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DIPLOMACY For Xi’s visit, mutual trust a must: expert Vogel says momentum in dialogue can best benefi t

By REN QI in New York [email protected] The coming state visit of President The boost to the US and his meeting with his US counterpart President of mutual Barack Obama will be a milestone and mutual trust will be the biggest issue trust may and may be the largest contribution Xi’s visit can make, said Ezra Vogel, a be the professor emeritus of the Asia Center at Harvard University. largest “The boost of mutual trust may be the largest contribution of Xi’s visit contribution of Xi’s visit to Sino-US relation,” Vogel said in to Sino-US relation.” an interview with Chinese media on Monday. “Xi had some connection Ezra Vogel, professor emeritus of the and established some friendship with Asia Center at Harvard University local residents in Iowa during his visit in 1985 and in 2012, and this is the spe- cial bridge between Xi and ordinary US people.” Security Advisor, visited in Vogel predicted the two leaders August and met with President Xi would talk about some big concerns, and other government offi cials. Rice such as Diaoyu Island, the South Chi- showed a positive attitude during na Sea, the environment and cyber- the visit, and expressed the wish to security. “The leaders talked about boost bilateral relations and enlarge environmental issues during their last cooperation. A new high meeting in Beijing, and I think they Vogel said Rice’s visit could be seen should carry on the subject,” he said. as a preparation for Xi’s state visit in Clockwise from top: Balloons are released in Potala Palace Square, , on Tuesday during a grand celebration marking the 50th anniversary of the creation As America’s leading expert on Sino- September. Vogel, 85, pointed out that of the autonomous region; people from all walks of life attend the ceremony in Lhasa; dancers join a parade celebrating the anniversary. PURBU ZHAXI / XINHUA, US relations, Vogel admitted some dis- as the representative of Obama, Rice’s YAOHAIQUAN / FOR CHINA DAILY, TSEWANG / FOR CHINA DAILY See story > p3. agreements existed between the two trip showed that Xi’s visit meant a lot countries, among them cyber hacking to Sino-US relations. accusations and the South China Sea. Vogel, author of Deng Xiaoping He said it would be diffi cult for the and the Transformation of China, CINEMA two countries to reach agreement over noted that he disagrees with some these sensitive issues in such a short US scholars who said Xi has changed visit, so boosting mutual trust could the rules of game in China. He said be “the most important and most the basic policies of China have not Film honors ’s WWII shelter of Jews basic way” to make progress. been changed, as security and military Vogel said the two countries should development remain to be part of the By JING in New York not only build up mutual trust over policies. [email protected] issues of mutual concern, such as But what’s new is Xi’s policy of anti- military mutual trust mechanisms, corruption. “Xi has made a great con- The international community climate change and cyber security, tribution to China’s ongoing anti-cor- needs to know more about China’s but also strengthen the exchange of ruption campaign, and has received contributions and sacrifi ces in the opinions between China and the US the full support of ordinary Chinese war against fascism, said China’s con- Congress, and encourage US Con- people,” Vogel said. sul general in New York. gressmen to learn more about China. Vogel was glad to see that despite “People in the world, including He said the US government should existing disputes between China and people here in New York, know about have a more open attitude towards the US, Xi had maintained good rela- the history of World War II and the cooperation. “I think China may cor- tions with Obama, which is good for Holocaust, while few know that more rect direction over some international bilateral relations. Still, there can’t be European Jews had taken refuge in cooperation issues, for instance, Chi- a U-turn in China’s policy towards Shanghai than in any other city in na’s initiative of One Belt One Road the US in such a short time after the the world, when war broke out in and the establishment of the Asia visit, he said. 1939,” Zhang Qiyue, China’s consul Infrastructure Investment Bank,” he But Vogel predicted that due to the general in New York, said at the said. “The US government should take accurate and comprehensive under- screening of the 2002 documentary part in them, rather than contradict- standing of the current situation fi lm Shanghai Ghetto at Cinemas 123 ing, as the proposal could benefi t US that both leaders have, their meeting in New York on Tuesday night. “The itself.” would bring some surprises to the screening of the fi lm, as well as the Susan Rice, the US National world. exhibition and books on the history will allow people to know about the history.” The fi lm was shown to mark the Zhang Qiyue, China’s consul general (in red), attends screening of Shanghai Ghetto at Cinema 123 in New York on 70th anniversary of World War II’s Tuesday with (from left) Eric Yuan of the America China Public Aff airs Institute; Fred Teng, institute president; Kerry Summit can ‘clarify’ end and organized by the America Minchin; her husband Nick Minchin, Australia consul general in New York; and Alan Way of the institute. / CHINA DAILY China Public Affairs Institute, an By CHEN WEIHUA He cited the independent research organization to preserve prosperity.” Against odds such as language bar- Water-Starved World, said he was in Washington example of last specializing in US-China aff airs. In the late 1930s, German Jews riers, poverty, rampant disease and aware of the history of Jewish refu- [email protected] November’s sum- Zhang said that from 1933 to 1942, were trying to escape Nazi perse- isolation, the refugees were able to gees in Shanghai because some of his mit in Beijing Shanghai accepted more than 30,000 cution, but country after country make the transition from being sup- friends’ families lived there. The summit between President when the two Jewish refugees and hosted a large, closed its doors to them. The only ported by welfare agencies to estab- “The history sounds very extraor- Xi Jinping and President Barack sides reached vibrant community fl eeing persecu- place in the world that didn’t require lishing a functioning community. dinary,” Siegel said. “I think China is Obama gives them a chance to breakthroughs tion in Europe. entrance visas was the international Jewish cultural life flourished: one of the greatest countries in the clear the air on important issues Stapleton on climate “We remember history to call for city of Shanghai. Schools were established, newspa- world. It is an important story to haunting the bilateral relationship, Roy, former US change and mili- peace in the future,” Zhang said. Most of them were relocated in pers were published, theaters pro- tell about how China accepted and according to a former US ambas- ambassador to tary confidence- “Relations between the United States an area of approximately one square duced plays, and sports teams played. warmly welcomed people who were sador to China. China building, say- and China are the key to global sta- mile in the Hongkou of Jap- “The fact that China was pleased in need,” he said. In Stapleton Roy’s view, issues ing nobody was bility, and to strengthen China-US anese-occupied Shanghai, known as with Jews and accepted refugees at The feature-length documentary, such as cybersecurity, the South anticipating such agreements. relations and to foster good relations the Restricted Sector for Stateless the time when Jews were not wel- narrated by Academy Award-winner China Sea and the recent stock Cui Tiankai, Chinese ambassa- is to preserve peace and stability and Refugees, or Shanghai Ghetto. come anywhere is very important Martin Landau, contains interviews market shocks in China that have dor to the US, told the press on for China-Israel relations,” said Amir with survivors and historians, rare spilled over to the US and other Sept 5 that Xi’s visit will be a suc- Sagie, deputy consul general of Israel letters, stock footage and photos of countries should be on the agenda. cess and produce fruitful results. in New York. modern Shanghai, where most of the But he suggested that many He said it will be a “pleasant sur- In the news He said China was never anti- Jewish ghetto remains unchanged. other important issues that will prise when made public”. Semitic, neither a century ago or in The film tells of their relation- be addressed constructively by the While noting the increasing modern times. “This is the funda- ships with the local Chinese and two leaders have not got nearly rivalry between the two countries, BUSINESS mental part of our relations with with the occupying Japanese Army; enough attention. He was mostly Roy said the mechanisms for dis- Currency stance China, and we cherish very much the attempts of the American Jewish referring to the news media, which cussing issues from the top down the memories,” Sagie said. community to help the refugees, the have excessively focused on cyber- are the better than they’ve ever China’s central bank says new regula- Seth Mitchell Siegel, an Ameri- rich cultural life they constructed hacking and the South China Sea been. tions on the currency forwards mar- can writer and author of Let There and the tragedy of their relatives who while ignoring many other impor- ket are “not capital control.” > p13 Be Water: Israel’s Solution for a stayed behind in Europe. tant issues. SEE “ROY” PAGE 2 Wednesday, September 9, 2015 CHINA DAILY USA

2 ACROSS AMERICA Roy: MUSEUMS PSYCHOLOGY Media Lost civilization unfolds ‘Left-behind’ miss key youth can see issues success: study FROM PAGE 1 By PAUL WELITZKIN Bi conducted studies with four “When I was ambassador to in New York separate groups of children, China, I was lucky if I could get paulwelitzkin@chinadailyusa. all around 14 years old, total- a cabinet minister to come to com ing from 124 to 176 students have a discussion, and there in . Many of the were no presidential exchanges As the ranks of China’s “left- teens reported that their par- between China and the United behind children” continue to ents had left them when they States during the four years grow, recently released univer- were as young as 5. when I was in Beijng,” Roy said sity research shows that the The researchers gauged the on Tuesday, after moderating a generation needs to do more students’ feelings about being talk on Malaysia’s and Singa- than dream of a happier and left behind, their future and pore’s views of the US rebalance- successful future self — they fatalism, and sought to deter- to-Asia strategy. also require a strategy for mine what helps children rise Roy, who was born in China becoming that person. above diffi cult circumstances. in 1935 to missionary parents, The research was con- Two of the studies found served as the US ambassador ducted by Daphna Oyserman, that the middle-school stu- there from 1991 to 1995 when dean’s professor of psychology dents performed better in the relationship was in bad and co-director of the Dornsife school if they had strategies shape. Center for Mind and Society for becoming their future “Now these types of meetings at the University of Southern selves, as well as several are taking place on a regular California in Los Angeles. She options for becoming the self basis, multiple times a year was helped by Chongzeng Bi that they envision. in many cases,” he said of the Dirk Tuerenhout, curator of anthropology at the Houston Museum of Natural Science, talks on Sept 4 about the uncovered city layout at of Southwest University in The other two studies summits. “And I think that’s a the excavation site of Sanxingdui. MAY ZHOU / CHINA DAILY Chongqing. showed that the mere thought very important development, The scientists focused on of an unhappy childhood was because if you cannot communi- By MAY ZHOU in Santa Ana, California, the prepared very well. Many years a population with social and enough to dampen the opti- cate, you can’t solve problems.” in Houston Houston Museum of Natural ago, Chinese President Deng economic challenges: rural mism and the ability of chil- Describing the US-China rela- [email protected] Science and the Cultural Relics Xiaoping visited Houston and Chinese children who are left dren to plan their escapes. tionship as a diffi cult one, Roy, Bureau of province. wore that big cowboy hat; may- in the care of grandparents Through a combination now a distinguished scholar at To Dirk Tuerenhout, curator “This is a very popular and People often came be we should send one hat to because their parents have of experiments, final exam the Kissinger Institute on China of anthropology at the Houston interesting exhibition,” Tueren- Washington and present it to moved to an urban area to results and behavior reports, and the United States at the Wil- Museum of Natural Science, hout said. “People often came to me unsolicited President Xi,” said Turenhout. seek higher-paying employ- the researchers found that son Center, said having regular his favorite piece at the exhibi- to me unsolicited and told According to Tuerenhout, ment far from home. the thought of being “left summits between the two lead- tion China’s Lost Civilization: me how much they loved this and told me how over the past decade the “It’s estimated that 40 per- behind” had a negative eff ect ers is a crucial aspect of man- The Mystery of Sanxingdui is exhibition. Houston museum has hosted cent of the children in rural on the teens’ optimism for the aging rivalries and diff erences, the impressive 8-foot-5-inch “People enjoyed look- much they loved numerous Chinese exhibits areas (or about 60 million) future, and it increased their along with the enormous areas standing fi gure. ing at the pieces, listening to this exhibition.” such as Tibet: Treasures from in China are considered left fatalism. of cooperation. “He was probably holding a the music, and imagine an the Roof of the World; Uncover behind,” Oyserman said in an Having feelings that their Unlike some who pointed to big elephant tusk,” said Tuer- ancient civilization that’s truly the Extraordinary Secrets of interview. fate and future were not in the sour mood of the relation- enhout. “Then you wonder a mystery. Dirk Tuerenhout, curator, the ; Treasures from When the parents move their control dampened the ship ahead of Xi’s upcoming vis- where this statute was placed. Doris Harrington visited the Houston Museum of Science Shanghai: 5,000 Years of Chi- from the countryside to an number of images students it, Roy noted that there is never Was it for ceremony or sacri- Sanxingdui exhibit two days nese Art and Culture; and urban area, their children are had of their future selves as the same mood going into any fi ce? Also, these elephant tusks before its closing. She told Chi- genuinely interested. Yao Ming Secret World of the Forbidden not allowed to enroll in a new well as the number of strate- summit because of the chang- uncovered at Sanxingdui were na Daily that it was her second came with her too; that was a City: Splendors From China’s school. Usually, it’s the grand- gies they had to become their ing international situation and from Thailand. visit. “I find the culture very unique experience for us. Imperial Palace, 1644-1911. parents that must care for the future selves, Oyserman said. the shifting attitudes aff ected by “Imagine that someone fascinating. I also love the art Liu had commented that “During the Forbidden City children ranging in age from 5 Students with more images immediate problems. decided to go to such a faraway itself. It’s from so long ago, yet “although geographically far exhibit, we had President Bush, until they are teenagers. of their future possibilities “I don’t believe the mood place, and the terrain was hard the pieces were so well made, away, China and the US still the senior one, visit us. He was “Everyone encourages scored higher on the exam. going into this summit is incom- to traverse, yet they brought 60 still intact and well preserved,” share a lot in common. As the able to walk back then. He said, the parents to leave in the Researchers found that left- patible with having a construc- elephant tusks back to Sanx- she marveled. old Chinese saying goes, it is please give me a tour. I said, hope that everyone will behind students who had tive outcome,” he said. ingdui. It must have taken a Tuerenhout remembers better to see once than to hear gladly, but since you lived in have a brighter future,” said more strategies to attain their He said it was the same in the very long time,” he said. Chinese Vice-Premier Liu Yan- a hundred times.” Beijing, maybe you could give Oyserman. The parents usu- possible selves scored better case of the Sunnylands infor- The exhibition, showcasing dong’s visit to the museum viv- Tuerenhout said that he me a tour,” recalled Tuerenhout. ally return home once a year on their exams a year later, mal summit in California in more than 100 artifacts, con- idly. “She was the highest-rank- understood Liu was also pre- “While looking at the exhib- during the spring new year controlling for their prior test June 2013, and there was a lot cluded on Sept 7 after a fi ve- ing lady offi cial in China and paring for the upcoming visit it, he was telling me about the celebration. score, and they were less likely of uncertainty about the rela- month display. It was orga- she came to visit us. I thought of Chinese President Xi Jin- gardens in Forbidden City and Oyserman and Southwest to be depressed, Oyserman tionship before last November’s nized by the Bowers Museum that’s pretty cool, and she was ping. “I am sure his visit was how beautiful it was.” University professor hongzeng said. summit in Beijing. “That turned out to be a pro- ductive summit,” Roy said. “So I don’t think one should attach MUSIC too much importance to the mood in terms of what the out- see something Chinese is kind Chinese and American attend- come may be.” of quite remarkable.” ees, the audience for the Jew- Cybersecurity was a major Peking Opera performance thrills NY Robinson had never heard elry Pouch was mostly Chinese. issue ahead of the Sunnylands of Zhang but read up on her Lin Bo, an opera music summit, but the revelations By LI JING in New York Peking Opera. that familiar with,” he said. complicated story, very diffi cult before the show. “There is so teacher, drove from New Jersey made by former National Secu- [email protected] It was the US debut for “The subtitles do work well, to understand. The opera had a much about Zhang Huoding, so that her 6-year-old daughter rity Agency (NSA) contrac- Zhang, one of the premier and I have no problem with lot of singing and little drama. and to see someone famous is could see Zhang’s show. She tor Edward Snowden of the The audience at Lincoln Peking Opera actresses in the story.” Actually, everybody enjoyed it very interesting,” he added. said her own mother got her aggressive, wide-ranging US Center got the encore they China. Her performance was Zhang Qiyue, the Chinese so much, people did not want Vena Harwilchuk, another interested in Peking Opera, and surveillance around the globe, worked for. a resounding critical and com- consul general in New York to leave after the performance.” audience member, said the she hoped her daughter also including on China, came as a As the curtain fell at the mercial success. who also attended, shared a She said that “if people can type of roles and the way they would be interested. huge embarrassment for the US David H. Koch Theater in “Zhang Huoding is absolute- story on Sept 3 with New York understand a difficult thing are portrayed are what interest “In the US, there is little government. New York last week, some ly amazing, and her voice and state senators and Assembly like Peking Opera, which most her most about Peking Opera. chance to see the fi nest of Chi- Roy has been a critic of the in the audience shouted the performance were so beautiful, members on the occasion of Chinese people don’t under- “Every person in the cast can nese traditional arts,” said Bo, US government response to the name Zhang Huoding again so passionate and so special,” the celebration of a New York stand, I think we have a good sing, dance and perform mar- who has been in the United Asian Infrastructure Investment and again. Then the curtain Marc Karimzadeh, a fashion resolution recognizing the story there.” tial arts. They can do every- States for 15 years. “The high- Bank (AIIB) initiated by China. rose, prompting a thunderous magazine editor, said after cooperation between New York Whitney Robinson, an audi- thing. You can see the level of level shows of Chinese tradi- “I think you want to avoid situ- round of applause, and Zhang watching Zhang’s The Legend and China and President Xi ence member, said he saw a commitment and dedication tions will not only pass on ations that initiatives by one stepped out and greeted the of the White Snake on Sept 2. Jingping’s upcoming state visit. lot of opera in general, but that it would take. Everything the legacy to our Chinese liv- country seem to be opposed by audience in the graceful, Chi- “It is very new to me, and I “I was worried people would there was little Chinese opera is on the stage,” she said. ing here but also deepen the the other country in a kneejerk- nese traditional way and pre- am excited to see something have not understood it (the in America. “There is always While The Legend of the understanding of Americans reaction type of way,” he said. sented another short piece of from a culture that I am not opera),” Zhang said. “It is a very Western opera. The chance to White Snake attracted both of Chinese and China.” WWII heroes on the diplomatic front got raw deal back home

wo Chinese-born Chris poverty and the brutal con- hearing rumors about fight- get his okay. predicted the same winner decided Service had been Americans, unsung Davis scription policies — they basi- ers in the north, centered in In July of 1944, the first and thought the US should wrongfully discharged. He heroes both, deserve cally kidnapped Chinese men Yan’an, who had been waging group of American diplomats hedge their bets. was reinstated in 1957 but it a salute on the anni- and had to lead them to the an eff ective campaign against fl ew to Yan’an and immediately “The Communists are in was too late, he was “tainted”, T NEW YORK versary of the end of World JOURNAL front in chains or ropes tied the Japanese. They turned out noted a contrast to Chongqing. China to stay and China’s des- as Lam put it. His career stag- War II. Both advocated early around them so they wouldn’t to be Mao’s Communists, set- “Mao’s people were motivated, tiny is not Chiang’s but theirs,” nated and he retired in 1962. on that the US establish ties run away.” tling in Yan’an after the Long well-mannered, no corruption, Service wrote. In 1971 he was among the with Mao Zedong’s Commu- expert Andrew Lam, author Among the Americans who March of 1934-36. no banditry; everyone was Sentiments that would come small delegation of Americans nists and both paid a price for of Two Sons of China (Bonfi re went there were a very special Davies and Service wanted happy to be there, the women back to haunt both men. Fast invited to China to advance it. Books, 2014). group of people — American to take a mission to the north had equal rights — completely forward to the McCarthy hear- President Nixon’s historic trip. In 1941, when the US got Immediately after Pearl Foreign Service officers who check these Communists out, diff erent from the Nationalist- ings of the 1950s. Both diplo- He also died in 1999 at the age into World War II, China had Harbor, the US sent envoys spoke Mandarin fl uently, had if for no other reason than controlled parts of southern mats were accused of being of 89. been fi ghting all alone against to Chiang Kai-shek’s base in been born and raised in China, the enemy of their enemy China,” Lam said. Communist sympathizers and “Some will always won- Japan since 1937. FDR real- Chongqing, in the south of Chi- the sons of missionaries who was their friend. It was worth It was like a whole new driven from their careers at der how history might have ized how important it was to na. Some of those Americans had gone to China at the turn knowing what they were China. The Americans were the State Department, in part changed had their reports been keep China in the war, if for no became disillusioned with the of the century. doing. Maybe the US should very favorably impressed by because of the honest reports received diff erently,” Lam said. other reason, to keep tying up Nationalists, who didn’t seem Two of them, John Paton consider supplying them, the the Chinese Communists. they had fi led. “This will never be known. It the 1 million Japanese soldiers that avid about pursuing the Davies, Jr and John S. Service, diplomats wondered. Davies and Service wrote hon- Davies and his wife moved is clear by all accounts that deployed there. war against Japan. both born in Sichuan, were They called the delegation est reports about what they to Peru and started a furni- they served their country with “If China were to capitulate “They seemed more inter- actually boyhood friends. They the Dixie Mission, a nod to the saw. After long talks with Mao ture business. He continued to honor and devotion in a dif- or be defeated or give up or ested in hoarding American understood the culture like no US Confederacy. Chiang Kai- and Zhou Enlai, it became fi ght to clear his name and was fi cult foreign land.” come to a separate peace, all of supplies,” Lam said. “The other Americans ever could shek was dead set against the clear to them that the Ameri- reinstated by the State Depart- those men would be freed up Americans were distraught and were poised to help the idea and it took no less than a cans should reach out to the ment in 1969. He died in 1999 Contact the writer at to come to the Pacifi c and fi ght about how much corrup- Americans in a big way. heart-to-heart with US Vice- Communists. If it came to an at the age of 91. chrisdavis@chinadailyusa. the Americans,” said China tion they saw, the desperate Service and Davies started President Henry Wallace to all-out civil war, both men In 1956, the Supreme Court com. CHINA DAILY USA Wednesday, September 9, 2015

