WOMEN’S FOOTBALLER OF THE YEAR

Wang Shuang was named 2021 Chinese Women’s Footballer of the Year during a ceremony in Beijing on March 31.

Last year， the Chinese midfielder and forward helped China qualify for the Tokyo Olympics in April before leading her team， Wuhan Jiangda， to victory in the Chinese Women’s Super League championships in November.

Despite a disappointing performance at Tokyo 2020， China bounced back six months later， in February， winning the Asian Football Confederation Women’s Asian Cup after 16 years following consecutive comeback wins over Japan and the Republic of Korea in the semifinal and final.

The occasion marked Wang’s fourth time winning the honor， making her this event’s most decorated player.

Shui Qingxia， head coach of the Chinese national women’s football team， was granted the Special Award. Forward Wu Lei was named 2021 Chinese Men’s Footballer of the Year.

Economic Daily April 6

Recent years have seen cities nationwide scale up efforts in the renovation of old residential communities， a project that will upgrade their construction quality and overall environment. Yet three concerns stand out： low project quality， poor coordination and hidden risks.

Except for some technical problems， these issues mostly stem from the relevant departments’ laissez-faire attitude toward this project. They lack the determination to crack tough nuts throughout the process. Besides， gilding residential buildings will attract immediate attention and incur praise， while more tangible issues that directly link to residents’ living quality， and even safety—like circuit aging and pipeline corrosion—tend to be overlooked. The upgrading of these “invisible” building components is almost unknown to the public and thus won’t win their applause.

It’s crucial for residents to get involved in the decision-making process of their community revamp. After all， they will bear the brunt of bad quality and still best know their actual needs. Project organizers must listen to what they have to say and take their wishes into renovation consideration and coordination.

Oriental Outlook March 31

Gender equality is an important gauge for social civilization and mirrors a city’s modernization level. China’s urbanization is gaining steam， so how to ensure gender equality and make women feel comfortable in daily urban life is a hot topic.

The United Nations proposed the concept of “women-friendly cities，”stressing cities take into account the female perspective and encourage women to participate in all segments of urban life—on equal footing with their male peers.

As they “hold up half the sky，”women inject vitality into families， communities and society by large. Meanwhile， problems arising from ignorance or oversight are also becoming abundantly clear， for example， the lack of public toilets for females or baby changing facilities in public settings. Moreover， discrimination in the workplace to this day cripples women’s career development.

Since 2021， cities like Changsha， Shanghai and Nanjing have vocalized their intentions to transform into femalefriendly urban dwellings， with more Chinese cities expected to follow suit. Along the process of human-centered urbanization， cities are working hard to improve life for all. The ultimate goal of all efforts exerted is to render cities nationwide more inclusive and equal.

Yangcheng Evening News April 7

Today， most young migrant workers choose to bring their children with them to the big cities， in the hopes the kids can receive better education there. However， a shortage in educational resources has led some cities to see parents competing for limited places based on “scores”stemming from social insurance records， length of local residence， etc. In sum， these children cannot enjoy the same educational resources as local children with a city household registration.

Sometimes， if their children can’t get into one city’s schools， parents will seek employment in another city. This will naturally prevent their urban integration， rendering them unable to contribute to related development—at a time when cities desperately require more labor forces.

Key is to provide migrant children with sufficient educational resources， equal to those enjoyed by local urban children. By doing so， parents will forge a strong connection to these cities and， more importantly， many problems resulting from children being forced to quit school can be annulled. As for the cities， they will in turn benefit from the dividends created by these young parents who work hard to maintain a stable life in their new surroundings.

Meng Wanzhou， CFO of Huawei Technologies Co.， has been named as rotating chairperson of the Chinese tech heavyweight.

Meng， who made her first public appearance on March 28 after returning to China from Canada last year， replaces Guo Ping as one of the company’s three rotating chairpersons， according to Huawei’s website on April 1. As per Huawei， the rotating chairperson is the company’s top leader during their duty period， which switches every six months. Huawei also reported that day its 2021 revenue reached 636.8 billion yuan （$99.97 billion）， with its net profit surging 75.9 percent year on year to 113.7 billion yuan （$17.8 billion）.

Meng， daughter of Huawei founder Ren Zhengfei， is to maintain her role as CFO. She is supposed to bring more scientific and professional management to Huawei after playing a more important part in the company’s decision making.

“The Taiwan question and the Ukraine crisis are totally different in nature. Ukraine is a sovereign state， and the Ukraine crisis is a conflict between sovereign countries； Taiwan is part of China’s territory， and the Taiwan question is China’s internal affair.”

Zhu Haiquan， Minister Counselor and Chief of the political section of the Chinese Embassy in the U.S.， in his recent letter to the editorial board of The Washington Post

“I thank the People’s Republic of China for its confidence and for being a partner in enhancing key infrastructure projects in our country…In doing so， our people are given the chance to experience economic growth and enhance productivity.”

Rodrigo Duterte， Philippine President， at the unveiling of the China-gifted Binondo-Intramuros Bridge in Manila， capital of the Philippines， on April 5

“Over the past 10 years in the European Patent Office， we saw the number of patent applications from Chinese companies increase four times in 2021.”

Aidan Kendrick， Chief Business Analyst of the Munich-based European Patent Office， during a recent interview with Xinhua News Agency， adding that the number of European patent applications from Chinese companies in 2021 hit a new record

“After surviving a pandemic， it is unacceptable to still have 7 million preventable deaths and countless preventable lost years of good health due to air pollution.”

Maria Neira， Director of the Department of Environment， Climate Change and Health under the World Health Organization， in a comment as the United Nations health agency released a statement on air quality on April 4