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Stockholm, Sept. 6(Greenpost)–Chinese women won the 1st in Volleyball World Cup in 12 years, thanks to the efforts of all the members and the coach Iron Hammer Lang Ping!
Monthly Archives: September 2015
Witches, stallions and sami culture receive production funding
By Xuefei Chen Axelsson
Stockholm, Sept. 6(Greenpost)–Gabriella Pichler and Jonas Hassen Khemiri collaborate, Ninja Thyberg updates the image of the horse-loving girl and sami coming of age drama by Amanda Kernell in West Bothnia are among the films awarded funding in August.
From Sámi Blood (Sameblod) by Amanda Kernell. Photo: Oskar Östergren Amanda Kernell
Invasion! is Gabriela Pichler’s first film since the Venice awarded Eat Sleep Die (Äta sova dö). The script is a collaboration between Pichler and Swedish award-winning novelist and playwright Jonas Hassen Khemiri. As in her previous film, Pichler works with first time actors on location.
Tacit Wisdom (Tyst kunskap) by Saara Cantell is a reality-based psychological social drama about witchcraft on the Swedish-governed Åland islands in the 17th century, where the men in power suppress the wisdom of women. Independent young Anna is at the centre when the church begins a hunt for women who are in league with the devil.
With her debut feature Sámi Blood (Sameblod), Amanda Kernell continues along the same lines as her acclaimed short Northern Great Mountain (Norra Storfjället). Elle Marja attends a Sami boarding school in the 1930s. Racial biology examinations cause her to break away from her Sami identity, but becoming Swedish proves to be harder than she thought.
Three projects in a short format have been awarded funding in August. In the erotic short The Stud (Hingsten) by Ninja Thyberg, horse-loving 16-year-old Adena wants to lose her virginity to her handsome teacher Adam. Patterns are broken and gender roles switch places. In 2013 Thyberg was awarded the Canal+ Award in Cannes for Pleasure, about the porn industry. This is her first film after graduating from the Stockholm Academy of Dramatic Arts.
The children’s adventure Dreamgame (Drömspel 1) by Elisabet Gustafsson, who made Annabell’s Spectacularities (Krakel Spektakel) in 2014, is part of the Moving Sweden initiative. Nicolas’s mum spends too much time working on her thesis and is literally absorbed into her computer. Nicolas jumps into his video game to save her and meets giant spiders and other characters on his journey to the factory, where his mum is being held captive.
In Ni ska se att jag har rätt (English title tba) by Saga Gärde, bus-driving union man Magnus gives an impassioned speech behind the wheel as he sees the union losing members, and how the privatisation of public transport is creating stress and occupational injuries among his colleagues
China lowers minimum capital requirement for fixed-asset investment
BEIJING, Sept. 1 (Xinhua) — China’s State Council, the cabinet, decided on Tuesday to lower the minimum capital requirement for fixed-asset projects in a bid to boost investment in public goods and services.
The minimum capital ratio of key projects of ports, costal and river transportation, and airports has been lowered to 25 percent from 30 percent. The minimum capital ratio of railroad, highway and urban rail projects decreased to 20 percent from 25 percent.
In addition, the government has changed the minimum capital requirement for corn further processing projects from 30 percent to 20 percent.
However, the State Council said industries with excessive capacity would still face high capital ratios between 30 percent and 40 percent. (Edited by Huang Xiaolan, huangxiaolan@xinhua.org)
China to set up RMB60 bln SME development funds
BEIJING, Sept. 1 (Xinhua) — The State Council, China’s cabinet, pledged to establish national small- and medium-sized enterprises (SME) development funds, said a statement released after a State Council executive meeting presided over by Premier Li Keqiang on Tuesday.
The move aims to stimulate the impetus of entrepreneurship and innovation, alleviate the financing difficulties faced by SMEs and enlarge employment.
According to the statement, the central government will contribute 15 billion yuan and establish a national SME development funds boasting a total scale of 60 billion yuan under the participation of private enterprises, state-owned enterprises, financial institutions and local governments.
