Friendship visit Competitive opera Monkey kingdom PLA Navy vessels begin Traditional art form gets new A reserve in Yunnan off ers four-day stay in San Diego lease of life on reality TV show > PAGE 6 insights into primates PAGE 3 > PAGE 5 UK THURSDAY, December 8, 2016 europe.chinadaily.com.cn £1 DEVELOPMENT SINO-US TIES Goals set Actions by to nurture growth in Taiwan leader all parts of the nation called ‘petty’ By ZHANG YUE and HU YONGQI China issued a five-year Beijing sees ulterior motive in Tsai’s plan guideline on invigorating the development of its central to stop in US on way to Central America region, to build it into a key area for advanced manufac- turing, modern agriculture, By MO JINGXI Terry urbanization and ecological and ZHAO HUANXIN Branstad, conservation. Iowa governor, The guideline was China’s Foreign Ministry has been approved on Wednesday at a The look of love said Taiwan leader Tsai Ing- named US State Council executive meet- wen’s planned transit stop in ambassador ing presided over by Premier the United States carries “ulte- to China Li Keqiang. Chinese veterans in their 80s and 90s, who survived the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression (1937-45) during World War II, rior political intentions”, while “Our strategy to boost pose for formal wedding photos for the fi rst time in Harbin, Heilongjiang province, after a local photography studio organized the event for a an expert warned her move “We are willing to work with westward growth has not group of them for free as part of celebrations marking the 80th anniversary of the Long March of the Red Army. LYU XINYUAN / FOR CHINA DAILY could be counterproductive. whoever receives the position changed. Yet, recently, there Asked to comment on Bei- and work together to enhance has been a divergence in jing’s call for the US to prevent the Sino-US relationship in a development between south- Tsai from passing through the healthy and steady way.” ern and northern China, and MARKET REGULATION country next month en route Tsai is scheduled to visit each of the six provinces in to her planned visit to Central Guatemala on Jan 11 and 12, central China also has its own America, Foreign Ministry Reuters reported on Tues- condition,” Li said. “It’s neces- spokesman Lu Kang said that day. Donald Trump, who sary to improve development US fi rm fi ned for unfair practices “transit diplomacy” is among was named Time magazine’s across regions so that the the “petty moves” employed by Person of the Year on Wednes- central region can truly play Taiwan’s leader, whose “ulteri- day, will be inaugurated on a supporting role in China’s By WANG YANFEI National Development and sion treats all market players or political intentions are clear Jan 20. economy.” wangyanfei@ Reform Commission. $17.3 million equally, without discrimina- for all to see”. An adviser to Trump’s transi- The six provinces in cen- chinadaily.com.cn Investigations found that fi ne imposed upon Medtronic for tion toward foreign or domes- Lu reiterated that it has been tion team said he considered tral China — Henan, Shanxi, the company had fi xed resale eliminating market competition tic companies, while conduct- commonly recognized by the it “very unlikely” there would Hubei, Anhui, Hunan and Foreign companies should prices through monopoly and fi xing prices in Chinese ing anti-monopoly enforce- international community that be a meeting between Tsai Jiangxi — have rich land and carefully study the antitrust agreements with its dealers. medical industry ment action. Taiwan is part of China, and and Trump if she were to go agriculture resources. The law while operating in Chi- Compared with the record- Xu Xinyu, a veteran com- that the one-China principle through New York, according region contributes 20.3 per- na, a senior offi cial with the high 6.088 billion yuan fine mission official who was in is the key political precondi- to Reuters. cent of China’s GDP, up from nation’s top antitrust enforcer imposed on Qualcomm in Supervision Bureau. charge of the investigation tion for countries to develop However, Li Haidong, a pro- 18.8 percent in 2005. said after it announced on 2014, the amount is at the The decision was made after in the landmark case against relations and cooperate with fessor of US studies at China However, amid ongoing Wednesday the first penalty medium level of penalties, almost a year of investigation Qualcomm in 2014, said for- China. Foreign Aff airs University, said restructuring and industrial for the medical instrument which range from 1 to 10 per- and after more than 10 visits eign companies should study Meanwhile, Iowa Governor Trump is unpredictable. upgrading, the region faces