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民测:70%瑞典人支持政府收紧难民的政策

北欧绿色邮报网报道(记者陈雪霏)--根据瑞典民意调查公司SIFO的最新调查,瑞典有70%的公众支持政府最近关于收紧难民接收政策的决定。

根据调查,10人中有7人支持政府的决定,尽管环境党领导人在宣布该决定时显示出极大的艰难抉择。

25日晚斯德哥尔摩环境党召开年会,期间有人表示,瑞典还有接收难民的潜力。不过,既然政府作出决定,就先看看再说了。

瑞典的英文网站Local发表文章说,这并不等于瑞典就和其他国家一样,不再那么开放,那么慷慨,那么大方了。事实上瑞典依然是接收难民人均最多的国家。

瑞典目前依然处于危险4级的状态。

11月24日,瑞典首相勒文宣布瑞典将把难民接收水平维持在欧盟最低水平。

北京日记(一)

晨曦

11月12日上午10点,我在斯德哥尔摩市中心国王花园宾馆三层采访了中国当代很有担当的导演赵亮。感谢斯德哥尔摩电影节组委会新闻组的精心安排。采访地点就是在三楼楼梯上边的平台边上,只够两把椅子的地方,但不大不小正好,反映了瑞典人做事对度的把握。他们追求的是恰到好处。这里是黄金地段,自然不能非常宽敞,但你只要脚踩到那地毯上,就知道这里有多么宝贵。然而,我和赵亮讲的却是这背后的故事。

 

10点整,赵亮准时和新闻官来到我面前,看到我要录像,他立即说,对不起,我要去趟洗手间。回来时只见他把前一天出现在电影院里的那顶帽子又戴上了。仿佛著名音乐人刀郎经常要戴帽子接受采访。

 

为了采访赵亮,我提前看了他导演的纪录片电影《Behemoth》, 中文应该翻译成《悲兮魔兽》。我也看了一点儿关于他的介绍。原来,赵亮出生于1971年。出生在辽宁丹东。曾经在鲁迅美术学院师范系学习,后到北京电影学院进修一年。和贾樟柯是同届,贾樟柯是本科。他是进修,赵亮直言不讳。

 

我问他是否很崇拜张艺谋,他说,年轻时当然和那一代人一样,张艺谋可以说是很多电影人的崇拜对象,但是现在他不崇拜了,现在他谁也不崇拜。这句话让我想起几年前在斯德哥尔摩采访沈阳音乐学院客座教授歌星庞龙时他说的一句话,当时,我也是趁他们代表团吃中午饭的时候,聊了聊。他说,我谁都不崇拜,我们就相信自己。这也好像是小沈阳在小品里说的“我谁都不崇拜,我就崇拜我自己,我都给我自己磕头”。当然,或许小品和流行歌曲不能类比,但我想大家喜欢小沈阳是因为他唱了几句刀郎的歌曲。庞龙说,当然还是刀郎更伟大是真正的音乐人,而小沈阳只是个善于模仿的小品演员。

 

或许这也道出了70后,80后的人生观,和60后的雷锋精神,集体精神,谦虚谦让,勇于牺牲的精神是不同的。但是,也许正是因为他们敢于担当的自信让他们与众不同。

 

赵亮中等个儿,清瘦,文质彬彬的音质,说话慢条斯理,思路清晰,没有豪言壮语和掩饰不住的让人感觉血压高的高喊和情绪,但是,他想说的话,却令人震撼。

 

“我只是把现实中的情况,只表现了10%,如果你到现场看会感到更加震撼。”

很快,新闻官就来催我,说半小时的时间已到。我不得不结束。

赵亮导演过《上访》,看看那些镜头都是真实的原版的现实。赵亮说,他在影片《Behemoth》最后告诉观众的是,其实,在这个过程中,我们自己也都参与其中。或许没有什么比这更让人难受的反思了。

 

我并没有告诉他我马上就要飞回北京。我也没有告诉朋友同事我为什么要这么急匆匆地要飞回北京。其实我飞回北京的主要原因就是因为这会儿的机票便宜。而且,我在11年前买的房子,终于告诉我可以办房产证了,我需要本人回去办。我庆幸我们这些人没有逼迫开发商,没有及早把他送上法庭。我们忍耐着,忍受着,等待着,终于有一天11年后的一天,政府说我们可以办房产证了。这中间可能经历着以前开发商的行为是不合法的,所以,政府不给办,但11年了,随着中国的城镇化进程不断加速,历史遗留问题时间很长,这个问题慢慢开始解决了。我们当初就说,如果急着把开发商告倒,激化矛盾,我们的房产证也还是拿不到手。既然能住着,就先住着吧。

