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OPINION24 Setting an ExampleThe role of art and culture in President Xi’s eyes26 An Imperial Presidency?Doubts arise about the U.S. political system 28 The Beginning of the End, Of the American Legend29 The Twitter Ban Is Nothing About Free Speech��1R�WR�Ϋ/RQJ�$UP� -XULVGLFWLRQά�

CONTENTSFEATURES32 A Fresh ApproachNew outlook for China’s foreign assistance34 Mother River’s LegacyThe rise of the Yangtze River Economic Belt38 In Good DebtWhy China’s rising external debt is not too big a problem40 On Call 24/7First Police Day celebrated 42 Back From the Brink Near-extinct wildlife gets a fresh lease of life ��

CULTURE46 Enhancing Vocational SkillsIntroducing the Luban Workshops

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EDITOR’S DESK02 New Vision for Peaceful DevelopmentTHIS WEEKCOVER STORY

12 For a Better FutureReform of global governance needs inputs from all actors16 Messages From a 7LPH�+RQRUHG�7ULSFM’s visit strengthens China-Africa bond18 Test by Fire COVID-19 has shown the importance of united action20 Vaccines for AllDeveloping countries get a lifeline

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New Vision for Peaceful Development

,Q�KLV�VSHHFK�DW�WKH�81�2IÀFH�DW�*HQHYD�four years ago, President Xi Jinping raised two critical questions: “What has happened to the world and how should we respond?”

To this day, these questions remain valid.

The world is undergoing a bevy of changes, many of them unseen in the past century. The novel coronavirus dis-ease is yet to be contained and humans are standing at a crossroads, faced with some tough choices. Cooperation or confrontation? Openness or isolation? 0XWXDO�EHQHÀW�RU�]HUR�VXP�JDPH"�+RZ�to build the global community and what kind of community is to be built to begin ZLWK"�7KH�ZRUOG·V�SRSXODWLRQ�ÀQGV�LWVHOI�WUHDGLQJ�D�ÀQH�OLQH��

Peace and development are the as-pirations held dear by all human beings. Even today, these goals are yet to be 100 percent met. Armed conflicts flare up from time to time. The Cold War mentality and power politics still exist. Nonconventional security threats, par-ticularly terrorism, refugee crises, major communicable diseases and climate change fallouts, are rife.

It is mandatory that all nations forge ahead together.

This provides the context for Xi’s proposal—a community with a shared future for humanity. In his speech on January 18, 2017, he elaborated on this notion by saying, “All countries are en-titled to shape the future of the world, making international rules, managing global affairs and sharing the fruits of development.”

Such a world should have lasting peace, common security for all and common prosperity. It should be open, inclusive, clean and beautiful.

Thus far, many people around the globe have embraced the concept, and they are taking tangible action. Nevertheless, this is not enough.

This great cause rests on the shoul-ders of humanity at large and thus demands the involvement of all. When it comes to the pursuit of common inter-ests for future global development, we should rid ourselves of all distractions and join hands to turn this planet into one big family, transforming aspirations for a better life into a worldwide reality. BR

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THIS WEEK

THE RIGHT DIRECTIONStudents learn to use the compass in the Longcanggou National Forest Park in Sichuan Province, southwest China, on January 13. Educational activities are being held in the park to impart education in a natural environment.

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Plant FactoryOrnamental plants at the Pinghu Agricultural Economy Development Zone in Pinghu, Zhejiang Province in east China, on January 12. The development zone comprising 11 villages and one community is promoting agricultural modernization and rural revitalization.

Forest ChiefsA guideline has been issued to implement a forest protection scheme nationwide, Xinhua News Agency reported on January 12.

+UUWGF�D[�VJG�IGPGTCN�QH³EGU�of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and the State Council, the scheme is expected to be rolled out nationwide by June 2022.

General forest chiefs will be appointed in all provincial-level regions. They will have differ-ent levels of responsibilities in protecting forest and grassland resources.

Under the scheme, ecologi-cal protection and restoration of forests and grasslands will be strengthened and large-scale afforestation promoted. Supervision of forest and

grassland resources will be enhanced by utilizing modern information technology.