The funds, which adopt limited partnership, will be operated under marketization mode. (Edited by Zhang Yuan, zhangyuan11@xinhua.org)
China’s Alibaba seeking to boost Latin America presence
BUENOS AIRES, Sept. 1 (Xinhua) — China’s e-commerce giant, Alibaba, is seeking to increase its presence in Latin America, according to Michael Lee, the firm’s head of international marketing and business development, on Tuesday.
This expansion will primarily be centered on Argentina and Brazil, where the company has recently been growing, said the executive.
Lee made this declaration in Buenos Aires during a conference organized by the Latin American Institute for Electronic Commerce and Argentina Chamber for Electronic Commerce.
“South and Central America account for six percent of our total revenue, but this has grown a lot, especially in Brazil and Argentina,” said Lee.
To capitalize on this growth, Alibaba recently launched versions of its site in Spanish and Portuguese to better cater to customers in the region.
Furthermore, Ali Express, one of Alibaba’s online platforms, has recently shown considerable staying power in Brazil, Chile and Mexico. In July, it actually led the ranking of international e-commerce sites in terms of visits from Brazil.
This platform, which has a history of seeking to adapt its offering to the local market, has become an important e-commerce bridge between China and Latin America, Lee added.
“Alibaba is a global company headquartered in China. We carry over 100,000 suppliers and manufacturers and see transactions in the billions of U.S. dollars a day. We are building up trust..e-commerce creates unlimited opportunities for all,” he noted.
Alibaba now has 40 million registered users in over 190 countries, making it one of the uncontested leaders of international e-commerce. In September 2014, Alibaba.com was listed on the New York Stock Exchange, becoming the largest global IPO of all time. Enditem
China looks forward to adoption of post-2015 development agenda at UN summit
UNITED NATIONS, Sept. 1 (Greenpost) — A Chinese envoy to the United Nations on Tuesday said China looks forward to the successful adoption of the post-2015 development agenda at the UN summit, stressing it will “guide International cooperation for development.”
The remarks were made by Wang Min, China’s deputy permanent representative to the UN, at a meeting of the 69th session of the UN General Assembly.
“China welcomes the adoption by the General Assembly of the resolution on the draft Outcome Document of the United Nations summit for the adoption of the post-2015 development agenda to transmit the post-2015 development agenda agreed by consensus to the summit for its consideration and adoption,” said Wang. “As a development agenda that will guide international cooperation for development in the next 15 years, the post-2015 development agenda is of profound historical significance.”
The document also reaffirms the purposes and principles of the charter of the United Nations and the principle of the common but differentiated responsibilities among other basic principles, while placing continued focus on poverty eradication, he said.
The post-2015 development agenda will not only give renewed impetus to international cooperation for development, but also lay a solid foundation for a successful UN summit of the agenda’s adoption, he said. “China looks forward to the successful adoption of the post-2015 development agenda at the UN summit.”
Moreover, he assured that “China is ready to join others in untiring efforts to implement the post-2015 development agenda and revitalize international cooperation for development.”
In August, negotiators from 193 UN member states agreed on a draft blueprint for sustainable development that will last through 2030. The document outlines 17 ambitious Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) ranging from issues of poverty, gender equality and economic development to climate change and ocean resource protection. Enditem
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Regulators discuss draft integrated plans for Hainan’s development
BEIJING, Sept.2 (Xinhua) — Representatives from China’s top government bodies met on Saturday in Haikou, the capital city of southern China’s Hainan province, to discuss a draft plan on integrated local development.
The plan is part of the trial program that aims to coordinate the planning system on a provincial level in order to eliminate incompatibilities between plans issued by different government departments.
After the meeting, Hainan local government will make some revisions and a consultation to seek views before publishing the final plan.
Such efforts by Hainan and relevant experiences will be introduced to other parts of China if proven successful.
In an attempt to improve policy coordination, China in June selected Hainan to pilot a trial program encouraging rational use of land and better environmental protection. (Edited by Ding Lei, dinglei@xinhua.org)
China to advance building graded diagnosis and treatment system
BEIJING, Sept. 2 (Greenpost) — China will advance building a graded diagnose and treatment system to deepen healthcare reform, according to an executive meeting of the State Council presided over by Premier Li Keqiang.
China will expand medical service capabilities of not only major medical institutions but also county-level public hospitals.
