CHINA DAILY | HONG KONG EDITION Monday, December 10, 2018 | 3 TOP NEWS Crowning moment Nation to boost economic cooperation with France

By CHEN WEIHUA in Paris Le Maire said France greatly val­ [email protected] ues the development of China­ France relations and the successful China and France vowed to fur­ meeting of the two heads of state at ther expand their economic and the G20 Summit will open a new financial cooperation in a bid to chapter in the bilateral relationship. deepen their comprehensive strate­ He said that France boasts a gic partnership. unique advantage in participating Vice­Premier Hu Chunhua and in the BRI and is willing to enhance French Economy and Finance Min­ practical cooperation with China in ister Bruno Le Maire co­chaired the trade, technology, agriculture, Sixth China­France High­Level Eco­ finance, climate change and other nomic and Financial Dialogue in economic and financial fields. Paris over the weekend. The two countries identified 68 Hu expressed that relations areas for mutually beneficial coop­ between China and France have eration in a jointly released fact undergone healthy and stable devel­ sheet. opment in the past years, with nota­ In Paris on Friday, Hu also attended ble achievements made in practical the Fourth Silk Road Forum, which cooperation in various fields. focused on global sustainable develop­ He noted that when President Xi ment, the BRI and the United Nations Jinping and French President 2030 Agenda on Sustainable Develop­ Emmanuel Macron met at the G20 ment. It was hosted by the Research Summit on Dec 1, they reached a Development Center of the State number of important consensuses Council, Development Centre of the on the key issues of China­France Organisation for Economic Co­opera­ cooperation. tion and Development, United Hu said that both sides should Nations Industrial Development Orga­ implement these important consen­ nization and Center for International Miss Mexico, Vanessa Ponce de Leon, 26, celebrates winning the Miss World 2018 title in Sanya, Hainan province, on Saturday. suses, promote international cooper­ Relations and Sustainable Develop­ JASON LEE / REUTERS ation under the Belt and Road ment based in Belgrade, Serbia. Initiative, bolster bilateral policy The forum drew hundreds of cur­ communication, strengthen practical rent and former officials from govern­ REFRESHING GUANGXI cooperation on large projects and ment and international organizations, expand new areas for cooperation business leaders and pundits to com­ under a multilateral framework, to pare notes on subjects such as the BRI inject new momentum to the China­ and open global economy, low­carbon France comprehensive strategic part­ development, technological revolu­ Region expanding BRI roles nership. tion, inclusive development.

Guangxi plans to develop itself into groups, historic and tremendous critical channel for promoting changes have taken place in Guang­ cooperation and exchange between gateway to ASEAN countries xi,” he said. China and ASEAN countries. In 2017, the region’s gross domes­ “We are now upgrading the expo By ZHANG LI in Nanning tic product reached 2.03 trillion with regard to specialization, inter­ 2.03 yuan ($300 billion), having expand­ nalization and informationization The Guangxi Zhuang autono­ trillion yuan ed more than 1,000­fold since 1958. to better build the China­ASEAN mous region will further integrate By 2017, the length of its highways community of a shared future as Gross domestic product of into the Belt and Road Initiative by Guangxi Zhuang autonomous had grown to 123,300 kilometers well as the China­ASEAN Free prioritizing the construction of the region in 2017, having and railways to 5,140 km, from the Trade Area,” Lu said. New International Land­Sea Trade expanded more than 1,000­ 13,600 and 1,358 km in 1958. Guangxi pioneered the “single­ Corridor to shape the region as a fold since 1958 Expressways grew from zero to window system” in international gateway to the Association of 5,140 km, and its annual seaport trade, in which cross­border trad­ Vice­Premier Hu Chunhua (fifth from left, front) poses beside Southeast Asian Nations, according cargo­handling capacity exceeded ers need to submit regulatory docu­ French Economy and Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire for a group to the region’s top Party official. two countries. Guangxi’s Beibu 300 million metric tons last year. ments only at one location. photo at the Sixth China­France High­Level Economic and Finan­ “With the support Gulf ports play a critical role in Rural people’s livelihoods have In 2017, the region’s foreign trade cial Dialogue in Paris on Friday. CHEN YICHEN / XINHUA of the national gov­ this land and sea transportation greatly improved. The number of volume reached $57.2 billion, 212.4 ernment, Guangxi is network. locals living under the poverty line times that of 1978. ASEAN has been accelerating its