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On December 31, 2019, Li Keqiang, Premier of the State Council of the People’s Republic of China recently signed the the State Council Order, promulgating the Regulations for the Implementation of the Foreign Investment Law of People’s Republic of China (PRC) (hereinafter referred to as the "Regulations"), which will take effect on January 1, 2020.
As a supporting regulation of the foreign investment law, the Implementation Regulations strictly implements the legislative principles and purposes of the foreign investment law, highlights the main tone of promoting and protecting foreign investment, enhances the operability of the system, and ensures the effective implementation of the law.
· First, encourage and promote foreign investment. The "Implementation Regulations" proposes to protect the legitimate rights and interests of foreign investment, standardize the management of foreign investment, continuously optimize the foreign investment environment, and promote a higher level of opening up.
· The second is to refine the specific measures to promote foreign investment. The "Implementation Regulations" stipulate that foreign-invested enterprises shall equally apply the relevant policies of the state to support enterprise development, and participate in standard setting and government procurement activities on an equal footing according to law; Establish and improve the service system for foreign investment.· The third is to strengthen the protection of foreign investment. The "Implementation Regulations" specify the expropriation and compensation of foreign investors’ investment, the prohibition of forcing foreign investors and foreign-invested enterprises to transfer technology by administrative means, the protection of trade secrets, and the complaint mechanism of foreign-invested enterprises, and clarify the specific connotation and requirements of the policy commitment mentioned in Article 25 of the Foreign Investment Law.· The fourth is to standardize the management of foreign investment. The "Implementation Regulations" clarify the implementation mechanism of the negative list of foreign investment access, and refine the registration system of foreign-invested enterprises and foreign investment information reporting system.
Person of the week
PEOPLE
Recommended person: Ma Weihua
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On January 4th, "2020 Caijing (blog, Weibo) Sustainable Development Summit Forum and Evergreen Award Presentation Ceremony" was held in Beijing. Ma Weihua, former president of China Merchants Bank (600036, Share Bar) and chairman of Social Value Investment Alliance, delivered a speech on "Persisting in sustainable development and promoting new commercial civilization" at the meeting.
Ma Weihua said that sustainable development is the coordinated development of economy, environment and society, which requires us to pursue both economic benefits and environmental and social values; Not only to maximize the interests of shareholders, but also to maximize the environmental and social benefits; We should not only provide good products and services for the society, but also do our best to make the world a better place. "This is not only a new development concept, but also a new embodiment of commercial civilization."
He said that the rapid development of the global economy in the past few decades has cost mankind a lot, and there have been many environmental problems, social problems and poverty problems that need to be solved. In order to cope with and avoid the continuous occurrence and deterioration of these problems, the sustainable development financial methods such as impact investment came into being.
He hopes that all walks of life can join the ranks of sustainable development together, which will not only create a miracle of economic development, but also lead the global sustainable development with new development concepts.
Policy voice
NEWS
The four departments jointly issued the "Identification Method for the Illegal Collection and Use of Personal Information by App"
On December 30, 2019, the National Internet Information Office, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology and other four departments jointly issued the "Identification Method for the Illegal Collection and Use of Personal Information by App", proposing that the collection of personal information or the opening of the right to collect personal information before the user’s consent, the actual collection of personal information or the opening of the right to collect personal information beyond the user’s authorization can be considered as "the collection and use of personal information without the user’s consent".
Publicity of the draft regulatory detailed plan for the functional core area of the capital
"Regulatory Detailed Planning of Capital Functional Core Area (Block Level) (2018-2035)" (draft) was publicized on December 30, 2019. According to the plan, Beijing will build a capital functional core area with excellent government environment, outstanding cultural charm and first-class living environment, and will strengthen the urban spatial structure of two axes, one city and one ring.
Health food must be marked "not medicine"
The "Guidelines for Warning Terms on Labeling of Health Foods" issued by the State Administration of Market Supervision was officially implemented on January 1, 2020, requiring health food producers and operators to prominently mark "Health foods are not drugs and cannot replace drugs to treat diseases" in special labeling areas. Consumers who have doubts about the quality and safety of the purchased health food, or who exaggerate the efficacy of health food and publicize the disease treatment function, call 12315 to complain and report in time.
The key waters of the Yangtze River Basin are closed for fishing all the year round.