Prevention and control of pests and plant diseases, as well CU�PCVWTCN�FKUCUVGTU�UWEJ�CU�³TGU�is also on the agenda.

The forest chief scheme was piloted in 2017. So far, up to 23 provincial regions have carried out the trial program, providing the foundation for its nationwide implementation.

+LJK�6SHHGó5DLOZD\The length of high-speed rail lines in China totaled about 37,900 km at the end of 2020, almost twice that of 2015, according to the China State Railway Group, Xinhua reported on January 9.

By the end of 2019, the

not be able to quench the grow-ing thirst of millions downstream.

Home to the headwaters of over 10 major Asian rivers, the plateau has become warmer and wetter under the impact of global climate change. However, an article published in the UEKGPVK³E�LQWTPCN�Nature Climate Change on January 12 said that the greater runoff brought on by both increased rainfall and glacier melting may not be able to meet rising water demands from the growing population in the Indus and Ganges regions.

“A large proportion of the population highly dependent on upstream water resources for their livelihoods will continue to experience severe water stress even with a wetter climate,” Wang Tao, lead author of the article and a professor at the Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, said.

6HZDJHó7UHDWPHQW1XGT�VJG�PGZV�³XG�[GCTU��UGYCIG�water treatment capabilities will be improved and the transfor-mation of sewage into resources enhanced, according to the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC).

By 2025, there will be a marked improvement in sew-CIG�EQNNGEVKQP�GH³EKGPE[��YJKNG�sewage treatment capabilities in cities and counties will meet local social and economic de-velopment demands, according to a document issued this month by 10 government departments, including the NDRC.

In cities suffering from water shortage, more than 25 percent of the sewage treated should be used as reclaimed water. For the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region in north China, the rate should be over 35 percent.

By 2035, China expects to

length of the country’s high-speed rail lines had exceeded 35,000 km, accounting for more than two thirds of the world’s total, a white paper titled Sustainable Development of Transport in China released in December 2020 said.

China had 146,300 km of rail lines at the end of 2020, up 20.9 percent from that at the end of 2015.

In 2020, 4,933 km of new NKPGU�YGTG�QRGPGF�VQ�VTCH³E��YJKNG�about 3,700 km more will be added this year.

River RunoffAs the climate continues to grow warmer, increased river runoff in the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, the roof of the world, has provided more fresh water, but may still


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&LW\�:LGHó7HVWLQJA medical worker collects a swab sample from a child at a community COVID-19 testing site in Qiaoxi District in Shijiazhuang, capital of Hebei Province, north China, on January 12. Shijiazhuang started a second round of nucleic acid tests for all residents that day.

6DIHó2SHUDWLRQA maintenance worker from the State Grid Liupanshui Power Supply Co. in Liupanshui, Guizhou Province in southwest China, checks for ice on power transmission lines on January 12. Heavy snow hit the city and the company organized checkups and maintenance of power transmission equipment to ensure stable and safe operation of electric networks.

establish an organized, safe, environment-friendly and eco-nomical pattern in wastewater resource utilization.

The document said efforts should be made to push forward the recycling of wastewater as resource in key areas.

Some 75 billion cubic meters of urban wastewater were dis-charged in 2019, but the amount of reclaimed water used was less than 10 billion cubic meters.

1HZó7D[SD\HUVA total of 57.45 million new taxpayers were registered in VJG�RCUV�³XG�[GCTU��UWTIKPI��percent from the 2011-15 period, according to the State Taxation Administration, Xinhua reported on January 11.

More than 90 percent of the new market entities are privately owned. The proportion increased year by year during the period.

Rao Lixin, a senior auditor with the administration, attrib-uted the sustained rapid growth of new taxpayers to continued taxation reforms, streamlined approval procedures and pref-erential policies designated for micro and small businesses.

Tax and fee cuts totaled about 7.6 trillion yuan ($1.17 tril-lion) during the 2016-20 period, including over 2.5 trillion yuan

��DKNNKQP��YCKXGF�NCUV�[GCT�to contain the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) epidemic and support economic and social development.

