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Slower rise in Chinese studying overseas pose for phot
The number of Chinese studying abroad grew at a slower rate in 2018 compared with 2017, as more students have come to realize
that overseas study does not necessarily guarantee a well-paid job on foreign shores, or back home, education experts said.
In 2018, 662,100 Chinese went abroad to study, up 8.83 percent from a year earlier, w
hile the growth rate was 11.7 percent in 2017, according to the Ministry of Education.
Ran Wei, vice-president of New Channel International Education
Group, said that while one should not read too much into the lower growth rate last year because of the la
rge base in 2017, the major motivation for Chinese students going abroad seems to be evolving.
The main driver now for enrolling in offshore schools is to make re
sumes more attractive for job searches back in China rather than seeking a new life abroad.
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Mapping of parathyroid hormone to help patients of os
Scientists have for the first time seen clearly the dynamic structure of the receptor of human parathyroid hormone, of which the s
ecretion is closely related to diseases including osteoporosis, hypoparathyroidism, and cachexia.
The revelation provides valuable insights into discovering novel therap
eutics against such diseases, the group of researchers said at a media briefing on Friday.
Patients of osteoporosis, who the National Health Commission in October said number nearly 20 percent of Chin
ese over the age of 50, need to take medicines stimulating the human parathyroid hormone receptor.
As such medicines are polypeptide, they can only be injected rather than being orally ta
ken, which can trigger a reaction with enzymes in the mouth and become ineffective, researchers said.
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Liu made the remarks during his meeting with US Presi
dent Donald Trump at the White House Oval Office.
The vice premier, who is heading the Chinese trade negotiation te
am, conveyed greetings and a message from President Xi Jinping to President Trump.
In the message, Xi said that new substantial progress has been made on the text of the China-US economic and trade agreement in the past month or so.
Xi encouraged the two sides to maintain the spirit of mutual respect, equality and mutual benefit, and resolve issues of mutual
concern so as to conclude the negotiations on the agreement text as soon as possible.
Xi also said that a healthy and stable development of China-US relations needs, in partic
ular, their strategic leadership, and that he is ready to keep close contact with Trump through various means.
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Han lived in a 130-square-meter house before m
ng Wu. He planned to invite her to move in, but Wu didn’t want to leave her apartmen
t at the Social Welfare Institute of Wuhan in Jianghan district, where she had been residing for four years. So Han move
d to the institute, into an apartment across from Wu. He would call her every morning and they would eat three meals together.
On Nov 1, 2018, the two tied the knot. Han gave Wu a one-karat diamond ring at their wedding ceremony.
he institute arranged for them a suite, which has turned into a cozy home with their careful arrangement. Han’s books, newspap
ers and magnifying glasses and Wu’s handwork sit on the desk, while Han’s favorite calligraphy works hang on the wall.
Wu learns singing during the day and Han reads newspapers. When he plays Chinese che
ss, she sits and watches him. Sometimes they do handwork together, watch the TV news and order takeout food.
Han said he did astronomy research when he was young and Wu did oil exploration
, both areas requiring field work, so they have a lot of common topics to talk about every day.
On Thursday afternoon, they shot their wedding photos at the garden of the Social Welfare Institute. Han said, “I’m so happy.”
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According to state-run news agency Xinhua, recession-hit Ital
it Italy formed a China Task Force in October to investigate economic opportunities in China including the possibility of endorsing the initiative.
China’s ambassador to Italy, Li Ruiyi, attended the first
meeting of the task force in Italy and spoke positively about bilateral relations.
”Italy and China were linked by the ancient Silk Road in the past. We expect the Task Force to help strengthen the two cou
ntries’ cooperation under the Belt and Road Initiative and contributing to a closer EU-China relationship,” Li said.
Asked about the possible announcement, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Lu Kang told reporters Wed
nesday “an increasing number of countries and international organizations” wanted to take part.
