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Excellent Performance for Big Dreams Ten representatives from centrally administered state-owned enterprises receive awards for the dedicated and innovative spirit of front-line staff on June 21. Rising Innovative Ranking China has moved up the list of the world’s top 25 innovative economies, rising three notches from 25 to 22, with strong performance in several indicators, according to the latest Global Innovation Index (GII). China’s technological innova-tions have made headlines in recent months, from the launch of its first X-ray space telescope to observe black holes and development of the world’s first quantum computing machine, to the debut of its home-grown C919 passenger jet and its successful sampling of combustible ice. Jointly released by the World Intellectual Property Organization, Cornell University, and INSEAD, the 2017 GII is in its 10th edition…

Comments to wanghairong@bjreview.com Binhu Century Community is a cluster of vibrant highrises near Chaohu Lake, the fifth largest freshwater lake in China, located in Hefei, capi-tal of east China’s Anhui Province. Nourished by the humid weather, the plants here are exuberant and refreshingly verdant, adding color and vitality to the neighborhood. Ni Dalei, a senior resident, resides in one of the highrises. Ni is the leader of a Communist Party of China (CPC) members’ group based in his building. At least once every month, group members meet at his home, usually around the rectangular dining table in the living room. The community has 189 such building- based CPC members’ groups, which play an important role in community governance, said Shu Hongying, Party chief of the community. Currently over 6,300 CPC…

Comments to liuyunyun@bjreview.com The author is an op-ed contributor to Beijing Review and a researcher with the Chinese Academy of International Trade and Economic Cooperation In early June, several Arab states including Saudi Arabia, Egypt and the United Arab Emirates (UAE), along with some countries in South Asia and Africa, one after another declared the severance of diplomatic relations with Qatar, mirroring the chronic discord be-tween Qatar and Saudi Arabia and other Gulf Arab states. Multiple factors underlie the disharmony: the contradiction between Saudi Arabia’s attempt to maintain its prominent position in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) and Qatar’s rising ambitions; complicated conflicts over religious issues and economic interests; the desire of Saudi Arabia’s rulers to display a “daring and resolute” image; and U.S. President Donald Trump’s admin- istration’s dislike…

Comments to zhouxiaoyan@bjreview.com Liu Ying can hardly remember the last time she had a free weekend. As the person in charge of business develop-ment at MAMALOOK, a Beijing-based company providing English language training to kids, the 29-year-old saw her workload increase drasti- cally over the past few months together with the rapid expansion of her business. “My schedule is so tight. Our English training solution is in high demand and investors are beating down my door to be- come franchisees,” Liu said. Since its first language training outlet opened in May 2014, MAMALOOK, which serves children aged two to 12, has expanded its franchise network to 51 locations across China, with another 20 under negotiation. This mirrors the Chinese private sec- tor’s growing interest in education services over the past…

Athletes holding their national flags take an oath of fair play at the opening ceremony of the 2017 BRICS Games in Guangzhou, south China’s Guangdong Province, on June 17. Nearly 300 athletes from five countries—China, Russia, Brazil, India and South Africa—competed in three major sporting disciplines—basketball, volleyball and martial arts—during the four-day event. As the first event of its kind, the games highlight people-to-people exchanges between BRICS countries and enrich this year’s BRICS cooperation. The ninth BRICS Summit will be held in the coastal city of Xiamen, southeast China’s Fujian Province, in September.…

UNITED KINGDOM The Royal Horseguards make their way back to Buckingham Palace after Trooping the Colour, Queen Elizabeth II’s 91st birthday parade, in London on June 17 BELGIUM A soldier stands guard in a cordonedoff area outside Brussels Central Station after an explosion in the station on June 20. There were no casualties except for the suspected bomber, who was shot and killed by police SOUTH KOREA The second annual meeting of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank’s board of governors opens in Jeju on June 16 LATVIA Latvia holds a welcome ceremony for NATO forces at a training camp in Adazi on June 19, marking the completion of the deployment of NATO’s multinational battle force in the country FRANCE President Emmanuel Macron greets supporters after voting at the city hall…

CISDI Group Co. Ltd. (CISDI) is a key subsidiary of China Metallurgical Group Corp. (MCC Group), one of the world’s top 500 enterprises, affiliated to China Minmetals Corp. It is an international metallurgical engineering service provider combining technological research and development, overall planning, high-end advisory, project design, project contracting, supply of complete sets of equipment, project supervision and operation services. It is an important part of MCC Group’s “national team” in metallurgical construction and operation services. Headquartered in Chongqing, CISDI employs more than 4,000 people and has over 20 branches in major cities in China including Beijing, Shanghai, Xi’an and Chengdu, as well as in the United Kingdom, Brazil, Viet Nam, Turkey and Malaysia. The company is equipped with a complete engineering design and consultation system, the capability of integrating…

