The figure was released on Monday 8th August 2022 at a pre-exhibition supply and demand matchmaking meeting for the fifth CIIE technology and equipment exhibition area.
The fifth CIIE will be held in Shanghai from Nov. 5 to 10. Over 270 Fortune 500 companies and industry-leading enterprises have confirmed their participation in the event.
The technology and equipment exhibition area will introduce an artificial intelligence area this year.
The CIIE was first held in Shanghai in 2018 and it was the world’s first import-themed national-level expo.
The ins and outs of the current tension over the Taiwan Strait are crystal clear, so are the rights and wrongs. It is the United States which started the trouble, created the crisis, and continuously escalated the tensions, Wang said on the sidelines of meetings of foreign ministers on East Asia cooperation.
“The flagrant provocation by the United States has set an egregious precedent. If it’s not corrected and countered, will the principle of non-interference in internal affairs still exist? Will the international law still be upheld? How can the regional peace be safeguarded?” he asked.
Wang stressed that the statement of the G7 foreign ministers distorts facts and confounds right and wrong.
“Where did they get the right to groundlessly criticize China’s reasonable and lawful measures for safeguarding its sovereignty and territorial integrity? Who granted them the authority? Isn’t it absurd that the infringer is shielded whereas the defender is accused?” he asked.
Noting that the G7’s wrongdoing has aroused great indignation among the Chinese people, Wang said the sovereignty and independence of China and other countries were earned through bloody battles fought by the people and should never be infringed upon again.
Today’s China is no longer the China of the 19th century, and history should not and will not repeat itself, he stressed.
The international community should unequivocally oppose any act that challenges the one-China principle and resist all infringements on the sovereignty and territorial integrity of all countries, Wang said.
Regional countries should be more united against any hegemony bullying the region, he said, adding only in this way can regional countries truly safeguard their own security as well as regional peace and stability.
Pelosi’s visit to Taiwan flagrantly violated the U.S. commitment made in the joint communique on the establishment of diplomatic relations between the People’s Republic of China (PRC) and the United States, as well as a series of consensus reached between the governments of the two countries, said Hassane Rabehi, Algerian ambassador to China.
Rabehi added that Algeria adheres to the one-China principle, and hopes that the U.S. side will abide by the three China-U.S. Joint Communiques with concrete actions and stop interfering in China’s internal affairs.
There is only one China in the world, and the government of the PRC is the sole legal government representing the whole of China, Rabehi said.
Taiwan is an inalienable part of China’s territory, which is made clear in Resolution 2758 adopted at the UN General Assembly in 1971, the ambassador said, adding that Pelosi’s Taiwan visit violated the UN Charter and relevant resolutions.
Since the founding of the PRC in 1949, 181 countries, including the United States, have established diplomatic relations with China on the basis of recognizing the one-China principle.
Since the establishment of China-U.S. diplomatic relations in 1979, successive U.S. administrations, including the incumbent one, have made it clear that they adhere to the one-China policy, Rabehi noted, expressing the hope that the U.S. side will honor its commitment and cease actions that undermine world peace and stability.
Iraqi Ambassador to China Shorsh Khalid Said reiterated that Iraq’s stance of adhering to the one-China principle is “consistent and firm.”
At a time when the world is facing increasing security challenges, Pelosi’s visit to Taiwan will adversely affect the situation across the Taiwan Strait and jeopardize regional peace and stability, Said noted, adding that China has the wisdom and ability to resolve this crisis, and Iraq supports China in safeguarding its sovereignty and territorial integrity.
Syria resolutely opposes Pelosi’s visit to Taiwan, Syrian Ambassador to China Mhd. Hasanein Khaddam said, calling the move a blatant provocation.
Syria condemns the United States for its interference in China’s internal affairs and for undermining China’s sovereignty and territorial integrity, he added.
He said that the United States has been wreaking havoc around the globe and that the U.S. military continues to occupy the main grain and oil-producing regions in Syria, worsening the humanitarian crisis in the country.
Pelosi’s insistence on visiting China’s Taiwan not only aggravates tensions in the Taiwan Strait but also undermines world peace and stability, the ambassador added.
China has always adhered to the path of peaceful development, and the Global Development Initiative and the Global Security Initiative proposed by China benefit other countries, he said, adding that Syria will stick to the one-China principle, and support China in taking all necessary measures to safeguard its own sovereignty and territorial integrity.
Mohammad Keshavarz Zadeh, Iranian ambassador to China, expressed Iran’s stance on firmly adhering to the one-China principle, and condemned U.S. long-term acts of interference in the internal affairs of other countries and undermining their national sovereignty and territorial integrity.
“We support China’s actions in safeguarding its sovereignty and territorial integrity,” the ambassador added.
Xi, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission (CMC), helped the individuals wear their medals, presented them with certificates of honor, and took photos with them.
He also conferred the honorary flag to award a model ground-to-air missile battalion of the PLA Air Force.
