北欧绿色邮报网7日报道（记者陈雪霏）－－由国家广电总局和中国驻瑞典大使馆联合举办，瑞典电影学会协办的中国电影展依然在首都斯德哥尔摩进行中。
今晚17点在瑞典电影学会所在的电影大楼将上映《洋妞到我家》。
该片由北京大汉天下传播有限公司出品。导演：陈刚。主要演员：陈一诺，徐帆和陈建斌。
主要内容：一个大龄妈妈在生活和工作的双重压力下，天天抱怨，为了能早日带女儿出国，她请来了哥伦比亚籍互惠生吃住在家，教5岁女儿学习英语，文化差异带来了种种碰撞，误会甚至是危机，让孩子在成长的同时，也让妈妈开始思考。
When A Peking Family Meets Aupair.
Video Hall: Cinema Mauritz, 130个座位。
时间：17:00-19:00
地点：Borgvägen1-5, Stockholm.
Cinema: Filmhuset.
Dietary interventions can be used to improve the metabolism of humans, and they also have a major impact on the gut microbiota. Previous studies at the Sahlgrenska Academy have shown that the gut microbiota is altered in metabolic diseases such as type 2 diabetes, and that the gut microbiota contributes to obesity, diabetes and cardiovascular disease.
In a new study, 39 subjects ate barley kernel bread for three days followed by control bread made from white flour for three days (with a break between the two diets). The results showed that barley kernel bread improved the control of blood sugar, but only in some individuals.
Prevotella, a group of bacteria previously shown to be associated with high fiber intake, was present in higher proportions in those who responded beneficially to barley kernel bread than in those who did not respond to this dietary intervention.
By transferring the gut microbiota of these individuals to germ-free mice, the research group could demonstrate that the altered gut microbiota contributed to the beneficial effects of the barley kernel bread.
“Our findings clearly show the importance of the interaction between the gut microbiota and the diet and contribute to our understanding of metabolism in health and disease. The results may help to explain why responses to different dietary treatments are so individual,” says Professor Fredrik Bäckhed at the Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg.
Bread with different fibers has attracted considerable interest and is a focus area at the Antidiabetic Food Center at Lund University (a VINN Excellence Center), which participated in the study.
“It is incredibly exciting to see the link between the gut microbiota and various dietary fibers, which can help us develop more individualized dietary guidelines,” says Professor Inger Björk at Lund University.
The researchers are now planning further studies and hope to confirm if the gut microbiota can identify which individuals will respond to a specific diet.
“Our results also show that control of blood sugar is improved in mice supplemented with Prevotella if they are given a high-fiber diet. Our findings could lead to a combination product with Prevotella and fiber from grains,” says Fredrik Bäckhed at the Sahlgrenska Academy.
北欧绿色邮报网发布源自使馆信息：
中国电影展已经开幕。
时间：
11月5日 18:30-21:00 《破风》
11月7日 17:00-19:00 《洋妞到我家》
11月8日 17:00-19:00《大圣归来》
地点：瑞典电影大厦 Sveriges Filmhuset坐落在 Borgvägen 1-5。Gärdet大草坪边上。72路汽车可以到。 离使馆不太远。
甲醇汽油是车用燃料替代是新能源的重要组成部分。原油是全球最主要的一次能源，当前能源短缺的实质是原油短缺。车用燃料是原油最主要的应用领域，占全球原油总消耗量的70%以上。甲醇汽油是一种”以煤代油”路径，可以作为汽油的替代物从而实现对原油的部分替代。
甲醇汽油
甲醇汽油是一种新型替代普通汽油，专门用于汽油内燃机机车的车用燃料，属于低碳能源;是利用工业甲醇或燃料甲醇,加变性醇添加剂，与现有国标汽油(或组分油),按一定体积(或重量比)经严格科学工艺调配制成的一种新型清洁燃料，可部分或完全替代汽油，用于各种类型的汽油内燃机机动车。
1、环保、清洁性突出。
产品生产过程采用清洁化工艺中无“三废”。本品不含铅等燃烧后排出的气体清洁无害，有利于改善城市环境。
2、使用方便，无需改动装置。
汽车如果使用石油液化气燃料需增加特制装置，增加了汽车成本。而甲醇汽油可与石油产品装置同时使用，不仅节省汽油费用，而且还可节约改制装置费用，单独使用或混合使用均可，真可谓“一举三得”。
3、成本低、原料易购、来源广泛
与乙醇汽油相比，成本低、原料易购、来源广泛。①乙醇(俗称酒精)，它主要来源于粮食，材料来源单一，一旦遭灾、减产，原料来源就成为问题，而甲醇是化肥和制药、煤炭等行业生产的副产品，也可利用化工原料合成，价格低兼，来源极为广泛。②乙醇市场售价4000多元/吨，而甲醇一般不超过2000元/吨，乙醇比甲醇贵一倍之多。同时，乙醇汽油是将10%的乙醇兑入汽油中，由于乙醇本身较贵，汽油售价比甲醇化工原料还贵，综合成本每吨乙醇汽油比甲醇汽油贵800元以上。
