一句話新聞

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政治

◎中國(guó)海南省已經(jīng)與菲律賓巴拉望省達(dá)成共識(shí)，不久就將締結(jié)友好省關(guān)系。

◎菲律賓南部地區(qū)遭受地震災(zāi)害，造成人員傷亡和財(cái)產(chǎn)損失，中國(guó)紅十字會(huì)提供了5萬美元人道主義援助。

◎新加坡總統(tǒng)選舉將于2017年9月舉行，以避開其國(guó)慶節(jié)的慶?；顒?dòng)。

經(jīng)濟(jì)

◎中國(guó)數(shù)字金融公司螞蟻金服與菲律賓電信運(yùn)營(yíng)商Globe旗下數(shù)字金融平臺(tái)Mynt公司簽署協(xié)議，將把中國(guó)開展普惠金融的經(jīng)驗(yàn)和技術(shù)輸出給Mynt，為當(dāng)?shù)氐南M(fèi)者和小微企業(yè)提供更安全、便捷的普惠金融服務(wù)。

◎?yàn)榫徑饧砥艺疬叺慕煌ǘ氯疬呎?jì)劃推出“水上出租快艇服務(wù)”。

◎印尼2016年新車銷售106萬輛，已連續(xù)3年成為東盟第一大汽車市場(chǎng)。

◎老撾政府預(yù)計(jì)到2020年，建成運(yùn)營(yíng)的水電站將達(dá)到90個(gè)，使全國(guó)大約95%的家庭能實(shí)現(xiàn)永久通電。

◎中國(guó)手機(jī)制造商小米公司開始在印尼本土生產(chǎn)手機(jī)，年產(chǎn)量最高可達(dá)100萬部，產(chǎn)品主要在印尼市場(chǎng)銷售。

◎印尼政府正加緊制定“超微信用計(jì)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(jí)全國(guó)路網(wǎng)。

◎中國(guó)—馬來西亞欽州產(chǎn)業(yè)園區(qū)首座110千伏變電站投產(chǎn)，可滿足進(jìn)駐園區(qū)等數(shù)10家企業(yè)生產(chǎn)經(jīng)營(yíng)的用電需求。

◎馬來西亞國(guó)家銀行調(diào)整外匯交易條例，允許本地銀行之間進(jìn)行100萬美元以內(nèi)的跨行交易，以方便出口商處理匯款。

◎自2009年起，中國(guó)已連續(xù)第8年成為馬來西亞最大的貿(mào)易伙伴。

◎2016年中國(guó)對(duì)緬甸投資仍居首位，投資額累計(jì)已達(dá)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(duì)第5代無線寬帶技術(shù)（5G）進(jìn)行聯(lián)合研發(fā)，并擬在2020年前投入運(yùn)營(yíng)。

◎2016年菲律賓經(jīng)濟(jì)全年增速為6.8%，在東盟10國(guó)中增速最快。

◎泰國(guó)政府與馬來西亞政府將就建設(shè)連接兩國(guó)首都的，總長(zhǎng)度約1500公里的高鐵進(jìn)行協(xié)商，預(yù)計(jì)中日兩國(guó)將再度展開競(jìng)爭(zhēng)。

◎越南政府發(fā)布了《關(guān)于電力行業(yè)2016年至2020年、遠(yuǎn)景2025年體制改革方案》，旨在進(jìn)一步提高電力行業(yè)生產(chǎn)經(jīng)營(yíng)效益和市場(chǎng)化程度。

◎越南工商銀行、越南投資發(fā)展銀行等17家商業(yè)銀行躋身“2016年亞洲銀行500強(qiáng)”榜單。

◎越南工貿(mào)部批準(zhǔn)2017年國(guó)家貿(mào)易促進(jìn)計(jì)劃主辦單位的199個(gè)提案，經(jīng)費(fèi)總額930億越盾（約合2800萬人民幣）。

人文

◎東盟知識(shí)產(chǎn)權(quán)將于2025年實(shí)現(xiàn)一體化，使得注冊(cè)商標(biāo)在東盟區(qū)域內(nèi)達(dá)成一致，同時(shí)創(chuàng)立機(jī)制推動(dòng)經(jīng)營(yíng)便利化，加強(qiáng)東盟區(qū)域內(nèi)的知識(shí)產(chǎn)權(quán)保護(hù)。

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

◎菲律賓旅游部表示，計(jì)劃2017年內(nèi)對(duì)中國(guó)游客實(shí)行落地簽政策，以實(shí)現(xiàn)2017年吸引100萬人次的中國(guó)游客赴菲的目標(biāo)。

◎“中泰校企聯(lián)盟”在泰國(guó)曼谷成立，它將為駐泰中資企業(yè)定向培養(yǎng)專業(yè)技能及語(yǔ)言能力兼具的人才。

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