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Chinese President Xi Jinping meets with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Ufa, Russia.

VOL. XXVII No. 7 July 2015 Rs. 20.00

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Chinese Ambassador to India Le Yucheng meets with Mr. Anil Wadhwa Secretary (East), MEA, on June 19, and exchanges views on China-India relations and regional issues.

Chinese Ambassador to India Le Yucheng remarks at the ceremony marking the opening of new route for Indian pilgrims through Nathu La Pass, held in Tibet Autonomous Region on June 22.

Chinese Ambassador to India Le Yucheng meets with Mr. Shivshankar Menon, former Indian National Security Adviser on July 9, and both sides exchange views on China-India relations.

Chinese Ambassador to India Le Yucheng meets with Mr. Pawan Chamling, Chief Minister of Sikkim, at Gangtok on June 21.

Chinese Ambassador to India Le Yucheng meets with Mr. Mody, Chairman of The Rasoi Group on July 7.

Chinese Ambassador to India Le Yucheng meets with Mr. Vijay Kelkar, former Finance Secretary of India, on July 10.

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CONTENTS3

PRESIDENT XI JINPING ATTENDS THE BRICS & SCO SUMMIT

1. Xi Jinping Meets with Prime Minister Narendra Modi of India 62. Xi Jinping Attends 7th BRICS Summit and Delivers Important Speech 83. BRICS a Stabilizer of Global Economy 124. Xi Jinping Attends the SCO Summit in Ufa and Delivers Important Speech, Stressing to Unite and 14

Help Each Other and Address Challenges Together to Promote the SCO for New Leapfrog Progress5. China Welcomes SCO Expansion, Calls for Upholding "Shanghai Spirit” 166. Spotlight: Future Development Blueprint to Lift SCO Cooperation to New High 19

CHINA-INDIA RELATIONS

1. PM Modi Hits Social Media to Wish Premier Li 'Happy Birthday’ 212. China Opens New Route for Indian Pilgrims to Tibet 223. A Ground Paving Mission for Yatris 244. China, India to Coordinate in Helping Nepal Post-quake Reconstruction 275. Dear Boy, Aal Izz Well! 28

EXTERNAL AFFAIRS

1. Keep Development in Focus and Create Prosperity for All 302. Li Keqiang Delivers Speech at China-EU Business Summit, Stressing to Work Together 36

for New Progress in China-EU Relations

3. Li Keqiang Attends and Addresses China-EU Urbanization Partnership Forum 2015 404. China's Role in the Global and Regional Order: Participant, Facilitator and Contributor 42

ASIAN INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT BANK

1. Xi Jinping Meets with Delegation Heads of Various Countries Attending the Signing Ceremony 48of the Agreement on the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank

2. China-led Multilateral Bank Takes Key Step Forward 503. Chronology of AIIB 52

IMAGES FROM CHINA

1. Images of China in June & July 54

CULTURE & LIFE

1. Yoga Activities Sweep China 582. China's Tusi Sites Listed as World Heritage 61

3. "Chinese Bridge 2015" in Strasbourg: Chinese Language Flourishing in France 624. China International Robot Show 2015 Opens in Shanghai 65

TIBET TODAY

1. Tibetan Graduates Choose Multiple Kinds of Career 672. Tibet Airline Transports 25 Million Passengers in 50 Years 69

BOOK REVIEW 70FLIGHTS BETWEEN CHINA AND INDIA 71CCTV NEWS YOUR LINK TO CHINA AND THE WORLD 73CRI A BRIDGE OF FRIENDSHIP 74

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Chinese President Xi Jinping poses for photos with leaders of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) members and observers, the Eurasian Economic Union (EEU) leaders, leaders of invited countries and the BRICS

nations, namely Brazil, Russia, India, China and South

Africa in Ufa, Russia, July 9, 2015. (Xinhua/Rao Aimin)

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Xi Jinping Meets with Prime Minister Narendra Modi of India

On July 8 local time, President Xi Jinping met

with Prime Minister Narendra Modi of India in

Ufa of Russia.

Xi Jinping pointed out that we reached

important consensus on enriching the

connotat ion of China-India strategic

partnership and building a closer development

partnership in Xi’an this May, sending to the two

peoples and the international community a

positive signal that China and India, as two

major developing nations, will join efforts for

common development. With the joint efforts of

both sides, various consensus reached by us is

being implemented and bilateral cooperation in

all fields including legislative bodies, railways,

industrial parks and smart cities is being

steadily advanced.

Xi Jinping stressed that at present, both

sides need to join efforts to safeguard the

positive development momentum of China-

India relations, open up a new chapter for

mutually beneficial cooperation, maintain high-

Chinese President Xi Jinping meets with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Ufa, Russia, July 8, 2015. (Xinhua/Pang Xinglei)

PRESIDENT XI JINPING ATTENDS THE BRICS & SCO SUMMIT

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level contacts, and intensify strategic

communication at all levels. The two countries

need to conclude the feasibility study on major

cooperative projects as scheduled, forge

flagship projects for cooperation, earnestly

implement the plan for cultural exchange, and

carry out cooperation between think-tanks,

media and local governments of the two

nations. Differences should also be managed

and controlled to jointly safeguard the peace

and tranquility in the border area. Both

countries should also join efforts to promote the

construct ion of Asian Infrastructure

Investment Bank (AIIB), New Development

Bank (NDB) of BRICS nations and the

Bangladesh-China-India-Myanmar Economic

Corridor (BCIM), and discuss on effectively

connecting China’s initiative of the “Belt and

Road” with related initiatives of India, so as to

achieve mutually beneficial cooperation and

common development.

Xi Jinping noted that both as firm supporter

and active constructor of the BRICS countries,

China and India should jointly devote to

building a closer, more comprehensive and

more solid partnership among BRICS countries,

and strive to promote the BRICS nations to play

an active and constructive role so as to make

greater contributions to the world peace and

development.

Narendra Modi noted that at present, India

and China enjoy sound bilateral relations and

witness further enhanced mutual political trust.

He had multiple meetings with President Xi

Jinping, and India and China also maintain a

close communication. The bilateral economic

and trade cooperation in recent years has been

further expanded, and cooperation projects in

science, technology, space, infrastructure and

other sectors have been continuously advanced.

India welcomes more Chinese enterprises to

invest in India, and stands ready to work with

China to enhance strategic communication and

coordination and properly handle the

differences between the two nations including

the border issue.

Chinese President Xi Jinping meets with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Ufa, Russia, July 8, 2015. (Xinhua/Pang Xinglei)

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Narendra Modi expressed that India is

willing to boost cooperation with China within

the framework of the BRICS nations. The

establishment of the New Development Bank

(NDB) of BRICS nations and the AIIB provides

India and China with more opportunities in

deepening cooperation, and India is willing to

actively participate in the construction and

cooperative projects of above-mentioned

banks.

Wang Huning, Li Zhanshu, Yang Jiechi, Zhou

Xiaochuan and others were present at the

meeting.

Xi Jinping Attends 7th BRICS Summit and Delivers Important Speech

On July 9 local time, the 7th BRICS Summit was held in Ufa, Russia. President Xi Jinping, President Vladimir Putin of Russia, President Dilma Rousseff of Brazil, Prime Minister Narendra Modi of India and President Jacob Zuma of South Africa attended the Summit. The leaders of the five nations, focusing on the theme of BRICS partnership, exchanged views on current international situation and cooperation among BRICS nations, reaching broad consensus and yielding fruitful results.

Xi Jinping delivered a keynote speech entitled “Jointly Build Partnership for Bright Future”, in which he summarized the progress in BRICS cooperation, raised suggestions on the course of the BRICS partnership, and expressed the willingness of China to join efforts with all other parties to promote the cooperation among BRICS nations in a more profound and solid manner and make more contributions to world peace and development.

Xi Jinping stressed that the BRICS nations

have gone through an extraordinary course in the past six years. We agreed to deepen BRICS partnership by following the spirit of openness, inclusiveness, cooperation and win-win result. At present, the BRICS nations are confronted with some challenges, while with a huge development potential, the upward trend for them will not change. We are confident of the future prospect of the cooperation mechanism of the BRICS nations. Efforts should be made in the following aspects to enhance the BRICS partnership.

First, to build a partnership maintaining world peace. The BRICS countries should join efforts to address global issues, safeguard the victorious outcome of World War II and the international justice and fairness, abandon the cold-war mentality, resist a zero-sum game, and safeguard world peace and stability.

Second, to forge a partnership promoting common development. The BRICS countries should join hands to forge a closer economic

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partnership, push forward the construction of the headquarters and the African regional center of the New Development Bank of BRICS nations simultaneously, and earnestly implement the BRICS Economic Partnership Strategy. The BRICS nations should also safeguard the common interests of emerging markets and other developing nations on such major issues concerning global development as post-2015 development agenda and climate change.

Third, to build a partnership carrying forward diversified civilizations. The BRICS countries should stick to openness and inclusiveness, actively carry out dialogue and exchanges with other countries and international organizations, strengthen solidarity and cooperation with other emerging markets and developing nations, and boost the representation and influence of the BRICS countries.

Fourth, to forge a partnership advancing global economic governance. The BRICS countries should devote themselves to i m p r o v i n g t h e i r s t a t u s a n d r o l e o f themselves in global governance system, advocate the construction of an open world economy, support mult i- lateral trade system, and intensify exchanges and cooperation in cyber space, immigration issue and other fields.

When discussing on the global political and economic issues, Xi Jinping stressed that BRICS nations should build a new type of state-to-state relations with win-win cooperation at the core. The BRICS countries should resort to a peaceful development, never impose their own wills on others, uphold a philosophy of mutual respect, mutual trust and win-win cooperation, firmly adhere to the multilateralism, cherish the victorious outcome of World War II, safeguard the purposes and principles of the UN Charter,

Chinese President Xi Jinping attends a large-group meeting of the 7th BRICS summit in Ufa, Russia, July 9, 2015. (Xinhua/Rao Aimin)

President Xi Jinping Attends the BRICS & SCO Summit

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reform and improve global economic governance, and promote more countries to support such initiatives as New Development Bank of BRICS nations, Contingent Reserve Arrangement, the “Belt and Road”, Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) as well as the Silk Road Fund, so as to inject impetus into world economic growth and reform of the international system of financial currency. The BRICS nations should also establish a new type of global development partnership, urge the developed countries to shoulder their due responsibilities, and help developing countries improve their self-development capability, so as to narrow the North-South gap, intensify South-South cooperation and seek self-improvement through cooperation on the basis of mutual benefit and win-win result.

When discussing the topics concerning cooperation among BRICS countries, Xi Jinping pointed out that all parties should implement

the major outcome initiatives such as the New Development Bank of BRICS nations and Contingent Reserve Arrangement to manifest the execution capability of BRICS nations. The BRICS countries should blueprint key cooperation fields, enhance alignment of the BRICS Economic Partnership Strategy with the development strategies of each member state to boost the centripetal force of BRICS nations, tap their respective advantages and potentials and carry out cooperation in innovation and p r o d u c t i o n c a p a c i t y t o b o o s t t h e competitiveness of BRICS nations, pursue h u m a n j u s t i c e a n d f a i r n e s s a n d democratization of international relations, insist on the principle of common but differentiated responsibilities, support the sustainable development goals set by the United Nations, and increase the welfare of all the mankind, so as to increase the charisma of BRICS nations.

Chinese President Xi Jinping, Russian President Vladimir Putin, Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff, Indian Prime MinisterNarendra Modi and South African President Jacob Zuma attend the dialogue meeting with representatives of the BRICS Business Council in Ufa, Russia, July 9, 2015. (Xinhua/Li Xueren)

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Xi Jinping expressed his expectation that all parties will join efforts to build a closer partnership among BRICS nations to open up a brighter future for BRICS nations.

President Vladimir Putin noted that the BRICS nations are serving as an important mechanism in the current international arena. Since the establishment of the mechanism, BRICS nations have constantly enhanced t h e i r c o o p e r a t i o n i n economy, trade, investment, p e o p l e - t o - p e o p l e a n d cultural exchanges and expanded the cooperation fields. The launch of New Development Bank of BRICS nations and Contingent Reserve Arrangement is conducive to intensifying the economic links between all countries and boosting the influence of BRICS nations on international affairs.

Prime Minister Narendra M o d i n o t e d t h a t t h e cooperation among BRICS nations enjoys remarkable achievements. Under the current situation that the world is confronted with a number of challenges, the BRICS nations could exert an important influence by pooling consensus and enhancing cooperation. India agrees to a closer coordination among BRICS countries in agriculture, infrastructure, addressing climate change and other fields. An increasingly deepened cooperation among BRICS countries will bring benefits to people all over the world.

Jacob Zuma said that the international community is now faced with increasingly growing challenges, which requires all countries to intensify cooperation under the frameworks of the United Nations and regional organizations. All the five BRICS nations are influential members of the international community and they could cooperate closely and play a bigger role in helping African

countries reduce poverty and other aspects. South Africa will actively participate in such relevant work as the New Development Bank of BRICS nations and Contingent Reserve Arrangement, and work with all other BRICS members to implement the cooperation

strategies and benefit the people of all the member states.

President Dilma Rousseff noted that the BRICS nations decided to establish the New Development Bank of BRICS nations and Contingent Reserve Arrangement, which is a significant measure to deepen cooperation. All parties should formulate development strategies in accordance with global s i t u a t i o n , e x p a n d cooperation fields, and attract more countries to take part in the cooperation, so as to expand the influence of the BRICS nations. The BRICS countries should

actively strive for greater representation in international financial institutions.

The leaders of the five nations also exchanged views on international and regional topics of common interest.

Following the Summit, the leaders of the five nations attended the signing ceremony of such cooperative documents including the Memorandum of Understanding between the BRICS foreign ministries on the creation of a joint BRICS website, agreement on inter-governmental cultural cooperation among BRICS countries and the Memorandum of Understanding on the cooperation between BRICS banks and the New Development Bank (NDB). The Ufa Declaration and an action plan were issued at the meeting.

Wang Huning, Li Zhanshu, Yang Jiechi, Zhou Xiaochuan and others were present at above-mentioned events.

President Xi Jinping Attends the BRICS & SCO Summit

Chinese President Xi Jinping delivers a speech at

the 7th BRICS summit in Ufa, Russia, July 9, 2015.

(Xinhua/Rao Aimin)

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Beijing, July 8 (Xinhua) — A BRICS group

with deepened cooperation will not only serve

its five member countries and other developing

nations, but also stabilize and even boost the

world economy.