”More and more of them have found this is indeed a very good platform for mutually beneficial cooperation since the Belt an
d Road was proposed six years ago. And we will release any information about this in time once we have it,” he said.
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The ministry has promised to track the illegal disposal of w
But what about the trash that has already been dumped in South Korea — such as the smoldering heap in Uiseong?
The government has said it will relax regulations on incineration to allow for disposal, but that move has not thrilled environmental groups.
Kim Mi-kyung, of Greenpeace Korea, says incineration “creates various environmental and health problems like greenhouse gases and toxic substances.”
”If we expand the (use of) incinerators, the plastic use will expand with it, because it w
ill be easy to just burn them,” she says, adding that the problem needs to be tackled at the production level.
South Korea is one of the world’s biggest plastic consumers.
In 2015, it consumed almost 300 pounds (132 kilograms) of plastic
per capita, surpassing both the US and China at 205 and 128 pounds (93 and 58 kg), resp
ectively, according to Euromap,an association for plastics and rubber machinery manufacturers.
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He said Bayer will remain committed to bring innovative
products, optimize integrated solutions for various crops, and provide
training to farmers to help them master the most suitable methods and get better returns.
“One of our future priorities will be to help growers better understa
nd the data from their own fields and use the insights in their farm management,” Huang said.
Speaking of the sustainable development of agriculture, Madrazo re
viewed the profound transformation that agriculture has experienced in the past 20 years.
“Farmers today are more aware that they need to do agronomic practices that are more precise, conserve natural resources and pro
duce more food in the same piece of land. The more we are able to produce food in the same piece of land, the more we
are saving trees and the more we are preserving bio-diversity, the environment has a better chance to thrive.”
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Austrian companies embrace China’s winter sports sector
According to the ambitious plan released by the General Admi
nistration of Sport of China in 2016 to construct winter sports infrastructure and popularize winter spor
ts, at least 650 skating rinks and 800 ski resorts are expected to be build nationwide by 2022.
By 2025, about 300 million people in the country are expected to participate in winter
sports, increasing the market value of the winter sports sector to 1 trillion yuan.
Driven by multiple momentums, China has witnessed rapid growth in the winter sports ind
ustry in recent years, such as venue facilities, training, tourism and equipment sectors, said Peng Weiyong, dep
uty director general of Finance Department at the General Administration of Sports.
Winter sports has become a booster for China’s sports industry and even economic development, Peng added.
By the end of June 2018, the total number of ski resorts in China rose to 738, an increase of 70 or 10.5 percent over
the same period in 2017. The number of indoor ice rinks totaled 334, an increase of 75 or 29 percent year-on-yea
r increase. In 2018, 19.7 million people participated in skiing, up 12.6 percent year-on-year.
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hina releases grand plan for the Guangdong-HoKong
China on Monday released a grand plan for the development of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, aiming to build a global economic and te
chnological powerhouse in the country’s south region that could be on par with bay areas in New York and San Francisco.
The development plan for the Greater Bay Area, which was released by the State Council, China’s cabinet, outlined China’s eff
orts to build an open community for coordinated innovation in the region, develop quality innovation and t
echnology carriers and platforms, and enhance the environment for innovation in the region.
The Greater Bay Area, which spans nine cities in South China’s Guangdong Province as well as H
ong Kong and Macao, the two special administrative regions, with a total GDP of $1.5 trillion i
n 2017, will become a new frontier for China’s fresh round of reform and opening-up, experts said.
Chen Xinxin, a research fellow at the Institute of Law of the Chinese
Academy of Social Sciences, told the Global Times on Monday that the development t
imetable for the area as shown in the guideline, an important outline document guiding the current and future co
operation and development of the Greater Bay Area, is in line with the nation’s economic and technological development.
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sights ranking places six Chinese artificial intelligence
ina is racing to the forefront of the global artificial intelligence sector, with six domestic companies earning their place on a recent list of the top 100 AI startups in the world.
