By Xuefei Chen Axelsson
Stockholm, Sept. 7(Greenpost)–Swedish Prime Minister said at the World Water Week that man cannot live without water.
Filmed by Anneli Larsson on Aug. 24, 2015 in Stockholm.
He stressed the importance of having clean water for life. He also recalled the journey of Sweden’s history of cleaning water.
He called on the people all over the world to join hands to provide clean water and face climate change.
北欧绿色邮报网报道：中国9.3大阅兵吸引了世界的关注，中国北京，上海，香港，台湾等地多家电视台都进行了直播，而且也都放到youtube上了。这里转播一下，看他们是怎样报道这一历史时刻的。
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1BeUQlzAsgE
Stockholm, Sept. 6(Greenpost)–China held a grand military parade to commemorate the 70th anniversary of V-Day in Beijing on Sept. 3, 2015.
Video broadcast of China’s V-Day Military parade in Beijing 2015 by rt, subscribed from Youtube.
By Xuefei Chen Axelsson
Stockholm, Sept. 6(Greenpost)–Gabriella Pichler and Jonas Hassen Khemiri collaborate, Ninja Thyberg updates the image of the horse-loving girl and sami coming of age drama by Amanda Kernell in West Bothnia are among the films awarded funding in August.
From Sámi Blood (Sameblod) by Amanda Kernell. Photo: Oskar Östergren Amanda Kernell
Invasion! is Gabriela Pichler’s first film since the Venice awarded Eat Sleep Die (Äta sova dö). The script is a collaboration between Pichler and Swedish award-winning novelist and playwright Jonas Hassen Khemiri. As in her previous film, Pichler works with first time actors on location.
Tacit Wisdom (Tyst kunskap) by Saara Cantell is a reality-based psychological social drama about witchcraft on the Swedish-governed Åland islands in the 17th century, where the men in power suppress the wisdom of women. Independent young Anna is at the centre when the church begins a hunt for women who are in league with the devil.
With her debut feature Sámi Blood (Sameblod), Amanda Kernell continues along the same lines as her acclaimed short Northern Great Mountain (Norra Storfjället). Elle Marja attends a Sami boarding school in the 1930s. Racial biology examinations cause her to break away from her Sami identity, but becoming Swedish proves to be harder than she thought.
Three projects in a short format have been awarded funding in August. In the erotic short The Stud (Hingsten) by Ninja Thyberg, horse-loving 16-year-old Adena wants to lose her virginity to her handsome teacher Adam. Patterns are broken and gender roles switch places. In 2013 Thyberg was awarded the Canal+ Award in Cannes for Pleasure, about the porn industry. This is her first film after graduating from the Stockholm Academy of Dramatic Arts.
The children’s adventure Dreamgame (Drömspel 1) by Elisabet Gustafsson, who made Annabell’s Spectacularities (Krakel Spektakel) in 2014, is part of the Moving Sweden initiative. Nicolas’s mum spends too much time working on her thesis and is literally absorbed into her computer. Nicolas jumps into his video game to save her and meets giant spiders and other characters on his journey to the factory, where his mum is being held captive.
In Ni ska se att jag har rätt (English title tba) by Saga Gärde, bus-driving union man Magnus gives an impassioned speech behind the wheel as he sees the union losing members, and how the privatisation of public transport is creating stress and occupational injuries among his colleagues
BEIJING, Sept. 1 (Xinhua) — China’s State Council, the cabinet, decided on Tuesday to lower the minimum capital requirement for fixed-asset projects in a bid to boost investment in public goods and services.
The minimum capital ratio of key projects of ports, costal and river transportation, and airports has been lowered to 25 percent from 30 percent. The minimum capital ratio of railroad, highway and urban rail projects decreased to 20 percent from 25 percent.
In addition, the government has changed the minimum capital requirement for corn further processing projects from 30 percent to 20 percent.
However, the State Council said industries with excessive capacity would still face high capital ratios between 30 percent and 40 percent. (Edited by Huang Xiaolan, huangxiaolan@xinhua.org)
BEIJING, Sept. 1 (Xinhua) — The State Council, China’s cabinet, pledged to establish national small- and medium-sized enterprises (SME) development funds, said a statement released after a State Council executive meeting presided over by Premier Li Keqiang on Tuesday.