4、生产不受季节和规模限制。
甲醇汽油一年四季均可生产，与生产汽油、润滑油等产品相比。无需加温、加压、无水状态中生产。生产规模可根据本单位或个人的经济状况、市场等因素决定，可大可小。产品可广泛适应于各种燃用汽油的机动车辆。如：轿车、客运车、叉车、吊车、助力车、农用车、摩托车、装载机等。
(一)：通用性好
甲醇汽油方便普及与推广使用，无须改动加油站的机器设备，更无须改动车辆发动机即可直接添加交叉使用。在以汽油为燃料的汽车上使用，可直接替代国标93#、97#、98#汽油使用;可以按任意比例与国标90”、93、”98”车用汽油互溶，且不影响汽车发动机正常工作。
(二)：腐蚀性无
甲醇汽油经过单车行使20万公里，经上海内燃机研究所等权威检测证明，其腐蚀性与普通汽油类同，未发现对汽车发动机有腐蚀形象。
(三)：互溶性优
甲醇汽油专利配方中的添加剂，变性剂可以使甲醇和汽油的互溶性增强，可与普通汽油任意混合或交叉使用。
(四)：动力性强
甲醇汽油能有效地预防和消除汽车部件的积炭形成，有利疏通油路，延长车辆发动机寿命，辛烷值高，抗爆性好，降低油耗噪音，具有高效动力节省燃油，可提高发动机的效率，增强动力。
(五)：替代性好
甲醇汽油将工业原料一甲醇，经高科技改性后，大比例加入汽油中，替代车用能源，可节约替代大量石油资源，符合国家政策导向，有助于缓解因石油资源枯竭造成的紧张局面。
(六)：环保性好
甲醇汽油由于含氧量高，燃烧充分，能有效地减少50%以上的有害气体排放，其中CO 、HC 和NOx排放降低90%以上，经国家权威机构的多项检测，各项指标均已达到欧IV标准，减少排放，满足环保需求，大大改善生态环境。
(七)：便捷推广
甲醇汽油常温下存放，品质有效期可达到2年之久，有效的解决了贮存、运输和销售各环节所需的时间。
(八)：品质稳定
甲醇汽油在35℃高温气候条件下使用，汽车油路不会发生气阻现象，同时在气候零下35℃的低温条件下，不分层，不乳化，发动机可正常起动，特别适应高寒地区规模化生产和使用，低温易启动、高温无气阻。
(九)：经济实惠
甲醇汽油燃烧完全，动力性强，可提高发动机的效率，与普通汽油相比，节能效果明显，加速性能优良，车用甲醇汽油在发动机中热效率高，低速时动力性接近于传统汽油，高速时动力性优于传统汽油，消费者使用经济效益显著。
1、可在国标汽油中加甲醇 ：将天德牌汽油助溶剂按重量比或体积比2%加入98%的甲醇内，使甲醇变性，变性后的甲醇可以按20%—60%的比例加入90#或93#的汽油内，混合搅拌，成为透明、无杂质的甲醇汽油。先做小样实验，作出的小样实验要清澈透明，不分层。做完小样才能按小样比例进行大比例配制。
2、可在乙醇汽油中加甲醇：将天德牌汽油助溶剂按重量或体积比2%-3%加入甲醇内，使甲醇变性，变性后的甲醇，按1号助剂的配比方法少10%和乙醇汽油混配。作出的小样要达到清澈透明、无杂质，然后按小样的比例进行大量配置。(方法同1号助剂方法)
3、可在含有石脑油的汽油中加甲醇：将天德牌汽油助溶剂，甲醇，石脑油，汽油按2：19：19：60比例进行搅拌混合，可配制出93#汽油。同理，作出小样，清澈透明，不分层，然后才能按做小样的比例，进行大量配制。
4、可以不用汽油，只用石脑油和甲醇加助剂就可以调配出90#汽油：将天德牌汽油助溶剂按8%掺入46%甲醇内，使甲醇变性后加入46%的石脑油，搅拌混合。同理，作出小样，清澈透明，不分层，然后才能按做小样的比例，进行大量配制。
北欧绿色邮报网报道（记者陈雪霏）——由中国国家出版广电总局和中国驻瑞典大使馆联合主办，瑞典电影学会协办的中国电影展4日在瑞典电影学会隆重开幕。
中国驻瑞典大使陈育明，国家出版广电总局副局长童刚，瑞典电影学会首席执行官塞内尔及华人华侨和瑞典民众300多人出席了开幕式。
童刚致开幕词说，在中瑞建交65周年之际，由中国国家出版广电总局和中国驻瑞典使馆联合主办的中国电影展今天隆重开幕。
“本届中国电影展是纪念中瑞建交65周年的重要文化活动之一，影展期间将展映三部中国电影，这些影片为近年来中国电影的经典力作，体现了当今中国电影的艺术水平和制作水平”。
童刚介绍说：影片《破风》以自行车赛车运动为切入点， 在时尚运动中展现了当代中国青年拼搏进取的时代精神。《洋妞到我家》通过外国女孩在中国家庭的一段生活，表现了中外文化交融及不同国家之间人民友好交往的主题。
他说，电影展首部展映片子《大圣归来》是根据中国古典名剧《西游记》改编的动画影片， 是传统文化与电影科技的完美结合， 该片今年暑期在中国放映， 创造了中国电影市场动画影片的最高票房纪录。他相信，这些影片将有助于瑞典人民对中国历史文化，百姓生活及现代化建设的了解。
他还强调，瑞典是第一个同中国建交的西方国家，两国人民的友谊渊源流长。 近年来，在双方的共同努力下，两国友好合作关系不断深化，包括电影在内的文化交流丰富多彩，成效显著。“我们愿以此次中国电影展成功主办为契机，在2015-2019年中瑞文化交流合作谅解备忘录的框架下，进一步加强两国在新闻出版，广播影视领域的合作与交流，为促进中国人文领域的合作与交流做出贡献，为中瑞友谊谱写新篇章。”
瑞典电影学会CEO安娜.塞内尔女士致词说，他们很高兴中方选择在电影学会举办中国电影展。该电影大楼是在1968－1970年建成的。1971年由瑞典前首相乌洛夫.帕尔默揭幕。帕尔默首相于1986年在市中心影院看完电影以后不幸遇刺身亡。
塞内尔女士说，他们除了重视男女平等对男女导演同样支持以外还在进行对老电影的数字化保留工作。同时，瑞典政府也和广播电视部门达成协议，积极支持电影部门制作电影。
“同时我也希望你们看看瑞典电影，我相信，尽管瑞典电影是反应瑞典社会和文化的，但是，人的故事，感情和经验是普遍的。就像我们可以被你们鼓舞一样，你们也可以被我们鼓舞。我们期盼着有更多不同声音的来自中国这个伟大的国家。”
塞内尔还特别提到著名影星英格丽.褒曼。今年是褒曼诞辰100周年纪念日。瑞典特意出品了纪念褒曼的纪录片《我是英格丽》，曾在5月份参加嘎纳电影节。
另外，《大圣归来》的导演田晓鹏和制片人王虹也出席了开幕式与观众进行了互动。田晓鹏说：大家都知道孙悟空，但我这里的孙悟空跟以往的孙悟空有点儿区别，他更像是一个中国的超级英雄，很有人性的侠客，希望大家能喜欢。
开幕式以后，大家看了《大圣归来》。瑞典观众阿登斯古格看完电影说，“我觉得印象深刻，这是中国传统佛教和现代动画的完美结合，我也学到了一个新的故事。我想瑞典年轻人可能会更喜欢这种动态的快节奏的动画片。”
中国驻瑞典使馆文化参赞浦正东，政务参赞李军峰，教育参赞窦春祥，商务参赞李光军和武官徐俊等300多人出席了中国电影展开幕式并观看了电影《大圣归来》。其他两部片子分别在5日，7日晚放映，8日《大圣归来》将再次放映。图／文 陈雪霏
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北欧绿色邮报网报道（记者陈雪霏）——11月2日，斯德哥尔摩秋高气爽，满地金黄，深圳科技创新委在斯德哥尔摩闻名世界的卡罗林斯卡医学院成功举办“孔雀计划”推介会。
本次推介会由深圳科技创新委主办，瑞典深圳国际合作促进会承办。卡罗林斯卡医学院，瑞典皇家工学院，斯德哥尔摩大学和华瑞同康生物技术有限公司协办。
瑞典深圳国际合作促进会会长张巧珍首先致欢迎词。她说，瑞典深圳国际合作促进会是在瑞典注册的非营利组织，也是一个覆盖面很广的高层次人才团体。促进会的活动包括协助引进人才，技术和资金，为深圳社会，经济，文化和科技发展牵线搭桥。
深圳科技创新委副主任邱宣介绍了深圳的科技创新高层次人才计划和孔雀计划。
她说，深圳是中国改革开放的试验田。今年是深圳特区建立35周年。从一个3万多人的小渔村发展到了今天的1600多万人口。深圳2008年被授予中国第一个创新城市。在1952平方公里的土地上，已经开发了600多平方公里。2014年研发教育，投入达到4.2%是全国平均2%的两倍，超过韩国的3%。