infra­ Those ports have opened freight — about 3,500 yuan per person Guangxi’s largest trade partner for structure construc­ train lines to Chongqing and the four annually — had been reduced to 2.67 17 consecutive years. Mission tion and facilitating provinces of Guizhou, Sichuan, Yun­ million by last year from 21 million “The top political task and great­ : Scientists set to Lu Xinshe, multimodal trans­ nan and Gansu, Lu said. Cargo ship in 1978. By year’s end, it is expected est development chance is to trans­ Party portation and cus­ lines from Beibu Gulf ports to Singa­ to further decline to 1.52 million. form President Xi Jinping’s hope know more about moon secretary toms clearance pore and Hong Kong have regular­ The urbanization rate has for Guangxi into reality,” Lu said. of Guangxi issues to make the ized their operations. climbed to 49.2 percent from 10.61 In 2015, Xi urged Guangxi to new trade corridor To further deepen the reform and percent in 1978. become China’s pathway to ASEAN, From page 1 the world have been dreaming of highly efficient and opening­up, Guangxi is expected to With land and sea links, Guangxi a new strategic pivot in Southwest observing low­frequency cosmic rays helpful in connecting China and further integrate into the Guang­ has boosted its ASEAN trade and and Central China’s opening­up, The program’s scientific tasks are from the far side of the moon. ASEAN countries,” said Lu Xinshe, dong­Hong Kong­Macao Greater exchanges through venues and and a dynamic portal connecting to perform low­frequency astro­ Chang’e 4 consists of two parts, a Guangxi Party secretary, in an Bay Area, which will feed the events including the China­ASEAN the 21st Century Maritime Silk Road nomical observations, survey land­ lander and a rover, and the two car­ exclusive interview. region’s economy with investments Information Harbor, China­Malay­ and the Silk Road Economic Belt. scapes, mineral compositions and ry multiple scientific instruments, Linking vast western China with and advanced technology, Lu said. sia industrial park and the China­ geological structures, and conduct according to Wu Weiren, chief engi­ Singapore, the new trade corridor Guangxi, established in 1958, will ASEAN Expo. Shi Ruipeng contributed to this environmental research on chemi­ neer of China’s lunar exploration was put forward under the China­ celebrate its 60th anniversary this The expo, held consecutively for story. cal elements and subatomic parti­ program. The probe was designed Singapore (Chongqing) Demon­ week. 15 years, has attracted in all 746,000 cles, the administration explained. based on its predecessor, the strative Initiative on Strategic “With the efforts of the govern­ traders from home and abroad. Contact the writers at The Chang’e 4 mission will enable Chang’e 3, with some modifica­ Connectivity last month by the ment and people of all ethnic Nanning, its host, has become a [email protected] scientists to discover more about tions, he said. Earth’s largest satellite. They can Chang’e 4’s rover has six wheels, also take advantage of the far side’s two solar panels, a radar dish as well shield against Earth’s interference as multiple cameras. The rover is the G20 partnerships help fight cross­border corruption to make clearer observations into lightest of its kind, weighing just 140 deep space, scientists said. kilograms, Wu said. Zou Yongliao, head of the Chinese The Chang’e 4 mission also uses By ZHANG YAN crimes and getting several fugitives and professionals, especially from nar in Beijing in March during Academy of Sciences’ Lunar and apparatus developed by the Nether­ [email protected] repatriated to face justice. Western countries, such as the Unit­ which experts from G20 members Deep­space Explorations Depart­ lands, Sweden, Germany and Saudi The center was set up at Beijing ed States and Canada, as visiting will address their concerns and ment, said the South Pole­Aitken Arabia. Chinese experts and professionals Normal University in September scholars who will conduct targeted exchange ideas to seek solutions to basin has a diameter of about 2,500 China started sending robotic have worked closely with partners 2016 as one of the achievements of research on the laws and legal proce­ difficulties in the cooperation kilometers and is around 12 km deep, probes to the moon in 2007, and has from G20 member countries to help the G20 Summit in Hangzhou, Zhe­ dures in those countries in order to between China and Western coun­ noting it is the largest and deepest carried out several lunar missions combat cross­border corruption, jiang province. It has specialized in secure the return of the fugitives and tries to capture fugitives and recov­ known basin in the solar system. since then. according to a Beijing­based G20 the analysis of pursuing fugitives return their ill­gotten money. er their illicit assets. Investigations by the Chang’e 4 The Chang’e 5 mission