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JUSTICE ECONOMY Trade data 4 prisoners add more pressure are released on policy

By LI XIANG in amnesty [email protected] The sharper-than-expected contraction of China’s foreign Official says move is ‘just a beginning’; convicts trade in August underscored the weakness of the Chinese who committed serious crimes will not be freed economy and increased pres- sure on policymakers to take By QI XIN in Zhengzhou and more growth-spurring meas- CAO YIN in Beijing ures, economists said on Tues- day. Four inmates were released Exports fell by 6.1 percent on Tuesday under a special year-on-year in August to 1.2 amnesty granted by China’s The amnesty is trillion yuan ($188.5 billion), top legislature. compared with an 8.9 percent On Tuesday morning, three good for our slide in July. Imports tumbled prisoners in Central China’s by 14.3 percent, widening sig- province were set free country to build Premier praises teachers nificantly from July’s 8.6 per- under the amnesty, which was cent decrease, according to the proposed by President Xi Jin- an open, General Administration of ping in August to mark the democratic and Premier applauds some of China’s top teachers in Beijing on Tuesday, two days ahead of Teachers’ Day. Public spending Customs. 70th anniversary of the end of on education will continue to rise, even though the government is on a tight budget, Li said. Teachers’ Day, introduced in 1985, falls China’s total trade surplus World War II and the Chinese reached $57.8 billion in civilized legal on Sept 10 and is an opportunity for students to thank their teachers with gifts and cards. WU ZHIYI / CHINA DAILY People’s War of Resistance August, a year-on-year expan- against Japanese Aggression image.” sion of 20.1 percent. (1937-45). Li Xunlei, chief economist at Deng Li, an officer in the Gao Mingxuan, a leading ANCIENT ARTS Haitong Securities Co Ltd, provincial prison manage- criminal law professor at Beijing said it is almost a certainty for ment bureau, confirmed the Normal University China to miss its whole-year release. trade growth target of 6 per- “We’ll make sure those who Palace Museum unrolls famed scroll cent. are granted freedom meet the “The weak trade data, espe- qualifications of the amnesty cially the worse-than-expected to avoid any mistakes during 1949 By WANG KAIHAO imports, pointed to the slug- the implementation,” Deng wangkaihao@ Other rare works on display gish domestic demand cou- said. The special amnesty has been chinadaily.com.cn pled with the slump of global “The three released on Tues- granted seven times since 1949, commodities prices, as well as The Stone Moat, known year investigation, 1,001 nature by the writer. day are just a beginning, and often before major anniversa- People in long lines waited the slowdown of the recovery in Chinese as Shiqu Baoji, paintings and 228 works Five Oxen,byHan our future work must be as ries or important to enter the Hall of Martial is a royal inventory com- of calligraphy were found Huang (723-787), the in key international markets,” strict,” he said. ceremonies or conferences. Valor in Beijing’s Palace plied by 31 top-level in today’s museum col- earliest surviving Chi- he said. Deng did not estimate how Li said the exchange rate Museum, also known as the scholars and art apprais- lections. nese painting drawn on many inmates will be released Forbidden City, on Tuesday. factor is unlikely to have an ers during the reign of Other must-see exhib- paper , in the province. But those convicted of But that was to be expected. Spring Excursion immediate effect on exports, Emperor Qianlong (1736- its: by Zhan Ziqian (545- One of the three prisoners, serious violent crimes, such The best-known scroll even though the yuan has 96). ,by 618), one of the oldest Fan Mingli, 85, who was sen- as homicide, rape and painting in Chinese art histo- Letter to Boyuan depreciated by about 3 per- tenced to life imprisonment intentional injury are ry — titled Along the River It records about 11,000 Wang Xun (349-400), the surviving Chinese land- cent since mid-August. for fraud and forging military excluded. During the Qingming Festi- paintings and works of only surviving calligraphy scape paintings. documents in 2006, was Since 1949, special val — was completely calligraphy the emperor from the Jin Dynasty (265- released from prison at 10:30 amnesty has been granted unrolled for the first time collected. After a seven- 420) with an authentic sig- CHINA DAILY $57.8 am on Tuesday, and he could seven times, often before since 2005. billion not stop smiling. major anniversaries or The work by Zhang Zedu- Fan participated in the war important ceremonies or an (1085-1145), measuring China’s total trade surplus in when he was young. Under the conferences. 24.8 centimeters wide and calligraphy masterpieces tient followers. fic jam in the hall. It’s too August, a year-on-year amnesty, prisoners who took The latest move is part of 5.29 meters long, depicts a once recorded in the Qing “It’s so crowded, but it is hasty to enjoy such a ban- expansion of 20.1 percent. part in the war and the Chi- the central government’s push flourishing landscape in Dynasty emperors’ catalog. worthwhile,” said Shi Xuew- quetofart.” nese War of Liberation (1946- in 2013 to fully enforce the rule Bianjing, the capital of the The display is a main event en, a retired college profes- Still, he arrived before 49) before committing crimes of law and implement and Northern Song Dynasty celebrating the museum’s sor who caught an early train peak time and had about half The People’s Bank of China, can be released. respect the Constitution, (960-1127). Bianjing is 90th anniversary since from Tianjin just to view the an hour to take in the art- the central bank, lowered the But people who are guilty of according to the Standing today’s Kaifeng in Henan opening to the public. treasures. works. reference rate of the yuan serious crimes like terrorism, Committee of the National province. Only 200 people at time “I wish I could linger for a For Li Ning, a Beijing civil against the US dollar by 1.86 bribery and corruption are People’s Congress, the top law- The scroll is only part of are allowed in the hall. Some few more minutes in front of servant, attending exhibi- percent on Aug 11. excluded, as are repeat offend- makers. the special exhibition titled visitors took out magnifying Along the River During the tions in the Palace Museum The disappointing trade ers and principal criminals When the special The Precious Collection of the glasses to scrutinize the Qingming Festival,” Shi said. is a regular part of his lifes- data have led some econo- involved in gang-related amnesty was adopted at Stone Moat, which includes details, but they soon found “But the staff asked people to tyle. But he was excited when mists to lower their trade offenses. the end of August, judicial 283 ancient paintings and it difficult to deal with impa- keep moving to avoid a traf- he joined the waiting line. forecast, and many are Also on Tuesday, Zhang academics expressed their expecting that policymakers Baisen, 84, of approval. in Beijing will roll out more province, who was given a “The amnesty is good for interest rate cuts and further life sentence in prison for our country to build an open, On patrol reductions of the reserve accepting 1.8 million yuan democratic and civilized requirement ratio for banks ($283,000) in bribes in legal image,” said Gao Ming- to spur growth. 2001, was also set free, xuan, a leading criminal law Female officers of the Dalian “As China’s economy still Yangcheng Evening News professor at Beijing Normal Public Security Frontier For- faces strong headwinds from reported. University. ces patrol at the Dalian Inter- excess capacity in many Inmates who are older than “The release for the very old national Conference Center industries, oversupply in the 75, with serious physical disa- and very young prisoners also square on Tuesday. The housing market, and high bilities and are unable to live represents our protection of Summer Davos Forum, also debt burdens, we believe on their own are also expected human rights, as well as an known as the 2015 New downside risks are materializ- to be granted amnesty. effective way to enforce the Leaders Meeting of the ing for the second half of this In addition, prisoners who principle of tempering justice World Economic Forum, is to year and first half of next committed crimes when they with mercy under the criminal be held from Wednesday to year,” Chang Jian, chief China were under 18 and received a law,” Gao said. Friday in Dalian, economist at Barclays Bank, maximum sentence of three province. PAN YILONG / XINHUA said in a research note. years in jail, or minors whose Contact the writers at Chang forecast one more prison terms are less than a [email protected] benchmark interest rate cut year, can be also set free by the and caoyin@ by 25 basis points and two amnesty. chinadaily.com.cn more reductions of the reserve requirement ratio for banks by 50 basis points each in the fourth quarter. POLITICSTIBET Although a weaker yuan would help restore the com- petitiveness of China’s AbeThousands re-elected celebrate head Tibetof party autonomous as vote on region’s ‘militaristic’ 50th anniversarybill nears exports, Tom Orlik, chief Asia economist at Bloomberg, said By DAQIONG and Jinping that read, “Enhancing protected. 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Feng said. country’s foreign exchange underMinister a blue Shinzo skyAbe and retainedscorch- People’ssionist Political agenda Consulta- and his internationalmittee Chair hostile Goshi forces.” Hosono torevenue drag increased the country by 564 back times. into mentunveiled of newthe Tibet guidelines autono- for VoterThe region support has an for important Abe and reserves, which fell a record inghis seatsun ason president Tuesdayof during the Lib- a tivedefense Conference, policy overhauls. delivered a calledYu urged the LDP local dull authorities and criti- a war-capable configuration. mousdefense region cooperation consolidated in April, the hisrole Cabinet in safeguarding fell below national 40 per- $94 billion in August. granderal Democratic ceremony Party to mark on Tues- the keynoteToshihiro speech, Nikai, vowing chairman that tocized manage the Abe religious administration affairs aspectActions of the of theTibetan Abe adminis- civiliza- greatreflecting achievements Abe’s willingness of peace- to centsecurity in many and mediaecosecurity, surveys and in One silver lining of Tues- 50thday, anniversary with his only of the potential auton- Chinaof the would LDP Generalcontinue Council,to crack accordingfor pushing to forthe an law. election on tion,tration and “mark Yu’s calls a major will help step fultake liberation on a bigger and globaldemocratic role. Julymaintaining after hisstrategic push reserves for a day’s trade data is that China’s omousrival, senior region’s LDP founding. lawmaker Sei- downsaid the on partyall types wanted of separatist to con- theA pretextmember that of the the Standing security- legalizeback”,in Japan’sthe management postwar polit- of reformJapan has of Tibet, been boostingrealized ‘leap- mili- U-turnand unique in Japan’s Chinese defense ethnic pol- exports to the United States koTop Noda, Chinese failing topolitical elicit enough advis- activity.clude the leadership election Committeerelated bills neededof the toPolitical be fast- religionical development, and protect Gao people’s said, frog’tary cooperationprogress in Tibet’s with South- social icy.culture. 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Scrapped buses court debut in Shanghai still riding routes By ZHOU WENTING A national inspection for in Shanghai 11 percent illegal vehicles on Monday zhouwenting@chinadai- found 25 scrapped school ly.com.cn Average annual increase of buses still in use, the Min- civil cases involving foreign istry of Public Security The first online pre-litiga- parties in Shanghai over the said. The buses were used tion mediation platform in past five years in eight provinces and Shanghai was put into use by regions, including , a district court on Tuesday, and Guangdong. partly in response to a rising “Now with video and audio The inspection also found number of civil cases involv- available for online media- 3,416 school buses in 26 ing a foreign party. tions, the two parties can provinces and regions — Foreign entities often find present evidence during the including Guangdong, it hard to attend mediations, video chat that can be accept- Fujian and — had a process in which disputes ed as legal proof,” he said. not conducted regular can be settled outside of Online mediations will be safety checks. Another 113 courtrooms. used in cases with clear school buses were found Now, with mediations facts, where the rights and to have had more than moving online, a plaintiff and obligations of the parties three unresolved trans- defendant in a lawsuit no involved are unambiguous portation violations. The longer need to be physically and in cases that do not 10-day inspection contin- present in a courtroom with a include a lot of evidence, ues through Tuesday. judge. Instead, they can all go such as disputes over loans online through video chat or labor contracts. Cases software to talk things over involving private lending Dogs intercepted and reach an agreement. and changes in custody can A rising number of civil also be mediated online. CHINA DAILY USA Volunteers from the Xi’an Small Animal Protection Association check caged dogs on a truck after they stopped the vehicle at a highway and commercial cases in the People who want to use tollgate with police help in Xi’an, province, on Monday. Because the truck driver couldn’t provide the required certificates for city involve foreign parties. the platform need to down- transportation of the animals, the dogs were given to the association, which will keep them at its facility and help them get adopted. Civil cases have increased an load a special application CHEN TUANJIE / FOR CHINA DAILY average of 11 percent per and log in with a user name NEW YORK HEADQUARTERS year for the past five years. and password provided by 1500 Broadway, Suite 2800, “In Pudong New District, the court. Then they can par- where the China (Shanghai) ticipate in the video call. New York, NY 10036 AVIATION Telephone: 212-537-8888 Pilot Free Trade Zone is locat- Shi Yifeng, a judge on the Fax: 212-537-8898 ed and many foreigners work court’s civil tribunal, used [email protected] and live, the number of cases the online platform to medi- [email protected] involving a foreign party is ate a civil dispute on Tuesday. Subscription: 212-537-8899 Helicopter fleets to double higher,” said Cao Zhengquan, A young couple divorced Advertising: 212-537-8916 director of litigation services three years ago and the hus- Follow us on: for the People’s Court of band was given custody of twitter.com/chinadailyusa Shanghai Pudong New Dis- their daughter. Recently the facebook.com/chinadailyusa Website: www.chinadailyusa.com Over five years, squads ning and Hunan, plan to estab- trict. “So we resort to online woman brought a lawsuit lish police helicopter forces in mediation to provide people against her ex-husband These materials are distributed on mainland to grow by China Daily Distribution Corp. three or four major cities to a way that makes mediation claiming he takes poor care on behalf of China Daily Beijing, to 50, with 100 aircraft cover the whole province, Liu more convenient, efficient of the girl, and she asked to China. Additional information is said, adding that 12 existing and less costly.” be awarded custody. on fi le with the Department of for law enforcement, squads in other provinces will Cao said his department Shi and the ex-husband Justice, Washington, DC. soon expand their fleets. has dealt with many divorce were together in the court- expert tells forum “Next, we will focus on help- and debt dispute cases that room, but the woman partic- WASHINGTON ing police departments in cen- involve people who live in a ipated from home using the National Press Bldg, Suite 1108 By ZHAO LEI in Tianjin tral and western regions set up foreign country. online platform. 529 14th Street NW [email protected] their aviation teams,” he said. It often took a long time for Washington, DC 20045 “It went smoothly,” Shi Tel: 202-662-7249 The Ministry of Public Secu- the two parties to exchange said. “After an hourlong Fax: 202-662-7247 Police authorities across rity has been cooperating with evidence and submit materi- mediation, the two sides China will double the size of Police helicopters rehearse on Monday for the China Helicopter Civil Aviation Flight University als to the court, and it was reached an amicable settle- LOS ANGELES their helicopter fleets within Exposition in Tianjin. The exposition will run from Wednesday to of China, in Sichuan province, especially inconvenient if ment, with the man agreeing 350 S. Figueroa Street, Suite 509 five years, according to a Sunday. JIA LEI / FOR CHINA DAILY to select and train police officers someone involved in a case to transfer the daughter’s Los Angeles, CA 90071 police aviation official. as helicopter pilots since 2009. was from a country that does custody to his ex-wife.” Tel: 213-232-0130 Liu Daolin, deputy director Development Forum, which foreign companies such as The ministry is also working not have judicial cooperation According to Cao, the liti- Fax: 212-537-8898 of the Ministry of Public Secu- opened on Tuesday in Tianjin. AgustaWestland, based in Ita- with the Government Flying with China. gation director, more courts rity’s police aviation manage- “Fortunately, heads of local ly, he added. Service in . In such cases, the court will likely adopt online SAN FRANCISCO ment office, said there were 28 public security departments The first police aviation In addition, starting in 2013, had to ask for help from that mediation as Internet tech- 575 Market Street, Suite 1875 police helicopter squads in 18 have begun to realize the team on the mainland selected helicopter squad offi- country’s consulate, Cao said. nology continues to mature. San Francisco, CA 94105 provincial-level regions on the importance and usefulness of appeared in 1994, when the cers have been sent to the Tel: 415-348-8288 Fax: 415-348-8388 Chinese mainland, and they police aviation and have Public Security Bureau in United States to receive train- have a total of 47 helicopters. pledged to increase invest- Wuhan, Hubei province, ing in tactics, Liu said. SEATTLE “The size of existing police ment in the force,” Liu said. founded a helicopter squad. He also said there are cur- Experts laud apology to 1700 Seventh Ave., Suite 2100 helicopter fleets is usually “According to our estima- Since then, the police in rently around 300 unmanned Seattle, WA 98101 small and their operational tion, by the end of 2020 there large cities such as Beijing, drones used by 150 police 19 wrongfully sentenced Tel: 206-357-8514 capability is weak, leading to will be about 50 police helicop- Shanghai and authorities in 25 provincial- Fax: 212-537-8898 less than 10 percent of main- ter squads with nearly 100 hel- have established their own level areas on the mainland. land cities being covered by icopters on the mainland.” squads and deployed helicop- Most were bought within the By ZHU LIXIN in Hefei and the announcement was HOUSTON police aviation,” Liu said. The helicopters used by ters on security patrols, search past two years. CAO YIN in Beijing placed by the court, but he 10777 Westheimer Road, Suite 805 “Meanwhile, the police in these squads are AC311s and and rescue, and emergency “We estimate the number of did not release more details. Houston, TX 77042 many border regions still have AC312s made by the Aviation response operations. police drones on the mainland A court’s apology to 19 Qiu Ping, who used to be a Tel: 832-767-0779 no helicopter squads,” Liu said Industry Corp of China, and Some provinces that have no will reach 1,000 before the end people sentenced for fraud lawyer and is now a media at the 2015 China Helicopter some other types bought from such squads, including Liao- of 2020,” he said. but later found to be inno- officer in Bozhou, said he cent has won widespread had followed the case for approval among judicial spe- some time and the court CANADA cialists. should be applauded. TORONTO ENVIRONMENT The provincial High “The move is a strong Suite 1013, 8 King Street East, Toronto, Ontario M5C 1B5 People’s Court posted the enforcement of the rule of Tel: (416)363-6686 announcement in Bozhou law put forward by the lead- Fax: (416)363-6616 Carbon pricing expected to affect firms’ investment Evening News on Monday, ership two years ago, repre- saying that it apologized sin- senting the central cerely to 19 litigants involved government’s determination By ZHENG JINRAN schemes. Up to July 26, some trading pilot scheme, Econom- in a case of allegedly fraudu- to investigate and correct [email protected] 82 percent 25 million metric tons of car- ic Daily said. lent fundraising in 2012. wrongful verdicts,” he said. bon dioxide equivalent were But some professionals and The 19 were sentenced, in Zhao Li, a criminal lawyer The large majority of over of 304 stakeholders surveyed traded under these plans, with companies in the survey were accordance with a verdict in Beijing, said the newspa- 300 experts and industry rep- expect carbon pricing to strong- a value of 830 million yuan concerned about an underval- reached by the court in July per announcement is a good resentatives in China who ly or moderately affect invest- ($130 million), according to ued carbon price. Around the 2012, to a range of prison way to alleviate conflicts were surveyed believe that car- ment decisions by 2020. Economic Daily. time of the survey, carbon pri- terms for illegally raising between courts and litigants. CHINA DAILY (ISSN 0748- bon pricing will affect the China will expand the pilot ces ranged from 9.5 yuan per funds from the public. “The move shows humani- 6154) is published daily except investment of companies with schemes across the country by ton in Shanghai to 42 yuan per But after a retrial on Oct ty, effectively showing our weekends by China Daily USA, large carbon emissions, push- Carbon Forum, which helped 2017, improving their function ton in Beijing. 30 last year, the provincial courts’ attitude in dealing 1500 Broadway, Suite 2800, ing them toward green tech- carry out the survey from May and stability by 2020, accord- Respondents expect that prosecutors decided to stop with their mistakes and nologies by 2020. to July. ing to the National Develop- prices will quickly rebound by the case, saying there would transforming our judicial New York, NY 10036. Periodical The China Carbon Pricing The survey demonstrated ment and Reform the end of 2015 to reach 30 to be no further investigation, bodies’ coldblooded image postage paid at New York, NY Survey, released on Tuesday, the expectations on carbon Commission. 50 yuan per ton, affected the announcement said. The from the past,” Zhao said. and additional mailing offi ces. found that 82 percent of the trading in China, he said. The carbon pricing survey mainly by government poli- 19 people applied for com- He suggested that other POSTMASTER: Send address 304 stakeholders, including Since 2011, China has desig- found that 68 percent of the cies, said de Boer. pensation and they have all courts across the country changes to CHINA DAILY USA, large State-owned companies, nated seven emission trading companies in the pilot By 2025, the price will go up been paid, it added. could learn from the high 1500 Broadway, Suite 2800, expect carbon pricing to schemes in places such as Bei- schemes have a strategy for to 70 yuan per ton in the The court also explained people’s court in Anhui, add- strongly or moderately affect jing, Shanghai and Shenzhen, emission trading, like improv- nationwide carbon trading that the announcement ing that legal credibility New York, NY 10036. investment decisions by 2020. Guangdong province, in a bid ing their technology and facili- market, the survey said. aimed to help rebuild the would then also get a boost. © 2015 China Daily All Rights Reserved Only 36 percent believe car- to gradually set up a nation- ties, suggesting that the pilot In addition, 63 percent of reputations of the 19 people Under a work report made Vol. 34 — No. 10701 bon pricing could affect wide carbon trading market, projects are having a signifi- the respondents indicated involved. by the Supreme People’s investment next year. an efficient market method for cant impact. that they are not adequately The announcement was Court in March, Chinese It showed that respondents the country’s larger strategy to Baosteel Group in Shanghai, prepared for the national car- made on Aug 25, with the courts acquitted 825 defend- are confident about the promote green, low-carbon one of the world’s largest iron bon trading schemes, which names of the 19 litigants ants for lack of evidence and impact of carbon pricing to development. and steel companies, reduced means before expanding, gov- printed at the bottom of it. reasonable doubt in 2013. push forward green technolo- More than 1,900 companies carbon emissions in 2014 by ernments need to do more An officer of the court, A member of gies in industries, said Dimitri with carbon emissions have 4.12 percent from the year training for the companies, he who refused to be named, Contact the writers through the Asia News Network de Boer, head of the China been listed in the seven pilot before because of the emission said. confirmed on Tuesday that [email protected] CHINA DAILY USA Wednesday, September 9, 2015

