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Årets vinnare på Stockholms filmfestival 2015

Stockholm, Nov. 22(Greenpost)–

Det blev den norska regissören Joachim Trier som tog hem Bronshästen under fredagskvällens prisutdelning. Nedan följer alla pristagare på Stockholms internationella filmfestival 2015.

I juryn för Stockholm XXVI Competition sitter producenten Mimmi Spång, regissören Peter Grönlund, regissören Christian Zübert, regissören Arab Nasser och regissören Di Phan Dang. Juryn för Stockholm Impact Award består av konstnären Ai Weiwei (juryordförande), regissören Ida Panahandeh och teaterregissören Linus Tunström. Jurymedlemmar för Stockholm Documentary Competition är filmkritikern Stefan Nylén, regissören och skådespelaren Alexandra Dahlström och regissören Matías Meyer. För Stockholm XXVI Short Film Competition, skådespelaren Saga Becker, regissören Alejandro Guzmán Alvarez och regissören Takeshi Fukunaga. Och för FIPRESCI, Yael Shuv, Kristin Aalen och Dariia Badior.

Bästa film: Louder Than Bombs av Joachim Trier
Priset för Bästa film går till ett estetiskt mästerstycke, en film som innovativt använder mediets alla komponenter och fritt rör sig mellan nutid, dåtid, dröm och föreställningsvärld. Med detta täta familjedrama om försoning, lappar filmskaparen gradvis ihop våra trasiga inre rum och synliggör oss för oss själva – och för varandra.

Bästa regidebut: Mediterranea av Jonas Carpignano
Priset för Bästa debut tillfaller en regissör som tar oss på en resa till en plats, där verkligheten triumferar med sitt dolda förakt. En osentimental, men ömsint film, om drömmar, kampen och förhoppningen om ett bättre liv, som samtidigt avspeglar det aktuella världsläget. Regissören har med denna käftsmäll till debut skapat ett mångbottnat och brännande verklighetsdrama som inte lämnar någon oberörd.

Bästa regi: László Nemes, Son of Saul
Priset för Bästa regi går till en film som får oss att sluta andas och istället uppta filmens egna puls. Med ett rasande tempo, en konstant rörelse, ett konsekvent subjektivt berättande och med långa, minutiöst utförda och mästerliga scenerier, tar regissören ett helt nytt grepp på ett ämne som skildrats otaliga gånger, men aldrig så här intensivt och tätt – och aldrig så här bra.

Bästa manus: Deniz Gamze Ergüven och Alice Winocour, Mustang
Författarna till denna film skildrar ett allvarsamt ämne med ömsom humor och ömsom värme. Det är en gripande berättelse om systerskap, en kampfilm som gör upp med det manliga förtrycket och dess unkna syn på den kvinnliga sexualiteten. Konservatismen ställs mot det moderna samhället, livet inom oss – och var persons rätt till sin egen kropp.

Bästa foto: Manuel Dacosse, Evolution
Priset för Bästa foto går till ett cinematiskt mästerverk, en berättelse som likaväl kan utspela sig i det undermedvetna som i det metaforiska eller på en annan planet. Ett kusligt vackert berättaruniversum, destillerat genom en mästares lins, med ett alldeles unikt visuellt uttryck, som skapar gåshud i själen.

Bästa kvinnliga skådespelare: Julija Steponaityte, The Summer of Sangaile
Priset för Bästa kvinnliga huvudroll går till en skådespelerska som lyser upp duken med sin totala närvaro. Det är ett subtilt och ändå mångfacetterat skådespel vi får ta del av, på samma gång svalt och sårbart, som arrogant och lidelsefullt. Hon gör oss nyfikna – och vi vill se mer!

Bästa manliga skådespelare: Koudous Seihon, Mediterranea
Priset för Bästa manliga huvudroll går till en skådespelare som äger berättelsen i varje scen. Det är en karaktärsgestaltning av en fighter, en street-smart överlevare och en medmänniska, som öppnar upp våra hjärtan i sin resa genom en sargad värld, full av faror. Mitt i berättelsens brutala verklighet lyckas han förmedla en känsla av hopp och tro på människan.

Bästa dokumentär: Behemoth av Liang Zhao
Den som ger sig in här gör bäst i att lämna allt hopp bakom sig. Här har vi en filmskapare som gräver djupt i sitt ämnes schakt och visar oss det giriga monster som gömmer sig i vår destruktiva civilisation. På ett poetiskt, vackert och känslomässigt sätt avslöjar filmen ett helvete på jorden. Genom kraften i starka bilder, skickligt berättande och djup empati ges vi chansen att uppfatta och göra slut på förödelsen av vår jord och varandra. Äkta och djupt nödvändig.

Stockholm Impact Award: Leena Yadav, Parched
Strålande skådespeleri i ett sensuellt färgstarkt bildspråk ger oss en unik inblick i kvinnor på den indiska landsbygdens tankar och hjärtan. En paradoxal hyllning till livet under hårda omständigheter som skapar både ilska och glädje, och ger bränsle till debatt så väl som hopp om förändring när den rör vid en brännande fråga som påverkar inte halva, utan hela vårt samhälle.

Bästa kortfilm: A Few Seconds av Nora El Hourch
Med hjälp av ett egensinnigt och djärvt berättande lyckas regissören skildra karaktärernas mänskliga egenskaper i det korta tidsformatet. Filmen är fylld av lager av känslor och vi är mycket spända på att följa denna nya talang i hennes fortsatta filmskapande.

Stockholm Rising Star: Aliette Opheim
Stockholm filmfestival Rising Star 2015 går till en skådespelare som besitter en djup känslighet och samtidigt en oerhörd styrka. Som kastar sig ut och gestaltar olikartade roller med stort mod och integritet. Med känslan att bära på en hemlighet.

