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"Belt and Road" international football game kicks off in western Yunnan

“Furui Cup” the 2017 “Colorful Yunnan-Belt and Road” International Foot-ball Tournament recently kicked off in Mangshi of Yunnan Province. Twelve professional teams from nine countries are compet-ing in the Tournament. In the first round of six games, there were three wins and three draws.

Participating teams are divided into three groups — A , B and C . In the group A game, the former champion, Lijiang Flying Tigers, competed with a team from the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste. The result was that Lijiang Flying Tigers scored a goal

in both halves of the match and won the first game 2:0. In a high-profile match in group C,the Croatian Varaždin team, attending the tournament for the first time, instead of being hampered by a chance of snowstorm, went all out to show off their strength. Af-ter fierce competition, the Varaždin team beat the Thai Police team 2:1. Hebei Elite Team was matched against Lao Dragon Team, which once trailed 2:0, but eventu-ally equalized.

The “Colorful Yun-nan-Belt and Road” Interna-tional Football Tournament is a unique national com-petition created by Yunnan Province making full use of its border location advantag-

es. Through several years’ development, the event has become branded as a Yun-nan Provincial event and a boutique tourism competi-tion.Now, it has been regis-tered as an Asian Football

Confederation event. C r o a t i a n Va r a ž d i n

Club’s attendance was the first time for a European national professional team to attend such event total of nine countries.

Recently, China’s National Development and Re-

form Commission, Ministry of Transport and National Railway Administration and the China Railway Corpo-ration jointly released the 13th Five-year Development Plan for Railways. It points out that as China makes new ground in pursuing open-ing-up on all fronts with the “Belt and Road” construction as its focus, railways repre-sent an important area and a priority direction for interna-tional cooperation, so China will continue to promote rail-way construction that focuses on the central and western regions and strengthen the construction of railway trans-portation channels in ethnic

areas, border areas and im-poverished areas.

The Plan proposes to enhance connectivity with surrounding countr ies . China will implement and advance the “Belt and Road” construction arrangements and the overall plan for infrastructure connectivity with surrounding countries, strengthen international co-operation to jointly promote the construction of backbone railways connecting China with other countries, speed up bilateral and multilateral exploitation of mineral re-sources and tourism resourc-es, promote the construction of cross-border railways and supporting facilities, strengthen cooperation with

overseas land hubs and build a secure, smooth, connected and comprehensive transpor-tation network. The plan lists key connectivity railways and port railway projects, such as

Dali-Ruili, Yuxi-Mohan and Fangchenggang-Dongxing railways and Ruili, Mohan and Dongxing railway ports (Adapted from Yunnan Daily and Xinhua)

China releases 13th five-year plan for developing railways

Yang Chunping

Feng Yongsheng

The Fifth China (India) Trade Fair opened at

the Bombay Exhibi t ion Center in India on De-cember 5th. 417 Chinese enterprises from 16 prov-inces and municipalities in China, including Zhejiang, Fujian, Jiangsu, Shandong and Shanghai participated the Fair.

The Fair lasted three days. Zheng Xiyuan, the Consul General of China in Bombay, attended the opening ceremony, said that China - India econom-ic and trade relations have made great progress in re-cent years and the bilateral trade volume has increased rapidly.

“The ‘Belt and Road Ini t iat ive’ and the con-struction of the Bangla-desh-China-Indian-My-anmar economic corridor proposed by China, and the ‘Made-in-India’, ‘Digital India’ and ‘Smart Cities’ proposed by India have provided oppor tuni t ies for deepening cooperation between China and India.

There is great potential for cooperation in the fields of infrastructure, information industry, finance, pharma-ceuticals and humanities be tween the two coun-tries,” said Zheng Yuanxi.

The Fair was divided into two themes—home and industry exhibitions. There were six large exhi-bition areas for the home theme exhibition including home textile clothing, fur-niture, household appli-ances, building materials, household appliances and lighting. Four exhibition a r e a s f o r t h e i n d u s t r y theme included industrial machinery, power new en-ergy, hardware tools, and automobile and motorcycle accessories.

Four sessions of the Chi-na (India) Trade Fair have been successfully held since 2012, providing a broad platform for Chinese and In-dian enterprises to promote exchange and understand-ing, and to promote bilateral trade and investment.

(Xinhua, Zhang Xingjun)

China’s smar t phone manufacturer, Xiaomi

Company announced that in the next five years, it will invest one billion US dollars in the entrepre-neurial ecosystem in India. Xiaomi Company wants to bring the ecosystem busi-ness model, which is suc-cessful in China, to India. It is expected that various types of services and prod-ucts will be combined into the Xiaomi ecosystem.

