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BRI brings business opportunity for Chinese and Indian entrepreneurs

China’s poverty reduction is worth

learning from

Big changes occur in poverty-stricken

Mannan VillageN e w l y - b u i l t

h o u s e s , c e m e n t road…… eve ry th ing i n t h e M a n n a n Vi l -l a g e i n s o u t h Yu n -nan’s Menghai Coun-t y h a s u n d e r g o n e t remendous changes . B u t n o b o d y c o u l d i m a g i n e t h a t a f e w y e a r s a g o , i t w a s a poor v i l lage wi thout electricity, clean wa-ter and even a road to the outside.

T h e p o v e r t y r e -duction in Mannan is not an easy work. At first, because the vil-lagers had lived in the mountains for gener-ations, they were un-wi l l ing to communi-cate with government officials who came to offer help . Regarded as “strangers” by the villagers, the officials t r i e d t h e i r b e s t t o get famil iar with the

l oca l s . They t r ea t ed them as brothers and sisters and took them t o v i s i t ne ighbor ing villages where pover-ty had been eradicat-ed in a bid to broaden their horizons.

The off ic ia ls a lso brought pig cubs and f o d d e r t o v i l l a g e r s a n d i n v i t e d a n i m a l husbandry experts to t each them the ra i s -ing knowledge. Com-panies also joined in t he pove r ty a l l ev i a -t i o n b y p u r c h a s i n g pigs and tea from the vil lagers. Youngsters from the village were in t roduced to Meng -ha i Coun ty l ea rn ing motorcycle repair ing s k i l l s . B e i n g b e t t e r off, the villagers now h a v e l i v e d i n n e w houses and s ta r ted a new journey.

(Yunnan Gateway)

Re c e n t l y , a n e x -change on the topic

Business Opportunity for China-India Coop-eration -Starting from Kunming, Yunnan was he ld i n Kunming . I t was sponsored by Min-j ian (China Nat ional Democratic Construc-tion Association) Yun-nan Provincia l Com-mittee.

G u e s t s i n c l u d i n g Ma Xialin and Mo Fei, both vice chairperson o f M i n j i a n Yu n n a n Provincial Committee and Sahariya, chairman of the Indian Chamber of Commerce Nor th-east Regional Branch,

attended the meeting.Sahariya, chairman

of the Indian Chamber o f C o m m e r c e N o r t h e a s t R e g i o n a l B r a n c h , s a i d t h a t wi th the background o f i m p l e m e n t i n g t h e B e l t a n d R o a d I n i t i a t i v e ( B R I ) i n Ch ina , i t i s o f g rea t signif icance to s tudy the cur ren t s i tua t ion o f C h i n a - I n d i a coopera t ion , analyze t h e e n v i r o n m e n t f o r investment and explore t h e c o o p e r a t i o n p o t e n t i a l t o d e e p e n China-India economic and trade cooperation b y m a k i n g f u l l u s e

o f bo th marke t s and r e s o u r c e s . I n d i a n o w i s a p o p u l a r dest inat ion for many C h i n e s e e n t e r p r i s e s t o i n v e s t a b r o a d . I n d u s t r i a l s t r u c t u r e o f C h i n a a n d I n d i a i s c o m p l e m e n t a r y . There is a foundation f o r e c o n o m i c a n d trade cooperation for t h e t w o c o u n t r i e s . A n d c o o p e r a t i o n i n i n f r a s t r u c t u r e , energy conservat ion, e n v i r o n m e n t a l p r o t e c t i o n , s m a r t c i t ies , digi tal izat ion, g r e e n a g r i c u l t u r e , cu l tu ra l and tour i sm a n d o t h e r a r e a s i s

d e e p e n i n g . A s t h e I n d i a n g o v e r n m e n t l aunches a s e r i e s o f economic improvement m e a s u r e s i n c l u d i n g “made in India” , the economic strategies of the two most populous countries are becoming more closely linked.

I t i s repor ted that by August 2017, more t h a n 6 0 0 C h i n e s e companies has invested in India, and they have created 100,000 jobs for India.

