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Premier Li draws a comprehensive blueprint, action plan for China

By Xuefei Chen Axelsson

Beijing, March.5(Greenpost)–China’s Premier Li Keqiang made a very comprehensive and down to earth blueprint and action plan to China for the next five years and this year.

This year marks the beginning of the 13th five year plan period for China. China has set up a goal of realising the comprehensive wealthy and healthy society by 2020.

“We shall eradicate poverty all over the country by 2020,” said Premier Li.

He stressed economic development again as the first important task, but he also emphasised the importance of environment and the balance of structure.

He said China must restructure its economy so that it can be sustainable.

Li said the important task in the following five years will be to treat the filthy air pollution and water pollution. In 2015 China has outdated 1.26 million vehicles and it plans to outdate three million in the following five years.

He also emphasised the equal treatment between the state-owned enterprises and private sectors.  The government will further reduce tax for industries.

Modern agriculture is encouraged to help eradicate poverty.

Li stressed the completion of social security so that all the people in China can benefit from the social security.

He almost mentioned all the areas that need to be done in the country which draws a very promising picture for China.

Eight topics to dominate China’s “two sessions”

STOCKHOLM, Feb. 26(Greenpost)–As the annual sessions of National People’s Congress (NPC) and Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPC), also referred as the “two sessions,” are just around the corner,  eight agendas have been laid out which can summarize the country’s policy objectives.

For the Chinese people, the two major events, coming at the starting year of China’s “13th Five-Year Plan,” carry significant weight as the country enters the decisive stage in building a moderately prosperous society in all respects.

No 1. The “13th Five-Year Plan”

China’s “13th Five-Year Plan”, a roadmap for the nation’s development from 2016 to 2020, has specifically laid out its blueprint got the next 5 years.

During the two sessions, deputies will demonstrate their strong determination to implement the five notions stressed by the plan, which include innovation, coordination, environmental protection, openness and sharing. They will tell the world the implementation approaches as well.

No. 2 Poverty reduction campaign

The policy of targeted poverty alleviation is of groundbreaking significance. Targets, enforcers and approaches of the program are to be identified during the two sessions.

No. 3 Supply-side reform

“Promoting supply-side structural reform” was first proposed by Chinese President Xi Jinping months ago. Guided by this strategy, the government will optimize China’s economic structure through reforms that include reducing overcapacity and boosting emerging industries.

Decision makers at all levels will take the two sessions as a platform to communicate experience and contribute suggestions.

No. 4 “Belt and Road” initiative

The proposal to build the Silk Road Economic Belt and the 21st Century Maritime Silk Road put forward by Xi has been echoed by over 60 countries and regions along the route.

As another hot topic of this year’s two sessions, this diplomatic priority is expected to bring more win-win results.

No. 5 Possible revise on the charity law

To guide and ensure a sound development of charitable causes, the Standing Committee of the NPC has deliberated the draft of the charity law twice. The public are concerned about whether the law will be further amended during this year’s two sessions.

No. 6 Reform on the judiciary system

As most of the tasks of China’s reform on the judiciary system are expected to be completed by the end of 2017, the Chinese government hopes to improve its capability in maintaining national security and social stability.

Amid such a backdrop, the reports to be delivered by the Supreme People’s Court and the Supreme People’s Procuratorate are highly anticipated.

No. 7 Green development

Buzzwords like “APEC Blue” and “Parade Blue” have raised people’s awareness of green development.

As China’s policy to emphasize a balance among production, living environment and ecology wins popularity among the public, deputies believe that they shoulder the responsibility of addressing major environmental roadblocks including smog and water pollution.

No. 8  Institutional anti-corruption

In recent three years, China’s anti-corruption campaign has been striving to foster a system that allows zero tolerance for corruption. At the beginning of 2016, Xi stressed to “create a green political eco-system” in his New Year’s message.

The 2016 NPC and CPPCC will be a window for Chinese people to examine the “green eco-system.”

(By Sun Tianren  Zhang Mengxu from People’s Daily)

Source : People’s Daily Online

Gansu to establish logistics center for China-Europe cargo transportation

LANZHOU, Feb.4 (Greenpost) — Lanzhou, capital city in northwest China’s Gansu province will establish a transportation junction and logistics distribution center of China-Europe cargo train on Silk Road.