In upcoming days, leaders of the BRICS

countries — Brazil, Russia, India, China and

South Africa — will meet in Ufa of Russia for the

seventh BRICS leaders meeting.

They met for the first time in 2009,

l a u n c h i n g t h e b l o c ’ s c o o p e r a t i o n

mechanism. Since then, the BRICS have

shown vitality and innovation through

cooperation, with deepened participation in

global governance.

Now these countries will set up the New

Development Bank (NDB). The institution’s

board of governors will hold its first meeting in

Moscow to appoint members of the board of

directors and the management.

The NDB shows that the BRICS bloc has

transformed from a political concept to a real

force for reform in the international community.

With the bank’s funding, developing

countries, especially the African states, can

improve their infrastructure, rather than

struggling with the limited funds the current

international agencies provide them.

The new development bank will cover the

shortcomings of the global financial system. It is

not intended to overturn the current system,

but to encourage investment from developed

countries and other developing countries with

an open and inclusive mind.

The BRICS has become an importance

platform for exchanges and cooperation among

BRICS a Stabilizer of Global Economy

Chinese President Xi Jinping, Russian President Vladimir Putin, Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and South African President Jacob Zuma pose for photos at the 7th BRICS summit in Ufa, Russia, July 9, 2015. (Xinhua/Pang Xinglei)

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the world’s major emerging economies. It has

brought real benefits for the member states,

and also earned a good reputation among the

international community.

This new cooperation mechanism pointed

to an important trend: emerging economies are

playing bigger roles in global issues.

Global economic recovery remains slow.

While trade globalization agreements are still

being negotiated, the Western countries and

Russia are introducing sanctions against each

other, and the developed and developing

countries have not yet reached agreement on

how to balance economic development and

climate change.

Under such circumstances, the BRICS

leaders’ meeting in Ufa has critical significance

as cooperation among them will not benefit not

only themselves but also the world economy.

Although the five countries are at very

different stages of their development, they

will still become new growth poles for the

world economy.The five have contributed half

the world’s economic growth in the past 10

years.

They have complementary industrial

structures. Sufficient labor, abundant resources

a n d l a r g e m a r ke t s g ive t h e m g re a t

opportunities for development.

The five countries are also important

players in both their continents and

international affairs. In multilateral platforms

such as the UN and the G20, they are playing

bigger roles than ever before, thus their

booming economies can drive the whole global

economy through their deepened cooperation

with other countries and international

organizations.

Chinese President Xi Jinping, Russian President Vladimir Putin, Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and South African President Jacob Zuma attend a small-group meeting of the 7th BRICS summit in Ufa, Russia, July 9, 2015. (Xinhua/Xie Huanchi)

President Xi Jinping Attends the BRICS & SCO Summit

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On July 10 local time, the

15th Meeting of the Council of

Heads of State of the Member

S t a t e s o f t h e S h a n g h a i

Cooperation Organization

(SCO) was held in Ufa of Russia.

President Xi Jinping, together

with President Vladimir Putin of

Russia, President Nursultan

Nazarbayev of Kazakhstan,

President Almazbek Atambayev

of Kyrgyzstan , President

Emomali Rahmon of Tajikistan

and President Islam Karimov of

Uzbekistan, attended the

meeting. In his important

speech at the meeting, Xi Jinping

stressed that all parties should

step up efforts and take effective

measures to forge a community

of common destiny in the

region, jointly safeguard the

security and stability of the

member states, enrich the

c o n t e n t o f p r a c t i c a l

cooperation, consolidate the

long-lasting good-neighborly

friendship, maintain openness

and learn from each other, so as

to promote the SCO for new leapfrog progress at

the new starting point.

The heads of state of the member states first

held a restricted-group talk and then invited the

leaders of those observers including President

Mohammad Ashraf Ghani of Afghanistan,

President Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj of Mongolia,

Prime Minister Narendra Modi of India, Prime

Minister Nawaz Sharif of Pakistan and

representatives of international and regional

organizations concerned to attend an extended

talk. Vladimir Putin chaired the meeting. The

meeting summarized the major achievements

of the SCO since the Dushanbe Summit held in

2014. The participants exchanged views on the

status quo and prospect of the SCO and major

international and regional issues at present,

Xi Jinping Attends the SCO Summit in Ufa and Delivers Important Speech, Stressing to Unite and Help Each Other and Address Challenges Together to Promote the SCO for

New Leapfrog Progress

Chinese President Xi Jinping (R) is welcomed by his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin during the 15th Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit in Ufa, Russia, July 10, 2015. (Xinhua/Zhang Duo)

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reaching broad consensus.

Xi Jinping delivered a speech entitled “Unite

and Help Each Other and Address Challenges

Together to Promote the SCO for New Leapfrog

Progress”.

Xi Jinping pointed out that since the

Dushanbe Summit last year, the member states

of the SCO have furthered their cooperation,

supported each other, intensified their efforts in

safeguarding the security and stability in the

region and boosted communication and

cooperation among themselves, endowing the

SCO with continuously enhanced attractiveness

and cohesiveness. At the same time, influenced

by both internal and external factors, both the

security and stability as well as the economic

development in the region are confronted with

a number of challenges. We should step up

efforts and take effective measures to promote

the SCO for leapfrog progress at the new

starting point.

Xi Jinping put forward a five-point proposal.

First, to uphold the “Shanghai Spirit” to build a

community of shared destiny in the region. The

SCO should continue to take the “Shanghai

Spirit” as a guide to safeguard international

fairness and justice, advocate multilateralism

and the ideal of opening, respect each other’s

interests, oppose interference in internal affairs

of other countries, solve disputes through

p e a c e f u l m e a n s , a n d b o o s t c o m m o n

development and prosperity with the win-win

ideal.

Second, to step up efforts to cement the

shield for regional security. The SCO should

boost policy communication and coordination

and study on the coping measures, jointly

safeguard the regimes, systems, social security

and stability of all the member states, enhance

security cooperation with Afghanistan and

forcefully boost cooperation in counter-

terrorism, drug control and border defense.

China welcomes the signing of the agreement

on cooperation in border defense by SCO

member states, and is willing to work with all

other sides to draw up a treaty on anti-

extremism swiftly.

Third, to tap cooperation potential, enrich

the content of practical cooperation and take

bigger strides in facilitation and liberalization of

trade and investment. China is ready to work

with all other parties to prioritize the

implementation of the connectivity projects

that have been agreed. In the next few years,

China will push for the completion of 4,000

kilometers of railway and over 10,000

kilometers of highway within the region, so that

a layout of interconnected transportation will

be basically in place. The SCO should promote

its member states to cooperate in building

industrial parks, carry out joint production and

constantly deepen cooperation in production

capacity. The strategic direction to establish an

SCO development bank should be adhered to.

The SCO member states should intensify

cooperation in energy and agriculture, speed up

t h e c o n s t r u c t i o n o f a p l a t f o r m f o r

environmental-protection information, and

ensure the success of the docking between the

Silk Road Economic Belt and the Eurasian

Economic Union, so as to promote a balanced

development in the Eurasian region.

Fourth, to promote amity among the people

and consolidate the long-lasting good-

neighborly friendship. China supports the SCO

member states to continue enhancing

cooperation in emergency response and

disaster relief, prevention and treatment of

infectious diseases, facilitation of personnel

exchanges and other fields. China will hold

youth exchange camp program for SCO in China

for five consecutive years and complete summer

camp program for 2000 primary and middle

school students from other member states by

2018.

Fifth, to keep openness and mutual learning

to promote the development of the SCO. The SCO

will start the procedures of granting India and

Pakistan full membership of the organization

after the meeting. China believes that admission

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of new members into the SCO will inject new

impetus into SCO cooperation in all fields. China

supports the SCO to continue expanding

external exchanges with others, enhance

cooperation with its observers and dialogue

partners, and improve relevant dialogue and

cooperation mechanisms, so as to make the

development achievements of the SCO better

benefit its observers and dialogue partners.

The heads of state agreed that as the

international political and economic landscape

is undergoing profound changes and the world

multi-polarization has become a major trend at

present, the SCO should beef up cooperation to

fight against terrorism, separatism and

extremism, strengthen the work of the counter-

terrorism organizations of the SCO, and jointly

address conventional and non-conventional

challenges and threats to safeguard the

comprehensive security.

The heads of state voiced their support to

the initiative of constructing the Silk Road

Economic Belt. They believed that all SCO

member states should ensure a sustainable

economic and social development, facilitate

trade and investment, improve infrastructure

c o n s t r u c t i o n s u c h a s l o g i s t i c s a n d

telecommunication, speed up cooperation in

such areas as industry, transportation,

t e l e c o m m u n i c a t i o n , a g r i c u l t u re a n d

innovation, and deepen cooperation in such

fields as culture, science and technology, health

care, tourism and sports.

The heads of state highly evaluated the

commemorative activities held by SCO member

states to mark the 70th anniversary of the

victory of the World War II, and expressed

profound gratitude to those people who made

significant sacrifice and suffered great material

loss to free the world from Nazi’s oppression

and destruction.

The meeting passed a resolution on starting

the procedures of granting India and Pakistan

full membership of the organization, and agreed

to elevate Belarus to the status of observer of

the SCO and take in Azerbaijan, Armenia,

Cambodia and Nepal as new dialogue partners.

The SCO decided that the SCO Summit in

2016 will be held in Tashkent, capital of

Uzbekistan at the meeting.

The heads of state of the member states

signed the Ufa Declaration by the heads of state

of the SCO member states and the agreement on

border defense cooperation among the SCO

member states. They also approved the

development strategy until 2025 of the SCO, a

2016-2018 cooperation program on combating

terrorism, separatism and extremism among

the SCO member states, and the drafting of a

treaty on anti-extremism of the SCO, and a series

of other resolutions.

A press communique of the Meeting of the

Council of Heads of State of the SCO Member

States, a statement on the 70th anniversary of

the World Anti-Fascist War and WWII by the

heads of state of the SCO member states, and a

statement on coping with the drugs by the

heads of state of the SCO member states were

issued during the meeting.

Wang Huning, Li Zhanshu, Yang Jiechi and

others were present at above-mentioned

events.

China Welcomes SCO Expansion, Calls for Upholding "Shanghai Spirit”

Ufa, Russia, July 10 (Xinhua) — Chinese

President Xi Jinping expressed welcome Friday

over the planned enlargement of the Shanghai

Cooperation Organization (SCO), and called on

the member states to uphold the “Shanghai

Spirit” for common development.

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Xi and other SCO leaders passed a resolution

Friday on starting the procedures of granting

India and Pakistan full membership of the

organization at the 15th SCO summit in the

southwestern Russian city of Ufa.

Currently, both India and Pakistan are

observers of the SCO. Pakistan applied for a full

membership in 2006 and India in 2014.

Also Friday, the SCO elevated Belarus to the

status of observer from dialogue partner, and

took in Azerbaijan, Armenia, Cambodia and

Nepal as new dialogue partners.

China believes that the admission of new

forces into the SCO will inject new impetus into

the organization’s all-ranging cooperation, Xi

said while delivering a speech at the summit.

He said that the SCO should continue to

expand external exchanges with other regional

and international organizations, and improve

the dialogue and cooperation mechanism with

its observers and dialogue partners.

Founded in 2001, the SCO now has China,

Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan and

Uzbekistan as its full members, with

Afghanistan, Belarus, India, Iran, Mongolia and

Pakistan as observers, and Armenia, Azerbaijan,

Cambodia, Nepal, Sri Lanka and Turkey as

dialogue partners.

“SHANGHAI SPIRIT”In his speech, Xi called for upholding the

“Shanghai Spirit” of mutual trust, mutual

benefit, equality, consultation, respect for

cultural diversity and pursuit of common

development, in a bid to build a community of

shared destiny in the region.

Over the past 15 years, the “Shanghai Spirit”

has become the foundation of the SCO for its

existence and growth, and the spirit represents

the direction of contemporary international

relations, Xi said.

He said that the SCO should continue to take

the “Shanghai Spirit” as a guide to safeguard

international fairness and justice, advocate

Chinese President Xi Jinping attends the 15th Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit in Ufa, Russia, July 10, 2015. (Xinhua/Pang Xinglei)

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multilateralism and the ideal of opening,

respect each other’s interests, oppose

interference in other countries’ internal affairs,

solve disputes through peaceful means, and

boost common development with the win-win

ideal.

The SCO should continue to stand as a

staunch force of safeguarding the outcomes of

the victory of WWII, and allow no one to distort

history and trample on peace.

On regional security, the president called on

SCO member states to forcefully boost

cooperation in terrorism fighting, drugs control

and border defense, and strengthen policy

coordination to maintain security and stability

of member states.

The SCO should enhance security

cooperation with Afghanistan, help its security

forces strengthen capability building, and play a

bigger role in the process of national

reconciliation and economic reconstruction in

Afghanistan, Xi said.

China welcomes the signing of an

agreement on border defense at the summit by

SCO member states, and is willing to work with

all sides to draw up a treaty on anti-extremism,

he said.

PRACTICAL COOPERATIONXi said China is willing to strengthen

investment cooperation with other SCO

members via the platform of the China-Eurasia

Economic Cooperation Fund and the Silk Road

Fund, focusing on large infrastructure projects,

resources exploitation, industry and finance.

The proposal to establish an SCO

development bank is a strategic move to

advance multilateral cooperation within the

SCO and bears great significance for its future

development, he said.

He said the SCO members should strive for

early establishment of their own financing

vehicles to serve multilateral projects of shared

benefits, as well as the economic development

of each member.

Noting that connectivity of transportation

facilities should be prioritized in regional

cooperation, Xi called on member states to

quicken the implementation of the Agreement

on Facilitation of International Road Transport.

China will provide funds to support the

feasibility study and plans of the projects of

transportation connectivity, he said.

In the next few years, China will push for the

completion of 4,000 kilometers of railway and

over 10,000 kilometers of highway within the

region, he said, adding that by then, a layout of

interconnected transportation will be basically

in place.

He also called on the member states to

deepen industrial capacity cooperation and

push forward the building of industrial parks in

every member state.

China is carrying out the three-year plan of

training 2,000 personnel for the SCO member

states, he said, adding that China will continue

to provide technical assistance for them and

help them enhance capacity building.

