New Destinations
Global economies seek investment opportunities amid uncertainties By Zhang Shasha
In the four corners of a packed booth at the exhibition hall of the 2019 China International Fair for Investment and Trade (CIFIT) sit the representatives from four African countries—Ethiopia, Kenya, Mozambique and Zambia.
3.落差感心理。无论协解人员是何种身份，干部、正式员工、大集体还是企业员工，他们都感觉在油田工作多年，从工资、福利、环境等各个方面一直较令人羡慕，自协解后感觉自己由企业员工（石油人）变成社会人、由企业的主人变成社会边缘人、由社会主流群体变为游离阶层，于是内心强烈的孤独、焦虑、委屈、恐惧、忧郁油然而生。十年来，协解人员对自身“油田人”这个极具优越感的身份始终非常看重，但一种不再属于油田员工的强烈失落感、渴求感、珍惜感，与因为协解而身份转换产生巨大落差的矛盾心理形成冲击和纠结，悔恨、痛苦、烦恼的心绪长期存在，使很多协解人员生活在自己铸造的低迷氛围中难以自拔，从而影响行为习惯和生活品质。
Organized by the International Trade Center (ITC), a joint agency of the World Trade Organization (WTO) and the UN, the booth is a platform for these countries to promote their investment policies and a window for investors seeking investment opportunities in Africa.
“Africa is full of investment opportunities with its fast growth pace, but investors face inconveniences and risks in making investment decisions due to a lack of information,” Mao Tianyu, a project advisor with the ITC offi ce for Asia and the Pacifi c, told Beijing Review . “The CIFIT is a starting point for them to build connections and get to know each other.”
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A Serbian exhibitor introduces food products at the China International Fair for Investment and Trade (CIFIT) in Xiamen, southeast China's Fujian Province, on September 8
This year marks the second year of the ITC's participation in the CIFIT. Along with the ITC, over 100,000 participants from 130 countries and regions gathered in the coastal city of Xiamen in southeast China's Fujian Province on September 8-11 to attend the investment extravaganza.
An encouraging trend
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According to the World Investment Report 2019 released by the UN at the CIFIT, global fl ows of foreign direct investment (FDI) fell by 13 percent last year for the third consecutive year to $1.3 trillion.
However, while FDI fl ows to developed economies declined by 27 percent to the lowest point since 2004, fl ows to developing countries remained stable, rising by 2 percent, with their share in global FDI increasing to a record 54 percent.
“This increase in FDI to developing countries is an important and encouraging trend,” Carlos M. Gutierrez, former U.S. Secretary of Commerce, said at the International Investment Forum 2019 in Xiamen on September 8.
China has been a beneficiary of this trend, Gutierrez said. According to the report, China became the largest FDI recipient among developing economies in 2018, attracting $139 billion, a growth of 4 percent.
In addition, China has been increasing its own contribution to global investment fl ows, including to other developing countries, with the Belt and Road Initiative reinforcing this effort.
Tim Smith, Vice President of A.P. Moller-Maersk, a leading shipping and logistics company, said experts estimated that there will be over $2.5 trillion worth of increased trade in the next 10 years due to the initiative. “That's a really staggering contribution to the world economy,” he said.
Boon and headwinds
Zenalem Abebe, an investment promotion expert with the Ethiopian Investment Commission (EIC), was sitting with his colleague Mckonnen Solomon, Director of the Agricultural and Service Sector, EIC, in one of the corners of the ITC booth.
Moreover, infrastructure developments will have an impact on reducing the transport time for countries currently not participating in the Belt and Road Initiative. The World Bank said this will contribute another 3 percent to trade increase, with all countries expected to see a reduction in trading costs.
高校创新创业教育课程建设质量监测与评价体系应反映出新时代高等院校的教育规律与创新创业教育课程体系建设和课程教学的客观规律。课程监测与评价指标体系的评价方式方法要具备科学性和可行性，要充分考虑到学生评价、教师自评、同行评价和第三方评估等因素，并在所构建的监测与评价体系的基础上对开展的课程质量做出全面而科学的评价。
Abebe described Ethiopia as a safe place for investment, adding that the government has lifted restrictions imposed on sectors of the Ethiopian logistics industry such as packaging, forwarding and shipping agency services in 2018.