 

我在2004年进行了两项投资,把手中仅有的工作10多年攒下来的12万块钱,一半儿投资了亿霖木业,一半买了房子。2006年就发现,亿霖木业有问题,后被判处非法集资,有传销前科,最后都被判决入狱。估计那些人,到现在也都到期了。而我们投入的钱,最后,以60%的赔付偿还了。我在去年6月得到了赔付款。北京中级人民法院的周法官帮助我办理的。让我感觉很多个人其实都是好人。作为人民法官,周法官也是非常负责任的。

 

过去10年就是这样,聪明人,幸运的人,把钱都投到了房地产,从此改变命运。不过也从此,成了“房奴”,就是说,他们即使不用工作,就守护了房地产,也够过了。另一种房奴是真正的房奴,要通过劳动还贷款。而前者是因为有了房产而被房产拴住。

 

我怕如果我不及时办理,哪天政策再变了,说我过期了之类的,我又怕出问题,所以,就毅然决然地决定出来一个星期。杨有时笑话我太小气,被金钱左右,回国往往因为机票的贵贱而做决定。我说,这是我的进退两难。对于一个有工作的人来说,他们会觉得即使机票是1万多也没有关系,因为单位会给他报销一部分。而我的机票即使报销也是从我自己的收入中扣除的。所以,我必须计算成本。我必须精打细算,因为时间对我来说是可以灵活的。

 

就这样,告别斯德哥尔摩,我登上了北京的飞机,国航CA912. 一切顺利,早上10点多,我就出机场了。我一直担心的身份证是否丢失的问题也解决了,弟弟在文件袋里找到了。我那焦躁的心一下子宽慰了许多。

 

然而,车行驶在路上,还是让我感慨万千。每次我回来都是自己坐地铁回家。这次弟弟坚持送我,我也享受了一把堵车的滋味。本来打算走五环,五环太堵,于是走四环,四环也是经过多次辗转,一路上行驶了一个多小时,车里交通台的人依然在播放路况信息,劝告人们要搂住火气。同时警告,空气质量发出黄色预警,今天雾霾来袭。前一天,还不是这样呢。

 

在机场的时候,我遇到一位东城区的北京回民小伙子,他给我展示了6月份北京的天气,蓝天白云,感觉跟斯德哥尔摩没有区别。随后,他说,我们团里的人认为到瑞典呼吸8天新鲜空气,也感觉这次旅行值了。

 

在北京,或许,我该用相反的说法,摊小便宜吃大亏。我摊小便宜用便宜机票,结果赶上雾霾。

 

有三名北京同学都到外地去了。有人说,人们在悄悄地逃离北京。北京人也不再呐喊,也不再发声。反正这是座围城。城里的人移到了城外。而在城外的人却还不知深浅地想往里闯。

此时是凌晨3点,我睡不着,起来看着窗外的霾,我又想起赵亮。我问他是否当你拍摄纪录片的时候,觉得北京的雾霾就是从内蒙来的。他说,不过这需要科学论证,我不能这么说。北京的雾霾是多种原因造成的。

 

他说他拍片的契机是他喜欢到处旅行,当他行走在黄河岸边的时候,他发现了那个巨大的煤都,那里有数百家煤窑,连成片,方圆几十平方公里都是露天煤矿,冶炼厂。破土路面,没有了绿草。植被环境自然被破坏。

 

他说,这几年,在北京生活的人们都知道,几乎每个人早上起来都要看一下当天的雾霾指数是多少,于是决定是否要不要出门。环境问题已经左右了人们的行为。

 

前两天,辽宁的雾霾爆表,有人认为和冬季取暖有关。确实,沈阳开始冬季取暖了,前几天下了雪,天冷了,于是,都开了暖气。北京这两天也开始了。于是,雾霾就来了。

 

其实,4月份的时候,我来北京,感觉空气质量差不多一样。天空没有象APEC和93大阅兵那么蓝过。人们说,你知道那个蓝是怎么来的吗?那是周边河北地区的工厂全部停产的结果。人们停产,收入下降。空气好了,钱没了,到底要钱还是要好空气?人们必须做出选择。