The move aims to stimulate the impetus of entrepreneurship and innovation, alleviate the financing difficulties faced by SMEs and enlarge employment.
According to the statement, the central government will contribute 15 billion yuan and establish a national SME development funds boasting a total scale of 60 billion yuan under the participation of private enterprises, state-owned enterprises, financial institutions and local governments.
The funds, which adopt limited partnership, will be operated under marketization mode. (Edited by Zhang Yuan, zhangyuan11@xinhua.org)
BEIJING, Sept.2 (Xinhua) — Representatives from China’s top government bodies met on Saturday in Haikou, the capital city of southern China’s Hainan province, to discuss a draft plan on integrated local development.
The plan is part of the trial program that aims to coordinate the planning system on a provincial level in order to eliminate incompatibilities between plans issued by different government departments.
After the meeting, Hainan local government will make some revisions and a consultation to seek views before publishing the final plan.
Such efforts by Hainan and relevant experiences will be introduced to other parts of China if proven successful.
In an attempt to improve policy coordination, China in June selected Hainan to pilot a trial program encouraging rational use of land and better environmental protection. (Edited by Ding Lei, dinglei@xinhua.org)
BEIJING, Sept. 2 (Greenpost) — China will advance building a graded diagnose and treatment system to deepen healthcare reform, according to an executive meeting of the State Council presided over by Premier Li Keqiang.
China will expand medical service capabilities of not only major medical institutions but also county-level public hospitals.
Also, the country will integrate medical resources such as examination, testing and disinfection supply while advancing cross-recognition of examination and testing results as well as patient transfer among hospitals of different levels, according to the meeting.
The country also encourages the elderly, children, pregnant and lying-in women as well as patients with chronic diseases to sign primary family doctors or rural doctors voluntarily to receive basic medical treatments. (Edited by Niu Huizhe, niuhuizhe@xinhua.org)
Source Xinhua
Editor Xuefei Chen Axelsson
BEIJING, Sept. 2 (Greenpost) – China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC), the parent company of China’s largest offshore oil and gas producer CNOOC Ltd. (CEO.NYSE; 00883.HK), would add 114 maritime engineering equipment in 2016-2020 with investment of 65.6 billion yuan, said Zeng Hengyi, deputy general engineer with CNOOC on Tuesday.
Speaking at a maritime equipment exhibition in Qingdao, Zeng said 42.5 billion yuan would be invested in deepwater engineering equipment in the period, accounting for 65 percent of total.
Investment in deepwater engineering equipment is likely to account for over 70 percent of CNOOC’s total investment in maritime engineering investment by 2030, according to Zeng.
China needs to develop semi submersible drilling platform of the seven and half generation and deploy four special deepwater projects in the South China Sea, said Zeng.
The process of offshore exploration and development would not be changed though fall of oil prices in the short term would weigh on maritime engineering industry, said Liu Heyin, an official with shipbuilding and maritime engineering operations of Siemens. (Edited by Liu Yanan, liuyn@xinhua.org)
Source Xinhua
Editor Xuefei Chen Axelsson
BEIJING, Sept. 2 (Greenpost) — China’s Ministry of Agriculture (MOA) Tuesday said China would push ahead the pilot projects of converting grain to feeds to improve integration of farming and animal husbandry and overall efficiency during a meeting held in Taiyuan, Shanxi.
China has launched the pilot in ten provinces including Shanxi, Heilongjiang and Gansu and relative provincial governments have drafted local implement measures.
As grain-based feeds are mainly converted from corn, China would attach importance to adjust corn planting structure and put special efforts in promoting planting silage corn, which could be turned to feeds for cattle and sheep
In the recent years, planning area and output of corn have grown fast due to rising price and other factor. and corn surpassed rise to become China’s top grain crop in 2012. (Edited by Yang Qi, kateqiyang@xinhua.org)
Source Xinhua
Editor Xuefei Chen Axelsson
Traders note that the move shows the central bank’s intention to inject short-term liquidity into the financial system.
Since the end of June, the central bank continued to pump in liquidity through its routine open market operations and step up sales of reverse repos in August to boost cash supply in the financial system.