As a core city in Silk Road economic belt, Lanzhou city has strong power in railway cargo distribution, and is equipped to be a transfer station in the process of China-Europe cargo transportation.

Meanwhile, General Administration of Customs has given support for the Gansu province on establishing a transportation junction and logistics distribution center.

In recent years, many domestic cities, including Chongqing, Chengdu, Zhengzhou, Wuhan, Lanzhou, and Changsha opened through freight rail routes linking China with Europe under the “Belt and Road” Initiative, and played an important role in China-Europe trade.

Source  Xinhua

Sri Lankan PM announces to go ahead with China-funded Port City project

COLOMBO, Jan. 21 (Greenpost) — Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe has announced that his government will go ahead with a multi billion U.S. dollar port city project in the capital funded by China after it was suspended earlier last year.
Speaking at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Wickremesinghe said that his government also invited Chinese investors to Sri Lanka.
When asked by the media about China’s role in Sri Lanka’s development, Wickremesinghe noted that China is one of the largest economic powers in the world, and within Sri Lanka, there is a large number of projects in infrastructure development which were funded by the Chinese government.
“So we are going ahead with many of those projects including the Port City, the further development of the Hambantota Harbour. But we’ve also said we would like to see Chinese investments,” the prime minister said.
He further said that infrastructure development alone is not sufficient and that his government is now discussing of bringing in Chinese investments into Sri Lanka.
“I think the Chinese government has also decided that some of its manufacturing industries should move out and Sri Lankan seems to be one of the locations for their industries to move out,” he said.
“We are looking at the Chinese participation in the logistics hub of Sri Lanka as well as further investments in the real-estate sector.”
The 1.4 billion dollar mega port city project is Sri Lanka’s largest foreign investment and is set to attract millions of dollars as investments upon its completion.
The project was suspended by the Sirisena administration in March due to a review on its agreement and some other aspects of the project, but the government has now said that project will resume by February.
The government has already said that it will include the project in its megapolis development plan in order to develop the capital Colombo. Enditem

Source  Xinhua

 

Chinese Students in Sweden Celebrates Year of Monkey

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Peking Opera is one of the most welcomed program during the Chinese Students’ celebration of Chinese Year of Monkey in Stockholm on Sunday. [Photo: CRIENGLISH.com/Chen Xuefei]

Chinese students at universities across Sweden have been marking the upcoming Chinese Lunar New Year with a special concert in the grand surroundings of the Karolinska Hall in Stockholm, which is normally the home to Nobel prize presentations.

The Year of the Monkey officially gets underway on February 8th.

CRI’s Chen Xuefei reports from Stockholm.
“Recalling the past year which marked the 65th anniversary of establishment of Sino-Swedish relations, we felt quite relieved that a lot of important events took place. Chinese navy ships held a voyage to Sweden and we are very proud that Chinese scientist Tu Youyou has won the Nobel Prize in Medicine. Academic circles have celebrated the event and a lot of seminars have been held to encourage students to go back to China to create their own business.”Speaking at the opening of the celebration, Chinese Ambassador Chen Yuming says there are many treasurable achievements in the year of 2015.

Chen Yuming says the Royal Swedish Technology Institute and Karolinska Institute have signed cooperation agreements with China.

This is the eighth year that Chinese students have organized the Spring Festival celebration concert.

Education Counselor Dou Chunxiang explains why.

“The students prepared all the programs by themselves in order to learn from each other, make friends with each other, and spend the long winter together.”

About 150 students and scholars from many universities, including the Royal Swedish Business School, participated in the three hour performance.

The programs included dance, Peking Opera, folk music performances, and comic cross-talk.

The last part of the performance tells of China’s history in the fight against Japanese military fascism.

Erik Björklund, a student at Royal Swedish Technology Institute, says he enjoyed the shows very much.

“Ja, it was very nice and I like to see the performances like I think the Peking Opera right? I enjoyed it. ”

Over 1000 students and people from Chinese communities and Chinese companies attended the concert held in the Karolinska lecture hall where Tu Youyou was given her Nobel presentation in early December.

For CRI, this is Chen Xuefei reporting from Stockholm.

