ourage the innovation of original technologie
and enhance intellectual property right protection, Xi said. He called on
Lu’s comment followed US Treasury Secretary Steven Mn
nuchin’s comments on Wednesday that he is hopeful that both countries can “go back to the table”.
Lu told a Foreign Ministry news briefing that China has reiterated that it
s door is always open, but negotiations must be meaningful and conducted with sincerity.
“A mutually beneficial deal must be based on mutual respect, equality and win-win outcomes,” he said.
The US, out of political purposes, has used its state power to groundlessly suppress Chinese te
ch firms, which has severely affected the global development and cooperation in science and technology, he said.
It has also damaged the interests of businesses of relevant countri
es and will not win the approval and support of the international society, he added.
“Apparently it will not help create a good atmosphere for the negotiations,” he said.
ietnam surpassed India to become the largest buyer of Chin
a’s photovoltaic products. Export value to Vietnam rose 239 times to $739 million in the fi
rst quarter, taking up 16.8 percent of China’s total photovoltaic export value.
With the European Union ending its anti-dumping and anti-subsidy meas
ures, photovoltaic exports from China to Europe also saw large increase in Q1.
The country’s photovoltaic products export volume to the Netherlands and Spain increased 1,049.6 percent and 158.3 perc
ent, respectively, in the first quarter, said the report. It predicted that the emerging markets, such as Mexico, Aus
tralia, Turkey, and the United Arab Emirates will further boost the export of China’s photovoltaic modules.
The export of China’s photovoltaic products to the United States dropped 28.9 pe
rcent to just 0.01 GW in the first quarter, the report said. The Section 201, Section 3
Qingdao debuts high-speed maglev train prototype
hina rolled off the production line a prototype magnetic-levitation train with a designed maxim
um speed of 600 kilometers per hour in Qingdao on Thursday, filling the gap in travel speed bet
ween aviation and high-speed rail passenger transport in the country, according to its manufacturer.
Launched in July 2016, the train is designed and manufactured in CRRC Qingdao Sifan
g Co Ltd in the eastern coastal city of Qingdao, Shandong province. The company is a wholly owned su
bsidiary of Beijing-headquartered China Railway Rolling Stock Corp, the largest rolling stock manufacturer in the world.
The debut of the country’s first high-speed maglev train testing protot
ype marks a major breakthrough for the nation in the high-speed maglev transit system.
Xinjiang to launch up to 100 trains for tourists
As tours to Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region have become increasingly popular among tourists from home and abroad, local
authorities have announced a plan recently to launch as many as 100 special trains for tourists from May to October.
The local railway authorities will step up cooperation with other part
s of the country to boost Xinjiang’s tourism development, according to Huang Ti
ngfen, deputy general manager of Xinjiang Railway Tourism Development Group.
The trains will provide easier access to both the southern and northern parts of Xinjia
ng, said Huang. It will also be more convenient for Xinjiang residents to travel to other parts of the country.
He said through the SAR government’s efforts and a ratio
onal discussion among the people of
Hong Kong, the city will eventually reach a consensus and any doubts over the issue will be dispelled.
Han, also a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Comm
ittee, hoped that all sectors in Hong Kong will work together to safeguard the image of the city’s rule of law.
The SAR government proposed to amend its Fugitive Offenders Ordinance and Mutual Legal Assista
nce in Criminal Matters Ordinance in March. The proposed amendments will allow Hong Kon
g to surrender fugitive offenders to jurisdictions with which it does not currently have extradition arrangements on
a case-by-case basis, with prior approval from the chief executive before an application is submitted to the courts.
Last week, two central government authorities on Hong
Kong affairs, the Hong Kong and Macao Affairs Office of the State Counc
il, and the Liaison Office of the Central People’s Government in the Hong Kong SAR, have also
expressed their support for the proposed amendments to Hong Kong’s extradition law.
A new United Nations report concludes that high trade tensions
and policy uncertainty are damaging global economic growth prospects.
A further escalation of the trade dispute between the US and China threatens both short- and mediu
m-term global growth prospects, according to the United Nations World Economic Situation and Pro
spects (WESP) mid-2019 report released Tuesday at UN headquarters in New York.
The report said that global merchandise trade-volume growth has slo
wed more sharply than expected, particularly in late 2018 and early
Weaker economic growth puts at risk essential invest
ments in areas such as education, health, climate change adaptation and sustainable infrastructure.
The growth outlook in all major developed economies and most developin
g regions has weakened due to a confluence of both domestic and external factors, the report said.
Following an expansion of 3 percent in 2018, world gross product growth is now projected to moderat
e to 2.7 percent in 2019 and 2.9 percent in 2020, reflecting a downward revision from the forecasts released in January.
The report identifies several downside risks that could trigger a sharper or more prolonged growth slowdown, potentially infl
icting significant damage on development progress. Those risks include a further escalation in trade te
nsions, a sudden deterioration in financial conditions, and the accelerating effects of climate change.
intercepts Russian bombers, fighter jets off the coast of Alaska
Russian Tu-95MS strategic missile-
carrying bombers made an observa
tion flight along the western coast of Alaska and the Aleutian Islands and were shado
wed by F-22 fighter jets of the US Air
Force at some sections of their flight, according to Russia’s Tass News Agency.
“Four Tu-95MS strategic missile carriers of the Aerospace Force performed planned flig
hts in the airspace over the neutral
waters of the Chukotsk, Bering and Okhotsk Seas, and also along the we
stern coast of Alaska and the northern
coast of the Aleutian Islands,” Russia’s Defense Ministry said in a statement on Tuesday.
At some sections of the flight, the Russian strategic bombers were shadowed by US Air Force F-22 fighter jets, the statement said.
The Tu-95MS strategic bombers spent over 12 hours in the air, the ministry specified.
Sichuan-Tibet Railway to see high-speed trains at 200 kmh
he Sichuan-Tibet Railway, the second railway line linking the Tibet autonomous region to other parts of China, will opera