Telia Film Award: Mediterranea av Jonas Carpignano
Med en varm, humanistisk hand har regissören skrivit och regisserat en starkt relevant och oväntat humoristisk film. En berättelse befolkad av skickligt sammansatta och komplext skildrade karaktärer och med en enastående huvudrollsinnehavare. En vacker film som mänskliggör upplevelsen av att leva idag och som ger en unik inblick i de erfarenheter som delas av många av de som flytt över Medelhavet.

FIPRESCI-priset: Macadam Stories av Samuel Benchetrit
FIPRESCI-priset går till en insiktsfull, melankolisk och ömsint komedi fylld med egensinnig, skruvad humor. Tre separata historier om storstadslivets ensamhet och längtan efter mänsklig närhet vävs sömlöst samman. De vackert tecknade och oerhört nyanserade berättelserna iscensätts i perfekt tempo samtidigt som de utmärkta skådespelarprestationerna låter karaktärernas mänsklighet skymta fram genom gliporna.

Stockholm Achievement Award: Ellen Burstyn
En ikon inom samtida amerikansk film, en djärv skådespelerska med stor integritet som har givit liv åt banbrytande karaktärer. Hennes framträdanden har lämnat ett bestående intryck av en obeveklig kamp för självständighet och frihet. Hon har kämpat mot det patriarkala samhället i Alice Bor Inte Här Längre, Satan i Exorcisten och missbrukets destruktiva kraft i Requiem for a Dream.

Stockholm Lifetime Achievement Award: Stephen Frears
Årets mottagare av Lifetime Achievement Award är en filmskapare som inte räds att ta ställning för de marginaliserade i samhället. Hans filmskapande spänner från politiska filmer med socialt patos till storslagna epos med de största namnen. Oavsett vilken form berättelsen tar visar Stephen Frears att han är en regissör med en genuin nyfikenhet inför människors livsöden.

Stockholm Visionary Award: Yorgos Lanthimos
Genom att blottlägga mänskliga relationer synliggör Yorgos Lanthimos perspektiv som är både utmanande och egensinniga. Hans filmer tar med publiken på en oförutsägbar resa från det till synes oskyldiga till det djupt hotande; från det banala till det omvälvande; från en idé om det romantiska till den totalitära ideologin. En filmisk resa som tvingar oss att upptäcka en obekväm spegling av vårt eget beteende, våra begär och vårt sätt att kommunicera. Och ändå kan vi inte sluta titta, och identifiera oss, med ett snett leende på läpparna. Det är utmärkande för en sann visionär.

1 km film-stipendiat: Jag vill nå dig av Victor Lindgren
Två syskon tvingas uthärda att deras föräldrars relation bryter samman. Regissören ställer en obekväm fråga till oss i publiken: kan ett barns överlevnadsinstinkt övervinna en förälders självdestruktivitet? Filmen använder en förfinad stil för att åstadkomma stark känslomässig effekt och regissören visar stort mod och potential.

iFestival Award: Tisure av Adrian Geyer
Framröstad av Stockholms filmfestivals besökare.

 

Bästa dokumentär: Behemoth av Liang Zhao

Stockholm, Nov. 22(Greenpost)–Behemoth av Liang Zhao vann Bästa dokumentär på Stockholm Film Festival.

Den som ger sig in här gör bäst i att lämna allt hopp bakom sig. Här har vi en filmskapare som gräver djupt i sitt ämnes schakt och visar oss det giriga monster som gömmer sig i vår destruktiva civilisation. På ett poetiskt, vackert och känslomässigt sätt avslöjar filmen ett helvete på jorden. Genom kraften i starka bilder, skickligt berättande och djup empati ges vi chansen att uppfatta och göra slut på förödelsen av vår jord och varandra. Äkta och djupt nödvändig.

Stockholm Impact Award: Leena Yadav, Parched
Strålande skådespeleri i ett sensuellt färgstarkt bildspråk ger oss en unik inblick i kvinnor på den indiska landsbygdens tankar och hjärtan. En paradoxal hyllning till livet under hårda omständigheter som skapar både ilska och glädje, och ger bränsle till debatt så väl som hopp om förändring när den rör vid en brännande fråga som påverkar inte halva, utan hela vårt samhälle.

中国导演赵亮的《悲兮摩兽》获斯德哥尔摩电影节最佳纪录片奖

北欧绿色邮报网报道(记者陈雪霏)--中国导演赵亮的纪录片《悲兮摩兽》在刚刚落下帷幕的斯德哥尔摩国际电影节上获得最佳纪录片奖。DSC_4558

赵亮在影片首映后回答观众的问题。  陈雪霏拍摄

他获奖的理由是“你到这里放弃一切希望。电影制作者深入挖掘主题,为我们展现的是隐藏在我们破坏性文明里的贪婪巨兽。这部电影用美丽动情和诗一般的方式揭示一种地球上的炼狱。 通过伟大的想象力,讲故事和同情心,让我们有机会认知我们应该停止这种对自然环境的滥用。纯真且非常有必要。”

赵亮出生于1971年,毕业于鲁迅美术学院和北京电影学院。他的纪录片在威尼斯电影节也倍受关注,因此立即入围斯德哥尔摩电影节。

同时,印度电影Parched反应的是印度某些地区的妇女权利依然没有保障,该影片获得斯德哥尔摩影响力奖。奖金100万克朗。

本届电影节的主题是流动人口。来自60个国家的190多部影片参加了斯德哥尔摩国际电影节。

 

Zhao Liang’s Behemoth wins best documentary at Stockholm Film Festival

By Xuefei Chen Axelsson

Stockholm, Nov. 22(Greenpost)–Zhao Liang’s documentary Behemoth  from China has won the best documentary award at 26th Stockholm International Film Festival.