她说，深圳的科技基础设施十分完善，深圳也有很多新型科研机构，例如华大基因研究院，在自然杂志上发表了60多篇论文。邱宣说，这些新型科研机构的特点是他们不光是进行科研，而且还进行产品开发，有产业发展。这里没有铁饭碗，但有创业激情。体制机制非常灵活，市场化，没有逐层审批，机构可以自行决定研发项目。有开放性和共享性的特点。这种民办国助方式可能是未来的发展范例。
邱宣说，深圳要引进的领域包括七大战略性新型产业：生物，互联网，新能源，新材料，文化创意，新一代信息技术和节能环保产业。
同时，深圳科技发展之所以迅猛，一个重要的原因是他们两条腿走路，有深圳证券交易所的金融支持。深圳成为中国创业投资活动最活跃的地区，深交所拥有针对中小型公司的中小板和针对新兴企业尤其是高新技术企业上市融资的创业板。
深圳注重理论与实践相结合的教育体制，建立了10所国际开放特色大学，如莫斯科－北理工大学，中国香港中文大学等。
深圳还制定了促进创客发展三年行动计划，促进创客发展若干措施。在千人计划的基础上，深圳创立了孔雀计划。
邱宣说，孔雀计划是围绕深圳特区发展战略目标，以推动高新技术，金融，物流，文化等支柱产业，培育新能源，互联网，生物，新材料等战略性新兴产业为重点，聚集一大批具有较高专业素养和丰富的海外工作经验，掌握先进科学技术，熟悉国际市场运作的海外高层次创新人才引进一批对深圳市产业发展有重大影响，能带来重大经济效益和社会效益的核心团队。
关于孔雀计划，深圳也吸取过去的经验，提出团队引进方式，从原来的最少5人降到最少3人。团队成员也要求从海外回国首次工作地点为深圳。引进的项目要与原创和产业都要接近。
华瑞同康生物技术有限公司的周际2002年凭一腔热血和专利技术到深证创业，多年来，经过艰苦奋斗，产业规模从原来的150平米达到现在的2000多平米。享受到了上到中央下到深圳的各种科技研发支持款项，深感深圳创新环境非常好，学生们到那里去创新创业还是很有前途的。
另外，深圳市科技创新委陈獻梅副调研员还介绍了如何申报科技创新资助的程序。
胡力夫教授说他去深圳考察多次，他鼓励大学生们学成回国到深圳去创业。因为那里创业环境非常好。
推介会现场就有很多学生直接与创新委邱宣副主任探讨到深圳发展的情况。
瑞深国际合作促进会CEO刘芳女士最后总结发言说，她来瑞典之前就在深圳工作，但是，过去十年的发展，令人惊讶。她之所以积极参与创立合作促进会，就是想为瑞典和深圳之间牵线搭桥，在各个领域为双方合作提供服务。
出席推介会的嘉宾包括瑞典工商联合会会长王建荣，瑞典华人总会秘书长唐兵，中瑞生命科学协会会长于江等。出席推介会成员大部分是卡罗林斯卡等各个瑞典著名高校的博士生和研究生。
访问瑞典期间，深圳创新委代表团还参观了卡罗林斯卡科学园区，听取卡中医学合作交流委员会主席英格玛.恩贝尔介绍卡罗林斯卡与中国的医学研究合作情况，访问了卡罗林斯卡医科大学肿瘤系，听取胡力夫关于重点学科，干细胞，神经脑科学，肿瘤个体化治疗等的发展和成就以及诺贝尔医学奖评审规则等。然后，代表团还到斯德哥尔摩哈嘎科学城基金会听取了建立医学高新区的计划情况。（图／文 陈雪霏)
Over 80 directors and actors from the international film industry are attending the 26th edition of the Stockholm Film Festival. Nearly all competing directors, all jury members and many others will be in Stockholm.
The jury for the Stockholm Impact Award is the artist Ai Weiwei, Director Ida Panahandeh, and Theatre director Linus Tunström.
For the Stockholm XXVI Competition the jury members are Producer Mimmi Spång, Director Peter Grönlund, Director Christian Zübert, and Director Arab Nasser. The Stockholm Documentary Competition jury consists of Film Critic Stefan Nylén, Director Alexandra Dahlström, and Director Matias Meyer. And for the Stockholm XXVI Short Film Competition, Actor Saga Becker, Director Alejandro Guzman Alvarez, and Director Takeshi Fukunaga.
| Italy | * | |||
| Erik Gandini | Director | The Swedish Theory of Love | Sweden | All days |
| STOCKHOLM IMPACT | ||||
| Ai Weiwei | Chairman of Impact jury | China | * | |
| Lisa Aschan | Director | Det Vita Folket | Sweden | All days |
| Erik Matti | Director | Honor Thy Father | Philippines | * |
| Matias Meyer | Director | Yo | Mexico | 12 |
| Yuval Delshad | Director | Baba Joon | Israel | * |
| Sterlin Harjo | Director | Mekko | USA | 12 |
| Cyril Dion | Director | Tomorrow | France | 17 |
| Leena Yadav | Director | Parched | India | * |
| SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS | ||||
| Mikael Marcimain | Director | Gentlemen & Gangsters | Sweden | All days |
| Ninja Thyberg | Director | Hingsten | Sweden | All days |
| Fia-Stina Sandlund | Director | She’s Wild Again Tonight | Sweden | All days |
| Avi Lewis | Director | This Changes Everything | USA, Canada | * |
| Naomi Klein | Writer | This Changes Everything | USA, Canada | * |
| OPEN ZONE | ||||
| Mai Masri | Director | 3000 nights | Jordan | 16 |
| Daniel Dencik | Director | Gold Coast | Denmark | 16 |
| Xavier Giannoli | Director | Marguerite | France | 14 |
| Olivier Delbosc | Producer | Marguerite | France | 14 |
| Matteo Garrone | Director | Tale of Tales | Italy, France, Great Britain | * |