 

Source CRI

2022 Beijing Winter Olympics plenty of business opportunities for Swedes

By Xuefei Chen Axelsson

STOCKHOLM, Jan. 21(Greenpost)—An event organized by EU-China Winter&Outdoor Sports Alliance  on Thursday focusing on networking and finding opportunities for both Swedish and Chinese upon the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics.

 

With the presence of many CEOs and Executives of Sports&Outdoor industry guests in Sweden and Taishan Sports Industry Group delegation, delegates exchanged ideas in Winter and Outdoor Sports opportunities.

DSC_6463Investment adviser and Executive Director of the Alliance Vanessa Folkesson made a presentation about the vision and mission of the alliance and the 300 billion RMB cross-border business opportunities to engage 300 million Chinese people to participate in winter sports and outdoor travel in EU and mainland China prior to the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing.

“How can we bring in the brands and products the Chinese have never seen and never know, how do we bring those products to China and how can we help, those are our ambition and goals to achieve, and we see a lot of opportunities in winter&outdoor sports activities, ” said Folkesson.

DSC_6467Executive Chairman of EU-China Culture & Economy Commission William Zhang Yi also said that there is great opportunity in bilateral cooperation in economic, cultural fields.

DSC_6479Four time Olympics official equipment provider Taishan Sports Industry Group’s vice Chairman Bian Qingfeng gave an introduction about his group.

“Established in 1978, Taishan is one of the largest sport products producer and supplier,” said Bian. “We are very proud that we provide equipment and products for 40 percent of the Beijing Summer Olympics Gold medals. We are very good in producing summer sport equipment , but we are still new in producing winter sport equipment, so the main purpose for us to come is to learn from you and find cooperation partners,” said Bian.

Bian said Taishan sincerely look for working partners in developing winter Olympics products.

DSC_6488Per-Erik Holmström made a presentation about Nordic Viking, Ice Hockey and Bandy playing team.

“Nordic Viking is still the best players I believe China’s lady Bandy team will win the 2022 Winter Olympics, but there will be a lot to do. I have great confidence in them,”

During the event, many Swedish sports & outdoor industries CEOs presented their products.

DSC_6562DSC_6558Ingemar Holmberg, Director of International Sales for CRAFT presented various kinds of clothes for the skier or skaters.

World famous Swedish telecommunication giant Ericsson also presented how they can cooperate with Beijing Winter Olympics in 2022.

With the past experience, Ericsson can provide the network for people all over the world to choose to see whatever part of the Olympic Games just by clicking on the internet.

Folkesson said this was a kicking off event and they will organise another event in Beijing next month for similar purposes.

About 50 CEO and Chairpersons of Winter&Outdoor Sports related industries attended the meeting.

Bolife takes part in Stockholm Formex Exhibition

By Xuefei Chen Axelsson

STOCKHOLM, Jan. 21(Greenpost)—Bolife, a newly established 100 percent natural dyeing technology user and brand has shown up at the Nordic largest interior design exhibition Formex Spring 2016 in Stockholm.

Bolife is the only brand developed by a Chinese company to display its product and present its technology here at the Formex exhibition.

DSC_6214As a new immigrant to Sweden, CEO Zhang Yu told Green Post that his purpose to take part in the exhibition is to let Swedish and the Europeans to recognise this brand and the Chinese green technology.

”We know that Swedish people pay great attention to sustainability and green technology. Since we now live in Sweden, we like to find a product or a technology that can fit for the Swedes. We have looked for it in Japan and South Korea, but in the end we found it in China,” said Zhang.

 

”This technology has 13 patents protected in China and no one has really made any products out of it. So we talked with the owner and developed this product for the first time within six months, and now we made it here to the last minute,” said Zhang.

Zhang explained that the technology they used is to use dyeing material from herbs and plants without adding any chemicals. Plus supersonic vibrations. There will be no need to use chemicals to make the form or soften the clothes.

DSC_6205”The natural dyeing method makes the fabric look a bit rough, but if you see the fabric is shining or too soft, it must contain some chemicals to make it like that,” said Zhang.

The natural dyeing method is very traditional Chinese method plus supersonic technology so that people can mass produce the fabric.

This will avoid the problems of being irritated in the skin or allergic for the chemicals in certain material.  So it is pure organic and natural material.