Xi urged SCO member states to expand

people-to-people exchanges, saying that China

will invite 200 young people from the SCO

member states every year to participate in a

youth exchange camp program, which will be

held in China from 2016 to 2021.

China will complete its summer camp

program for 2,000 primary and middle school

students from other member states by 2018, he

added.

CONSENSUS REACHEDAs the international political and economic

landscape is undergoing profound changes and

the world multi-polarization has become a

major trend, the heads of state of SCO member

c o u n t r i e s a g re e d to j o i n t ly a d d re s s

conventional and non-conventional challenges

and threats to safeguard the comprehensive

security.

They decided to beef up their cooperation in

fighting the “three evil forces” of terrorism,

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separatism and extremism.

The heads of state voiced their support to

the construction of China-initiated Silk Road

Economic Belt.

They believe that all SCO member states

should ensure a sustainable economic and

social development in their own countries,

facilitate trade and investment within the

organization and improve infrastructure.

They agreed to speed up cooperation in such

a r e a s a s i n d u s t r y, t r a n s p o r t a t i o n ,

telecommunication, agriculture and innovation.

The leaders also decided to deepen

cooperation in culture, science and technology,

health, tourism and sports.

They highly evaluated the commemorative

activities held by SCO member states to mark

the 70th anniversary of the end of WWII.

They expressed profound gratitude to those

people who made significant sacrifice and

suffered great material loss to free the world

from Nazi’s oppression and destruction.

The SCO leaders signed the Ufa Declaration

and an agreement on border defense

cooperation at the annual summit. They also

approved the organization’s development

strategy until 2025, a 2016-2018 cooperation

program on combating terrorism, separatism

and extremism, and the drafting of a treaty on

anti-extremism.

A press communique, a statement on the

70th anniversary of the World Anti-Fascist War

and WWII, and a statement on the drugs issue

were released at the summit.

The SCO decided that Uzbekistan will host

the 16th summit in its capital Tashkent in 2016.

Spotlight: Future Development Blueprint to Lift SCO Cooperation to New High

Chinese President Xi Jinping (2nd R) and other leaders of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), Presidents of Tajikistan

Emomali Rahmon (L), Kyrgyzstan Almazbek Atambayev (2nd L), Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev (3rd L), Russia Vladimir Putin

(3rd R) and Uzbekistan Islam Karimov (R), pose for a group photo before the 15th SCO summit in Ufa, Russia, July 10, 2015. (Xinhua/Li Xueren)

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Ufa, Russia, July 11 (Xinhua) — Leaders of

the member states of the Shanghai Cooperation

Organization (SCO) approved a host of

documents that drew up the blueprint for the

development of the multilateral cooperation

mechanism in the next decade at the bloc’s 15th

summit here on Friday.

The comprehensive blueprint, which covers

a variety of issues including a 10-year

development strategy, organization expansion,

closer coordination in security, and the resolve

to uphold the results of World War II, is

expected to become a landmark of the SCO and

to lift the SCO cooperation to a new high.

PRAGMATIC PLANS FOR NEXT DECADELeaders of the SCO member states, namely

China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia,

Tajikistan and Uzbekistan, approved the SCO

Development Strategy until 2025 at the summit,

which sets detailed targets and tasks for the

bloc’s development in the upcoming 10 years,

based on a thorough analysis of global and

regional development trends.

The strategy maps out goals for the member

states to cooperate in politics, security, trade

and economy, and people-to-people and media

exchanges in the next decade.

According to the strategy, the member

states will make concerted efforts to bolster

trust and friendship with each other, deal with

security threats, deepen economic and trade

cooperation, boost interactions in technology,

health, education, as well as expand exchanges

with other regional and international

organizations, so as to enhance the bloc’s

influence in the international arena.

Economic cooperation is one of the most

important aspects to promote common

development of the member states.

During a meeting between Chinese

President Xi Jinping and his Russian

counterpart, Vladimir Putin, the two sides

agreed to take the SCO as an important platform

to align China’s Silk Road Economic Belt

initiative with Russia’s aspiration under the

Eurasian Economic Union framework, a historic

program that is expected to offer more

opportunities of facilitating in-depth economic

cooperation.

Xi brought up the Belt initiative in 2013 in a

bid to boost cooperation between and thus

advance the development of countries along the

ancient Silk Road trade route.

STEADY STEPS TOWARD EXPANSIONThe SCO member states ratified the

resolution on starting the procedures of

granting India and Pakistan full membership of

the organization, and elevated Belarus to the

status of observer from that of a dialogue

partner, and took in Azerbaijan, Armenia,

Cambodia and Nepal as new dialogue partners,

a significant decision that would help the bloc

serve as a platform for broader economic and

security cooperation within the Eurasian

region.

Xi extended welcome to the planned

enlargement, saying the admission of new

forces into the SCO will inject new impetus into

the bloc’s all-round cooperation, while calling

for upholding the “Shanghai Spirit” of mutual

trust, mutual benefit, equality, consultation,

respect for cultural diversity and pursuit of

common development.

Meanwhile, Putin believed that the

expansion of the SCO opens a new chapter in its

development, and expressed the hope that the

bloc would become a platform to solve

international issues.

The expansion shows the inclusiveness of

the SCO, and proves that the bloc is increasingly

strengthening its abilities in new fields and

toward new directions, said Sergey Luzyanin,

deputy director of the Far East Institute of the

Russian Academy of Sciences.

STEADFAST DETERMINATION TO

SAFEGUARD COMPREHENSIVE SECURITYAlso adopted at the SCO summit are

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s eve ra l d o c u m e n t s c o n c e r n i n g s a fe -

guarding security and stability in the

r e g i o n , i n c l u d i n g a n a g r e e m e n t o n

s t r e n g t h e n i n g b o r d e r d e f e n s e , a

cooperative outline on combating the

“three evil forces” (terrorism, separatism

and extremism), and a joint statement

on tackling drug production and trafficking.

Leaders of the six member states

stressed that joint efforts must be made

t o r e s p o n d t o c o n v e n t i o n a l a n d

non-conventional challenges and threats in

security areas, and pledged to intensify fight

against terrorism and transnational organized

crimes.

They believe that it is very important to

enhance the role of the SCO in building a fair,

open and equal world order to ensure security

and sustainable development of all countries in

the world.

STRONG RESOLVE TO UPHOLD

WWII RESULTSAs this year marks the 70th anniversary of

the victory of the World Anti-Fascist War, the

summit issued a statement to make a joint call

for resolute opposition to any distortion of the

results of WWII, and to remember history,

commemorate martyrs, cherish peace and work

together to create a better future.

In the statement, leaders of the SCO

countries said the friendship forged in the war is

a common asset of the SCO members, which also

serves as a moral guideline for the struggle for

justice and security in the world.

Recalling the catastrophic WWII, they

vowed to make all-out efforts to prevent the rise

of new, dangerous sentiment against humanity,

while reiterating their commitment to the

principles of the Charter of the United Nations

and other international law.

CHINA-INDIA RELATIONS

PM Modi Hits Social Media to Wish Premier Li 'Happy Birthday’

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi

sent birthday greetings to Premier Li

Keqiang through his account on Sina

Weibo, China’s main micro-blogging

platform, on Wednesday morning.

“Premier Li Keqiang, Happy birthday to

you and wish you a long life. I recall our

meeting in May very enthusiastically,”

wrote Modi in his Weibo post.

On his visit to China in May, Modi was

warmly received by Premier Li Keqaing in

Beijing, when the two leaders witnessed

signature of cooperation treaties and attended

a Taichi-Yoga event in the Temple of Heaven

among other bilateral exchanges activities.A selfie posted on Modi’s Weibo account on his tour in Beijing in May. Photo/Sina Weibo

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Chinese Premier Li Keqiang and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi attend a Taichi and Yoga show at the Temple of Heaven in Beijing, capital of China, May 15, 2015.[Photo/Xinhua]

China Opens New Route for Indian Pilgrims to Tibet

Lhasa, June 22 (Xinhua) — China on Monday

opened a new route along the Himalayan Nathu

La Pass for pilgrims from India traveling to

Tibet, to further promote religious exchanges

between the two countries.

The first group of 43 Indian nationals

entered Tibet Autonomous Region, southwest

China, via this pass at 10 a.m., starting a 12-day

pilgrimage to the sacred religious sites of Mount

Kangrinboqe and Mapam Yumco Lake in Ngari

Prefecture, Tibet.

Free jackets, backpacks and blankets were

provided to the pilgrims by Chinese authorities

upon their arrival.

“This new route is safer, more convenient

and comfortable than the former one,” said

Dong Mingjun, vice chairman of Tibet regional

government, at the pass.

It will shorten the pilgrimage time from

more than 20 days to about eight or 10 days, he

added.

Le Yucheng, the Chinese Ambassador to

India, said the pass was the result of a

consensus reached by both Chinese and Indian

leaders when Chinese President Xi Jinping

visited India in September.

I t w i l l f u r t h e r p r o m o t e m u t u a l

understanding and communication between

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Indian pilgrims queue at the Himalayan Nathu La Pass to enter Tibet Autonomous Region in southwest China, June 22, 2015. (Xinhua/Purbu Zhaxi)

Indian pilgrims take pictures at Nathu La Pass, June 22, 2015.

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the peoples of the two countries, he said. Le has

traveled from New Delhi to Nathu La Pass for

this occasion.

“We hope to use this opportunity to

strengthen strategic mutual trust between

China and India, expand cooperation in all

fields, promote people-to-people and cultural

exchanges, properly handle our divergences,

boost common development, and take the

bilateral relations of our two countries to a new

historical level,” Le said.

The Nathu La Pass sits 4,545 meters above

sea level and is wedged between Tibet’s Yadong

County in Xigaze Prefecture, and India’s Sikkim

State.

Indian nationals have made the pilgrimage

to Tibet every year since 1981. China has

welcomed almost 80,000 Indian pilgrims in the

past decade alone.

The pilgrims traditionally climb over the

Qang La Pass, which sits 5,200 meters above sea

level on the China-India-Nepal border, to reach

their destination. The road is steep and usually

covered by snow.

A Ground Paving Mission for Yatris

H.E. Mr. Le Yucheng, Chinese Ambassador to India

I am happy to learn that the first

batch of Yatris will soon be back home

from Kailash Manasarover Yatra. At

this moment, I can’t help recalling my

extraordinary experience in the past

days as I attended the inauguration of

the new pilgrimage route via Nathula

Pass and went through the remarkable

“sky path”, paving the ground for the

first batch of the Yatris.

Based on the consensus reached

between Chinese President Xi Jinping

and Indian Prime Minister Narendra

Modi during their summit in India, the

Chinese side committed to opening a

new pilgrimage route of Kailash

Manasarover Yatra via Nathula Pass.

With the agreement between the

Ministry of Foreign Affairs of China

and Ministry of External Affairs of

India, the first batch of Yatris would

enter China via Nathua Pass and leave

for Kailash Manasarover on June 22nd.

It is not only a big event for the Yatris,

but also a milestone in China-India

relations. As Chinese Ambassador to

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India, I took it as a top

p r i o r i t y a n d k e p t

t h i n k i n g a b o u t t h e

ground situation for

months. How is the new

route? How about the

road condition? Will the

a c c o m m o d a t i o n

facilities along the route

be good enough? With

these questions in mind,

I took the journey to

Kailash Manasarover

through Nathula Pass

both to be part of the

history and to pave the

way for the Yatris.

I flew to Baddogra of

West Bangaldesh from

New Delhi, and reached

Gantok of Sikkim after

three hours on road, along the same route as the

Yatris traveled. In the following day, Mr. Pawan

Chamlin, Honorable Chief Minister of Sikkim,

kindly met with me and my colleagues. Both of

us were glad of the opening of the new route,

and figured that it would provide a new

opportunity for Sikkim to expand cooperation

with China in such areas as border trade,

tourism and so on so forth.

It was reported by the local media that the

State Government of Sikkim had held a grand

flag-off ceremony for the first batch of Yatris

when they stopped over Sikkim, when a special

commemorative postal cover was issued and a

commemorative sapling planted. Posters about

the new pilgrimage route could be seen almost

everywhere in Sikkim, attesting to the great

importance the State Government of Sikkim

attaches to the Yatra.

Bidding farewell to the Chief Minister in

Gantok, I continued my journey to Nathula Pass.

The 54km road from Gantok to Nathula Pass is

hilly upwards in dense fog and frequently

visited by sudden storms, which made the

journey even more risky. Escorted by the local

police, we still spent nearly four hours in

reaching Nathula Pass with an altitude of 4500

meters. On the way, I stopped a short while in

Sherathang and met with the Yatris who had

already got there. I could touch the expectation

and excitement from their smiling faces.

At 10am on the following day, the Chinese

side held a grand welcoming ceremony for the

first batch of Yatris. On behalf of the Ministry of

Foreign Affairs of China and the Chinese

Embassy in India, I extended my warm welcome

and sincere wishes for them to have a pleasant

journey and happy life with the blessing of

Kailash Manasarover. Indian Ambassador to

China Ashok Kanth in his written message

expressed his heartfelt gratitude to the Chinese

side for making great efforts to open the new

route and his sincere wishes for the Yatris. The

Chinese Embassy in India tailored a pilgrimage

gift bag for each Yatri which includes dawn

coats, hats and blankets, among other items.

With the gifts and blessing, the Yatris went on

their journey to the pilgrimage sites of Kailash

H.E. Mr. Le Yucheng, Chinese Ambassador to India (3rd R) and Mr. Tarun Vijay, a member of Rajya

Sabha of India(2nd L).

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Manasarover in delight and appreciation.

Nathula Pass is one of the important passes

in the border area between China and India,

through which the border trade marts were

reopened in 2006. The opening of this new

route via Nathula was well acclaimed by the

Indian side. Compared with previous Yatra

route via Qiangla Pass, this route is more

comfortable, more convenient and much safer.

The Yatris need not trek long over the rugged

terrains and risk their lives anymore. Instead,

they just embark on air conditioned buses and

reach Kailash Manasarover enjoying the

heavenly beauty. These modalities particularly

count for the elderly Yatris.

After the welcoming ceremony, I took the

road right away to Kailash Manasarover to

check the accommodation facilities catering to

the Yatris. It spans 2000km from Nathula Pass

to Kailash Manasarover, but it only takes

approximately 2 or 3 days to the holy land

thanks to the good road condition. The new

route is all along the two-way asphalt roads on

which vehicles can run at a speed up to 120km

per hour without any worry about traffic. The

Chinese side built four

stay points in case the

Ya t r i s n e e d t o b e

acclimated. I particularly

n o t i c e d t h a t m a n y

makeshift toilets were

b u i l t , s i m p l e b u t

available. Other newly-

built facilities are all

clean and comfortable.

