Norwegian director Trier receives Bronze Horse at 2015 Stockholm Film Festival

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Stockholm，Nov. 22(Greenpost)–Norwegian director Joachim Trier won the Bronze Horse at the award ceremony at 2015 Stockholm Film Festival on Friday evening.

This year’s Stockholm XXVI Competition jury is producer Mimmi Spång, director Peter Grönlund, director Christian Zübert, director Di Phan Dang, and director Arab Nasser. The jury for the Stockholm Impact Award includes artist Ai Weiwei (head of jury), director Ida Panahandeh, and theatre director Linus Tunström. For the Stockholm Documentary Competition the jury members are film critic Stefan Nylén, director and actor Alexandra Dahlström, and director Matías Meyer.

The Stockholm XXVI Short Film Competition jury consists of actor Saga Becker, director Alejandro Guzmán Alvarez, and director Takeshi Fukunaga. And for the FIPRESCI, Yael Shuv, Kristin Aalen, and Dariia Badior.

Best film: Louder Than Bombs by Joachim Trier
The prize for best film goes to an aesthetic masterpiece, a film that innovatively uses all cinematic components to move freely between present, past, dream and imagination. With this tightly woven family drama, the director gradually patches together our broken inner places and makes us visible to ourselves – and to each other.

Best first film: Mediterranea by Jonas Carpignano
The prize goes to a director who takes us on a journey to a place where reality triumphs with its hidden contempt. An unsentimental yet tender film about dreams, struggles and hopes for a better life that at the same time mirrors the contemporary state of the world. The director has with this knockout of a debut created a multifaceted and pressing real-life drama that leaves no one unaffected.

Best director: László Nemes, Son of Saul
The award goes to a film that makes us hold our breath and instead become part of the film’s own pulse. With furious pacing, constant motion, a consistently subjective point-of-view and with long, meticulous and masterly executed sequences, the director takes a whole new perspective on a subject that has been depicted countless times, but never with this intensity – and never this good.

Best script: Deniz Gamze Ergüven and Alice Winocour, Mustang
The writers of this film depict a serious topic with both humour and warmth. It is a touching story of sisterhood, an empowering film that challenges patriarchal oppression with its stale views on female sexuality. Conservative values are placed in opposition to modern society, the life within each of us – and every person’s right to their own bodies.

Best cinematography: Manuel Dacosse, Evolution
The prize for best cinematography goes to a cinematic masterpiece, a story that could as well take place in the subconscious as on a metaphorical plane or another planet. A hauntingly beautiful universe distilled through the lens of a master, with a singular visual expression that provokes goose bumps in the soul.

Best actress: Julija Steponaityte, The Summer of Sangaile
The prize for best female lead goes to an actress who illuminates the screen with her absolute presence. It is a subtle yet multifaceted acting we are witnessing, at the same time cool and vulnerable, arrogant and passionate. She makes us curious – and we want to see more!

Best actor: Koudous Seihon, Mediterranea
The prize for best male lead goes to an actor who owns the story in every scene. It’s a portrait of a fighter, a street-smart survivor and a fellow human, who opens our hearts on his journey through a torn world full of dangers. He manages to convey a feeling of hope and faith in humanity in the midst of the brutal reality of the story.

Best documentary: Behemoth by Liang Zhao
Abandon all hope you who enter here. This filmmaker digs deep inside the bowels of its subject, showing us the monster of greed hiding in our destructive civilization. This film unveils hell right here on earth in a beautiful, emotive and poetic way. Through the power of great imagery, storytelling and empathy we are given a chance to perceive and finally end this abuse of the earth than of each other. Pure and utterly necessary.

Stockholm Impact Award: Leena Yadav, Parched
Through superb acting giving a unique insight into the minds and hearts of women in rural India told with colourful, sensual cinematography. This film is a paradoxical celebration of life in tough circumstances, creating both anger and joy, giving fuel for debate as well as hope for change when addressing a burning question that affects, not half, but the whole of our society.

Best short film: A Few Seconds by Nora El Hourch
In a very unique and bold way of storytelling the director manage to show how much humanity in the characters in such a short time. There are so many layers of emotions in this film. We are excited to discover this new talent in her future work.

Stockholm Rising Star: Aliette Opheim
This year’s Rising Star is awarded an actor who inhabits a deep sensibility as well as an immense power. Who delves into diverse roles with great courage and integrity. With the sense of carrying a secret.

Telia Film Award: Mediterranea by Jonas Carpignano
With a warm, humanistic touch Jonas Carpignano has written and directed a film with acute relevance and unexpected humour. Populated by brilliantly crafted and depicted characters with complexity, throughout the story, with an outstanding Koudous Seihon in the male lead. A beautiful film that humanizes what it is to live in the world today and offers a unique glimpse into experiences shared by many of the people fleeing across the Mediterranean Sea.