 

雾霾当然催生了一批企业,我的搞环保和企业社会责任,新能源的非盈利组织的同学们都在讨论买什么样的口罩好,买什么样的空气清洁机好。同学聚会照常。包括我自己也期盼着和老师同学们见面,即使空气质量如此糟糕。

 

人们适应了,习惯了,见怪不怪了。但是,我不能停止联想。在飞机上,我看到报纸上有一条说欧盟在讨论是否允许进口中国钢材。如果允许,又是一种倾销,价格肯定比欧盟便宜。

 

而这种消息,让我不得不联想到雾霾。中国大炼钢铁是为了能出口,为了能继续赚取外汇。而这个炼钢过程是会释放二氧化碳的。冬季一下子大家都开始取暖,而且,这个取暖还不是象个人家里那样量力而行,而是把热量都开到5而不是3.于是室内温度很高,象炎热的夏天一样。而外面释放着温室气体和雾霾。

 

有人说,机动车的排放只占20%,不会是主因。我认为,现在说什么不是主因都行,但是,无论哪一种原因,因为它贡献了10%或20%,就使得已经产生大量污染物排放的空气发生质的转变。而这里不是向好的方向,而是向恶劣的方向。因此,我坚信,如果减少那10%或20%,空气质量就会向好的方向发生质的变化。

 

也有人怪罪天气。天气是自然的,有时有风有时有雾,有时下雨,有时晴天。在机场的时候,那位回民小伙子说,北京人过去讨厌春秋老刮风。现在北京人天天盼刮风。只要三天不刮风,就有雾霾聚集。确实,下雨或下雪的时候,空气都比较温柔,没有风,因此,有雾。在飞机上我看见《环球时报》记者说伦敦人把雾霾见怪不怪,甚至开玩笑说要把伦敦雾都的名字找回来,形成卖点。这里笔者想提醒人们注意,不要偷换概念,70年代,伦敦那是雾霾。但是,现在那是雾不是霾。2005年,我在伦敦呆四个月正好是10月到2月。阴雨连绵,让人感觉抑郁,但那空气是清新的,不是雾霾。比较不舒服的是伦敦地铁深入地下太深,速度太快,感觉象坐飞机一样,等下来的时候,会感觉很累。

 

还有人说雾霾是大型交通运货车造成的。这也不无道理。在北京这样的大城市,每天要为将近3000万人口提供物流,自然是巨大的温室气体排放户。 尽管北京已经开始使用电动车,自行车等多种工具,例如,天猫都是电动车,但是,人口的密集程度和大量的需求,让这个城市空气质量不堪重负。

 

总之,一句话,大约在冬季,就是排放多,而吸尘的植物少。例如在夏威夷就有人研究过,冬季温室气体排放就高,夏季排放就少,其实不是排放少,而是夏季绿色植物多,吸收二氧化碳多。因此,中国北方城市呼唤的海绵城市,急需尽早建立。

 

这一点,希望能吸取各国所长。例如,在瑞典,就有很多绿色屋顶。因此,我在想,以前有个北京人在楼顶建生态房,如果科学考察重量没有那么重,应该鼓励支持。所有露天的地方都放上节水的植物,让他们吸附烟尘。所有的破土路面都要种上草,覆盖住破土路面。同样,在露天煤矿或者是钢厂,如果在破土路面能够通过种草来覆盖破土路面,或者是通过人工方式,都要采取措施,一方面要挣钱,一方面要花钱,这样,能够使环境改善,人的生活质量就会有所改善。否则,我们挣了很多钱,但却得病,例如,赵亮反映的尘肺病人,城市里也有很多人得呼吸道的病。这都是环境污染造成的。到头来,我们发现钱如果用来治病就不够了。

 

而且,在这个过程中,也形成了所谓阶层,就是煤老板的所谓上层和工人的所谓底层,下层,这也是很严重的问题。这也是我在赵亮的纪录片里所能看到的,那就是,城市的繁荣背后,一部分人付出的巨大代价。

 

现在有很多技术,例如如何实现汽油燃烧效率大幅提高,这是个简单的技术,应该大力扶持,其效果也是最好的。不要光追求什么特别高深的技术,结果花钱太多,还起不到作用。希望政府能够扶持提高能效的办法,很多时候,简单技术能解决大问题。

 