The service persons are

zealous, considerate and

responsive. On June

24th, two days before the

arrival of the Yatris, I was

eventually exposed to

t h e l o n g - a s p i r a t e d

Kailash Manasarover.

Deeply impressed by the

breathtaking serenity of

Manasarover and the

loftiness of Kailash, we were intoxicated and

totally indulged. Right on that moment, I came

to a profound understanding about the

supremacy and uniqueness of Kailash

Manasarover in the mind of Hindus. To quote

the words from my good friend Mr. Tarun Vijay, a

member of Rajya Sabha of India, life would be

far from meaningful without one such Yatra.

Inside the Yatris reception center by

Manasarover, I saw a row of rooms with

fantastic lake view, through whose windows

one could have a panoramic picture of the

extraordinary charm of Kailash Manasarover.

There are 4 to 5 beds in each room, on which are

put brand new blankets, bedclothes, sheets and

souvenirs to mark the unprecedented journey.

Security is arranged around the clock within the

compound. Its newly-renovated kitchen and

washrooms are spacious and clean. At the foot

of Kailash, a new four-star hotel was built,

where staff members were awaiting the Yatris in

anticipation. There I encountered the advance

team from the Indian Embassy in China for the

Yatra. The diplomats were deeply impressed by

H.E. Mr. Le Yucheng, Chinese Ambassador to India and the Indian pilgrims.

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the first class facilities and service of that hotel.

The journey I traveled covers 2000km and

11 administrative regions in Tibet from Nathula

Pass to Kailash Manasarover. With the altitude

arising from 2000 meters to 4800 meters, I was

seized with altitude sickness including hypoxia,

headache and insomnia. But it was all

worthwhile when I thought of the Yatris who

could indulge themselves in the majesty of

Kailash Manasarover and have their dream of

life accomplished. In the days and years to

come, as more Indian Yatris come to Kailash

Manasarover, they will not only get spiritually

enriched but also strongly committed to

strengthening the bonds between our two

peoples. This will surely consolidate the social

foundation and inject immense positive energy

into China-India relations. In this sense, I

believe that the opening of the new route

through Nathula Pass will go down in history as

another milestone in the people-to-people

exchanges and friendship between our two

countries.

China, India to Coordinate in Helping Nepal

Post-quake Reconstruction

Kathmandu, June 25 (Xinhua) — China and

India Thursday agreed to coordinate in

implementing plans to help Nepal in its

rehabilitation and reconstruction.

During their meeting here on the sidelines

of the International Conference on Nepal’s

Reconstruction, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang

Yi and his Indian counterpart Sushma Swaraj

discussed the possibility of carrying out a

trilateral cooperation of China, India and Nepal

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi (1st R) meets with his Indian counterpart Sushma Swaraj (1st L) in Kathmandu, Nepal, June 25, 2015. China would like to cooperate with India in helping Nepal in its post-quake reconstruction, said Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi here Thursday. (Xinhua/Pratap Thapa)

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on economic and trade relations.

In an interaction with Chinese media based

here, Wang said China and India are the only

two countries which border Nepal and they

share the responsibility of leading the

international community in helping the country

in post-quake reconstruction.

Both countries have provided immediate

support to Nepal in the wake of the earthquake

on April 25, and both of them have just

announced their respective plans to help Nepal,

he noted.

Wang recalled that when Indian Prime

Minister Narendra Modi visited China last

month, the leaders of the two countries agreed

to discuss the possibility of establishing a China-

India-Nepal economic corridor.

The two countries should now start work to

implement this new consensus, he said, adding

that both Swaraj and Nepalese Foreign Minister

Mahendra Pandey have responded positively to

the proposal from the Chinese side during his

respective meetings with them.

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi (L) communicates with Nepali Child (R).

Dear Boy, Aal Izz Well!H.E. Mr. Le Yucheng, Chinese Ambassador to India

In the past two days, I was deeply moved by tha story. At 1:01 am on July 11 New Delhi time,

flight MU563 from Beijing smoothly landed at

Indira Gandhi International Airport. It was a

routine flight but had an unusual mission this

time. Soaring over the Himalayas, this jetliner

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was carrying 234 ml of

Hematopoietic Stem

Cells (HSCs) donated by

a Chinese volunteer. Six

hours later, the HSCs

w e r e s u c c e s s f u l l y

transplanted into a 16-

year-old Indian boy

suffering from leukemia.

If everything goes well,

60 days later, the “active

element of life” will

begin to help this boy

r e t u r n t o h e a l t h y

hematopoietic function

and a priceless young life

will be able to continue

discovering the infinite

possibilities in his future life. To deliver the

HSCs to India as soon as possible, the China

Marrow Donor Program (CMDP) and relevant

government institutions, including China

Customs and Beijing Entry-Exit Inspection and

Quarantine Bureau, jointly built a green express

for relay of life.

According to international practice and for

the sake of the patient’s privacy, we do not know

the name of the beneficiary at this moment.

However, we have witnessed a life revived by

the light of hope and love. I learned that the

Chinese donor is a newspaper editor, who was

born in 1978 in Anhui Province. Asked why he

donated his stem cells, he simply said, “As a

father of a 12-years-old, I understand how the

Indian boy’s parents must feel.” There are over a

million volunteers like him in China. Since

joining the World Marrow Donor Program in

2012, China Marrow Donor Program (CMDP)

has made 205 matching donations of HSCs to

over 20 countries and regions, while receiving

marrow donations from around the world.

This reminds me of another moving story

l a s t y e a r , w i d e l y

reported in both China

and India. A little girl

f r o m a s i l k - dye i n g

w o r k e r ’ s f a m i ly i n

Shaoxing City, Zhejiang

Province, suffered from

leukemia and needed

blood donation every

other day to sustain her

life. When an Indian

b u s i n e s s m a n i n

Shaoxing, Mr. Neeraj

Punhani, heard this cry

of help, he used the

The donor(L) and Indian official (R).

The donor(L) and his family.

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WeChat App to summon nearly 100 Indian

businessmen there. Within 24 hours, 33,800 ml

blood was donated for the Chinese girl. When

the grateful Chinese family expressed their

heartfelt thanks to these Indian friends, they

just said that when an Indian businessman in

Zhejiang suddenly fell into serious illness in

2013, 76 ordinary Chinese volunteers donated

blood for him without any hesitation.

Amity between people holds the key to

sound relations between states. The stories of

ordinary Chinese and Indian people donating

blood to save lives are the best footnote of this

amity. It is such simple, sincere amity between

the people that constitutes the most solid

foundation of bilateral relations. The Chinese

HSC donor does not know exactly who he

helped and the only things he knew about the

recipient are: New Delhi, 16-year-old, male.

Maybe, he will never know this boy in his entire

life. What made him donate one part of his life to

save someone from another country whom he

has never met and may never meet? Isn’t that

testimony to the noble spirit in the amazing

genes of human beings. The Chinese character

for “people” is written with two strokes that

form a bracket structure and represents mutual

support. It is this valuable mutual support that

regenerates lives, inspires hope, builds a

community of common destiny and creates the

sagas of miracles of our species on this planet.

Dear boy, Aal Izz Well!

Indian officials carrying stem cell arrives at Indira Gandhi

International Airport, Delhi, on July 11.

EXTERNAL AFFAIRS

Keep Development in Focus and Create Prosperity for All

Speech by H.E. Li Keqiang Premier of the State Council of the People's Republic of China at the OECD Headquarters

S e c r e t a r y - G e n e r a l A n g e l G u r r i a ,

Ladies and Gentlemen,

In his warm and inspiring remarks just now,

Secretary-General Gurria looked back at a

journey of 20 years since China and the OECD

started the policy dialogue. For China, the

world’s biggest developing country with 1.3

billion people, development has always been of

top priority throughout the 30-odd years of

reform and opening-up. At the global level,

problems like poverty and diseases have to be

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addressed while we are promoting prosperity

and progress in civilization. And that, in the final

analysis, has to be done through development.

In a world of deeply integrated economies,

solutions to these problems lie in international

cooperation.

Over the years, in light of its own national

conditions and drawing on the successes of

other countries, China has made tremendous

efforts to explore a way to development. Thanks

to reform and opening-up, China has scored

remarkable achievements in economic and

social development. Today, some foreign

friends may ask, “China has come such a long

way. Isn’t it time to stop calling China a

developing country?” As a matter of fact, China

remains the biggest developing country. True,

China has become the world’s second largest

economy. But its per capita GDP is a mere 7,589

US dollars, ranking 80th in the world. To give it

some context, China’s per capita GDP is 65% of

the global average, 1/7 that of the United States

and 1/5 that of the European Union. When it

comes to overall development level, especially

in terms of innovation capacity, productivity

and social welfare, China lags far behind

developed countries. And in some areas, China

even has lower rankings than some fellow

developing countries. Take the United Nations’

human development index (HDI) for example,

China ranks 91st. Besides, development is

uneven between China’s urban and rural areas

and between its various regions. There are

modern metropolises like Beijing and Shanghai.

But when you go to the central and western part

of the country, especially those far-flung

villages, you will probably see poor conditions

for living, transportation, education and

medical service. People in some areas even have

difficulty accessing drinking water. Since the

start of reform and opening-up, China has

reduced its poverty population by 600 million.

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This is indeed an impressive feat, making China

the first to attain the MDG of halving extreme

poverty. That said, China still has a challenge to

meet in poverty alleviation. In China, 74 million

people still rely on basic living allowances and

85 million are living with disabilities. By China’s

own standard, over 70 million people in rural

areas are living in poverty, and by World Bank

standard, China still has a poor population of

200 million, which is equivalent to the

population of France, Germany and the United

Kingdom combined. In March, the OECD issued

a report All on Board: Making Inclusive Growth

Happen in China. It includes some convincing

figures and conclusions, which are generally in

line with the estimates of Chinese scholars. To

achieve modernization in a country with more

than a billion people, there is no ready example

to follow and no option other than to work long

and hard. We are keenly aware of the challenges

we face. But this does not make us any less

determined to turn China into a medium

developed country by the middle of the century.

Ladies and Gentlemen,

It has been seven years since the global

financial crisis broke out. The economic

recovery process, which has been through many

twists and turns, still shows uncertainties.

Recent ly, the OECD and some other

international institutions have revised down

their growth outlook for the world economy.

How to stabilize the economy, create new jobs

and ensure sustainable development remains

the challenge for all countries. In this

connection, I want to share with you the

following thoughts.

First, it is important to uphold the

environment for peaceful development. Peace is

the number one guarantee for development,

without which nothing could be accomplished.

This year marks the 70th anniversary of the

founding of the United Nations and the victory

of the world’s anti-Fascist war. Overall peace in

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the past 70 years has brought unprecedented

development and prosperity. The outcome of

the hard-won victory needs to be cherished.

The purposes and principles of the UN Charter

should be safeguarded, and the UN-centered

post-war international order should be

resolutely upheld. Deep economic globalization

has bound the interests and destinies of

countries closely together. But the world is by

no means peaceful, and hotspot issues and local

conflicts have kept cropping up. China believes

that relevant parties need to find a peaceful

solution through cooperation, dialogue and

negotiation. The international community

should respect the will of relevant countries and

peoples and endeavor to foster an atmosphere

for unity and reconciliation. The Chinese

culture has all along valued peace and virtue

and rejected the practice of bullying others or

imposing one’s own will on others. China was, is

and will continue to be a strong advocate and

facilitator of world peace and international

order. China will be resolute in upholding its

territorial sovereignty and core interests. China

calls for the establishment of a regional

cooperation mechanism to ensure that we

continue to enjoy an environment of world

peace and regional stability.

Second, it is important to step up structural

reform. History shows that crises, more often

than not, are accompanied with opportunities

for change. Countries concerned have learned

useful lessons from the international financial

crisis. They have realized that vigorous

structural reform is the surest way to getting out

of the global economic downturn. On top of that,

Chinese Premier Li Keqiang (L) meets with Jose Angel Gurria, secretary general of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), in Paris, France, July 1, 2015. (Xinhua/Ding Lin)

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rapid spread of new technologies, like the

Internet, big data and 3D printing, also adds

new impetus to world economic recovery.

In my view, structural reform, first and

foremost, is about stimulating people’s

initiative and creativity and sustaining

economic growth. Indeed, everyone has a gift

for imagination and creation. The Chinese say

that when people are of the same mind, they

could move Mount Tai. And Westerners say that

two heads work better than one. Just imagine if

the talent of all seven billion people on earth

could be leveraged. The result would simply be

miracle. It is imperative that we follow the trend

of the times and have structural reforms to

remove institutional and structural barriers to

people’s ingenuity. This could accomplish more

than invigorating the market. It will also

facilitate fairer distribution and inclusive

growth.

In recent years, the Chinese government has

strongly encouraged mass entrepreneurship

and innovation. This is aimed at leveraging the

wisdom of the 1.3 billion Chinese people,

particularly the 900 million in the workforce,

and fully tapping the potential of the over 70

million market players, especially the over 19

million enterprises. We know that big things

can only be done by pooling the wisdom of

people together, and I myself have seen success

stories with my eyes. In May this year, I visited

the 3W Cafe in Beijing’s Zhongguancun area,

where aspiring young men and women have

been given the opportunity to turn their good

ideas into good business and realize their

dream of setting up their own businesses. In

fact, big companies in China are doing just the

same. The Haier Group, for instance, has shifted

their traditional hierarchical management

system and set up a new platform for

entrepreneurship and innovation. Their

employees have become makers who produce

all kinds of fancy ideas on the platform. These

ideas are later on developed by Haier itself, or in

collaboration with other companies. This way,

the platform for new ideas has incubated over

2,000 small and micro businesses and nurtured

over 1,000 innovative products and startup

projects. Over 1,300 venture investment funds

have been attracted, and more than one million

jobs created. The China National Nuclear

Corporation, for another example, has

developed the Hualong One nuclear technology

through Internet-based R&D in collaboration

with over 20 research institutes on 500

terminals. So we have seen what could be done

when huge potential is unleashed for

entrepreneurship and innovation.