The citation is ” This filmmaker digs deep inside the bowels of its subject, showing us the monster of greed hiding in our destructive civilization. This film unveils hell right here on earth in a beautiful, emotive and poetic way. Through the power of great imagery, storytelling and empathy we are given a chance to perceive and finally end this abuse of the earth than of each other. Pure and utterly necessary.”

Zhao Liang was born in Liaoning and studied at Luxun Art Academy and Beijing Film Institute. He is an independent documentary film maker and director.

Meanwhile, Stockholm Impact Award  won by Leena Yadav, with her film Parched.
The citation is “Through superb acting giving a unique insight into the minds and hearts of women in rural India told with colourful, sensual cinematography. This film is a paradoxical celebration of life in tough circumstances, creating both anger and joy, giving fuel for debate as well as hope for change when addressing a burning question that affects, not half, but the whole of our society.”

The Stockholm Film Festival has just ended today after 11days of screening about 190 films from 70 countries. This year’s theme focuses on migration a lot.

 

Norwegian director Trier receives Bronze Horse at 2015 Stockholm Film Festival

Stockholm,Nov. 22(Greenpost)–Norwegian director Joachim Trier won the Bronze Horse at the award ceremony at 2015 Stockholm Film Festival on Friday evening.

This year’s Stockholm XXVI Competition jury is producer Mimmi Spång, director Peter Grönlund, director Christian Zübert, director Di Phan Dang, and director Arab Nasser. The jury for the Stockholm Impact Award includes artist Ai Weiwei (head of jury), director Ida Panahandeh, and theatre director Linus Tunström. For the Stockholm Documentary Competition the jury members are film critic Stefan Nylén, director and actor Alexandra Dahlström, and director Matías Meyer.

The Stockholm XXVI Short Film Competition jury consists of actor Saga Becker, director Alejandro Guzmán Alvarez, and director Takeshi Fukunaga. And for the FIPRESCI, Yael Shuv, Kristin Aalen, and Dariia Badior.

Best film: Louder Than Bombs by Joachim Trier
The prize for best film goes to an aesthetic masterpiece, a film that innovatively uses all cinematic components to move freely between present, past, dream and imagination. With this tightly woven family drama, the director gradually patches together our broken inner places and makes us visible to ourselves – and to each other.

Best first film: Mediterranea by Jonas Carpignano
The prize goes to a director who takes us on a journey to a place where reality triumphs with its hidden contempt. An unsentimental yet tender film about dreams, struggles and hopes for a better life that at the same time mirrors the contemporary state of the world. The director has with this knockout of a debut created a multifaceted and pressing real-life drama that leaves no one unaffected.

Best director: László Nemes, Son of Saul
The award goes to a film that makes us hold our breath and instead become part of the film’s own pulse. With furious pacing, constant motion, a consistently subjective point-of-view and with long, meticulous and masterly executed sequences, the director takes a whole new perspective on a subject that has been depicted countless times, but never with this intensity – and never this good.

Best script: Deniz Gamze Ergüven and Alice Winocour, Mustang
The writers of this film depict a serious topic with both humour and warmth. It is a touching story of sisterhood, an empowering film that challenges patriarchal oppression with its stale views on female sexuality. Conservative values are placed in opposition to modern society, the life within each of us – and every person’s right to their own bodies.

Best cinematography: Manuel Dacosse, Evolution
The prize for best cinematography goes to a cinematic masterpiece, a story that could as well take place in the subconscious as on a metaphorical plane or another planet. A hauntingly beautiful universe distilled through the lens of a master, with a singular visual expression that provokes goose bumps in the soul.

Best actress: Julija Steponaityte, The Summer of Sangaile
The prize for best female lead goes to an actress who illuminates the screen with her absolute presence. It is a subtle yet multifaceted acting we are witnessing, at the same time cool and vulnerable, arrogant and passionate. She makes us curious – and we want to see more!

Best actor: Koudous Seihon, Mediterranea
The prize for best male lead goes to an actor who owns the story in every scene. It’s a portrait of a fighter, a street-smart survivor and a fellow human, who opens our hearts on his journey through a torn world full of dangers. He manages to convey a feeling of hope and faith in humanity in the midst of the brutal reality of the story.

Best documentary: Behemoth by Liang Zhao
Abandon all hope you who enter here. This filmmaker digs deep inside the bowels of its subject, showing us the monster of greed hiding in our destructive civilization. This film unveils hell right here on earth in a beautiful, emotive and poetic way. Through the power of great imagery, storytelling and empathy we are given a chance to perceive and finally end this abuse of the earth than of each other. Pure and utterly necessary.

Stockholm Impact Award: Leena Yadav, Parched
Through superb acting giving a unique insight into the minds and hearts of women in rural India told with colourful, sensual cinematography. This film is a paradoxical celebration of life in tough circumstances, creating both anger and joy, giving fuel for debate as well as hope for change when addressing a burning question that affects, not half, but the whole of our society.

Best short film: A Few Seconds by Nora El Hourch
In a very unique and bold way of storytelling the director manage to show how much humanity in the characters in such a short time. There are so many layers of emotions in this film. We are excited to discover this new talent in her future work.

Stockholm Rising Star: Aliette Opheim
This year’s Rising Star is awarded an actor who inhabits a deep sensibility as well as an immense power. Who delves into diverse roles with great courage and integrity. With the sense of carrying a secret.