只要各个部门,各个单位,各个领导和群众都有这方面的意识,淘汰旧设备,能够革新挖潜,改造,就能解决问题。

 

这一晚上,我住在17层,却是一夜都能听见三轮车一样的马达声,几乎一刻不停地响着。要想让机器停好像不可能,还是我们自己加厚玻璃吧。 在斯德哥尔摩的家就是这样做的。而这样做,也能促进GDP的增长,促进需求。

 

当然,我又突发奇想,不知道对不对,国内网购在双十一大开杀戒,抛售了太多便宜货,于是网购爆棚。网购虽然方便客户,但是送货却也是巨大的物流产业链啊!是否这集中的物流也对雾霾产生贡献呢?

 

H&M Conscious Exclusive 2016 – Historic art inspires fashion for the future

Stockholm, Nov. 25(Greenpost)–

H&M has announced a collaboration with the Musée des Arts Décoratifs, located in the Palais du Louvre in Paris to celebrate the new H&M Conscious Exclusive collection. This beautiful new range has been inspired by the archives of the museum, and will be launched on Thursday 7th April to coincide with the opening of the hotly anticipated exhibition, Fashion forward – Three centuries of fashion. H&M is delighted to also reveal that Parisian Art Director, style maven and sustainability champion, Julia Restoin Roitfeld, will be the face of the campaign.

“I am honoured to be the ambassador of such a unique project. I think that the idea of creating a collection inspired by the history of art and fashion is fantastic. Especially since it is made with innovative and sustainable materials which are the future of fashion” says Julia. Known for her distinctive, personal sense of style, Julia is the embodiment of effortless, conscious and modern cool.

For this Conscious Exclusive collection the H&M design team has worked closely with the museum, delving into their collections of archival fashions as well as the work of artists such as Gustave Moreau to find inspiration. The outcome is a glamorous line of modern red carpet pieces infused with tactile charm, a nostalgic aesthetic and a historical legacy.

“With this collection we brought the idea of sustainability to new levels. Working with new innovative materials such as beads and rhinestones made from recycled glass and Denimite, a material made from recycled worn-out denim. We have created contemporary styles imbued with a sophisticated charm” says Ann-Sofie Johansson, Creative Advisor at H&M.

H&M will be the exclusive sponsor of the upcoming exhibition which will include selected styles from the H&M archives, including a look from the first ever H&M designer collaboration with Karl Lagerfeld in 2004 as well as one silhouette from the new Conscious Exclusive collection.

Swedish Pork to go to Chinese Table

By Xuefei Chen Axelsson

Stockholm, Nov. 25(Greenpost)—Swedish Minister for Rural Affairs Sven-Erik Bucht is going to visit China in order to get the permit to export Swedish pork and other food product to China.

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To pave the way to China, Bucht and Chinese Ambassador Chen Yuming and others held a seminar focusing on the conditions for the export of Swedish pork to China in Restaurant Formosa, in Stockholm recently.

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”I have long been impressed by the Chinese cuisine. Sweden has paid great attention to use minimium antibiotics in raising animals, and Sweden has vast land for food products. So Swedish food production is focused on quality and sustainability,” said Bucht at the Lunch Seminar.

He said he will lead a delegation to China to see opportunities to increase the Swedish food exports to China. The aim is to obtain export permits for Swedish food to China. The trip will be organized by Business Sweden.

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Chinese Ambassador Chen Yuming said he suggested that the delegation understand the Chinese market and relevant regulations. He believed this cooperation has great potential and cooperation in agriculture and food production can be mutually-beneficial. He likes to see more Chinese food products in Sweden too.

The Swedish side held that China is now the world’s largest food importer and imports a large part from the EU countries. But Sweden’s export to China only accounts for 0.8 percent of its total exports, mainly to neighboring countries and EU as well as America.   Thus, there is great potential for Sweden to catch up since Sweden is somewhat lagging behind in exporting to China in food products compared with its neighboring countries like Denmark.

Kött & Chark Företagen CEO Magnus Därth, HK Scan’s Magnus Sjöholm and Business Sweden’s Tobias Glittertind were also at the seminar.

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In an interview with Greenpost.se, Därth said they had gotten the permit from Sweden to export pork to China, but it still takes time to get China permit. They hope that they can get it by the end of next year.

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Chinese ambassador Chen Yuming is showing the Swedish Minister for Rural Affairs Sven-Erik Bucht how to use chopsticks.

