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今日头条:一场特殊的国庆招待会——甲板上的约会

北欧绿色邮报网报道(记者陈雪霏)—— 中国驻瑞典大使陈育明10月2日在出席斯德哥尔摩举办的一场特殊的国庆招待会-“甲板上的约会”时说,中国愿做忠实的和平守护者与世界经济发展的动力源,同国际社会一道共迎挑战,共享机遇,共创未来。

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他首先对中国海军护航编队的来访表示热烈欢迎,也对参加甲板上的招待会的中瑞客人表示欢迎。

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他说,当今世界新老挑战层出不穷,政局动荡,难民涌入,恐怖袭击,经济下行,金融波动,风浪面前,航海者应该如何应对。我们始终认为,支流无法使和平,发展与合作的时代大潮改向,逆流不能阻挡航船前行。

中国将加深同各国合作实现共同繁荣,共同面对挑战。

他说,中国海军在完成非洲之角亚丁湾的护航任务后首次访问瑞典,带来了真诚的友谊,双边互信增强,也表明了中国保卫世界和平的决心。我们将弘扬中瑞友谊。建交65年来,中瑞并肩行动,建立了一个互利互惠的合作模式,中瑞关系,世界和平与经济发展将迎来阳光明媚的春天。

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中国海军护航编队的指挥官王建勋致辞说:今天我们在中国海军军舰上隆重庆祝中华人民共和国成立66周年,暨中国海军152舰艇编队首次访问瑞典。这是个喜庆而值得纪念的日子。66年来,中国完成了从建国初期一穷二白,到现在基本消除贫困,国内人民生活水平明显改善,国际声誉和影响力不断提高,所取得的成就有目共睹。

近年来,通过海上护航,撤离海外公民,应急救援等海外行动,中国海军积极履行负责任大国义务,已经成为一只维护世界和平与稳定的不可或缺的重要力量。中国人民历来热爱和平。

“我们此次来访的目的也正是为了促进和平,传播友谊。”

与此同时,今天也是中瑞建交65周年,中瑞两国虽然相距遥远,但是友好交往历史源远流长,早在18世纪瑞典的哥德堡号航船就曾三次抵达中国,我们现在也期待着更多的哥德堡号驶向东方,驶向中国,驶向太阳升起的地方。

王建勋说,瑞典是第一个同中国建交的国家,是中国的很好的合作伙伴,我们非常珍惜这份友好的情谊。他对瑞典军方的周到安排表示赞赏,这些体现了中瑞之间的深厚感情。他说,在瑞典海军方面的支持下和中国驻瑞典大使馆的支持下,中国海军编队对瑞典的访问是成功的。

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瑞典卫生与体育大臣维克斯特伦致辞说:中国是瑞典在亚洲最大的贸易伙伴。中瑞双方贸易合作不断加强。瑞典有500多家公司在中国落户。中国也开始有越来越多的公司在瑞典投资。两国高层互访频繁。今年4月,我也去过北京,南京和上海访问考察推广我们的卫生部门。在健康卫生领域,中瑞可以合作,在研发和绿色科技,生命科学方面都可以加强合作。

出席招待会的还有瑞典国务秘书萨勒斯特朗德和斯特恩斯特罗姆,瑞典驻华大使馆武官马翔大校,中国大使馆武官徐俊,中国驻瑞大使馆政务参赞李军峰,教育参赞窦春祥,科技参赞程家怡,文化参赞浦正东,领事部主任郭延航,驻瑞典各国使节和武官,瑞典华人华侨和中资机构代表等500多人出席了这次别开生面的国庆招待会。

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中国海军编队队员为给大家助兴还表演了唢呐和茉莉花。华人歌唱家邹容美等也即兴演唱了《我爱你,中国》,《英雄赞歌》和《军港之夜》令在场的客人感到非常高兴,令华人华侨感到非常激动。

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中国海军护航编队于30日从芬兰抵达瑞典进行为期5天的访问。昨天他们还邀请瑞典海军到船上进行联欢。3日将对公众开放,人们可以登上甲板参观。中国海军护航编队是在完成亚丁湾的护航任务之后直接进行环球访问的。他们将在七大洲四大洋环行5个多月。

China Focus: China beefs up Food Safety Law

GUANGZHOU, Sept. 23 (Xinhua) — China is preparing a tougher Food Safety Law to come into effect on Oct. 1, said a senior official with China Food and Drug Administration (CFDA) on Tuesday.