FIPRESCI best film: Macadam Stories by Samuel Benchetrit
The FIPRESCI award goes to Samuel Benchetrit’s Macadam Stories (Asphalte), an insightful, melancholic and tender comedy, filled with quirky deadpan humour. Three separate stories are seamlessly interwoven around the theme of urban loneliness and the longing for human connection, all beautifully drawn, highly nuanced and perfectly paced, while the excellent performances allow the characters humanity to shine through the cracks.

Stockholm Achievement Award: Ellen Burstyn
An icon of contemporary American cinema, a bold actress with great integrity, who has given life to groundbreaking characters. Her performances have left a lasting impression with a relentless struggle for independence and freedom.

Stockholm Lifetime Achievement Award: Stephen Frears
This year’s receiver of the Lifetime Achievement Award is a filmmaker who is not afraid to take a stand for those who exist at the margins of society. Regardless of what form the story takes, Stephen Frears shows us that he is a director with a genuine curiosity for people’s life stories.

Stockholm Visionary Award: Yorgos Lanthimos
This director gives us a perspective that is both challenging and headstrong. His films offer the audience an unpredictable cinematic trip that forces us to discover an inconvenient reflection of our own behaviour, logic and desires. And yet we cannot stop looking, identifying and yes, very oddly smiling.

1 km Film-scholarship: I turn to you by Victor Lindgren
Two siblings are forced to experience the implosion of their parents’ relationship. The director poses an inconvenient question to us in the audience, can a child’s will to survive overcome the self-destructive desires of the parent. The film seamlessly connects refined form with emotional impact and the director shows great courage and promise.

iFestival Award: Tisure by Adrian Geyer
Voted for by the 2015 Stockholm Film Festival audience.

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2015中国绿色建筑创新技术高峰论坛在北京成功召开

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北欧绿色邮报网报道（记者陈雪霏）－－ 11月20日，由国家节能中心主办，北京节能环保中心和中关村绿色建筑创新技术联盟承办的“2015中国节博会中国绿色建筑创新技术高峰论坛暨建筑节能技术推广会”在北京成功召开。

国家节能中心副主任徐志强副主任在中国绿色建筑创新技术高峰论坛上致辞。

会议得到国家发展改革委环资司、国家机关事务管理局公共机构节能司、中直机关事务管理局节约能源资源管理办公室等相关单位大力支持，北京市16区县发改委领导、住建委领导、北京地区各大医院、学校主管领导、中央直属企事业用能单位主管领导约500人参加论坛并参观各企业展位，并围绕中国绿色建筑创新科技的问题展开深入的交流与探讨。

国家发展改革委环资司赵怀勇处长、国家机关事务管理局公共机构节能司宋春阳副司长、国家节能中心徐志强副主任等单位的领导分别在大会上致辞，中国建筑科学研究院建筑环境与节能研究院徐伟院长做了有关建筑节能和绿色建筑的发展及趋势的报告。

参加会议的公司包括曙光信息产业（北京）有限公司、江森自控建筑设施效益业务、北京泰豪智能工程有限公司、福建柏德环保有限公司、深圳远征技术有限公司、北京首都工程技术有限公司、北京普来福环境技术有限公司、飞利浦照明（中国）投资有限公司、上海三思电子工程有限公司、青岛科瑞新型环保材料有限公司、恒有源科技发展集团有限公司、安徽新美家生态住宅建造有限公司、山东智创新材料科技有限公司和上海快刻石膏技术有限公司。

他们分别介绍了“节能型液体冷却服务器系统、区域能源冷热系统、烟气源热泵供热节能技术、中央空调全自动清洗节能系统技术、隔离式分组接地技术、温湿度独立控制空调技术、毛细管网高效能量采集释放技术、POE智能互联照明、城市智慧照明、供暖零排放技术路线、浅层地能（热）技术、木结构装配式集成建筑、海容模块浇注式高性能节能建筑体系、喷涂石膏技术” 等多项建筑节能领域节能技术。

火车头星河秸秆绿色环保集成房屋。

这些技术都是经济上可行、技术上合理、环境可接纳、经过实践检验的先进成熟技术。其节能效果显著，投入少、见效快、运行稳定、易于复制，具有很高的推广价值，可以有效解决绿色建筑行业推进节能工作中的技术难题。

会议期间，与会人员共同参观了 2015中国节博会绿色建筑馆展馆。代表们普遍认为本次会议具有针对性和专业性强、国际化程度高、利于指导行业低碳节能工作，有助于深入了解掌握技术发展情况等特点。会议为国内外知名低碳节能企业和节能环保用能单位搭建了技术交流平台，有效推动了节能环保先进技术在中国的推广和应用。

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首届中国国际节能低碳创新技术与装备博览会在北京成功举办

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北欧绿色邮报网11月20日报道（记者陈雪霏）2015首届中国国际节能低碳创新技术与装备博览会18日－20日在北京成功举办。本次展会的主题为“绿色生产、绿色生活”，共有近千项节能低碳领域的创新技术和设备在总面积两万平方米的5个展厅集中展出。