Also, the country will integrate medical resources such as examination, testing and disinfection supply while advancing cross-recognition of examination and testing results as well as patient transfer among hospitals of different levels, according to the meeting.
The country also encourages the elderly, children, pregnant and lying-in women as well as patients with chronic diseases to sign primary family doctors or rural doctors voluntarily to receive basic medical treatments. (Edited by Niu Huizhe, niuhuizhe@xinhua.org)
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CNOOC to invest RMB65.6 bln in maritime engineering equipment in 2016-2020
BEIJING, Sept. 2 (Greenpost) – China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC), the parent company of China’s largest offshore oil and gas producer CNOOC Ltd. (CEO.NYSE; 00883.HK), would add 114 maritime engineering equipment in 2016-2020 with investment of 65.6 billion yuan, said Zeng Hengyi, deputy general engineer with CNOOC on Tuesday.
Speaking at a maritime equipment exhibition in Qingdao, Zeng said 42.5 billion yuan would be invested in deepwater engineering equipment in the period, accounting for 65 percent of total.
Investment in deepwater engineering equipment is likely to account for over 70 percent of CNOOC’s total investment in maritime engineering investment by 2030, according to Zeng.
China needs to develop semi submersible drilling platform of the seven and half generation and deploy four special deepwater projects in the South China Sea, said Zeng.
The process of offshore exploration and development would not be changed though fall of oil prices in the short term would weigh on maritime engineering industry, said Liu Heyin, an official with shipbuilding and maritime engineering operations of Siemens. (Edited by Liu Yanan, liuyn@xinhua.org)
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China pushes forward pilot projects of developing grain-based feeds
BEIJING, Sept. 2 (Greenpost) — China’s Ministry of Agriculture (MOA) Tuesday said China would push ahead the pilot projects of converting grain to feeds to improve integration of farming and animal husbandry and overall efficiency during a meeting held in Taiyuan, Shanxi.
China has launched the pilot in ten provinces including Shanxi, Heilongjiang and Gansu and relative provincial governments have drafted local implement measures.
As grain-based feeds are mainly converted from corn, China would attach importance to adjust corn planting structure and put special efforts in promoting planting silage corn, which could be turned to feeds for cattle and sheep
In the recent years, planning area and output of corn have grown fast due to rising price and other factor. and corn surpassed rise to become China’s top grain crop in 2012. (Edited by Yang Qi, kateqiyang@xinhua.org)
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China to reduce power cuts by updating electricity distribution network
BEIJING, Sept. 2 (Greenpost) — China aims to substantially reduce power cuts in five years by updating its electricity distribution network, according to the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC), the country’s top economic planner.
The NDRC released a document on Wednesday on its website to guide the construction and update of the power distribution network.
According to government plans, power cuts in cities will last less than 1 hour annually by 2020. Suspension of electricity supply in towns and villages should be capped under 10 and 24 hours per year respectively by 2020.
The document is the latest of a series of official guidance on construction and update of China’s power distribution network.
The National Energy Administration (NEA) announced on Monday that China will invest at least 2 trillion yuan in the country’s power distribution network from 2015 to 2020, with the minimum investment of 300 billion yuan in 2015.
By 2020, China’s high-voltage power distribution network will be 1.01 million kilometers long and its electric transformation capacity will reach 2.1 billion kilovolt-amps (KVA).
In addition, China plans to increase the number of electric charging and transformation stations and posts to 12,000 and 4.8 million respectively by 2020, which will be able to meet the demand of 5 million electric vehicles. (Edited by Huang Xiaolan, huangxiaolan@xinhua.org)
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China takes multiple measures to inject liquidity
BEIJING, Sept. 2 (Greenpost) — The People’s Bank of China, China’s central bank, conducts 150 billion yuan worth of 7-day reverse repos at a yield of 2.35 percent in Tuesday’s open market operation.
Traders note that the move shows the central bank’s intention to inject short-term liquidity into the financial system.
Since the end of June, the central bank continued to pump in liquidity through its routine open market operations and step up sales of reverse repos in August to boost cash supply in the financial system.
On last Friday, the central bank injected 140 billion yuan of liquidity into the market via a 6-day short-term liquidity operation. The amount was the same as a similar contract sold on August 26. The central bank also injected 60 billion yuan into the market via a 7-day SLO on August 28.