Guo Wenqi made the remark at a seminar on food safety and rule of law in Guangzhou, capital city of south China’s Guangdong Province.

In April, the Standing Committee of China’s National People’s Congress (NPC), the country’s top legislature, adopted an amendment to the 2009 Food Safety Law with the heaviest civil, administrative and criminal penalties yet for offenders and their supervisors.

According to Guo Xiaoguang, head of CFDA Bureau of Investigation and Enforcement, the CFDA has been working with a dozen agencies, including financial institutions, taxation and fiscal departments, on dealing with serious food safety violators.

Enterprises that violate the revised law may face restrictions on loans, taxation, bidding and land use. The CFDA will also provide bigger rewards to whistleblowers.

Hua Jingfeng, deputy head of Public Order Administration at the Ministry of Public Security said, “We encourage tip-offs from the public and food industry associations.”

He said the ministry wants trained police specialized in food crime and so far 21 provincial public security departments have set up food safety teams.

Guan Yingshi from the SPC said people’s courts are taking measures to promote public awareness of food safety law. For example, trials of some notorious food crimes will be on live broadcast.

The Supreme People’s Procuratorate will take action over neglect of duty in food production as well as safety supervision.

“By analyzing the underlying causes of the cases through investigations and trials and drawing lesson from them, the SPP will be able to give advice and help businesses set up regulations and fix loopholes,” said Huo Yapeng of the SPP. Enditem

 

 

China gains contract on feasibility study for Indian high-speed railway

BEIJING, Sept. 23 (Xinhua) — A consortium of Chinese and Indian companies will conduct a feasibility study for a high-speed railroad linking New Delhi and Mumbai, China Railway Corporation (CRC) said on Wednesday.

The Third Railway Survey and Design Institute Group Corporation, a subsidiary of CRC, will work with Indian firms, dispatching rail experts to initiate the study for the 1,200-km railway, CRC said.

India has invited global tenders for three high-speed rails, including the New Delhi-Mumbai railway, in December and attracted 12 consortiums from 7 countries bidding for the contracts.

CRC said China’s railway technology is reliable and adaptive and has lower price/performance ratio.

China now has around 17,000 km of fast tracks, accounting for more than 60 percent of the world’s total. Enditem

China to champion eco-vehicles with favorable policies

BEIJING, Sept. 23 (Xinhua) — China has further proved it is committed to cutting harmful emissions with a slew of measures to support electric vehicles, according to a State Council statement on Wednesday.

To promote growth of the burgeoning sector, more charging stations and inter-city fast-charge stations should be built, according to the statement released after a State Council executive meeting presided over by Premier Li Keqiang.

New residential complexes should ensure that all parking lots have charging facilities or space should be left for such facilities, while no less than 10 percent of parking lots in large public buildings or public car lots should have charging facilities, the statement said.

The government said it would welcome private investment in the project, it said.

China will provide tax and land support, allow privately-owned parks to collect fees and support favorable financing options for construction projects, according to the statement.

The new energy vehicle sector in China has seen explosive growth in the past two years, thanks to subsidies and tax cuts.

In the first eight months of this year, sales of new energy vehicles surged 270 percent to 108,654 vehicles, according to the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers. Enditem

 

中国驻瑞使馆合唱团参加瑞典侨界抗战歌会

北欧绿色邮报网报道(记者陈雪霏)——瑞典华人联合会27日举办抗战歌会,由中国驻瑞典大使馆梦想合唱团压轴领唱《义勇军进行曲》的一幕把歌会推向高潮。

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IMG_8471中国驻瑞典大使陈育明在接受本网记者采访时说,“纪念抗战胜利和世界反法西斯70周年的活动非常有意义。我们使馆梦想合唱团参加侨界的这次演出是为了纪念抗战70周年,用我们自己微薄的力量为抗战胜利贡献一点力量,最主要的是为了铭记历史,永存和平,它的政治意义非常重大,所以能参加这次活动,我们感到非常高兴”。