Telia Film Award: Mediterranea by Jonas Carpignano
With a warm, humanistic touch Jonas Carpignano has written and directed a film with acute relevance and unexpected humour. Populated by brilliantly crafted and depicted characters with complexity, throughout the story, with an outstanding Koudous Seihon in the male lead. A beautiful film that humanizes what it is to live in the world today and offers a unique glimpse into experiences shared by many of the people fleeing across the Mediterranean Sea.

FIPRESCI best film: Macadam Stories by Samuel Benchetrit
The FIPRESCI award goes to Samuel Benchetrit’s Macadam Stories (Asphalte), an insightful, melancholic and tender comedy, filled with quirky deadpan humour. Three separate stories are seamlessly interwoven around the theme of urban loneliness and the longing for human connection, all beautifully drawn, highly nuanced and perfectly paced, while the excellent performances allow the characters humanity to shine through the cracks.

Stockholm Achievement Award: Ellen Burstyn
An icon of contemporary American cinema, a bold actress with great integrity, who has given life to groundbreaking characters. Her performances have left a lasting impression with a relentless struggle for independence and freedom.

Stockholm Lifetime Achievement Award: Stephen Frears
This year’s receiver of the Lifetime Achievement Award is a filmmaker who is not afraid to take a stand for those who exist at the margins of society. Regardless of what form the story takes, Stephen Frears shows us that he is a director with a genuine curiosity for people’s life stories.

Stockholm Visionary Award: Yorgos Lanthimos
This director gives us a perspective that is both challenging and headstrong. His films offer the audience an unpredictable cinematic trip that forces us to discover an inconvenient reflection of our own behaviour, logic and desires. And yet we cannot stop looking, identifying and yes, very oddly smiling.

1 km Film-scholarship: I turn to you by Victor Lindgren
Two siblings are forced to experience the implosion of their parents’ relationship. The director poses an inconvenient question to us in the audience, can a child’s will to survive overcome the self-destructive desires of the parent. The film seamlessly connects refined form with emotional impact and the director shows great courage and promise.

iFestival Award: Tisure by Adrian Geyer
Voted for by the 2015 Stockholm Film Festival audience.

 

首届中国国际节能低碳创新技术与装备博览会在北京成功举办

北欧绿色邮报网11月20日报道(记者 陈雪霏)2015首届中国国际节能低碳创新技术与装备博览会18日-20日在北京成功举办。本次展会的主题为“绿色生产、绿色生活”,共有近千项节能低碳领域的创新技术和设备在总面积两万平方米的5个展厅集中展出。

IMG_9114博览会的第一天举行了“节能与生态文明建设高峰论坛”。第十届全国人大常委会副委员长顾秀莲致开幕词。她说,党的十八大将生态文明建设纳入中国特色社会主义事业五位一体总体布局,十八届五中全会将绿色发展作为五大发展理念之一,对生态文明建设做出了一系列重要部署。绿色化是实现生态文明建设的重要标志,也是推进生态文明建设的实践路径,必须大力推进发展方式绿色化、生存空间绿色化、生活方式绿色化、制度体系绿色化、加强国际绿色化合作。大力推进绿色化,节能工作大有可为。举办节博会是推动节能低碳先进技术普及推广、促进节能环保产业发展的重要举措。

IMG_9128国家发展和改革委员会副主任张勇说,“十三五”时期必须牢固树立绿色发展理念,遵循保护环境的基本国策,尊重生态发展、生活富裕、生态文明的发展道路,加快建设资源节约型、环境友好型社会。

IMG_9097国家节能中心主任贾复生主持论坛。他说,中国节博会实现国内与国际、审定与推广、实体与虚拟、综合与专业、集中与分散、线上与线下等六个方面的结合,并形成全覆盖、全天候的评审与推广体系,将汇集全球节能技术装备领军企业,激发技术装备提供和应用单位的内生动力,为节能低碳创新技术装备的发展开辟新道路。

IMG_9147国管局公共机构节能管理司张世良司长介绍了国管局实行节能管理的情况。

IMG_9256当天下午,还举办了“‘十三五’生态文明建设与节能减排机制创新论坛”,国家发改委环资司副司长吕文斌解读了生态文明建设相关政策,援引习近平主席的话说,没有绿水青山就不会有金山银山。

IMG_9273国家发改委能源研究所副所长戴彦德就“十三五”生态文明建设与节能减排的机制创新问题做专题演讲。戴彦德认为,中国在过去10多年来在提高能效方面的成绩是不能抹杀的。中国的节能效率实际上有大幅度提高,否则,中国的雾霾可能要更加提早地到来,也有可能更加严重。他指出,目前,之所以雾霾依然很严重是因为中国的产值依然在继续大幅度增长。

IMG_9312中国标准化研究院资环分院院长林翎介绍了节能减排标准体系及生态文明标准化的建设情况。

IMG_9169另外,财政部财政科学研究所副所长苏明还就十三五节能减排财税政策进行了解答。他说,未来五年将进行大幅度税制改革,使税收制度成为生态文明的约束和调节杠杆。
IMG_9323国家节能中心的时希杰副处长介绍了十三五节能相关课题研究成果。

论坛还重点推介了部分节能低碳创新技术。多家参展企业代表分别就公共服务,节能节水环保集成系统,磁悬浮、节能服务方案等进行现场讨论交流。来自浙江湖州,吉林省吉林市,四川德阳市,广东梅州市发改委的代表分别介绍了他们节能减排财政综合示范建设的创新与实践。