| AMERICAN INDEPENDENTS | ||||
| Bob Byington | Director | 7 Chinese Brothers | USA | * |
| Charles Hood | Director | Night Owls | USA | 19 |
| Daniel Alfredsson | Director | Go with me | USA | * |
| ASIAN IMAGES | ||||
| Di Phan Dang | Director | Big Father, Small Father and Other Stories | Vietnam | * |
| Rubaiyat Hossain | Director | Under Construction | Bangladesh | * |
| Arab Nasser | Director | Dégradé | United Arab Emirates | 19 |
| LATIN VISIONS | ||||
| Jorge Forero | Director | Violence | Colombia | 12 & 13 |
| Alejandro Guzmán Alvarez | Director | Walking Distance | Mexico | 16 |
| Mariana Monroyl | Producer | Walking Distance | Mexico | 16 |
| Jacques Toulemonde | Director | Anna | France | 18 |
| Joshua Gil | Director | Evilness | Mexico | * |
| SPOTLIGHT | ||||
| Caroline Kernen och Tova Kurkiala Medbo | Director | I jakt på ett bättre liv | Sweden | All days |
| Takeshi Fukunaga | Director | Out of My Hand | USA, Liberia | 17 |
| Simon Rouby | Director | Adama | France | 17 |
| Jakob Brossmann | Director | Lampedusa in Winter | Austria | * |
| Migueltxo Molina Ayestarán | Director | Walls | Spain | * |
| Christian Zübert | Director | One breath | Germany | * |
| TWILIGHT ZONE | ||||
| Can Evrenol | Director | Baskin | Turkey | 14 |
| Dietrich Brüggeman | Director | Heil | Germany | 15 |
| Daniel di Grado | Director | Alena | Sweden | All days |
| Sergio Uguet de Resayre | Producer | Crumbs | Spain, Ethiopia | * |
| Won-Chan Hong | Director | Office | South Korea | * |
| Carlos Osuna | Director | With The Lips Closed | Colombia | * |
| STOCKHOLM XXVI SHORT FILM COMPETITION | ||||
| Gabriel Sanson | Director | The Sheep of Erwin S. | Belgium | * |
| Ashley McKenzie | Director | 4 Quarters | Canada | * |
| Ninja Thyberg | Director | Boys & Girls | Sweden | All days |
| Ahmed Abdullahi | Director | Francis | Sweden | All days |
| Stefan Constantinescu | Director | Prologen | Sweden | All days |
| Teresa Kuhn | Director | Isabel In Winter | Germany | * |
| Nelson MacDonald och Ashley McKenzie | Director | 4 Quarters | Canada | * |
| 1 KM FILM | ||||
| Christine Berglund & Sophie Vukovic | Director | 09:55-11:05 Ingrid Ekman, Bergsgatan 4B | Sweden | All days |
| Nathalie Alvarez | Director | Vi känner inget alls | Sweden | All days |
| Lovisa Sirén | Director | Audition | Sweden | All days |
| Caroline Ingvarsson | Director | Under Rymdskeppet | Sweden | All days |
| Bahar Pars | Director | Rinkebysvenska | Sweden | All days |
| Marcus Lindeen | Director | Dear Director | Sweden | All days |
| Johan Tappert | Director | Flykten från enplansvillorna | Sweden | All days |
| Oliver Guerpillon | Director | IN/UT | Sweden | All days |
| Lars Persson | Director | Radioamatören | Sweden | All days |
| Victor Lindgren | Director | Jag vill nå dig | Sweden | All days |
| iFESTIVAL | ||||
| Derya Durmaz | Director | Mother Virgin No More | Turkey | * |
| Hanna Verboom | Director | Alice | Netherlands | * |
| Adrian Geyer | Director | Tisure | Venezuela | 16 |
| Assaad Khoueiry | Director | The Drought Land | Lebanon | * |
| RISING STAR | ||||
| Aliette Opheim | Actor | Det Vita Folket | Sweden | All days |
| Bianca Kronlöf | Actor | Svenskjävel | Sweden | All days |
| Josefin Asplund | Actor | Cirkeln | Sweden | All days |
| Marina Nyström | Actor | Aerobics – a Love story | Sweden | All days |
| Rasmus Luthander | Actor | Från djupet av mitt hjärta | Sweden | All days |