据了解,使馆全馆人员包括梦想合唱团团长白晓梅参赞,政务参赞李军峰,经济参赞李光军,教育参赞窦春祥,领事部主任郭延航等都参加了大合唱。在他们的领唱下,观众全体起立合唱《义勇军进行曲》,真的唱出了心声,唱出了激情,唱出了精神。

IMG_8493瑞典华人联合会名誉会长王吉生在接受本网记者采访时表示,华联去年就计划在今年搞这个主题的活动。

“2009年的中秋节是我们华联成立的日子,今年此时我们要庆祝华联成立6周年,中华人民共和国成立66周年和抗战胜利70周年。我们把这些都放到一块,但突出的一个主题,那就是抗战胜利70周年。因为我们知道全国人民都重视这件事,海外华人自然也重视。没想到大使馆对我们的这次活动也这么重视,这么投入,他们花了很大的力量。”王吉生说。

王吉生非常感动,发自肺腑地说,“尽管华联提前三个月开始落实早已制定的计划,但真正得到使馆的确认,答应来参加演唱,也就一个月左右的时间。在杨筱音老师的指挥和王路老师的伴奏下,使馆的梦想合唱团作为一个非专业的合唱团,唱出了专业水平。尤其是第二支歌曲《在太行山上》,这是在合唱技术上有一定难度的歌,他们演绎得别具一格。”

IMG_8451“使馆真的给了我一个意外(惊喜),他们演唱的时候,我就在舞台边上,他们的演唱给人一种震撼力,就象一支军队发出的声音一样,那么雄壮有力。他们是一支不穿军装,不配刀枪,从事世界和平的特种部队。这支队伍延续了新中国外交战线60多年来的传统。新中国的第一代大使,就是共和国第一代的将军。他们给中国外交队伍打下了很好的基础。他们的歌声使我们在场的华人都深受鼓舞。领我们唱国歌的时候, 不管大人孩子,都很激动。有他们的参与,有这种互动,让我们感到有一种能量,作为组织者,我觉得收获太大了,太有震撼力了。”

平时一向要求比较严格,非常爱讲也敢讲实话的王吉生今天自己也对演唱会非常满意。他说: 我们今天歌会的另一个亮点是有俄罗斯和塞尔维亚两个协会来支持我们。

IMG_8477本次抗战歌会持续90分钟,分三个部分,抗战前期,歌曲有王乃宁独唱的《松花江上》,冯昭旋演唱的《重整河山待后生》,女高音歌唱家邹容美演唱的《黄河怨》,斯德哥尔摩华人合唱团演唱的《到敌人后方去》,李佳演唱的《太阳出来照四方》。

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俄罗斯协会演出后合影。                               陈雪霏拍摄

第二部分是国际统一战线,俄罗斯协会演唱了《喀秋莎》等曲目,塞尔维亚协会表演了美丽的民间舞蹈。

第三部分包括杨筱音的《梅娘曲》,男生四重唱《游击队之歌》,张利明演唱的《黄河颂》,双焱钢琴伴奏,中国大使馆压轴曲《保卫黄河》和《在太行山上》,并带领全体观众演唱《义勇军进行曲》。尤其是陈大使的朗诵更是给人留下深刻印象。

IMG_8483俄罗斯协会主席塞格尔女士在接受记者采访时说,“我们来演出是为了我们的中国朋友。我们有很长的交往历史,中国朋友经常参加我们的活动,所以我们今天也愿意为他们来演唱,这次还赶上中国的重要节日(中秋节,国庆节)。我觉得我们应该多多合作,因为它促进团结一致,增进了解和相互理解。今年五月份我们搞了一个大活动,是俄罗斯庆祝反法西斯卫国战争胜利70周年,我们当时邀请了中国协会的朋友。我们需要结交新朋友,我们将举行新的更大的活动,请大家听我们的好消息。

IMG_8473瑞典华人艺术家协会会长,著名华人女高音歌唱家邹容美在接受记者采访时说,“瑞典华人艺术家协会是华联的一个协会。一个月之前,大家都在庆祝二战胜利70周年,华联说我们要以歌来庆祝胜利,所以就和俄罗斯和塞尔维亚协会一起举办这场国际抗战歌会。由于时间比较紧,波兰和印度协会没有来得及参加。不过,在大使馆的大力支持下,我们的歌会也还是很成功的。”