From 2016 to 2019, a total QH��DKNNKQP�[WCP��billion) of income tax was waived for micro and small businesses, DGPG³VKPI��OKNNKQP�³TOU�

Tax authorities will optimize law enforcement and the busi-ness environment to promote the steady growth of market entities, Rao said.

1HZó&URSVScientists have bred new varieties of major crops during the 13th Five-Year Plan (2016-20) period, providing support for national food security, the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS) said on January 12.

CAAS has made remarkable progress in staple crop breeding in recent years.

Achievements have been made in genome analysis, cloning of new genes and key breeding technologies for crops including wheat, rice, corn, soy-bean and coarse cereals, Wan Jianmin, Vice President of CAAS, said at a press conference.

The research results have been published in top

international journals such as Science, Nature, Nature Biotechnology and Nature Genetics, providing the theoreti-cal basis and technical support for genetic improvement and precise breeding, Wan said.

According to him, CAAS has made breakthroughs in breeding new varieties that are

of high quality, more capable of withstanding tough conditions and more suitable for machine reaping.

A research center for protect-ing and utilizing crop germplasm resources has been set up, preserving the second largest amount of crop germplasm resources in the world.

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3RUWó(�&RPPHUFHThe customs authority at Alataw Pass, a major rail port in Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region in northwest China, has handled more than 1 million cross-border parcels so far this year.

In a little over a week since the New Year, the value of prod-ucts that passed through the RQTV�COQWPVGF�VQ�QXGT��OKNNKQP�yuan ($1.24 million), showing active cross-border e-commerce, according to the customs.

The outbound parcels, including toys, digital products, clothes and daily necessities, were mainly from China’s manufacturing hubs such as Dongguan and Shenzhen in south China and Hangzhou in east China and were dispatched to European countries including Belgium, the Netherlands and Germany.

The customs said it has worked with the local railway

departments to facilitate the customs clearance process for the export enterprises.

Alataw Pass boasts the high-est number of China-Europe freight train lines in China, and is favored by cross-border e-commerce companies that plan to export westward.

%RQGó&RQQHFWó%RRPChina’s Bond Connect program saw robust activity last year, with trading volume surging more VJCP��RGTEGPV�[GCT�QP�[GCT��according to a recent report released by Bond Connect Co., Ltd.

In 2020, the total trading volume under the program TGCEJGF��VTKNNKQP�[WCP��billion).

By the end of last year, Bond Connect had 2,352 approved investors, up 46.9 percent from 2019.

The trading volume under the program hit a single-day

record high of 36.94 billion yuan ($5.7 billion) on December 16, 2020.

The Bond Connect program, launched in July 2017, is a mutual market access scheme that allows overseas investors to invest in the Chinese mainland’s interbank bond market.

%XVLQHVVó(QYLURQPHQWóChina’s business environment will be further improved in the 14th Five-Year Plan Period (2021-25) while boosting qual-ity management of products, projects, and services, Zhang Gong, head of the State Administration for Market Regulation, said.

China’s business environ-ment has improved remarkably in the 13th Five-Year Plan Period (2016-20), with the average time to start a business shrinking from more than 30 days to less than four days, Zhang said.

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will take a series of measures to boost business system reforms and provide market entities with a fair, transparent, procedure-based, convenient and predictable business envi-ronment, he said.

The list of business permits for enterprises successfully pi-NQVGF�KP��RKNQV�HTGG�VTCFG�\QPGU�will become a national standard and will apply nationwide, he said.

China will intensify reforms in pilot free trade zones to meet the needs of deepening reforms and building a high-standard market system, he said.

In 2020, the administration stepped up law enforcement against monopolies and unfair competition, involving both on-NKPG�CPF�QH´KPG�CEVKXKVKGU��<JCPI�said. He pledged new efforts to ³IJV�VJGUG�RTCEVKEGU�CPF�RTGXGPV�the disorderly expansion of capital.

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THIS WEEKPlan period, China will continue to strengthen quality manage-ment of key products, industries, and projects, and daily consumer goods and services, he said.

The quality of Chinese prod-ucts and services has improved TGOCTMCDN[��CU��RGTEGPV�of manufactured products met SWCNKV[�UVCPFCTFU��6JG�³IWTG�was 100 percent for large and medium-sized construction projects, data from the market regulator showed.