Q&A WITH LOCAL LEADER 5 Silk Road spirit thrives in

By WANG HAO and What do you think of the role and cine at Ningxia Medical University. Quick Bio of Li Jianhua overall plan for the expo. WANG HUAZHONG in functions that China-Arab cooper- We promoted cooperation between ation and exchanges play in the Ningxia Normal University and What specialties from Ningxia do Editor’s note: Situated inland in State’s ? Eastern University, Sri Lanka; and you want to introduce to China Dai- Northwest China and north of the Li: There has been a long history between Beifang University of ly readers? Great Wall, the Ningxia Hui of cooperation and exchanges Nationalities and the Higher Insti- Li: Ningxia is small in size but autonomous region, a major Mus- between China and Arab countries. tute for Tourism Studies in Tunisia. very special. We say that Ningxia lim area, has been striving to The renowned ancient Silk Road The newly established China-Arab has two “name cards”. One is a open up and strengthen its cultur- linked us together 2,000 years ago University of Science and Technolo- region with its people united yet al and economic ties with the to facilitate trade and travel, as well gy has started enrollment. from different ethnic groups, and world, especially the Arab com- as cultural and technological religion practiced peacefully. The munity. It will host the 2015 Chi- exchanges. Since the reform and What advantages does Ningxia have? other is an ecologically favored na-Arab States Expo from opening-up, especially in the past Li: Ningxia has a long tradition region, with blue sky, fertile land, Thursday to Sunday. China Daily few years, we have seen gradually as an important trading hub and is and clean water. Ningxia is proud recently talked with Li Jianhua, deepening cooperation and closer an ethnic minority area. It holds a of the cultures it bears and breeds, the Party chief and top legislator exchanges and are witnessing great lot of advantages. The first is the namely, the Yellow River culture, of Ningxia, to find out more. progress in economic collabora- regional advantage. Ningxia plays the Hui habitat culture, the mystic tion. The value of bilateral trade has an important role in the new Eura- Xixia culture and the rich history risen from $25.5 billion to $251.2 sian Land Bridge and is located at a dating back to 1936 when the Com- billion in the past decade, since the pivotal position on the China-Cen- munist Party set up the autono- beginning of the China-Arab States tral Asia-West Asia economic corri- mous county of Xihaigu. Cooperation Forum in 2004. dor. It is suitable for building an Moreover, Ningxia is well-known The Belt and Road Initiative put airline hub radiating to the north- for six specialties. The wolfberry, forward by President Xi Jinping west, connecting to North China wine grapes, melons, vegetables, breathes new life into the ancient and reaching West Asia and North grassland and husbandry have Silk Road. There are 22 Arab coun- Africa. Ningxia serves as a gateway already built up Ningxia’s brand; the tries with over 200 million people to the air corridor connecting Chi- coal-to-chemicals industry has tak- along the Silk Road Economic Belt na to Arab countries. Li Jianhua, 61, from Gucheng, province, is head of the Ningxia Party en shape with the successful opera- and the Maritime Silk Road of the The second advantage is related Committee of the CPC and head of the Ningxia local legislature. tion of the Ningdong Energy and 21st Century. They are our natural to opening-up. Ningxia has been He graduated from Nankai University with a bachelor’s degree in political Chemical Industry Base; alternative partners. The Arab countries also commissioned to build a pilot eco- economics, and a master’s degree in economics. energy, such as solar and wind ener- expect to pursue further develop- nomic zone for the opening-up of Li served in the People’s Liberation Army as a young man. Before becom- gy, has great potential; the modern ment by seizing the opportunities inland areas, allowing it the priority ing the head of Ningxia Party Committee in 2013, his job was mostly con- textile industry is booming here; the coming along with the initiative to carry out new policies. cerned with the Party’s personnel affairs. He previously acted as deputy head tourism industry thrives on its and from China’s opening-up to the Third, Ningxia has abundant of the Organization Department of the Party’s Central Committee and as uniqueness; and the information west. Therefore, the joint effort of energy resources. It has witnessed executive president of the Chinese Academy of Governance. industry is developing fast. building the Belt and Road is the emerging of Ningdong Energy SOURCE: NINGXIA DAILY Dynamic Ningxia is full of ener- bound to promote cooperation and and Chemical Industry Base cen- gy and has a bright future ahead. I exchanges on a wider scale, with a tered on the coal-based chemical Ningxia Hui autonomous region at a glance hope people in China and around more extensive range and at a high- industry. The five west-to-east gas the world can look at Ningxia, er level, and brings mutual benefits. pipelines traversing Ningxia also know it and visit Ningxia. I also mean it has the capacity to process Established: 1958 hope China Daily and other media What foundations has Ningxia built gas and oil from the Middle East Land: 66,400 sq km can report more about Ningxia to in China-Arab cooperation? and Central Asia. Population: 6.6 million (as of help it walk its way to the world. Li: Since the reform and open- Fourth, the cultural similarities. 2014). Hui people account for 35.56 Yinchuan ing-up, the Party committee and Ningxia is the largest inhabited percent of the population. We noticed that international the government of the Ningxia area of the Hui ethnic group, home Terrain: Northern Ningxia is known 200 km Ningxia media recently reported a lot about Hui autonomous region have been to 2.32 million Hui people, account- as the “southern lush land beyond CHINA DAILY wines made in Ningxia, and the targeting Arab countries and Mus- ing for one-fifth of the Hui popula- the Great Wall”; central Ningxia is international community is expect- lim regions to seek a breakthrough tion in China. The customs of the dry with sandy winds and barren ing more surprises from the region. for its opening-up and have wit- Hui people are similar to those in land; southern Ningxia is mountain- What do you think about the wine nessed further cooperation and Muslim countries and regions, ous. industry in Ningxia? exchanges between the two sides. which helps a lot in exchanges and History: One of the cradles of Chi- ing 189 years. Ningxia was no Li: The Ningxia Helan Moun- We have held the China-Arab cooperation with each other. nese civilization. The Qingshihuang longer part of Gansu province and tain East Foot wine region is situ- States Economic and Trade Forum Emperor channeled water for irriga- became an autonomous region in ated between latitudes 37 to 39, a three times, and the China-Arab What’s in your plan next? tion in Ningxia from the Yellow River 1958. golden belt for the world’s premier States Expo since 2010. for the first time during his reign in GDP: 275 billion yuan ($42.9 bil- grape growing. It benefits from Besides, we have seen increas- 220-210 BC. In AD1038, Dangxiang lion), up 8 percent year-on-year in favorable sunshine, temperature, ingly more trade activities. The Tribes established the Kingdom of 2014. irrigation and soil conditions free growth of the total value of Xixia, alongside the regimes of SOURCE: NINGXIA GOVERNMENT from pollution. Wine grapes grow imports and exports between Song, Liao and Jin over the follow- WEBSITE rich and full in scent and appear- Ningxia and Arab countries has ance. The grapes accumulate a risen by an average of 251 percent high level of sugar and appropri- annually in the past three years, ate level of acid. It is one of the best reaching $640 million in 2014. tance to “bringing in” and “going regions for growing top wines. What’s more, we have speeded up out” strategies when developing And wines have become the inter- the “bringing in” and “going out” our inland economy. We continue national trademark of Ningxia. In strategies. There are 58 Ningxia to make efforts to attract foreign 2003, the region was listed as an companies opening 74 overseas investment and foreign companies, original zone for the production of branches in 30 countries and and encourage our companies to wines in China. In 2013, the region regions around the world. Among open branches or make invest- was included in the World Atlas of them, 26 are in countries along the ments overseas. We have attracted Wine. Belt and Road in Central Asia, West Li: The Belt and Road Initiative $10.4 billion from 880 foreign Ningxia grows a total of 30,666 Asia and Africa. turns Ningxia, an inland area, into investors and institutions from 50 hectares of wine grapes now, pro- Another major point of progress the forefront of opening-up. We countries, including Amazon.com ducing 190,000 metric tons of we made is in building channels for aim to build Ningxia into a leading Inc from the United States. wine. We have 58 chateaus estab- opening-up to Arab countries. We area in terms of China-Arab coop- In the first half of this year, direct lished in the region. We learned have granted the third, fourth and eration, a demonstration zone for investments in foreign countries from the experience of Bordeaux fifth aviation rights fully to the Unit- inland opening-up and a strategic and regions from companies in and manage chateaus by ranking ed Arab Emirates, allowing airlines carrier on the Silk Road Economic Ningxia reached $790 million, them to ensure quality in line with to directly transport passengers Belt in five to 10 years. ranking ninth in China. We have an International Trade and the gov- industry best practices. We will and cargo between us or via Ning- environment conducive to invest- ernment of the Ningxia Hui auton- find ways to link the wine industry xia en route to another country. We From your introduction, we know ment. We will continue to deepen omous region. It provides a golden with tourism, since Ningxia has have opened six international Ningxia is determined to open up. reforms in the administrative opportunity for Ningxia’s opening- great cultural and natural tourist routes and a cargo charter flight to Can you share some experiences? examination and approval systems, up. The theme of the coming expo resources. Chateau tours, wine tast- Kazakhstan. We also signed a Li: As an inland area, Ningxia and streamline administration and is Promoting the Silk Road Spirit ing, grape harvesting, shopping mutual recognition agreement on has no borders or coastlines, but we delegate power to lower levels, in and Deepening China-Arab Coop- and other programs will be devel- standards of Muslim foods with 12 have still made progress in develop- order to create the best investment eration, named after the title of a oped to build the Ningxia wines countries, including Saudi Arabia. ing an inland opening-up economy, environment in the west and a bet- speech by President Xi Jinping at brand. By 2020, we will grow In addition, Ningxia has gained especially in China-Arab coopera- ter one than those in eastern China. the opening ceremony of the sixth 66,666 hectares of grapes, with approval to build a designated port tion. In terms of building an open- ministerial conference of the Chi- more than 100 chateaus, to gener- for imported meat and an exchange ing-up and development model, we What do you expect from the com- na-Arab States Cooperation ate 100 billion yuan ($15.63 billion) for halal products and internation- keep deepening cooperation with ing China-Arab Expo? Forum. The expo aims to serve the and 100,000 jobs in the industry. al bulk commodities. Lastly, we Arab countries and Muslim Li: The China-Arab Expo is a Belt and Road Initiative and Chi- We aim to build Ningxia into the have strengthened cultural regions. More than 130 countries national-level and international na’s opening-up to the West. Next, wine capital of the East. exchanges. We have established the and regions are our partners now, comprehensive expo approved by we will hold a pragmatic, frugal, School of Arab Studies at Ningxia and 51 cities from 38 countries are the State Council and organized by efficient and high-level interna- Contact the writers at University and Ningxia Collabora- international friendship cities. the Ministry of Commerce, the Chi- tional gala according to the central wanghuazhong@ tive Innovation Center of Hui Medi- Besides, we attach equal impor- na Council for the Promotion of government’s instructions and the chinadaily.com.cn

The permanent conference site for the China-Arab Expo, which is designed in the shape of a Muslim hat, was completed this year in Yinchuan, Ningxia Hui autonomous region. PHOTOS BY ZOU HONG / CHINA DAILY Wednesday, September 9, 2015 CHINA DAILY USA