与此同时,中国国际节能电气技术与电工装备高峰论坛,中国十三五科技计划新政解读与企业转型升级论坛,第11届节能服务产业优秀技术合作论坛,第二届美丽中国-低碳发展设备在行动节能论坛,中欧节能低碳技术推广会,中国绿色建筑创新技术高峰论坛暨建筑节能推广会,2015绿能节能高峰论坛和绿色金融与绿色产业峰会分别在国际展览中心和北京皇家大酒店举行。
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本次博览会的主办单位有国家节能中心,中国国际贸易促进会建设行业分会,中国标准化研究院,中国质量认证中心,中国节能协会,中国工业节能与清洁生产协会,中国电工技术协会,台湾绿色生产力基金会,中国通信企业协会,中国科技产业化促进会,国际绿色经济协会。
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支持单位有国家发改委环资司,工业和信息化节能与综合利用司,交通运输部政策法规司,国有资产监督管理委员会综合司,国家机关事务管理局公公机构节能管理司和中央直属机关事务管理局节约能源管理办公室。
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协办单位有各省节能中心,中国循环经济协会,中国机械工业联合会,中国石油和化学工业联合会,中国有色金属工业协会,中国纺织工业联合会,中国设备管理协会,中国教育后勤协会,国家半导体照明工程研发及产业联盟,中国建筑节能协会和新北市绿色能源产业联盟。
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海外支持的有联合国开发计划署,能源基金会,世界银行,美国伯克利实验室,德国能源署,丹麦能源署和韩国能源署和日本节能中心与日本经济协会。
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 瑞典的恩华特环境技术有限公司和瑞典的瑞中桥绿色科技文化交流公司及北欧绿色邮报网也参加了此次博览会。
从参加展览的单位可以看出,本次博览会聚集了全国所有与节能低碳减排有关的所有政府部门,企业和非政府组织及各个相关的行业协会。大家借此机会互相交流学习,互相激励,挖掘合作潜力,使中国的节能减排工作真正落到实处。(图/文陈雪霏)
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Analysis: Singles’ Day highlights China’s consumption potential

 BEIJING, Nov. 12 (Greenpost) — The nationwide shopping spree on Wednesday has offered solid proof of the spending power of China’s billion-plus population, exciting the government as it hopes increased consumer spending can give the economy a shot in the arm.
Chinese online retailers logged record sales on this year’s Singles’ Day, the equivalent of the U.S. Cyber Monday, as consumers scrambled for deals during the world’s largest online shopping event.
Alibaba’s Tmall marketplace has reported sales of 91.2 billion yuan (14.3 bln U.S. dollars), a 60-percent rise from last year’s 51.7 bln yuan.
Brick-and-mortar stores also launched promotional events.
The festive atmosphere came despite downbeat sentiment in the broader economy, which expanded 6.9 percent in the third quarter, the lowest reading since the second quarter of 2009.
Compared with investment and exports, consumption has been a less conspicuous growth driver for China in past decades, but it is catching up fast.
In the first half of 2015, it contributed more than 60 percent of economic growth.
China’s retail sales of consumer goods in October 2015 grew 11 percent from October 2014 to 2.83 trillion yuan (445 billion U.S. dollars). This was the highest such year-on-year rise of 2015, while online sales surged by 34.6 percent on the same basis to 2.95 trillion yuan.
Following a meeting on Wednesday, the State Council, China’s cabinet, promised more measures to encourage commerce and consumption.
It pledged to make the market more accessible to private investors and to reduce restrictions on foreign capital. The government will strengthen policing of merchants, improve intellectual property rights protection and crack down on fake goods, the State Council said.
China will also encourage businesses to adopt new technology and materials to improve the quality of their products, according to the statement.
Chen Lifen, a researcher with the Ministry of Commerce, said the policies will encourage market competition, stimulating companies to offer better products and services, which will in turn drive consumption growth.
In addition, the government plans to encourage imports of consumer goods, open more duty-free shops and streamline tax refund policies for foreign tourists.
As China’s middle-class population expands, demands for foreign products have grown substantially.
According to Alibaba, sellers from 232 countries and regions ran promotions during this year’s Singles’ Day. In less than two minutes, cross-border transactions on its platforms exceeded the daily volume on the same day last year.
Although more imports of consumer goods will put pressure on domestic companies, that will also force them to up their game, which is conducive to the country’s economic restructuring, according to Zhang Handong, director of Zhejiang’s research center on international trade.  Enditem

Source Xinhua

Editor Xuefei Chen Axelsson

China, U.S. should increase legislative exchanges: top legislator

 BEIJING, Nov. 20 (Greenpost) — Chinese top legislator Zhang Dejiang has met with U.S. House of Representatives Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, calling for more exchanges and communication between China’s top legislature and the U.S. Congress.
Calling China-U.S. relations “of great importance,” Zhang, chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress (NPC), said China and the United States agreed to continue to build a new type of major-country relations during Chinese President Xi Jinping’s state visit to the United States in September.
Both presidents made clear the correct direction of development of bilateral ties and reached a series of agreements during the visit, sending a positive signal to the outside world that China and the United States are committed to dialogue and cooperation, Zhang said.
He called on the NPC and U.S. Congress to enhance communication and exchanges, deepen mutual understanding and advance substantial cooperation in the spirit of mutual respect and common ground.
The chairman encouraged both sides to do more to promote mutual trust and cooperation so as to promote the development of bilateral relations and benefit the people of both countries and the world.
Speaking highly of the meeting between the two presidents, Pelosi said she expected the two countries’ legislatures to step up exchanges to boost friendship between the two peoples.
Earlier on Thursday, Zhang Ping, vice chairman of the NPC Standing Committee, hosted a meeting between the NPC and the U.S. congressional delegation led by Pelosi.
The two had a candid and in-depth exchange of views on issues including bilateral ties, legislative exchanges and climate change.  Enditem

Source Xinhua

Editor Xuefei Chen Axelsson

 