Xu Qiliang, CMC vice chairman, read orders signed by Xi to honor the service personnel and the unit. The awarding ceremony held in Beijing was presided over by Zhang Youxia, also vice chairman of the CMC.
The 95th anniversary of the founding of the PLA will be marked on Aug. 1.
Heavy downpours are expected to hit some parts of southwest, northwest, east, north, and northeast China in the next three days, according to the country’s meteorological department.
The administration urged local governments to make preparations for flood prevention work.
China has a four-tier flood-control emergency response system, with Level I being the most severe.
During the event, religious leaders explained the importance of religious harmony based on each scripture and shared their feelings while practicing harmony in their life. The WARP Office is a platform to promote religious harmony by having comparative discourse on their scriptures and promoting understanding of each other’s differences led by religious leaders around the world. The WARP Office has begun in 2014 currently being held monthly in 129 countries participated by Religious leaders of over 30 groups including Buddhism, Christianity, Hinduism, Islam, and Sikhism.
Amid persisting conflicts and disputes among religions around the world, according to HWPL, most religious texts share the value of peace, justice, human dignity, respect, and harmony.
The following is a presentation by religious leaders on questions related to harmony in the WARP Office.
{{Q. Is there a record in your scripture about the importance of harmony (peace)?}}
{ {{Kyow Wang Marma / Wat sanpakha, Meditation and Buddhism}} }
There is a record in Buddhist scripture about the importance of harmony and unison. Buddhism search for Harmony between Self and Others, not confrontation whenever there is a compromise, there will be conflict. We must work on developing harmony among people. Peaceful fraternal relations are very important within the different communities, ethnicities, racial groups, and religions of a society.
Buddhism is a gospel of peace and non-violence. The practice of non-violence is life-affirming which contributes to human unity, progress, and peace. Non-violence teaches one to live in harmony with others and with oneself. It requires adherence to adherence to high standards of truth and self-control.
Therefore, the teaching of Buddhism is based on compassion, non-violence, and understanding of self and offers a moral code for all people irrespective of their gender, caste, religion, or region.
{{Q. What difficulties did you face when interacting and harmonizing with people of other religions?}}
{ {{Manfred NAMASO KINA / Pastor of Evangelistic Revival Ministry}} }
One of the main difficulties faced when interacting and harmonizing with people of other religions is that of ideology. Often, there is this tendency of the superiority of religion. Each follower of a given religion has the impression that his or her religion is superior to that of the other.
I have witnessed scenarios wherein ecumenical services members of other religions leave the service ground because they don’t want to associate with the host religion. These are situations that can spark conflict if not well handled.
However, in the gospel of John chapter 13 verses 34 and 35, Jesus instructs us to love everyone, irrespective of their religion. In John chapter 4 beginning from verse 6, Jesus meets a Samaritan woman at the well asked her to give Him some water to drink. And her response was that the Jews and Samaritans have nothing in common. Jesus proved to her that being a Jew, He can still have communion with the Samaritans. Hence in God, what is more, required is true worship.
Irakiza Pierre, Pastor of Apostolic Faith Mission Church of Burundi (AFM) said: “On the basis of recognizing religious diversity and differences, all religions should enhance mutual understanding and empathy through dialogue, shoulder the common responsibility of upholding peace and justice through cooperation, and foster intra- and inter-religious harmony and harmony between the religious community and the larger society.”
HWPL, an international peace organization registered under the UN ECOSOC and the UN DGC, has been implementing initiatives including WARP Offices, Religious Youth Peace Camp, and Open Dialogue with Religious Leaders across the globe to serve as the platform for facilitating harmony among varying religious groups. In particular, the number of online WARP Office meetings has increased because of the pandemic. HWPL will publish the results of this comparison as an academic journal and provide literature for experts studying religion.
Union Education Minister Dharmendra said, “The Central government is working to establish Jammu and Kashmir, Ladakh as a hub of higher education in north India.
The permanent campus of IIT Jammu will be a model in preserving the regional biodiversity and promoting scalable solutions for the Jammu and Kashmir region.”
“The Minister informed that IIT Jammu is committed to building a humanistic, futuristic, and inter-disciplinary environment in line with the National Education Policy (NEP-2020). It is also developing online courses for credit transfer as part of an outreach for students of Jammu and Kashmir under the NEP- 2020”, he added.
The Minister further informed that IIT Jammu is starting pioneering courses, including joint degree programs with IIM Jammu, Tunnel Engineering for indigenous infra development in the Himalayas, encouraging solution-centric research for the benefit of society and is aiming to become a unicorn of research excellence.
Pradhan hoped that IIT Jammu, an institute of national importance will transform the higher education landscape and usher in a new era of development in Jammu and Kashmir–the crown of India.
On the second day of his three-day to Jammu and Kashmir, the Union Home Minister today unveiled the three phases of the IIT Jammu campus.