To encourage mass entrepreneurship and

innovation, the Chinese government has taken

measures to streamline administration,

delegate power, strengthen regulation and

improve services. New market players are

increasing in exponential terms. Each day in the

past five months, some 10,000 new businesses

were registered. Most of them are small and

medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) or service

providers. Together, they employ lots of people.

As a result, more jobs have been created and

employment for the young has grown steadily

despite a moderated speed of economic growth.

All this is attributable to reform and innovation.

Entrepreneurship and innovation know no

boundaries. China wants to increase interaction

and cooperation with other countries to jointly

address technological challenges, remove

barriers to technology transfer and open up

new sources for economic growth.

Third, it is important to carry out global

cooperation on production capacity. Since the

outbreak of the international financial crisis,

some countries have taken a QE policy, which

was necessary to forestall an economic

recession. But to ensure strong growth of the

world economy, it is imperative to adopt

multiple measures to support the real economy.

One way to do that is to carry out global

cooperation on production capacity. Now nearly

six billion people live in developing countries.

Many of them are at the early stage of

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industrialization. This means a huge need for

poverty reduction, infrastructure development

and equipment manufacturing, which all serve

to spur growth. Yet limited financial resources

may have barred many of these countries from

getting high-end equipment. China, for its part,

h a s e n t e r e d t h e m i d d l e s t a g e o f

industrialization. The sheer size of China makes

it the largest producer of more than 200

industrial products in the world. Chinese

equipment, being at the middle-end of the

global industrial chain, is competitive given

their high quality and low prices. And when it

comes to developed countries, they are in the

advanced stage of industrialization or even a

post-industrial period with a focus on re-

industrialization. So they have an advantage to

offer in terms of high-end equipment and

technology. China’s strength in equipment

manufacturing could well be tapped to meet the

need of developing countries for lower

procurement costs and industrial upgrading.

China may also work with developed countries

to set up joint ventures or cooperative

operations. China may buy core technologies,

key parts and components and energy saving

and environmentally friendly equipment from

developed countries, therefore offering

developing countries inexpensive, quality and

energy conserving products that are more

environmentally friendly. During my recent

visit to Latin America, I got on-board a China-

made ferry that is powered by a diesel electric

system purchased from a developed country,

instead of a conventional diesel engine, making

it largely pollution-free.

China calls for open global cooperation on

production capacity. The idea involves

advanced technology and equipment from

developed countries, localized production and

assembly in developing countries as well as

financing cooperation with international

financial institutions. Such a cooperation model

will provide the global market with cost

effective equipment, production capacity and

solid financial services. During my current visit,

China and France signed an agreement on

jointly exploring third-party markets. China’s

production capacity will be joined with

advanced technology of France and other

developed countries to promote infrastructure

development, industrialization and poverty

reduction in developing countries. This will

raise the level of industrialization in developing

countries, promote China’s industrial

upgrading and drive the export of core

technologies and creative products from

developed countries. The result could be win-

win for all three parties. I believe this could be a

new and important way for South-South and

North-South cooperation. It could boost the real

economy and help counter the downward

pressure in global economy. In fact, both

industrialization in developing countries and

re-industrialization in developed countries will

be advanced if we could properly combine

financing cooperation with development of the

real economy, and capital support with trade in

investment goods.

Later this year, the United Nations will

convene a development summit, a climate

change conference and the Third International

Conference on Financing for Development. We

call on developed countries to follow through on

their ODA commitment, scale up support to

developing countries, especially least

developed countries in Africa and elsewhere,

and further cut the debts of and open up

markets to developing countries. China stands

ready to work with all parties to deliver a fair,

inc lus ive and susta inable post-2015

development agenda. On climate change, China

has outlined its nationally determined actions

and policies before 2030, and will work with

other countries towards reaching the much-

anticipated new climate deal at the Paris

conference.

Ladies and Gentlemen,

I know many of you are interested in China’s

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economic prospect. Let me assure you that on

the whole, the Chinese economy is steady and

moving in the right direction. GDP grew by 7%

in the first quarter. Major economic data of May

and June such as industrial output, investment,

consumption and export have stabilized and

ra l l i e d , a n d m a r ke t c o n f i d e n c e h a s

strengthened. Economic structural adjustment

has picked up speed - the services sector now

accounts for more than half of the economy, and

new products, sectors and business models

have emerged in great numbers. In the first five

months of this year, online retail sales rose by

38.5%. In May, output of new-energy cars and

industrial robots increased by 2.8 times and 1.3

times respectively. All these point to the fact that

China’s industrial development is upgrading

and the Chinese economy is being driven by

new growth drivers.

There is no denying however that China still

faces downward pressure and some deep-

seated problems. But these are “growing pains”.

We will strike a proper balance between steady

growth and structural adjustment, continue to

implement the proactive fiscal policy and

prudent monetary policy, and strengthen

targeted regulation on the basis of range-based

regulation so as to cushion the downward

pressure through deeper reform and opening-

up. Our aim is to keep the economic momentum

with moderated rate of growth and to raise both

the quantity and quality of the Chinese

economy. Given the size of the Chinese market,

there is a variety of regulation tools we may

resort to. We have both the confidence and the

capabilities to meet the target set for this year,

and we will strive to sustain medium-high rate

of growth and move the Chinese economy

toward medium-high level of development.

Ladies and Gentlemen,

China as a developing country has engaged

the OECD in various forms of exchanges and

cooperation since our policy dialogue started

20 years ago. While China has benefited a lot

from the OECD’s views and recommendations,

China’s development has offered the OECD a

broader perspective in its research endeavor.

Before coming here, Secretary-General Gurria

and I discussed ways to deepen the OECD’s

cooperation with China. The two sides also

signed a Medium-term Vision Statement and a

joint Program of Work for 2015-2016,

identifying priority areas and the roadmap for

future cooperation. Here I wish to announce the

formal accession of a Chinese institution to the

OECD Development Center. As China will play

host to the G20 summit next year, we look

forward to discussing with all parties ways to

advance development, and the OECD’s strong

support is more than welcome in this

connection.

The Chinese culture emphasizes the need to

match knowledge with action. Let us think and

act together to come up with better ideas and

more concrete actions to advance the common

development and wellbeing of the entire human

race.

Thank you very much.

Li Keqiang Delivers Speech at China-EU Business Summit, Stressing to Work Together for New Progress in

China-EU Relations

On the afternoon of June 30 local time,

Premier Li Keqiang and President Jean-Claude

Juncker of the European Commission attended

the China-EU Business Summit in Brussels and

delivered keynote speeches.

Li Keqiang said that the China-EU relations

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have gone through 40 years and have become

increasingly mature and stable. As the largest

group of developed countries and the biggest

economy, the EU is an important pole in the

international political arena. China is the largest

developing country in the world. The joint

efforts of China and the EU will bring enormous

welfare to the people of both sides and benefit

the world. Looking back at the history since the

establishment of the diplomatic relations

between China and the EU, we notice that much

valuable experience is worth being passed

down. Over the past 40 years, China and the EU

have respected each other and treated each

other equally all the time, and both are

dedicated to meeting each other halfway and

achieving mutual benefit and win-win results.

Europe has provided many advanced

technologies for China’s modernization

construction. China-EU economic and trade

cooperation has become an important

foundation of the economic growth of Europe

and the world at large. China and the EU jointly

promote dialogues among civilizations and

communicate with and learn from each other.

Both the Chinese civilization and European

civilization bear striking traits of openness and

inclusiveness. The people-to-people and

cultural exchange mechanisms have become

more mature and the personnel exchanges even

closer.

Li Keqiang pointed out that President Xi

Jinping paid a successful visit to Europe last year

and the two sides reached an important

consensus on jointly building four major

partnerships for “peace, growth, reform and

civilization”. Facing the new situation, the

leaders of China and the EU should take a long-

term perspective and down-to-earth attitude to

further consolidate the foundation of bilateral

political mutual trust and continue to regard

each other as a development opportunity.

Facing the profound adjustment and downward

pressure of global economy, we should focus on

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the real economy, promote structural reform at

home and strengthen international production

capacity cooperation abroad to continue

expanding the convergence of interests and

create new modes of cooperation and

development. As two important economies in

the world, China and the EU have the

responsibility to join hands to promote

international production capacity cooperation

in the following regards.

First, China is willing to join the European

Strategic Investment Plan and make

breakthroughs in joint infrastructure

construction. China is willing to give play to

advantages in team, technology and

management in infrastructure construction to

participate in the 315 billion euro European

Strategic Investment Plan launched by the EU

recently.

Second, China and the EU can take

equipment manufacturing as the focus and

m a k e b r e a k t h r o u g h s i n t h i r d - p a r t y

cooperation. To develop production capacity

cooperation projects in the developing

countries and the Central and Eastern Europe,

the Chinese enterprises should give play to the

price–performance advantages of their middle-

end equipment manufacturing and purchase

related equipments from the European

countries as well. They should adopt modes

such as joint venture, public-private

partnership (PPP) and franchise, and raise the

level of energy conservation and environmental

protection in the cooperative projects.

Third, we should meet the needs of

industrial investment and make breakthroughs

in financial cooperation. China has abundant

foreign exchange reserves, and is willing to

participate in Europe’s development by

multiple means such as purchasing Europe’s

debt and direct investment. China will actively

consider establishing a China-EU joint

investment fund to boost the European Fund for

Strategic Investments. China will also expand

bond purchase from the European Investment

Bank, give full play to financial arrangements

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such as the pan-European investment

cooperation platform and the China and Central

and Eastern Europe framework for investment

and financing, give play to the role of RMB

clearing bank, perfect RQFII system, and make

financial cooperation the strong bond of

interest convergence of both sides.

Fourth, we should make breakthroughs in

raising the level of trade and investment

liberalization. As long as China and the EU

follow the principles of reciprocity and mutual

benefit in properly addressing trade frictions

and other issues, we will surely achieve a trade

volume of 1 trillion USD by 2020.

Li Keqiang stressed that people-to-people

and cultural engagement is an important pillar

in China-EU cooperation. The two sides should

give full play to the guiding role of the China-EU

High-Level People-to-People Dialogue,

successfully hold the “China-EU Year of

Intercultural Dialogue”, and serve as actors and

creators to forge a more brilliant future for the

China-EU relations.

Jean-Claude Juncker said that China is one of

EU’s most important trading partners. With the

deepening of inter-dependence between the

two sides, they are strong and reliable

cooperative partners. To get rid of the present

international financial crisis and tackle global

challenges needs a stronger and mutually

beneficial partnership between the EU and

China. The EU pays close attention to the

measures in China’s economic strategy, is

willing to join hands with China to strengthen

cooperation in fields of connectivity and

infrastructure construction, and welcomes

Chinese enterprises to invest in Europe. The EU

admires China’s efforts in emission reduction.

The two sides can tap potential and deepen

cooperation in this field.

About 400 business people from China and

Europe present at the Summit gave warm

applause to speeches delivered by leaders of

China and the EU for a long time.

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Chinese Premier Li Keqiang (C), President of the European Council Donald Tusk (L) and President of the European Commission Jean-Claude Juncker (R) meet with the press after the 17th China-EU leaders' meeting in Brussels, Belgium, June 29, 2015. (Xinhua/Yao Dawei)

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On the afternoon of June 29

local time, Premier Li Keqiang

and President Jean-Claude

Juncker of the European

Commission jointly attended

and addressed the China-EU

Urbanization Partnership

Forum 2015 in Brussels.

Li Keqiang said that the

practice of human development

indicates that industrialization

and urbanization are “twin

brothers” of modernization.

Over the past 30 years, with the

r a p i d d e v e l o p m e n t o f

industrialization, China’s

urbanization has gained great

a c h i e v e m e n t s w i t h t h e

urbanization rate rising from

17.92% in 1978 to 54.77% in

2014.

Li Keqiang pointed out that

there are still many problems in China’s

urbanization. The solution is to take the way of

people-oriented new-style urbanization,

building more inclusive and harmonious cities.

At present, we need to resolve “three 100-

million-people tasks” in particular, that is, to

enable the 100 million migrant farmer workers

to settle down in cities and become real city

residents by 2020; to accelerate the

urbanization process of the central and western

regions, guiding 100 million farmers to enter

the nearby towns and cities voluntarily; to

concentrate on rebuilding the run-town areas

and unsafe buildings in cities to solve the

housing problem for 100 million people. The

solution of the “three 100-million-people tasks”

will vigorously increase social labor

productivity and promote the all-round

development of the people to drive all sorts of

consumption and investment demands. It will

not only provide an everlasting source of power

f o r C h i n a ’ s e c o n o m i c g r o w t h a n d

modernization construction, but also provide

new opportunities and expand new spaces for

China-EU mutually beneficial cooperation.

Li Keqiang stressed that China is pushing

forward the largest urbanization process in the

history of mankind. The European urbanization

has gone through several hundred years and

gathered rich experience which is worth

learning for China. 12 city partnerships and

over 130 joint projects have been forged under

the China-EU urbanization partnership.

Standing at a new starting point, both sides

Chinese Premier Li Keqiang addresses a forum on the China-EU urbanization partnership in Brussels, Belgium, June 29, 2015. President of the European Commission Jean-Claude Juncker also attended the forum. (Xinhua/Li Xueren)

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need to ride on the momentum and take more

practical actions.

First, deepen cooperation of smart cities.

The application of new technologies such as the

Internet of Things, cloud computing and big

data has made modern cities “smart”. China and

the EU should strengthen exchanges and

mutual learning in aspects such as the planning

and design of smart cities, research and

development of core technologies and

promotion of standard applications to advance

informatization of c i ty management ,

intellectualization of infrastructure, facilitation

of public service and refinement of social

governance.

Second, strengthen cooperation in energy

saving and environmental protection. China has

proposed that it will peak its carbon dioxide

emissions around 2030 and try to reach the

peak as soon as possible, and the proportion of

non-fossi l energy in primary energy

consumption will be around 20%, which put

fo rwa rd h i gh e r re q u i re m e n t s o n i t s

development of urbanization. Europe leads the

world in fields such as the application of low-

carbon technology, nearly zero emissions of

buildings and sewage and garbage disposal.

China welcomes the EU to actively participate in

China’s construction of low-carbon cities and

low-carbon industrial parks, energy-saving

reconstruction of existing buildings, sewage

and garbage disposal and clean energy

development. China is also willing to work with

the EU to jointly develop the third-party market

in the field of energy saving and environmental

protection equipment.

