary school. last,” said the guard, speaking on Wang told a meeting on It said the only times they could condition of anonymity. Wednesday that Hong Kong could See more, page 4 be picked up by parents and guardi With the teaching of advanced also play a proactive role in nation ans were after lunch or at a set hour content banned at kindergartens, al development. in the afternoon to “avoid disturb parents who are anxious about lim The gathering drew around invest on the mainland. ing order”. ited opportunities to enroll their 1,500 Hong Kongbased industry “It can also be said that invest Nearly 30 children, mainly in the children in preferred schools are leaders. It focused on instructions Wang Zhimin, director of the Liaison Office of the Central People’s ment from Hong Kong is given top final grade, are picked up after eager for additional classes. made by President Xi Jinping and Government in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, priority,” Wang argued. lunch every day from Monday to The guard said it had become the impact of new measures intro delivers a speech at a seminar held in Hong Kong on Wednesday Over the past 40 years, nearly Thursday, and on Friday the num commonplace for kindergartners to duced during the annual sessions on the justconcluded annual two sessions. EDMOND TANG / CHINA DAILY 450,000 investment projects fund ber almost doubles, according to a attend for only half a day. “When of the National People’s Congress, ed by Hong Kong investors have security guard at the kindergarten, one child jumps the gun in this long the country’s top legislature, and and openingup process. Wang believes the passage of the been approved on the mainland. which has about 100 children in distance race to learn, many others the National Committee of the “It also allows overseas inves law sends a strong message that This illustrates the city’s unique each grade. follow suit,” he said. Chinese People’s Political Consult tors, especially those from Hong investors from Hong Kong and role as a proactive participant, “They are taken to classes at edu ative Conference, the top political Kong, to write the next chapter in Macao, who contributed 70 per contributor and promoter during cational institutions. ‘Interviews’ for See Education, page 2 advisory body. the country’s new round of eco cent of all overseas investments on a very impressive and dynamic era The annual meetings, often nomic reforms and national devel the mainland, will do business in a in the country’s history. referred to as the “two sessions”, opment,” he explained. betterregulated environment. The new Foreign Investment concluded last week in Beijing. Fasttracked for approval at the Concerns Hong Kong investors Law reinforces the theme of high INSIDE They are one of the most signifi NPC closing meeting, the law may be deprived of these benefits erlevel reforms and openingup. cant events in the nation’s political comes into effect on Jan 1, 2020. should be quickly dispelled. It also paves the way for Hong Insomnia among calendar. The new Foreign Investment Law, Today, the new Foreign Invest Kong to play a bigger role in the youth a growing, Wang said the new law had been as Premier Li Keqiang has stressed, ment Law, together with the national plans for the Belt and worrisome trend one of the key highlights of two can also be used as a reference for existing agreements under the Road Initiative and the Guang China, p7 sessions. investment coming from Hong framework of the Mainland and dongHong KongMacao Greater “The new Foreign Investment Kong, Macao and Taiwan. Institu Hong Kong Closer Economic Bay Area, Wang said. © 2019 China Daily,All Rights Reserved,Vol.23 — No. 6826 Law is fundamental legislation tional arrangements and practices Partnership Arrangement, A bright future for Hong Kong which showcases a whole set of which have long been in place and known as CEPA, provides a mul will be closely linked with the achievements made over the past proven effective for Hong Kong tiple layer of policy support for mainland’s — even more so than A member of the four decades as part of the reform investors will continue. Hong Kong businesspeople to before, he added. Asia News Network