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Asia-Pacific Governance Watch Asia-Pacific Governance Watch December 2020, Issue 206 UNPAN-AP Editorial Department, RCOCI 1、Government Policy and Legislation Asia-Pacific UNDP and UN-Habitat Sign New Framework for Urban Action Sustainability and Resilience in Smart City Planning: A Review CAREC Endorses Long-Term Strategy to Promote Safe, Sustainable, and Inclusive Tourism New CAREC Gender Strategy to Promote Women’s Empowerment APEC Symposium to Focus on Reigniting Growth and Planning for Recovery East Asia CHINA: To Ensure Sustainability of Macro Policies China Adjusts Regulations to Implement Foreign Investment Law China Releases Rules on Foreign Investment Security Review China Adopts New Energy Security Strategy: White Paper China Gives Priority to Non-fossil Energy Development: White Paper China Releases Guidelines for High-quality Development of Elder Care Services China to Revise Anti-monopoly Law, Formulate Law on Public Health Emergency Response China Considers Anti-Food-Waste Law to Ensure Food Security China Mulls New Law on Graft Busters China to Extend Direct-benefit Monetary Policy Tools to Anchor Market Expectations Chinese Lawmakers Call for Measures Against Unfair Online Competition Chinese Premier Stresses Formulating Five-year Plan to Deepen Reform, Opening-up China to Stabilize, Optimize Industrial and Supply Chains in 2021: MIIT Yearender-Economic Watch: China Expected to Fine-tune Monetary Policy to Boost Recovery JAPAN: Enacting Law to Make Coronavirus Vaccines Free to Residents Suga Positions Carbon Goal, Digitization as Pillars for Economic Revitalization Japan Unveils Green Growth Plan for 2050 Carbon Neutral Goal Law Against Discrimination of Disabled to Be Applied More Broadly in Japan South-East Asia MYANMAR: To Lift Stay-at-Home Order in Some Townships VIETNAM: HÀ Nội People’s Council Approves Five-Year SME Support Project Ministry Proposes Special Policies for Large SOEs to Make Them Spearheads HCM City Announces Guidelines for Issuing Apartment Ownership Certificates HCM City Drafts 10-Year Climate Change Response Plan South Asia INDIA: Tamil Nadu Announces New Electronics & Hardware Manufacturing Policy Central-West Asia AZERBAIJAN: Co-op Between BP and International Bank of Azerbaijan - Part of ICT Sector Development Strategy KAZAKHSTAN: Introducing Bill on Economic Recovery TURKMENISTAN: Signs Document Approving Development Program Oceania AUSTRALIA: To Drop Kyoto Credits Plan New Law Would Allow Merged Unions to Split Labor Deputy Whacks Foreign Relations Laws Labor Plan for 10 Days Paid Violence Leave New Guide for Where Future Jobs Will Be New Laws to End Casual Confusion Call for Major Overhaul of Voting Laws PM Kicks Tougher Enviro Laws Down the Road The New Laws and Changes Coming into Force in 2021 Liberals Ponder Emissions Trading Scheme 2、Government System and Civil Services Asia-Pacific COVID-19 Crisis Adds Pressure to Private and Public Pensions Systems Citizen Participation in the Smart City: Findings from an International Comparative Study ADB Appoints Bruce Gosper as New Vice-President East Asia CHINA: To Refine Financial Services, Promote Steady Development of Personal Insurance China to Deepen Reform of Government Functions, Raise Service Capacity for Businesses, Public Contactless Tax Payment Services Popular in China China Sees Rise in New Business Forms in Transport: White Paper JAPAN: Civil Service Exam to Include New Digital Sector Category SOUTH KOREA: Gov't Buildings to Have AI Face Recognition, QR Code Access Control System S. Korea to Phase Out Public Key Certification System Seoul City Gov't Expands Foreign Language Service on Its Website South-East Asia INDONESIA: President Reshuffles Cabinet amid Pandemic Indonesian President Inaugurates New Ministers, Deputy Ministers VIETNAM: Party Central Committee Reaches High Consensus on Personnel Work South Asia INDIA: Transforming to Be ‘Aatmanirbhar’ Chhattisgarh Govt Posts Alex VF Paul Menon V IAS as Labour Commissioner PayU India Appoints Prakash Padariya as CISO SRI LANKA: Ministry of Technology Comes Under President’s Purview Central-West Asia AZERBAIJAN: Ministry to Hold Online Event to Support Implementation of Start-Up Ideas Azerbaijan to Create 'Government-Cloud' National Data Center President Aliyev’s Brilliant Leadership, Wisdom Ensured Azerbaijan’s Victory in Second Karabakh War Azerbaijan to Establish Embassy in Afghanistan GEORGIA: Innovation and Technology Agency Talks About Its Activity in Country KAZAKHSTAN: Agricultural Ministry Unveils Volume of Digitalized Services UZBEKISTAN: System for Assessing Professional Qualifications of Citizens to Be Introduced Oceania AUSTRALIA: Coalition Open to Industrial Reform Change PM, Premiers Get to Work on Reform Agenda Labor Demands Action on Corruption Midnight Tax