After the seminar, participants tasted eight delicious dishes cooked by Chinese cook with Swedish pork and Chinese cooking methods—a perfect cooperation between China and Sweden.

The seminar was hosted jointly by Swedish KCF and Swedish Chinese Cuisine Association, a member of Sveriges Kinesiska Riksförbundet.

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President Ye Keqing of Sveriges Kinesiska Riksförbundet, Counsellor Bai Xiaomei and Commercial Counsellor Han Xiaodong were among the participants during the seminar.

In another development,  Swedish Poultry Association is also considering to export Swedish chicken feet to China.

Chicken feet was considered as a beauty making delicacy for many Chinese women because one can taste the good taste without gaining any weight. It was also partly because chicken feet was very cheap in the past. Whether the Chinese women still think the same way, that needs to be discovered.

Another consideration to deal with China is to consider if there is any restrictions at the EU level.

(Photo by Anneli  Larsson)

 

Sweden proposes measures to create respite for Swedish refugee reception

Xuefei Chen Axelsson

Stockholm, Nov. 24(Greenpost)–

Swedish Prime Minister Stefan Löfven and Vice Prime Minister Åsa Romson today announced that Sweden will reduce the reception of refugees to the minimium level in the EU.

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Since the summer, the number of refugees arriving in Sweden has increased dramatically and in the last two months alone, 80 000 people have sought asylum in Sweden.

Of these, there are so many children and young people that it is equivalent to more than 100 new school classes each week. Public authorities and municipalities are now finding it difficult to cope with the pressure. Municipalities report themselves for irregularities (Lex Sarah reports) since they can no longer manage reception in a secure manner. The Swedish Civil Contingencies Agency has raised the alarm that important public services cannot cope with the strain. Sweden can no longer guarantee a roof over the head of those who make their way to our country and in the last week people have had to sleep outdoors.

Therefore, the Government now proposes measures to create a respite for Swedish refugee reception.

The Government will therefore continue to advocate a system where all countries, without compromising on individual asylum examination, take a shared responsibility for refugee reception. The Government wants the Dublin Regulation to be revised and replaced by a new, permanent relocation scheme in the EU.

Measures proposed by the Government

The Swedish legislation will be temporarily brought into line with the minimum requirements in international conventions and EU law.

With the exceptions indicated below, the legislation will apply to asylum decisions taken in the period during which the legislation is in force. It is temporary legislation, which will be in force for three years and will entail the following temporary exceptions to the provisions of the Aliens Act.

Temporary residence permits for all persons in need of protection except quota refugees.

Refugees and persons eligible for subsidiary protection who are granted protection in Sweden will be granted temporary residence permits. Refugees will be granted a residence permit for three years when their case is first examined, and persons eligible for subsidiary protection for one year. These permits will be renewable. In the case of extension, the general rule will also be that a temporary permit will be granted.

Exceptions will apply for children and their families who registered their applications before the agreement was presented and who are still in Sweden. The current rules will apply in their case, provided that the child is still under the age of 18 when the decision is taken. In addition, a permanent residence permit may be granted when the first temporary residence permit expires if the applicant can show that they have an assessed income that is sufficient to support themselves.

Quota refugees will continue to receive permanent residence permits.

Limited right to family member immigration for persons in need of protection with temporary residence permits.

Refugees with temporary residence permits will only have the right to be reunited with immediate family members. In the case of married couples, both parties will have to be at least 21 years of age to be granted the right to family reunification. Persons eligible for subsidiary protection who have temporary residence permits will not have a right to family reunification.

Tougher maintenance requirements.

A maintenance requirement will apply to all family member immigration except when refugees apply for family reunification during the first three months after having been granted refugee status.

The maintenance requirement will be broadened to include a requirement that the sponsor must be able to support family members who come to Sweden.

Persons otherwise in need of protection will not be entitled to a residence permit.

Persons in the category ‘otherwise in need of protection’ will not be entitled to a residence permit.

The provision on residence permits on grounds of exceptionally/particularly distressing circumstances will be replaced by a provision allowing a residence permit to be granted on humanitarian grounds in certain very limited exceptional cases.

There will not be any special provision on residence permits for children, but the fundamental provision on the best interests of the child will continue to apply.

