The Sixth CIIE is ready to welcome the world

A total of 154 countries, regions and international organizations have confirmed their participation in the sixth edition of China International Import Expo (CIIE), which will take place from Nov 5 to 10 in Shanghai.

As the world’s first national-level import-themed trade fair, the CIIE will once again comprise a business exhibition, a country exhibition, the Hongqiao International Economic Forum, a number of supporting activities as well as people-to-people cultural exchange events.

This year’s Business Exhibition will feature 289 of the world’s top 500 enterprises and industry giants, including the world’s top 15 automotive brands, top 10 industrial electrical companies, top 10 medical device companies, three major mining giants, four major grain traders and five major shipping companies. Some 1,500 small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) will also be showcasing their products at the event.

Over 400 new products, technologies and services will be presented at the six exhibition areas — Food and Agricultural Products, Intelligent Industry and Information Technology, Medical Equipment and Healthcare Products, Consumer Goods, Trade in Services, and Automobiles, said Sheng.

The sixth CIIE will again feature the physical Country Exhibition. Eleven countries, including Bahrain, Central African Republic, the Commonwealth of Dominica, Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Honduras, Mali, Oman, Sierra Leone, Togo and Zimbabwe will attend the Country Exhibition for the first time. Honduras, Kazakhstan, Serbia, South Africa and Vietnam are this year’s guest countries of honor.

In line with the tenth anniversary of the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), many countries involved in the initiative are set to be a part of the expo. Sixty-four BRI countries will join the Country Exhibition and over 1,500 companies from BRI countries will be present at the Business Exhibition, which occupies an exhibition area of nearly 80,000 square meters, an increase of about 30 percent compared with the previous edition.

The CIIE has also encouraged the least developed countries (LDCs) involved in the BRI to introduce their premium products to the Chinese market by offering free booths, construction subsidies and tax incentives.

As an integral part of the CIIE, this year’s Hongqiao International Economic Forum will focus on global openness, green development, digital economy and smart technologies.

Some parallel sessions will be co-hosted by international organizations, including the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), International Trade Center (ITC), the United Nations Global Compact and more.

Nobel laureates, Turing Award winners, and a host of high-profile entrepreneurs will take part in several sub-forums and share their insights into global issues. Authoritative reports, including the World Openness Report 2023, will also be released during the forum.

Exhibitor application for the 7th CIIE is now open. Join us and reap your benefits at CIIE 2023 & CIIE 2024 where opportunities await! https://www.ciie.org/exhibition/f/book/register?local=en&from=press

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The Third International Forum on Urban-Rural Linkages successfully held in Songyang, Zhejiang

Officials, experts and scholars from 17 countries and 18 international organizations exchanged views on the theme of Enhancing Urban-Rural Connectivity to Build Better Livelihoods at the third International Forum on Urban-Rural Linkages unveiled in Songyang County, Lishui City, Zhejiang Province, on 30 October.

The event was sponsored by the United Nations Human Settlements Program (UN-Habitat), Zhejiang Provincial Department of Housing and Urban-Rural Development, Zhejiang Provincial Department of Transport and Lishui Municipal People’s Government, and organized by the Songyang County People’s Government.

In his speech, Michal Mlynár, UN assistant secretary general and deputy executive director of the UN-Habitat, said that the forum has become an important dialogue platform for global urban-rural linkages. At the forum, participants exchanged ideas, shared experiences and moved forward firmly toward the goal of sustainable regional development. Songyang is a place that tactfully blends urban and rural features in harmony, vividly demonstrating the power of urban-rural connections, he said, adding that it allows people to see the wonderful sparks of local knowledge, culture and innovation, and shows how to achieve common prosperity by narrowing the gap between urban and rural areas.

Remy Sietchiping, chief of Policy, Legislation and Governance Section of the UN-Habitat, said that the theme of this year’s forum aptly echoes the UN-Habitat’s goal of “reduced spatial inequality and poverty in communities across the urban – rural continuum.”