M a X i a l i n , v i c e chairperson of Minjian Yu n n a n P r o v i n c i a l P a r t y C o m m i t t e e , s a i d t h a t b o t h I n d i a

a n d C h i n a a r e countries with ancient c iv i l i za t ions , l i nked b y m o u n t a i n s a n d r ivers and cul tura l ly i n t e r t w i n e d . T h e f r i e n d l y e x c h a n g e s b e t w e e n t h e t w o p e o p l e s h a v e a l o n g h i s t o r y. C h i n a a n d I n d i a a r e b o t h t h e w o r l d ’s l a r g e s t developing countr ies a n d e m e r g i n g e c o n o m i e s . G u i d e d b y b u i l d i n g a c l o s e r p a r t n e r s h i p f o r d e v e l o p m e n t , t h e e c o n o m i c a n d t r a d e c o o p e r a t i o n i s d e e p e n i n g a n d economic exchanges

a r e g e t t i n g m o r e f r e q u e n t . C h i n e s e President Xi Jinping’s s u c c e s s f u l v i s i t t o I n d i a a n d P r i m e M i n i s t e r M o d i ’ s v i s i t t o C h i n a n o t o n l y u p g r a d e d t h e b i la tera l re la t ions to a new height, but also d e m o n s t r a t e d t h e i r d e t e r m i n a t i o n s f o r C h i n a a n d I n d i a t o expand economic and trade cooperation, and wi l l fu r ther promote a l l - r o u n d d e e p e n i n g a n d b a l a n c e d S i n o -I n d i a n e c o n o m i c relations.

(Chen Shuyi)

The 12 th China-ASE-AN Socia l Devel -

opmen t and Pove r ty R e d u c t i o n F o r u m was he ld in Man i l a , P h i l i p p i n e s o n J u n e 2 7 t o 2 9 . O v e r 1 2 0 government officials, e x p e r t s a n d s c h o l -ars , media reporters , entrepreneurs, repre-s e n t a t i v e s o f N G O s and internat ional or-ganiza t ions a t tended t h e F o r u m . D i s t i n -guished guests highly pra i sed the ach ieve -ments made in pover-ty reduction in China and they look forward to s t reng then ing co -operation in this field b e t w e e n C h i n a a n d ASEAN.

T h e p a r t i c i p a n t s d i s c u s s e d “ d e e p e n -i n g p o v e r t y r e d u c -t ion par tnersh ip and building China-ASE-AN communi ty wi th s h a r e d f u t u r e ” t o s h a r e e x p e r i e n c e s , practices and success s tor ies of China and ASEAN count r ies in i m p l e m e n t i n g r u r a l revi ta l iza t ion s t ra te-gies, promoting rural poverty reduction and i n n o v a t i v e c o o p e r a -tion in poverty reduc-tion in Asia.

A t t h e o p e n i n g ceremony, Chen Zhi-gang, deputy director o f P o v e r t y A l l e v i a -tion Office of China’s S t a t e C o u n c i l , s a i d t h a t o v e r t h e p a s t f o u r d e c a d e s o f r e -form and opening up, China has successful-l y l i f t e d n e a r l y 8 0 0 million people out of pover ty and contr ib -u ted more than 70% of the world’s pover-ty reduct ion. In par-ticular, since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party

of China (CPC) , the P a r t y C e n t r a l C o m -mit tee , wi th General Secretary Xi J inping as its core, has set up a goal of eliminating a b s o l u t e p o v e r t y a s a w h o l e b y 2 0 2 0 t o p r o m o t e a d e c i s i v e progress in t ack l ing poverty.

L i za Maza , gen -eral secretary of The National Anti-Poverty Commission of Phil-ippines, spoke highly o f C h i n a ’s p o v e r t y r e d u c t i o n a c h i e v e -ments . She sa id tha t C h i n a ’s s u c c e s s i n pover ty reduc t ion i s main ly a t t r ibu ted to t h e f i r m d e t e r m i n a -t ion of Chinese gov-ernment to reduction poverty and its effec-t i ve imp lemen ta t i on of pover ty reduct ion policies.