The Government wants to introduce medical age determination of asylum seekers

The question of whether an asylum seeker is under the age of 18 is important for housing and care as well as for the issue of a residence permit. It is important to find a system that allows medical age determination of asylum seekers to be used in cases where there is a lack of reliable documents that can verify a person’s exact age and when doubts remain about the age that has been given.

Sweden will soon introduce ID checks on all modes of public transport to Sweden

This will mean the ID checks already in place will be supplemented by ID checks on the ferry between Helsingör and Helsingborg as well as on trains and bus traffic across the Öresund Bridge.

Årets vinnare på Stockholms filmfestival 2015

Stockholm, Nov. 22(Greenpost)–

Det blev den norska regissören Joachim Trier som tog hem Bronshästen under fredagskvällens prisutdelning. Nedan följer alla pristagare på Stockholms internationella filmfestival 2015.

I juryn för Stockholm XXVI Competition sitter producenten Mimmi Spång, regissören Peter Grönlund, regissören Christian Zübert, regissören Arab Nasser och regissören Di Phan Dang. Juryn för Stockholm Impact Award består av konstnären Ai Weiwei (juryordförande), regissören Ida Panahandeh och teaterregissören Linus Tunström. Jurymedlemmar för Stockholm Documentary Competition är filmkritikern Stefan Nylén, regissören och skådespelaren Alexandra Dahlström och regissören Matías Meyer. För Stockholm XXVI Short Film Competition, skådespelaren Saga Becker, regissören Alejandro Guzmán Alvarez och regissören Takeshi Fukunaga. Och för FIPRESCI, Yael Shuv, Kristin Aalen och Dariia Badior.

Bästa film: Louder Than Bombs av Joachim Trier
Priset för Bästa film går till ett estetiskt mästerstycke, en film som innovativt använder mediets alla komponenter och fritt rör sig mellan nutid, dåtid, dröm och föreställningsvärld. Med detta täta familjedrama om försoning, lappar filmskaparen gradvis ihop våra trasiga inre rum och synliggör oss för oss själva – och för varandra.

Bästa regidebut: Mediterranea av Jonas Carpignano
Priset för Bästa debut tillfaller en regissör som tar oss på en resa till en plats, där verkligheten triumferar med sitt dolda förakt. En osentimental, men ömsint film, om drömmar, kampen och förhoppningen om ett bättre liv, som samtidigt avspeglar det aktuella världsläget. Regissören har med denna käftsmäll till debut skapat ett mångbottnat och brännande verklighetsdrama som inte lämnar någon oberörd.

Bästa regi: László Nemes, Son of Saul
Priset för Bästa regi går till en film som får oss att sluta andas och istället uppta filmens egna puls. Med ett rasande tempo, en konstant rörelse, ett konsekvent subjektivt berättande och med långa, minutiöst utförda och mästerliga scenerier, tar regissören ett helt nytt grepp på ett ämne som skildrats otaliga gånger, men aldrig så här intensivt och tätt – och aldrig så här bra.

Bästa manus: Deniz Gamze Ergüven och Alice Winocour, Mustang
Författarna till denna film skildrar ett allvarsamt ämne med ömsom humor och ömsom värme. Det är en gripande berättelse om systerskap, en kampfilm som gör upp med det manliga förtrycket och dess unkna syn på den kvinnliga sexualiteten. Konservatismen ställs mot det moderna samhället, livet inom oss – och var persons rätt till sin egen kropp.

Bästa foto: Manuel Dacosse, Evolution
Priset för Bästa foto går till ett cinematiskt mästerverk, en berättelse som likaväl kan utspela sig i det undermedvetna som i det metaforiska eller på en annan planet. Ett kusligt vackert berättaruniversum, destillerat genom en mästares lins, med ett alldeles unikt visuellt uttryck, som skapar gåshud i själen.

Bästa kvinnliga skådespelare: Julija Steponaityte, The Summer of Sangaile
Priset för Bästa kvinnliga huvudroll går till en skådespelerska som lyser upp duken med sin totala närvaro. Det är ett subtilt och ändå mångfacetterat skådespel vi får ta del av, på samma gång svalt och sårbart, som arrogant och lidelsefullt. Hon gör oss nyfikna – och vi vill se mer!

Bästa manliga skådespelare: Koudous Seihon, Mediterranea
Priset för Bästa manliga huvudroll går till en skådespelare som äger berättelsen i varje scen. Det är en karaktärsgestaltning av en fighter, en street-smart överlevare och en medmänniska, som öppnar upp våra hjärtan i sin resa genom en sargad värld, full av faror. Mitt i berättelsens brutala verklighet lyckas han förmedla en känsla av hopp och tro på människan.

