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China hands over massive emergency relief to Laos

Eco-friendly toilets revive heavy

industry company in Yunnan

Located 76 kilometers from the county seat, the Balagezong Shangri-la Grand Canyon National Park in Diqing, northwest Yunnan, is hidden deep in the center of the Three Parallel Rivers Nature Reserve, and possesses some of the best scenery in the region. Unlike the Potatso National Park, which is known for its highland lakes and pristine forests, Balagezong National Park is a mixture of all of the geographical features of the Grand Shangri-la.

(Photo by Wang Huan)

Dongba writing is the world’s only picto-

graphic writing system s t i l l in use . I t i s the unique writing system of the Naxi ethnic group in northwest Yunnan’s Li-jiang City and is dubbed as the ‘living fossil’ of pictograph.

During the Yunnan tour of “International Students Focus on Chi-na” held recently, more than 20 students from 18 countries visited Lijiang. They attended a special class of Dongba writing lectured by He Huaqiang, an experienced Dongba writing teacher in Yushui Village where Dongba culture originated.

The i n t e rna t i ona l students learned how to recognize the simple shape of Dongba char-acters and how to write them. Mr. He taught them the character ‘dancing’, which looks like a man

and a woman dancing happily together. As for the numbers, Naxi people has their own way to cal-culate, the dot and the X symbol represent specific numbers and it is easy for people to use these sym-bols to record numbers.

During the 30-minute

class, the students were impressed by the lifelike Dongba characters. Ryu-ta Ichikawa from Japan even bought a Dongba dictionary. “It is really in-teresting to learn ancient ethnic culture of China,” he said.

(Wang Huan)

The emergency relief from Chinese government to Laos is unloaded from a Chinese cargo plane at the Wattay International Airport, in Lao capital Vienti-ane, on July 30 (Photo from Xinhua)

Yunnan ‘living fossil’ touches int'l students

Th e h u m a n i t a r i a n e m e r g e n c y r e l i e f

o f t h e C h i n e s e government's assistance

for the flooded southern Laos was handed over to the Lao side on July 30 in Lao capital Vientiane.

The aid, carried by a B o e i n g - 7 4 7 c a rg o plane of China Eastern Airlines, includes 100 boa t s , 500 t en t s and 100 water clarifiers.

The relief handover ceremony was held at t h e a i r p o r t a p r o n o f Vientiane Wattay Inter-national Airport.

W a n g W e n t i a n , Chinese ambassador to Laos, said at the cer-emony that China and Laos are good brothers w h o c a n g o t h r o u g h thick and thin together, a n d w h e n e v e r t h e r e i s ha rdsh ip , t he two

nat ions a lways share the same hardship, and support each other.

The Chinese people are caring a lot about the situation of the Lao p e o p l e i n t h e d i s a s -ter-stricken south. To assist the Lao govern-ment's efforts to rescue and help the affected p e o p l e , t h e C h i n e s e government has decided to immediately provide humanitarian aid to the Lao side, the Chinese ambassador said.

"I hope that the re-l ief , full of profound friendship from the Chi-nese people, will play a useful role in the Lao government's relief ef-forts," Wang said.

In her speech deliv-ered at the ceremony, Lao Deputy Minis ter for Labor and Social W e l f a r e B a i k h a m Khattiya thanked Chi-na for its selfless and generous assistance.

After the floods in A t t apeu P rov ince i n sou thern Laos b roke out, China first ly of-fered Laos a helping hand, which once again r e f l e c t s t h e s o u n d friendship between the two governments and the two peoples, Bai-kham said, adding that the Lao side will make proper use of the Chi-nese relief supplies, to help the people in the disaster areas to resume

normal production and living activities as soon as possible.

On July 23, a sad-dle dam of the Xe-Pian Xe -Namnoy hyd roe -lectric power project, i n v e s t e d b y S o u t h Korean, Thai and Lao c o m p a n i e s , b u r s t , un leash ing 5 b i l l i on cubic meters of water from the mountain to 13 villages of Sanamx-ay district downstream t h e X e P i a n R i v e r , some 560 km southeast of Vientiane.