Solomon said it has also opened up the provision of bonded warehouses and allows joint-venture participation of international logistics service providers with maximum 49-percent stake.
Participants view a high-speed train model on display at the CIFIT on September 8
社会学解释。随着日常工作和社会环境的不断作用下，高校基层行政管理人员对自身职业认同的不断调整和变化，有了新的认识和态度。在建立职业认同感的过程中，有些行政人员对自身的职业产生了一系列疑惑。有学者认为能够从角色角度作为出发点研究职业倦怠现象，并认为角色间冲突、角色内部冲突和角色模糊是导致职业倦怠的主要原因。
Yang Ben, an ITC coordinator in Zambia, returned with a local official to the CIFIT for investment promotion. She told Beijing Review that during her year in Zambia, what impressed her most was its people's inclusiveness and openness toward foreign investors.
While the opening up of countries like Ethiopia and Zambia is a boon for global investors, there are also obstacles.
“Investors face economic headwinds that underscore another growing trend in our global trade and investment ecosystem,” Gutierrez said. “Uncertainty is the enemy of investments.”
“We must continue to promote rather than restrict investments, and strengthen rather than weaken our companies' competitiveness in global markets, in line with WTO rules,” he said.
Addressing the fallout of the trade friction between China and the United States, Gutierrez said the two countries should fi nd a way to deal with trade issues to prevent negative repercussions for cross-border investments and the global economy.
Zhou Yuxian, Vice Chairman of China Reform Holdings Corp. Ltd., a leading investment fi rm in China, said the company's investment in the U.S. may decline, but its investment in Belt and Road participating countries is on the rise.
Regardless of the pressure on the global economy and trade, factors of production such as capital, technology and human resources will continue to be allocated on a global scale to achieve optimal results, he said.
（4）建立起严格的审查机制，制定严格的审查标准。定期由第三方权威机构对独董的履职过程中提出的建议或存在问题进行客观评价，并将考核结果提交证监会审查评定。
Eyes on the sea
Last December, Fujian initiated the Silk Road Maritime transportation initiative, the fi rst ocean shipping-based comprehensive logistics service program among Belt and Road participants, which was supported by over 100 port, shipping, logistics, and trade and commerce companies worldwide, including Moller-Maersk. Currently, the program includes 50 ship routes with the container throughput reaching 900,000 TEUs.
Xu Lirong, Chairman of the Board of China COSCO Shipping Corp. Ltd., speaks at the Silk Road Maritime International Cooperation Forum in Xiamen on September 7
The Ghanian booth at the CIFIT
Xu Lirong, Chairman of the Board of China COSCO Shipping Corp. Ltd., said at the First Silk Road Maritime International Cooperation Forum at the CIFIT that “as protectionism escalates, uncertainties increase and downward pressure intensifi es, international port and shipping industries should cooperate and join hands more in response to the challenge in order to minimize losses.”
在对选修课程设置比例的评价上，70%的学生认为选修课所占比例过少，不能满足需求。实际上，这与学校师资整体配备不足有一定的关系。
Xu also said the international port and shipping system is like a network, so streamlining it and integrating various business types are the way toward industrial transformation. By integrating shipping, ports, storage, logistics and inland transportation, cooperation can be expanded and become more effi cient. This is conducive to improving the service capacity of the supply chain, promoting industrial chain cooperation, generating new ways of trading, and stimulating global economic and trade growth.
In addition, international ocean shipping carries about 90 percent of the world's goods in trade and transportation, and is an important part of international trade, while ports are the intersection of multiple modes of transportation. The synergy between ports and the shipping industry will help boost development in the ports' hinterlands, attract capital fl ows and drive regional economic transformation.
“The future of U.S. investment in China is bright,” said Harley Seyedin, President of the chamber.
