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一句話新聞

News in Brief

政治

◎中國海南省已經與菲律賓巴拉望省達成共識，不久就將締結友好省關系。

◎菲律賓南部地區遭受地震災害，造成人員傷亡和財產損失，中國紅十字會提供了5萬美元人道主義援助。

◎新加坡總統選舉將于2017年9月舉行，以避開其國慶節的慶祝活動。

經濟

◎中國數字金融公司螞蟻金服與菲律賓電信運營商Globe旗下數字金融平臺Mynt公司簽署協議，將把中國開展普惠金融的經驗和技術輸出給Mynt，為當地的消費者和小微企業提供更安全、便捷的普惠金融服務。

◎為緩解柬埔寨金邊的交通堵塞，金邊政府計劃推出“水上出租快艇服務”。

◎印尼2016年新車銷售106萬輛，已連續3年成為東盟第一大汽車市場。

◎老撾政府預計到2020年，建成運營的水電站將達到90個，使全國大約95%的家庭能實現永久通電。

◎中國手機制造商小米公司開始在印尼本土生產手機，年產量最高可達100萬部，產品主要在印尼市場銷售。

◎印尼政府正加緊制定“超微信用計劃”，以便為低收入群體提供融資便利。

◎老撾政府獲得世界銀行2500萬美元貸款，用于升級全國路網。

◎中國—馬來西亞欽州產業園區首座110千伏變電站投產，可滿足進駐園區等數10家企業生產經營的用電需求。

◎馬來西亞國家銀行調整外匯交易條例，允許本地銀行之間進行100萬美元以內的跨行交易，以方便出口商處理匯款。

◎自2009年起，中國已連續第8年成為馬來西亞最大的貿易伙伴。

◎2016年中國對緬甸投資仍居首位，投資額累計已達185.34億美元。

◎菲律賓 PLDT公司與華為菲律賓公司簽署諒解備忘錄，將對第5代無線寬帶技術（5G）進行聯合研發，并擬在2020年前投入運營。

◎2016年菲律賓經濟全年增速為6.8%，在東盟10國中增速最快。

◎泰國政府與馬來西亞政府將就建設連接兩國首都的，總長度約1500公里的高鐵進行協商，預計中日兩國將再度展開競爭。

◎越南政府發布了《關于電力行業2016年至2020年、遠景2025年體制改革方案》，旨在進一步提高電力行業生產經營效益和市場化程度。

◎越南工商銀行、越南投資發展銀行等17家商業銀行躋身“2016年亞洲銀行500強”榜單。

◎越南工貿部批準2017年國家貿易促進計劃主辦單位的199個提案，經費總額930億越盾（約合2800萬人民幣）。

人文

◎東盟知識產權將于2025年實現一體化，使得注冊商標在東盟區域內達成一致，同時創立機制推動經營便利化，加強東盟區域內的知識產權保護。

◎2016年赴印尼旅游的中國游客達142.9萬人次，中國成為印尼第一大旅游客源地。

◎菲律賓旅游部表示，計劃2017年內對中國游客實行落地簽政策，以實現2017年吸引100萬人次的中國游客赴菲的目標。

◎“中泰校企聯盟”在泰國曼谷成立，它將為駐泰中資企業定向培養專業技能及語言能力兼具的人才。

◎1月16日,中國—東盟人文題材新媒體電影(中越篇)《愛也有阿禾》在中國廣西南寧開機拍攝。

01. 408 million trips during Lunar New Year holiday

February 3, 2017 (Xinhua) — The week-long Spring Festival holiday witnessed 408 millon passenger trips in China, up 2.1 percent year on year, according to the data from the Ministry of Transport (MOT) showed Friday. Between January 27 and February 2, the number of road trips totaled 336 million, a 0.8 percent increase from last year, while train trips reached 52 million with an annual increase of 8.8 percent. The average distance traveled was 262 km as most trips were intra-province and 87.8 percent of the trips were within a range of 500 km, MOT data showed. Nearly 80 percent of the travels were for visits to relatives and friends, as the festival is the most important occasion for family reunions.

02. Laos in bid to attract more Chinese tourists

February 10, 2017 (Xinhua) — Laos has been seeking to attract more Chinese tourists after noticing the large number of Chinese people who travel overseas and the large sum of money they spend, local media reported on Friday. “Laos should target more Chinese tourists because they are high-end customers and spend a lot,” Lao state-run Vientiane Times on Friday quoted Lao Minister of Information, Culture and Tourism Bosengkham Vongdara as saying at an annual meeting of the information, culture and tourism sector held recently in capital Vientiane. According to the statistics from the ministry’s tourism sector, China ranked third in terms of the number of people visiting Laos in 2016. Some 399,556 Chinese nationals came to Laos from January to September in 2016. In 2011, the number of Chinese tourists visiting Laos was recorded at 150,791 people and the fi gure has steadily increased since then.