据王吉生介绍,华联在瑞典全境有14个分会共有1100多个会员。

采访图片由丹妮拍摄。

 

 

 

欲了解新中国的第一任将军大使的故事,请看下面的链接:

http://dangshi.people.com.cn/n/2015/0429/c85037-26923188.html

 

 

Chinese acrobatics performance by Wang Qiang–Absolutely Challenging

By Xuefei Chen Axelsson

Stockholm, Sept. 25(Greenpost)–Chinese acrobatic performer Wang Qiang gave an excellent performance on Thursday in Stockholm.  This is one of the programs performed by Cultural China’s European Tour for overseas Chinese.

Filmed by Xuefei Chen Axelsson, on Sept. 24, 2015.

专家访谈:斯德哥尔摩水奖获得者印度水专家辛格

北欧绿色邮报记者陈雪霏专访印度水专家辛格。今年56岁的辛格本来是学医的,但是,被分到农村当医生时,当地农民说,我们不需要医生,我们更需要水,我们要你给我们治水。于是他和当地村民一起修河修渠,植树治水,收集雨水,经过30多年的努力,他已经恢复了7条河,让1200个小村庄都有水喝,而且年轻人又回到村里种菜了。新农村就这样建立起来了。

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视频链接如下:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KNvF9pvRJQI

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KNvF9pvRJQI

摄像丹妮。

专访瑞典生物能协会CEO古斯塔夫.梅林

北欧绿色邮报网报道(记者陈雪霏)--瑞典生物能协会9月16-17日在斯德哥尔摩阿兰达机场举行高级生物燃料大会,吸引了欧美几十家政府,企业和科研单位人事进行研讨和经验交流。期间,北欧绿色邮报记者陈雪霏采访了协会首席执行官梅林先生。

梅林表示,瑞典决定在2030年在交通运输领域实现零排放,因此,需要大量提高生物能源的使用。瑞典及北欧都有这个优势。目前瑞典交通部门的生物能使用已经达到12%。

他希望欧盟能够同意成员国利用税收调节来激励生物能源的使用。

McDonald’s offers online reservations in Sweden

Stockholm, Sept. 22(Greenpost)–For the very first time, McDonald’s offers online reservations. Selected restaurants across the country now offer guests the option to book a table and be waited upon – offering burger lovers an entirely new way of experiencing the new Maestro Classic gourmet burger. Starting tonight, September 22nd, dinner reservations are available for selected evenings.

Sweden is the first country in the world where McDonald’s will offer table booking service.

“We have a very exciting and tasty new premium hamburger coming to our restaurants, the Maestro Classic, so we wanted to give our most loyal customers a unique and memorable experience when they try the Maestro hamburger for the very first time. They’ve never had the opportunity to ‘book a table’ at their favourite restaurant in Sweden. With the new Maestro burger, we thought it was the right time to give them a chance to do so”, says Jeff Jackett Director of Marketing at McDonald’s Sweden.

Bookings can be made at more than 30 McDonald’s restaurants all around Sweden. Parties will be served a two course meal with the new gourmet burger as the main course. Reservations are handled through Bookatable at www.bookatable.se/mcdonalds

“We provide reservation services for a wide range of food establishments, from neighbourhood bistros and local favourites to Michelin starred restaurants. It was a natural choice to team up with McDonald’s Sweden to help them launch this globally pioneering initiative, offering online reservations for a limited period of time. We want to encourage everyone to take this opportunity to experience the new gourmet burger in this special way,” says Jonas Carlén, Commercial Director at Bookatable Sweden.

Table booking is available from September 22nd for selected dates between September 25th and October 2nd.

Zhejiang Hangzhou Jianggan Delegation visits Tillväxtverket

By Xuefei Chen Axelsson

Stockholm, Sept. 21(Greenpost)–Zhejiang Hangzhou Jianggan District Delegation has visited Swedish Agency for Economic and Regional Growth.

DSC_2442Jacob Bemgård, Financial Officer for Enterprise Europe Network in Sweden, Henrik Arwidsson, Project Manager for Business Support and Stefan Nordin Project Manager from Tillväxtverket gave a brief introduction about Swedish overall industry and trade, Voucher for Internationalization,  Enterprise Europe Network and the cooperation product web page www.verksamt.se.