Since 0: 00 on January 1, 2020, 332 nature reserves and aquatic germplasm conservation zone in the Yangtze River basin have been completely banned from productive fishing. No fishing is allowed in key waters. Fishermen in the Yangtze River Basin have retired from fishing and switched to production in accordance with relevant national and local policies.
The sixth meeting of the Central Committee of Finance and Economics emphasized the ecological protection and high-quality development of the Yellow River Basin.
On January 3rd, the sixth meeting of the Central Committee of Finance and Economics was held to study the ecological protection and high-quality development of the Yellow River basin and promote the construction of the twin-city economic circle in Chengdu-Chongqing area. The supreme leader delivered an important speech at the meeting, stressing that the Yellow River basin must make great efforts to carry out great protection and governance, and take the road of ecological protection and high-quality development; It is necessary to promote the construction of the twin-city economic circle in Chengdu-Chongqing area and form an important growth pole for high-quality development in the west.
Express delivery practitioners have national professional standards.
According to the website of the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security on January 5, the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security and the State Post Bureau recently promulgated the National Vocational Skills Standard for Couriers and the National Vocational Skills Standard for Express Handlers, clarifying that the occupations of couriers and express handlers are set at five levels respectively, and relaxing the education requirements for couriers until they graduate from junior high school (or equivalent education level).
Enterprise practice
NEWS
The first batch of Chinese Tesla cars was officially delivered in Shanghai.
On December 30, 2019, the first batch of cars produced by Tesla’s first overseas super factory were delivered in Shanghai, less than one year after the foundation stone was laid in Tesla Giga Shanghai. The reporter saw at the scene that the first batch of 15 Chinese-made Tesla Model 3 electric vehicles were delivered to Tesla employees. Shanghai Super Factory, the first wholly foreign-owned automobile factory in China, held a groundbreaking ceremony in Shanghai in early January this year.
35 "Physical Examination Report" of Urban Sustainable Development was released.
People’s Daily reported on January 1st that a few days ago, Tongji University think tank released the Green Paper on Sustainable Development of China City (2017-2018), which showed that since 2012, the track of sustainable development of 35 large and medium-sized cities in China has experienced twists and turns, but it has shown the characteristics of competitive development. The report selects the indicators of resource consumption, pollution emission and other aspects to construct the ecological input index, and selects the indicators of economy, society and ecology to construct the ecological civilization development index, conducts an empirical study on 35 large and medium-sized cities in China, and puts forward the improvement model of urban sustainable development.
Ali Dharma Institute Announces Top Ten Technology Trends in 2020
On January 2nd, Ali Dharma Institute announced the top ten technological trends in 2020: the evolution of artificial intelligence from perceptual intelligence to cognitive intelligence; The integration of computing and storage breaks through the bottleneck of AI computing power; Hyperconvergence of industrial Internet; Large-scale cooperation between machines is possible; Modularization lowers the threshold of chip design; Large-scale production-level blockchain applications will enter the public; Quantum computing has entered a critical period; New materials promote the innovation of semiconductor devices; AI technology to protect data privacy will accelerate its landing; Cloud becomes the center of IT technology innovation.
The Export-Import Bank of China White Paper on Green Finance and Social Responsibility (2019) was officially released.
Xinhua News on January 2, recently, The Export-Import Bank of China released the White Paper on Green Finance and Social Responsibility in The Export-Import Bank of China (2019). This white paper systematically introduces The Export-Import Bank of China’s key work and business achievements in supporting the real economy, developing green finance and inclusive finance, and comprehensively shows The Export-Import Bank of China’s efforts and contributions in fulfilling its economic, environmental and social responsibilities.
World Steel Association issues sustainable development report
China Metallurgical News reported on January 3rd: Recently, the World Iron and Steel Association released the report "Sustainable Steel: Sustainable Development Indicators in 2019 and Supply Chain of Steel Industry". The report shows that in FY 2018, the global steel industry has made important progress in the field of sustainable development. In FY 2018, 71 steel companies around the world signed the Charter for Sustainable Development of Steel Industry, and the World Steel Association launched the "Zero Energy Building" project.
Social livelihood
NEWS
Beijing launched the first self-driving manned cargo test, involving 111 roads in Yizhuang.
