Im Hochsommer bilden die blühenden Lotusblumen in den Lotusteichen und die einzigartigen Häuser im Dorf Heli im Autonomen Gebiet Guangxi der Zhuang-Nationalität ein wunderschönes ländliches Bild.
(Quelle: CRI Deutsch, VCG)
Mehr als 200 Milliarden US-Dollar US-amerikanischer Hilfsgelder während COVID-19 verschwendet
Während der COVID-19-Pandemie wurden mehr als 200 Milliarden US-Dollar an Hilfsgeldern in den USA verschwendet. Dies geht aus einem am Dienstag veröffentlichten Bericht der US-Behörde für kleine Unternehmen (SBA) hervor.
Die durch Betrug, Verschwendung und andere Missbräuche während der Pandemie verlorenen Gelder machten dem Überwachungsbericht der Regierung zufolge etwa 17 Prozent der insgesamt von der SBA ausgezahlten 1,2 Billionen US-Dollar aus. Experten sagten, mehrere von der US-Regierung während der COVID-19-Pandemie gestartete Regierungsprogramme seien in gewissem Maße Betrug ausgesetzt gewesen.
(Quelle: CRI Deutsch, VCG)
Alibaba President: Alibaba goes global, Jack Ma enjoys inner peace
Since the Ant Group’s IPO hit the pause button in November 2020, every move the giant company has made has drawn extra attention, and rumors about the disappearance of Jack Ma have gone viral.
On June 15, J. Michael Evans, president of e-commerce giant Alibaba Group, said the group is focused on building local businesses and online platforms outside of China and will prioritize Europe for growth.
Speaking at a technology conference in Paris, Evans said, “We’re going to focus more on building a local business in Europe going forward, so you’ll see our Tmall ecommerce platform business in China coming to Europe as well, which means we’ll be serving local brands and customers in the European market. ” Evans also said that a pilot project has been opened in Spain and will be expanded to the whole of Europe.
At the end of March this year, Zhang Yong, chairman of the board and chief executive officer of Alibaba Group, issued a letter to all employees, announcing the launch of a “1+6+N” organizational change. According to the plan, under Alibaba Group, six business groups and several business companies will be established, including Alibaba Cloud Intelligence, Taobao-Tmall ecommerce, Local Life, CaiBird (logistics), International Digital Business, Alibaba Digital Media & Entertainment Group, etc.
The business groups and business companies will set up their respective boards of directors and implement the CEO responsibility system under the leadership of the boards of directors of each business group and business company, while Alibaba Group will fully implement the management of the holding company. This also means that each business group will be able to face the market independently with a more agile posture, and those business groups and companies that are qualified will have the possibility of independent financing and listing in the future.
On the evening of May 18, Alibaba Group announced that Ali International Digital Commerce Group also launched external financing to support its rapid expansion in the global market.
Jiang Fan, CEO of Alibaba International Digital Commerce Group, said that the international retail business will still adhere to the combination of cross-border and local model investment. The cross-border market still has great potential, and Aliexpress is set to maintain rapid growth. In the local market, in addition to continued investment in the Southeast Asian market, the group will also actively focus on more new regional market opportunities.
The International Digital Commerce Group covers cross-border e-commerce platforms Lazada, AliExpress, Ali International Station, etc. And the Chinese commerce segment mainly includes Chinese commerce retail businesses and wholesale businesses. Alibaba Group’s primary funding comes primarily from the Taobao-Tmall.
Evans proposes that local services in Europe would focus on selling local brands to local consumers. He added, “Europe is an important mission for all branches (of Alibaba) that have international operations. So, I mean, international commerce, cloud business, and especially logistics business.”
In the first week of 2023, Ant Group threw in another heavyweight adjustment. The core change is that the voting rights of Jack Ma and his concert parties were adjusted from the previous 53.46 percent to 10 natural persons, including Jack Ma, Ant executives, and others, exercising their share voting rights independently. After the adjustment, Jack Ma’s voting power dropped to 6.208%.
This also means that through the release of a series of agreements, Ma completely gave up his effective control of Ant Group and Ant Group now has no effective controller. Since Ant Group was spun off from Alibaba in 2011, Jack Ma has been the actual controller of Ant Group.
In response, Ant Group said this adjustment is a further optimization of the company’s governance structure and will contribute to Ant Group’s sustainable and sound development.
For this adjustment, Ant Group stated in the announcement that after the completion of this adjustment, there will no longer be any direct or indirect shareholders who control Ant Group singly or jointly. The voting rights of Ant Group’s shares are more transparent and decentralized, which is a further optimization of the corporate governance structure and will contribute to the sustainable and sound development of Ant Group. This adjustment will not affect the daily operation of Ant Group and its subsidiaries.