The six member delegation was impressed by Swedish way of helping SME’s to develop and to go abroad.

Cai Jianyun, Vice Mayor of Jianggan District Government in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province said he welcomed Swedish Game’s industry to go to his district because it is located in a very important area where there is good conditions for game’s development.

Cai said he was also impressed by Swedish measures to take care of gender equality and equality in general for both Swedish residents and immigrants. Back in Chinese cities like Hangzhou, there are also many rural immigrant workers working in the cities, but their children cannot enjoy the same treatment as the urban residents’ children. This is something they are going to strive for.

They also welcome Swedish enterprises to settle down in Jianggan for Swedish export to China or Chinese export to Sweden.

Cai said the purpose for their visit is also to improve mutual understanding and establish important contacts for the future.

According to Henrik Arwidsson, Sweden has made good use of its own resources, for example the cold climate can be turned into hot business, one good example is that Facebook’s computers and Data center is located in northern city Luleå.  Sweden has been investing in music since long time ago, so there has been famous bands like ABBA , Roxette and many others.  In recent years, the Game industry such as Minecraft is prosperous. And these are all for export.  Let alone they also supported green tech companies to export.

Tillväxtverket also directly gave SMEs grants for development and export.

China Voice: Party leadership is “safety valve” for SOE

BEIJING, Sept. 15 (Xinhua) — The leadership and supervision of the Communist Party of China (CPC) over China’s state-owned enterprises (SOEs) are a “safety valve,” not shackles, on SOE development.
The website of the CPC Central Commission for Discipline Inspection (CCDI) on Tuesday published reports by the China Nuclear Engineering Co. Ltd. (CNEC) and several other enterprises on their efforts to correct problems found by CCDI inspection teams.
The CCDI sent inspection teams to 25 centrally administered SOEs and conducted discipline checks from March to May.
It set up a special section on its website last week to publish the responses of the SOEs, including the CNEC, the China National Petroleum Corporation and the State Development and Investment Corporation, to the problems found by CCDI inspectors.
Problems that the companies vowed to address included unfair transactions, cronyism, violations in decision-making processes and other acts of corruption, according to the reports published so far.
In their reports, the SOEs pledged to strengthen anti-corruption precautions including enhanced management of funds and projects, stricter supervision over selection of officials, intensified auditing and internal rule enforcement.
Also last week, the CCDI announced that Song Lin, former chairman of the state-owned China Resources, was expelled from the CPC after the commission found he had taken advantage of his post to seek promotions and benefit businesses for others in exchange for bribes.
CPC authorities’ efforts to supervise, punish offenders and root out corruption fit the requirements of the rule of law and they will promote, not hinder, the establishment of a modern enterprise system within SOEs and benefit their long-term development.
The anti-corruption and discipline drive is expected to ensure effective SOE reform and remove obstructions to change.
China on Sunday unveiled a guideline to deepen SOE reforms featuring measures to modernize the companies, enhance state assets management, promote mixed ownership and prevent the erosion of state assets.
The guideline noted that supervision will be intensified both from inside and outside SOEs to prevent abuse of power and the erosion of state-owned assets. A mechanism for accountability will be established to track violations, including corruption and embezzlement.
Proper oversight of SOE operations will also help maintain sound market order as the health of SOEs and related sectors is important to the Chinese economy.
As such, the leadership and supervision of the CPC act as a “safety valve” to make sure enterprises, as well as the Chinese economy, stay on track.
It should be noted that management and supervision by authorities should not turn into meddling in SOE operations.
Such concerns, however, can be answered by the CPC’s pledge to check the use of power and respect market forces in the economy.  Enditem