Bästa dokumentär: Behemoth av Liang Zhao
Den som ger sig in här gör bäst i att lämna allt hopp bakom sig. Här har vi en filmskapare som gräver djupt i sitt ämnes schakt och visar oss det giriga monster som gömmer sig i vår destruktiva civilisation. På ett poetiskt, vackert och känslomässigt sätt avslöjar filmen ett helvete på jorden. Genom kraften i starka bilder, skickligt berättande och djup empati ges vi chansen att uppfatta och göra slut på förödelsen av vår jord och varandra. Äkta och djupt nödvändig.

Stockholm Impact Award: Leena Yadav, Parched
Strålande skådespeleri i ett sensuellt färgstarkt bildspråk ger oss en unik inblick i kvinnor på den indiska landsbygdens tankar och hjärtan. En paradoxal hyllning till livet under hårda omständigheter som skapar både ilska och glädje, och ger bränsle till debatt så väl som hopp om förändring när den rör vid en brännande fråga som påverkar inte halva, utan hela vårt samhälle.

Bästa kortfilm: A Few Seconds av Nora El Hourch
Med hjälp av ett egensinnigt och djärvt berättande lyckas regissören skildra karaktärernas mänskliga egenskaper i det korta tidsformatet. Filmen är fylld av lager av känslor och vi är mycket spända på att följa denna nya talang i hennes fortsatta filmskapande.

Stockholm Rising Star: Aliette Opheim
Stockholm filmfestival Rising Star 2015 går till en skådespelare som besitter en djup känslighet och samtidigt en oerhörd styrka. Som kastar sig ut och gestaltar olikartade roller med stort mod och integritet. Med känslan att bära på en hemlighet.

Telia Film Award: Mediterranea av Jonas Carpignano
Med en varm, humanistisk hand har regissören skrivit och regisserat en starkt relevant och oväntat humoristisk film. En berättelse befolkad av skickligt sammansatta och komplext skildrade karaktärer och med en enastående huvudrollsinnehavare. En vacker film som mänskliggör upplevelsen av att leva idag och som ger en unik inblick i de erfarenheter som delas av många av de som flytt över Medelhavet.

FIPRESCI-priset: Macadam Stories av Samuel Benchetrit
FIPRESCI-priset går till en insiktsfull, melankolisk och ömsint komedi fylld med egensinnig, skruvad humor. Tre separata historier om storstadslivets ensamhet och längtan efter mänsklig närhet vävs sömlöst samman. De vackert tecknade och oerhört nyanserade berättelserna iscensätts i perfekt tempo samtidigt som de utmärkta skådespelarprestationerna låter karaktärernas mänsklighet skymta fram genom gliporna.

Stockholm Achievement Award: Ellen Burstyn
En ikon inom samtida amerikansk film, en djärv skådespelerska med stor integritet som har givit liv åt banbrytande karaktärer. Hennes framträdanden har lämnat ett bestående intryck av en obeveklig kamp för självständighet och frihet. Hon har kämpat mot det patriarkala samhället i Alice Bor Inte Här Längre, Satan i Exorcisten och missbrukets destruktiva kraft i Requiem for a Dream.

Stockholm Lifetime Achievement Award: Stephen Frears
Årets mottagare av Lifetime Achievement Award är en filmskapare som inte räds att ta ställning för de marginaliserade i samhället. Hans filmskapande spänner från politiska filmer med socialt patos till storslagna epos med de största namnen. Oavsett vilken form berättelsen tar visar Stephen Frears att han är en regissör med en genuin nyfikenhet inför människors livsöden.

Stockholm Visionary Award: Yorgos Lanthimos
Genom att blottlägga mänskliga relationer synliggör Yorgos Lanthimos perspektiv som är både utmanande och egensinniga. Hans filmer tar med publiken på en oförutsägbar resa från det till synes oskyldiga till det djupt hotande; från det banala till det omvälvande; från en idé om det romantiska till den totalitära ideologin. En filmisk resa som tvingar oss att upptäcka en obekväm spegling av vårt eget beteende, våra begär och vårt sätt att kommunicera. Och ändå kan vi inte sluta titta, och identifiera oss, med ett snett leende på läpparna. Det är utmärkande för en sann visionär.