2QOLQHó3D\PHQWOnline payments through NetsUnion, Chinese online payment clearinghouse, and China UnionPay, a card payment IKCPV��TGCEJGF��VTKNNKQP�[WCP��DKNNKQP��FWTKPI�VJG��New Year holiday from January 1 to 3, a record high among all previous New Year holidays.

Online payments for daily necessities, hotel accommoda-tion and catering accounted for

the largest proportions of the total transactions in the three-day period, according to the two platforms.

NetsUnion processed 4.36 billion online payment transac-VKQPU�FWTKPI�VJG�JQNKFC[��WR��percent year on year, while data from China UnionPay showed that travel-related consumption saw steady growth in the period from one year earlier.

China’s consumer market remained buoyant during the holiday, with the average daily sales of key retail enterprises up 6.2 percent year on year, accord-ing to the Ministry of Commerce.

0RELOHó*DPHVThe top 30 Chinese mobile game publishers raked in $2.16 billion worldwide in December last year, according to Sensor Tower, a OQDKNG�CRR�FCVC�CPCN[UKU�³TO�

The amount accounts for 29 percent of the total revenue in the global mobile gaming

market during the period.In 2020, the total sales reve-

nue of the top 30 mobile gaming giants increased 45 percent year on year, and in contrast, the total payment of mobile gamers in App Store and Google Play only ITGY��RGTEGPV�[GCT�QP�[GCT��Sensor Tower added.

6JG�³TO�CVVTKDWVGF�VJG�TCRKF�expansion of these mobile game developers to their strategic understanding of the market and product innovation.

Tencent, NetEase, miHoYo, Lilith Games and FunPlus are COQPI�VJG�VQR�³XG�%JKPGUG�developers in the list, according to Sensor Tower.

+RJó)XWXUHVó/LVWHG%JKPC«U�³TUV�NKXG�FGNKXGT[�HWVWTGU�variety, live pigs, began trad-KPI�QP�,CPWCT[��CV�VJG�&CNKCP�Commodity Exchange.

Pig farming businesses can now use futures prices to improve their production plans

and hedge spot risks. It would further promote China’s pig industry development and achieve stable prices and ample pig supplies.

As an agricultural and sideline product with the highest value in the country, live pigs create a market scale of about 2 trillion yuan ($309 billion) with a complete industry chain. However, China’s hog prices have DGGP�´WEVWCVKPI�UJCTRN[�QXGT�VJG�past years, bringing uncertainties to farmers and enterprises.

The listing of live pig HWVWTGU�YKNN�HWTVJGT�³NN�VJG�ICR�of livestock futures in China. Together with other varieties, including corn and soybean, it will create a commodity-price risk management system. It is conducive to promoting sound development of the livestock breeding industry, according to Fang Xinghai, Vice Chairman of China Securities Regulatory Commission.

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THIS WEEK WORLD

ESTONIA Prime Minister Juri Ratas submits his resignation to President Kersti Kaljulaid in Tallinn on January 13

following a corruption probe. Kaljulaid asked the head of the opposition Reform Party, Kaja Kallas,

to form the next government

INDONESIA National Transportation Safety Committee

RIĶFHUV�UHFHLYH�WKH�UHWULHYHG�ßLJKW�GDWD�UHFRUGHU�of Sriwijaya Air Flight SJ-182 in Jakarta on January 12. The plane with 62 people on board crashed

into the Java Sea after taking off from Jakarta on January 9

DPRK Kim Jong Un speaks at the Eighth

Congress of the ruling Workers’ Party of Korea in Pyongyang

on January 12. He was elected general secretary of the party

on January 10

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TURKEY President Recep Tayyip Erdogan receives a dose of a China-developed COVID-19 vaccine at a hospital

in Ankara on January 14. The Turkish Medicines and Medical Devices Agency approved the emergency

use of the vaccine a day earlier

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parliamentary elections in Nur-Sultan on January 10. The

ruling Nur Otan party grabbed 71.09 percent votes and 76 seats

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Free VaccineBeijing Youth Daily January 11The cost of COVID-19 vaccination, includ-ing the costs of the vaccine and inoculation, will be covered by the medical insurance fund and the government, not by individu-als, Li Tao, Deputy Director of the National Healthcare Security Administration, said at a press conference on January 9.