Zhejiang is a province with 701 Chinese traditional villages and three demonstration counties for the concentrated and contiguous protection and utilization of traditional villages. As one of the first batch of such counties in China, Songyang coordinated and promoted the Saving the Old Houses Action and the ecological restoration action of traditional villages. The county uses culture and architecture as the starting point to promote material renewal and cultural revitalization, and achieve healthy urban and rural development through the implementation of what has come to be known as the Songyang Model.

As the first pilot county for the development of smart transportation industry in Zhejiang, Songyang puts special emphasis on technological innovation and digital technology application, and has become a demonstration area where transportation connects urban and rural development and promotes common prosperity.

Mo Liang, secretary of the CPC Songyang County Committee, said in his speech that the forum is a platform for inspiring ideas. He hoped that through the exchanges and discussions at this forum, the world’s advanced concepts and practices can bring inspiration to Songyang’s urban and rural construction and development.

In recent years, Songyang has actively explored sustainable development paths for urban and rural areas. In May 2019, at the invitation of the UN-Habitat, the Songyang County People’s Government, as the only county-level representative, participated in the first United Nations Habitat Conference and signed a letter of intent for cooperation.

The first two editions of International Forum on Urban-Rural Linkage were held in Songyang in November 2019 and October 2021, and it was agreed to hold the forum every two years in the future.

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The award ceremony and relevant activities of the 5th “My China Story” International Short Video Competition were held in Zhengzhou, Henan Province, on October 25. The event was hosted by China International Communications Group (CICG) and the Information Office of Henan Provincial People’s Government, and organized by the Information Office of Zhengzhou Municipal People’s Government and Xufang International Media under CICG.

Lying at the heart of the Central Plains, Zhengzhou is a birthplace of Chinese civilization. In this competition, more than 50,000 short video works from all over the world were collected. After three rounds of evaluation by over 20 professional judges in the fields of film and television, international communication, and the internet, more than 90 works received awards, including 36 unit awards, seven individual awards, one jury grand prize, and more than 50 excellent awards.

Special units such as “Wonderful Tour in Zhengzhou” and “Walking in Henan, Understanding China” built an international stage for telling Zhengzhou stories, spreading the voice of Henan, and contributing to China’s international communication. This has further enhanced Zhengzhou’s identity and reputation. Currently, Zhengzhou is accelerating efforts to enhance its strength in new energy vehicle technologies, computing, diamond (superhard materials) processing, electric vehicle supercharging, quantum, and historical and cultural heritage. The city is polishing its image as the “Center of Heaven and Earth,” the “Birthplace of Chinese Civilization,” and the “City of Kung Fu.”

“My China Story” is a short video project launched by CICG in 2018. Since its inaugural edition in 2019, the “My China Story” International Short Video Competition has been committed to encouraging domestic and international content creators, foreign live streamers, self-media teams and individuals to create multilingual Chinese themed short videos from different perspectives, sharing their experiences of visiting the country. Videos that tell creators’ stories with China or present cultural exchanges between China and other countries from a third-party perspective are also welcome. After five years, “My China Story” has become a well-known international communication brand integrating multilingual short video creation, topic-of-the-year competition, special topic competition, new media international communication seminar, and theme exhibition.

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Tracing the distant “childhood” of the Chinese people with the history of images. Recently, the third season of the documentary “China”, which is being broadcast on Hunan TV, Hunan Broadcasting System and Mango TV, has become a popular TV program for young Chinese with its grand and subtle narrative, innovation and sophisticated production.

As the final work of the documentary series “China”, the 3rd season of “China” starts from the source to explore the origin of Chinese civilization and decode the genes of cultural inheritance. From the myths and legends of PanGu founding of the world and the creation of man by NvWa, to the archaeological historical materials such as Erlitou civilization and bronze ware, from the prehistoric society full of stars to the dynasties Xia, Shang and Zhou in the widearea, with the gestation and development of etiquette as the main line, the unique place of Chinese civilization is elucidated, so that the world can perceive what is China. After the documentary was broadcast, it aroused enthusiastic reactions among the audience. Related topics frequently appeared in hot searches on social platforms, spreading exposure up to 3 billion times, and won the first place in the fusion communication index.

