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Discover an eco-friendly China through the lenses of expats

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Friday, September 1, 2023

Many foreign friends living, working, studying in or visiting China have captured beautiful sceneries around them through their cameras.

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  • Many foreign friends living, working, studying in or visiting China have captured beautiful sceneries around them through their cameras.
  • He told People's Daily that he was delighted by the human-nature harmony when seeing the image taken by his drone.
  • I hope more people can come to China to see what's happening in the country," he said.
  • The photo was taken by Alexander William, an Indonesian student from the Chinese Language and Culture College of Huaqiao University.

Discover an eco-friendly China through the lenses of expats

Retrieved on: 
Friday, September 1, 2023

Many foreign friends living, working, studying in or visiting China have captured beautiful sceneries around them through their cameras.

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  • Many foreign friends living, working, studying in or visiting China have captured beautiful sceneries around them through their cameras.
  • He told People's Daily that he was delighted by the human-nature harmony when seeing the image taken by his drone.
  • I hope more people can come to China to see what's happening in the country," he said.
  • The photo was taken by Alexander William, an Indonesian student from the Chinese Language and Culture College of Huaqiao University.

CMG hosts video festival on UN Chinese Language Day

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Thursday, April 20, 2023

The festival takes place annually to coincide with the UN's Chinese Language Day.

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  • The festival takes place annually to coincide with the UN's Chinese Language Day.
  • The Chinese language played a crucial role in this journey," said Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva Tatiana Valovaya, who thanked CMG for its contribution to the celebrations.
  • China's ambassador to the UN in Geneva, Chen Xu added: "We welcome more friends from all over the world to learn the Chinese language, appreciate Chinese culture and have a better understanding of the development of China through the platform of the UN Chinese Language Day.
  • Characters along the way include Cangbao, mascot of the UN Chinese language day, a poet, a German tea expert, a Hungarian dance troupe and a British chef.

CMG hosts video festival on UN Chinese Language Day

Retrieved on: 
Thursday, April 20, 2023

The festival takes place annually to coincide with the UN's Chinese Language Day.

Key Points: 
  • The festival takes place annually to coincide with the UN's Chinese Language Day.
  • The Chinese language played a crucial role in this journey," said Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva Tatiana Valovaya, who thanked CMG for its contribution to the celebrations.
  • China's ambassador to the UN in Geneva, Chen Xu added: "We welcome more friends from all over the world to learn the Chinese language, appreciate Chinese culture and have a better understanding of the development of China through the platform of the UN Chinese Language Day.
  • Characters along the way include Cangbao, mascot of the UN Chinese language day, a poet, a German tea expert, a Hungarian dance troupe and a British chef.

Inspur AI Research Presents Yuan 1.0 ⁠— One of the World’s Largest Language Models with 245.7 Billion Parameters

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Thursday, October 21, 2021

The Inspur Artificial Intelligence Research Institute (Inspur AI Research) unveiled the language model Yuan 1.0 at a large-scale AI model workshop in Beijing on September 28, 2021.

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  • The Inspur Artificial Intelligence Research Institute (Inspur AI Research) unveiled the language model Yuan 1.0 at a large-scale AI model workshop in Beijing on September 28, 2021.
  • It was released as the largest language model in the world with 245.7 billion parameters and 5 TB of datasets.
  • Yuan 1.0s distributed training system gave it top ranking in both ZeroCLUE and FewClue for the Chinese Language Understanding Evaluation Benchmark (CLUE).
  • Since its foundation, the Inspur Artificial Intelligence Research Institute has generated numerous achievements in exploring cognitive intelligence and promoting the application of AI in industries.

Global Chinese learning books exhibit & sell season begins in June

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Tuesday, June 1, 2021

During the Program, Nearly 300 popular book titles on learning and reading Chinese including Abridged Chinese Classic Series and Great Wall Chinese are recommended by Sinolingua Co., Ltd., the principal partner of the Sunshine Reading Program, together with Foreign Language Teaching and Research Press and other major publishers on educational books in China.

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  • During the Program, Nearly 300 popular book titles on learning and reading Chinese including Abridged Chinese Classic Series and Great Wall Chinese are recommended by Sinolingua Co., Ltd., the principal partner of the Sunshine Reading Program, together with Foreign Language Teaching and Research Press and other major publishers on educational books in China.
  • Moreover, books will also be donated to Chinese language schools worldwide.
  • CNPIEC joins hands with major publishers in China to launch "global exhibit & sell season of Chinese learning books", which aim to better satisfy the needs of overseas learners of Chinese and readers of Chinese books.
  • All books on learning Chinese language will be sold at best discounts, and various free online activities such as Chinese writers' communication with readers and Chinese teaching class will also be held during the Program.