水利数据中心是水利信息化建设的重要基础。按照浙江省水利信息资源“集中管理、安全规范、共享服务”的要求，建立数据更新维护工作机制和工作平台，建成数据逻辑集中、内容完整准确、表达标准唯一、更新协调统一、信息安全共享的水利数据中心，其建设内容包括数据实体、数据交换平台、应用支撑与服务。
“As the seventh largest port in China, the Port of Xiamen competes with other ports in efficiency,” Alan Lee, Deputy General Manager of Fujian Silk Road Maritime Management Co. Ltd., told Beijing Review .
“The once state-owned logistics sector is now opened to foreign investors,” Solomon said, adding that it is conducive to acquiring advanced knowledge, expertise and management experience from leading logistics service providers.
According to him, large bulk cargo from Viet Nam to the U.S. or to European countries that transited through the Port of Hong Kong or the Port of Singapore would take two to three days. But now, under Silk Road Maritime, they can be transported through the Port of Xiamen in just 30 hours.
爱美之心人皆有之。在当今社会中，越来越多的青少年喜欢使用唇膏、指甲油、粉底液、眉笔等化妆品来打扮自己。却不知道，化妆品作为一种日用品，含有多种添加剂，可导致青少年性早熟、身材矮小等多种内分泌疾病。
A U.S.-led multinational company that involves 150 million yuan ($21 million) of investment, 9 Rivers Distillery will be the fi rst wholly foreign-owned distillery in China to craft spirits across all categories, including vodka, gin, rum, and whiskeys.
Lee said the 21st-Century Maritime Silk Road, as a widely acknowledged initiative for development, is progressing and will provide new opportunities for the port and shipping industries. Joint efforts from the international community are needed to promote its development and explore best practices that can be applied more broadly, he added.
(Reporting from Xiamen, Fujian Province )
Copyedited by Rebeca Toledo
Mao said in only half a day since the opening of the CIFIT, he had received a stack of name cards from companies and investment promotion institutions that have shown interest in investing in Africa.
CIFIT Shows China’s Appeal to Foreign Investment
Jay Robertson, owner of a Shenzhen-based spirits importing company, signed an agreement with Longyan, a city in Fujian Province, to set up a distillery during the 2019 China International Fair for Investment and Trade (CIFIT).
教学实践中证明：在体育适性课堂中实施“一二·三六”教学模式，首先满足了学生的情感和兴趣，调动了学生的能动性；其次培养了学生学习的问题意识，让学生的学习有了重点，学会了学习动作技能的方法手段，为学生的终身体育能力打下了良好的基础；再次更是渗透了小班化理念，给学生提供了更大的学习空间，解决了利用场地器材、发挥教师专长等问题。体育适性课堂“一二·三六”教学模式目前还处于一个前期实践阶段，如何更有效、规范地开展，有待于我们在实践中不断深入探讨和完善。
Data released by the China Association of Port-of-Entry in May show that the average import clearance time through the Port of Xiamen is 45.4 hours, while that of exports is 4.62, a decrease of 35.5 percent and 57.7 percent, respectively.
“Chinese consumers have become well versed in alcoholic beverages, and the fastest-growing category at the moment in China is whiskey,” said Robertson. “So it is the perfect time to get on board.”
当前社会，飞速发展的数字信息技术与超声医学的教学模式相互转变及结合，逐渐引起人们的重视。产生了一种全新的教学理念：混合式教学。它将面授与远程教学相结合，在教学改革中成为课程整合的突破口。它不仅可以突破时间和空间的限制，使教学更加活跃，并作为一个可容纳PBL、CBL等模型或WeChat等平台的包容概念。超声医学的研究空间更广，研究内容丰富多彩，学习方法更加多样化。因此，才能真正的提高教学质量，使得超声医生得到了更好的培训。
Robertson is one of the more than 100 businesspeople in the delegation led by the American Chamber of Commerce (AmCham) in South China, which attended the CIFIT for the 17th consecutive year.