Zhang Yu stressed that they like to develop this in Sweden and Europe first and once it is recognised with the European quality standards for green product, then they can consider to have more sales in China too. They will use the Chinese dyeing technology with Swedish design and European suppliers to make 100 percent natural product for the customers.

DSC_6230Hans Krylander, consultant of  Bolife explained the uniqueness of the Bolife technology.

”This is a new method to use supersonic viberation, they only dye for 30 degrees and before they use 60 degrees, so you save a lot of energy. But the main purpose and the best thing is that you don’t need to have chemical fixation material, you can use tree material. The supersonic technology has existed for many years, but it is the first time to use it this way.  This is the first time in the world history that you can have an ecological dyeing in organic cotton, and it stays with organic fixation material as well, so it is a unique Chinese product,” Krylander said.

DSC_6362During the exhibition, they also cooperate with Swedish Handcraft Friends to present the dyeing method. The presentation also attracted a lot of attention from the visitors. They even practice dyeing themselves during the presentation.

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Janne Liang and Lotta Ahlvar, President of Handcraft Friends presents the natural dyeing method.  Photo by Xuefei Chen Axelsson.

Zhang Yu created a home product brand Day & Me and had opened more than 40 shops in China within a year. He felt this was not challenging enough. So now he likes to develop a completely green brand. The brand has been recognised by American SGS certification, the next step is to get the European eco product certification.

Formex is the largest interior design exhibition in Nordic region. It opens twice a year in Stockholm in January and August. Almost all the interior design companies come to participate in the exhibition.

During the exhibition, designer Lotta said the Nordic style is not just simple, it is a combination of both beautiful and useful.

Swedish PM debates on more housing policy

By Xuefei Chen Axelsson

STOCKHOLM, Jan. 16(Greenpost) –After the twice press conference on housing crisis in Sweden held by Swedish Housing Crisis committee led by Klas Eklund, SEB senior economist, the government began to pay attention to this issue.

On Wednesday Swedish Prime Minister Stefen Löfven  and Financial Minister Andersson and Housing and IT Minister Kaplan jointly wrote a debate article on DN to suggest more housing to be built in Sweden.

Their goal is to build 700 thousand houses or apartments by 2025.

Their suggestions include simplifying permission rules, having more building capacity and increasing circulation.

This means the housing crisis report has been taken seriously now by the government after the second press conference in Dec. 15, 2015.

Economist Eklund argued that Sweden has a housing crisis because there are new immigrants and refugees who are urgently needing place to live.

Commentary: Time for EU to grant China market economy status

by Xinhua writer Chen Jipeng

BEIJING, Jan. 13 (Xinhua) — It is high time for European Union (EU) member states to grant full market economy status to China, the second largest trading partner of the 28-nation bloc.

The market economy status is relevant for Chinese exporters because it determines the way in which dumping is assessed in EU’s trade remedy cases against imports from China. With market economies, the assessment of dumping is based on a comparison of the export price and the domestic price of the product in question.

However, China’s non-market economy status is often cited so that the domestic price in China is not considered a suitable benchmark. The export price is compared with domestic price of a surrogate country.

In one of such cases, the United States was chosen as a surrogate country to assess the price levels of stainless steel from China. This is obviously unfair given the much higher labor cost in the United States and the tendency of the producers in the United States — who compete against Chinese companies — to inflate price estimates.

Fortunately, the legal basis for such an obviously unfair practice will no longer exist starting from Dec. 11 this year, under the provisions of the World Trade Organization accession protocol signed by China.

Commissioners from the EU’s 28 members will on Wednesday debate for the first time the issue of granting China full market economy status from December.

Legal experts are of the opinion that the European Union should grant China full market economy status, according to European media reports.

The non-market economy status of China, however, has often become a convenient weapon for trade protectionists. Some of the EU members have continued to be swaying over the issue to retain an unfair advantage.

Nevertheless, the undoubtedly protectionist practice is obviously out of time. Despite its existence, bilateral trade between China and the EU have been growing quickly. China is now the EU’s second largest trading partner and one of the biggest markets for the 28-member bloc. The idea of free trade and comparative advantage has been the driving force behind the phenomenal growth. Sticking to a weapon of protectionism would only increase frictions rather than help the gigantic bilateral trade.

It is known that China has built an efficient market economy to achieve remarkable growth over the decades and it is duly recognized by more than 80 countries, including Russia, New Zealand, Singapore and Australia.