manufacturing industry. cent of the sales of the inves- for on-site evidence collection, local antitrust laws and com- Terry Branstad, an old friend “The Obama government challenges in further retiring The China unit of US com- tigated company in the previ- according to Zhang. ply with rules while operating of China, has been asked by will continue to send the excess industrial capacity and pany Medtronic, a leading ous fi scal year. “Fixing the resale price is businesses in China. president-elect Donald Trump signal that Washington reducing reliance on labor supplier of high-end medical The company is the fi rst in among the leading causes that “Some foreign companies to be ambassador to China, will not change its one-China and investment, as well as in devices such as an insulin the medical device industry drive up the prices of high- violate the law willfully,” he media reported. policy,” Li said. “On the con- technological innovation. pumping system, was fined to get such a fi ne, which came end medical devices to unusu- said, without revealing any Earlier on Wednesday, trary, Trump is highly unpre- The new guideline sets a 119 million yuan ($17.3 mil- after the commission investi- ally high levels in China,” said company names. when asked about the pos- dictable.” goal that the six provinces lion), or 4 percent of the com- gated several major medical Zhang. “We hope the case can Xu said the commission, sible appointment of Brans- It is unlikely that Tsai will will account for a consider- pany’s annual sales in China companies before announc- become a good example as we in levying the fine, was not tad, Lu said: “We welcome meet with senior Obama able proportion of China’s last year, for eliminating mar- ing the decision, according strive to promote fair market motivated by a desire to boost him to play a greater role in administration offi cials, Li said. production output, while ket competition in the medi- to Zhang Handong, director competition.” the growth of domestic com- advancing the development people’s livelihoods will be cal industry, according to the of the commission’s Price Zhang said the commis- panies but to uphold the law. of China-US relations.” SEE “TIES” PAGE 3 improved signifi cantly. The goals will be achieved through optimizing the regional economic structure, GLOBALIZATION SPACE creating new economic driv- ers, encouraging industrial upgrading, improving mod- ern transportation infrastruc- Moutai sets sights Astronauts describe the fun, ture and strengthening agri- culture development. “While building itself into a on Europe’s drinkers adventure of 33 days in space key area for advanced manu- facturing and urbanization, the region should also spare By ANGUS McNEICE when Richard Nixon and Pre- By ZHAO LEI no eff orts in developing mod- in Hamburg mier Zhou Enlai enjoyed a glass [email protected] ern agriculture and promot- [email protected] during the former US president’s ing agriculture management visit to Beijing in 1972. Staying inside for a whole of scale,” Li said. Iconic liquor brand Moutai, Moutai ramped up its interna- week might seem unbearable for decades the toasting drink tional operations in 2014 when it A bartender mixes cocktails to most people, but for astro- Contact the writers at of choice during visits to China held a banquet in San Francisco using Moutai at a launch event in nauts Jing Haipeng and Chen huyongqi@chinadaily. of foreign leaders and dignitar- and promotional eff orts saw hip Hamburg. Dong who lived in a space sta- com.cn ies, chose the northern German bars in New York add Moutai ANGUS MCNEICE / CHINA DAILY tion for a month, their time was port city of Hamburg to launch cocktails to their menus. Export not enough. its bid to bring the fi ery spirit to revenue increased by nearly 70 sugar-based cocktails. “We hoped that the mission In the news mainstream Europe. percent in the fi rst half of this Moutai is in talks with a Par- could last longer because we Tuesday’s gala launch in the year, Yuan said, with annual is-based cocktail manufacturer had so much fun in space,” said TOP NEWS city famed for its entertainment sales on course for $6.4 billion to sell pre-mixed drinks on the Jing, commander of the Shen- culture was part of a global eff ort across 60 countries. The com- international market, and the zhou XI mission. “We had a Spread the word to bring Moutai to the masses. pany is taking out ads in major company is scouting a location very memorable journey.” Astronauts Jing Haipeng (left) and Chen Dong greet reporters in Rare volumes by Shakespeare, Company Chairman Yuan publications and plans another in Frankfurt for its own cocktail Jing, 50, who is now China’s Beijing on Wednesday.