I t i s r e p o r t e d t h a t Xiaomi and its sister in-vestment company Shuiwei Capital will invest in about 100 Ind ian companies , involving fields of digital content, f inancial tech-nology, exceeding local services (including mobile phone repair and manufac-turing), and they also plan to build a mobile appli-cation ecosystem which

will focus on the Xiaomi’s smartphone brand.

“In the past four years, Xiaomi has invested more than four billion US dollars in more than 300 companies in China,” said Lei Jun, the company’s president. “In the next five years, Xiaomi Company will invest in In-dian 100 companies. ”

Earlier, JaiMani, the product manager of Xiaomi India, said in an interview with Indian media Entrackr that the company has a long-term plan for the In-dian market, so they would probably invest in many oth-er types of products in the future. He said: “In China, Xiaomi is not just a smart-phone manufacturer. We also provide loan services (Xiaomi Finance) and con-tent services (Xiaomi video and music).”

(Compilation)

Thai government approves EIAof Thailand-China Railway phaseⅠ project

“Colorful Yunnan-National Cultural Exhibition” was launched at the Hong Kong Central Library on December 5th. During the following few days of exhibition, the exquisite national cultural products of 48 exhibitors from Yunnan were un-veiled and won thumbs-up from Hong Kong citizens and corporate representatives who visited the exhibition.

(Photo by Zhao Yizhou)

G rea t In te l l igence , C h i n a ’ s f i r s t

“smart” ship embedded with a domestically-de-veloped intelligent nav-igation system made its debut in Shanghai on December 5th.

The 179-meter-long ship is 32-meters-wide and 15-meters-high, and it has a maximum load-ing capacity of 38,800 tons. It is installed with SOMS, a China-Devel-oped marine system with au tonomous l ea rn ing abili ty and intell igent operation system. It can analyze real-time naviga-tion and meteorological data, pick the best routes and alert the crew to hid-den dangers in advance.

Developed by China State Shipbuilding Cor-poration (CSSC), Great Intelligence will be used by Sinotrans Shipping

to transport coal and salt between China, Australia and Southeast Asia.

“Great Intelligence w i l l b e c o m e s m a r t e r as it accumulates more data,” said Qiu Bohua, with the Systems Engi-neering Research Insti-tute of CSSC.

Te c h n i c a l p e r f o r -mance of the ship has reached advanced levels, and it has passed official assessments by the Chi-na Classification Society and Lloyd’s Register of Shipping.”It shows that China has taken the lead in merchan t sh ip de -sign and construction,” said Sun Feng, the vice president of China Clas-sification Society.”The smart ship has also laid so l id foundat ions for unmanned ship develop-ment.”

(Xinhua)

On December 6th, the “2017 Belt and Road

Digital Technology and Cultural Festival-Yuxi” and the final of the 10th N a t i o n a l 3 D d i g i t a l innovation and design competition (called “Na-tional 3D Competition”) was held in Yuxi, Yunnan Province.

The competition aims to cultivate digital crafts-menship, hatch digital workshops and build dig-ital ecology. It attracted more than 600 Chinese

univers i ty presidents , exper t s , schola rs and over 1,000 entrepreneurs to share their ideas on digital economic devel-opment.

T h e N a t i o n a l 3 D contest was introduced as an event to connect education, industry, and government to promote an integration of produc-tion and teaching, and to deepen the unity of knowledge and practice.

The competition has been he ld n ine t imes s ince i t s incept ion in 2008.

This international football competition attracted 12 teams from different countries (File photo)

First China-made 'smart' ship debuts in Shanghai

“2017 Belt and Road Digital Technology and Cultural

Festival” held in Yunnan

417 Chinese enterprises appear at the Fifth China (India) Trade Fair

Xiaomi to invest 1 billion USD in India

China shows the way in openness

Dali-Ruili RailwayThe railway is designed to run at 140 kilometers per

hour. It is an important part of the western route of the Pan-Asian Railway.When constructed, it will connect the last section in China of the China-Myanmar international railway ,becoming the main route for China-Myanmar railway pas-sage. At that time, the trip which is nearly 700 kilometers from Kunming to Ruili, is expected to “set out in the evening and arrive in the morning”. Yunnan’s role as a pivot of Chi-na’s opening up to South and Southeast Asia will be more prominent.