| Sebastian Hiort af Ornäs | Actor | Cirkeln | Sweden | All days |
TIANJIN, Oct. 28 (Greenpost) — Despite challenges including slowing economy, sluggish prices, environment and resources worries and fiercer competition, China’s gold enterprises should seize the opportunities brought about by the “Belt and Road” initiative to tap international markets for higher-level development, experts suggest at the recent 2015 China Mining conference.
The “Belt and Road” initiative is a golden opportunity for domestic gold industry, they say.
It is reported that countries along the “Belt and Road” initiative boast gold reserves totaling about 21,000 metric tons (tonnes), accounting for 41.5 percent of the world’s total. In 2014, gold output in those countries amounted to about 1,116 tonnes, accounting for 35.6 percent of the world’s total. Gold jewelry consumption in those countries stood at 2,025 tonnes, representing 82.4 percent of the global consumption and demand for physical gold investment amounted to 778 tonnes, accounting for 77 percent of the world’ total.
As one of the largest gold consumers of the world, gold enterprises in China, with relatively strong advantages in exploration and mining technologies, can contribute to those producers in countries along the “Belt and Road”.
The implementation of the initiative has brought about a new historic opportunity to China’s gold industry, said Song Xin, president of the China Gold Association (CGA) and General Manager of China National Gold Group Corporation. Measures rolled out by the Chinese authorities to transform economic growth pattern and adjust the economic structure have offered broad space for the industry’s growth. Implementation of “Internet Plus”, “Made in China 2025”, Equipment “Going Global”, and International Capacity Cooperation are all releasing reform bonus, with “Internet Plus” and Intelligent Manufacturing in particular to help the industry to make technological breakthroughs and innovate marketing models that can hugely promote the development of the industry, said analysts.
The Chinese authorities are also making efforts streamlining governance, delegating power downward, etc., which have increased approval efficiency and simplified procedures for gold mining projects. On gold import and export, the authorities also loosened restrictions on gold trading qualification by introducing a much more friendly version of gold import and export management methods. Enditem
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BEIJING, Oct. 28 (Greenpost) — China is mulling the 13th five-year plan, which will chart its reform and growth path, when the country is entering a “new normal” of slower growth and boosting re-balancing towards consumption and services.
The new five-year period from 2016 to 2020 will be key for reforms, which can facilitate economic growth, including reforms on tax and fiscal policy, state-owned enterprises and finance, according to China International Capital Corporation (CICC), one of China’s leading investment banks.
Leaders of the Communist Party of China (CPC) met in Beijing on Monday for a four-day meeting to discuss changes, while the fifth plenary session of the 18th CPC Central Committee will review proposals for the five-year plan. After taking into account the proposals, a final plan will be ratified by the annual session of China’s top legislature in March 2016.