博览会的第一天举行了“节能与生态文明建设高峰论坛”。第十届全国人大常委会副委员长顾秀莲致开幕词。她说，党的十八大将生态文明建设纳入中国特色社会主义事业五位一体总体布局，十八届五中全会将绿色发展作为五大发展理念之一，对生态文明建设做出了一系列重要部署。绿色化是实现生态文明建设的重要标志，也是推进生态文明建设的实践路径，必须大力推进发展方式绿色化、生存空间绿色化、生活方式绿色化、制度体系绿色化、加强国际绿色化合作。大力推进绿色化，节能工作大有可为。举办节博会是推动节能低碳先进技术普及推广、促进节能环保产业发展的重要举措。

国家发展和改革委员会副主任张勇说，“十三五”时期必须牢固树立绿色发展理念，遵循保护环境的基本国策，尊重生态发展、生活富裕、生态文明的发展道路，加快建设资源节约型、环境友好型社会。

国家节能中心主任贾复生主持论坛。他说，中国节博会实现国内与国际、审定与推广、实体与虚拟、综合与专业、集中与分散、线上与线下等六个方面的结合，并形成全覆盖、全天候的评审与推广体系，将汇集全球节能技术装备领军企业，激发技术装备提供和应用单位的内生动力，为节能低碳创新技术装备的发展开辟新道路。

国管局公共机构节能管理司张世良司长介绍了国管局实行节能管理的情况。

当天下午，还举办了“‘十三五’生态文明建设与节能减排机制创新论坛”，国家发改委环资司副司长吕文斌解读了生态文明建设相关政策，援引习近平主席的话说，没有绿水青山就不会有金山银山。

国家发改委能源研究所副所长戴彦德就“十三五”生态文明建设与节能减排的机制创新问题做专题演讲。戴彦德认为，中国在过去10多年来在提高能效方面的成绩是不能抹杀的。中国的节能效率实际上有大幅度提高，否则，中国的雾霾可能要更加提早地到来，也有可能更加严重。他指出，目前，之所以雾霾依然很严重是因为中国的产值依然在继续大幅度增长。

中国标准化研究院资环分院院长林翎介绍了节能减排标准体系及生态文明标准化的建设情况。

另外，财政部财政科学研究所副所长苏明还就十三五节能减排财税政策进行了解答。他说，未来五年将进行大幅度税制改革，使税收制度成为生态文明的约束和调节杠杆。

国家节能中心的时希杰副处长介绍了十三五节能相关课题研究成果。

论坛还重点推介了部分节能低碳创新技术。多家参展企业代表分别就公共服务，节能节水环保集成系统，磁悬浮、节能服务方案等进行现场讨论交流。来自浙江湖州，吉林省吉林市，四川德阳市，广东梅州市发改委的代表分别介绍了他们节能减排财政综合示范建设的创新与实践。

与此同时，中国国际节能电气技术与电工装备高峰论坛，中国十三五科技计划新政解读与企业转型升级论坛，第11届节能服务产业优秀技术合作论坛，第二届美丽中国－低碳发展设备在行动节能论坛，中欧节能低碳技术推广会，中国绿色建筑创新技术高峰论坛暨建筑节能推广会，2015绿能节能高峰论坛和绿色金融与绿色产业峰会分别在国际展览中心和北京皇家大酒店举行。

‘参加博览会的有来自全国各省市的与节能有关的单位和公司。今年，作为首届节能博览会还吸引了一大批台湾新能源，太阳能等企业来北京参展。

本次博览会的主办单位有国家节能中心，中国国际贸易促进会建设行业分会，中国标准化研究院，中国质量认证中心，中国节能协会，中国工业节能与清洁生产协会，中国电工技术协会，台湾绿色生产力基金会，中国通信企业协会，中国科技产业化促进会，国际绿色经济协会。

支持单位有国家发改委环资司，工业和信息化节能与综合利用司，交通运输部政策法规司，国有资产监督管理委员会综合司，国家机关事务管理局公公机构节能管理司和中央直属机关事务管理局节约能源管理办公室。

协办单位有各省节能中心，中国循环经济协会，中国机械工业联合会，中国石油和化学工业联合会，中国有色金属工业协会，中国纺织工业联合会，中国设备管理协会，中国教育后勤协会，国家半导体照明工程研发及产业联盟，中国建筑节能协会和新北市绿色能源产业联盟。

海外支持的有联合国开发计划署，能源基金会，世界银行，美国伯克利实验室，德国能源署，丹麦能源署和韩国能源署和日本节能中心与日本经济协会。

瑞典的恩华特环境技术有限公司和瑞典的瑞中桥绿色科技文化交流公司及北欧绿色邮报网也参加了此次博览会。

从参加展览的单位可以看出，本次博览会聚集了全国所有与节能低碳减排有关的所有政府部门，企业和非政府组织及各个相关的行业协会。大家借此机会互相交流学习，互相激励，挖掘合作潜力，使中国的节能减排工作真正落到实处。（图／文陈雪霏）