Yuxi-Mohan RailwayYuxi-Mohan Railway is from Yuxi (Yuxi station of Kun-

ming-Yuxi Railway) to Mohan, China along the border be-tween China and Laos with a total length of 507 kilometers. It is an important part of the middle route of the Pan-Asian Railway and a connecting line of important international passage from Yunnan of China to Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Malaysia and Singapore. The design speed is 160 kilometers per hour. When constructed, it will only take 3.7 hours to travel from Kunming to Xishuangbanna where Mohan is lo-cated.

Op e n n e s s a n d i n n o -v a t i o n d o m i n a t e d

the agenda of this year’s Fo r tune G loba l Fo rum in Guangzhou when top executives of the world’s largest companies gathered in the southern Chinese city, underscoring China’s rising role as a strong ad-vocate for globalization and innovation in the inter-national trade arena.

It is the fifth time that F o r t u n e m a g a z i n e h a s picked a Chinese city to host its prestigious busi-ness forum since the event was created in 1995. It is not only a reflection of the continuous strong in-terest and attention from international CEOs in the Chinese market, but also a manifestation of the coun-try’s growing influence in global trade and economy.

D i s c u s s i o n s a t t h e forum, which lasted from Dec 6th to 8th, centered on the theme “Openness and Innovation: Shaping the Global Economy”, global business leaders shared their views with their Chi-nese counterparts on topics

including the latest trends in technological revolu-tion, the outlook for the world economy, and how multinational companies should position themselves at a time when globaliza-tion is being challenged.

Alan Murray, the chief content officer of Time Inc. and president of For-tune Magazine, said that the Guangzhou forum is a powerful demonstration of the importance of global commerce and the profound change that technology is bringing to global business at a time when globalization is under attack.

C h i n a i s a l r e a d y a lead ing marke t g lobal -ly for venture capital in t echnologies inc lud ing virtual reality, artificial intelligence, autonomous vehicles, and 3D print-ing, with about one third of the world’s “unicorn” companies (startups valued at more than $1 billion) hailing from this country, according to global con-sulting firm McKinsey & Company.

(Chinadaily, Li Xiang)

When the China-Thai-land railway is completed, it will lead to Nong Khai across the river of the Laoti-an capital Vientiane to joint with the China-Laos railway to form a main artery from Kunming to Bangkok. The China-Laos railway is an important national develop-ment goal of Laos. Breaking through the mountain block-ade is a dream for many Lao people to change the country from the “Land-locked” to “Land-linked”.

The China-Laos railway is 414 kilometers long with standard track able to run at a speed of 160 kilometers per hour. The foundation was laid in December 2015 and it is expected to come into service by the end of December 2021. Since the

Belt and Road Initiative was proposed, the Chi-na-Laos railway is the first international railway which is mainly funded by China and directly connected with China’s railway network. It is a “No. 1 project of great concern to the Lao government. In its current stage, it has directly pulled f rom local engineer ing construction, building ma-terials supply, electric pow-er, agriculture and animal husbandry, service industry and logistics.

According to prelim-inary statistics, more than 1,500 local workers have been hired for the con-struction, providing a large number of employment op-portunities for people along the railway.

Thailand approved the Environmental Impact

Assessment (EIA) of the first phase of Thailand-Chi-na Railway, paving the way for the start of construction of the first 3.5-km section this month.

According to website of Office of Natural Resources and Environmental Policy and Planning, National Environment Board of the office approved a second part of EIA of the first phase of Thailand-China railway dur-ing a meeting on Nov. 30th after approving the first part earlier this year, which means the EIA of the high-speed project is finally approved.

“The next step after

the approval of the EIA would be the construction, and we selected Dec. 21st to be the date to begin the work,” said Thai Transport

Minister, Arkhom Termpit-tayapaisith during a press conference at the ministry.

The first phase of the high-speed project, linking

Bangkok and the northeast-ern province of Nakhon Ratchasima, is set to cost about 179 billion baht (5.4 billion U.S. dollars) and would become Thailand’s first high-speed railway.

Arkhom also said that Thailand and China had already begun to negoti-ate on the second phase of the project, which will link Nakhon Ratchasima with Nong Khai on Thai-Lao border as the project is set to finally connect with China-Lao railway to form an artery railway from Kunming in southern China to Bangkok.(Adapted from Yunnan Daily and People’s Daily)

Yuxi-Mohan railway across the Langcang River (File Photo)

The Dali-Ruili railway is under constuction(Photo by Guan Yushu)

Railway connects China with Thailand and Laos

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