A quick look at the list of the countries that the EU has recognized as market economy tells us that China deserves the market status, too.

It is advisable for some of the EU members to dump the idea of resolving to labelling one of their top trading partners as a non-market economy for a bit of protection. If history tells, it is much wiser to continue opening up and practise free trade.  Enditem

 

China’s economy likely to bottom up in 2016, economist

BEIJING, Jan. 11 (Xinhua) — China’s economic growth is likely to touch the bottom and recover to 6.8 percent in 2016, said Li Daokui, director at of the Center for China in the World Economy (CCWE) at Tsinghua University.

Li said at the 26th quarterly forum of the CCWE that domestic consumption in China has started to recover in the second quarter of 2015 from around 10 percent to 11.2 percent. He expected the trend will continue in 2016 and help drive up overall China’s economy.

Li estimated China’s domestic consumption grew 10.7 percent in 2015 and the growth rate would reach 11 percent in 2016.

As China’s efforts to reduce production capacity and inventory gradually take effect, real estate investment is expected to bottom up. Moreover, stabilized commodity prices and recover in major world’s economies would help stable China’s export.

China’s fixed-assets investment may stand at 10 percent in 2016, taking predictions of investment in infrastructure, manufacturing industry and real estate into consideration, said Li.  Enditem

 

 

China financial system “largely stable”: forex regulator

 

BEIJING, Jan. 9 (Xinhua) — China’s financial system is “largely stable” and foreign exchange reserves are “relatively abundant”, the State Administration of Foreign Exchange (SAFE) said Saturday.

The official remarks came after the Chinese yuan, under persistent depreciation pressure, dipped to a five-year low against the U.S. dollar this week.

The SAFE said in an online statement that it will further facilitate cross-border trade and investment, and continue to promote the yuan’s convertibility under the capital account in an orderly manner.

The administration will strengthen the monitoring of China’s balance of payments, and improve the management of foreign debt and cross-border capital flows.

The SAFE will also try to better operate and manage the country’s foreign exchange reserves.  Enditem

 

 

 

 

China’s textile industry starts to make overseas layout in line with B&R drive

BEIJING, Jan. 11 (Xinhua) — China’s textile industry has entered a new development phase by making overseas layout, according to the National Textile Industry Transfer Work Conference held last Friday.

“The Belt and Road Initiative has provided an unprecedented opportunity for China’s textile industry,” said Xia Lingmin, vice president of the China National Textile and Apparel Council (CNTAC), adding that China’s acceleration of overseas layout was the result of market option and efficiency priority.

“On the one hand, China’s textile enterprises have built processing bases overseas in a bid to reduce labor costs. On the other hand, some enterprises seek to establish multinational groups with global competitive edge by settling different links of the industrial chain in different countries,” explained Xia.

According to statistics released by the CNTAC, by the end of 2014, Chinese enterprises had set up over 2,600 textile manufacturing, trading and design enterprises in at least 100 countries and regions. In 2015, Chinese textile enterprises have accelerated its pace to “go out.”

China has been a big textile exporter for a long time. However, its textile industry has been dampened by the sluggish economic situation worldwide in recent years. Xia noted that “going out” was an important selection for the textile industry during the 13th Five-Year Plan period (2016-2020).  Enditem

 

RMB rate to depend more on basket of currencies: PBOC economist

   BEIJING, Jan. 11 (Xinhua) — The Chinese yuan’s exchange rate will be determined with more reference to a basket of currencies, as it faces persistent depreciation pressure against the U.S. dollar, according to a senior economist with the central bank on Monday.

“Giving more consideration to a basket of currencies means the RMB’s value will be kept basically stable against the whole basket,” said Ma Jun, chief economist of the People’s Bank of China’s research bureau.

“That will be the keynote of the yuan’s exchange rate formation mechanism in the foreseeable future,” he said.

China will guide the market to form a yuan/dollar rate, so as to help stabilize the yuan’s value against the currency basket, said Ma.

“The central bank will ask market makers to consider the yuan’s stability against the currency basket when reporting their central parity quotes to the China Foreign Exchange Trade System,” he said.

The yuan’s value will be increasingly stable against the currency basket, while the yuan/dollar rate will fluctuate wider in a two-way manner, rather than in a single direction, Ma predicted.