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Analysis: Singles’ Day highlights China’s consumption potential

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BEIJING, Nov. 12 (Greenpost) — The nationwide shopping spree on Wednesday has offered solid proof of the spending power of China’s billion-plus population, exciting the government as it hopes increased consumer spending can give the economy a shot in the arm.
Chinese online retailers logged record sales on this year’s Singles’ Day, the equivalent of the U.S. Cyber Monday, as consumers scrambled for deals during the world’s largest online shopping event.
Alibaba’s Tmall marketplace has reported sales of 91.2 billion yuan (14.3 bln U.S. dollars), a 60-percent rise from last year’s 51.7 bln yuan.
Brick-and-mortar stores also launched promotional events.
The festive atmosphere came despite downbeat sentiment in the broader economy, which expanded 6.9 percent in the third quarter, the lowest reading since the second quarter of 2009.
Compared with investment and exports, consumption has been a less conspicuous growth driver for China in past decades, but it is catching up fast.
In the first half of 2015, it contributed more than 60 percent of economic growth.
China’s retail sales of consumer goods in October 2015 grew 11 percent from October 2014 to 2.83 trillion yuan (445 billion U.S. dollars). This was the highest such year-on-year rise of 2015, while online sales surged by 34.6 percent on the same basis to 2.95 trillion yuan.
Following a meeting on Wednesday, the State Council, China’s cabinet, promised more measures to encourage commerce and consumption.
It pledged to make the market more accessible to private investors and to reduce restrictions on foreign capital. The government will strengthen policing of merchants, improve intellectual property rights protection and crack down on fake goods, the State Council said.
China will also encourage businesses to adopt new technology and materials to improve the quality of their products, according to the statement.
Chen Lifen, a researcher with the Ministry of Commerce, said the policies will encourage market competition, stimulating companies to offer better products and services, which will in turn drive consumption growth.
In addition, the government plans to encourage imports of consumer goods, open more duty-free shops and streamline tax refund policies for foreign tourists.
As China’s middle-class population expands, demands for foreign products have grown substantially.
According to Alibaba, sellers from 232 countries and regions ran promotions during this year’s Singles’ Day. In less than two minutes, cross-border transactions on its platforms exceeded the daily volume on the same day last year.
Although more imports of consumer goods will put pressure on domestic companies, that will also force them to up their game, which is conducive to the country’s economic restructuring, according to Zhang Handong, director of Zhejiang’s research center on international trade. Enditem

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China Focus: Belt and Road to boost China-ASEAN economic ties

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BEIJING, Nov. 11 (Xinhua) — China’s Belt and Road initiative, highlighted during President Xi Jinping’s visit to Vietnam and Singapore last week, is set to boost bilateral ties and facilitate trade and investment between China and Southeast Asian nations.
The deepening cooperation on the Belt and Road with the two countries, major members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and key areas along the routes, will expand and upgrade China-ASEAN economic relations, analysts said.
The Belt and Road was proposed by China in 2013 as a trade and infrastructure network. It will connect Asia to Europe and Africa through the Silk Road Economic Belt and the 21st Century Maritime Silk Road.
During Xi’s three-day trip, China and Vietnam reached consensus on expanding cooperation within the framework of the initiative and Vietnam’s “Two Corridors and One Economic Circle” plan, as well as on production capacity cooperation.
In a 20-point statement, China and Singapore agreed to cooperate in Belt and Road construction, trade, city planning, education and customs, among others.
Song Hong, researcher with the Institute of World Economics and Politics, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, said the Belt and Road will generate fresh opportunities and infrastructure cooperation that will boost integration of China and ASEAN economies.
Sharing a land border of over 1,000 km, China and Vietnam have been in close contact on infrastructure cooperation with new express roads and railways starting operations almost every year.
A joint communique issued Friday said the two countries have reached an agreement on a feasibility study of the Hanoi-Lao Cai-Hai Phong Railway in northern Vietnam.
New railways in Vietnam are only part of the infrastructure improvement in Southeast Asia as China promotes the ambitious Trans-Asian Railway that will connect Laos, Malaysia, Thailand and Vietnam.
“Thanks to improved infrastructure, logistics are cheaper and faster, along the routes,” Huo Jianguo, former president of the Chinese Academy of International Trade and Economic Cooperation.
Echoing his remarks, Song recognized brightening prospects of China-ASEAN cooperation and cited fresh opportunities in capital-intensive industries, like energy, cement and steel, and labor-intensive sectors including textiles and garments.
“Those industries are mature in China, will help the industrial upgrade of ASEAN members and are the best choice for cooperation,” Song said.
China and Vietnam also signed a number of cooperation documents covering such fields as party-to-party exchanges, transportation, production capacity, railway, energy, finance and local affairs.
More than 1,000 km away from Vietnam, Singapore is also a significant link in the Maritime Silk Road.
When meeting Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, Xi said the two sides will promote a third government-to-government project this time in Chongqing, southwest China, and explore cooperation between the enterprises in third markets.
Zhao Lei, associate professor of the Institute for International Strategic Studies at the Party School of the Central Committee of the CPC, expects Singapore will deepen Belt and Road cooperation and build a fourth project in China’s western regions in the future.
Singapore has been a major source of foreign investment in China. Between 1990 and 2014, its cumulative investment in China totaled 72.3 billion U.S. dollars.
The two leaders agreed to redefine China-Singapore ties as a partnership of all-round cooperation keeping with the times during Xi’s visit to the city-state.
Belt and Road cooperation will help upgrades to China-ASEAN Free Trade Area (FTA) and integration of Asian-Pacific region.
Thanks to the FTA, since 2010, China has become ASEAN’s largest trading partner, while ASEAN is China’s third largest trading partner. Trade between China and ASEAN increased 8.23 percent year on year to 480 billion U. S. dollars in 2014.
Given growing economic ties, the two sides are seeking for an FTA upgrade and have seen steady progress after negotiations in goods and service trade, investment and technological cooperation.
“The FTA upgrade is actually the implementation of the Belt and Road construction,” Song said.
Huo said China welcomes countries along the routes to actively participate into the process. Enditem