I t was wide ly ac-k n o w l e d g e d b y t h e par t ic ipants tha t de -spi te grea t progress , A S E A N c o u n t r i e s s t i l l f ace cha l lenges in poverty reduction. Maza said that through the poverty alleviation program introduced at the Forum, “we have fully understood Chi-na’s poverty reduction initiative and China’s s u c c e s s f u l e x p e r i -ence is worth learning f rom.” She sa id tha t t he re i s an o ld Ch i -nese say ing “Teach -ing one fish is better than give him a fish”.Philippine side looks f o r w a r d t o l e a r n i n g from China on poverty reduction in all aspects and strengthening ex-changes and coopera-tion. “We hope China can t each us how to ‘catch fish’.”

( P e o p l e ’s D a i l y / Zhang Zhiwen)

Kunming-Dali HSR opens to traffic

Th e K u n m i n g - C h u x -iong-Dali high-speed

r a i l w a y w a s o f f i c i a l l y open to traffic on July 1, 2018.Southwestwardly, t he Da l i -Ru i l i r a i lway i s expected to put in to service on December 1, 2022, forming par t the C h i n a - M y a n m a r R a i l -way,according to a China Railway Kunming Group news release on June 27.

Ti c k e t p r i c e s w e r e also announced.

Days later, Kunming and Dali citizens will be ab le to t r ave l be tween t h e t w o c i t i e s i n t w o hours . In fact , a recent Kunming-Dali trial ride

l a s t e d l e s s t h a n t w o hours!

I n t h e f u t u r e , t h e Kunming -Da l i r a i lway w i l l b e e x t e n d e d t o Shangri-La and Ruili in two directions.

Northwestwardly, the Dali-Shangri-La railway f o r m s p a r t o f t h e Yu n n a n - Ti b e t r a i l w a y, a n d t h e D a l i - L i j i a n g s e c t i o n w i l l o p e n t o t r a f f i c b y t h e e n d o f D e c e m b e r t h i s y e a r . By then, the Kunming-Lijiang train trip will be cut to 3 hours.

( Z h u D o n g r a n , L i H e n g q i a n g a n d Wa n g Shixue)

Artists of China's Yunnan Jin Xiaofeng Art Troupe perform during the International Folklore Festival in Bucha-rest, Romania, on June 30, 2018. The 12th International Folklore Festival kicked off in Romania, attracting art-

ists from Romania, Bulgaria, China and other countries and regions. (Photo/Xinhua)

Unique wedding custom (6):Wa people:Finding bride in time mattersIn the past, Wa lads and

lasses could participate in romantic activities at the age of 15 or 16. Among all the activities, “dating the girl” and “finding the bride at night” are the most spe-cial.

The activity “Dating the girl” usually occur at the girls’ home. When night falls, young people gather together in small groups and the men play the flute

and “Sanxian”, a kind of three-stringed instrument while singing and dancing together with the girls. Then they exchange gifts such as tobacco and areca nuts, and comb hair for each other.

During the activities, if a male fancies a female, he will take away her orna-ment or scarf as a way of proposal. And the female, whether she is willing or unwilling, would scream

and pretend to object. Two or three days later, if the girl doesn’t request the re-turn of the things, it means that she is willing to marry the male. As their relation-ship establishes, the two will no longer participate in group activities.

The activity of “finding the bride” game kicks off at 11 pm on the wedding day and usually lasts one hour. The groom fails if he

can’t find the bride even with the help of his rela-tives and friends before 12 am. Wa people value the auspicious time in the wedding ceremony. It is said that in the past, if the groom couldn’t find the bride before the deadline, the couple couldn’t get married even though they loved each other.

(Daguan Weekly/ Yangxiujie)

India-China Yoga College weaves a bond of exchanges

The 21st of June is the International Day of

Yoga declared by United Nations. On that day, In-dian Prime Minister Modi led volunteers to practice Yoga in Dehra Dun, the capital of Unttarakhan, India. On the same day, thousands of miles away in Kunming, Yunnan Province, students from Yunnan Minzu University China-India Yoga College called for more people to join their Yoga practice.

