China's trade with India in the first half of this year showed an upward trajectory but edged down 7 percentage points from the January-May period, probably due to the easing COVID-19 situation in India and a decline in iron core trade, experts said.
With overseas listings by Chinese companies coming under closer domestic scrutiny amid the regulator's push for stronger data protection, local businesses that want to raise funds are focusing on the home capital market rather than US IPOs, market watchers said.
On July 11, 2021, as one of the sub-forum of Eco Forum Global Guiyang (EFG) 2021, the thematic forum of "Green Finance Helps Achieve the Carbon Neutrality's Goal" , was held in Guiyang International Ecological Conference Center. The forum was sponsored by People's Government of Guizhou Province, Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC), and organized by Guizhou Provincial Financial Supervision Administration, Guiyang Central Sub-branch of People's Bank of China, Guizhou Provincial Civil Affairs Department, Guiyang Municipal People's Government, Gui'an New District Management Committee, Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Guizhou Branch, Bank of Guizhou, Chongyang Institute for Financial Studies at Renmin University of China (RDCY), and China Pension Finance 50 People Forum. RDCY undertook most of the critical work during the forum. Xinhua Finance, China.org.cn, Huanqiu.com, CNR.com, Zhonghongwang.com, CRNTT.com, Financial News, Today Guizhou, Zhongwang News, and many other
Chinese economists have refuted some overseas economists' allegation that the use of the digital yuan is a threat, saying China's currency reform won't bring fundamental change to global finance, although it may lead to less dominance of the US dollar.
At the former Kamloops Indian Residential School in British Columbia, Canada, investigators recently uncovered a mass grave with the remains of 215 children. After Canada passed the Indian Act in 1876, nearly 100 such indigenous boarding schools were opened across the country. The schools were aimed at assimilating aboriginal children and turning them into "civilized people" through education. According to NPR, this schooling system has its roots in the U.S. policy toward Native Americans.
As officials from China, Pakistan and Afghanistan revealed an inclination to extend the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), a flagship Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) project into Afghanistan, experts said that such projects could help boost Afghanistan's exports, which is conducive to the country's journey of peace, but the feasibility of the project depends on whether the Afghan government and Taliban forces can reach a consensus on protecting overseas investment.
The level of achievement of the Forum has grown over the years. This has helped the broader efforts of China to address the issues of sustainable development. Moreover, this work has contributed to developing a new vision of development - the vision of a New Era of Eco – Civilization declared by President Xi Jinping. With the Eco Forum Global Guiyang this vision is already enjoys a precious opportunity for serious consideration of policy priorities and for the identification of practical steps that will help making this vision a reality.
A global forum on ecological civilization, Eco Forum Global Guiyang 2021, opened Monday in Guiyang, capital of southwest China's Guizhou Province.
The forum will witness a range of online and offline activities. Lots of guests are expected to join the event online, while around 500 are attending the forum on site.
Liu Zhiqin, a senior fellow from the Chongyang Institute for Financial Studies at the Renmin University of China in Beijing, shared his insights with CGTN regarding with China's latest inflation data.
On July 9, 2021, Wang Wen, Executive Dean of Chongyang Institute of Financial Studies, Renmin University of China, was invited to deliver a keynote speech at the 24th Eurasian Economic Summit. The following is the full text of the speech.
China held the Communist Party of China and World Political Parties Summit on Tuesday with the aim of strengthening mutual understanding and learning, so as to promote national and international development for the well-being of the people across the world.
Following the idea of President Xi Jinping’s, of promoting a New Era of Eco-civilization, the Eco Forum Global Guiyan, for short EFG, has been held successfully for 10 sessions since its inception in 2009.
The Communist Party of China (CPC) has every reason to take great pride in its historic accomplishments on the occasion of its 100th anniversary. Beginning in 1921, despite the low number of individuals who were intent on pulling China out of the chaos following the downfall of the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911), while at the same time being hounded by the then authorities who suppressed everything that had a communist label, the leaders of the CPC had not been diverted from their mission, namely, improving the people’s livelihood and accomplishing the rejuvenation of the Chinese nation from the previous “century of humiliation.”
A striking article, "The Brazilianization of the World," was recently published in the journal American Affairs. Its starting point was the disastrous failure of Western countries to deal with COVID-19: over 600,000 COVID-19 deaths in the US, more than 525,000 in Brazil, over 400,000 in India, 128,000 in Britain. This compares to less than 5,000 in China.
Robin Zeng Yuqun, founder and chairman of leading Chinese electric vehicle battery manufacturer Contemporary Amperex Technology Co Ltd (CATL), has passed Alibaba founder Jack Ma Yun for the first time to become the 25th wealthiest person worldwide, according to Forbes on Thursday.
The US Court of International Trade (CIT) announced on Tuesday US time to grant a preliminary injunction suspending the liquidation of some Chinese imports subject to additional tariffs, a move described by trade experts as a small sign of possible and more notable progress in China-US trade talks.
The book Educated: A Memoir of Tara Westover, an American historian and writer, published in February 2018 soon became a bestseller. Bill Gates recommended it, saying, "An amazing story, and truly inspiring. It's even better than you've heard."
China's government has put three more Chinese internet platforms in its "cybersecurity crosshairs" citing the growing risk of cyber security coercion by the United States.