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Netease (NTESE.NASDAQ) net profits up 62pct o-y to RMB1.882 bln in Q3

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BEIJING, Nov. 12 (Xinhua) — China’s Internet giant Netease, Inc. (NTESE.NASDAQ) earned 1.882 billion yuan in net profits in the third quarter of 2015, surging 62 percent year on year, according to the un-audited financial report released by the company on Thursday.
Meanwhile, its net income amounted to 6.672 billion yuan during the reporting period, as compared with the 3.117 billion yuan registered in the same period last year.
Earning per ADR reached 0.56 U.S. dollars in the third quarter. Enditem

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Chinese telecom giant eyes age of “superphone”

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SINGAPORE, Nov. 12 (Greenpost) — China’s telecommunication giant Huawei said here Thursday that the next-generation mobile phone, which is called “superphone”, will emerge around 2020 and open up a new era in which physical and digital realities are fused.
Shao Yang, President of Strategy Marketing, Huawei Consumer Business Group (BG), shared Huawei’s vision of how the “superphone” will take mankind closer to a world where the physical and digital realities will be further integrated.
At the Huawei Innovation Day Asia, Shao said the advent of the “superphone” will eventually build a new world of all things digital, all things connected, seamless intelligence integration, and merging intelligence.
“Through evolution and adaptation, the ‘superphone’ will be more intelligent, enhancing and even transforming our perceptions, enabling humans to go further than ever before.”
Shao said that with the evolvement and adaptation of the “superphone”, the physical world will be reconstructed through digitalization.
To embrace this new era, Huawei has entered into a number of strategic partnerships with major automobile brands, including Volkswagen, Mercedes-Benz and Audi, and has been pursuing the development of cloud services, according to Shao.
The company has also established a partnership with the University of Manchester to explore ways of using graphene’s applications in consumer electronics and mobile communication devices, said Shao. Enditem

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China, U.S. should increase legislative exchanges: top legislator

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BEIJING, Nov. 20 (Greenpost) — Chinese top legislator Zhang Dejiang has met with U.S. House of Representatives Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, calling for more exchanges and communication between China’s top legislature and the U.S. Congress.
Calling China-U.S. relations “of great importance,” Zhang, chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress (NPC), said China and the United States agreed to continue to build a new type of major-country relations during Chinese President Xi Jinping’s state visit to the United States in September.
Both presidents made clear the correct direction of development of bilateral ties and reached a series of agreements during the visit, sending a positive signal to the outside world that China and the United States are committed to dialogue and cooperation, Zhang said.
He called on the NPC and U.S. Congress to enhance communication and exchanges, deepen mutual understanding and advance substantial cooperation in the spirit of mutual respect and common ground.
The chairman encouraged both sides to do more to promote mutual trust and cooperation so as to promote the development of bilateral relations and benefit the people of both countries and the world.
Speaking highly of the meeting between the two presidents, Pelosi said she expected the two countries’ legislatures to step up exchanges to boost friendship between the two peoples.
Earlier on Thursday, Zhang Ping, vice chairman of the NPC Standing Committee, hosted a meeting between the NPC and the U.S. congressional delegation led by Pelosi.
The two had a candid and in-depth exchange of views on issues including bilateral ties, legislative exchanges and climate change. Enditem

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Alibaba to expand exposure of branded products to rural China