On last Friday, the central bank injected 140 billion yuan of liquidity into the market via a 6-day short-term liquidity operation. The amount was the same as a similar contract sold on August 26. The central bank also injected 60 billion yuan into the market via a 7-day SLO on August 28.
China’s central bank lowered key interest rates and cut the reserve requirement ratio on August 26, marking the fourth RRR cut in nearly seven months and the fifth round of interest cut in no more than nine months.
Traders noted that the central bank was expected to employ multiple monetary policy tools such as reverse repo sales, interest rate and RRR cuts to keep liquidity environment stable in the future. (Edited by Yang Yifan, yangyifan@xinhua.org)
By Xuefei Chen Axelsson
Upplands Väsby, Sept. 4(Greenpost) — An interesting China Day was held in Sandberg’s School in Upplands Väsby in Sweden on Aug. 28.
The weather is so fine that students have begun the program outside in the playground with the Lion Dance.
Headmaster Eva Svensson said her school was a private school, but with a lot of efforts and investment in building relations with China. They have become sister school with Wenlan School in Hangzhou in Zhejiang province since four years ago.
“The purpose of holding this China Day is to let pupils learn Chinese language and culture through interesting activities with Chinese elements,” said Svensson.
According to Svensson, there are about 300 students and 35 teachers with nine grades and 11 classes.
The students are impress by the lion dance and even tried to learn kongfu excercise from the coach actor and actresses.
Then they moved inside the classroom. Some students wrote characters, cut it and then made a Chinese dragon. Some students made kites and some made Jianzi.
Chinese teacher Sun Kai said she was impressed by her Swedish students because they like to study Chinese and if you give them an idea, they can really make a product for you.
After two hours work, students went out to eat fried Chinese noodles to taste Chinese food.
The last program was to fly all the kites they made themselves.
Many pupils said it was a very lovely day and very interesting.
By Xuefei Chen Axelsson
Stockholm, Sept. 3(Greenpost)– Beijing low carbon delegation has been trained for two weeks in Sweden thanks to the arrangement of Beijing CPC’s organization department and Swedish Environment Institute with the coordination of the Swedish Embassy Beijing.
As the last part of the training journey, the delegation held a seminar with the Chinese community in Sweden.
Wu Wangling, deputy chair of Sveriges Kinesiska Rikförbundet welcomed the delegation.
“Today is a special day due to Beijing’s historical Parade in Tiananmen Square. On behalf of the Riksförbundet, I warmly welcome the delegation,” Wu said.
Tang Bing made an introduction about Chinese in Sweden, history, formation of various organizations and their activities such as the China Festival in 2013 and the Pingpong competition in 2014 with the participation of Swedish player and judge Waldner or Lao Wa.
Professor Yan Jinyue from Swedish Royal Technology Institute(KTH) gave a presentation about cooperation between Sweden and China in energy efficiency field.
Chang Wei, head of the 25 member delegation said delegation consists of officials from the government, business sector people and the professors, lawyers and other professionals.
They have had courses in Swedish Environment Institute in Swedish low carbon and energy efficiency, waste and waste water treatment, sustainable traffic and transportation and environmental protection policies and measures.
They have also visited waste water treatment plant, Royal Seaport and Hammarbysjöstad in Stockholm. They travelled to Malmö to study the policy and best practices there too. They visited sustainable companies.
With a holistic method of having both policies and practices, the arrangement was very good, commented Chang.
Meeting with the Chinese community was the last part of their study visits.
Miyun Mayor Wang Haichen said this was his first visit to Sweden and he felt he had learnt a lot in sustainable development.
Zheng Shuanhu said he had been to Sweden before and he himself was dealing with energy saving and environmental protection practices in Beijing. Sweden has a lot of good practices which can be learnt.
The delegation also include Yao Hui, Deputy Director of Beijing Municipal Environmental Protection Bureau, Zuo Yi, journalist and Chief of the Staff, Beijing Times and Shi Hongmin, from Beijing Enterprises Group.
By Xuefei Chen Axelsson
Stockholm, Sept. 3 (Greenpost)–Chinese President Xi Jinping has announced that China will reduce its army by 300 thousand.
He made the announcement at the Tiananmen Parade on Thursday.
He said the aim of our commemoration of the 70th anniversary of the victory of the Chinese People’s War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and the World Anti-Fascist War is to bear history in mind, honor all those who laid down their lives, cherish peace and open up the future.