护理质量控制指标体系设置包括指标配置模块、数据采集模块及自动统计分析模块，通过与信息部门合作，将此质量控制指标体系嵌入护理信息系统。①指标配置模块：此模块旨在建立并持续维护指标库，共收录39项经筛选确定的指标，分别以二级指标形式体现；②数据采集模块：通过信息化数据平台与现场评价相结合方式采集数据；③自动统计分析模块：依托护理信息系统自动进行大数据分类汇总，通过内置品管工具自动分析。
Smith also said transport connections among Belt and Road participating countries can help drive economic development in two critical ways. The first is by lowering transport time and the second is by increasing trade and economic integration.”
The CIFIT, which takes place every September in Xiamen, aims at promoting bilateral and multilateral investment and trade cooperation.
A total of 2,100 cooperation agreements involving an aggregate investment of 559.1 billion yuan ($78.6 billion) were signed at this year's fair.
挑战性，就是目标定位应略居于主体能力之上，但不能与主体脱节。目标始终稳定在学生的最近发展区中，会让目标有足够的挑战性，促使学生尽力完成挑战。每一次挑战都是主体努力的方向，这就是目标的意义和价值。
Despite a slide in global foreign direct investment flows in 2018 from the year before, foreign fi rms did not shy away from investing in China with a vast consumer market and an ever-improving business environment.
“Our member enterprises have a very strong consumer base here,” Seyedin said. “We certainly don't want to slack our steps.”
Although imported spirits are a mere fraction of all alcohol consumed in China, Robertson and his business partners smell tremendous business opportunity as the Chinese consumer market evolves.
“Only 1.3 percent of the total consumption are imported ones, but the tiny slice represents 15 million bottles a year, and it's growing rapidly,” Robertson said.
According to a survey released earlier this year by AmCham South China, 46 percent of the 240 respondents consider China as the first choice in their global investment plans.
Johnson and Johnson, one of the first global pharmaceutical companies to enter China, did not slow down to expand, with its JLABS@Shanghai, the world's largest and Asia Pacifi c's fi rst JLABS, going operational in June. JLABS is a network of life science incubators established by Johnson and Johnson.
“We are glad to see that China is the engine that drives our global growth,” said Will Song, Chairman of Johnson and Johnson China.
Vladica Mladenovic, Commercial Director at Carnex, a leading meat production company in Serbia, posted a sign in Chinese characters reading “looking for business partners” at his exhibition booth.
“We are seeking to expand the global market, and China is an emerging market with strong appeal. We really want to provide products that suit the taste of Chinese consumers,” he said.
Mladenovic was with a business delegation led by Rasim Ljajic, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Trade, Tourism, and Telecommunications of Serbia.
Serbia, which has participated in the Belt and Road Initiative, is the guest country of honor of this year's fair.
China's trade with countries and regions participating in the initiative totaled 5.83 trillion yuan ($819 billion) from January to August, up 9.9 percent year on year, 6.3 percentage points higher than the overall growth of the country's foreign trade, according to the General Administration of Customs of China.
Nu Skin, a U.S.-based developer of skincare products, currently sees half of its dozens of overseas markets along the Belt and Road.
Steve Hatchett, Senior Vice President of Manufacturing and Supply Chain at Nu Skin International, said benefi ting from the positive impact of the Belt and Road Initiative, Nu Skin has achieved robust growth in participating countries.
“China is the hub in Nu Skin's strategic business layout along the Belt and Road,” Hatchett said.
Huang Maoxing, an economist with Fujian Normal University, said that the increasing interconnectivity along the Belt and Road will not only boost China's exports but also support foreign companies' growth globally.
由于目前的中国债券市场中中国债券市场交易业务并未形成正式的交易平台，各项管理制度和法律政策并未得到有效改善。因此中国债券市场应该集中力量，借助于政府有关部门的力量，加强市场监管，全面构建一个健康合理科学的中国债券市场交易平台。这将全面，彻底地为中国债券市场创造一个合法，公平的国际交易平台，为中国债券市场的进一步发展提供动力。
(Source:Xinhua News Agency )