Commission to protect copyright of Beijing’s ACG industry

    BEIJING, Nov. 10 (Greenpost) — Beijing set up a copyright protection commission for its animation, comic and game (ACG) industry on Tuesday to further the industry’s protection of intellectual property.
The ACG Commission of Capital Copyright Industry Alliance, an organization led by the Beijing government, consists of more than 80 members that include state-owned and local enterprises, universities and research institutions.
The organization will take a variety of measures to counter problems in the ACG industry such as a dearth of original work, an incomplete industrial chain and insufficient protection for copyright, according to Wang Ying, the commission director.
Wang Yefei, deputy head of the Beijing Municipal Bureau of Copyright, hopes the commission will have a good impact on the ACG industry in Beijing and around the country.
Beijing’s ACG industry has seen great development in recent years, with its gross output value standing at around 37.2 billion yuan (5.8 billion U.S. dollars) in 2014, a year-on-year increase of 69 percent and accounting for about one third of the country’s total output value last year.  Enditem

 

China’s satellite expo held in Beijing

BEIJING, Nov. 20 (Greenpost) — A satellite exposition was held  in Beijing on Nov 12-15, displaying more than 6,000 new products and academic achievements.
The three-day exposition, Satellite Application China 2015, will attract nearly a hundred specialists, scholars and entrepreneurs from the aerospace and satellite application industry.
Products to be exhibited include a test communication satellite co-designed by private companies and universities, personal outdoor terminals supported by BeiDou navigation and a new domestic-made satellite communication system.
Ran Chengqi, director of the China Satellite Navigation Office, said BeiDou navigation has already been applied in the regional network.
BeiDou services are expected to cover most countries along the Silk Road Economic Belt and the 21st Century Maritime Silk Road by 2018, and offer global coverage by 2020, Ran added.
The exposition is held by the China Users Association for Satellite Communications, Broadcasting and Television and the Electronics and Information Industry Sub-Council of China Council for the Promotion of International Trade.  Enditem

Xi-Ma meeting of great historical significance

By Xuefei Chen Axelsson

STOCKHOLM, Nov. 9(Greenpost)–Chinese leaders Xi Jinping from the Mainland and Ma Yingjiu from Taiwan shook hands on Nov. 7 during a meeting in Singapore.

This scene has been spread all over the world among Chinese and overseas Chinese. It has been such a striking historical scene.

Many people say the handshaking was the first time since 1949.  Some others think this was the first time since the Chongqing meeting between Mao Zedong and Chiang Kai-skek.

This meeting was arranged under very careful consideration by the two sides. First, the two leaders just call themselves leader, not president. They call themselves Sir, not comrade.  It shows the eagerness from Taiwan side to be closer to the Mainland and the humbleness from the Mainland to be closer to Taiwan.

It is well-known that the Mainland has always welcome Taiwan to come back and never abandon the idea to unite Taiwan to the Greater China, even with the principle of “one country, two systems” like Hong Kong.

People in the Mainland always treats Taiwan as an indispensable, inalienable part of China. If Taiwan wants to be independent, the Mainland will even resort to force.

So there is no problem for the mainland to open its arms to hug Taiwan. But for a long time, Taiwan has been very advanced and didn’t like to be too close with the mainland except to do business.

However, with the rapid development of the mainland over the past 30 years, to be united or to clear the hurdle of all kinds has become the common call of people from both sides of the Taiwan Strait.

Even ten years ago, I talked with a Taiwan Primary School teacher.

“I think we should have direct flight so that I won’t travel home through South Korea or Hong Kong.” She said.

Another woman who worked in Shenzhen said she felt at home in the Mainland.

“I work in Shen Zhen, it feels at home. I have no problem to be in the Mainland. There are a lot of working opportunities here. ”

Chinese economy has spilt over  great attraction for the Taiwanese. Meanwhile, Taiwan also becomes very attractive.

Tens of thousands of mainland Chinese would like to choose Hong Kong and Taiwan as its first choice to go abroad because it is nearby, people talk common language and the most important is that it is not that expensive.

Chinese people do not fly to Europe or America immediately if they travel as a tourist due to language barrier and economic reasons.

Thus, there is such a strong demand among people to be convenient to step on each other’s soil.

There is strong emotions between the two sides too. Many Chinese in the mainland remember that song of Gu Lang Yu. And it was so popular in the mainland in the 1980s. They call it “Treasure Island Taiwan”.

Finally people see the shaking hands of the two handsome leaders feeling like real brothers.

In his speech, Xi said  that the two sides have the capability and wisdom to solve their own problems indicating that there is no need to have outside intervention.

Xi said the two sides are brothers with the same blood and thread even if the bones are damaged.

Ma has proposed five detailed proposals for improving bilateral relations. He said the two sides are in the best relations since 66 years ago.

Analysts hold that the meeting shows Xi’s confidence and flexibility. His meeting with Ma is to help Ma to become better during the election. The CPC likely hopes Ma can win and continue to rule Taiwan.

With improvement of relations between the two sides of the Taiwan Street, there will be no use for the US to send its ships into the South China Sea.

The meeting is conducive to the world peace and some people even said they should be recommended to be Nobel Peace Prize winner. Why not?

China Focus: China’s listed stockbrokers’ A shares expected to regain strength as earnings improved

   BEIJING, Nov. 6 (Xinhua) — China’s listed stockbrokers witnessed remarkable profit growth in October after suffering from profit declines in September thanks to a round of market bull run since the beginning of October.

Analysts deem that foundation for rebounding of the stockbrokers’ stocks is mature as their valuation has come to a reasonable level after over five months of deep correction and the negative factors in the industry have been digested.