When investors understand the basket-based exchange rate formation mechanism, short selling of the yuan will decline, according to him.

“The yuan’s exchange rate is currently not pegged to the U.S. dollar nor is it allowed to float in an unchecked way,” he said.

“We will introduce a mechanism to properly limit daily yuan/dollar rate fluctuation,” said Ma.

Giving stronger consideration to a basket of currencies will not hurt the Chinese government’s autonomy in making monetary policies, he said, adding that the yuan’s rate will not be strictly pegged to the basket.

Ma’s remarks came after the Chinese yuan, under persistent depreciation pressure, dipped to a five-year low against the greenback last week.  Enditem

 

 

China to continue to have abundant labor force: official

BEIJING, Jan. 11 (Xinhua) — China will have an abundant labor force for decades to come, though its overall quality needs to be improved, said a senior official with the National Health and Family Planning Commission (NHFPC) on Monday.

Wang Pei’an, deputy head of the NHFPC, said at a press conference that in 2015, China had a labor force of one billion, which is expected to slip slightly to 958 million in 2030.

According to the official, the labor force is estimated at around 827 million for 2050.

Therefore, the challenge for the nation in the next few decades lies not in the size of the labor force but in its quality, said Wang.

Wang highlighted the nation’s need to allow all couples to have two children.

The new family planning law took effect on Jan. 1, ending the one-child policy that had been in place for decades.

He said the timing for the new policy is good, considering the trend of a declining labor force,  and rising demographic dependency ratio, which rose from 34.2 in 2010 to 36.2 in 2014, in addition to the population of child-bearing women, which has dropped from the peak of 380 million in 2011.  Enditem

 

 

Beijing to ease entry, residence policy for overseas talent

BEIJING, Jan. 12 (Xinhua) — The Ministry of Public Security (MPS)announced on Tuesday it will ease rules for foreign talents to enter and exit Beijing, and provide favorable terms to acquire permanent residence.

The MPS will run the pilot program in Beijing’s Zhongguancun Science Park to provide convenience for foreign talents such as special offices for permanent residence examination and approval, streamlined approval procedures and more favorable conditions for foreigners with doctorate degrees or above to get a Chinese green card.

The new regulations will also allow short-term internships in Beijing for foreign students and permit them to run their own start-ups in Zhongguancun.

Foreign tech and senior management talents are also encouraged to join China’s creative companies and file application to get permanent residence, the MPS said.

The MPS said it will help the Beijing municipal government launch a “Transit Without Visa” project for certain foreign nationals to stay in Beijing for no more than 144 hours without an entry visa.

The new regulations, scheduled to take effect on March 1, are aimed at promoting Beijing’s soft environment for innovation and start-ups, the MPS said.  Enditem

 

 

China-initiated development bank to be highlighted at 2016 Davos meeting

BEIJING, Jan. 13 (Xinhua) — China-related topics, the recently launched Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) in particular, will be among the major highlights of this year’s World Economic Forum (WEF) annual meeting to be held next week in the Swiss town of Davos.

AIIB President-designate Jin Liqun is scheduled to speak on infrastructure construction in Asia during the four-day meeting, probably his first appearance at a global forum since the official establishment of the China-initiated institution on Dec. 25, 2015.

David Aikman, chief representative officer of Greater China and managing director of the WEF, said the launch of the AIIB shows China’s increasing role in leading and innovating institutions to address the trillion-dollar infrastructure gap around the world.

“China has a lot to bring in terms of experience with the large-scale infrastructure projects and really has an opportunity to innovate,” he told Xinhua. “I think the world wants to hear and interact with those leaders.”

Aikman also said that policymakers from Latin America and Africa will be interested in coming to the forum and understanding infrastructure investment in the Asian context.

The inauguration ceremony of the AIIB, a complement to existing international financial system, is scheduled on Saturday. The bank now has 57 members and will finance infrastructure — airports, mobile phone towers, railways and roads — in Asia.

More than 2,500 participants from over 100 countries will attend the 46th WEF annual meeting, scheduled between Jan. 20 and Jan. 23. A senior delegation from the Chinese government is expected to attend the meeting.

Themed “Mastering the Fourth Industrial Revolution,” this year’s WEF annual meeting will also focus on security and other global issues.  Enditem