Third, promote public services and

cooperation in public services. With the rapid

Chinese Premier Li Keqiang (C) poses for a group photo with President of the European Council Donald Tusk (R) and President of the European Commission Jean-Claude Juncker before the 17th China-EU leaders' meeting in Brussels, Belgium, June 29, 2015. Li co-chaired the meeting with Tusk and Juncker. (Xinhua/Li Xueren)

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development and upgrading of new-type

urbanization in China, the level of China’s

demands for medium and high grade consumer

goods and equality of basic public services is

improving. The EU countries boast a high level

of development in education, medical

treatment, leisure and fashion industries, and

China welcomes European enterprises to

expand the market. China has certain

comparative advantages in the infrastructure

field, and hopes Europe could provide more

convenience for Chinese enterprises to

participate in its city upgrading and renovation.

Li Keqiang said that remembering the past,

bearing today and creating the future, the city is

not only a huge stage of economic growth and

wealth creation, but also a pioneer of social

progress and cultural communication. China is

willing to work with the EU institutions,

European countries and relevant cities to

c o n t i n u o u s ly ex p a n d exc h a n g e s a n d

cooperation in various fields, write a new

chapter of future China-EU cooperation in

urbanization and jointly construct a poetic

dwelling place.

Jean-Claude Juncker said that Premier Li

Keqiang’s speech charts the course for EU-

China cooperation in urbanization. The EU and

China need to cope with common challenge but

also face huge cooperative opportunities in the

field of urbanization. The EU admires China’s

achievements in urbanization construction, and

is willing to exchange experience and

communicate with China and become China’s

important partner in this field.

On the same day, Li Keqiang also attended

the second China-EU Innovation Cooperation

Dialogue and took group photos with main

representatives.

China's Role in the Global and Regional Order: Participant, Facilitator and Contributor

--Speech at the luncheon of the Fourth World Peace Forum

by H.E. Foreign Minister Wang Yi

2015/06/27

Distinguished Guests,

Friends,

It is my great pleasure to come back to the

World Peace Forum.

Peace is an eternal theme of mankind, and is

also a goal that we all strive to attain. This year

marks the 70th anniversary of the end of the

World’s Anti-Fascist War and the victory of the

Chinese People’s War of Resistance against

Japanese Aggression. China will join countries

across the world in commemorating this

unforgettable episode of history and opposing

rhetorics and actions that glorify aggression, to

make sure that war will not recur and peace will

be everlasting.

In this context, it is all the more timely and

relevant for people of vision from all over the

world to meet in Beijing and discuss important

matters bearing on world peace. At the opening

session of the Forum this morning, Vice

President Li Yuanchao laid out China’s vision to

work with other countries in building a

community of common destiny for world peace

and security. I hope and I believe that this

initiative for peace has been well-received by

this distinguished audience.

China has always been dedicated to

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safeguarding world peace. China is a participant

as well as facilitator and contributor in the

global and regional order. Let me share with you

China’s views and thinking on this subject.

Seventy years ago, in the smoky ruins of the

World’s Anti-Fascist War and after painful

reflection, the international community

established the international order and system

with the United Nations as the core and the

purposes and principles of the UN Charter as

the cornerstone, thus opening a new chapter in

the history of international relations. As one of

the main victorious countries, China took an

active part in and made important contribution

to this historical process. China was the first

country to sign on the UN Charter.

Seventy years on, even as China focuses on

developing itself, China has never allowed itself

to ignore its due international responsibilities.

Both internationally and regionally, it has

played a constructive role in maintaining peace,

promoting development, and safeguarding and

improving post-war international order and

system.

First, China’s foreign policy has been

imbued with the letter and spirit of the UN

Charter. The UN Charter embodies the

international aspiration for preventing war,

preserving peace and promoting cooperation. It

established vital principles of sovereign

equality, non-interference in other countries’

internal affairs, peaceful resolution of disputes

and prohibition against the use or threat of

force. And as such, it became the cornerstone for

guiding and regulating contemporary

international relations.

Embracing the principles of the UN Charter,

China has been committed to international

peace, security and cooperation. We jointly

proposed the Five Principles of Peaceful

Coexistence with India and Myanmar, which

reflect the spirit of the UN Charter. These

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi speaks at the luncheon of the fourth World Peace Forum in Beijing, capital of China, June 27, 2015. (Xinhua/Ding Haitao)

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principles have since become widely

recognized norms governing international

relations. We consistently stand for peaceful

settlement of international disputes and

equality of countries irrespective of size. We

oppose willful use of force and reject power

politics and zero-sum game.

We are dedicated to fostering a new pattern

of state-to-state relations with win-win

cooperation as the core and based on

partnership instead of alliance and cooperation

rather than confrontation.

As a permanent member of the UN Security

Council, we are aware of our responsibilities for

world peace. China’s vote at the Security

Council can be counted on to always promote

international fairness and justice and uphold

the legitimate rights and interests of developing

countries and small countries. In a similar vein,

China has never exercised its veto but to check

the instinct of war and resist power politics.

Second, China has taken an extensive part in

the settlement of global hotspot issues. Decades

ago, we actively advanced the Indochina peace

process, called for and realized the peaceful

settlement of the Cambodian issue and initiated

the Six-Party Talks for denuclearization of the

Korean Peninsula. Now, we are actively

promoting political dialogue processes for

hotspot issues from the Iranian nuclear issue,

Ukraine, to the Middle East and South Sudan.

And we get deeply involved in international

cooperation in counter-terrorism, anti-drug

trafficking, cyber security and climate change.

China has contributed the biggest number of

peacekeeping personnel among the permanent

members of the UN Security Council. Even as we

speak, over 3,000 Chinese peacekeepers are

discharging their duties all over the world every

day. We deployed a total of 59 vessels to the Gulf

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of Aden and the waters off the Somali coast in 20

missions to ensure safety of close to 6,000

Chinese and foreign ships.

Third, China has actively honored its

international obligations. Since the founding of

New China, we have concluded over 23,000

bilateral treaties and agreements, acceded to

over 400 multilateral treaties and almost all

inter-governmental organizations and honored

our due obligations. Since its accession to the

WTO, China has worked to push forward

multilateral trade talks and promote a range of

bi lateral and mult i lateral free trade

arrangements in a devoted effort to advance

international trade liberalization. This month,

China signed free trade agreements with the

ROK and Australia, raising the total number of

FTAs it has reached to 14. If we count in the

seven ongoing FTAs negotiations, the FTAs

China has been involved in would cover more

than 30 countries and regions.

Fourth, China has actively advocated

exchanges and mutual learning between

civilizations. We have established people-to-

people exchange mechanisms with the United

States, Russia, the UK, France, the EU and

Indonesia, among others, and initiated the

World Cultural Forum (Taihu, China) to

promote exchanges and mutual learning

between different ethnic groups, cultures and

religions to increase mutual understanding and

encourage respect for differences and

harmonious coexistence.

Development is the bedrock of peace. China

has contributed enormously to world peace and

s t a b i l i t y t h ro u g h i t s o w n e c o n o m i c

development. It is estimated that China has

consistently served as one of the main drivers of

the global economy in the past 30 years,

becoming the largest contributor to global

growth since the international financial crisis.

China, a strong and dynamic locomotive, is

fueling the development of many other

countries, thus creating a more favorable

environment and laying a more solid

foundation for the noble cause of peace.

Distinguished Guests,

Friends,

China is an Asia-Pacific country. As a

member of the Asia-Pacific community, China is

committed to the peace and stability of this

region.

Over the decades, we have gradually put

together a full-fledged, mature and multi-

dimensional foreign policy towards our

neighboring countries. This neighborhood

policy is guided by important principles such as

amity, s inceri ty, mutual benef i t and

inclusiveness. It is geared towards building

amicable ties and partnerships with China’s

neighbors and advancing good-neighborliness,

security and prosperity in the region. It is

underpinned by the concept of common,

comprehensive, cooperative and sustainable

security. It is inspired by a long-term vision of

building an Asia-Pacific where countries live

together in peace, pursue win-win cooperation

and work together to forge a partnership and

eventually create a community of common

destiny. China’s neighborhood policy is an

important part of its overall diplomacy, which is

in line with the purposes of the UN Charter and

reflects China’s socialist characteristics. More

and more countries, especially those in the

region, have come to recognize and welcome

this policy.

Over the years, China has worked hard to

deepen mutual understanding and trust with its

neighbors. It has signed treaties of good-

neighborliness and friendly cooperation with

eight countries respectively and is ready to do

the same with other willing neighbors to codify

shared commitment to peace and friendly

cooperation. China has fully settled its land

boundary issues with 12 out of its 14 neighbors.

We have a special representative mechanism on

the boundary dispute with India and our border

negotiations with Bhutan are going smoothly.

China has steadily increased its military

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transparency and issued nine defense white

papers, including the recent white paper on

China’s military strategy, in response to

domestic and foreign concerns regarding

China’s military development. China has taken

the initiative to discuss with ASEAN countries

on the setting up of bilateral defense hotlines as

a crisis management measure. We resumed

consultations with Japan on a maritime and air

liaison mechanism and are in the process of

fleshing out the rules of behavior for the safety

of air and maritime encounters with the United

States. All this has taken our confidence

building efforts with countries concerned to a

higher level.

China has worked actively to strengthen

regional security dialogue and cooperation. It

has conducted more than 100 joint military

exercises with over 50 countries, including

those in the Asia-Pacific, and established

defense and security dialogue mechanisms

with 27 countries. China is the first country to

hold 10+1 defense ministers’ meetings with

ASEAN countries and we are deeply involved in

multilateral defense exchanges through

regional frameworks such as the Shanghai

Cooperation Organization, ASEAN Regional

Forum and ADMM+. China successfully hosted

the CICA summit, calling on countries in the

region to accommodate each other’s security

concerns while safeguarding their own security

and explore a widely accepted, open and stable

security cooperation architecture that meets

the needs of this region.

China has worked actively to facilitate the

peaceful settlement of regional hotspot issues.

As an important force for peace and stability on

the Korean Peninsula, China has worked

tirelessly to create conditions for restarting the

Six-Party Talks. China successfully hosted the

foreign ministers’ meeting of the Istanbul

Process on Afghanistan. We support the

political, security and economic transitions in

Afghanistan and play a mediating role in its

domestic peace process in a way that is

acceptable to all sides. We are also engaged in

facilitating national reconciliation in Myanmar

by leveraging our own resources and

advantages to promote peace and stability both

inside Myanmar and along its borders with

China.

Distinguished Guests,

Friends,

The past 70 years has seen a much changed

world and rapidly shifting international

landscape and balance of power. No doubt, a

fast-growing China committed to socialism with

Chinese characteristics is becoming an

important factor for world development. Not

surprisingly, China’s foreign policy has attracted

much international attention, and has given rise

to various interpretation, speculation, and

sometimes even misunderstanding. Here I wish

to say to you on record that China will always be

a participant in the international order, not

challenger; a facilitator, not trouble-maker; and

a contributor, not a “free-rider”. This was, is and

will be the case in the future.

We w i l l c o n t i n u e t o s a f e g u a r d

contemporary international order and system.

Seventy years ago, China was directly involved

in designing and building the international

order and system with the United Nations as the

centerpiece. Naturally we wouldn’t overturn

what we had helped to build, nor would we want

to start everything anew. We will join other

countries in safeguarding and further

developing the existing order and system. In

fact, it is the failure to effectively honor the

purposes and principles of the UN Charter that

is very much behind the confrontation and

injustice we see in our world today.

Meanwhile, the trend of multi-polarization

and globalization means that we need to work

together for the reform and improvement of the

international order and system to make it more

fair and equitable, and better serve the

aspirations of the international community,

especially the large group of developing

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countries which have grown stronger since the

second World War. We should embrace three

basic principles in the evolution of international

relations, namely, more multilateralism and less

unilateralism; stronger rule of law, not the law

of the jungle; and greater democracy, not power

politics.

We will continue to promote peace and

stability in the Asia-Pacific. China is committed

to the path of peaceful development, a

commitment that is of immediate relevance for

the Asia-Pacific. We do not seek dominance or

sphere of influence in the region, nor do we

intend to form military alliances or drive any

country out of the Asia-Pacific. Instead, we are

committed to solidarity and cooperation with

other countries in pursuit of a new path of

security for the region, which is built by all,

shared by all, win-win for all and safeguarded

by all. China will seek to resolve disputes with

its neighbors over territory and maritime rights

and interests peacefully through dialogue and

negotiation and on the basis of respecting

historical facts and international law. Disputes

that cannot be solved for now are to be managed

properly. We will work with the international

community to uphold freedom of navigation

and commerce that countries enjoy at sea,

including the South China Sea, based on

international law, and fulfill all international

responsibilities and obligations as a main

littoral state.

We will continue to expand the good

momentum of economic development in the

Asia-Pacific. Most of us in this region are

developing countries. We all need development.

We cannot allow disruption of our hard-won

development opportunities. Nor can we allow

exaggerated or even fabricated tensions to

disturb our development. The implementation

of the land and maritime Silk Road initiatives

have provided fresh opportunity for

comprehensively deepening mutual ly

beneficial cooperation among Asia-Pacific

countries in business, investment, industrial,

infrastructure and other fields. Strengthening

international cooperation in production

capacity and making good use of financial

institutions like the Asian Infrastructure

Investment Bank (AIIB) and the Silk Road Fund

will be a big part of this process.

Let me say a few more words about the Silk

Road initiatives. The aim of these initiatives is to

promote common development and shared

prosperity along the routes, with a view to

building a community of common destiny. And

their implementation will follow a win-win

approach featuring wide consultation, joint

contribution and shared benefits. Countries in

the Asia-Pacific are both natural partners in

these initiatives and their direct beneficiaries.

The Eurasian landmass we are living in bears

witness to much bloodshed in history. Today, we

should work together to make the renewal of

the ancient Silk Roads a pathway towards

lasting peace and cooperation that had eluded

our forefathers.

We will continue to advance regional

cooperation and integration in the Asia-Pacific.

Regional cooperation is a trend of the times. And

our aim should be to achieve trade and

investment liberalization on a global scale. We

will promote coordinated progress in

cooperation mechanisms, such as the APEC,

Shanghai Cooperation Organization, ASEAN

Plus One, ASEAN Plus Three, China-Japan-ROK

Cooperation and East Asia Summit, in an effort

to build an architecture of Asia-Pacific

cooperation that is more open, inclusive,

mutually beneficial and complementary. In East

Asia, which is China’s immediate neighborhood,

we will continue to support ASEAN centrality in

regional cooperation, work actively with ASEAN

to push forward the negotiations for an

upgraded China-ASEAN FTA and the Regional

Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP),

and endeavor to fulfill the vision for an East Asia

economic community by 2020.