In July last year, the Wall Street Journal cited sources familiar with the matter as saying that Jack Ma had been considering giving up control of Ant for years by reducing his voting rights, and that the plan had not been implemented because he did not want the change to affect Ant’s listing. And the Ant listing is on hold, providing an opportunity for Ma to solve this problem.
In this regard, there are various reasons behind the Ant Group’s failure to go public as scheduled three years ago. One is that the platform economy industry in which Ant Group is located has seen some murmurs during its rapid development, and the whole industry is in urgent need of rectification and regulation; the second is that Ant Group’s shareholding relationship is unclear, such as being deeply troubled by situations such as share substitution.
With several rectifications and promotions, active rectification brings increasing hope of listing, while it takes time to verify whether it can be successfully listed.
When asked about Alibaba founder Jack Ma’s recent history, Evans said, “Jack Ma cares about this company as much now as he did when he first started it, and I expect that to continue as long as Alibaba and Jack Ma are around. He is very energetic, he’s good, he’s happy. He’s teaching at a university in Tokyo and has more time to spend in China.” Evans said.
(Source: Yahoo Finance, LGT, CNN)
Chinesischer Vertreter erläutert Standpunkt zu internationaler Solidarität vor UN-Menschenrechtsrat
Der chinesische Vertreter bei der Genfer UN-Vertretung sowie anderen internationalen Organisationen in der Schweiz, Chen Xu, hat am Mittwoch auf der 53. Konferenz des UN-Menschenrechtsrats Chinas Standpunkt zur internationalen Solidarität erläutert.
Chen sagte, für eine gesunde Entwicklung der internationalen Menschenrechte brauche man Solidarität statt Spaltung und Kooperation statt Konfrontation. Wie auch im Bericht der unabhängigen Experten erwähnt worden sei, sei die internationale Solidarität nicht nur ein Recht, sondern auch eine Pflicht.
China rufe die verschiedenen Länder auf, die UN-Charta streng einzuhalten sowie auf der Basis von Gleichberechtigung und gegenseitigem Respekt Austausch und Zusammenarbeit zu pflegen. Die Politisierung und Instrumentalisierung von Menschenrechtsfragen solle gemeinsam abgelehnt werden. Mit tatsächlichen Aktionen solle ein Beitrag zur gesunden Entwicklung der internationalen Menschenrechte geleistet werden.
(Quelle: CRI Deutsch, VCG)
Video-Ansprache von Peng Liyuan an Chinesisch-Afrikanisches Frauenforum
Peng Liyuan, Ehefrau des chinesischen Staatspräsidenten Xi Jinping und UNESCO-Sonderbeauftragte für die Förderung der Bildung von Mädchen und Frauen, hat am Donnerstag eine Video-Ansprache an das Chinesisch-Afrikanische Frauenforum gehalten.
Peng sagte, China und Afrika seien eine Gemeinschaft mit geteilter Zukunft und teilten Freud und Leid. Frauen seien wichtige Mitglieder der Freundschaft zwischen China und Afrika. In den vergangenen Jahren hätten Frauen aus China und Afrika im Rahmen des Chinesisch-Afrikanischen Kooperationsforums ein auffallendes Kapitel von Solidarität, Kooperation und gemeinsamem Fortschritt aufgeschlagen.
China und Afrika legten großen Wert auf die Entwicklung der Frauen. China sei dabei, mit aller Kraft das Gesetzsystem zur Gewährleistung der Rechte und Interessen von Frauen zu vervollständigen sowie ihr Bildungsniveau zu erhöhen, um ein gutes Umfeld für die umfassende Entwicklung von Frauen zu schaffen. Verschiedene afrikanische Länder bemühten sich darum, die Lebens- und Produktionsbedingungen von Frauen zu verbessern und sie zu unterstützen, sich an der staatlichen und gesellschaftlichen Verwaltung zu beteiligen. Dabei seien bereits positive Erfolge erzielt worden. Im Prozess der Förderung der Entwicklung der Frauen seien China und Afrika nach wie vor gleichgesinnte Partner, so Peng Liyuan weiter.
Sie wolle gemeinsam mit allen Leuten Kräfte von verschiedenen Seiten sammeln und eine umfassende Entwicklung der Frauen fördern, um sich um eine chinesisch-afrikanischen Gemeinschaft mit geteilter Zukunft in der neuen Ära zu bemühen.