1 km film-stipendiat: Jag vill nå dig av Victor Lindgren
Två syskon tvingas uthärda att deras föräldrars relation bryter samman. Regissören ställer en obekväm fråga till oss i publiken: kan ett barns överlevnadsinstinkt övervinna en förälders självdestruktivitet? Filmen använder en förfinad stil för att åstadkomma stark känslomässig effekt och regissören visar stort mod och potential.

iFestival Award: Tisure av Adrian Geyer
Framröstad av Stockholms filmfestivals besökare.

 

Bästa dokumentär: Behemoth av Liang Zhao

Stockholm, Nov. 22(Greenpost)–Behemoth av Liang Zhao vann Bästa dokumentär på Stockholm Film Festival.

Den som ger sig in här gör bäst i att lämna allt hopp bakom sig. Här har vi en filmskapare som gräver djupt i sitt ämnes schakt och visar oss det giriga monster som gömmer sig i vår destruktiva civilisation. På ett poetiskt, vackert och känslomässigt sätt avslöjar filmen ett helvete på jorden. Genom kraften i starka bilder, skickligt berättande och djup empati ges vi chansen att uppfatta och göra slut på förödelsen av vår jord och varandra. Äkta och djupt nödvändig.

Stockholm Impact Award: Leena Yadav, Parched
Strålande skådespeleri i ett sensuellt färgstarkt bildspråk ger oss en unik inblick i kvinnor på den indiska landsbygdens tankar och hjärtan. En paradoxal hyllning till livet under hårda omständigheter som skapar både ilska och glädje, och ger bränsle till debatt så väl som hopp om förändring när den rör vid en brännande fråga som påverkar inte halva, utan hela vårt samhälle.

中国导演赵亮的《悲兮摩兽》获斯德哥尔摩电影节最佳纪录片奖

北欧绿色邮报网报道(记者陈雪霏)--中国导演赵亮的纪录片《悲兮摩兽》在刚刚落下帷幕的斯德哥尔摩国际电影节上获得最佳纪录片奖。DSC_4558

赵亮在影片首映后回答观众的问题。  陈雪霏拍摄

他获奖的理由是“你到这里放弃一切希望。电影制作者深入挖掘主题,为我们展现的是隐藏在我们破坏性文明里的贪婪巨兽。这部电影用美丽动情和诗一般的方式揭示一种地球上的炼狱。 通过伟大的想象力,讲故事和同情心,让我们有机会认知我们应该停止这种对自然环境的滥用。纯真且非常有必要。”

赵亮出生于1971年,毕业于鲁迅美术学院和北京电影学院。他的纪录片在威尼斯电影节也倍受关注,因此立即入围斯德哥尔摩电影节。

同时,印度电影Parched反应的是印度某些地区的妇女权利依然没有保障,该影片获得斯德哥尔摩影响力奖。奖金100万克朗。

本届电影节的主题是流动人口。来自60个国家的190多部影片参加了斯德哥尔摩国际电影节。

 

Zhao Liang’s Behemoth wins best documentary at Stockholm Film Festival

By Xuefei Chen Axelsson

Stockholm, Nov. 22(Greenpost)–Zhao Liang’s documentary Behemoth  from China has won the best documentary award at 26th Stockholm International Film Festival.

The citation is ” 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.”

Zhao Liang was born in Liaoning and studied at Luxun Art Academy and Beijing Film Institute. He is an independent documentary film maker and director.

Meanwhile, Stockholm Impact Award  won by Leena Yadav, with her film Parched.
The citation is “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.”

The Stockholm Film Festival has just ended today after 11days of screening about 190 films from 70 countries. This year’s theme focuses on migration a lot.

 

Norwegian director Trier receives Bronze Horse at 2015 Stockholm Film Festival

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.

 

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

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。

IMG_9114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。

IMG_9128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。

IMG_9097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。

IMG_9147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。

IMG_9256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。

IMG_9273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。

IMG_9312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。

IMG_9169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。
IMG_9323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。
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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。
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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。
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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。
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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。
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 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

 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

Source Xinhua

Editor Xuefei Chen Axelsson

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

 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

Source Xinhua

Editor Xuefei Chen Axelsson

 

Commission to protect copyright of Beijing’s ACG industry

    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

 

China’s satellite expo held in Beijing

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