6 Celebration of founding Living Buddha walks path of enlightenment Delegation

By XINHUA in Lhasa

On paper, Shabdrung Rin- poche seems like any other salutes Tibet 18-year-old man: He studies, debates, loves music, plays basketball, uses micro blogs and learns English. However, he will not be seen anniversary at nightclubs, and his aspira- tions don’t feature the trap- pings of an individualistic 6,000 people to stage a colorful parade; lifestyle, such as supercars or great riches. His motivation in government visitors to bring presents life is to deliver all living crea- tures from torment. By DAQIONG and Political Bureau of the Com- Shabdrung Rinpoche is a CHEN LIANG in Lhasa munist Party of China Cen- Living Buddha. tral Committee, met Born on June 28, 1997, in National flags fly atop members of the leading Lhari county in prefec- office buildings and from the group of the autonomous ture of the Tibet autonomous windows of many homes. region, as well as representa- region, Shabdrung Rinpoche Red lanterns hang from elec- tives of retired officials and is the son of a Tibetan doctor trical poles. Red banners people from all walks of life. and a teacher. He was known with slogans in Chinese and He and other members of as Sonam Dondrup until 2001. Tibetan languages cover the the delegation also attended He was identified as the railings of overpasses in the the opening ceremony of an reincarnation of the 22nd streets. exhibition highlighting the Shabdrung Living Buddha The capital of the Tibet 50th anniversary of the Tibet when he was 3 years old and autonomous region is ready autonomous region at the lived under the guidance of for a grand ceremony on Tibet Exhibition Center. khenpos, or senior monks, Tuesday morning marking Later in the morning, Yu ever since. He remains in con- the 50th anniversary of the visited Jokhang Temple and tact with his parents and still region’s founding. talked with some of the calls them two or three times a Shabdrung Rinpoche of Taklung Monastery names a newborn baby in August. JUE GUO / XINHUA Top political adviser Yu region’s religious leaders and week. Zhengsheng arrived in Lha- monks from the most sacred His formative years were sa on Sunday at the head of a monastery in Tibet. He pre- average, and he attended kin- pung, all located in Lhasa. said he feels nervous when he Driven by his love of poems 65-member delegation from sented gifts to the temple dergarten and primary school. Shabdrung Rinpoche contin- is in the presence of the Living and essays, he writes his own. the central government to and alms to the monks. When he was around 12, he real- ued his studies at Drepung Buddha because Shabdrung “I enjoy writing about attend the ceremony and ized he was not like his peers. Monastery. Rinpoche is so “sharp and dig- nature and people’s feelings in other festivities. The delega- His traditional seat is Tak- My responsibility nified”. both Tibetan and Mandarin,” tion will be at the ceremony 20,000 Offering ‘salvation’ lung Monastery in Lhundrup His admiration, however, he said. in front of the Potala Palace people “My responsibility is heavier county, about 87 miles north- is heavier than a calms his nerves. “Everyone Every two weeks, there is a on Tuesday. than a mountain,” he said. east of Lhasa. Built in 1180, it is holds him in the highest basketball match in Drepung According to Xinhua from across Tibet are “Being a Living Buddha, I offer the ancestral temple of Tak- mountain. ... I esteem,” he said. Monastery. Shabdrung Rinpo- News Agency, more than expected to attend Tuesday’s salvation to sentient beings.” lung Kagyu and home to Shabdrung Rinpoche said: che will always join whenever 6,000 people from around ceremony marking the Tibetan Buddhism has four around 80 monks. offer salvation to “I’m an ordinary person bear- he is free. “I’m the only Living Tibet will stage a colorful region’s founding. main schools — Nyingma, “I seldom go back since I am sentient beings.” ing light from Buddha. If I Buddha who plays.” parade. Nine festooned vehi- Sakya, Kagyu and Geluk. so busy with my studies,” were asked to re-select my way Last year, he visited Shang- cles will cap the ceremony. In the afternoon, Yu and a Shabdrung Rinpoche belongs Shabdrung Rinpoche said. Shabdrung Rinpoche of life, I would make the same hai and province as a More than 20,000 people few members of the delega- to Taklung Kagyu, a sub- There used to be three Living choice because I know it would member of the Tibet youth from all over Tibet are tion visited the Tibet Armed school of Kagyu. Buddhas in Taklung Monas- benefit all living creatures.” league. The towering build- expected to attend. Police Corps, part of the Chi- The Kagyu School intro- tery, but Shabdrung Rinpoche Living Buddhas must study ings impressed him most. China’s major State media nese People’s Armed Police, duced the reincarnation ritual is the only one remaining after Most of Shabdrung Rinpo- much harder than most When he was walking outlets, including China as well as People’s Liberation in the 13th century. The Geluk one moved overseas and the che’s followers are from farm monks. Shabdrung Rinpoche around Shanghai in his red Central Television, will Army troops stationed in School adopted it in the mid- other died in 2006. and pastoral areas in northern must study Buddhist scrip- robe, one passerby called him broadcast the ceremony. Lhasa. 16th century. Panchen and Tibet. When he returns to Tak- ture, literature, English and “a man in a skirt”. The delegation will also They also met representa- Dalai are lineage disciples of Renovation lung Monastery, as many as history, and attend sutra “It’s true,” he said, smiling present gifts to Tibetan peo- tives of local police officers. Tsongkhapa, founder of the The 835-year-old temple is 20,000 people attend his dhar- debates, between 6:30 am and without the slightest sign of ple, including solar-powered Yu extended regards and Geluk School. undergoing renovation and ma assembly, hoping that he 10:30 pm six days a week. All annoyance. He said experiences television sets, according to a greetings from the central Today reincarnation is the expansion. Traditionally, a Liv- will bless them by touching Living Buddhas receive one- like this strengthen his resolve Xinhua report. government. most widely accepted inherit- ing Buddha is in charge of their heads or breathing on on-one instruction on litera- to share the teachings of Tibet- In 2005, for the autono- In the evening, members ance right among various temple affairs. Shabdrung them. ture, English and history. an Buddhism, since he believes mous region’s 40th birthday, of the delegation were intro- schools in Tibet. There are cur- Rinpoche is no exception, even When she heard the Living “The living Buddha is intel- it to be the perfect education. the central government sent duced at the reception din- rently 358 Living Buddhas in though he was only 15 when Buddha was back, Tsering ligent,” said Phuntsog Choy- “Tibetan Buddhism can a solar cooker to the house- ner marking the 50th Tibet. the project broke ground. Drolma, 67, was keen to receive ing, Shabdrung Rinpoche’s cure the anxiety of modern hold of every farmer and anniversary and watched a Taklung Kagyu followers It was initially planned that a blessing from him. In her khenpo. “He has mastered life,” he said. herdsman. gala titled — are harsh disciplinarians. Aft- a summer palace would be eyes, he can “predict every- many unique approaches of Shabdrung Rinpoche stud- Yu, chairman of the Snow Mountains’ Happy er graduating from primary built for the Living Buddha, thing”.Supported by her grand- the Kagyu School and studied ies traditional Tibetan medi- National Committee of the Songs after the dinner. school, Shabdrung Rinpoche but the project has since daughter, she hobbled to meet a large quantity of scripture.” cine as well. Chinese People’s Political The Tibet autonomous began his full-time religious expanded to include a Bud- Shabdrung Rinpoche and pray He will continue studying Consultative Conference, region was founded on Sept education under Khenpo dhist academy, dorms for for peace and happiness. Interest in poetry for the next three to five years met several incumbent and 1, 1965, after the election of Phuntsog Choying. monks and a grand hall. The Sonam Tsomo, her grand- Although he has a busy to obtain the geshe, the equiva- retired high-ranking Tibet- the regional People’s Con- In 2011, Shabdrung Rinpo- expansion is supported by the daughter, said that although schedule, Shabdrung Rinpo- lent of a doctoral degree in an officials, including senior gress, the local legislature. che enrolled in the newly local government, which split they are the same age, she idol- che has free time to explore his Tibetan Buddhism. After that, legislator Qiangba Puncog opened Tibet College of Bud- the 8 million yuan ($1.25 mil- izes the Living Buddha. To her, other interests. he will study the Buddhist and political adviser Pagbal- Contact the writers at chenli- dhism, Lhasa. He was the only lion) bill with the monastery. he is someone she can “pour When he was younger he scriptures of his school, fol- ha Geleg Namgyai, at the [email protected] Living Buddha in the Vajraya- “I hope it will provide a out her heart” to. loved reading fairy tales by the lowed by five years, five Lhasa Hotel on Sunday aft- and daqiong@chinadai- na class. place for monks to study Bud- “I cannot imagine my life Grimm brothers and Hans months, and five days of medi- ernoon, according to Xin- ly.com.cn Traditionally, Tibetan dhism scriptures and learn without the Living Buddha,” Christian Andersen. He is now tation in a cave. hua. monks undertake advanced about Tibet,” he said. “It will she said. interested in poetry, especially “Only by doing so, can I lead On Monday morning, Yu, InsideInside study in three main monaster- also offer music, poetry and Ngawang Sherab, a teenage works by Kahlil Gibran and fellow monks to enlighten- who also a member of the ies — Sera, Ganden and Dre- English lessons.” monk in Taklung Monastery, Rabindranath Tagore. ment,” he said. Standing Committee of the EditorialEditorial >>p8 p11 Supergrain quinoa thrives on plateau

By XINHUA in Lhasa logical life support systems in tional Maize and Wheat spaceships, which will grow 250,000 Improvement Center in Mexi- An unusual-looking crop crops. kilograms co in 1988, attending classes with dark-red spikes and pur- Experts say quinoa taught by Norman Borlaug, ple-green leaves is flourishing responds well to controlled Expected yield of a 200-hectare the 1970 Nobel laureate who along the banks and valleys of environments, with increases plot of quinoa has been called “the father of the Lhasa and Yarlung Zangbo in seed production and the Green Revolution” and rivers, despite a lasting increased yield. “agriculture’s greatest spokes- drought on the roof of the A 200-hectare plot of qui- man”. world. noa will yield 250,000 kilo- Meats and barley are the Gongbo Tashibrought seeds “A bumper harvest of qui- grams of grain, said Huang core foods eaten by Tibetans back to Tibet and, in the early noa is expected this autumn Zhaogang, president of a qui- in the cold and rigid high- 1990s, the Tibetan govern- on the -Tibet Plateau,” noa company and Gongbo lands, but they are not com- ment approved the quinoa said Gongbo Tashi, a professor Tashi’s business partner. prehensively nutritious and cultivation project. at the agricultural college of The United Nations Food are believed to be a factor After a few failed experi- Tibet University, who intro- and Agriculture Organization affecting life expectancy. ments, Gongbo Tashi and his duced quinoa to China in the named 2013 the International Huang said that his primary team cooperated with Huang, 1990s. Year of Quinoa in recognition goal was to ensure quinoa’s and they successfully grew the Quinoa has been cultivated of its potential contribution to benefits reach ordinary Tibet- crop in Qinghai province. in the Andes in South America the fight against hunger and ans while meeting consumers’ Since 2010, they have planted for over 5,000 years. However, malnutrition. demands nationwide. quinoa on a large scale in the it’s health benefits, such as its Gongbo Tashi had the idea Gongbo Tashi and Huang Tibetan counties of Lhoka, high protein and mineral con- of introducing the crop to have helped Tibetan farmers, Chushu and Lhatse. tent, have only recently gar- Tibet after reading a report and doubled their incomes In more than 20 years, his nered worldwide attention. about it in an English newspa- through the new crop. They team has bred several new The so-called supergrain is per in 1987. hope that quinoa will become varieties to suit the environ- highly nutritious, drought He thought quinoa was the first Tibet-grown food to ment and conditions on the resistant and salt tolerant, quite adaptable and would be be exported overseas. plateau, and named one of the making it popular with many suitable for high altitude are- It all started back in 1987, variants “Quinoa of Tibetan Lhasa ready for big day industrialized countries. as, usually 3,000 or 4,000 when Gongbo Tashi sought Dream”. It is so nutritious that NASA meters above sea level, mak- technological support from a “As a Tibetan scientist, I A huge banner reading “Warmly celebrating the 50th anniversary of the founding of the Tibet feeds it to its astronauts on ing the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau leading quinoa producer in haven’t wasted my life, autonomous region” hangs at the site of a former agency set up during the Qing Dynasty (1644- space missions, making it a a desirable new home for the the United States. Then he because I brought quinoa into 1911) to administer Tibet, in Lhasa on Monday. Chinese flags and red lanterns decorate the city. candidate for controlled eco- plant. went to study in the Interna- Tibet and made it live,”he said. LIU DONGJUN / XINHUA 7 LIFE Wednesday, September 9, 2015

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UNSWAYED TRAVELERS GREAT LAKES Michigan hopes Chinese get smitten by ‘the mitten’

By ERIK NILSSON national parks and New York. [email protected] Now that we have a 10-year visa agreement, we anticipate Michigan’s dunes are made growing inbound travel to of dead bears. Michigan.” According to Chippewa leg- Snyder has visited China end, fire or famine forced a annually since taking office in mother and two cubs to swim 2011 and established the Trav- eastward across Lake Michi- el Michigan China Office dur- gan to seek refuge. ing last year’s visit. Her offspring drowned a The state has recently few kilometers offshore, engaged the country’s travel becoming the North and agencies and launched a Chi- South Manitou Islands. The nese-language tourism web- mom died of despair on the site. beach, becoming the Sleeping “China will want to explore Bear Dune. the affordable, fresh-air, fresh- According to geology, the water ‘real America’ we offer,” sandy prominences are sedi- Lorenz says. ment accretions abandoned Detroit is the Michigan des- after gigantic glaciers clawed tination Chinese are most out of the Earth’s crust in a familiar with, the tourism slow-motion mauling and office says. Figures suggest China’s recent currency depreciation hasn’t swayed outbound Chinese tourists. The number of people who booked international trips for this year’s then melted into scars — leav- But the state’s natural areas National Day holiday week has increased compared with past years. PHOTOS PROVIDED TO CHINA DAILY ing behind the five Great are what make Michigan mag- Lakes that account for a fifth ical. of the world’s surface freshwa- Art consultant to the Com- ter, plus 11,000 smaller lakes munist Party of China’s Cen- across the state’s two peninsu- tral Committee’s school’s las. Not to mention the mas- library, Hou Yazhou, plans to sive mounds of sand. visit the Traverse area this The dunes crash into Lake month to not only visit friends VALUE FOR MONEY Michigan so abruptly that in but also to paint landscapes. places you can swim downhill The 71-year-old Beijinger in loose sand until you reach has depicted the Great Wall. Chinese tourists are unfazed by the yuan’s depreciation. reports. the beach — where you can Now he wants to depict the Yang Feiyue keep swimming in the water. Great Lakes. According to ABC program “I don’t want to go to cities,” hina’s recent curren- traveled abroad last year, says Good Morning America, the he says. “I want to see the cy depreciation the academy’s China Out- Dunes National Lakeshore is countryside to see the scenery doesn’t bother Bei- bound Tourism Development “the most beautiful place in and experience local life.” jing resident Wang Report published last month. America”. AOL Travel named It’ll be Hou’s first trip to the CWendi, since she recently The country has been the No 1 the surrounding Traverse City US since he spent a year in obtained a 10-year multiple- source of outbound tourists area — near the “pinky” of the Ohio in 1991. entry visa to the United over the past three years. mitten-shaped state, aka He plans to visit the dunes States. “That represents 18 percent “America’s high-five” — among and forests, and boat the lakes. She’s just excited to explore year-on-year growth, and we the US’ Top 10 beach towns. He’ll go fishing and camping the US. And she doesn’t expect it to be 16 percent this Conde Nast Traveler lists for the first time, plus drive believe US prices are exorbi- year,” Dai says. Mackinac Island to the north along stretches of the 5,150 tant. Roughly 40 percent of out- among the world’s 10 best kilometers of freshwater “I learned that I only lost bound Chinese tourists spend islands. Lonely Planet lauds shoreline that’s outlined by about 100 yuan ($16) per more than 15,000 yuan on nearby Lake Michigan’s Gold lighthouses like a connect-the- 10,000 yuan at the current average during their trips. Coast and Grand Rapids to the dots drawing. exchange rate,” Wang said on Shopping is the primary south collectively as the crown The artist, who also works Sept 2, before leaving for the spending activity. jewel in the US’ travel treasure for China’s Olympic art dele- US the next day. Chinese tourists spent trove, ranking it as the No 1 gations, will also hike some of Wang planned to spend $164.8 billion in 2014 — a destination last year. the 107 state and national 40,000 yuan on a two-week four-fold increase compared Yet international accolades parks to see not only the land- trip with her boyfriend — to 2008, haven’t translated into Chi- scapes but also the wildlife. minus shopping. So, she’s out reports. About 88 percent of nese tourists’ awareness of the Bears, deer, wolves, flying about 400 yuan. that was on shopping, the state as a desirable destination. squirrels, tree frogs and tur- “But many foreign brands China Tourism Academy says. But Michigan is reaching keys prowl the vast wood- are at least 20 percent cheap- Dai suggests tourists keep out to welcome more Chinese lands. er in the US,” she says. an eye on rate changes before to the “hand” on the US heart- More than 4 million hec- So, she’s saving cash, in the departure and choose credit- land since visa policies tares of public land are open end. card settlements in yuan or changed nearly a year ago. for hunting. Figures suggest the yuan’s foreign currencies based on Few Chinese tourists cur- And fireflies create spar- depreciation hasn’t swayed current rates. rently make it beyond the US’ kling constellations beneath outbound Chinese tourists. The yuan depreciation’s coastal megalopolises, Michi- the Milky Way that splashes The number of Chinese impact is less likely to be felt gan Governor Rick Snyder across the sky after sunset. people who’ve booked inter- in such popular destinations told China Daily in Beijing last Night views often offer meteor national trips for the National as Japan, South Korea, Aus- month. showers and aurora borealis. Day holiday week from Oct 1-7 tralia and eurozone countries, The reciprocal 10-year mul- Hou will also tour some of has increased compared with whose own currencies have tiple-entry visas China and the the 100 wineries that stud previous years. fallen sharply, according to US announced visas during 6,000 hectares of vineyards “Looking at bookings, the the Center for Asia-Pacific last November’s APEC meet- that wrap undulating topogra- exchange rate against foreign Aviation. ing in Beijing likely means phy. currencies doesn’t seem to have More than 550,000 Chinese more will wash over the “third Other leisure pursuits that dampened enthusiasm for flew to Japan in July — more coast”,as Michigan is called. appeal to Chinese include ski- overseas travel,” says Yan Xin, a than twice as many compared Once they’ve had their day ing and golf. There are more publicity manager for China’s with the same period last in Los Angeles and chewed than 800 public courses, and largest travel agency, Ctrip. year. through New York, they’ll Golf Digest last year ranked The United States, Italy, Chinese tourists at the Palace of Versailles in France. The country is one of the most popular They spend around $1,100 journey inland. Michigan as the US’ fourth Turkey, France, Russia, Aus- European destinations for them. — about twice as much as the “After you make your first best golf state. tralia, Greece, Egypt and New next-highest spending trip, see the real America,” As more Chinese become Zealand are this year’s hottest nationality, Lianhe Zaobao Snyder says. aware of what Michigan destinations. in foreign destinations, bound tourism in China will to 18 two years ago, Singapo- reports. Travel Michigan vice-presi- offers, and enjoy visas that go Trips to the Maldives and including Europe and the shrink while inbound tour- re’s Lianhe Zaobao newspa- Chinese may become espe- dent Dave Lorenz says: “Most further and take them farther, French Polynesia’s Tahiti are US,” Li says. ism will rise,” he says. per reports. cially cost-conscious about Chinese have used their limit- it seems likely more will hop nearly fully booked. In addition, most Chinese But Dai doesn’t believe the Nowadays, Australian air- luxury items, says Aaron Fis- ed-time visas to visit more across the big pond to land in There are only a few slots tourists won’t pinch pennies depreciation will affect out- ports have Chinese-language cher, regional head of con- iconic (sites), such as western the Great Lakes state. available for most of the group when they shop abroad, she bound tourism in the short signs and guides, and duty- sumer and gaming research trips to Europe from Sept 26 says. term. Tourists usually book free sales staffers who speak at brokerage and investment to Oct 4 on Ctrip’s website. “Overseas shopping is still several months in advance Mandarin, according to the group CLSA. “Many customers booked much cheaper than the main- and won’t back out just Sydney-based Center for Asia- Shopping is a central part October trips in July or land.” because of a rate change. Pacific Aviation. of Wang’s itinerary, which August,” Yan says. Still, the rate change is cost- It’d take subsequent depre- Package deals are likely to covers Los Angeles, Vegas, Italy, France and Switzer- ing individual travelers more, ciations to create a substan- be offered to attract Chinese. Moab and San Jose. land remain the most popular Li says. tial long-term impact, he says. For example, if they travel Desert Hills Premium Out- European destinations. “They have to book hotels Chinese still strongly desire in Singapore for five days and lets and Camarillo Premium “Nobody has canceled their and pay for the transporta- to travel abroad. That’s espe- four nights, they can get a Outlets are among shopping travel plans,” says Beijing tion at the going rates.” cially as they become more two-day-one-night Malaysia spots on her journey. U-tour International Travel One consequence may be affluent and destination trip for free, Travel Star’s mar- She plans to buy MK and Service publicity manager Li that more people travel countries’ visa policies are keting manager Zheng Ling- Kate Spade bags, Timberland Mengran. domestically, says Dai Bin, relaxed, while foreign desti- na explains. shoes and Juice clothes. “The exchange rate will not head of the China Tourism nations improve services and But while the yuan depreci- And, again, she plans to influence group-tour prices Academy, a think tank under stage promotions targeting ation may not keep Chinese save in the long run. this year since travel agencies the National Tourism Admin- Chinese, Dai says. from foreign destinations, it typically had already locked istration. Chinese-passport holders may cut into how much they Contact the writer at in annual purchase plans “If the yuan depreciates now get visa-free access to at spend after arriving, Dai says. yangfeiyue@ Michigan’s freshwater lakes and forests draw visitors from around with travel-service providers (any further), the scale of out- least 74 countries, compared About 107 million Chinese chinadaily.com.cn the world. PROVIDED TO CHINA DAILY 8 LIFE Wednesday, September 9, 2015 CHINA DAILY USA

MERCHANTS OF YIWU How foreign traders live life in the heart of ‘made in China’

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By SATARUPA BHATTACHARJYA in Yiwu, Zhejiang province In numbers ...