(Quelle: CRI Deutsch)
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Li Qiang nimmt an Unternehmerdialog von Sommer-Davos teil
Der chinesische Ministerpräsident Li Qiang hat am Dienstag in der nordchinesischen Stadt Tianjin an einem Unternehmerdialog des 14. Jahrestreffens der New Champions, auch bekannt als „Sommer-Davos“, teilgenommen.
Li sagte dabei, die Weisheit und die Stärke der Unternehmer seien unverzichtbare Kräfte für die wirtschaftliche Entwicklung. Er hoffe, dass die Unternehmer ihr Verständnis für China verbessern könnten.
China sei ein offenes, integratives und ehrliches großes Land, das sich nicht nur seiner eigenen Entwicklung widme, sondern seine Möglichkeiten auch proaktiv mit anderen Ländern teile. Chinas Entwicklung könne Stabilität und positive Energie einbringen sowie dem Rest der Welt ein Gefühl der Sicherheit vermitteln.
China wolle mit allen Beteiligten zusammenarbeiten, um die Entwicklung von Spitzentechnologien voranzutreiben sowie neue Bereiche der Zusammenarbeit zu erschließen, die einen neuen und breiteren Raum für Investitionen und die Entwicklung von Unternehmen schaffen sollten, so der chinesische Ministerpräsident weiter.
Der Dialog wurde von Klaus Schwab, dem geschäftsführenden Vorsitzenden des Weltwirtschaftsforums, geleitet. Über 120 Unternehmer aus mehr als 20 Ländern und Regionen waren anwesend.
(Quelle: CRI Deutsch, Xinhuanet)
France-China Space Cooperation: Focusing on Science, Astronomy, and Earth Observation
On June 8, 2023, Philippe Baptiste, President of the Centre National d’Études Spatiales (CNES), and Zhang Kejian, Director General of the China National Space Administration (CNSA), signed a Memorandum of Understanding at their headquarters in Paris for the carrying of the Detection of Outgassing RadoN (DORN) on the Chang’e 6 lunar sample return mission.
The meeting was also an opportunity to exchange views on the Space Variable Objects Monitor (SVOM) project and the excellent cooperation between France and China in the framework of the Sino-French Oceanographic Satellite. The Structural-Thermal Model (STM) component of the DORN arrived in Beijing on May 4 and has now been integrated into the Chang’e 6 lander. Its flight module will be delivered to China in July 2023.
The SVOM project will start in 2024 to detect gamma-ray bursts in the universe to infer the explosion of massive stars or the fusion of neutron stars or black holes. The SVOM satellite will carry four pieces of equipment: a multi-channel (narrow-field) X-ray telescope (MXT) and a trigger camera for wild-filed X and gamma-ray telescope (ECLAIRs) from France, a gamma-ray burst monitor (GRM), and a narrow-field visible telescope (VT) from China. Among them, the MXT and ECLAIRs arrived in Shanghai in March 2023 after completing their final tests. As of today, the payload module is fully assembled, bringing together French and Chinese instruments, and has successfully performed preliminary electrical tests.
On the occasion of the French President’s state visit to China in April this year, article 22 of the latest joint statement issued by France and China refers to the cooperation between the two countries in the field of space that both sides are satisfied with the cooperation between their space agencies around Chang’e-6 and the joint research on extraterrestrial samples. In addition, China presented France with 1.5 grams of lunar soil samples brought back from the Chang’e 5 mission.
The Chang’e 6 probe was developed by the Fifth Academy of China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC). As early as 2019, China and France had signed a letter of intent for the lunar exploration program, in which French scientific research equipment would ride on China’s Chang’e 6 lunar probe to explore the moon with China.
In 2019, Jean-Yves Le Gal, president of the French National Space Agency (CNES), had said on social media platforms that the French side was ready to carry about 15 kg of equipments on Chang’e 6, including a camera and an analyzer, to facilitate research on the study of the Moon.
Chang’e-6 is scheduled to be launched in May 2024, just as France and China celebrate the 60th anniversary of diplomatic relations. The Chang’e-6 mission will land on the back of the Moon and is expected to bring back a two-kilogram sample of lunar soil.
The Chang’e-6 mission is expected to achieve the first sample return of a human spacecraft from the back of the Moon and is proposed to be implemented around 2025. The Chang’e-6 mission was chosen to land on the back of the Moon, allowing for the discovery and collection of lunar samples of different ages from different regions. The engineering goal of Chang’e-6 is to break through the lunar retrograde orbit design and control technology, lunar back intelligent sampling technology and lunar back takeoff and ascent technology to achieve automatic lunar back sampling return, while carrying out effective international cooperation.