Ravaging through Asia, Europe, Africa and Oceania, that war inflicted over 100 million military and civilian casualties. China suffered over 35 million casualties and the Soviet Union lost more than 27 million lives. The best way to honor the heroes who gave their lives to uphold freedom, justice and peace and mourn the loss of innocent lives brutally taken during the war is to make sure that this historical tragedy will never repeat itself.
War is like a mirror. Looking at it helps us better appreciate the value of peace. Today, peace and development have become the prevailing trend, but the world is far from tranquil. War is the sword of Damocles that still hangs over mankind. We must learn the lessons of history and dedicate ourselves to peace.
seventy years ago today, the Chinese people, having fought tenaciously for 14 years, won the great victory of their War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, marking the full victory of the World Anti-Fascist War. On that day, the world was once again blessed by the sunshine of peace.
On this occasion, on behalf of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress, the State Council, the National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference, and the Central Military Commission, I pay high tribute to all the veterans, comrades, patriots and officers in China who took part in the War of Resistance and all the Chinese at home and abroad who contributed significantly to the victory of the War. I extend heartfelt gratitude to foreign governments and friends who supported and assisted the Chinese people in resisting aggression. I also warmly welcome all the foreign guests and representatives of the armed forces of foreign countries present today.
He recalled the history that Chinese people and army fought against Japanese invaders in the 1930s and 1940s.
The Chinese People’s War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and the World Anti-Fascist War were a decisive battle between justice and evil, between light and darkness, and between progress and reaction. In that devastating war, the Chinese People’s War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression started the earliest and lasted the longest. In defiance of aggression, the unyielding Chinese people fought gallantly and finally won total victory against the Japanese militarist aggressors, thus preserving China’s 5,000-year-old civilization and upholding the cause of peace of mankind. This remarkable feat made by the Chinese nation was rare in the history of war.
The victory of the Chinese People’s War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression is the first complete victory won by China in its resistance against foreign aggression in modern times. This great triumph crushed the plot of the Japanese militarists to colonize and enslave China and put an end to China’s national humiliation of suffering successive defeats at the hands of foreign aggressors in modern times. This great triumph re-established China as a major country in the world and won the Chinese people respect of all peace-loving people around the world. This great triumph opened up bright prospects for the great renewal of the Chinese nation and set our ancient country on a new journey after gaining rebirth.
During the war, with huge national sacrifice, the Chinese people held ground in the main theater in the East of the World Anti-Fascist War, thus making major contribution to its victory. In their war against Japanese aggression, the Chinese people received extensive support from the international community. The Chinese people will always remember what the people of other countries did for the victory of their War of Resistance.
“In the interest of peace, we need to foster a keen sense of a global community of shared future. Prejudice, discrimination, hatred and war can only cause disaster and suffering, while mutual respect, equality, peaceful development and common prosperity represent the right path to take. All countries should jointly uphold the international order and system underpinned by the purposes and principles of the UN Charter, build a new type of international relations featuring win-win cooperation and advance the noble cause of global peace and development.” Xi said.
In the interest of peace, China will remain committed to peaceful development. We Chinese love peace. No matter how much stronger it may become, China will never seek hegemony or expansion. It will never inflict its past suffering on any other nation. The Chinese people are resolved to pursue friendly relations with all other countries, uphold the outcomes of the Chinese People’s War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and the World Anti-Fascist War, and make greater contribution to mankind.
Xi stress that the People’s Liberation Army of China is the people’s army. All its officers, men and women must bear in mind their responsibility of serving the people whole-heartedly, faithfully fulfil the sacred duty of protecting the nation’s security and people’s well-being, and carry out the noble mission of upholding world peace.
“Here, I announce that China will cut the number of its troops by 300,000.”
Xi quoted the first Chinese book of poems, “After making a good start, we should ensure that the cause achieves fruition.” The great renewal of the Chinese nation requires the dedicated efforts of one generation after another. Having created a splendid civilization of over 5,000 years, the Chinese nation will certainly usher in an even brighter future.