n a weekday night downtown, a young woman in a pink off - 200,000 shoulder dress emerges from the opening in a car roof, jiving to units music. The dark convertible, with her male companion at the produce hundreds of thousands of small wheel, zips through the street as traffi c lights change. From a goods for Yiwu’s market distance, her wind-blown hair and bobbing thin frame make her O look like a character from a video game. 219 The scene unfolds in Yiwu, a nondescript Last year, the growth in exports was slow- countries county-level city in East China’s Zhejiang er partly because of the global economic province, far removed from any world capi- downturn. including war-torn Syria, buy their daily tal of fashion or entertainment. But it is In 2001 China joined the World Trade necessities from here from here that merchants from about 220 Organization after long negotiations. The countries, including war-torn Syria, buy following year Yiwu’s International Trade A customer picking clothes in Korea City, a retail section in the Haungyuan wholesale clothes their daily necessities. Mart opened its fi rst district, where overseas market of Yiwu. FENG YONGBIN / CHINA DAILY From toothbrushes to scarves this is the traders could buy almost any kind of house- 400,000 epicenter of “made in China”. hold item. Later, four more districts were “It’s sometimes difficult to understand economy. But Wang clearly has his work cut And it is not just locals who seem to be liv- added to the trade mart. business visitors what works and what doesn’t, but with time out, as trade fi gures indicate. ing it up in this small city that has more than Yiwu had served as a hub for domestic Chinese people become more open about Last year, while exports from Yiwu totaled a few fast cars. Talk to foreign and Chinese traders in the 1990s and fed the economy of each year have transformed Yiwu into a their feelings,” says Han, sitting in his offi ce $23.7 billion, imports totaled $480 million. traders, logistics companies, goods vendors the River Delta region in the 1980s. global hub of small commodities and speaking Korean through a translator. And, from January to July this year, imports and local government offi cials in Yiwu, and Its business grew exponentially from 1986 to China is South Korea’s largest export were worth $150 million, and exports were you get the feeling that the same applies to 1991 because of an acute shortage of goods market, and bilateral trade is expected to worth $15.4 billion. the city’s expatriate community. in other parts of China. be worth $300 billion this year, explain- “So, you can see the imbalance,” Wang It is home to nearly 15,000 foreign traders, There are several theories on how much $15.4 ing the presence of Korea City, a retail sec- says. “But from this year a greater eff ort is most of whom are Arabs. Yiwu’s indigenous time it would take a person to complete the tion in the Haungyuan wholesale clothes being put into developing a new phase of population is about 1.23 million, according rounds of Yiwu’s markets. Among them: billion market of Yiwu, and the bustling Korean business in Yiwu.” to China’s latest census, in 2010. One and a half years by way of spending neighborhoods of Dongzhou Huayuan and The bureau is studying how imports The city has more than 100 Arabic and three minutes in each of the 80,000 shops, is what Yiwu made from exports in the Qiancheng. can be encouraged in raw materials and Korean restaurants; at least one Italian res- excluding lengthy conversations between fi rst half of the year Korean-Chinese, a minority ethnic group advanced machinery, he says, citing an taurant; a handful of Arabic, Indian and buyers and sellers. in the country, manage most Korean restau- example. Korean schools; more than 30 , a There are about 120,000 vendors of arti- rants in Yiwu. Calling his city a “test bed” for foreign church, a Hindu and a separate Sikh temple. fi cial fl owers, bathroom fi ttings, car parts, Coming across Western enterprises on trade in China, Wang says much has been Cricket, a rare sport in China is occasionally cosmetics, fashion accessories, home appli- 1,700 streets replete with Arabic and Korean eater- achieved in exports. Yiwu’s economy, grow- played here, even drawing participants from ances, kitchenware, neckties, sports equip- ies is rare here. But that is gradually chang- ing at an average of 10 percent a year, is among the local Chinese. ment, stationery, toys, underwear, wall paint, containers ing, says Nigel Cropp, 46. His Italian-themed performing better than many other Chinese Over the past decade or so Yiwu has slow- watches and much more. restaurant and bar Divino on the site of a cities, thanks mostly to its exports. ly transformed, the first batch of foreign For the logistics arm of the Chinese com- are sent daily from here to ports in Ningbo former mobile phone store in downtown In the fi rst half of this year, exports grew settlers having arrived in the early 2000s. pany Decheng Group, the main buyers of and Shanghai for overseas shipment Yiwu opened in 2012. 45 percent year on year. “Foreigners found it diffi cult to open bank such items are Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Saudi With no experience in the dining industry, A few kilometers from the Bureau of accounts, set up shop or fi nd places to eat,” Arabia, Sudan, Syria and Yemen, says the the British trader who otherwise exports Commerce is District 5, where, amid Yiwu’s says Ahmed Tirkawy, 39, a Sudanese busi- chairman, Yu , 32. For Syria, where store among hundreds of others in one of bath?? tubs?? to countries such as Australia, exports’ empire, stands the International nessman, of his initial days in Yiwu 12 years a US-led coalition is fi ghting Islamic State the city’s districts. the United Kingdom and Germany, plunged Commodities Market. Dedicated to imports, ago. militants, it is mostly basics, such as clothes, “Yiwu is China’s modern-day marvel,” he into this project, and things have gone well. the market outlets are piled with wines from The manager of Blue Moon Trading Co shoes, soap and toothbrushes. tells overseas friends who ask if he has seen “This is a great location,” he says, pointing France, Spain and Italy, food and beverages Ltd has since not only successfully exported The local government-run Zhejiang the Great Wall. to the area lined with hotels. from the US and Europe, ceramics from Chinese garments to his home country, Pal- China Commodities City Group manag- Arabs, of whom there are 5,000, are the Cropp, who now has a Chinese wife, came Japan and handicrafts from Africa. estine and Dubai, but has also watched the es the wholesale enclaves that stay open largest single ethnic group of Yiwu’s expa- to Yiwu a decade ago when very few West- “Chinese love red wine,” says Wang Gui- city of “two or three buildings” grow into an 8am-5pmdaily. triate population, and South Koreans form erners were visible in the city. hong, a stylishly dressed employee with one air-conditioned wholesale establishment The earliest foreign merchants in Yiwu the largest national group. Korean traders But as Yiwu develops, he expects the of the importers. sprawling across millions of square meters. arrived there from Yemen and Pakistan 15 have been a constant feature since China nature of business to alter. The signs are Although exports are the mainstay of her For him, not finding halal eateries has years ago, but the beginning was rough. and South Korea established diplomatic already there, with material and labor costs Hangzhou-based company, she says, cus- become a thing of the past, he says. They wanted to buy cheap products but ties in 1993. rising this year. tomers from all over China buy wine in bulk A cluster of farming villages next to an were frustrated when the local sellers But it was in 1998, four years before Japan The city government is now looking to at this shop. This seems to echo the bureau’s outdoor market defi ned Yiwu in the 1970s. “showed them one thing and sold another”, and South Korea were to co-host the football turn Yiwu more into a global buyer of goods fi ndings that Chinese splurge on imported But today it is considered the global center says Pradip Shetty, managing director of World Cup, that the game began to really for consumption within China and else- food, beverages and consumer electronics. of small commodities, receiving more than Yiwu P. S. Fashion Trading Co Ltd. change, and merchandise for the event was where. To that end, the country’s 350 million Business appears brisk at a nearby shop 400,000 business visitors each year. Zheji- In contrast, Guangzhou in Guangdong being produced in the factories of Zhejiang. affl uent middle class is a key target. Chinese selling Japanese tableware made of clay, ang’s economy as a top national performer province was a more professional market- This brought Korean traders in large num- from that income bracket spend between and down the hallway, Omar, a trader from has helped raise the city’s profi le. place at the time. Yet Yemeni traders, who bers to Yiwu to pick up the products for sale $2 trillion and $3 trillion every year on pur- Senegal, who sells masks and wooden items With the Zhao Yu hills as a backdrop, sold the Chinese commodities in Saudi Ara- at home. chases abroad, research shows. from his country, says he has regular cus- Yiwu is close to the busy ports of Ningbo and bia, continued to buy from Yiwu because, Today the 6,000 Koreans are mostly “We hope not only to sell Chinese items to tomers from Shanghai and other Chinese Shanghai, making the shipment of goods apart from low prices, people were friendly, engaged in selling groceries, fashion acces- the world, but also buy from elsewhere and cities. A resident of Yiwu for fi ve years, the easy. It is in Jinhua prefecture, which bor- Shetty says. sories and garments, and working as agents sell them from Yiwu,” says Wang, head of the man gives his lone name. ders Hangzhou, the provincial capital and a “The quality of products also improved between local sellers and Korean or foreign city’s Bureau of Commerce. His young son is a star attraction among manufacturing base. (over time) and word started to spread about buyers. The US is a leading customer, says In March, President Xi Jinping told Chinese women working in the Africa wing More than 95 percent of the foreign trad- their business.” Han Ki-jung, 50,chairman of the Korean a meeting of the Boao Forum for Asia in of the International Commodities Market ers in export-driven Yiwu buy goods of vari- Eventually, Indian traders found their way Chamber of Commerce in China, Yiwu. Hainan province that the country would opened in 2010. They volunteer to look after ous types numbering in the hundreds of to Yiwu, too. He spent several years doing business in import goods worth more than $10 trillion him when his father is busy. thousands and resell them in Africa, the Although Shetty, 54, largely exports Chi- Guangzhou and nearby Shenzhen before in the coming years. Middle East, other markets in Asia and nese-made goods to the Middle East and moving to Yiwu recently. Although he is not Beijing’s initiative to revive the ancient Yan Yiqi and Sun Yuanqing contributed to the West. Yiwu made $15.4 billion from North America, the Indian businessman also from a traditional business family, as is the Silk Road network of overland and marine this story. exports in the fi rst half of the year, says Wang sells incense sticks and sandalwood soaps case with many of his peers, the man from routes also makes it important for Yiwu Birong, the director general of its Bureau of from his country in Yiwu. The resulting Seoul appears to have adapted to the com- to seek that transition. Besides, more Contact the writer at satarupa@ Commerce. scent trail makes it simple to search for his plexities of Yiwu’s small-commodity trade. imports will stimulate the sluggish domestic chinadaily.com.cn CHINA DAILY USA Wednesday, September 9, 2015 LIFE 9

THE INSIDERS GLOBAL STALL Santa with Green, sleepy and longing for the city a saxophone

Away from the hectic Yiwu are likely to live closer to their amid plastic children and parents because of rel- dealings of Yiwu’s urban atively shorter distances between pine trees the city and countryside. markets, Satarupa One such grandmother is Shen Christmas is more than three Bhattacharjya comes Lizhen, 57, who cares for her daugh- month away but Yiwu is already ter’s toddler. She and her husband dressed up for it. across a contrasting are lifelong farmers who like the A visit to the International quietness of their village. Their chil- Trade Mart shows a floor in the picture in its villages dren live in Yiwu city, a place she “festival art” section full of life- describes as expensive, and says size stuffed toys of Santa in glass- iwu is among the nearly there is little influence of the market es playing the saxophone and 1,500 counties on the Chi- on their lives except for infrastruc- jostling for shop space against nese mainland, and given ture building. reindeer that look lost inside that the city feeds much of “Fruit could be selling better,” plastic coniferous forests cov- globalY demand for items of daily Shen says. ered in wooly snow. use, it may be one of the busiest She uses a hand-held fan for relief Most importers place their counties in the world. on the hot and humid late-July day, orders for Christmas and New Famous within China and abroad, intermittently asking her grandson Year in the weeks between April it is a part of the larger and relatively to “watch out” as he tries to negoti- and June. unknown Jinhua prefecture in east- ate his way through her house that is Last year, the city’s share in the ern Zhejiang province, an adminis- scattered with furniture and winter world Christmas market was trative fact few visitors care about. bedding. Shen looks busy, tired and about 60 percent, according to Yiwu is classed as a tier-three city by older than her years. Xinhua News Agency. Chinese standard, but with its vast The next village, Xinlou, is small- But it’s difficult to tell how big swathes of wholesale outlets it is er, with a population of about 400. It the party will be this year. urbanizing at a steady pace. is slightly better developed than Jin- Conversations with a few local Thirty years ago, the city, now a fu, going by the concrete in roads sellers of such celebratory goods world hub of small commodity and buildings, including on the edg- and government officials reveal a trade covering more than 100 es of a pond. There are more vegeta- mixed picture at present. square kilometers of floor space, ble farms than fruit here, and Yiwu’s market share is stable, was a single-digit plot of farmland handicraft from the village is sold in the officials say, but the global with an adjacent open market. But Yiwu city. demand is currently down owing now elderly people and children But the profile is similar: home to to the economic situation in dif- largely inhabit its shrinking rural the older generations and the very ferent countries. The top clients patches that are green and sleepy. young. for Christmas articles from Yiwu Hills and some signs of develop- It is close to noon, and the sunny are the United States, Russia, ment surround the outskirts of Yiwu village streets are deserted. Through South Korea, many South Ameri- city. The main road leading to the the open door of a house, a woman can countries and Europe, area passes through a short tunnel, is seen making a basket with flatten- according to the officials. crossing fields on which the local ed plastic straws. A poster on one of “My sales have dropped by 25 farmers grow vegetables, and grad- her walls is a collage of photos of the percent this year as compared to ually narrows before disappearing seven members of the Standing last,”says Xu Jing, a vendor of San- into a mud track. Committee, the highest decision- ta Claus hats and Christmas stars. The setting, amid a spattering of making body of the Communist Par- Her main customers are from ponds that sprout lotuses and water ty of China. South America and Russia, she lilies, is in sharp contrast to the The singing of crickets in the dis- adds. high-octane dealings of the interna- tance adds to the village’s sedate Zheng Bixiang, a seller of tional marketplace not far away. charm. lights, glowing icicles and glass As a morning drizzle recedes from Lou Bingquan, a local construc- flowers complains she has yet to Jinfu village, an elderly couple is tion worker, hurries down the street receive more shipment orders seen drying fish over a netted stand, outside the woman’s house. He is from her customers in Europe, under which burning leaves and among the village’s few residents to the US, Brazil and the Middle sawdust generate the heat. Chinese have a job that is different from East. A bunch of battery-pow- pop music is heard belting out from farming, household chores or baby- ered glass orchids with their pet- their neighbor’s house, but that does sitting. But even for Lou, the lure of als lit, is priced at around 65 yuan not seem to distract passersby in city life is undeniable, he says, stop- ($10.22) in her shop. farmer’s hats who greet the couple. ping briefly. The mood changes significant- The village takes its name from The scene in a corner shop offers a ly in a different part of the build- Jin and Fu, the location’s two promi- glimpse into the lives of some oth- ing. nent surnames. ers. Qu Lingduo, a seller of LED Here, of the 1,400 resident fami- From top: a resident of Jinfu village in Yiwu; Hu Liqin, a villager runs a small shop there. Three women in Western clothing lights produced in a Linhai city lies, some 700 people are older than PHOTOS BY FENG YONGBIN / CHINA DAILY are seated around a table with play- factory in Zhejiang, says he is 55 — the average official retirement ing cards in hand. One has a bab- upbeat. age in China. Most of the others bling child for company. The floor “Our sale is up 50 percent this work in the city’s many markets. of Yiwu “have been unable to catch Dozens of houses with walls made $23.7 billion, he said. beneath their feet is strewn with the year. We’ve already sent dozens There are 30,000 factories around up with the breakneck development painted white line the narrow alleys Jin Guohui, a middle-aged school- discarded casings of sunflower of containers to India, Brazil and Yiwu, which produce day-to-day of its commodity economy”, says of his village. People used water- teacher from Jinfu, says that the site seeds, popular munchies in China. Malaysia.” necessities and employ thousands Wang Gang, deputy director for ways to travel outside earlier, but of the air-conditioned, multilevel The air rings with their laughter as Other than in Zhejiang, Yiwu’s of city and village dwellers. publicity in Yiwu’s municipal gov- now there are roads and a few pri- International Trade Mart was a jim- the women seek to outwit each oth- Christmas goods are also made Outsiders have long associated ernment. mary schools in the area. Yiwu city ao (bazaar) where street snacks and er in the game. in Guangdong province. Zhejiang natives with business acu- In his younger days, Jin Guoyuan, has urbanized over the past decade noodles were sold in the late 1970s. They are all close friends of the Lin Zhong, a Chinese trader men, pointing to the existence of a 61, sold fake jewelry in the city, but alongside the growth in its com- Of late, the villages here have started shop owner, Hu Liqin, 40. who exports to Ghana, is heard free market in Yiwu four centuries he returned to farming fruit in the modity trade. to see additional income trickle “The village is quiet and comfort- negotiating prices of Christmas ago and to how the county has taken village after his venture failed. The Exports, the backbone of busi- from tourism activities such as fruit able,” Hu says. “But I want to go to hats with the female owner of a advantage of late Chinese leader oranges, peaches and berries from ness in Yiwu, grew 45 percent in the picking. Yiwu city for more money. … People store at the trade mart. Deng Xiaoping’s economic reforms the orchards of Jinfu are sold in the first half of the year as compared There are about 20 villages in the there are richer.” And while fluctuations in the agenda since the 1970s. Many of Chi- wholesale fruit market in Yiwu city, with 32 percent for the 2013-14 vicinity. The grocery store that provides value of currencies have affected na’s billionaires have roots in the and villagers mainly consume the financial year, Wang Birong, direct- When many elderly residents of for her subsistence and her teenage demand in the West African province. farm vegetables themselves. or-general of Yiwu’s Bureau of Com- rural Yiwu are not farming fruit son’s education at a school some- country, Lin says, he is looking to Today, the province is the coun- “Transport and housing are merce told China Daily earlier. they look after their grandchildren where outside the village are keep- ship thousands of hats this year. try’s most affluent after Guangdong improving,” Jin says, standing From January to July this year, left behind by parents working in ing her from taking flight — for now. It is 1.55 yuan a piece with a in the south and and Shand- beside his wife, who tends to drying exports were worth $15.4 billion, the city. But unlike in most other sparkling “2016” inscribed on it. ong in the east. And yet some parts fish. and for the whole of last year they Chinese cities, young couples in Yan Yiqi contributed to this story. Satarupa Bhattacharjya 10 LIFE Wednesday, September 9, 2015 CHINA DAILY USA