Shah on Sunday laid the foundation stone of the Saptrishi Multidisciplinary Research Centre at the IIT Jammu campus, stated an official release.
The Minister also inaugurated Phase 1A and 1B of the existing campus and Saptrishi Multidisciplinary Research Centre in the presence of Union Minister of Education, Dharmendra Pradhan; Lieutenant Governor of Jammu and Kashmir, Manoj Sinha, and other officials.
While addressing an event in Jammu, the Union Minister said, “Nobody can stop the era of development that has started in J-K. It is the land of temples, of Mata Vaishno Devi, of Prem Nath Dogra, the land of sacrifices of Syama Prasad Mukherjee. We would not let the people, who are trying to disrupt peace in J-K succeed.”
Shah, who is on a three-day visit to the union territory, also slammed the former rulers of the erstwhile state and said, “What did these three families did for Jammu and Kashmir in last 70 years? A Panchayat has been formed in every village. Now ‘Dadagiri’ of these three families will not work.”
“Our new industrial policy was mocked by the three families, but already there is an investment worth Rs 12,000 crore. As many as five lakh youths will get jobs out of investment worth Rs 51,000 crore by 2022,” he said.
“J-K was the first UT to have achieved 100 per cent first dose of COVID-19 vaccination in the country because it is in the heart of PM Modi. Soon, it will also achieve 100 per cent second dose of COVID-19 vaccination,” the Union Minister further said.
“Some people are raising questions about security. Between 2004 and 2014, 2,081 people lost their lives — 208 people were killed every year. From 2014 to September 2021, 239 people lost their lives. But we are not satisfied. We want to create an atmosphere where no one loses life to terrorism,” Shah added.
The Union home minister is on a three-day visit to the Union territory, the first time since the abrogation of Article 370 in August 2019.
His visit has come amid several incidents of killings of civilians by the terrorists in Jammu and Kashmir which is sparking fear in the valley.
On Saturday, he met families of soldiers and civilians killed this month in a spate of terrorist attacks in Jammu and Kashmir.
The accused, Mohd Asraf, had conducted a recce ahead of the 2011 Delhi High Court blast.
“During interrogation when a photograph of an accused in the 2011 Delhi High Court blast was shown to him, he disclosed that he had done a recce of the High court. However, his involvement in the blast cannot be stated clearly. It will be clarified on further investigation. There is no evidence as of now,” sources close to the developments told ANI.
Apart from this, Asraf had also done a recce of the Police Headquarters (Old Police Headquarters) located at ITO. “He revealed that he has done a lot of recces but not much information could be gained as he was not allowed to stop outside the police headquarters for much duration. He had also done a recce of ISBT and information was sent to Pakistani handlers,” sources said.
It was also revealed by Asraf that he did a recce at India Gate and Red Fort as well.
“He has said that he did a recce at 10 places,” sources said.
“In the interrogation, he said that VIP areas were not among the targets as casualty would have been less. All these recce were done a few years ago. He has not revealed as yet the places where he wanted to undertake a terrorist operation,” they added.
At present, the investigating agencies are interrogating him about whether he has been involved in any blast in Delhi.
Mohd Asraf, a resident of Pakistan’s Punjab province was held from Laxmi Nagar.
Police had seized an AK-47 rifle from his possession among other things including a grenade and pistols.
He had obtained forged Indian national ID from a village sarpanch in Bihar, informed sources.
They said that the accused revealed in the interrogation that he entered India by first going to Bangladesh and then travelling to Kolkata in West Bengal. He visited Ajmer Sharif, where he met people from Bihar whom he accompanied to their village and took refuge there. “In Bihar, he gained the trust of a sarpanch and obtained his Indian national ID from him,” said sources.
After the arrest, relevant provisions of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, Explosive Act, Arms Act and other provisions have been invoked against the man. (ANI)
Protestors carried banners sporting “Akhhir Kab Tak” (Till when?) to register their protest, reports Daily Sikh.
Speaking to reporters, M Bashir, a Taekwondo coach who was part of the protest, told Daily Sikh, “You are aware of the situation here. One school teacher and a school principal were killed by terrorists. We have gathered here to ensure that the authorities concerned serve them justice. Teachers teach and guide us. Widespread bloodshed should not be here and the idea of brotherhood should be promoted. Kashmir Valley is for all including Kashmiri Sikhs, Kashmiri Pandits and others.”
Mhmd Shafi, another protester, told the news portal, “A large number of Muslims have gathered here. The ploy of the terrorists to disturb communal harmony has failed. This protest signifies that there is communal harmony and brotherhood here. We stand for the rights of all the Muslims, Bihar labourers, Kashmiri Sikhs and Kashmiri Pandits here. The ulterior motives of the terrorists have failed. I want to make it clear that …these mindless killers are not humans, they are devils.”
“You save one human being. You save humanity. No Kashmiri is unsafe here,” he added.