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HANGZHOU, Nov. 12 (Greenpost) — Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba will make more oversea brand available at its rural service stations during the upcoming Chinese new year, it announced Thursday.
Alibaba said will begin a campaign in mid-January to promote local specialty products to urban online shoppers and more than 500 overseas products to rural buyers ahead of the Spring Festival, a time when families tend to shop more to prepare for the celebration.
Chinese online retailers, chief among them Alibaba and JD.com, have been seeking to unlock the consumption potential in rural China. Alibaba and JD.com have both established physical stations in rural areas with computers and products displayed to educate rural Chinese on how to shop online.
Alibaba said it has built more than 8,000 rural Taobao stations where villagers can shop on Alibaba’s online marketplace and bring their own farm produce and local specialties to sell online.
It added the upcoming campaign marks the first time more than 500 global brands will be exposed to rural consumers through its Taobao stations.
Such stations have increased branded products’ exposure to rural consumers whereas a less developed physical retail infrastructure in rural China has limited farmers’ choices.
A study by consulting firm Bain & Company found online retail has reduced the disparity in sales of branded products between China’s top and lower tier cities, thanks to the growing penetration of the internet in China. Enditem

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Commission to protect copyright of Beijing’s ACG industry

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BEIJING, Nov. 10 (Greenpost) — Beijing set up a copyright protection commission for its animation, comic and game (ACG) industry on Tuesday to further the industry’s protection of intellectual property.
The ACG Commission of Capital Copyright Industry Alliance, an organization led by the Beijing government, consists of more than 80 members that include state-owned and local enterprises, universities and research institutions.
The organization will take a variety of measures to counter problems in the ACG industry such as a dearth of original work, an incomplete industrial chain and insufficient protection for copyright, according to Wang Ying, the commission director.
Wang Yefei, deputy head of the Beijing Municipal Bureau of Copyright, hopes the commission will have a good impact on the ACG industry in Beijing and around the country.
Beijing’s ACG industry has seen great development in recent years, with its gross output value standing at around 37.2 billion yuan (5.8 billion U.S. dollars) in 2014, a year-on-year increase of 69 percent and accounting for about one third of the country’s total output value last year. Enditem

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China’s satellite expo held in Beijing

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BEIJING, Nov. 20 (Greenpost) — A satellite exposition was held in Beijing on Nov 12-15, displaying more than 6,000 new products and academic achievements.
The three-day exposition, Satellite Application China 2015, will attract nearly a hundred specialists, scholars and entrepreneurs from the aerospace and satellite application industry.
Products to be exhibited include a test communication satellite co-designed by private companies and universities, personal outdoor terminals supported by BeiDou navigation and a new domestic-made satellite communication system.
Ran Chengqi, director of the China Satellite Navigation Office, said BeiDou navigation has already been applied in the regional network.
BeiDou services are expected to cover most countries along the Silk Road Economic Belt and the 21st Century Maritime Silk Road by 2018, and offer global coverage by 2020, Ran added.
The exposition is held by the China Users Association for Satellite Communications, Broadcasting and Television and the Electronics and Information Industry Sub-Council of China Council for the Promotion of International Trade. Enditem

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China Headlines: Stock market to play bigger role in China’s economy

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BEIJING, Nov. 12 (Greenpost) — Chinese President Xi Jinping’s latest remarks on the stock market have charted a course for future reforms and signaled a bigger role for the market in supporting the economy, analysts said.

During a meeting of top economic officials on Tuesday, Xi urged the development of a stock market with sound financing functions, regulation and investor rights protection.
By giving priority to the financing role of the stock market, the president’s call was a response to some deep-seated problems plaguing the market, such as excessive controls on initial public offerings (IPOs) and rampant insider trading, many economists observed.
“Xi’s remarks set the future direction for stock market development,” said Xu Gao, chief economist of Everbright Securities. “The market has not performed well as a financing vehicle, which should actually be its fundamental role.”
Unlike in more mature economies like the United States, the stock market only contributes a small part to corporate financing in China.
Direct financing, including stocks and bonds, took up less than a fifth of the country’s total social financing, according to official data for the first eight months of 2015.
While the government tries to expand the share of stock financing, the public often sees the market as a tool for money grabbing by listed firms instead of a platform for value investment.
To let the stock market play a better role in financing, the government needs to improve its rules in various ways, including overhauling the current approval system for IPOs and reducing interventions in their pricing, said Li Xunlei, chief economist with Haitong Securities.
Investors should also be allowed to use more effective legal means, such as class action lawsuits, to protect their legitimate interests and increase compensation costs for listed firms who cook the books, according to Lin Caiyi, chief economist of Guotai Junan Securities.
China’s stock market has seen rapid development, but listing and trading is still distorted by administrative forces and imperfect regulation rather than based on corporate performance.
For example, IPOs are limited in number and require authorities’ approval, while the supply of funds is unrestricted as millions of individual investors seek returns that are better than bank interest rates.
As a result, the prices of newly listed shares are usually pushed high, providing hefty profits for original shareholders of the listed companies.
Meanwhile, lack of truthful information disclosure and frequent insider trading often lead to market volatility, causing losses for retail investors.
The problems became more evident during a market rout in summer. Regulators suspended IPOs in July after the main market index plunged 30 percent from its June 12 peak.
Last week, authorities announced a resumption of IPOs and introduced significant changes to IPO procedures, allowing investors to subscribe without paying into escrow accounts in advance, giving more priority to information disclosure instead of pre-IPO approvals, and simplifying procedures for smaller IPOs.
The moves were viewed as preludes to a change of the current approval-based IPO system to a registration-based one, giving a bigger say to the market while improving regulation.
The reforms were in line with Xi’s vision to develop a stock market with “sound financing functions,” which will help reduce the funding costs for Chinese companies and prevent economic risks, Li said.
Chinese firms have seen their debt burden soar since the global financial crisis, as an industrial glut and weak trade hurt their profits and slowed the economy.
The ratio of debt owed by non-financial firms to the country’s GDP reached 317 percent in 2014, compared with 195 percent in 2007.
A healthier stock market will also boost China’s innovation drive, which is at the core of economic upgrades and demands more financing with an appetite for risk, said Lu Qiang, a researcher at Genial Flow Asset Management.
“A lot of innovation-based companies will be formed and then disappear. Their financing cannot rely on banks, which favor big firms with mature operations and steady cash flow,” Lu said.
He expects faster reforms of the stock market, including the introduction of a registration-based IPO system and new boards that cater to the financing needs of tech firms and smaller companies. Enditem