FASHION USINGUSING WASTE WASTE By WANG YING in Shanghai wastage, says Zhang Na, a designer [email protected] working on a non-profit project to refashion discarded clothing. here are only two mountains ININ GOODGOOD TASTETASTE “Inculcating a spirit of danshari in Shanghai. The first is a may provide a solution to this prob- popular travel destination lem,” says Zhang. Danshari, origi- for locals in the Sheshan nally a book from Japan, is the NationalT Tourist Resort in Songjiang notion that one should get rid of district. The other has the ignominy unneeded items in life and adopt an of being a mountain of trash. austere, minimalist approach to Shanghai has a daily waste output possessions. of 22,000 tons, and about 70 percent of Zhang says that the clothes she it is channeled to the Laogang Land- uses for her project generally come fill, which occupies 4.1 million square from three sources. “We do not meters of space near the East China know the owners of the majority of Sea in Shanghai’s Pudong New Area. the clothes we receive. About 20 The result is a massive pile of trash percent of the clothes sent to us that stands as an indication of a prob- have a story behind them while lem that requires urgent attention. another 10 percent are made up of “The large amount of disposed Textile unmarketable products by luxury resources require us to pay serious brands.” attention to recycling efforts, such as recyclingrecycling initiatives offering more policy support, estab- Corporate responsibility lishing an efficient recycling system, byby companies companies and and indi- in- In 2013, Swedish retail clothing and increasing the added value of dividuals are reducing giant H&M became the world’s first recycled products,” says Sun Huaibin, viduals are reducing big fashion company to launch a deputy secretary-general of the China Shanghai’sShanghai’s huge huge pile pile of of global clothes recycling program, National Textile and Apparel Council. waste. called the Garment Collecting Initi- There are numerous ways that the waste. ative. The brand, which has been city can reduce its output of waste, rapidly expanding its operations in and recycling its discarded textile China, allows customers to donate products is one possibility. Accord- their unwanted clothing at any of its ing to statistics from the China stores around the world. National Textile and Apparel Coun- “Any pieces of clothing, regardless cil, recycling all discarded textile of its brand and the condition it’s in, products would generate the same are accepted. In return, the custom- amount of energy as 24 million tons er will receive a voucher for each bag of crude fuel, equivalent to more of clothing brought in,”says Magnus than half the annual output of Daq- Olsson, country manager of H&M ing Oilfield, one of China’s largest Greater China. oilfields. Last year, H&M launched its first Apart from energy savings, recy- batch of “close the loop” fashion cling clothes can also help reduce products, which are made from China’s carbon footprint. Accord- recycled clothing. The company is ing to a report by Xinhuanet.com, also aiming to increase the produc- textile recycling can cut carbon tion of such clothing by 300 percent dioxide emission by 80 million tons by the end of this year. every year. According to a research report on However, less than 10 percent of textile recycling by the China Nation- discarded textile products are cur- al Textile and Apparel Council, such rently recycled in major cities such closed-loop products can help reduce as Shanghai and Guangzhou, the environmental impact of gar- Guangdong province. ment wastage and effectively cut resource consumption. Government action H&M’s garment collection pro- In 2011, the Shanghai municipal gram had amassed more than 13,000 government initiated a project to tons of textiles worldwide last ear, tackle this issue, providing various double the amount in the previous communities with 2,000 recycling year and equivalent to the weight of boxes for unwanted clothes. These about 65 million new T-shirts. By boxes collected 1,100 tons of second- July 14, H&M China had collected hand clothing last year. more than 870 tons of textiles in the “People produce trash day after Chinese mainland. day, and regardless of whether it’s handled by incineration or land- Effective recycling filling, it will hurt the environ- While 95 percent of discarded ment where all of us live. Through garments can be re-worn or recy- recycling practices, we can make cled, only a small portion of these our own contributions to improve is being repurposed, illustrating our environment,” says Yang Ying- that much more needs to be done hong, who serves as chairman of to address the issue. Tapping into Shanghai Yuanyuan Industrial Co an increasing awareness of this Ltd, one of the three enterprises problem, a number of young Chi- involved in the launch of this gov- nese entrepreneurs have entered ernment project. the fray with clothes recycling Last year, 21.32 tons of warm businesses. clothing that were still in good Li Bowen is one such entrepre- condition were sent to help people neur, and he has been working on in China’s poorer regions, while his recycling business for nearly two volunteers helped to take apart years. Since he set up his company and reweave another 1.15 tons of in March last year, Li and his col- sweaters before sending them to leagues have collected 20 tons of needy students in less developed clothes from communities in regions. This dress is made from used clothes after cleaning, disinfection, tearing down, redesign and restructuring. PROVIDED BY RECLOTHING BANK Changning district of Shanghai. “Since 2012, our volunteers have The 24-year-old hopes to expand woven more than 5,000 sweaters his business to more Shanghai dis- from used clothes for students of tricts in the coming years and plans Hope Primary Schools in Anhui, The ecology ecology of of fashion fashion to offer tailor-made services to Guizhou, Shaanxi provinces, refashion used clothes. Zhuang and Tibet autono- “I want to offer a service that rede- mous regions,” Yang says. Chinese independent designer Since 2010, Zhang has refash- signs used clothes for customers so Summer clothes, which account Zhang Na had been lauded for her ioned nearly 500 pieces of cloth- these garments get a second lease of for 12.8 percent of the total received, fashion collection at a show in ing, according to the fashion life,” he says. are usually exported following a Austria. That praise later gree into seasons, for Reclothing Bank. While coming forward with series of disinfection processes, she great respect when people discov- Most were sold domestically. unwanted garments for recycling says. The majority of the collected ered that more than 20 items in Although the act of recycling is a good thing to do, Hu Kaishen, clothes will be sent to related enter- her collection were recycled from garments is free, processes such the founder of Futian Environ- prises for further recycling — for used clothing. as cleaning and disinfecting, mental Protection Educator, has instance, garments could be shred- “I did not tell the organizer in deconstruction of the clothing as urged people to be considerate ded to create household products advance because I didn’t want to well as redesign and restructuring and exercise some responsibility such as cleaning cloths and mops. make it a big deal. Apparently they are not. It takes Zhang between by donating only the specific did not expect a Chinese to do two weeks and a month to refash- clothing required by respective Excessive buying something like this,” says the ion a piece of clothing. collectors. Fueled by a growing middle 35-year-old Beijing native. “Every piece of clothing has its Hu’s organization, which helps class with growing disposable Born into a family of academics unique characteristics from the age it provide winter clothing for 5,000 income, China consumes about 1.6 and artists, Zhang studied fashion was from, and what I am doing is to adults and 5,000 children in Yushu, trillion yuan ($258 billion) worth design at MOD’ART International Zhang Na tries to prolong the lifespan of used clothes by redesigning recall its special features and adapt Qinghai province, every year, says of clothes every year. In some big Paris and Xi’an Academy of Fine them into fashion. PROVIDED BY RECLOTHING BANK them to the modern context.” that a lot of donations are summer cities, the average spending of its Arts before moving to Shanghai in With the success of her own clothing and are “useless for people people’s last luxury purchase is as 2004, citing the city’s easy brand, Zhang says that she is now living in the grasslands”. much as $1,010, according to access to a “sufficient industrial clothes season after season. She “It is good to see fast fashion able to devote half her time and Clothes must be sanitized before research by Milan-based company chain for a fashion industry” as realized that instead of creating brands like Zara and H&M provide efforts to building up the Recloth- they are donated or they could end ContactLab. well as her fascination with new clothing all the time, it would the opportunity for young Chi- ing Bank project. She has no plans up as waste instead, he says. “All Four out of five Shanghai residents Shanghai being where her favorite be more interesting and meaning- nese people to buy affordable to expand this project but she donated clothes should be 100 per- surveyed purchased at least one lux- writer Eileen Chang used to live ful to turn old garments into new clothes with similar styles as top does believe that it is only a mat- cent clean — nobody wants to wear a ury product within the past year, and and write. creations. With that in mind, she luxury brands. But do we really ter of time before people embrace piece of clothing that could have pos- 91 percent said they would be ready Zhang later established her started the Reclothing Bank in need so many new clothes?” she the principles of recycling and this sibly been worn by someone with an to purchase another item within the fashion label Fake Natoo in 2008, 2010, determined to give old cloth- says. way of fashion. infectious disease.” next six months, compared with just and after spending a couple of ing a new lease of life. The crea- “Each used piece of clothing tells a “It is like a flower, which only “Used clothes that cannot be 77 percent of New Yorkers. years developing her own brand, tions at the Austria fashion show story of its owner’s happiness or sor- blooms when the time is right. And recycled properly will just cause The rapid expansion of fast-fash- she started to wonder about the were Zhang’s first batch of refash- rows, and deserve to be treated well,” you will know once it is ripe.” further pollution instead of helping ion businesses has also led people necessity of producing new ioned clothes. Zhang says. WANG YING the situation. If we’re going to do to buy more clothes than they need, something good, let’s at least do it thus generating more clothing right.” Wednesday, September 9, 2015 11 EDITORIAL • OPINION

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XU GUANGYU To walk fast, walk alone; to walk A lighter but sharper force for peace far, walk together n his opening remarks at the parade, held in Bei- tion of 126 million, has 247,000 personnel in its “Self- forward toward building a highly efficient and well- jing on Sept 3 to mark the 70th anniversary of the Defense Forces”,for a ratio of 200 SDF personnel for every equipped military, which is sure to be the future trend. victory of the Chinese People’s War of Resistance 100,000 people. Both are higher than China’s. There is still a huge gap between China and the world’s against Japanese Aggression (1937-45), President After the troop cut, only 146 out of every 100,000 sole superpower in terms of military technology and I Xi Jinping announced that China would reduce people in China will serve in the military. That is solid equipment, but China has been trying to narrow that gap the its military personnel by 300,000 troops, evidence of China’s defense policy being purely defen- and its efforts are bearing fruits. which, along with the parade, made headlines worldwide. sive in nature and the country is not pursuing military Many analysts say the PLA will mainly cut the number There could be no better move toward peace than the superiority. of its performing troupes instead of “true military” per- FU JING announcement of a troop cut on such an occasion. Thanks The move to cut troops is also in accordance with the sonnel. That’s a reasonable guess, because it conforms to to the displays in the parade, viewers are convinced of central leadership’s policy of improving the quality of the the top leadership’s ongoing military reform plan, and its The author is China Daily chief corre- China’s ability to protect its people. And the troop reduc- military. As a country advances on the technology front, it efforts to root out corruption from all walks of life, includ- spondent in Brussels. tion has assured them of China’s firm determination to can afford to reduce the size of its military without com- ing the PLA. It is possible that the military will fill the [email protected] defend peace and counter any challenge to it. promising its ability to defend itself. For example, even majority of its non-combative posts, like performing art- More importantly, the troop cut gives lie to the “China though the size of the US military is smaller than China’s, ists and administrative staff, with people recruited from threat” theory, because it reduces the already low popula- advanced technologies, excellent support systems and outside who will not be in uniform. ine months ago, I made a New tion to military ratio of China — or the number of military modern equipment enable it to reach every corner of the In other words, the troop cut will make China’s self- Year’s resolution to go on personnel to every 100,000 Chinese citizens. China’s cur- globe to defend American interests. defense sword lighter but sharper. And Xi made it N 20-kilometer walks at least 20 rent population is 1.37 billion and its military is 2.3 million For almost a decade, China has been trying to mod- absolute clear in his speech that China will defend times this year after I managed strong, which means for every 100,000 Chinese citizens, ernize the equipment of the People’s Liberation Army peace, not war. to cover that distance in suburban Brussels there are 168 military personnel. to make it more efficient. Reports say the number of on Jan 1. In comparison, the United States has a population of troops with old-fashioned equipment would be The author is a senior consultant for the China Arms Con- I posted my resolution on WeChat, a 315 million and a military of 1.4 million personnel. That reduced, with the leadership using the money to pro- trol and Disarmament Association. The article is an Facebook-like social media platform. means 445 out of every 100,000 American citizens are mil- vide advanced equipment and devices for elite troops. excerpt from his interview with China Daily’s reporter Throwing a challenge at me after coming itary personnel. And neighboring Japan, with a popula- If that’s true, the troop cut would be another giant step Zhang Zhouxiang. across my posting, my friend Alice Choi, Hong Kong’s deputy representative of eco- nomics and trade in Brussels, urged me to join a 100-km Oxfam trail initiative at the AN HUIHOU end of August in the mountainous forests and reserved grasslands of Belgium, which borders German. The basic idea, she said, was to form a US, EU must jointly resolve Mideast crisis team of four hikers to complete the dis- tance in less than 30 hours to help raise funds for people in poor countries. I liked he photograph of 3-year-old Aylan Kurdi who the challenge of the dual-purpose plan and drowned along with his 5-year-old brother and felt honored to be of some help to people in T their mother during his family’s failed bid to flee need. I was confident of enduring the civil war-torn Syria to Europe has pricked the tough trek because I have the experience of world’s conscience. Partly in response to the global outcry walking long distances in my mountainous over the refugee issue, Germany and Austria have opened hometown in Sichuan province from the their borders to accept more refugees from the Middle East. age of 10. Yet other European countries are still reluctant to take Soon after I decided to take up the chal- in the refugees. While France and Germany hope to “fair- lenge of covering 100 km within a certain ly divide” the refugees throughout the European Union, time, Inese Duka, a Latvian interpreter the Czech Republic and Poland say they are not responsi- working in Europe, and Heleen van Geest, ble for the Middle East crisis and refuse to accept their a Dutch journalist, joined us, and our team share. The Czech and Polish governments blame the — Hong Kong Can Do — took shape United States’ Middle East policy for the crisis and (because Choi’s representative office partly demand that it take responsibility for it. sponsored the charitable activity). On the other side of the Atlantic, a White House Because of our busy schedules, we only spokesperson has admitted that “it’s a genuine tragedy”, had two face-to-face meetings and a 50-km but said the US has no plans to take in Syrian refugees. trial hike before we started on the 100-km It was the US and its allies that invaded Afghanistan trek on Aug 29 with about 1,000 other hik- and Iraq in 2001 and 2003, intensified conflicts in the ers, whose aim was to raise at least Middle East leading to the “Arab Spring”,“triggered” the €500,000. civil war in Libya in February 2011 and egged armed groups to take on the Syrian government in July 2011 that led to the civil war. As the civil war showed no signs I will never forget crossing the fin- of ending, the US adopted a new “pivot to Asia” and left ishing line and it will encourage me the Syrians and Libyans to their fate. It also withdrew troops from Iraq, handing over the reins of security to an on take up bigger challenges. untrained Iraqi military. As a result of the chaos and power vacuum created by the US withdrawal from Iraq and the civil war in Syria, Most of the hiking route was around several extremist religious groups rushed in to the two LUO JIE / CHINA DAILY the national park in Haute-Fagnes, Bel- countries, with the largest of them being the utterly vio- gium, where the climate ranges from lent Islamic State. The Syrian civil war has already concerted ground attack from Syria-Iraq border can end before that, in response to reports that Russia might sub-alpine to sub-Arctic throughout the claimed more than 220,000 lives, forced 2.5 million peo- the IS menace. And though the IS cannot be defeated launch air strikes on IS targets, the White House wel- year. During the day, we walked through ple to seek refuge in other countries and made millions without the Syrian government’s cooperation, political comed “Russian support and contribution” to the-US coa- forests, hills, grasslands, and across riv- more homeless. interests are stopping the US from seeking it. lition against the extremist outfit, but warned that, “any ers and narrow bridges, walking sticks in Yet a peaceful solution to the Middle East conundrum Last month, after meeting with Syrian opposition lead- military support to the Assad regime for any purpose … is hand. On the first day, we succeeded in was not impossible. China had suggested a political solu- ers in Moscow, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov both destabilizing and counterproductive”. completing the first part of the trek tion: Syrians should be allowed to decide their future proposed a new political settlement plan for Syria and It seems all sides are making efforts to eliminate the IS together. through political means. But the US made the resignation forming a broader coalition, which would include the but still differ on how it could be done best. Let’s hope they After enjoying the delicious food pre- of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad a prerequisite to Syrian government forces, Iraqi forces and Kurdish for- settle their differences soon, because as long as chaos con- pared by van Geest’s husband, we filled political negotiations, which ended the negotiation bid ces, to fight the IS. Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Si- tinues in Syria and Iraq, more refugees will flee to Europe. our water bottles and began our night even before it started. si supported the plan during his recent visit to Russia. trek. Moonlight filtered through the Restoring peace in Syria now is impossible without the And on Sept 4, at a press conference on Saudi King Sal- The author is China’s former ambassador to Egypt, birch and fir trees in the forest, the air elimination of IS in Iraq as well. The US has been carry- man bin Abdulaziz’s visit to the US, President Barack Tunisia, Lebanon and Algeria, and a councilor at a think- was refreshing and cool, and the night ing out air strikes on IS targets for a year, yet the extrem- Obama expressed concern over the Syrian crisis and said tank on Middle East studies, Shanghai International serene. The power of nature in full splen- ist outfit shows no signs of collapsing, because only a the two leaders would talk about how to end it. One day Studies University. dor worked as a balm for my sore heels. After three short breaks, we painstak- ingly but joyfully reached the final checkpoint, just 10 km from the finish- ZHOU YONGSHENG ing line, early in the morning. Having reached that point, we were sure of completing the mission despite Choi’s painful knees that slowed her pace. Self-deceiving Abe will tarnish Japan’s image After another three hours, we touched the finishing line hand in hand in Eupen, capital of Belgium’s German- lthough it refused to send a representative to Japan’s wild accusations against Ban and misinterpre- the government fails to settle the historical issue, espe- speaking community where we had Beijing to attend the events to commemorate tation of the UN’s impartiality are not only baseless but cially when a solution is within easy reach. But by like- started nearly 28 hours ago. We were A the 70th anniversary of the victory of Chinese also naïve. The deliberate misreading has a lot to do with ning the China-Japan relationship to the one between greeted with applause, hugs and med- People’s War of Resistance against Japanese the fact that Japan is yet to break free of its militaristic Germany and Britain before World War I, Abe took a step als. Aggression (1937-45), Japan has been issuing some weird past. in the wrong direction. Instead of forging a far-fetched What kept me focused throughout the statements. Some Japanese right-wingers still believe that the war connection between China and prewar Germany, Japan trek was the simple saying “no pain, no On Sept 3, the day China held the commemorative Japan waged before and during WWII was not aggres- should heed a lesson or two from what its former fascist gain”,which van Geest kept murmuring. events, Japan’s top government spokesman Yoshihide sion, but a necessary response to the intrusive policies ally in Europe did to reconcile with its WWII victims in And Choi’s perseverance was the much- Suga said: “China should not excessively focus on its and acts of the United States, the United Kingdom, China the postwar years. needed booster. Van Geest’s mother-in- unfortunate past history, but show its intention to tackle and the Netherlands. In their eyes, the “righteous” war Unlike Japan which often ties itself up in diplomatic law was also in the crowd to welcome us common issues facing the international community with was about liberating Asian people from Western colonial- dilemmas and sovereignty-related disputes with neigh- at the finishing line. She congratulated a view to the future”. ism, not about colonizing them instead. boring China, the ROK and even Russia, Germany has me, saying: brave young man, remember, Likewise, he urged UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon That explains why some right-leaning Japanese leaders done everything to rebrand itself as a peace-loving no matter what happens in your life lat- to “take a neutral position on events that focus mostly on such as Prime Minister Shinzo Abe tend to criticize coun- nation that has nothing in common with a country er, think about this 100-km adventure … the past” before the world leader landed in Beijing. tries that seek to unveil Japan’s militaristic past and colo- under the Nazi rule. think of this trek and no obstacle will be Republic of Korea President Park Geun-hye, too, was tar- nial aggression, or even commemorate the victory in So are Japan’s neighbors wrong in challenging its his- too difficult to overcome. geted by Japan’s right-wing newspaper Sankei Shimbun WWII. Their refusal to face up to Japan’s sordid past torical outlook? Highly unlikely. Japanese right-wing poli- She was right. I will never forget cross- for joining Ban in China. makes them defenders of militarism. No wonder, they ticians should reflect on their lack of knowledge of ing the finishing line and it will encour- To a certain extent, it is strangely “impressive” of Tokyo cannot understand the irony in their arguments when history, because that is what made them comment on the age me on take up bigger challenges. The to pass such groundless comments. Founded in 1945, dur- they claim to be leaders of a country that respects liberty, UN’s “neutrality”.If they continue to do so and remain in additional reward: our team helped the ing the later stage of World War II, to establish peace and democracy and the rule of law. This self-deceit of the Abe power, Japan will keep struggling to get rid of the ugly tag organizers raise more funds than they the postwar world order, the UN is an “impartial, multi- administration will pose a grave challenge to the next and cannot reconcile with its neighbors, that is, if it truly had expected. lateral” body rather than a “neutral” one, as Ban made it Japanese governments, for they will find it more difficult wants to. The success of our team reminds me of clear on Sept 4. Besides, the UN Charter says regional to make a clean break with Japan’s militaristic past and an African saying: If you want to walk powers can take effective measures to contain a former remove its infamous tag as a brutal colonial power. The author is a professor of Japan studies at China For- fast, walk alone; if you want to walk far, defeated nation should it seek remilitarization. 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POLICY ENERGY SOE reforms to improve flow of State capital