After the vaccines are approved and avail-able, they will be offered free to the Chinese

who volunteer to be inoculated, according to Li.

Li also said that the administration’s vac-cine disbursement will not affect the current revenue and expenditure of the medical in-surance fund or residents’ medical treatment.

Given that the government has vowed to make the vaccine a public good, the an-nouncement comes as no surprise. The government will pay for the vaccine at the price set by the companies according to their production, transportation and storage costs.

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Tong Zhaohui, a respiratory specialist with the National Health Commission, said recently that the outbreak of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) epidemic in Hebei Province is still containable.

Tong, who was honored last year as a role model in fighting COVID-19, is heading a working group on the frontline of epidemic control in Hebei, which has reported recent cases.

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Tong is a veteran in fighting epidemics. In 2003, during the severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) out-break, he was appointed director of a SARS ward, treating over 100 patients, all of whom recovered.

Waste and PollutionOriental OutlookJanuary 7The Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, conducted two re-searches of food waste respectively in 2014 and 2018. The results show that the average annual ecological footprint, the amount of land required to sustain the use of natural re-sources, takes up 24 percent of China’s land and wastes 865 billion cubic meters of water, equivalent to the water of all the reservoirs in the country.

From the perspective of the industrial chain, the waste and environmental pollution is more severe. For instance, the pesticides and fertilizers used in agricultural activities


¾ +21*ó.21*ó&2857ó2)ó),1$/ó$33($/ó*(76ó1(:ó&+,()ó-867,&($QGUHZ�&KHXQJ�.XL�QXQJ, the new Chief Justice of the Hong Kong Court of Final Appeal, was sworn in on January 11.

The 59-year-old vowed to continue efforts to safe-guard the rule of law.

Cheung joined Hong Kong Special Administrative Region’s judiciary in 2001. He became a permanent judge of the Court of Final Appeal in October 2018.

Hong Kong’s judiciary must remain independent and impartial and continue to safeguard the rule of law. The judges must be upright, Cheung said at the ceremonial opening of the legal year 2021.

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have a detrimental effect on land and water resources. The loss of grain in storage, trans-portation and processing reached over 35 billion kg. Kitchen waste accounted for 37 to 62 percent of municipal solid waste, pro-ducing infectious bacteria that are a threat to human health.

According to a survey conducted by Oriental Outlook, only 57 percent of people were aware of the problem of food wastage though in Chinese history, thrift is the main-stay of the food culture.

&DWHULQJ�UHÁHFWV�D�VRFLHW\·V�FLYLOL]DWLRQDO�level, indicating the moral standards and in-dividual qualities of consumers and industry practitioners. Recently, Chinese society has been growing increasingly concerned over the rising food waste habit and activities have been organized to spread awareness about the importance of not wasting food. This has improved the situation to some extent.

Now lawmakers have suggested that the top legislature amend regulations so that restaurants can levy an additional charge on customers who waste food based on the amount of leftovers.

This demonstrates that the solution to the waste issue is to change the bad habits and lifestyles of people as well as educate those working in different links of the food chain.

New Holiday MeasureGuangming DailyJanuary 8The Chinese New Year, or Spring Festival, which will fall on February 12 this year, is the most important traditional holiday and time for family reunions.

But this year, the traveling and gath-ering will pose a great challenge for controlling the spread of COVID-19. With a number of cases reported already, people need to decide very carefully if they should travel or stay put where they are.

Several provinces and municipalities including Beijing, Shanghai and Hebei have urged their residents to stay where they are to reduce the possibility of infections. Some cities are also encouraging employees to continue working during the holiday and not travel to their hometowns, but to choose an-other time to go on holiday when there is no travel rush.

However, to ensure that people who stay in the cities where they work also have an enjoyable Spring Festival, the lo-cal authorities should ensure in advance that there is no dearth of supplies, and public transport is adequate.


A tea farm in Ningxiang, Hunan Province in central China, on July 9, 2020

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