On December 30, 2019, Beijing officially launched the test of self-driving manned cargo. The Beijing Economic and Technological Development Zone opened a 40-square-kilometer area as a test area for self-driving vehicles, with a total of 111 roads, except for the sections where schools, hospitals and office buildings are concentrated, which basically realized the opening of the whole area. This is also the first time that the city has opened the test area for self-driving vehicles.
The case of "gene editing baby" was pronounced in the first instance.He Jiankui and other three defendants were investigated for criminal responsibility.
On December 30, 2019, the case of "gene editing baby" was publicly pronounced in the first instance of Nanshan District People’s Court in Shenzhen. Three defendants, including He Jiankui, Zhang Renli and Qin Jinzhou, were investigated for criminal responsibility according to law for jointly illegally carrying out human embryo gene editing and reproductive medical activities for the purpose of reproduction, which constituted the crime of illegal medical practice.
China Employment Training Technical Guidance Center announced 16 new occupations.
On December 30, 2019, China Employment Training Technical Guidance Center issued the Notice on the Publication of New Career Information, stating that 16 new career information and changes in career information were to be published. The network contract delivery staff, artificial intelligence trainers, all-media operators, health care workers, respiratory therapists, etc. released this time are all new occupations that came into being with the development of the Internet and the changes in social needs.
Beijing-Zhangjia high-speed railway put into operation
The Beijing-Zhangjiakou high-speed railway was officially opened on December 30, 2019, with an automatic driving speed of 350 kilometers per hour. After the opening of the Beijing-Zhangjia high-speed railway, the fastest running time from Zhangjiakou to Beijing was reduced from 3 hours and 7 minutes to 47 minutes (to Qinghe Station). As an important part of the "eight vertical and eight horizontal" high-speed railway network from Beijing to Lanzhou, the Beijing-Zhangjiakou high-speed railway will help the integrated and coordinated development of Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei and provide traffic operation service guarantee for the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics.
The Palace Museum will hold a series of fine exhibitions in 2020.
2020 is the 600th anniversary of the Forbidden City and the 95th anniversary of the Palace Museum. The Palace Museum said that a series of fine exhibitions will be held in 2020, covering topics such as ancient architecture, special paintings and calligraphy, ancient artifacts, and Chinese and foreign civilizations.
headline news-The Yangtze paddlefish was declared extinct and was once the "king of freshwater fish in China".
Chutian Metropolis Daily reported on January 2nd that recently, a research paper published online by the international academic journal Science of The Total Environment revealed that the Yangtze sturgeon was declared extinct by the international organization IUCN (World Conservation Union) and failed to enter 2020. The paddlefish, like the Chinese sturgeon in the Yangtze River, is one of the few ancient fish that survived from the Mesozoic Cretaceous period, which has been 150 million years ago.
International trends
NEWS
The International Monetary Fund affirms Hong Kong’s position as a global financial center.
On December 30, 2019, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) released the details of the assessment report on Hong Kong’s economic and financial situation, reaffirming Hong Kong’s status as a global financial center, a regional trade hub and one of the most open economies in the world.
New research: Amazon forest regeneration rate is much lower than previously expected.
Xinhua News Agency, December 30, 2019, a new study recently published in the American magazine Ecology shows that the regeneration rate of Amazon forest may be much slower than previously expected after being cut. The latest research results show that even after 60 years of regeneration, the carbon absorbed by secondary forests in braganca is only about 40% of that of primary forests. The study also found that secondary forests absorb less carbon from the atmosphere during drought, and climate change is leading to an increase in drought years in Amazon.
Italy will levy a "digital tax" on technology companies
Since January 1st, Italy has officially imposed a "digital tax" on technology companies, which targets technology companies with a global income of over 750 million euros, of which the income in Italy exceeds 5.5 million euros. Public opinion believes that Italy’s move is likely to aggravate the trade tension between the United States and Europe.
The level of sustainable development in China has been significantly improved at the national and even provincial levels.
On January 1st, Chinese and foreign scholars published an evaluation report on China’s achievement of UN sustainable development goals in Nature magazine, saying that they used a new method to evaluate China’s achievement of 17 UN sustainable development goals. The results showed that the level of China’s sustainable development has improved significantly at the national and even provincial levels.
Above, the new week, I wish you full of vitality!
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