03. Chinese smartphone producer Xiaomi launches Indonesian version

February 10, 2017 (Xinhua) — Chinese prominent smartphone producer Xiaomi initiated the production in its Indonesian plant, aimed at complying with Indonesia’s local content adoption obligation. Xiaomi’s Indonesian production was declared in an event themed “We are made in Indonesia” held in a lavish hotel here on Friday, attended by the firm’s executives, senior government officials and Chinese Ambassador to Indonesia Xie Feng. Operating its production facility located in Indonesia’s Batam industrial zone, Xiaomi embraces local partners, that is, Erajaya Swasembada, Sat Nusapersaada and TSM Technologies. Addressing the event, Xiaomi Senior Vice President Wang Xiang said that initializing its production in Indonesia is a proof of the importance of the Indonesian market to Xiaomi.

04. China to increase protection of immovable cultural relics

February 13, 2017 (Xinhua) — The State Administration of Cultural Heritage plans to step up preservation of immovable cultural relics amid rapid urbanization. “Immovable cultural relics should be avoided as much as possible in the choosing of construction sites,” according to a circular issued by the administration. The circular clarified procedures for the removal of immovable cultural relic status, and said that authorities should review and establish whether they still had heritage value, if such cultural relics were destroyed by natural disasters or construction activity. Authorities should also publish such information and solicit public opinion. More efforts will be made to protect poorly-preserved immovable cultural relics through government support. China is home to more than 760,000 registered immovable cultural relics, according to a national archaeological survey in 2011.

05. China to launch world’s largest carbon market soon

February 16, 2017 (China Daily) — China’s national emissions trading system (ETS) is expected to be launched in the near term, creating the world’s largest carbon market, the 21stCentury Business Herald reported. By the end of this year, there will be 19 carbon trading systems in operation worldwide covering nearly 7 billion tons of emissions, according to a report from the International Carbon Action Partnership (ICAP). China has already launched seven pilot regional carbon trading markets in Beijing, Tianjin, Shanghai, Guangdong, Shenzhen, Hubei and Chongqing since 2013. As of December 31, 2016, the cumulative trading volume in the seven pilot markets reached 160 million tons, worth nearly 2.5 billion yuan, according to a report by the China Beijing Environment Exchange and the Beijing Emission Trading Association.

06. Chinese-developed electric power achievements in Cambodia displayed

February 16, 2017 (Xinhua) — An exhibition on the Chinesedeveloped electric power achievements in Cambodia kicked off on Thursday, with an aim of promoting the importance and advantages of electric power for socio-economic development. Cambodian Minister of Mines and Energy Suy Sem and Chinese Ambassador to Cambodia Xiong Bo jointly opened the two-week fair, which was held in the complex of the Royal University of Phnom Penh. “It is vital to raise awareness of hydroelectric power plants and their advantages for social and economic development by making good use of the exhibition,” said Suy Sem. The minister said Chinese companies had invested in seven hydroelectric power plants in Cambodia in the past decade. Six of them were operational, producing a total of 928 megawatts, while the seventh one, Lower Sesan II hydropower plant, with the capacity of 400 megawatts, was under construction.

07. China offers emergency aid to quakehit Philippines

February 16, 2017 (Xinhua) — The Chinese government will offer US$ 1 million emergency humanitarian aid to quakehit Philippines, an official statement said late Wednesday. China hopes that the assistance will help relief work after an earthquake struck a southern Philippines province last week, according to an online Ministry of Commerce statement. A magnitude 6.7 earthquake hit Surigao city in the southern Philippines last Friday night, killing at least seven and injuring more than 100. Infrastructure facilities including airport and roads were damaged during the quake. China’s Foreign Ministry spokesman Geng Shuang said Tuesday that the Red Cross Society of China would offer US$ 50,000 to the Philippines for relief work, adding that the Foreign Minister Wang Yi had conveyed sympathy to his counterpart in the Philippines.

08. China eases restrictions on stock index futures trading

February 17, 2017 (Xinhua) — The Shanghai-based China Financial Futures Exchange (CFFEX) announced late Thursday that it was easing restrictions on domestic stock index futures trading in a “sound and orderly” way. It will double the maximum limit on daily stock index future trading from 10 lots to 20 lots from Friday. Hedging transactions will be excluded from this restriction. The CFFEX will also reduce margin requirements for non-hedging transactions on Hushen 300 index futures and SSE 50 index futures from 40 percent of the contract value to 20 percent from Friday’s clearing, while that for CSI 500 index futures will be cut to 30 percent. The margin requirement for hedging transactions will be kept at 20 percent. Commission fees for intra-day position-closing will be lowered to 0.092 percent of the transaction volume from the previous 0.23 percent.