 

— Stockbrokers’ profits bottom out in October

According to the financial results released by the listed brokers on Thursday, an overwhelming majority of the listed stock brokerage companies made profits in October. CITIC Securities Co., Ltd. (600030.SH), Haitong Securities Co., Ltd. (600837.SH) and Guotai Junan Securities Co., Ltd. (601211.SH) ranked top three by profit earnings, which recorded a net profit of 1.3 billion yuan, 1.12 billion yuan and 891 million yuan in the month, surging 95.19 percent, 33.08 percent and 87.3 percent from that of the previous month, respectively.

Meanwhile, many brokers achieved a net rise of over 100 percent, of which Pacific Securities (601099.SH), Sinolink Securities (600109.SH) and Orient Securities (600958.SH) saw a net rise of 400 percent, 180.05 percent and 157 percent as compared with that in September.

Although the stockbrokerage companies’ earnings were heavily hit by market plunges since June, the whole industry still enjoyed higher growth in both revenue and net profit in the first three quarters of the year as compared with the corresponding period of 2014.

As indicated in the third-quarter financial reports, the 24 listed brokers as a whole generated revenue totaling 311.92 billion yuan in the first nine months of the year, jumping 161.4 percent year on year. Their combined net profits stood at 130.72 billion yuan, rocketing 210.2 percent on a yearly basis.

For the whole industry, China’s 124 stockbrokerage companies posted a combined net profit of 192.465 billion yuan in the first three months of the year, of which 119 ones realized profits, according to statistics from the Securities Association of China.

 

— Multiples favorable factors expected for stockbrokers

Stockbrokers’ shares posted sharp surges since November 4 with all the brokers’ shares rising by a daily limit up of ten percent. The strong momentum extended in the following two trading days and the index tracking the block realized its biggest weekly gain of nearly 30 percent since December 2014.

The robust rebounding of the stocks was interpreted as an inflection of market expectation for improved earnings of the stockbrokers in 2015.

Haitong Securities deems that along with the regulator’s clearing work to illicit stock trade accounts and activities approaching an end and the negative effect from de-leveraging work on brokers’ margin trade business being digested, the negative factors on the stockbrokerage companies have been gradually fading out.

Shen Juan, an analyst with Huatai Securities, thinks that a string of upcoming reforms including introduction of a classification system for companies listed on the Over-The-Counter (OTC) stock market, revision to the Law of Securities and an adoption of a registration mechanism to replace current approving mechanism for new share offerings is expected to bring bigger opportunities for stockbrokers.

Meanwhile, improved market sentiment, recovery of trading vibrancy, expansion of margin trade turnover will also cast positive impact on the stockbrokers, Shen added.

 

— China’s 13th Five-Year Plan to benefit stockbrokers

Many analysts believe that the just-released proposal for China’s 13th Five-Year Plan has also given strong impetus to the stockbrokers’ shares.

According to the Proposal, China will actively foster a more transparent and healthier capital market, pushing ahead reform on stock and bond issuing and trading systems, raising proportion of direct financing and lowering leverage ratios in the next five years. China will also push forward two-way opening-up of the domestic capital market and gradually remove restrictions on investment quota for both domestic and overseas investors.

Analysts hold that the stockbrokers’ earnings in investment banking business are expected to be largely fattened thanks to the policy support for direct financing in the next five years. (Edited by Li Xueqing, lixueqing@xinhua.org)

China’s child policy change positive for economic growth: economist

 SYDNEY, Nov. 6 (Xinhua) — China’s plan to allow all couples have two children is positive for its growth despite not reversing a shrinking population, an economist told Xinhua here on Friday.

Frederic Neumann, co-head of Asian economic research at HSBC, said the demographics are often overplayed, as urbanization potential in China “is enormous” while children are becoming more educated.

“So young people joining the labor force even though becoming less and less, actually are far superior educated than those leaving the workforce, raising human capital in the economy,” Neumann said.

Neumann said the policy change aids China’s rebalancing away from the old industrial-led growth to its consumption services, effectively increasing investment in education, healthcare and areas of consumption.

The policy change, which will see China abandon its decades-old one-child policy, was proposed at the Fifth Plenary Session of the 18th Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee held from Oct. 26 to 29. Enditem

 

The gut microbiota can influence the effectiveness of dietary treatments

Stockholm, Nov 7(Greenpost)–Why a dietary treatment works for some but not others seems to depend on interactions between the gut microbiota and the diet.

A new study, published in Cell Metabolism, shows that people with better control of blood sugar after eating barley kernel bread also have a different balance of microbes in the gut.

Dietary interventions can be used to improve the metabolism of humans, and they also have a major impact on the gut microbiota. Previous studies at the Sahlgrenska Academy have shown that the gut microbiota is altered in metabolic diseases such as type 2 diabetes, and that the gut microbiota contributes to obesity, diabetes and cardiovascular disease.

In a new study, 39 subjects ate barley kernel bread for three days followed by control bread made from white flour for three days (with a break between the two diets). The results showed that barley kernel bread improved the control of blood sugar, but only in some individuals.

Prevotella, a group of bacteria previously shown to be associated with high fiber intake, was present in higher proportions in those who responded beneficially to barley kernel bread than in those who did not respond to this dietary intervention.

By transferring the gut microbiota of these individuals to germ-free mice, the research group could demonstrate that the altered gut microbiota contributed to the beneficial effects of the barley kernel bread.

“Our findings clearly show the importance of the interaction between the gut microbiota and the diet and contribute to our understanding of metabolism in health and disease. The results may help to explain why responses to different dietary treatments are so individual,” says Professor Fredrik Bäckhed at the Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg.

Bread with different fibers has attracted considerable interest and is a focus area at the Antidiabetic Food Center at Lund University (a VINN Excellence Center), which participated in the study.