S ix v i l l ages were almost submerged by the muddy flood with 13,000 villagers being affected.

(Xinhua)

Yunnan willhave a

'tourism revolution'Af ter more than 40

years of hard work, Yu n n a n t o u r i s m h a s emerged as a provin-c i a l p i l l a r i n d u s t r y f r o m s c r a t c h . A n d tourism makes a beau-tiful signature of Yun-nan.

I n r e c e n t y e a r s , however, Yunnan tour-ism has been marred successive incidents , involv ing a t tacks on tourists, delayed med-i c a l a i d , a n d f o r c e d shopping. Tourist com-plaints in Yunnan ac-counted for more than 60% of the country’s total, and the image of Yunnan has plummet-ed.

In the face of cha-os, Yunnan introduced the 22 s t r i c tes t pos -s i b l e m e a s u r e s l a s t y e a r t o r e g u l a t e t h e tou r i s t marke t . As a r e su l t , marke t o rde r improved, with com-plaints falling sharply. The unreasonable low-cost tours disappeared, and forced shopping has be basically elim-inated. The “zero-yu-an” tour packages still exists in some places, a n d t h e c o m p u l s o r y shopping st i l l occurs from time to time.

A t p r e s e n t , Yunnan wil l be more d e t e r m i n e d t h a n e v e r b e f o r e t o h a v e a tourism revolution. Yunnan wi l l develop i n t e r n a t i o n a l , h i g h -end, spec ia l ized and

smart tour ism, while f o c u s i n g o n m a r k e t order, service upgrade, p roduc t s supp ly and tourist management.

Now is the time to have a revolu t ion in tour is t market order. Yunnan wil l regulate i t s tour i s t marke t in a n u n w a v e r i n g w a y, a d h e r e t o t h e “ z e r o tolerance” attitude to the illegal deeds, and carry out t imely and severe crack-downs on the law-breakers.

Now is the time to have a revolu t ion in i t s q u a l i t y u p g r a d e . Yunnan will establish the “Yunnan-standard” s y s t e m s t h a t c o v e r all aspects of tourism development.

N o w i s t h e t i m e to have a revolu t ion in its tourist products supply. Yunnan will be marke t -o r i en ted and adopt a holistic view in developing tourism. T h e p u b l i c - s e r v i c e f a c i l i t i e s a r e t o b e improved, with smart t o u r i s m s t e p p e d u p and the overall supply i n t o u r i s t p r o d u c t s enhanced.

Now is the time to have a revolu t ion in tourism administration. Yunnan wi l l ba lance a n d m a k e g o o d u s e of the visible hand of policy makers and the invisible hand of the market.

(Abridged from Yunnan Daily Commentary)

In an o ld indus t r ia l factory with broken

w indows and doo r s , Geng Jiasheng and his colleagues are produc-ing mobile, eco-friend-ly toilets.

Geng, 55, is a lathe o p e r a t o r a t Yu n n a n Metallurgical Kunming Heavy Indus t ry Co. , Ltd. , which has been manufacturing casting machines, cranes and other heavy equipment for mining, metallurgy, and road construction since 1958.

The company, lo -cated in Kunming, the cap i ta l o f sou thwes t China's Yunnan Prov-ince, however, ran into trouble over the past several years because sales of heavy mechan-i c a l p r o d u c t s p l u m -meted, leaving several workshops idle.

" M a n y o f m y c o - w o r k e r s l e f t t h e c o m p a n y a n d f o u n d other jobs," said Geng.

At the end of 2015, the company began to research and develop new products, among which eco-friendly toi-lets were chosen as the perfect product for the company's reform for revival.

"We d idn ' t r e a l l y know much about pro-d u c i n g e c o - f r i e n d l y toilets back then, but we knew they had huge mar-ket potential," said Peng Yong, general manager of the company.