China’s central bank lowered key interest rates and cut the reserve requirement ratio on August 26, marking the fourth RRR cut in nearly seven months and the fifth round of interest cut in no more than nine months.
Traders noted that the central bank was expected to employ multiple monetary policy tools such as reverse repo sales, interest rate and RRR cuts to keep liquidity environment stable in the future. (Edited by Yang Yifan, yangyifan@xinhua.org)
China Day Held in Sandberg’s School in Sweden
By Xuefei Chen Axelsson
Upplands Väsby, Sept. 4(Greenpost) — An interesting China Day was held in Sandberg’s School in Upplands Väsby in Sweden on Aug. 28.
The weather is so fine that students have begun the program outside in the playground with the Lion Dance.
Headmaster Eva Svensson said her school was a private school, but with a lot of efforts and investment in building relations with China. They have become sister school with Wenlan School in Hangzhou in Zhejiang province since four years ago.
“The purpose of holding this China Day is to let pupils learn Chinese language and culture through interesting activities with Chinese elements,” said Svensson.
According to Svensson, there are about 300 students and 35 teachers with nine grades and 11 classes.
The students are impress by the lion dance and even tried to learn kongfu excercise from the coach actor and actresses.
Then they moved inside the classroom. Some students wrote characters, cut it and then made a Chinese dragon. Some students made kites and some made Jianzi.
Chinese teacher Sun Kai said she was impressed by her Swedish students because they like to study Chinese and if you give them an idea, they can really make a product for you.
After two hours work, students went out to eat fried Chinese noodles to taste Chinese food.
The last program was to fly all the kites they made themselves.
Many pupils said it was a very lovely day and very interesting.
Beijing low carbon delegation trained in Sweden
By Xuefei Chen Axelsson
Stockholm, Sept. 3(Greenpost)– Beijing low carbon delegation has been trained for two weeks in Sweden thanks to the arrangement of Beijing CPC’s organization department and Swedish Environment Institute with the coordination of the Swedish Embassy Beijing.
As the last part of the training journey, the delegation held a seminar with the Chinese community in Sweden.
Wu Wangling, deputy chair of Sveriges Kinesiska Rikförbundet welcomed the delegation.
“Today is a special day due to Beijing’s historical Parade in Tiananmen Square. On behalf of the Riksförbundet, I warmly welcome the delegation,” Wu said.
Tang Bing made an introduction about Chinese in Sweden, history, formation of various organizations and their activities such as the China Festival in 2013 and the Pingpong competition in 2014 with the participation of Swedish player and judge Waldner or Lao Wa.
Professor Yan Jinyue from Swedish Royal Technology Institute(KTH) gave a presentation about cooperation between Sweden and China in energy efficiency field.
Chang Wei, head of the 25 member delegation said delegation consists of officials from the government, business sector people and the professors, lawyers and other professionals.
They have had courses in Swedish Environment Institute in Swedish low carbon and energy efficiency, waste and waste water treatment, sustainable traffic and transportation and environmental protection policies and measures.
They have also visited waste water treatment plant, Royal Seaport and Hammarbysjöstad in Stockholm. They travelled to Malmö to study the policy and best practices there too. They visited sustainable companies.
With a holistic method of having both policies and practices, the arrangement was very good, commented Chang.
Meeting with the Chinese community was the last part of their study visits.
Miyun Mayor Wang Haichen said this was his first visit to Sweden and he felt he had learnt a lot in sustainable development.
Zheng Shuanhu said he had been to Sweden before and he himself was dealing with energy saving and environmental protection practices in Beijing. Sweden has a lot of good practices which can be learnt.
The delegation also include Yao Hui, Deputy Director of Beijing Municipal Environmental Protection Bureau, Zuo Yi, journalist and Chief of the Staff, Beijing Times and Shi Hongmin, from Beijing Enterprises Group.