As the first Western country to establish diplomatic relations with China since the founding of the People’s Republic of China (PRC), France has been actively cooperating with China for decades, especially in the field of space technology.
Since the signing of the cooperation agreement between the two governments in 1997, a series of initiatives in the fields of satellite engineering, human spaceflight, deep space exploration and Earth observation have been carried out in an orderly manner, and have achieved remarkable results for the world.
Back in 2005, China and France signed an agreement to promote cooperation in the field of astronomical and oceanographic satellites, and the Sino-French Ocean Satellite Project Team was officially established. In the 13 years of cooperation and research since then, the Chinese side is responsible for the launch, measurement and control, providing launch vehicles and satellite platforms, and developing new microwave scatterometers; the French side is responsible for the development of ocean wave spectrometers.
In terms of Earth observation, CNES and China National Space Administration (CNSA) congratulated the scientific achievements of the Sino-French Ocean Satellite Project launched in 2018. The exchange also highlighted China’s participation in the Space Climate Observatory (SCO) cooperation through two projects to map the Yangtze River wetlands and monitor CO2 fluxes.
On October 29, 2018, the Long March-2C launch vehicle carried the China-France Oceanography Satellite (CFOSAT), which took off from China’s Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center and headed for space 520 km away. Based on China’s mature CAST2000 satellite platform, CFOSAT carries a French wave spectrometer and a scatterometer developed by China, which are used for wave research and ocean monitoring respectively.
This is the first satellite developed in cooperation between the governments of France and China, marking an important step in space cooperation between the two countries.
As the first satellite to synchronously observe the global wave direction spectrum and sea surface wind field, CFOSAT has provided a large amount of sea wind and wave observation data since it was put into operation, playing an important role in oceanography, meteorological forecasting, climatology and other research fields, and providing a new observation perspective to address global climate change.
Since its launch, CFOSAT has distributed data to several users, and dozens of scientific teams in several countries and regions around the world have used the satellite’s shared data to serve scientific research and optimize weather forecasting systems. These data have been applied in typhoon disaster monitoring, North and South Pole sea ice monitoring, marine numerical weather forecasting and short-term forecasting demonstration verification, the effect is good. The CFOSAT has a design life of 3 years, and has entered into extended life operation from 2021. Through the joint efforts of both parties, it will continue to contribute to revealing the changes of ocean dynamics and environment.
“The CFOSAT has created many firsts, it is the first large-scale joint space mission between CNES and the CNSA, and a landmark project of cooperation between the two countries. This project clearly demonstrates that international cooperation can be of great benefit when planning and execution are in place and take advantage of the complementary expertise of both parties.” Philippe Baptiste, President of CNES, said at a conference to mark the 4th anniversary of the CFOSAT’s operation in orbit.
(Source: China National Space Administration, China Academy of Space Technology, AIAA, CNES, CGTN)
Xi Jinping trifft Neuseelands Ministerpräsident
Der chinesische Staatspräsident Xi Jinping ist am Dienstagnachmittag in der Großen Halle des Volkes mit Neuseelands Ministerpräsident Chris Hipkins, der zu einem offiziellen Besuch in China weilt, zu einem Gespräch zusammengekommen.
Dabei sagte Xi, er habe 2014 Neuseeland besucht. Während dieses Besuchs hätten China und Neuseeland den Aufbau einer umfassenden strategischen Partnerschaft angekündigt. Seit 10 Jahren hätten sich die bilateralen Beziehungen gesund und stabil entwickelt, was den Völkern beider Länder greifbare Vorteile gebracht habe. Wir sollten uns gemeinsam darum bemühen, ein neues Kapitel der chinesisch-neuseeländischen Beziehungen für die künftigen 50 Jahre aufzuschlagen und eine stabile und langfristige Entwicklung der umfassenden strategischen Partnerschaft zwischen beiden Ländern zu fördern, so Xi Jinping.
Chris Hipkins sagte, die Beziehungen zwischen Neuseeland und China erfassten mehrere Bereiche und Ebenen, wie etwa Wirtschaft, zivile Angelegenheit und Kultur. Er hoffe, dass sein China-Besuch die bilaterale Zusammenarbeit weiterhin ausbauen werde.
(Quelle: CRI Deutsch, Xinhuanet)
Dynamik von Tianjins Entwicklung aus der Vogelperspektive
Das 14. Sommer-Davos-Forum findet vom 27. bis 29. Juni in Tianjin statt. Verfolgen Sie unsere Aufnahmen und erleben Sie die Dynamik der Entwicklung von Tianjin aus der Vogelperspektive.
(Quelle: CRI Deutsch, VCG)