Comments to dengyaqing@bjreview.com Melting ice caps, biological extinction, and a deteriorating ecological environ- ment—the dangers of global warming are looming over the horizon. In response, at an executive meeting of the State Council on June 14, Chinese policy- makers decided to set up pilot zones for green finance in Guangdong, Guizhou, Jiangxi and Zhejiang provinces as well as Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. The decision was made in order to gain experience in boosting the new fi- nancial pattern that could later on be replicated and adopted throughout the country. The meeting highlighted the role of finance in improving the environment and pointed out that energy efficiency is of great significance to economic restructuring as well as to foster-ing a shift in the country’s development model and ecological habits. Moreover, it…

China’s economic growth held steady in the first five months as key service indicators rose rapidly, suggesting that structural upgrades have cushioned long-term downward pressure. “Led by supply-side structural reform and innovation-driven strategy, the national economy continued to grow steadily in May,” said Liu Aihua, spokeswoman of the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) on June 14. “Backed by structural upgrades, we are confident of continued growth in the future.” The NBS reported 8.1-percent growth for the service sector in May, flat with April and extending the rally since the beginning of the year. The data confirmed that the ongo- ing growth model transition was providing new impetus to the world’s second largest economy. NBS data shows that the service sector has taken up a bigger share of the GDP than…

Going to the Mat Enthusiasts take part in a yoga session in Xuanen County, Hubei Province, on the eve of International Yoga Day, which was observed on June 21. Ambitious Beijing Beijing aims to become a top inter-national city over the next five years. Energy-intensive, heavily polluting industries will be phased out and the density of PM2.5 airborne particles will be reduced, according to the city’s new develop-ment goals unveiled at the 12th Beijing Municipal Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC), which started on June 19. The city will improve the environment and promote green production and lifestyles, said Cai Qi, Secretary of the CPC Beijing Municipal Committee. In a report, Cai listed the goals: taking the lead in building an all-round prosperous society, making the 2022 Winter…

Vongthep Arthakaivalvatee, Deputy Secretary General of ASEAN for SocioCultural Community, talks to Beijing Review reporter Li Nan about ChinaASEAN educational cooperation on the sidelines of a symposium where ASEAN education ministers and Peking University faculty discussed potential opportunities for cooperation, in Beijing on June 19. This is an edited version of the interview: Beijing Review: You’ve served in various international organizations and mainly dealt with international affairs. Now as deputy secretary general for social and cultural affairs who often leads delegations of educa-tion ministers to China and other countries, how do you find education different from other aspects in international relations? Vongthep Arthakaivalvatee: Education is something that permeates through society, tar-geting people directly. International relations are about how different nations conduct relations with one another. We are looking at how…

Comments to yanwei@bjreview.com A story about a well-known Beijing academic has gone viral after a female passenger on a subway train accused him of sexual harassment. The incident, which took place in late May, saw 65-year-old Zhong Jun (not his real name) deny the woman’s accusations in a subway train in Beijing and, after she insisted, he slapped her. Finally, Zhong was given five days’ detention for slapping the woman, which was later suspended because of his poor health condition. But for Zhong, the worst was yet to come. Someone posted his personal information including his cellphone number, workplace, e-mail address and photos on social media, and his nightmare began. Soon after his personal information was leaked, he received thousands of calls and 500- 600 texts daily for weeks. “Till…

Comments to wangjun@bjreview.com In the first five months this year, China’s output of industrial robots grew by 50.4 per-cent over a year ago, according to the latest figures from the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS). As China’s demographic dividend—a rapid increase in the proportion of working-age population—vanishes and industrial upgrading advances, labor-intensive human jobs are being taken over by robots in the Yangtze River Delta and the Pearl River Delta. Given the fact that China’s robot density is far below the world average, this is creating unprecedented opportunities for the country’s robot industry. Furious growth From 2010 to 2016, China’s industrial robot market soared five-fold and since 2013, China has become the world’s largest robot market. Its market share has risen from one fifth of the world’s total in 2013…

CISDI Group Co. Ltd. (CISDI), a subsidiary of China Metallurgical Group Corp. (MCC Group), is a major force in MCC Group’s efforts in forming China’s “national team” in metallurgical construction. It is among the first batch of Chinese metallurgical enterprises going abroad for international cooperation. It is currently focusing on countries involved in the Belt and Road Initiative and has actively promoted international cooperation on indus-trial capacity and equipment. It has undertaken a number of iron and steel projects in Viet Nam, India, Malaysia, Turkey, etc., and played a backbone role as a state-owned enterprise. Recently, the Formosa Ha Tinh Steel Corp. (FHS) successfully put into operation in Viet Nam the only newly built iron and steel plant overseas with an annual production capacity surpassing 10 million tons in the…