“Going forward, under the leadership of the Communist Party of China, we, people of all ethnicities across the country, should take Marxism-Leninism, Mao Zedong Thought, Deng Xiaoping Theory, the important thought of Three Represents and the Scientific Outlook on Development as our guide to action. We should follow the path of socialism with Chinese characteristics, pursue the four-pronged comprehensive strategy, promote patriotism and the great spirit of resisting aggression and forge ahead as one to reach our goals.
Let us bear in mind the great truth of history: Justice will prevail! Peace will prevail! The people will prevail!” Xi said.
Source: Xinhua
A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence – Sweden’s candidate for the Academy Award nominations
Roy Andersson talks to Swedish Film Institute head of press Jan Göransson. To his left producer Pernilla Sandström and Director International Department Pia Lundberg. Photo: Christopher Mair/Swedish Film Institute
The Swedish Oscar Committee has chosen Roy Andersson’s A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence as Sweden’s candidate for the Academy Award nominations. The film is also selected for European Film Award – People’s Choice Award, with Force Majeure by Ruben Östlund as one of the other nine nominated.
A happy Roy Andersson attended the press conference at the Swedish Film Institute in Stockholm, earlier today. He is currently working on a new project, with the working title On Eternity (Om det oändliga); also adding that he wants to see more poetry in film in general.
In autumn 2014, Roy Andersson’s A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence (En duva satt på en gren och funderade på tillvaron) was awarded a Golden Lion at the Venice International Film Festival. Now, the Swedish Oscar Committee has selected the film as the Swedish candidate for the Academy Award nominations.
The Academy Award judges will then decide which films go on to a shortlist, and which are subsequently nominated for an Academy Award.
A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence has been well received both in Sweden and internationally. The average rating from Swedish critics is 3.90 out of 5. The foreign press has also praised the movie:
“The morose, sardonic genius on show in Roy Andersson’s A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence plays like the melancholy inheritor of fellow Nordic miserablists August Strindberg, Edvard Munch and Søren Kierkegaard – but with much better jokes.” (Jonathan Romney, Sight & Sound, May 2015)
“…the film is a master class in comic timing, employing pacing and repetition with the skill of a practiced concert pianist.” (Peter Debruge, Variety, September 2014)
The film is produced by Pernilla Sandström for Roy Andersson Filmproduktion, and co-produced by Société Parisienne de Production of France, 4½ of Norway, and German company Essential Film Production. The film received production funding from the Swedish Film Institute, Film Commissioner Suzanne Glansborg.Coproduction Office is the international sales agent. The movie premiered in Sweden on 14 November and is distributed by TriArt.
Roy Andersson is one of Swedish film’s most important directors of all time. His first feature-length film A Swedish Love Story (En kärlekshistoria) from 1970 set a new standard in psychological realism, subtle tragicomedy and strong visual narrative – something that has characterised Andersson’s work ever since, particularly in his acclaimed 2000 comeback movie Songs from the Second Floor (Sånger från andra våningen). A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence is the perfectionist Andersson’s first feature-length film in seven years. Andersson was also selected Sweden’s candidate for the Academy Award nominations with A Swedish Love Story, Songs from the Second Floor and You, the Living.
In addition to supporting the Swedish entry for Best Foreign Language Film, the Swedish Film Institute will also grant support for the Academy Award campaign forStig Björkman’s Ingrid Bergman – In Her Own Words in the Best Documentary Feature category.
The following Oscar Committee members were involved in making the decision:
Anders Habenicht, appointed by Teaterförbundet – The Swedish Union for Performing Arts and Film
Jörgen Bergmark, appointed by Teaterförbundet – The Swedish Union for Performing Arts and Film
Zoran Slavic, appointed by Sveriges Filmuthyrareförening (Swedish association of film renters)
Jan Lumholdt, appointed by the Swedish Federation of Film Critics
George Ivanov, appointed by the Swedish Film Institute
Charlotta Denward, appointed by the Swedish Film & TV Producers Association
Sören Staermose, appointed by the Swedish Film & TV Producers Association
European Film Award – People’s Choice Award
A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence is also selected for European Film Award – People’s Choice Award, one of the biggest film awards in the world. Among other nominated is Force Majeure by Ruben Östlund, making it two Swedish films of a total of ten nominated. The winner is announced at the European Film Awards Ceremony on 12 December in Berlin.