China Renaissance Served as Joint Sponsor for Kuaishou's Milestone Hong Kong IPO

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Friday, February 5, 2021

HONG KONG, Feb. 4,2021 /PRNewswire/ -- China Renaissance ("China Renaissance", stock code: 1911.HK) served as joint sponsor, joint global coordinator, joint bookrunner and joint lead manager for the successful initial public offering ("IPO") of Kuaishou Technology ("Kuaishou" or the "Company", stock code: 1024.HK) on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange.

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  • HONG KONG, Feb. 4,2021 /PRNewswire/ -- China Renaissance ("China Renaissance", stock code: 1911.HK) served as joint sponsor, joint global coordinator, joint bookrunner and joint lead manager for the successful initial public offering ("IPO") of Kuaishou Technology ("Kuaishou" or the "Company", stock code: 1024.HK) on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange.
  • China Renaissance has a long-standing relationship with Kuaishou, supporting the Company through its various stages of growth.
  • Huaxing Growth Capital, the flagship investment arm of China Renaissance, also participated as an investor in the Series D round.
  • Jason Lam, President of China RenaissanceSecurities (Hong Kong), said: "Kuaishou's successful Hong Kong IPO reflects the confidence the global capital markets have in the Company.

High net worth professionals prefer Ireland's IIP for investment immigration due to the greater flexibility and cost certainty it offers

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Monday, January 25, 2021

HONG KONG, Jan 25, 2021 - (ACN Newswire) - Ireland has emerged as a preferred migration destination among Hong Kong's high net worth families and professionals.

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  • HONG KONG, Jan 25, 2021 - (ACN Newswire) - Ireland has emerged as a preferred migration destination among Hong Kong's high net worth families and professionals.
  • Eligible applicants must have a legally accumulated minimum net worth of EURO2 million and make a EURO1 million investment in a product approved under the programme.
  • In 2020, the IIP received over 400 applications from around the world with a growing percentage coming from Hong Kong.
  • Under the IIP, once approved for permanent residency, an applicant needs to reside only one day in Ireland each calendar year.

14th Asian Financial Forum held online next week

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Wednesday, January 13, 2021

HONG KONG, Jan 13, 2021 - (ACN Newswire) - The 14th Asian Financial Forum (AFF) will be held as an online event on 18 and 19 January (Monday and Tuesday).

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  • HONG KONG, Jan 13, 2021 - (ACN Newswire) - The 14th Asian Financial Forum (AFF) will be held as an online event on 18 and 19 January (Monday and Tuesday).
  • Introducing the highlights of this year's Asian Financial Forum at today's press conference are: Duncan Chiu, Executive Director, Hong Kong Venture Capital and Private Equity Association; Patrick Lau, HKTDC Deputy Executive Director; Mary Huen, Chairperson, 2021 Asian Financial Forum Steering Committee and Chief Executive Officer, Hong Kong, Standard Chartered; and Wilson Chow, Global Technology, Media and Telecommunications Industry Leader, PwC [L-R]
    Under the theme "Reshaping the World Economic Landscape", the 14th Asian Financial Forum will be held on 18 and 19 January 2021 (Monday and Tuesday) on a virtual platform.
  • The picture shows one of the sessions at the 13th Asian Financial Forum.
  • The online forum will cover more than 50 sessions from 8:30am to 10pm, Hong Kong time, allowing people from different time zones to participate."

'People' chosen as Chinese character of the year

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Wednesday, December 30, 2020

BEIJING, Dec. 30, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- A news report by China.org.cn on China's Chinese character of the year:

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  • BEIJING, Dec. 30, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- A news report by China.org.cn on China's Chinese character of the year:
    In a recently published list of buzzwords in China, "min", meaning "people," was chosen as the Chinese character of 2020, while "poverty alleviation" was crowned as the Chinese word of the year.
  • The character "min" is also closely linked with "poverty alleviation," the word of the year.
  • The character "min" can be seen as both a target and a source of conviction.
  • In 2021, the Chinese people will stand together to face challenges and embrace the future.