New mechanism to lines have got the necessary That’s not true,” he said. approvals and will be “The main job of these ensure more funding released soon, SASAC said on State-asset investment and Monday. operating companies is equi- options for businesses “The State-asset invest- ty management. They will with sound prospects ment and operating compa- buy and sell equities in such a nies will not be another layer manner that State capital can By ZHENG YANGPENG between SOEs and SASAC. enter or exit specific indus- zhengyangpeng@ Under the new system, tries,” Zhao said. “Some State chinadaily.com.cn SASAC can authorize these firms will be cleared out, companies to be sharehold- some will be restructured A model of China’s homegrown nuclear reactor Hualong One on display at a science expo in Beijing. China now has 22 nuclear reactors in China will use independ- ers of SOEs operating con- and merged, and some new operation and 26 under construction, WANG ZHUANGFEI / CHINA DAILY ent State-asset investment crete businesses. The central ones will be created.” and operating companies to government could also The move also seeks to end ensure flexible capital flows appoint them as sharehold- State capital for industries among businesses and to ers of SOEs,” Zhao said. plagued by overcapacity and CGN inks nuclear deal with Kenya reduce direct intervention in Such companies will not be instead deploy it into sectors State-owned enterprises, as directly involved in running with promising outlook and part of its proposed reforms the businesses and will per- good returns, he said. By LYU CHANG safety and nuclear waste man- 2020 and have at least four Guangdong province, reflects for the sector, according to form asset management Analysts said such asset [email protected] agement and decommission,” such units by 2030. The coun- China’s nuclear companies’ sources close to the matter. functions like Singapore’s management companies are it said. try has also set up a nuclear determination to leverage its Zhao Changwen, director of Temasek Holdings Pte. The essential for SOE reforms. China General Nuclear Pow- Kenya, Africa’s ninth-larg- electricity board under the domestic experience to export the department of industrial Singaporean government’s Under the current scenario, er Group inked a framework est economy with a popula- Ministry of Energy and Petro- nuclear technologies. economy at the State Council investment arm, which has a the SASAC is engaged in the agreement with Kenya on tion of 40 million, has been leum. Industry officials said that Development Research Cen- wide investment portfolio, micro-management of indi- Monday to develop nuclear giving clear indications that it “It is a golden opportunity, about six to eight homegrown ter, who has read the guide- allows its board of directors vidual SOEs. But whether the projects in the African nation, plans to use nuclear power to because it is just like China third-generation nuclear reac- lines for SOE reform, said on to make independent busi- move can help transform the giving the much-needed fillip satiate its growing energy several decades ago. At that tors are likely to be exported Tuesday that the State-asset ness decisions, experts said. culture of SOEs is still a ques- for export of its homegrown demand. time China had no nuclear by 2020. investment and operating However, Zhao stressed tion for discussion. third-generation nuclear reac- The current total installed power generation and French China, the world’s largest companies, similar to asset- Temasek is just one of the “Temasek is a true corpora- tors. energy capacity is about two nuclear companies came to energy consumer, has holding firms, would be com- many models that China is tion and except for the direct Kenya plans to build four gigawatts in Kenya, with only China to help build the first embarked on a huge nuclear mercially oriented investors considering. China will also appointment of top officials, it operational nuclear units by 10 percent of the rural popu- nuclear power plant,” a source program as part of its efforts to and would not be replicas of learn from other models such functions as an independent 2030, according to sources. lation and 30 percent in close to the matter said. use more non-fossil fuels to the State-owned Assets Super- as Norway’s Government entity for most purposes, CGN, a leading nuclear firm, urban areas getting access to “If it fructifies, it will be a reduce emissions amid vision and Administration Pension Fund, and other sov- including hiring talent. said on Monday in a statement power. Kenya plans to huge project covering a wide mounting pressure caused by Commission, an administra- ereign wealth funds. Investment is split among that it plans to develop domes- increase the capacity to about spectrum of nuclear coopera- air pollution. There are 22 tive agency that oversees “There is a myth that SOEs firms in Singapore, Asia and tically designed nuclear reac- 17 gW by 2030, with nuclear tion ranging from nuclear nuclear reactors in operation 150,000 SOEs. will turn good as long as they Western countries,” said Qi tors based on Hualong One power playing an important technology, construction, to and 26 under construction in The long-awaited guide- adopt the Temasek model. Junjie, a commentator. technology to Kenya. role in the country’s overall nuclear talent training,” the China, the largest number of “The cooperation will also energy mix. source said. nuclear power plants in the include nuclear research and Earlier reports had said The agreement, which was world, according to the development, construction, that Kenya plans to build its signed in the Daya Bay nuclear National Energy Administra- INTERNET operation, fuel supply, nuclear first nuclear power plant by power plant in Shenzhen, tion. China’s search engine market Duer to Value (billion yuan) COMMERCE 20 19.22 15.68 16.26 help Baidu 14.04 15.27 15 11.16 get voice 10 Metro takes the Tmall route in China 5 By WANG ZHUOQIONG management board of Metro, Wal-Mart, according to 0 and MENG JING said: “The innovative platform Kantar’s research. heard by 2014 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 2015 Q1 Q2 will help us deliver more quali- “The e-commerce arms are Change (% quarter-on-quarter) German retailer Metro ty imported goods and Ger- an useful extension to the Group AG said on Tuesday man brands to Chinese The innovative brick-and-mortar stores. Web peers that it plans to open a store in customers. It will also leverage However there is still a long Tmall, the business-to-con- our competence in global platform will help way to go for competing with By MENG JING sumer platform of Alibaba sourcing and a robust supply real e-commerce giants like [email protected] -2.3 25.8 11.7 8.7 -6.1 25.9 Group Holding Ltd, to attract chain.” us deliver more Alibaba or JD.com in terms Source: Analysys International LIU LUNAN / CHINA DAILY more shoppers. Last year, Metro achieved of geographic coverage and Baidu Inc, the online search Metro is launching its offi- revenue of 18.9 billion yuan quality imported number of shoppers,” said giant, launched its own Siri- cial flagship store on the Aliba- ($3.05 billion) in China, a 11.2 Yu. like virtual assistant on Tues- transform the search giant will be able to provide services ba Tmall International percent year-on-year growth. goods...” However, competition day which is able, for instance, from being simply a platform in just three categories initial- platform and will offer a wide The retailer has 81 wholesale among retailers on Alibaba is to place takeout orders. to connect people with infor- ly — dining, movies and pets. range of German products, facilities in 56 cities in China Olaf Koch, chairman, Metro fiercer than what is offline. In Robin Li, chief executive mation, to linking people with But Li said the service will according to a statement from and a membership of more Group AG August, Alibaba acquired a officer of the Beijing-based services. be expanded to other sectors, Metro. than 4 million. stake in Suning Commerce company, unveiled the artifi- The virtual assistant’s arriv- including education, health- The online shop will also Metro already has its own Group Co Ltd, the leading cial intelligence-powered al is seen by analysts as a vital care and finance, very soon. sell products from Metro’s e-commerce platform in the Opening a store on Tmall home appliances retailer in Duer at the company’s annual step in that process, which “Apart from the Mobile Bai- private labels and include country. But like other retail- gives Metro access to a huge China. This was followed by a technology event, Baidu Baidu hopes will create a new du search app, other Baidu supplier brands from Ger- ers, Metro has also found it user base in a relatively collaboration between Aliba- World. growth point for the company apps including Baidu Map many. In the first phase, tough to attract shoppers in short period, and to focus ba and Macy’s Inc, the largest Demonstrating Duer’s abili- in the highly competitive and Nuomi, the group-buying more than 100 categories of China, according to Jason Yu, on specialized product department store in the Unit- ties, Li asked the virtual assist- mobile Internet market. service, will also be equipped products like dairy, canned general manager of Kantar offers. Most of the hyper- ed States. ant to search for a nice Tian Hou, from Beijing- with the virtual assistant,” he foods, coffee and chocolate Worldpanel China. market retailers have restaurant in the Gulou area based firm TH Capital, said as said. from Metro Cash & Carry “It will be difficult for Metro already started their e-com- Contact the writers at in Beijing, with the condition the Internet becomes more He did not rule out the pos- Germany as well as cosmet- to compete with Tmall or merce arms in the past 12 wangzhuoqiong@ that it must allow pets. reliant on mobile devices, Bai- sibility of launching a sepa- ics from Real will be offered JD.com Inc on width and months, including CR-Van- chinadaily.com.cn and Duer smoothly processed du needs new innovations rate Duer app, or even for sale. depth of merchandise as well guard, Feiniu.com mengjing@chinadai- Li’s voice request, recom- and new strategies to remain building a real robot to offer Olaf Koch, chairman of the as in pricing,” he said. (RT-Mart), Carrefour and ly.com.cn mended him a restaurant, competitive. people services, in the future. and helped make the reserva- “As we all know, being a Yan Honghui, an analyst tion. gateway generates a lot of visi- with Internet consultancy Li said compared with pure tors and traffic, and therefore Analysys International, said CURRENCY information searches, a money. that as Duer handles more search for services is often “Baidu is no doubt a gate- types of request in the based on specific criteria and way in the personal comput- future, it is likely to become a sometimes complicated inter- er-based Internet industry, as crucial part of Baidu’s busi- ‘FX forwards measure is not capital control’ action. everyone needs to use its ness. “That’s why we wanted to search engine to get informa- “Not only can it improve By REUTERS The controls would help to the reasons for a fall in foreign The bank said the fall in for- launch an artificial intelli- tion. user experience, but by mak- stabilize China’s financial sys- exchange reserves and any eign exchange reserves was gence-powered assistant, to “That thirst for information ing Duer smarter Baidu will China’s central bank tem at a time when increased future fluctuations in reserves also due to currency fluctua- match search requests with has now gone mobile, but it is be able to connect all its ser- defended on Tuesday new reg- yuan volatility is likely to cause would be “normal”. tions. high-quality services,” he said. still not as strong as digital vices-related businesses, ulations imposed on the cur- more companies to incur for- China’s foreign exchange The bank also said in a state- Duer’s launch ties in closely demand for social networking such as car booking and rency forwards market this eign exchange losses, the Peo- reserves, the world’s largest, ment the Chinese economy with Baidu’s 20 billion yuan and shopping. That’s why Bai- group buying into one plat- month, saying they were not a ple’s Bank of China said in a shrank by $93.9 billion in could maintain medium- to ($3.14 billion) investment, du must change,” she said. form, creating a new ‘killer form of capital control and statement on its website. August, the biggest monthly high-speed growth in the long announced in June, in online- Duer is accessed through app’ which will give it added were introduced after inves- The central bank also said fall on record — to $3.557 tril- term and the current account to-offline services over the the latest version of the growth momentum in the tors had speculated in the its intervention in the foreign lion, central bank data showed would remain in surplus over next three years, which will Mobile Baidu search app, and future,” she said. market. exchange market was one of on Monday. the long term. 14 BUSINESS Wednesday, September 9, 2015 CHINA DAILY USA

Talking business Shantou offering a glimpse of what to expect in future

By QIU QUANLIN ty to settle comfortably away decades, and we have made year, introduced a raft of with this industrial transfor- from home, more often than full use of their investments,” measures and policies which mation — but from what I alking around not, working for themselves said Zheng, “but they are now are subsequently being imple- have seen here, their progress the wholesale rather than for someone else. more needed than ever, as the mented in China’s other pilot has been remarkable. W clothing market A popular pastime for city heads toward a new free trade zones, most notably On previous business trips near Sun Yat- Shantou people is running phase in its economic devel- in Shanghai, Shenzhen and to the region, and visiting sen University in Guangzhou, grocery stores in the Pearl opment.” Guangzhou. family here, I toured many Guangdong province, it River Delta cities, but in that According to figures from Its most pressing concern, traditional labor-intensive doesn’t take long to spot sell- Guangzhou clothes market, the Overseas Chinese Affairs however, is what kind of manufacturing businesses, ers from Shantou. nearly 80 percent of the peo- Office at the State Council, 60 future investment the city can from toy-assembly plants to They speak or ple selling their goods are percent of foreign investment attract, as interest wanes in its textiles factories. Putonghua with strong local from Shantou. into China has come from traditional, labor-intensive But today, I am more likely Chaoshan accents — a dialect Since China’s reform and overseas Chinese businesses manufacturing sector. to be invited to visit new inno- my daughter and I have been opening-up process started in since the country’s reform and In a recent interview with vation centers, research and learning for years from my the 1980s, this sharp, smart opening-up process began. the China News Service, Qiu development sites, and tech- wife, who was born in a fish- business acumen has earned Approved as a special eco- Yuanping, director of the nology labs, which seem to be ing village near the eastern some Shantou people vast for- nomic zone back in the early Overseas Chinese Affairs opening up daily. coastal city. tunes. Workers at a toy factory in Shantou, Guangdong province. By June 1980s, Shantou has arguably Office, said overseas Chinese Much as Shantou and its Local officials often proudly And now Zheng Renhao, this year, the city had approved nearly 6,000 foreign direct invest- become more dependent than investment should be targeted fellow-Guangdong cities were, say there are actually three the city’s mayor, is wanting ment projects. LU HANXIN / XINHUA any other city in China on at emerging innovation-driv- for many years, viewed as the Shantous – one for locals, one them to come home, “and is overseas Chinese investment. en industries, as the country engine rooms of Chinese for people working in big cit- making every effort possible become its “investment plat- ly known as Chaoshan. By June this year, the city shifts its economic focus to manufacturing, I am happy to ies like Guangzhou and to attract them back”,bringing form”,especially for overseas Around 3.5 million overseas had approved nearly 6,000 domestic consumption. report they are rapidly Shenzhen, and a third for the their investments with them. Chinese investors. Shantou Chinese currently foreign direct investment pro- The most-favored sectors becoming a new, more mod- many thousands of its former Zheng told me, in particu- Official figures suggest live and work across South- jects, of which 90 percent were include financial services, ernized shopwindow for the residents living overseas. lar, he wants Shantou’s very there are some 60 million east Asia. financed with overseas-gener- tourism, telecommunications very best in what the country In addition to their strong own pilot cultural and eco- overseas Chinese living in 198 “Our people living overseas ated Chinese investment. and technology. will offer in the years to come. accents, these hard-working nomic development zone — countries, of which 10 million have made a huge contribu- Zheng said the new pilot The cities, people are also characterized created on 20 square kilome- originate from Shantou and tion to the city’s overall devel- zone, approved by the State the manufacturing heartland Contact the writer at qiu- by their willingness and abili- ters of reclaimed land — to Chaozhou, together common- opment in the last two Council in September last of China, struggled initially [email protected]

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SURVEY Tech, media, telecom IPOs to stall

By CAI XIAO recent significant capital mar- board, and only three were media and telecommunica- [email protected] ket fluctuations,”said Amanda undertaken overseas. tion, have been highlighted as Zhang, northern China tech- The report said the average important forces guiding China’s technology, media nology industry leader with price-earnings ratio of Chi- socioeconomic development and telecommunication IPOs PwC China. nese A-share technology, since the State Council issued reached a new high in the The State Council ordered media and telecommunica- a statement on accelerating first half of 2015, but the the suspension of new share tion companies had been as the cultivation and develop- momentum is expected to offerings on July 4 after a high as 74 by the end of August ment of strategic emerging slow in the next six months three-week stock market col- 31, while that by the end of industries on Oct 10, 2010. due to capital market fluctua- lapse. June 30 it had been 115. Today, the emergence and tions, according to a report Vincent Cheuk, market lead- “In the long run, we still development of a group of from PricewaterhouseCoop- er of Beijing entrepreneur anticipate significant growth high-growth, tech-innovation ers on Tuesday. group and northern China in technology, media and tele- companies is ushering in There were 42 Chinese tech- head of the private equity communication listings on strong demand for capital nology, media and telecom- group at PwC China, said: “The domestic exchanges as a result market financing, a trend with munication IPOs in the first IPO slowdown creates oppor- of the introduction of the new relevance to the reforms in the half, an increase of 75 percent tunities for private equity com- registration-based system, as domestic stock market. year-on-year, and their financ- panies, hedge funds and well as the continuation of “Support from the financial ing totaled 22.1 billion yuan sovereign wealth funds multi-level capital market system and capital markets is ($3.5 billion), it said. because the financing demand reform,” said Zhang. crucial for the development of “As we can see, a more of enterprises has always been She added that some Chi- startups. The future reform of streamlined and transparent strong.” nese technology, media and the capital market is signifi- listing procedure for IPOs has Regarding Chinese technol- telecommunication companies cant because it will provide a made the domestic exchanges ogy, media and telecommuni- will still choose overseas mar- richer financing channel for more attractive. However, the cation IPOs in the first half, kets for listing because of their innovative companies and in positive momentum is expect- the report said 30 were made corporate structure and capa- addition, the market’s value ed to slow down in the second on Shenzhen’s ChiNext board bilities, as well as more mature discovery function will also half of 2015 given the tempo- and small and medium-sized investors in those markets. ensure there is a strong impe- rary freeze to IPOs by the regu- enterprise board, nine were Strategic emerging indus- tus for innovation-driven latory body to cope with the made on Shanghai’s main tries, such as technology, industries,” Cheuk said. CHINA DAILY USA Wednesday, September 9, 2015 Views | BUSINESS 15