Grab Becomes Lasting Reform 3、Management, Capacity Building and Innovation Asia-Pacific The Road to Smart City Infrastructure Starts with Research Measures Needed to Curb Particulate Matter Emitted by Wear of Car Parts and Road Surfaces Employers Must Remove Barriers to Work for All Generations Evaluating the Impact Mechanism of Citizen Participation on Citizen Satisfaction in a Smart City Queue Management App Wins the 2020 APEC App Challenge ADB to Help Prevent and Control COVID-19 by Strengthening WASH+H Approach in Projects ADB, Far East Horizon to Support COVID-19 Health Care in Rural PRC East Asia CHINA: To Embrace New Fintech Challenges with Innovation, Prudence Beijing's Tech Hub Aims High in Digital Economy China to Build More Independent, Controllable Industrial, Supply Chains China to Solve Housing Problems in Big Cities Through Rental Market China's Top Economic Planner Pledges Efforts to Ensure Stable Power Supply China Uses Blockchain Technology to Regulate Livestreaming E-commerce Capital Market Must Support Sci-tech Innovation: Securities Chief JAPAN: Greenhouse Gas Emissions Fall in FY2019 for 6th Straight Year SOUTH KOREA: To Tighten Grip on Global Internet Giants amid Service Complaints S. Korea's Tech Trade at Record High Last Year: Data S. Korea to Launch Regional Cooperation Forum Against Health Crises South-East Asia INDONESIA: Imposing Stricter Restrictions to Prevent Spike in COVID-19 Cases After Year-End Holidays CAMBODIA: Tightening Measures at Borders with Thailand to Prevent COVID-19 Spread VIETNAM: Apps, Technology Use Improve Traffic Management in HCM City New E-Government Platform Introduced PM Approves List of Priority Technologies for Research and Development Co-operative Audit on Water Management in Mekong River Basin Kicks Off Support for Development in Ethnic Minority Areas Extended to 2025 South Asia INDIA: Need Faster Ways to Absorb Innovation in Govt SOPs Gujarat Police Launches Online Portal to Fight Cybercrime PM Modi Launches India’s First Driverless Metro in DelhiElets SRI LANKA: Mobitel Empowers Police with Hi-tech Body Cameras Blockchain Power Land Registry Spectrify AI to Launch Agri-tech Revolution in Sri Lanka Mobitel Empowers Sri Lanka Police with hi-Tech Body Cameras Central-West Asia AZERBAIJAN: Presents First Locally Manufactured High-Tech Prostheses Azerbaijan Simplifies Procedure for Creating Agricultural Production Cooperatives UZBEKISTAN: To Attract Carbon Credits to Create Forest Plantations Oceania AUSTRALIA: Electronic Surveillance Set for Overhaul Labor Launches Childcare Fee Calculator Most Want Masks Worn on Public Transport Australia Tightens International Borders 4、Economic and Social Development and ICT Asia-Pacific G20 Alliance Will Conduct ‘Smart City’ Research Around the World Smart Cities and Their Implications on Privacy CLIS Show a Mixed Picture Across the Major Economies G20 GDP Showed a Strong Recovery in the Third Quarter of 2020, but Remained Below Pre-Pandemic High ADB President Urges CAREC Countries to Boost Regional Cooperation and Embrace Digitalization to Strengthen COVID-19 Recovery COVID-19 and the Wellbeing of Older Persons in Asia Health, Social Protection to Underpin Sustainable Recovery from COVID-19 Asia’s Water Security - The Glass Is Still Half Full Water Security a Top Priority in COVID-19 Recovery, Says ADB Report East Asia CHINA: Jilin Reports Surge in Cross-border E-commerce Shanghai Community Safeguards Elderly Living Alone with Smart Devices Chinese E-commerce Platform Hema Fresh Launches Cross-border Shopping China's Yunnan Reports Surge in Cross-border E-commerce Chinese Economy Cements Recovery, Better Growth Expected for 2020 China's Growth to Boost World Economic Recovery China Moves Fast to Become World Leader in Transport Big Data Indicates Recovery in China's Nighttime Economy China's Guizhou Province Accelerates 5G Development China's Zhejiang Logs Surge in Cross-border E-commerce China Boosts Opening-up of Futures Market to Attract Global Traders China's PMI Remains in Expansion Zone amid Steady Economic Recovery JAPAN: Regional Banks Take Lead in Digitization SOUTH KOREA: Setting Up Free Wi-Fi Networks on Buses in Operation Across Nation Cheong Wa Dae Checks Cybersecurity amid Growing Non-Contact Activities S. Korea's 5G Download Speed Fastest Globally: Report South-East Asia INDONESIA: To Provide COVID-19 Vaccines for 181.5 Mln Residents Next Year CAMBODIA: Moving Up in Human Development Index Ranking THAILAND: To Offer Smart Visas to Foreign Digital Freelancers Working in the Country VIETNAM: Technology Empowers People with Disabilities HCM City Legislature to Wrap Up Year by Discussing Economic Recovery in 2021 HÀ Nội Maintains Economic Growth Amidst COVID-19: Top Official Việt Nam Sets an Example in Poverty Reduction
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