News Analysis: New reforms open China’s borders and business

BEIJING, Sept. 16 (Xinhua) — China is working to open its economy wider to the world as persistent headwinds threaten to derail growth.
Promoting opening up while pushing forward reforms will add new impetus and vitality, President Xi Jinping said at a meeting of a group tasked with steering reforms on Tuesday.
In an effort to do so, several new guidelines including a negative list regulating market access, easier green card applications for foreigners and allowing border areas to explore new business models were adopted at the 16th Meeting of the Central Leading Group for Deepening Overall Reform.
China will further expand on its negative list to identify sectors and businesses that are off-limits for investment and gradually improve the list through pilot programs. The list has been piloted in the Shanghai Free Trade Zone since 2013.
To live up to its promise of “letting the market play a decisive role in resource allocation,” the government vowed efforts to delegate powers to the enterprises and let them decide how to run their businesses in sectors that do not appear on the negative list.
The list approach is intended to give freedom for foreign investors as any sectors not banned on the list are open for investment.
It is also a critical part of protracted talks between China and the United States on a bilateral investment treaty (BIT). After rounds of talks since 2008, the two sides began discussing implementation of a negative list since June. An agreement would mean a breakthrough on the BIT deal.
According to Tuesday’s statement, it will be easier for foreigners to apply for permanent residence permits, or green cards, by simplifying requirements and streamlining the application procedure.
China only issued around 5,000 permanent residence permits between 2004, when the green card policy was introduced, and 2012. That compares with about 600,000 total foreigners living in the country, most on medium- or long-term visas.
The statement also said China will allow border areas to explore new models of cross-border economic cooperation and new mechanisms for promoting regional growth.
Compared to coastal areas in eastern China, border areas in the west lag behind in terms of opening up, said Shi Benye, a professor at Jilin University.
To fix that, authorities will increase infrastructure construction in border areas, improve local tourism and ramp up fiscal and taxation support, according to the statement.
Experts believe there is vast potential waiting to be unlocked in China’s border areas.
For example, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region can play a key role in the country’s cooperation with the ASEAN member countries. Yunnan and Xinjiang can leverage their geographical advantages to forge closer business ties with neighboring countries.
China’s northeastern “rust belt” provinces and Inner Mongolia can work to tap northeast Asia.
Guangxi has achieved a 13.3 percent growth in exports in the first eight months, compared to a 1.6 percent drop in China’s total exports during the same period, statistics show.
Guangxi’s fast growth in exports is closely related to its increased efforts to promote border trade, especially with ASEAN countries, according to Wang Dongtang, an official with the Ministry of Commerce.
In the next five years, China will seek to advance the opening up of its border areas under the guidance of state-level development strategies such as the Belt and Road Initiative and the Yangtze River Economic Belt development plan, said Huang Shengqiang, an official of the General Administration of Customs.
“The government will not change its policy toward foreign investment, and will continue to protect the lawful interests of foreign-funded companies and provide better services for them,” said a statement issued after Tuesday’s meeting.
With a cooling domestic property market and falling external demand amid a tepid global recovery, China’s economy has hit a soft patch, growing only 7 percent in the first six months, the slowest pace in nearly a quarter of a century and a far cry from the double-digit expansion in previous decades.
The official growth target for 2015 is around 7 percent.  Enditem

China outbound direct investment jumps 18.2 pct

 BEIJING, Sept. 16 (Xinhua) — China’s non-financial outbound direct investment (ODI) continued to see robust growth in the first eight months of 2015 as investment to countries along the Belt and Road surges, the Ministry of Commerce (MOC) said on Wednesday.

The ODI rose 18.2 percent to 473.4 billion yuan (74.3 billion U.S. dollars) during the January-August period, according to MOC spokesman Shen Danyang. In August alone, outbound investment came in at 13.5 billion U.S. dollars, up 7 percent year on year. Chinese companies’ ODI to Hong Kong, the United States, Singapore and Australia surpassed one billion U.S. dollars in the first eight months, while those to countries along the Belt and Road jumped 48.2 percent to 10.73 billion U.S. dollars during the period.

The Belt and Road refers to the Silk Road Economic Belt and the 21st Century Maritime Silk Road, proposed by China in 2013 with the goal of boosting trade and investment between Asia and Europe. The network incorporates more than 60 countries and regions, with a total population of 4.4 billion.

China revised an ODI regulation last October, streamlining procedures and allowing domestic enterprises to invest in more sectors abroad.

China became a net capital exporter for the first time last year when ODI outnumbered foreign direct investment (FDI). ODI grew 14.1 percent in 2014, eclipsing the 1.7-percent FDI growth.

Wednesday’s data also showed China’s service trade totalled 370.3 billion U.S. dollars in the first seven months of 2015, rising 14.1 percent from the same period last year.  Enditem