POLICY | ZHENG YANGPENG TECH | JITENDRA KAVATHEKAR Debt ceiling will check borrowing Taking the fast lane with ‘Open Markets welcome The direct debt was a 41.4 governments must borrow a landmark document in process dragged on, it percent increase compared to within their means. October clarifying for the delayed Beijing’s plans to move by the State June 2013 and means local Future lending will be first time that LGFVs could announce detailed debt Innovation’ governments have accumulat- based on “a transparent and no longer raise funds for data. Council to bring ed a total debt close to Germa- consistently enforced formula regional authorities. Only “Now debt will be paid ny’s GDP. as opposed to being deter- direct borrowing by local through budget revenue as here is increased in transparency Creditors can now breathe mined on an ad hoc basis”, governments, approved by long as it is recognized as pressure on com- a sigh of relief. By bringing in Fitch Rating Inc said after the the legislature, would be ‘government debt’. LGFVs T panies to use new Cultural differences, a cap on future borrowing by government’s announcement. accepted by Beijing. will also have to repay their technology to technological risks he decision by the local governments, Beijing This is long overdue as Chi- Last year, regional authori- own debts through their provide customers with top legislature to has guaranteed the repay- na has walked a long way to ties were also required to own cash flow,” Song Weiji- better products and servi- and security introduce a debt ceil- ment of 15.4 trillion yuan of reach this point. report their outstanding an, an analyst with China ces. It is hardly surprising ing for local govern- debt, and possibly the 8.6 tril- A report by China Interna- 2014 debt before Jan 5 of this Bond Rating Co, said. then that many large orga- concerns can stop mentsT is good news for the lion yuan that is likely to tional Capital Corp showed year. Finally, a clear line has been nizations are struggling to organizations from market. occur in the future. that regional officials tended Realizing it would be drawn between “government” compete against a new Last week, the National But a line has been drawn to fudge their debt figures underwritten by Beijing as and “corporate” debt, which league of agile digital realizing their full People’s Congress Standing on future local government before the national audit in long as it was recognized as has been welcomed by the innovators. potential. “Open Committee approved a borrowing. 2013 because they feared a “government debt”, local markets. The next step should As new startups enter the motion proposed by the State In short, the central govern- central government backlash, authorities rushed to be to disclose detailed debt market in increasing num- Innovation” is a Council, or cabinet, to bring ment has rolled out an so the actual debt growth include as much LGFV bor- information as soon as possi- bers, existing companies major undertaking in a $16 trillion yuan ($2.5 “amnesty” by saying it would between mid-2013 and end- rowing, which was raised to ble. This should include who have to work even harder trillion) debt quota for 2015. not call to account local offi- 2014 is not as strong as the build infrastructure pro- raised what debt, through to retain customers and cli- but, done right, it By the end of 2014, Beijing cials who went on reckless data suggested. jects, as they could. what channels, and for what ents. has the potential to recognized local government borrowing binges before the Determined to rein in This infuriated the central purpose. To illustrate the point, “direct debt” had reached 15.4 end of 2014. It has pledged to excessive borrowing, espe- government, which rejected Airbnb was founded in lead to success. trillion yuan, while “indirect clean up the mess that was cially those incurred by the results and asked Contact the writer at 2008 and is based in Cali- and contingent liability” add- left behind, while making it local government financing regional governments to zhengyangpeng fornia. ed up to 8.6 trillion yuan. clear that from now on local vehicles, the cabinet issued produce new figures. As this @chinadaily.com.cn It is already one of the world’s largest hoteliers. cal applications available In China, Xiaomi Corp, through a digital health which was founded in platform. AGRO || SHIRLEYSHIRLEY XIE&BRIAN XIE & BRIAN MARTERER MARTERER 2010, has become the Naturally, any new meth- third-biggest distributor of od of operation requires smartphones. careful planning. Cultural So what is the answer for differences, technological Vital to manage the risks in China’s food chain companies feeling the risks and security concerns squeeze? can stop organizations The term “Open Innova- from realizing their full hina’s agricultural tion” was first coined in potential. production has 2003 by Henry Ches- “Open Innovation” is a C undergone historic brough, an organizational major undertaking but, growth during the theorist from the Haas done right, it has the past 30 years. School of Business at potential to lead to success. The country is the world’s Berkeley in the United Part of the process largest producer of pork, fruit, States and has been evan- involves collaborating with vegetables and eggs. It is also gelized ever since. “bridgemakers” who can the second-largest chicken It is a model whereby bring real knowledge from producer and the third-largest enterprises use external startups and the university milk producer. technology, solutions and community. This incredible growth has knowledge from startups, They can act as an inter- vastly improved nutritional universities and other mediary to help connect an standards and the quality of research organizations organization with the life for consumers. But it has early in their innovation appropriate partner. not been easy for regulatory processes. They can also be a buffer bodies to keep up with the This concept allows com- between partners with changes and challenges facing panies to bring in new conflicting cultures, pro- the industry. ideas quickly in order to vide support in mitigating New risks have emerged enhance their operations. risk, and assist in deploy- with intensive livestock oper- It can also save time and ing technologies. ations, industrial food proc- money. Third-party “bridgemak- essing, and the widespread Rather than using their ers”,if qualified, are unique- availability of chemical addi- own budget in research ly positioned to assist tives and pesticides. The frag- and development, enter- companies throughout the mented nature of China’s prises can use venture cap- process — from discovery agricultural sector poses ital investment. through deployment. enormous safety concerns for Leading companies Accenture Plc, the multi- food companies. around the world are national management con- The government is taking already using this sulting, technology services steps to improve food safety, An inspector tests food additives at a local market in Qingdao, province. YU FANGPING/FOR CHINA DAILY approach. and outsourcing company, including a revised national They realize that bring- uses the principles of “Open law. Other measures involve ing in new ideas from Innovation” to help clients limiting pesticides and chemi- According to China’s most from small and medium-sized level of interaction with sup- ensure implementation of small businesses is much lower their risk and cal fertilizers, increasing recent agricultural census in farms that produce fewer than pliers will help ensure quality. best practices. smarter than fighting improve success. supervision and technical 2006, 184 million farms grew 50,000 per year. In contrast, Of course, there are extra • To prevent economically them. For example, Accenture assistance, and enhancing crops and their average size 96 percent of US broilers costs associated with ensur- motivated shortcuts, provide The value of collabora- helped Grupo Globo maxi- regulatory enforcement. was 0.7 hectares. In contrast, come from farms that produce ing food safety, but leading credit or subsidies for raw tion exceeds the threat of mize its potential by identi- Corporations are increas- the US has 1.6 million farms more than 200,000 per year. corporations can not afford to materials and establish con- sharing information. fying the emerging ingly being held responsible with an average size of 102 Just 20 years ago, China’s keep their supply chain at trols to ensure their proper Creators in California of technologies and market for ensuring food safety hectares. meat and dairy production arm’s length. The following use. the high-growth produc- trends most likely to throughout their entire sup- With so many small farms, was mainly from small principles will help compa- • Design effective monitor- tivity application Evernote change the game for its ply chains. it is difficult to supervise the household farms. But recent nies better address safety ing and verification programs are working with inde- business, and the media Since 1980, China’s major use of pesticides and fertiliz- growth has been fueled by risks in China’s challenging that include testing, audits pendent office designer industry, during the next crop production has tripled ers, and difficult to ensure small, medium and large- industry landscape. and unannounced visits. Eric Pfeiffer to produce five to 10 years. but farmland grew by only 10 that crops raised on contami- scale livestock operations. In • Be familiar with the • These should be statisti- popular stationery and Accenture then designed percent. Growth was partly nated soil do not enter the the long term, large-scale entire food supply chain cally designed to provide tablet holders. a forward-looking technol- due to a quadrupling of chem- food chain. businesses will make supervi- through regular on-site visits optimal quality assurance for Grupo Globo, the largest ogy blueprint to drive Gru- ical fertilizer and pesticide use China’s livestock sector is sion easier and help adopt to farmers, traders, process- both upstream vendors and media group in Latin Ameri- po Globo’s business after 1991. China’s farmers use also highly fragmented. About best practices. ors and logistics companies. in-house operations. Risks ca, is working with startups strategy. more than three times the 52 million farms raised pigs, In the short term, there is a • Verify the quality of the change along with market to bring in the latest tech- Ultimately, Accenture amount of pesticides and four compared to 56,000 in the US. risk that management and agricultural production envi- conditions. nology as well as identifying helped shift the mindset of times the chemical fertilizer Most of China’s pigs come staff do not have adequate ronment, including potential • Strive for transparency. new systems and market the company and proved per hectare as farmers in from farms that produce few- training or technical expertise water and soil contamina- This is essential in responding trends. that working with startups Europe and the United States. er than 500 per year, while in to safely manage large tion, and the proper use of to food safety incidents. Two or more large compa- could lead to tangible out- Since 1980, pork output the US, 90 percent come from enclosed herds and flocks. fertilizer, pesticides and nies can also collaborate on comes. increased by 350 percent, farms that annually raise Also, companies with trad- growth promoters. Shirley Xie is a partner at innovation. chicken meat production more than 5,000. ing, processing, distribution • Create a “win-win” sup- PricewaterhouseCoopers in An example of this is an The author is leader of grew by 1,200 percent and China has nearly 24 million or retail operations must take plier relationships, starting China and the leader of the alliance formed by Philips Accenture Open Innovation milk production jumped by farms that raise broilers — active responsibility for the with clear, detailed specifica- firm’s food supply and NV, the global technology with Accenture’s Global R&D 3,000 percent. The use of anti- chickens raised for meat — safety of their entire supply tions and regular perform- integrity services. Brian company based in the organization. The views do biotics in animal feed also compared to 33,000 in the US. network, beginning with the ance measurement. Provide Marterer is a senior manager Netherlands, and sales- not necessarily reflect those grew substantially. Most of China’s broilers come primary producers. A high training and assistance to at PwC China force.com to create clini- of China Daily.

ECONOMY | MIKE BASTIN Banks and SMEs need to forge a closer relationship to boost growth

conomic data points used to stimulate the econo- are still far too conservative Despite rapid and ongoing project. In much the same SMEs, and the management ing shares in the companies. to a rough transition my. with their cozy relationships modernization, SMEs remain way as supply chain integra- and monitoring process. This would forge a relation- E as the Chinese econ- In particular, the govern- with the country’s corporate relatively inexperienced, espe- tion has become a key feature Any government incentives, ship between both parties and omy modernizes. ment appears to be targeting giants. That is one of the rea- cially when it comes to inter- of the international business therefore, that encourage the help SMEs, especially in the Turmoil in the stock market bank lending to China’s army sons why development of the national markets. It is, environment, banks and formation and development high-tech industries, generate and poorer-than-expected of small and medium-sized country’s SME engines of eco- therefore, just as important SMEs need to work closely of such a partnership have to long-time economic growth. Purchasing Managers Index enterprises, or SMEs, and has nomic growth remains weak. for China’s banks to play an together. be welcomed. This arrange- figures illustrate the challen- even set up a 60 billion yuan As a result, government pol- active role in any investment This could even involve ment would certainly lead to a The author is a visiting pro- ges ahead. ($9.4 billion) national fund. icy and initiatives are focusing and product development as having a representative from sizable reduction in bad loans. fessor at the University of But despite monetary loos- Still, two questions have to be on the relationship between it is to help them with fund- the bank, which has provided Cementing a lasting relation- International Business and ening policies, optimism is in asked: Are these bank-lending China’s biggest banks and ing. investment, on the board of ship could also involve other Economics in Beijing and a short supply. Clearly, further policies sufficient? And are SMEs. Of course, the People’s So, what should this “active directors at the corporate cli- forms of financing and not senior lecturer on marketing cuts in interest rates and the China’s SMEs equipped to Bank of China’s move to role” entail? Most important ent. If lending is to prove just basic lending. at Southampton Solent Uni- reserve requirement ratio, or take advantage of these new encourage lending represents of all, it must be a long-term effective over the long term, it For example, the country’s versity’s School of Business. RRR, the amount banks must funding arrangements? a step in the right direction, partnership and not simply a is vital that banks play a key banks could take a stake in The views do not necessarily hold in reserve, have been Sadly, China’s larger banks but much more is needed. short-, or even medium-term role in the decision-making at their corporate clients by buy- reflect those of China Daily. 16 BUSINESS Wednesday, September 9, 2015 CHINA DAILY USA

ENERGY EARNINGSEARNINGS BP mulls options to weather any further price falls

Global giant says deflated market, improved squeezed margins for many oil producers and traders. efficiency could stimulate Chinese economy However, the low oil price is not all that bad news, San- By LYU CHANG yal said. [email protected] For big oil importers like China, it could serve as a Oil and gas giant BP Plc stimulus to the economy, he expects crude oil prices to said. keep falling in the short term China’s crude imports in as global supplies continue July rose 29 percent year-on- to outpace demand this year. year to 30.7 million metic “A low price environment tons, according to data from is probably what we should the General Administration plan in the short term if we of Customs. are prudent, because cur- “The volume in the Chi- rently there is an excess The volume in the nese market is too large to be amount of supply,” said Dev neglected,” Sanyal said. The stand of People.cn Co Ltd at an Internet expo in Beijing. PROVIDED TO CHINA DAILY Sanyal, BP’s executive vice- Chinese market is About 61 percent of the year- president for strategy and on-year growth in energy regions. too large to be consumption came from Chi- He said that the current neglected.” na last year. prices reflect the supply situ- Meanwhile, China faces People.cn’s revenue growth drops ation, and coupled with huge Dev Sanyal, executive challenges to meet greater inventories may take some vice-president for strategy energy demand with less car- By FAN FEIFEI time to clear out. and regions at BP Plc bon footprint as the country Makeup of the revenue of People.cn in H1 the suspension of Internet lot- In August, global oil prices has pledged to cut green- [email protected] Makeup of the revenue of People.cn in H1 tery businesses has forced fell below $50 a barrel, the house gas emissions per unit 0.17% 37.92% many related enterprises to Others0.17% Mobile37.92% lowest in six years amid year ago. of gross domestic product by People.cn Co Ltd, the online Others value-addedMobile transform. expectations of a further During the first six 60 percent to 65 percent by platform of the People’s Dai- 0.45% businessvalue-added “Some companies were global glut and slowing eco- months of the year, amid 2030 compared with the level ly’s, has seen first-half revenue Balancing0.45% items business closed and others turned to nomic growth. bleak industry conditions, in 2005. growth drop by 33.11 percent- Balancing items financial advisory services — 6.35% Sanyal, also a member of most of the oil majors The switching from coal to age points, after the suspen- Internet6.35% lottery but there are still companies the Group Executive Com- reported huge drops in prof- gas and increasing energy sion of its Internet lottery servicesInternet lottery waiting for the issue of operat- mittee of BP, said there are it, followed by a slew of efficiency are essential to business. services ing licenses.” excessive oil supplies in the responsive actions, includ- meet the goal, Sanyal said. According to its latest half- Li said the government is market as production in the ing divestment and simplifi- Natural gas accounts for year figures, total revenue hit 17.33% 37.78% looking to strengthen its Information17.33% services Advertising37.78% services Organization of Petroleum cation programs, to cut costs more than 50 percent of BP’s 725 million yuan ($113.8 mil- Information services Advertising services supervision of Internet lotter- Exporting Countries has and improve efficiency. portfolio and the company is lion) during the period, a rise Source: People.cn Co Ltd SU JINGBO / CHINA DAILY ies, but not put a stop to them risen substantially in the Analysts attributed the looking into more opportuni- of 17.07 percent from a year Source: People.cn Co Ltd SU JINGBO / CHINA DAILY altogether, and new licenses past few years, while prices decline to the sharp drop of ties in the sector to support earlier. At the same stage last are expected to be issued by have declined by half from a oil prices which have China’s green agenda. year, it recorded growth of Okooo’s revenue was 46.08 cent rise in its own operating the end of this year. 50.18 percent. Net profit for million yuan, a 48.61 percent costs. People.cn has been expand- the first half of this year was fall year-on-year. The lottery Yan Honghui, an analyst at ing its business through multi- 58.28 million yuan, a 39.42 subsidiary was created in 2013. Internet consultancy Analysys ple channels. In 2013, it bought INTERNET MARKETS percent fall year- on-year. Income at the company’s International in Beijing, said Guqiang Technology to enter The report suggested the overall mobile business, how- People.cn’s mobile strategy the online reading sector, and profits were slashed after ever, increased by 44.66 per- does not expect to be profitable last year it acquired the Shang- increased investment in the cent compared with the same in short term, but in future does hai-based mobile gaming com- Marriott to offer Alipay site’s mobile services, and the period last year, mainly from expect to become an essential pany, Microbeam. Hedge funds feel the suspension by the authorities its short messaging service, source of group revenue. However, two of its execu- of the Internet lottery busi- reading, animation and games Li Zichuan, a P2P financial tives were investigated for cor- atheat all itsas sites stocks by 2016 tumble ness, Okooo.com. activities, despite a 27.98 per- services platform expert, said ruption last month. By SHI JING in Shanghai and managing director of abroad, second only to the EQUITIES [email protected] Marriott Asia Pacific, called availability of Wi-Fi services. EQUITIES China-focused fi rms experiencedworstthe project revolutionary for ChinaAlipay hedge currently funds claims were Marriott International Inc, hoteliers, tourists and con- amongover 400 the million best performers registered monththe United in 16 States years hotel in Augustference organizers, as they inusers. the industry before the brand, is to allow the use of will be able to complete pay- AugustIt is workingrout. The with Eureka- over CEFC takes 60% stake in Slavia Prague Alipay,By BLOOMBERG the online payments ments via mobile devices. hedge200 financial Greater organizationsChina Hedge service owned by Chinese He said the fact Alipay has Funddealing Index with morewas thanup 10.5 120 e-commerceChina-focused giant Alibabahedge an 80 percent share of Chi- percentmillion through transactions July, everycom- By EMMA GONZALEZ center, and a stake increase in Czech football by becoming a In January, real estate giant Groupfunds probably Holding Ltd,had attheir its na’s mobile payment market paredday, 80 with percent the of6.8 which percent are emmagonzalez the Czech-Slovak investment partner of the national team Wanda Group Co bought a 20 hotelsworst andmonth resorts. in almost 16 Greaterwas the biggest China appeal for returncompleted for the on Asian mobile Hedge devi- @chinadaily.com.cn group, J&T Finance. and youth football setup, “to percent stake in leading Span- yearsGuests in August, and clients with will fi rms be Marriott. 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INVESTMENTSINVESTMENT year.investor update obtained by the“Greater second-most China important hedge moreThe than$90 million the last True time Part- they BloombergCraig Smith, News. president fundshotel serviceare on whentrack travelingto show nertraveled. Fund in Hong Kong, APS’s Greater China Long/ the worst three-month run by co-chief investment Short Fund declined 7.2 per- returns in at least a decade,” offi cers Tobias Hekster and Silk Road projects account for most deals cent in the month through said Mohammad Hassan, an Govert Heijboer, surged 7.5 Aug 28 as the fi rm’s China A analyst with Eurekahedge percent on Aug 24, the day By ZHENG XIN Share Fund fell 5.5 percent in Singapore. “It’s not a sur- an 8.5 percent plunge in the dent Xi Jinping, the Belt and Belt and Road countries, as of Aug 21, according to a prise given the funds’ lim- Shanghai Composite Index [email protected] Road is a trade and infrastruc- $49.44 accounting for 47.91 percent, month-end update. ited ability to short the stock triggered a selloff across ture network that includes the billion 15.81 percent and 11.69 per- Hedge-fund investors are markets in China.” the globe. The single-day New figures from the Minis- Silk Road Economic Belt and cent of the total capital getting an early glimpse of The Shanghai Composite jump for the fund, account- try of Commerce show that the 21st Century Maritime Silk the collective worth of projects respectively. the carnage after market Index dropped 12.5 percent ing for its entire month’s projects linked to the Belt and Road. under the Belt and Road Initia- Sang Baichuan, director of declines that began on the in August after sliding 14 gain, brought the year-to- Road Initiative accounted for The network connects tive in the first seven months the Institute of International Chinese mainland in June percent in July, the biggest date advance to 15 percent, nearly half of all overseas deals Asia, Europe and Africa and Business at the University of International Business and deepened and spread across two-month tumble for the according to Hekster. by Chinese companies during passes through more than 60 the first seven months. countries and regions with a Road, a 1.3 percent fall on a Economics in Beijing, said the globe. market since 2008. Losses The True Partner fund Officials said there were population of about 4.4 bil- year-on-year basis. China has invested consider- Volatility in oil and con- at many hedge funds invest- used a relative value strat- 1,786 projects registered as lion. The wholesale and retail able effort in deepening coop- cerns about slowing growth ing in the region may have egy that benefi ted from ris- associated with the economic Shen Danyang, the minis- trade, and the leasing and com- eration with countries along in China rattled markets been unavoidable because ing market volatility that initiative, or 44.9 percent of the try’s spokesman, said 176 of the mercial services sectors wit- the Belt and Road trade worldwide and even hurt Chinese regulators cracked started in Asia and spread total number of projects deals were worth more than nessed the sharpest growth routes this year, and that the prominent United States down on practices such as worldwide. As options abroad. $50 million in value, a 4.2 per- rate, a respective 428.7 percent new figures were stronger hedge funds. short selling. Authorities owned by True Partner in Collectively the deals were cent increase on last year. year-on-year increase and than expected. David Einhorn’s Green- have been probing “mali- the Taiwan market exploded worth some $49.44 billion, The most-recent monthly 500.3 percent year-on-year “Against the backdrop of light Capital declined 5.3 cious” short selling, or in value amid rising panic 39.6 percent more than the trade figures showed China increase. an unsteady global economy, percent in its main hedge wagering against stocks, on Aug 24, the fund sold total for the first seven months attracted $760 million in for- Shanghai, Beijing and the initiative is serving as a fund last month, according and have examined futures them and bought cheaper of 2014. eign investment in July from Guangdong province attract- bridge for the flow of trade to an e-mail to investors. trading accounts of foreign ones in South Korea and Proposed in 2013 by Presi- companies along the Belt and ed the most investment from and commerce,” he said. Leon Cooperman’s Omega investors. Japan, Hekster said.