Before I conclude, let me say one more thing.

As China continues to contribute to world peace

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and development, we hope the international

community will also make the effort to learn more

about China, and understand and support my

country. China’s peaceful development is a process

of modernization among 1.3 billion people.

Seldom can we see such an inspiring and splendid

endeavor in the history of human progress.

The growth of China has been accompanied

by the extension of its national interests beyond

its neighborhood. This is a trend of history that

is both natural and unstoppable. This process

brings to the region and the world, first and

foremost, opportunities for cooperation and

dividends of development. Even so, due to

conventional thinking, some friends tend to

worry that China might repeat the path of

previous major powers and put the

development space of others under constraint.

Let me reaffirm here that as a participant of and

contributor to the global and regional order, a

growing China would only mean greater

strength for peace and more positive energy in

the world. We are determined to break the so-

called law of history that draws a simplistic

equation between power and attempts to seek

hegemony. We will unswervingly go down a new

path of sharing peace and development with all

other countries. As President Xi Jinping has

emphasized, China is committed to working

with all countries to foster a new type of

international relations featuring win-win

cooperation. This is an objective and vision we

are dedicated to achieve. President Xi’s

important proposition builds on the purposes

of the UN Charter and is fully consistent with the

trend of progress of human society. We look

forward to joining hands with all countries to

embark on a new journey that will lead us to the

successful attainment of this vision.

Thank you all.

ASIAN INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT BANK

Xi Jinping Meets with Delegation Heads of Various Countries Attending the Signing Ceremony of the

Agreement on the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank

2015/06/29

On June 29, 2015, President Xi Jinping met

at the Great Hall of the People with delegation

heads of various countries attending the

signing ceremony of the Agreement on the

Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB).

On behalf of the Chinese government, Xi

Jinping first extended warm congratulations on

the signing of the AIIB agreement. He pointed

out that China proposed to establish the AIIB

with an aim to push infrastructure construction

and connectivity, deepen regional cooperation

and realize common development in Asia. The

initiative has received positive responses from

countries in the region and beyond. The signing

of the AIIB agreement marks a historic step

forward in establishing the AIIB, shows the

solemn commitment of all parties to

establishing the AIIB and embodies all parties’

pract ical act ion featuring sol idari ty,

cooperation, inclusiveness, openness and

mutual development.

Xi Jinping stressed that today, all the

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member states, in the spirit of solidarity,

cooperation, openness and inclusiveness,

reached a high-quality AIIB agreement. As long

as we continuously follow the spirit of

multilateral cooperation, the AIIB can be surely

built into a new platform featuring openness,

inclusiveness, mutual benefit and win-win

results with joint efforts, and positively

contribute to infrastructure development in

Asia.

Vice President and Head of Federal

Department of Economic Affairs Johann

S c h n e i d e r - A m m a n n o f t h e S w i s s

Confederation, Deputy Prime Minister and

Minister of Finance Bill English of New Zealand

and Deputy Prime Minister and Finance

Minister Choi Kyung-hwan of the ROK delivered

a speech successively. They expressed that they

are pleased to see the rapid preparation and

professional progress in establishing the AIIB.

The infrastructure financing demand in Asia is

obvious to all, therefore, China’s initiative to

establish the AIIB is very timely and important.

The AIIB, along with the Belt and Road initiative

also proposed by China, will greatly help

address regional infrastructure bottlenecks

and capital constraints and enhance regional

trade connections and connectivity. In

particular, the proposals would assist countries

w i t h we a k i n f ra s t r u c t u re a n d b o o s t

development in Asia. It is believed that the AIIB

will become an important member among

international financial institutions for

development. China has shown a strong and

positive will as well as an open spirit in

proposing and establishing the AIIB, which is

admirable. The relevant member states will, in

the spirit of cutting paths through the

mountains and building bridges across the

rivers, together ensure that the AIIB will

become a practical and efficient member in the

international financial institutions. It is believed

that the AIIB will play an important leading role

in the course of Asia’s development.

Upon listening to the remarks of delegation

heads of foreign countries, Xi Jinping noted that

since China’s reform and opening up, its

economic and social development has benefited

from the financial support of multilateral

development banks such as the World Bank and

the Asian Development Bank as well as other

countries. China’s development is inseparable

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from Asia and the world. As its comprehensive

national strength grows, China is also willing to

make i ts due contribut ion to world

development, and will continue supporting the

existing multilateral development banks. China

also hopes to promote current institutions to

better meet the requirement of their member

countries and global economic system changes

by establishing the AIIB. Asia’s development in

the 21st century will occupy a more prominent

place in global development. China proposed

AIIB and Belt and Road initiatives to solve

practical issues of the region and seek for

common development with other Asian

countries while upholding a neighborhood

diplomatic concept of amity, sincerity, mutual

benefit and inclusiveness. The AIIB will

complement respective advantages with the

current international financial institutions for

development. China will work together with all

the member states to forge the AIIB into a new

type of multilateral development bank that is

professional, efficient and clean thus jointly

contribute to economic prosperity in Asia and

the world at large.

State Councilor Yang Jiechi attended the

meeting.

China-led Multilateral Bank Takes Key Step Forward

Representatives of prospective founding countries of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) attend the signing ceremony of the articles of the agreement of AIIB in Beijing, capital of China, June 29, 2015. Representatives of the 57 prospective AIIB

founding countries signed the agreement on Monday in Beijing. (Xinhua/Li Xin)

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Beijing, June 29 (Xinhua) — The China-

i n i t i a te d m u l t i l a te ra l b a n k t h a t h a s

dominated media headlines for months took a

key step forward on Monday, with the signing

of an agreement that outlines the legal

framework and management structure for

the institution.

Representatives of the 57 prospective

founding countries gathered in Beijing for the

signing ceremony of the Asian Infrastructure

Investment Bank (AIIB) in the Great Hall of the

People. Australia was the first country to sign

the document.

The 60-article agreement specified each

member’s share as well as governance structure

and policy-making mechanism of the bank,

which is designed to finance infrastructure in

Asia.

The bank will have authorized capital of 100

billion U.S. dollars, and Asian countries will

contribute to up to 75 percent of the total

capital. Each member will be allocated a share

of the quota based on their economic size,

according to the agreement.

China, India and Russia are the three largest

shareholders, taking a 30.34 percent, 8.52

percent, 6.66 percent stake, respectively. Their

voting shares are calculated at 26.06 percent,

7.5 percent and 5.92 percent.

China’s Vice Finance Minister Shi Yaobin

said in an interview with Xinhua that the

country’s stake and voting share in the initial

stage are “natural outcome” of current rules,

and may be diluted as more members join.

“China is not deliberately seeking a veto

power,” Shi stressed.

Speaking at Monday’s ceremony, Finance

Minister Lou Jiwei said the new bank will

uphold high standards and follow international

rules in its operation, policy-making and

management to ensure efficiency and

transparency.

The AIIB was proposed by President Xi

Jinping in October 2013. A year later, 21 Asian

nations, including China, India, Malaysia,

Pakistan and Singapore, had signed an

agreement to establish the bank, which will be

headquartered in Beijing.

Since the new bank garnered support from

countries like Britain and Germany, much focus

has been trained on whether the U.S. and Japan,

the world’s largest and third largest economies,

will join the club.

While stating that the U.S. will not join the

AIIB at present, U.S. President Barack Obama

said in April that the U.S. looked forward to

collaborating with the new development bank,

“just like we do with the Asia Development Bank

and with the World Bank.”

Despite outside worries that a new

investment bank will challenge the established

order of multilateral lenders, the IMF, World

Bank and other leading global lenders have

welcomed collaboration with the new bank to

fill Asia’s infrastructure gap.

Statistics from the Asian Development Bank

(ADB) show that between 2010 and 2020,

around 8 trillion U.S. dollars in investment will

be needed in the Asia-Pacific region to improve

infrastructure.

Rather than being a competitor, the new

bank will complement the current international

economic order and enable China to take more

global responsibility, Chinese officials have

reiterated.

The bank will start operation at the end of

the year under two preconditions: At least 10

prospective members sign the agreement, and

the initial subscribed capital is no less than 50

percent of the authorized capital.

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Prospective Founding Members of AIIB

Chronology of AIIB

Beijing, June 29 (Xinhua) — The following is a chronology of events leading to the signing of a key

framework agreement for the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) on Monday.

2013

2014

2015

October — President Xi Jinping proposes the AIIB to finance infrastructure construction and

promote regional connections and economic integration in his speech at the Indonesian House of

Representatives.

Oct. 24 — Twenty-one Asian countries ink a memorandum of understanding (MOU) in

Beijing on establishing the AIIB. The countries are Bangladesh, Brunei, Cambodia, China, India,

Kazakhstan, Kuwait, Laos, Malaysia, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nepal, Oman, Pakistan, the Philippines,

Qatar, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Uzbekistan and Vietnam.

Nov. 27 — Indonesian Finance Minister Bambang Brodjonegoro signs an MOU to join the AIIB

as a prospective founding member.

January — The number of prospective founding members rises to 26 after New Zealand, the

Maldives, Saudi Arabia and Tajikistan officially join.

March 12 — Britain applies to join the AIIB as a prospective founding member.

March 17 — China welcomes decisions by France, Italy and Germany to apply to join the AIIB.

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March 19 — Luxembourg joins the group.

March 20 — Switzerland also signs on the dotted line.

March 24 — Premier Li Keqiang stresses that the AIIB will cooperate with and be

complementary to existing financial institutions. The AIIB will take an open and inclusive

attitude, he says at a meeting with Asian Development Bank President Takehiko Nakao.

March 26 — Turkey applies to join as a prospective founding member.

March 27 — China welcomes the same decisions by Austria and the Republic of Korea.

March 28 — Russia’s first deputy prime minister announces at the Boao Forum for Asia

Annual Conference that Russia has decided to join the AIIB.

March 28 — China welcomes the decisions of Brazil, the Netherlands and Georgia to apply to

join.

March 28 — In his keynote speech at the Boao conference, Xi says, “We will vigorously

promote a system of regional financial cooperation, explore a platform for exchanges and

cooperation among Asian financial institutions, and advance complementary and coordinated

development between the AIIB and such multilateral financial institutions as the Asian

Development Bank and the World Bank.”

March 29-31 — China welcomes the decisions of Denmark, Australia, Egypt, Finland,

Kyrgyzstan and Sweden to apply to join the AIIB.

March 31 — Taiwan submits a last-minute letter of intent on joining the AIIB.

March 31 — The deadline for founding member applications. Countries and regions are still

be able to join after this, but only as common members.

April 1 — Germany becomes the first prospective founding member of the AIIB, the Ministry

of Finance (MOF) says.

April 2-14 — The MOF announces that Italy, France, Iran, the United Arab Emirates, Malta,

Kyrgyzstan, Turkey, Spain, the Republic of Korea, Austria, the Netherlands, Brazil, Finland,

Georgia, Denmark, Australia, Egypt, Norway and Russia have all become prospective founding

members.

April 15 — The number of AIIB prospective founding members is finalized at 57, with seven

new members — Sweden, Israel, South Africa, Azerbaijan, Iceland, Portugal and Poland.

May 22 — Negotiators from the 57 countries agree on a key framework for the bank, with the

signing scheduled for the end of June in Beijing.

June 29 — Delegates of the 57 attend the signing ceremony of the articles of agreement.

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Chinese citizens visits exhibition commemorating the 70th anniversary of the victory of the Chinese People's

War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression.

Chinese Children enjoy the summer school held by community.

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Special exhibitions are held making the students holiday life colourful.

School students plays Chinese traditional opera during summer holidays.

IMAGES FROM CHINA

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A glimpse of a station along the Beijing-Shanghai express railway.

A robot repairs power equipments in Hubei Province, China.

IMAGES FROM CHINA

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Chinese citizens practise Buddhism during holidays.

Football players compete in a match of Chinese Super League.

IMAGES FROM CHINA

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CULTURE & LIFE

Yoga Activities Sweep China

Photo taken on June 30, 2014 shows yoga enthusiasts practising yoga on a beach in Sanya, south China's Hainan Province. (Xinhua/Sha Xiaofeng)

Photo taken on May 10, 2015 shows yoga enthusiasts practising yoga at Longgong scenic spot in Anshun of southwest China's Guizhou Province. (Xinhua/Lu Wei)

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Photo taken on May 10, 2015 shows yoga enthusiasts practising yoga at Longgong scenic spot in Anshun of southwest China's Guizhou Province. (Xinhua/Lu Wei)

Photo taken on June 30, 2014 shows yoga enthusiasts practising yoga at a park in Linfen, north China's Shanxi Province. (Xinhua/Yan Ruipeng)

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Photo taken on July 5, 2014 shows yoga enthusiasts practising yoga at Chengkan scenic spot in Huangshan, east China's Anhui Province. (Xinhua/Shi Guangde)

Photo taken on July 6, 2014 shows yoga enthusiasts practising yoga on a lake in Sanxiazhuhai scenic spot in Zigui County of central China's Hubei Province. (Xinhua/Wang Jiaman)

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China's Tusi Sites Listed as World Heritage

Tusi sites — the

remains of an ancient

political system adopted

by Chinese emperors to

govern ethnic minority

regions in south-central

and southwest China —

were inscribed in the

World Heritage List on

Saturday.

The World Heritage

Committee unanimously

approved the inscription

at its annual meeting in

the western German city

of Bonn, in recognition of

the “universal value”

reflected in the Tusi

Sites.

The inscribed sites,

located in mountainous

areas, are Laosicheng in

This undated file photo shows Laosicheng site and Lingxi River in central China’s Hunan Province. Tusi sites — the remains of an ancient political system adopted by Chinese emperors to govern ethnic minority regions in south-central and southwest China —

thwere inscribed in the World Heritage List on July, 4 ,2015. The inscribed sites, located in mountainous areas, are Laosicheng in Hunan Province, Tangya in Hubei Province and Hailongtun Fortress in Guizhou Province. Tusi literally means hereditary tribal headmen appointed by Chinese emperors to govern the often unruly ethnic minority regions in the central and western parts of south China, where the specific tribal governance system was adopted from the 13th to the early 20th century. (Xinhua)

File photo taken on April 21, 2012 shows Tangya Tusi site in central China's Hubei Province. Tusi sites -- the remains of an ancient political system adopted by Chinese emperors to govern ethnic minority regions in south-central and southwest China -- were inscribed in the World Heritage List on Saturday. The inscribed sites, located in mountainous areas, are Laosicheng in Hunan Province, Tangya in Hubei Province and Hailongtun Fortress in Guizhou Province. Tusi literally means hereditary tribal headmen appointed by Chinese emperors to govern the often unruly ethnic minority regions in the central and western parts of south China, where the specific tribal governance system was adopted from the 13th to the early 20th century. (Xinhua/Hao Tongqian)

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Hunan Province, Tangya

in Hubei Province and

Hailongtun Fortress in

Guizhou Province.