In order to better express the lives of the forefather, the leading creative team has conducted an avant-garde exploration of “ideas + art + technology”. On the basis of continuing “Chinese-style aesthetics”, “China” has adopted the new documentary image presentation method of “painting + CG” in the third season. With the support of a large number of researchable graphic materials, those characters and events that existed in ancient legends were depicted with a brush. Through the blessing of CG technology, nearly a thousand artistic paintings were in motion, giving all elements a flexible expression and presenting an imaginary space about ancient civilization.

In order to ensure the production of the content, the documentary team has invited well-known historical and archaeological experts such as Wang Zijin, Xu Hong, Sha Wutian, and Ruan Mingtao to strictly control relevant historical materials, facts, and historical views throughout the process, invited the moderators Zhou Tao and He Jiong to participate in the dubbing, and selected outstanding young artists as well as painters in China to create a high-quality historical documentary with awe. The documentary has received unanimous praise from historians and professional institutions such as Xu Zhuoyun, Yi Zhongtian, the Chinese Academy of History, the Liangzhu Museum, the Xi’an Museum, and the Erlitou Site Museum of the Xia Capital. In the short video platform Douyin where young Chinese gathered, many bloggers spontaneously produced their videos of second creation for “China”, and the popularity remained high. The single video posted by the blogger “Xiaoxiang Lide” was played more than 10 million times.

It is reported that the third season of “China” will officially celebrate its ending in early December.

Contact: Yu Pixun

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From September 18th to 28th, 2023, Xi Zhengping, chairman of the board of China Nonferrous Metal Mining (Group) Co., Ltd. (CNMC), led a team to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Zambia to visit and extend the solicitude to the cadres and employees of the funding enterprises in South-Central Africa. During this visit, he inspired them to practice the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), help promote the friendship between China and Africa, and make new and greater contributions to building CNMC into a world-class enterprise.

CNMC, founded in 1983, is one of the earliest enterprises in China’s nonferrous metal industry to implement the strategy of “Going Global”. Throughout its 40-year-development, CNMC has been struggling continuously with “a tenacity, a force and a spirit”, and has built a whole industry chain mode of resource development mainly based on copper abroad. It has achieved the pioneering, talent, and brand advantages and driving strength of “Going Global”, and has grown into a large-scale enterprise with over RMB 100 billion in total assets and nearly RMB 10 billion in its annual profit.

While actively promoting economic development, CNMC-funding enterprises in Zambia and DRC pursue the principles of sincerity, real results, amity and good faith and uphold the values of greater good and shared interests to actively fulfill their social responsibilities. They also invest special funds, improving the conditions of education, employment, infrastructure, ecological environment, health care, etc. in surrounding areas, thereby greatly deepening the China-Africa friendship.

During the research period in South Central Africa, Mr. Xi Zhengping, chairman of the board, conducted research work in 10 CNMC-funding enterprises in Africa and Sino-Zambia Vocational College of Science and Technology, Sino-Zambia Friendship Hospital, Laboratory Zambia, etc. These enterprises include China Nonferrous Mining Hong Kong Holdings Limited, Congo Mining Limited, Kambove Mining SAS, Somidez, Lualaba Copper Smelter Limited, CNMC Luanshya Copper Mines PLC., Chambishi Copper Smelter Limited, Sino-Metals Leach Zambia Limited, NFC Africa Mining PLC., and Zambia China Economic and Trade Cooperation Zone Development Limited.