The biggest challenge for the 13th five-year plan may be capping the runaway financial sector without hammering growth, according to Bloomberg research.
More financial market reforms are expected to be included in the new plan to encourage risk-taking and stoke growth for small and medium businesses.
Non-traditional financial services may be allowed a greater role in the economy to cut reliance on the state-owned mega-banks and their traditional deposit taking and lending function, it forecast.
Newly-packaged financial intermediation services such as peer-to-peer lending, crowd funding, Internet-based financing, asset securitization, derivatives and corporate bonds are likely to be a regulatory focus and encouraged, it said.
The more meaningful function of the meetings is prioritization of various policy targets, especially considering China’s economic growth has continued to decelerate, settling at 6.9 percent during the third quarter of this year, said Zhu Haibin, chief economist for J.P. Morgan China.
Like in previous five-year plans, a GDP growth target is likely to be included. The market estimates the growth target for 2016-2020 will be put between 6.5 and 7 percent.
The market interprets the growth target as an important indicator of how leaders will prioritize growth and structural re-balancing, Zhu said.
If the growth target is lowered to 6.5 percent, it implies the government will tolerate slower growth to leave more room for structural re-balancing. Accordingly, there will be less stimulus efforts by the government. If the target is left unchanged at 7 percent, it implies the government will have to maintain its loose policy stance and do more easing, and perhaps at the cost of structural re-balancing, Zhu said.
Not surprisingly, no one seems to consider a growth target below 6.5 percent, as China’s target to double GDP between 2010 and 2020 will require the average GDP growth in 2016-2020 to be 6.5 percent, he added.
The previous five-year plan in 2011-2015 set an average annual growth target of around 7 percent. Between 2011 and 2014, the economy expanded by an annual rate of 8 percent. Enditem
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TIANJIN, Oct. 28 (Greenpost) — On Friday, Royal Caribbean’s multimillion-dollar cruise liner, Quantum of the Seas, arrived at northern China’s Tianjin port, where it will embark on the first of four round-trip voyages scheduled to last until mid-November.
Not even the approaching cold weather could hinder the international cruise line’s efforts to enter China’s booming leisure market.
China’s cruise market is developing quickly despite an economic slowdown, with the number of passengers growing from several thousand in 2005 to 1.72 million in 2014, figures from the China Communications and Transportation Association showed.
By 2020, the cruise industry is expected to contribute 51 billion yuan (8.30 billion U.S. dollars) to the country’s economy, the association said.
“China’s cruise market has expanded from one ship with 900 cabins in 2006 to eight liners with 18,000 cabins in 2014,” said Zheng Weihang, vice president of the China Cruise & Yacht Industry Association. “And it will continue to grow.”
Royal Caribbean’s business in China has achieved twofold growth nearly every year since entering the market in 2009, said Liu Zinan, president of north Asia and China at Royal Caribbean International, adding that the company is tailoring its onboard restaurants and activities to Chinese customers’ tastes.
The company will send a larger ship, Ovation of the Seas, next year to Tianjin after it is put into service, according to Liu.
Costa Cruise Lines has also seen sharp business increases in the past three years since entering China 10 years ago, according to Huang Ruiling, General Manager of China Costa Group Asia Pacific & China.
The company is continuing to increase its cruise capacity by 50 percent annually, she said.
Yue Tong, a 30-year-old white-collar worker from Tianjin, said he enjoyed spending an afternoon on the cruise reading poetry with free pizza and coffee available.
“There are many things to do, activities to participate in, and performances to watch on the cruise, and you can choose either to have some quiet time or join the crowd,” he said. “Life is really colorful on the ship and you’ll never be bored. However, the on-shore activities are less wonderful.”
The growing popularity of cruises has attracted domestic investors.
In October 2014, the China State Shipbuilding Corporation (CSSC) announced its plan to form a joint venture with American cruise company Carnival Corp. to build China’s first luxury cruise ship.
The plan aims to develop the country’s cruise industry and foster new growth areas for the Chinese economy, said Hu Wenming, chairman of CSSC.
Hu said China currently needs about 50 luxury cruise ships, and the number is expected to rise in coming years.
The booming industry is also helping to transform China’s ports.
So far, China has seven international cruise home ports, with two in Shanghai and one each in Tianjin, Sanya, Xiamen, Zhoushan and Qingdao. Another three international cruise ports are being built in Shenzhen, Haikou and Dalian.
Zhang Zhendong, general manager of the Tianjin international cruise home port, said that so far this year, the port has received 340,000 passengers on 74 cruises, and the port is expected to receive 650,000 visitors on 150 cruises in 2016.
The transformation from a single port to a comprehensive terminal will be crucial for the future development of China’s cruise industry, he said. Enditem
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BERLIN, Oct. 28 (Greenpost) — “The Chinese-German relations are facing new development opportunities, and are expected to continue a stable development at a high level and to play a leading role in China-Europe ties,” said Chinese Ambassador to Germany Shi Mingde.
Shi made the remarks in a recent interview with Xinhua, ahead of an official visit by German Chancellor Angela Merkel to China from Oct. 29 to 30.
Since 2005, Merkel as chancellor has paid seven visits to China, the most among all German chancellors. She has also kept a record among leaders of European countries regarding the visit frequency. Her predecessors, including Helmut Kohl and Gerhard Schroeder, also have visited China many times as chancellor.