China’s satellite expo opens
BEIJING, Nov. 12 (Xinhua) — A satellite exposition opened on Thursday in Beijing, displaying more than 6,000 new products and academic achievements.
The three-day exposition, Satellite Application China 2015, will attract nearly a hundred specialists, scholars and entrepreneurs from the aerospace and satellite application industry.
Products to be exhibited include a test communication satellite co-designed by private companies and universities, personal outdoor terminals supported by BeiDou navigation and a new domestic-made satellite communication system.
Ran Chengqi, director of the China Satellite Navigation Office, said BeiDou navigation has already been applied in the regional network.
BeiDou services are expected to cover most countries along the Silk Road Economic Belt and the 21st Century Maritime Silk Road by 2018, and offer global coverage by 2020, Ran added.
The exposition is held by the China Users Association for Satellite Communications, Broadcasting and Television and the Electronics and Information Industry Sub-Council of China Council for the Promotion of International Trade. Enditem

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China’s progress in IPR protection, anti-counterfeiting

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BEIJING, Nov. 12 (Xinhua) — Public satisfaction improved regarding the government’s work against fake products and intellectual property rights (IPR) infringement in 2014, according to a new report.
Public satisfaction with government work in IPR protection rose 4.5 percent year on year to 69.4 percent in China in 2014, according to the China Annual Report against IPR Infringement and Counterfeit, released Thursday by the Office of the Leading Group for the Campaign against IPR Infringement and Counterfeit, a government body under the Ministry of Commerce.
There were fewer counterfeit-related complaints among 800,000 respondents in the latter half of 2014 compared to the previous period, according to the report, which was compiled based on work reports of government bodies both at the central and local levels.
China has toughened its stance against IPR infringement and fake products through a variety of measures, but challenges have emerged with the rise of e-commerce. According to a report delivered to Chinese lawmakers earlier this month, only 58.7 percent of items sold online were genuine or of good quality last year.
Chai Haitao, an official with the Office of the Leading Group, said rampant IPR infringement and fake products on the Internet have posed a challenge for supervisors.
“We hope that the report will awaken China to the importance of IPR protection and help improve merchandise quality,” Chai said at a press release for the report.
Lin Xiuqin, the report’s executive editor-in-chief, said that the publication is a display of government determination to fight illegal activities in the market.
The Chinese version of the report was released Thursday in China and globally. An English version is expected to be published in the near future. Enditem

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第26届斯德哥尔摩国际电影节开幕

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北欧绿色邮报网报道（记者陈雪霏）－－第26届斯德哥尔摩国际电影节11日正式开幕。今年电影节的主题聚焦于“迁徙”。

电影节主任塞纽斯在接受本网记者采访时说，我们有个栏目叫聚光灯下，我们主要反映流动人口的状况，这个主题也符合当前的时代主题。

因此，本届电影节围绕的都是由于人口的流动而造成的生活窘境。以色列影片《巴巴》反映的是一个农场里的孩子向往叔叔在城里的生活，这种心态导致父亲（坚持在农村）和叔叔（因厌恶沉重的火鸡场而跑到美国）分道扬镳。

美国电影《迈克尔》反映的是美国印第安人失去家园以后在城市边缘的流浪生活，朝不保夕，冷暖不均，最后，导致杀人的境地。

瑞典电影《瑞典人的爱情理论》反映的是瑞典女人不愿意和男人生孩子，而选择匿名人工授精，独立自由的绝对化导致的严重后果和社会分裂。《震荡之后》反映的是学校暴力，恃强欺弱的丑陋现象。《今晚她又撒野了》反映的是一个梦想当演员，试图扮演瑞典大文豪斯特文堡的《朱莉小姐》的角色，结果遇上一对男同性恋的变态故事。