Mr. Xi Zhengping pointed out that all overseas cadres and employees should seriously study and understand the profound connotation of the spirit of President Xi Jinping’s three important instructions to the Group, so as to accurately grasp the positioning of “Going Global” and “Dual Circulation”, and continue to inherit the spirit of “Dare to be First”. They should also strengthen the “science and technology empowerment”, and seek benefits from science and technology and management, so as to make new and greater contributions to the accelerated construction of CNMC as a world-class enterprise.

On September 26th, while doing research in Zambia’s funded enterprises, Mr. Xi Zhengping, chairman of the board, and his delegation, were paying a visit to Zambian President Mr. Hichilema, invited by Zambian government and accompanied by Du Xiaohui, Chinese ambassador to Zambia. The two parties had deep, warm and fruitful talks.

Edited by: Wang Keli

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Indonesia is the initiator of the “21st Century Maritime Silk Road”. China Energy has continuously cultivated in the docking of China’s “Belt and Road Initiative” and Indonesia’s “Global Marine Fulcrum” concept, which has promoted the win-win cooperation between China and Indonesia, but also valued the cultures of each other, vividly demonstrating the profound connotation of the “community with a shared future for mankind”.

The project is co-built. China Energy is the largest Chinese-funded company investing in Indonesia’s power sector, with total assets of US $3.184 billion and a total installed capacity of 3,100 megawatts, accounting for 8% of Indonesia’s total installed coal power capacity.

The Nansu Power Plant has been running for 11 consecutive years without any faults, and Unit 1 has the world’s longest continuous operation of coal-fired power units. The project 7 in Java is the largest thermal power unit with independent intellectual property rights that Chinese companies have invested overseas. The project 1 in Nansu is expected to achieve commercial operation by 2024. Three projects have provided Indonesia with safe and stable electricity and created more than 7,000 jobs.

Technology sharing. China Energy actively promotes the application of advanced and mature safe, clean and environmentally friendly power generation technologies to convert lignite into clean and efficient electricity, setting an international precedent. The Nansu Power Plant successfully responded to grid failures, protecting equipment and grid safety with professional expertise and rapid response. The main economic and technical indicators of the project 7 in Java save about 850,000 tons of fresh water every year. The vice president of the National Power Company of Indonesia (Perusahaan Listrik Negara) said that China’s power technology has important reference significance for the development of Indonesia’s power industry.

Ecological symbiosis. China Energy is deeply rooted in the concept of harmonious coexistence between man and nature. The Nansu Power Plant converted the old coal water sedimentation tank into a lotus viewing fish pond, and added a silencing device to achieve a “silent mode”. An earth dam was built in the planning area of the project 7 in Java, which increase the mangrove area in the construction area by 30% after the completion.

China Energy and Indonesian partners have in-depth discussions on new energy development, comprehensive utilization of conventional energy and green transformation, signed a memorandum of understanding for the 50MW grid-connected photovoltaic project in Serang and the 5MW rooftop photovoltaic project in Java, and actively promoted the bidding for the 100MW floating photovoltaic project in Kalang Kades, Indonesia.

Humanities are valued. China Energy pays attention to the improvement of Indonesian employees’ technical and management capabilities, builds an innovative talent development platform. In order to cultivate local talents in Indonesia, the first university simulation machine laboratory in Indonesia was established with an investment of 1.45 million RMB.

China Energy builds long-term aid relationships with local welfare agencies and improves infrastructure. During the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic, $267,000 in supplies were donated to Indonesia. The “Anna’s Wish” student aid fund was established to support the education of the children of poor Indonesian employees. More than 5,500 Chinese colleagues have responded, donating more than 360,000 RMB. The love story of Fang Bing, a Chinese employee, and Hana, an Indonesian girl, was made into the film “Love at Zero Latitude”.

The successful practice of the China Energy in Indonesia shows that China has built a world of lasting peace, universal security, common prosperity, openness, inclusiveness, and cleanness and beauty.

Contact: Cao Yuanyuan

Tel: 008610-58685336

Email: 16010168@chnenergy.com.cn