“Developing relations with China is the consensus of major political forces in Germany. The bilateral ties between China and Germany have a solid political foundation. Chinese leaders also attach great importance to developing relations with Germany,” said Shi, noting that mutual trust and frequent exchange of visits between leaders of the two countries are of significance for promoting bilateral ties.
China and Germany have witnessed all-around and rapid development of their relations in recent years, the pragmatic cooperation between the two countries has achieved fruitful results, Shi said.
According to the ambassador, the trade volume between China and Germany has reached 177.8 billion U.S. dollars in 2014, accounting for around 30 percent of China-EU trade volume. China is Germany’s largest trading partner outside the European Union. For China, Germany is its largest trading partner as well as the most important source country of technology transfer and investment in Europe.
Sino-German cooperation, said Shi, is not only in the interest of both countries, but also conducive to safeguarding world peace and promoting common development.
“Both China and Germany have significant international influence. The two countries have maintained close cooperation in international affairs and are both actively committed to addressing focus issues through political and diplomatic means,” he added.
China will hold the rotating presidency of the Group of Twenty (G20) in 2016. Shi said that China and Germany as G20 members would further strengthen coordination in macroeconomic policy within the G20 framework, and work together to construct and maintain an open world economy as well as promote the establishment of a more equitable global economic governance system.
At present, the Chinese-German relations are facing new development opportunities, raising hope that it will continue to develop stably at a high level and play a leading role in China-Europe ties, the ambassador stressed.
“Last year, China and Germany agreed on a leading role of innovation in the future bilateral cooperation. This is the first time that China has established a broad innovative partnership with a Western power,” he explained.
Secondly, bilateral cooperation has broad prospects and can achieve mutual benefit in the field of high-end manufacturing; In addition, the two countries can enhance their cooperation to jointly promote the “Belt and Road” initiative.
Speaking of the main challenges facing the ties between China and Germany in the coming years, Shi noted that the two countries should fundamentally promote mutual understanding between the two peoples.
He urged both sides to look at each other in an objective manner. “Especially the German society should further its understanding of China’s national conditions and development,” he added.
Besides, China and Germany should handle their differences properly and continue to tap new growth points of bilateral ties.
“As the Chinese saying goes, rowing upstream: not to advance is to drop back. China and Germany should have a long-term perspective, and continue to tap potential and step up cooperation in order to lift bilateral relations to higher levels,” the ambassador concluded. Enditem
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LUSAKA, Oct. 27 (Greenpost) — Zambian President Edgar Lungu revealed on Tuesday that China’s Avic International has been awarded a contract to construct about 2,350 houses for police officers.
In remarks delivered during a ground breaking ceremony for the construction of the initial 48 houses for police officers in Lusaka, the country’s capital, the Zambian leader expressed optimism that the Chinese company will compete the project by the end of March next year.
The houses to be constructed at a cost of 320 million U.S. dollars will help address the current housing deficit for officers in the security wings, he added.
According to the Zambian leader, a review of the housing situation in the Ministry of Home Affairs indicate that it has a housing deficit of 12,000.
The security wings under the Ministry of Home Affairs include the Zambia Police, Immigration Department, Zambia Prison Service and the Drug Enforcement Commission (DEC).
The Zambian leader said lack of decent housing is a challenge for the entire country and that his government is determined to come up with initiatives to provide decent housing for the whole country.
Davies Mwila, the Minister of Home Affairs, said under the project 1,454 houses will be built for police officers, 677 for Zambia Prison Service, 117 for the Immigration Department and 102 for the Drug Enforcement Commission.
Gong Jiayan, AVIC International senior vice president said his company will ensure that it constructs houses of good quality and assured that the project will be completed within the stipulated period.
He said his company will work with local suppliers during the construction period for the project which he said will provide jobs for local people. Enditem
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BEIJING, Oct. 27 (Greenpost) — German carmaker Volkswagen began to recall 5,906 vehicles in China over defective batteries, the nation’s quality watchdog said Tuesday.
Starting from Tuesday, Volkswagen will recall 5,906 imported 2012-2014 Flying Spur models and Continental models, manufactured between Feb. 5, 2011 and May 15, 2014, according to the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine (AQSIQ).
The battery nuts of those affected vehicles may become loose while driving and cause safety risks, said the AQSIQ.
The company will replace the faulty parts free of charge. Enditem
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BEIJING, Oct. 27 (Greenpost) — The Foreign Ministry on Tuesday expressed “strong discontent” and “resolute opposition” over a U.S. warship patrol near Zhubi Reef, which is part of China’s Nansha Islands in the South China Sea.
This action by the United States threatens China’s sovereignty and security interests, endangers the safety of personnel and facilities in the reef, and harms regional peace and stability, ministry spokesperson Lu Kang said in a statement.
Lu urged the U.S. to “immediately correct its wrongdoing.”
Earlier on Tuesday, the U.S. warship USS Lassen entered waters near Zhubi Reef without the permission of the Chinese government, according to Lu.
The U.S. warship was monitored, tracked and issued with warning, said the spokesperson, adding that China will continue to watch the situation and “do whatever is necessary.”
Stressing that China’s sovereignty over the Nansha Islands and its adjacent waters is “irrefutable,” Lu said China is prepared to respond to any deliberate provocation by any country.
China respects other countries’ freedom of navigation in accordance with international law, Lu said, however, China is firmly opposed to any action that harms China’s sovereignty and security in the name of freedom.