is set to anti­corruption research center. and recovering illegal funds Moreover, they will promptly “In particular, we will take the probe will help researchers better take place in 2019 and will put a rov­ Wang Xiumei, executive director During the summit, G20 mem­ share academic achievements and opportunity to fully discuss with each understand the moon’s evolution, er on the lunar surface to take sam­ of the research center, said it has bers agreed to launch the anti­cor­ compare domestic and foreign laws other and put forward proposals for Earth and the entire universe, Zou said. ples and then bring them back to worked together with colleagues ruption campaign and refused to and legal procedures involving our judicial authorities to target fraud He added that astronomers around Earth. from G20 members and adopted offer corrupt officials “safe haven”. extradition of fugitives and confis­ and money­laundering crimes involv­ many valuable proposals that have They also passed the G20 Anti­Cor­ cation of their illegal funds, as well ing corrupt fugitives, and to prevent aided Chinese judicial authorities ruption Action Plan 2017­18. as analyzing some typical cases to them from using the dirty money to Development of Chang’e program in successfully tackling a dozen Wang said the research center solve the practical problems. obtain ‘green cards’ and invest in major cross­border corruption intended to invite dozens of experts Wang said they will hold a semi­ businesses overseas,” she said. China launched its lunar exploration ing and control technologies. program in 2004, naming it Chang’e, Chang’e 3, a milestone in China’s goddess of the moon in Chinese leg­ space program, was launched on Dec Hunt: Official encourages fugitives to return, confess end. 2, 2013. It was the first Chinese space­ Chang’e 1 was tasked with verifying craft to make a soft landing on the lunar probe technologies, obtaining moon and the first craft to do so since From page 1 A typical case occurred on US, Canada, Australia and New criminal cases with 71 countries. lunar images and performing scientific the former Soviet Union’s Luna­24 Wednesday. Zealand. “Justice will come sooner or later. surveys. It was launched on Oct 24, probe touched down in August 1976. To date, 54 have been brought Zheng Dongqiang, former depu­ China will beef up pragmatic We encourage fugitives to return 2007. In November 2008, a map of the Chang’e 3 released the first Chinese back from more than 17 countries ty head of Xiamen’s public security cooperation with Western coun­ and confess their crimes before the entire lunar surface, based on Chang’e lunar rover, Yutu, which functioned on and regions to face justice, includ­ bureau, Fujian province, returned tries and encourage them to sign end of December to obtain more 1 data, was published. On March 1, the moon’s surface for nearly 1,000 ing Yang Xiuzhu, who was brought to plead guilty after two years on bilateral extradition treaties or lenient punishments,” the anony­ 2009, the probe was taken out of orbit days. The lander of Chang’e 3 is still back to China in November 2016 the run. agreements on mutual assistance mous official said. and crashed into the lunar surface. operational. after 13 years on the run in the Unit­ Zheng, 65, was accused of brib­ in criminal cases to help combat The law, which clearly defines the Chang’e 2, a backup of Chang’e 1 Chang’e 5 will weigh about 8.2 met­ ed States. ery and fled to New Zealand in cross­border organized crime tasks and responsibilities of rele­ with some technical improvements, ric tons and will be the largest and In June, Chinese authorities 2016, then escaped to Malaysia and activity, including apprehending vant authorities, is considered “a was launched on Oct 1, 2010, to con­ heaviest lunar probe ever made by Chi­ released information on 50 individ­ Hong Kong. He turned himself in fugitives and recovering their ill­ powerful legal weapon to (help) duct high­definition imaging of the na. It will have four components — an uals accused of corruption and/or and voluntarily returned to seek a gotten assets. China and foreign countries hunt moon and to verify the suitability of orbiter, lander, ascender and re­entry economic crimes and encouraged more lenient ruling. According to the Foreign Minis­ down fugitives and cut off the the Chang’e 3 landing site. It is now module. The probe is scheduled to be the public to provide tips on their According to the CCDI, most of try, China has signed 54 bilateral source of their dirty money,” said engaged in a long­term mission into launched next year by China’s largest whereabouts. Since then, four have the fugitives are still at large in extradition treaties and 63 agree­ Huang Feng, a law professor at Bei­ the solar system to verify space track­ carrier rocket, the Long March 5. been repatriated. Western countries, including the ments on mutual assistance in jing Normal University.