印度影片《Parched》反映的是印度乡村妇女依然在受包办婚姻的痛苦，依然在受因为女孩要负担婚礼费用的痛苦，但最终他们也开始反抗。

开幕第一天，中国导演赵亮的电影《Behemoth》, 《悲兮魔兽》反映的是北方煤矿和钢铁厂里工人的劳动场面，私企劳工条件不能保证，造成很多尘肺病人，同时也不排除这些地方是北京雾霾的帮凶。影片放映后受到观众的热烈鼓掌。

赵亮在回答为什么要拍此纪录片时，他说，“我想观众也应该看出来了吧，我做这个影片不是大的商业运作影片，而是我个人想表达的一种状态。其实，这些年在北京生活的人们都知道，早上起来你的日程安排，是否要出去动，早上起来都要看一下关于空气质量报告，如果超过100，就不能出去。生活是直接被环境问题所困扰，我在考察期间也在想，这些灰尘和有害气体是从哪儿来的，在电影里揭示了一部分。在全球化背景下，我想让观众看到在我们享受美好舒适生活的同时，看到这些产业工人，看到环境付出的代价。尤其是在第三世界国家。我恰恰举了一个中国的例子，在全球情况下环境问题也是人类面临的一个巨大问题。”

赵亮还强调，在影片所表现的主题当中，其实每个人都在扮演其中的角色，那就是在用煤钢开采生产运输等的巨大链条来满足人类追求舒适的欲望。但值得反思的是，我们急匆匆建起来的高楼大厦，有一部分成了“鬼城”，并没有多少人住在那里。

总之，记者所看过的大部分电影都反映了在流动和迁徙过程中，人们所遭遇的各种不幸，给人震撼，激发人思考。人们相信，在聚光灯下照一照，渴望状况能有所改善。

赛妞斯说，去年第25届电影节期间来看电影的人数达到历史最高纪录。渴望今年来人更多。她说，这也是瑞典人对付黑暗天气的一个办法。每年11月，瑞典的天气一般都是阴雨连绵，让人感觉非常压抑难受。也就是在这种时候，电影节开始了，人们可以在室内享受艺术，然后，圣诞灯在市中心点亮，等过了圣诞节，人们又开始了新的一年。

今年首部上映的影片将是希腊的《龙虾》。该片导演Lanthimos将获得斯德哥尔摩远见奖颁奖。

英国电影导演Stephen Frears将获斯德哥尔摩电影节终生成就奖。瑞典的纪录片《我是英格丽》将在电影节期间放映。

演员Ellen Burstyn因为电影《爱丽丝再也不住这儿了》将获得斯德哥尔摩成就奖。

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China Focus: Social capital eyes booming EV charging market

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BEIJING, Nov. 6 (Xinhua) — China’s electric vehicle (EV) charging sector, with an estimated market size of over 100 billion yuan, has been witnessing waves of investors vying to break into the lucrative business.

At an exhibition of charging technology held here on Friday, active players including Nari Technology (600406.SH), TGOOD Electric (300001.SZ), Nancal Energy & Engineering, and Wanbang BJEV all put on display their latest EV charging products and technology.

TGOOD Electric alone has set up EV charging joint ventures in 30 cities across China and plans to build 60,000 power poles in more than 80 cities by the end of this year. In an effort to further consolidate its market presence, TGOOD said it would invest an additional 4 billion yuan to expand the company’s charging network across the county next year.

Wanbang BJEV will have 10,000 power poles established nationwide by the yearend and plans to double the figure by March 2016.

In the meantime, cooperation between enterprises is getting deeper. Nancal Energy & Engineering has teamed up with leading Chinese refiner Sinopec to build multiple charging stations in Beijing and several other cities.

China’s major power grid operator the State Grid, another leading performer in the charging market, had build up 618 charging stations and 24,000 power poles by the end of 2014. The power grid giant is moving forward to build more charging networks along China’s highways and in more major cities and the Being-Tianjin-Hebei and the Yangtze River Delta regions.

The central government expects to establish a comprehensive charging network that could accommodate five million electric vehicles by 2020, said the State Council in late September.

In order to support the operation of 5 million electric vehicles, China needs to build up 4.8 million charging poles and 12,000 charging stations, which means that at least 960,000 charging poles should be built every year by 2020, said Tong Guangyi, vice-director of the Power Department of the National Energy Administration.

The direct market size of the EV charging sector would surpass 130 billion yuan in light of the booming demand, said Tong.

More than 40,000 public EV charging poles had been set up across China by the end of September, according to data provided by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology. (Edited by Shi Chunjiao, shichunjiao@xinhua.org)