The construction activities undertaken by China on its own territory is an internal affair and will not block the legal freedom of other countries, the spokesperson said.
The U.S. side should remember its commitment that it would take no position on territorial disputes, as this would damage China-U.S. ties and regional peace, said Lu.
Earlier Tuesday, Foreign Minister Wang Yi, in response to a question on the U.S. Navy’s intention at a seminar, warned the U.S. not to “make trouble out of nothing.”
“If it is true, we advise the U.S. to think twice before it takes any action,” he said, urging them “not to act in an imprudent way and not to make trouble out of nothing.” Enditem
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BEIJING, Oct. 26 (Xinhua) — During what was dubbed as a “super state visit” to Britain, President Xi Jinping witnessed the signing of deals worth 40 billion pounds (61.5 billion U.S. dollars).
The most talked-about project will see China holding a one-third stake in Britain’s first new nuclear plant in a generation.
Observers are praising the China-Britain partnership as exemplary in China-Europe cooperation and beyond.
CHINA, BRITAIN’S BIG POWER DIPLOMACY
China’s approach to dealing with major powers was clarified by Xi during his visit to the headquarters of the United Nations; a relationship featuring non-conflict, non-confrontation, mutual respect and win-win cooperation.
His state visit to Britain was regarded as many as a test for China’s diplomacy with big powers, and it has proven to be fruitful.
Britain rolled out the red carpet for Xi, the first Chinese head of state to visit the country in a decade. Queen Elizabeth II hosted an informal lunch and formal banquet. While Prime Minister David Cameron took Xi to see that age-old British institution — the pub.
“The Financial Times” said Xi’s visit was the “most important diplomatic visit to Britain in several years,” and would recalibrate the UK’s great-power relations.”
During the visit, China and Britain issued a joint declaration on their “global comprehensive strategic partnership for the 21st century,” which will usher in a lasting, open, win-win “golden era.”
“The new definition of bilateral ties reflects both countries expect to achieve win-win cooperation with each other, but not only at the bilateral level,” said Feng Zhongping, vice president of China Institutes of Contemporary International Relations.
As globally-influential countries, the China-Britain partnership can set an example for China-Europe cooperation and at the global level, Chen Xin with the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences said.
“Though there are disagreements between China and Britain, both countries can learn to manage them. As long as Britain adheres to the consensus reached with China, the differences won’t affect bilateral cooperation,” said Cui Hongjian, a researcher at the China Institute of International Studies.
NUCLEAR DEAL, ECONOMIC TIES
Chinese and French companies signed an agreement to build an 18 billion pound nuclear power plant at Hinkley Point C, with the CGN-led Chinese consortium holding a one-third stake.
China’s third-generation nuclear reactor design, known as Hualong One, is expected to be used, following British inspections.
Cameron described the Hinkley Point C deal as “historic” as the project would provide clean electricity to nearly 6 million homes and create over 25,000 jobs.
“Britain […] lacks the funds for the nuclear power plant due to the international financial crisis and the European debt crisis,” said Wang Yiwei, a professor of international relations at Renmin University.
For China, the gains from the project go beyond economics. More important is the knock-on affect the project will have for China in the overseas nuclear market.
“Investment into overseas nuclear power plant is usually more substantial than at home. We will get returns from electricity sales and equipment procurement, because a large amount of this will be done in China,” said Zhou Dadi, a researcher with the energy studies center of the National Development and Reform Commission.
“The nuclear power plants in Britain will be benchmark projects for Chinese companies to develop the global market and increase people’s confidence in Hualong One in emerging markets,” CGN chair He Yu said.
Other deals included an agreement for BP to sell Huadian up to 1 million tonnes of liquefied natural gas per year; and Carnival UK and CSSC agreed to build seven new cruise ships over the next 10 years, among others.
During Xi’s visit, China’s central bank issued its first offshore renminbi note worth 5 billion yuan in London, and the two countries agreed to increase currency swaps.
These close economic and trade collaborations show that Britain is confident of China’s economic growth, and its leaders are aware of the opportunities emerging from China as it transitions from an economy driven by export and manufacturing to investment and services.
“By working with China to usher in a ‘golden era’, Britain has made it clear that they are willing to seize all the opportunities from China’s reform and growth,” Wang added.
RICH CULTURAL EXCHANGES
The president often attends cultural activities during his foreign visits, his time in Britain was no different.
Cameron accompanied Xi to a pub and the two enjoyed a plate of fish and chips washed down with a pint of British ale. Xi also watched a performance featuring British and Chinese artists at an creative-industry exhibition.
Xi also addressed the opening ceremony of the annual Confucius Institute meeting, saying the essence of Chinese and British culture had sparked a fantastic “chemical reaction” into the thinking and lifestyles of both nationalities through people-to-people exchanges.
“Britain is the birth place of modern culture and sports. President Xi’s activities reflect this admiration,” said Cui Hongjian, a researcher at the China Institute of International Studies.
Xi, a well known soccer fan, visited Manchester City Football Academy with Cameron. Xi called for more exchanges and cooperation between China and Britain on soccer as well as other sports.
For Britain, tourism has been pegged as an area that will generate more revenue. Britain announced that from 2016 the validity of new visitor visas for Chinese tourists will be extended from six months to two years.
For its part, during Xi’s time in Manchester, China announced that a direct flight linking Beijing and Manchester will be opened June 2016.
By strengthening people-to-people exchanges, China-Britain relations will have a more solid social foundation, analysts say. Enditem
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