Tusi literally means

h e r e d i t a r y t r i b a l

headmen appointed by

Chinese emperors to

govern the often unruly

ethnic minority regions

i n t h e c e n t ra l a n d

western parts of south

China, where the specific

t r i b a l g o v e r n a n c e

system was adopted

from the 13th to the

early 20th century.

The committee said

the system aimed at unifying national

administration while simultaneously allowing

ethnic minorities to retain their customs and

way of life.

The combination of local ethnic and central

Chinese features at the sites exhibits an

interchange of values and testifies to imperial

Chinese administrative methods, it added.

Tong Mingkang, deputy director of China’s

State Administration of Cultural Heritage, told

the committee that the inscription represents a

recognition of China’s efforts in protecting its

cultural diversity.

China, he added, will enhance its efforts in

heritage protection and management according

to rules of the World Heritage Convention,

improve the living state of local citizens and

help promote the development of traditional

culture of different ethnic groups from

Photo taken on July 3, 2015 shows Laosicheng site in Yongshun, central China's Hunan Province.

generation to generation.

Wei Shuwang, acting mayor of Zunyi city in

Guizhou Province, home to Hailongtun Fortress,

said it is a great honor for his city to have its first

world cultural heritage.

Zunyi will treat protection of the heritage

site as a top priority and roll out a set of

measures, including controlling the number of

tourists and prohibiting construction of tourism

facilities within the core protection zone, added

the municipal official.

The World Heritage Committee started its

Bonn meeting on June 28 and will examine 36

nominations of new heritage sites — five

natural sites, 30 cultural sites and one mixed

site.

The inscription of the Tusi sites increased

the number of world heritage sites in China to

48, only fewer than Italy.

"Chinese Bridge 2015" in Strasbourg: Chinese Language Flourishing in France

The 14th edition of the Chinese proficiency

competition for foreign college students,

“Chinese Bridge 2015”, was held in Strasbourg

on Saturday and set a high-water mark for

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C h i n e s e l a n g u a g e

education in France.

At the end of the

preliminary round for

students across France

and its territories, four

students were selected

to travel to China and

three will compete in the

Chinese Bridge final this

summer.

Inspector General of

Chinese for the French

National Ministry of

Education and President

of the jury for the

c o m p e t i t i o n , J o e l

Bellassen, took the

o c c a s i o n to re m a r k o n t h e n o t a b l e

achievements of Chinese language education in

France.

“There are one hundred thousand students

of Chinese in France, including primary and

secondary education, as well as in associations,”

he told Xinhua at the event. “Half of that one

hundred thousand is within the primary and

secondary divisions of the regular education

system - that’s an enormous proportion which is

unheard of in the Western world.”

In middle and high schools, the growth can

be measured at 400 percent in ten years. An

additional twenty thousand students study

Chinese in higher education, and not less than

t h i r t y t h o u s a n d

students study that

language in associations.

In just a few years,

Chinese moved from the

ninth to the fifth places

among languages taught

in France in secondary

education, after English,

Spanish, German and

Italian.

“Sadly, not all of our

teachers are tenured.

Many are contractual

who don’t have the same

t r a i n i n g , a n d w h o

h a v e n ’ t p a s s e d a

qualifying exam. It’s

A competitor performed during the 14th edition of the Chinese proficiency competition for

foreign college students, "Chinese Bridge 2015", in Strasbourg, France, on June 13. (photo by Lu

Suyan)

The jury of the 14th edition of the Chinese proficiency competition for foreign college students, "Chinese Bridge 2015", in Strasbourg, France, on June 13. (photo by Lu Suyan)

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necessary for that to

evolve, but that takes

time. We have been

s u r p r i s e d b y t h e

evolution of enrollment.

That’s the ransom of

success,” acknowledged

the Inspector General.

Bellassen was the

first inspector general of

Chinese for France, ever

since he was nominated

for the post in 2006 in

some urgency, when the

French government

realized the pressing

need as demand for

M a n d a r i n l a n g u a g e

classes grew throughout

the country.

Indeed, Council Minister of Education for

the Chinese Embassy in France, Ma Yansheng

recalled the first Chinese Bridge competition in

France received only 16 competitors, while this

year’s enrollment surpassing 100 - each

preselected after a regional competition.

As part of the growing importance of

Chinese education, Inspector General Bellassen

launched the European Association for Chinese

Language Teaching in 2014, whose seat is in

Paris. “There are currently 15 countries

participating, but we had a meeting in Hungary

just two weeks ago and we will soon launch in

15 different countries in Eastern Europe,”

Bellassen announced.

“The objective is to publish by 2016 a white

paper for Chinese language teaching in Europe,

a program that even China has not succeeded in

doing,” he added.

Strasbourg, home of several European

institutions such as the European Parliament

and the Council of Europe, appeared to the

Inspector General as a significant location for

the Chinese Bridge 2015 competition in France.

During closing ceremonies, he remarked on

coming 10 years ago to help launch the first

Chinese language school program in

Strasbourg, whose education district now

boasts 12 different establishments offering

Chinese instruction.

Council Minister Ma Yansheng was

optimistic about continued development for

Chinese language education in France. Citing

the anniversary in 2014 of fifty years of

diplomatic relations between France and the

People’s Republic of China, the Council Minister

told competitors, “this year’s competition opens

onto the future.”

Consul General He Yanjun saw the benefits

of the competition for Franco-Chinese relations,

joking: “If a French Bridge competition had

existed in my time, my level in French would be

much better than it is today!” before

congratulating the competitors for their

“extraordinary mastery of the language.”

During this phase of the competition, each

student took a written exam yesterday, before

being given 6 minutes today to make a speech

Competitors showed their paper-cuts during the 14th edition of the Chinese proficiency competition for foreign college students, "Chinese Bridge 2015", in Strasbourg, France, on June 13. (photo by Lu Suyan)

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and an artistic performance before a jury of 5

judges. The speeches shared the students’

experiences learning Mandarin, and evoked

their wishes for the future under this year’s

theme: “My Chinese Dream.” The artistic

performances were related to Chinese culture,

and the French competitors used dance,

musical performance, painting, poetry recitals,

and other talents to show their love for Chinese

culture.

Of the 27 competitors, 11 were recognized,

with 5 special prizes awarded for categories

such as interpretation and elocution, and six

overall prizes. The top three winners will

compete in the Chinese Bridge 2015 final in

China, and one runner-up will go with the group

to accompany them.

Mathilde De Bortoli took runner-up with her

speech “My Chinese Dream.” Mickael Decrock

was classed third, with his speech “The cultural

differences between France and China.” Sandra

Lamarre placed second for her speech “Chinese

Harp and Song.” First place was won by Jourdain

Thibault for his speech “I Want to Become Rich.”

According to Michel Cheray, President of the

Confucius Institute of Alsace, nearly 6,000

French students travel to China every year to

study in Chinese universities.

China International Robot Show 2015 Opens in Shanghai

T h e C h i n a

International Robot

Show 2015 kicks off in

Shanghai. As the biggest

robotics industry event

in the country, the

o p e n i n g o n J u l y 8

attracted huge interest

from the industry and

public.

China’s rich supply of

cheap labor has backed

u p t h e c o u n t r y ’ s

economic growth for

decades. But as labor

costs increase while the

demand for skilled labor

rises, more and more

industries are turning to robots to replace

manual labor.

“On average, the annual growth rate of labor

costs is 15 percent in China, while the cost of

robots decreases 5 percent every year. Using

robots is more economical in the long term.

Also, the demands for quality control in

manufacturing keep growing, and robots can

give you very consistent quality to reduce the

rework and the scrap rate,” Wang Zhe with

Shanghai Step Robotics Co., Ltd., said.

Under the theme of “promote the

development of robotics, and lead the

deepening transformation of manufacturing”,

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the robot show has

attracted hundreds of

robots suppliers from

h o m e a n d a b r o a d ,

showcasing the latest

models of robots for

automobile, electronics,

food, pharmacy, logis-

tics and many other

fields.

This exhibition not

only shows how robots

t r a n s f o r m m a n u -

facturing for industries,

b u t a l s o c h a n g e s

brought to ordinary

people in real life.

This usher robot is designed for guiding

people in public places, such as airports and

banks. By touching the screen, users can

easily check the direction and service

information. Its face recognition system

also links with a police database to ensure

public security.

“We have signed partnerships with

airports and banks already. They receive a

large number of visitors every day, and the

robots will help their staffs deal with

visitors. Moreover, these places have a high

security requirement, and the face

recognition system will alert authorities if

any suspicious person turns up,” Zhang

Wenguang with Hit Robot Group said.

Apart from industry players, the public

is also showing great interest in how robots

can shape their lives in the future.

“I hope robots can cook and move heavy

stuff for my mom at home. And I’d love to be

served by robots in restaurants,” Visitor Wu

Kun said.

The robotics industry has been

surprising people since the first robot was

produced. And robot makers hope their

work will continue to take people further

and broaden their imaginations.

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TIBET TODAY

July is the graduation season for students in Tibet University. Since 2011, the regional government of Tibet has carried out a series of employment reform to guarantee the full employment of Tibetan students.

With employment concepts changed, graduates from Tibet University have had multiple choices to get start on their social life.

Sita Dorje: inheritor of Tibet’s intangible cultural heritage

Sita Dorje, 25, was born in Banbar County of Chamdo Prefecture of Tibet. He was admitted to

Tibet University to study Tibetan language in 2010.

At 9 years old, Sita began to perform King Gesar Tibetan dramas and was then officially recognized as the inheritor of the epic King Gesar.

King Gesar is an epic from Tibet based on Tibetan folktales, legends, folk songs and proverbs. King Gesar is said to be the incarnation of Padmasamhbava in the 11th century who devoted his life to wiping out evils and spreading virtues and Buddhism. Kin Gesar is a “living” heroic epic and belongs to the Tibetan cultural heritage.

Tibetan Graduates Choose Multiple Kinds of Career

by Karen Lin

Sita Dorje (middle) and his classmates at the graduation party [Photo/China Tibet Online]

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Moreover, King Gesar’s epic is the longest

heroic epic in the world with more than 1

million verses which would fill 120-plus

volumes if written down. It has been passed

down orally and musically from one generation

to the next. Even today the epic is still

widespread among the Tibetan people,

especially among farmers and herdsmen.

In 2013, Sita started to record the King

Gesar with audio and video devices under the

support of Tibet University. Until now, over

40,000 words of the epic have been recorded

and will be published in Chinese and English

later.

“As an inheritor, it is my mission to study and

protect this great epic created by Tibetan

people and make it known by the whole

world,”said Sita.

After graduation, Tibet University

employed Sita to work in its Tibetology

Research Center and proceed to the study and

recording of King Gesar.

Tenzin Robe: plan to start his own

business

Some graduates from Tibet University [Photo/China Tibet Online]

Tenzin is a senior who studies costume

designing at Tibet University.

“One of my friends opened a clothes shop in

the Barkhor street, and all the clothes are

designed by himself. Since Tibet has become a

popular sightseeing place, clothes with Tibetan

elements attract more and more people. I plan

to open my own shop after graduation,” said

Tenzin.

In order to en-courage graduates to start

their own enterprises, a series of preferential

policies intended for Tibetan students were

issued in 2013 by local government of Tibet.

College graduates in Tibet can apply for a

small-sum guaranteed loan of less than 50,000

yuan (about $8,195) with full fiscal interest

discount within the length of maturity.

Those who start a company as a founding

team can apply for accumulative small loans of

less than one million yuan (about $163,935).

Graduates who engage in self-employed

businesses can be exempt from 3-year

administrative service fees in registration,

management and certification.

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Photo taken on Jun. 30, 2015 shows passengers stepping off a plane in Gongkar Airport. [Photo/Tibettu.com]

Tibet Airline Transports 25 Million Passengers in 50 Years

by Lily Li

Photo taken on Jun. 30, 2015 shows staff of Tibet Airline unloading passengers' baggage in Gongkar Airport in Lhasa, capital of

southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region. Over the past 50 years, Tibet Airline has transported about 25 million passengers, arranged 206,000 flights, and handled up to 329,900 tons of cargo. [Photo/Tibettu.com]

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BOOK REVIEW

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ROUTING

New Delhi-Guangzhou

Guangzhou - NewDelhi

New Delhi-Guangzhou

Guangzhou - NewDelhi

FLIGHT NO.

CZ3028

CZ3027

CZ360

CZ359

DEPARTURE TIME

12:45

7:30

23:40

18:50

ARRIVAL TIME

19:50

11:30

6:50+1

22:30

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Guangzhou - NewDelhi

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FLIGHT NO.

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CZ3027

CZ360

CZ359

3028

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7:30

23:10

18:50

ARRIVAL TIME

19:30

11:50

6:50+1

22:10

FLIGHT DATES

Daily

Daily

Daily

Daily

Schedule of China Southern Airlines Flights (Summer Season)

China Eastern Time Table

Remarks

Shanghai Pudong: Terminal-1

Delhi IGI: Terminal-3

Kolkata NSCBI: Terminal-2

Delhi-Shanghai(Pudong)

1APR,2015-31OCT, 2015

Shanghai(Pudong)-Delhi

31MAR,2015-31OCT, 2015

Kolkata-Kunming

1APR,2015-31OCT, 2015

Kunming-Kolkata

1APR,2015-31OCT, 2015

Flight Number

MU564

Flight Number

MU563

Flight Number

MU556

Flight Number

MU555

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0230

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2110

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0035

Dep

2355

Arr

1100

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0125+1

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0510

Arr

2345

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Daily

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Daily

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Daily

Frequency

Daily

Aircraft

Airbus 330-200

Aircraft

Airbus330-200

Aircraft

Boeing 737

Aircraft

Boeing 737

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