“It is incredibly exciting to see the link between the gut microbiota and various dietary fibers, which can help us develop more individualized dietary guidelines,” says Professor Inger Björk at Lund University.

The researchers are now planning further studies and hope to confirm if the gut microbiota can identify which individuals will respond to a specific diet.

“Our results also show that control of blood sugar is improved in mice supplemented with Prevotella if they are given a high-fiber diet. Our findings could lead to a combination product with Prevotella and fiber from grains,” says Fredrik Bäckhed at the Sahlgrenska Academy.

 

今日头条:深圳“孔雀计划”推介会在斯德哥尔摩成功举办

北欧绿色邮报网报道(记者陈雪霏)——11月2日,斯德哥尔摩秋高气爽,满地金黄,深圳科技创新委在斯德哥尔摩闻名世界的卡罗林斯卡医学院成功举办“孔雀计划”推介会。

本次推介会由深圳科技创新委主办,瑞典深圳国际合作促进会承办。卡罗林斯卡医学院,瑞典皇家工学院,斯德哥尔摩大学和华瑞同康生物技术有限公司协办。

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瑞典深圳国际合作促进会会长张巧珍首先致欢迎词。她说,瑞典深圳国际合作促进会是在瑞典注册的非营利组织,也是一个覆盖面很广的高层次人才团体。促进会的活动包括协助引进人才,技术和资金,为深圳社会,经济,文化和科技发展牵线搭桥。

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深圳科技创新委副主任邱宣介绍了深圳的科技创新高层次人才计划和孔雀计划。

她说,深圳是中国改革开放的试验田。今年是深圳特区建立35周年。从一个3万多人的小渔村发展到了今天的1600多万人口。深圳2008年被授予中国第一个创新城市。在1952平方公里的土地上,已经开发了600多平方公里。2014年研发教育,投入达到4.2%是全国平均2%的两倍,超过韩国的3%。

她说,深圳的科技基础设施十分完善,深圳也有很多新型科研机构,例如华大基因研究院,在自然杂志上发表了60多篇论文。邱宣说,这些新型科研机构的特点是他们不光是进行科研,而且还进行产品开发,有产业发展。这里没有铁饭碗,但有创业激情。体制机制非常灵活,市场化,没有逐层审批,机构可以自行决定研发项目。有开放性和共享性的特点。这种民办国助方式可能是未来的发展范例。

邱宣说,深圳要引进的领域包括七大战略性新型产业:生物,互联网,新能源,新材料,文化创意,新一代信息技术和节能环保产业。

同时,深圳科技发展之所以迅猛,一个重要的原因是他们两条腿走路,有深圳证券交易所的金融支持。深圳成为中国创业投资活动最活跃的地区,深交所拥有针对中小型公司的中小板和针对新兴企业尤其是高新技术企业上市融资的创业板。

深圳注重理论与实践相结合的教育体制,建立了10所国际开放特色大学,如莫斯科-北理工大学,中国香港中文大学等。

深圳还制定了促进创客发展三年行动计划,促进创客发展若干措施。在千人计划的基础上,深圳创立了孔雀计划。

邱宣说,孔雀计划是围绕深圳特区发展战略目标,以推动高新技术,金融,物流,文化等支柱产业,培育新能源,互联网,生物,新材料等战略性新兴产业为重点,聚集一大批具有较高专业素养和丰富的海外工作经验,掌握先进科学技术,熟悉国际市场运作的海外高层次创新人才引进一批对深圳市产业发展有重大影响,能带来重大经济效益和社会效益的核心团队。

关于孔雀计划,深圳也吸取过去的经验,提出团队引进方式,从原来的最少5人降到最少3人。团队成员也要求从海外回国首次工作地点为深圳。引进的项目要与原创和产业都要接近。

DSC_4423华瑞同康生物技术有限公司的周际2002年凭一腔热血和专利技术到深证创业,多年来,经过艰苦奋斗,产业规模从原来的150平米达到现在的2000多平米。享受到了上到中央下到深圳的各种科技研发支持款项,深感深圳创新环境非常好,学生们到那里去创新创业还是很有前途的。

DSC_4456另外,深圳市科技创新委陈獻梅副调研员还介绍了如何申报科技创新资助的程序。

DSC_4450胡力夫教授说他去深圳考察多次,他鼓励大学生们学成回国到深圳去创业。因为那里创业环境非常好。

推介会现场就有很多学生直接与创新委邱宣副主任探讨到深圳发展的情况。

DSC_4461瑞深国际合作促进会CEO刘芳女士最后总结发言说,她来瑞典之前就在深圳工作,但是,过去十年的发展,令人惊讶。她之所以积极参与创立合作促进会,就是想为瑞典和深圳之间牵线搭桥,在各个领域为双方合作提供服务。

DSC_4407出席推介会的嘉宾包括瑞典工商联合会会长王建荣,瑞典华人总会秘书长唐兵,中瑞生命科学协会会长于江等。出席推介会成员大部分是卡罗林斯卡等各个瑞典著名高校的博士生和研究生。

aulan_oktober4_ulfsirborn访问瑞典期间,深圳创新委代表团还参观了卡罗林斯卡科学园区,听取卡中医学合作交流委员会主席英格玛.恩贝尔介绍卡罗林斯卡与中国的医学研究合作情况,访问了卡罗林斯卡医科大学肿瘤系,听取胡力夫关于重点学科,干细胞,神经脑科学,肿瘤个体化治疗等的发展和成就以及诺贝尔医学奖评审规则等。然后,代表团还到斯德哥尔摩哈嘎科学城基金会听取了建立医学高新区的计划情况。(图/文 陈雪霏)