June is of special sig-nificance for China-India Yoga College because the College was founded three year ago in June. After three years’ of exploration, with the help of Yoga as a carrier, the College has stepped out its unique way of Yoga education, con-tributing their wisdom and strength in the exchanges between China/Yunnan and India.

On the 15th of May, 2015, under the witness of the leaders of China and India, a memorandum of cooperation was signed on jointly building China-India Yoga College by the two sides, and the joint efforts were stated in the China-India Joint Declaration. On June 13th of the same year, the Yoga

College was inaugurated and an opening ceremony was held in November.

“ T h e S c h o o l h a s stood on a high starting point since its inception” said Lang Gongxun, vice dean of China-India Yoga College. In spite of a good start, practical problems lie ahead of the college. For there is no university in China to carry out systematic Yoga education, so there is no model for their reference. “What the college can do is constantly trying and exploring to find its own way.”

In this case, the col-lege decided to start from

non-academic education, util izing professional teacher resources from In-dia and China, to conduct systematic training cours-es for yoga enthusiasts, coaches and other groups. The courses are divided into different levels of beginning, intermediate and advanced, not only teaching yoga postures, but also covering yoga culture, yoga physiological anato-my, yoga meditation and other contents.

Liu Na, a teacher who teaches Yoga postures, said that in recent years, the college has successively held large-scale activities

such as yoga public cours-es and International Yoga Day events, and kept on offering free yoga classes to public, attracted more than 20,000 participants.

In addition, the col-lege has creatively estab-lished Yoga degree educa-tion system as a pioneer, which is the first in China to offer Yoga education program for undergradu-ate and postgraduate stu-dents.

Yoga has changed the way of how Yatindra Dutt Amoli, an Indian Yoga teacher, views Yunnan. He has been teaching Yoga at Yunnan Minzu University for two years. When he firstly came to Yunnan, he was not used to the life here and thinking of going back to India every day. From teaching Yoga, his interest in Chinese culture has been increas-ing day by day, and his return date was postponed one time after another. This 36-year-old Indian teacher is passing the old culture to the young Chi-nese students through his own efforts. He hopes to help the student to better understand Yoga and truly recognize it as part of their lives.

(Han Chengyuan)Snub-nosed monkeys are dubbed elves of

Ba ima Snow Mouta in (Pho to by Chen Fe i )

The Kunming-Chuxiong-Dali high-speed railway was officially open to traffic (Photo by Chen Fei)

Xiangguqing: the magical home of Yunnan snub-nosed

monkeys

Yu J i a n h u a w o r k s as a ranger a t the

B a i m a S n o w M o u n -ta in Nat ional Nature R e s e r v e i n W e i x i County, Yunnan. Every morning he hangs the l ea f l e s s min i - sh rubs of the Usnea barbata plant over tree branch-es wh i l e ca l l i ng ou t to the monkeys in the language of the Lisu ethnic minority group.

Soon the black-and-white monkeys begin to respond excitedly, racing across the for-

est, and the Xianggu-qing valley immediate-ly comes to life.

A s t h e m o s t r e p -resentative species of the nature reserve the Yu n n a n s n u b - n o s e d monkeys are receiving more care than ever, and now they are not a f r a i d o f h u m a n s a t all . The Xiangguqing p o p u l a t i o n c o n s i s t s of more than 70 mon-keys, divided into 11 no rma l f ami l i e s and one a l l -male fami ly. " In the h i e ra rchy o f Yu n n a n s n u b - n o s e d m o n k e y s , t h e m o s t power fu l ma le mon-k e y g e n e r a l l y r u l e s the largest family and holds the highest po-s i t ion in the popula-tion," Wang Chunping, a graduate student of S o u t h w e s t F o r e s t r y University, said while observing the monkeys through a telescope.

(Chen Chuangye)

1 1 n o r m a l f a m i l i e s a r e living in Xiang guqing

70 snub-nosedmonkeys