瑞典侨界与北京市低碳经济与可持续发展培训团举行座谈会
北欧绿色邮报网报道（记者陈雪霏）——9月3日下午，瑞典侨界与正在瑞典进行低碳经济培训的北京低碳经济可持续发展培训班代表团举行座谈会。
瑞典华人总会副会长伍王令说，9月3日是个特殊的日子，也是个大喜的日子，因为中国北京举行了盛大的阅兵式。本来执行会长叶沛群计划参加座谈会，但因出席北京的阅兵式而未能参加。他对北京低碳经济培训团的到来表示欢迎。
总会秘书长唐兵说，本次座谈会也是受北京市侨办的委托，他向代表团成员介绍了瑞典侨界的情况。
他说，瑞典华侨从1930年代就有，但是，只是到了1980年代才开始多起来，目前据不完全统计，瑞典华侨华人有三万人左右。2009年瑞典侨社雨后春笋般地成立起来。瑞典华人总会是瑞典成立的第一个全国性的华人组织，是会员制协会，经费来源来自瑞典政府，会员会费和一部分捐款。近年来举行了很多活动，例如2013年的中国节，2014年的有瑞典乒坛常青树老瓦当评委的乒乓球赛，接待国内团体等等。
座谈会期间，国务院侨办专家委员会委员，瑞典皇家理工学院严晋跃教授也就新能源等问题进行了演讲，他认为中瑞合作要考虑技术适合性，市场需求，资本投资和人才问题。他的课题也包括热点冷联系统等。
北京低碳经济代表团团长，北京市怀柔区常卫区长介绍说，这次瑞典之行是由北京市委组织部牵头组织的低碳经济海外培训第一期，总共19人。主要目的是结合中央的京津冀大开发战略，推动北京及周边地区低碳经济和可持续发展。他们当中有来自政府的包括环保局，农委的，有新闻媒体的，有法院搞知识产权法的，有密云房山等郊县的一把手，涉及各个方面，政府，企业，专业人士一起接受培训。本次培训是在瑞典驻华大使馆的积极支持下，由瑞典环境学院组织安排的瑞典各项低碳环保，节能减排政策与措施方面的培训。
“培训安排得很周到，深入，内容涉及规划建设，老城改造，节能减排，新能源等，有讲解也有考察，期间在瑞典环境学院学习了瑞典的环境保护政策和法规，经济增长和节能减排的循环经济政策，低排放，低污染的政策等，也对瑞典的污水处理厂，交通局，环保局和皇家海港新城，哈马碧滨海新城进行了实地考察。我们还访问了第三大城市马尔默，了解了那里的环保低碳政策和措施。安排非常紧凑。北京市也希望能加强同瑞典华人华侨的联系，希望华人华侨北上北京，尤其是和北京的区县加强合作，落实科技成果的转化，推动实体经济早日转型。” 常卫团长说。
与瑞典侨界座谈是历时两周的培训课程的收尾部分。
参加培训的北京市密云县县长王海臣对记者说，这是他第一次来瑞典，感觉很不错，本次培训也学到了不少东西。同时，密云是绿色国际休闲之都，希望能加强联系。
北京市政协经济委员会的高级经济师郑拴虎表示，通过学习感受到北京应该进一步加强环保意识，例如垃圾分类要有始有终，从源头开始分类，但后期也要保持好把各类垃圾放到该放的地方。
参加座谈会的还有北京平谷区副区长姚忠阳，延庆县委常委吕贵富，北京市委研究室副主任朱柏成， 市农委副主任李成贵，北京市环保局副局长姚辉，市国土资源局总规划师的丁晓，北京公园管理中心的王忠海，市知识产权法院副院长宋鱼水，北京石油化工学院副院长焦向东，北控的党委常委史红民，北京能源集团副总经理孟文涛和京华时报社长左亦等。
出席座谈会的瑞典侨界人士还包括华人总会名誉会长白亨利，副会长周斌，瑞典青田同乡会副秘书长徐力，中欧文化协会会长陈雪霏，北欧中华文化协会会长程鑫和川渝协会会长何勇等。
晚上，担任过五任参赞的中国驻瑞典大使馆文化参赞浦正东先生也会见了北京低碳经济和可持续发展培训班代表团。
正是由于这个特殊的日子，代表团成员也坦然，在北京进行大阅兵的同时，他们虽然身在瑞典，也居然捧着手机在凌晨三点开始随着北京的节奏，起立时跟着起立，穿越时空般地观看了世界历史上史无前例的阅兵仪式。
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