"The outdated toi-lets in downtown areas and scenic spots were not convenient for the p u b l i c , " s a i d P e n g , "Both local people and tourists needed better toilets."

"What 's more, the ' toilet revolution' ad-vocated by the central government has brought us many opportunities," Peng added.

The Chinese gov-ernment launched i ts " t o i l e t r e v o l u t i o n " across the country in 2015 wi th an a im to

make public facilities cleaner and better reg-ulated.

After setting goals for reform, the compa-ny selected staff from different posts to form a research team, with Geng serving as team leader.

"At the beginning, we only developed a simple blueprint," said Geng, who instructed the team to start from scratch, search for data, and ask for suggestions from others. After three months of hard work, the first generation of the product was devel-oped.

"Using b io logica l c leaning technology, w i th j u s t one f l u sh , the water will turn the feces into water which will be recycled back to the tank and used for future flushes. The water in the tank will be atomized before it's f lushed," Geng sa id . "The toilet is suitable for scen ic spo ts and other sites with scarce water resources."

"Reform is no easy job, but we have co-o p e r a t e d w i t h o t h e r companies and brought in technical resourc-es," said Peng, adding that the automatic pro-duction l ine, with an investment of over 30 million yuan (about 4.4 million U.S. dollars), has started mass pro-duction.

Meanwhile, Geng's team continues to up-grade their products. The fourth generation toilet can be used by more than 400 people every day.

"We rece ived our first order of 50 toilets from the government of Zhaoyang district in northeast Yunnan last year," Geng said. "We will continuously im-prove our products to guarantee their quality and provide conveni-ence for users."

(Xinhua)

Yunnan to add more air routes to South, SE AsiaSouthwest China's Yun-

nan Province plans to add 25 new air routes to Southeast Asia and South Asia before 2020 as part of an initiative to develop Yunnan into a regional air hub, the province's development and reform commission said Monday.

Of the 25 new routes,

17 a re passenger a i r routes, linking Kunming, the provincial capital, to cities including Is-lamabad, Jakarta, and Haiphong. The o ther eight cargo routes will connect Kunming with cities such as Calcutta, Rangoon, and Ho Chi Minh City.

Yunnan, which bor-

ders Myanmar, Laos, and Vietnam, has already opened a i r rou tes to the capital cities of all Southeast Asian coun-tries. The province also plans to increase the frequency of existing air routes to cities including Bangkok, Vientiane, and Hanoi.

(Yunnan Gateway)

China's OnePlus sees growth in Indian

smartphone marketChinese smartphone

manufacturer One-Plus surpassed Sam-sung and Apple as the fast-growing premium (pr ice of over $436) smar tphone brand in I n d i a , a r e p o r t h a s showed.

A c c o r d i n g t o t h e report released by in-dus t ry ana lys i s f i rm C o u n t e r p o i n t R e -search , OnePlus was the quickest develop-ing brand in the top-notch segment whi le sh ipments fo r Apple and Samsung declined year-on-year. It caught 40 percent of the mar-ke t dr iven by record shipments of its One-Plus 6.

Samsung captured 3 4 p e r c e n t o f f e r o f the premium segment. Its shipments declined 2 5 p e r c e n t y e a r - o n -y e a r b e c a u s e o f a drop in shipments of S 9 w h e n c o n t r a s t e d w i t h S 8 a y e a r a g o . N o n e t h e l e s s , a d -vancements identified w i t h S 9 s t a y s o l i d which pushed deals.

A p p l e ' s o f f e r i n the p remier segment achieved i ts most re-duced ever 14 percent because of the decrease in sh ipments fo r iP -hone 8 and X arrange-ment. Furthermore, the expans ion i n impor t du ty and absence o f l o c a l m a n u f a c t u r i n g affected its estimating system in India. Apple is l ikewise hoping to s t reamline i t ' s diver t

structure in India, the report said.

OnePlus surpassing S a m s u n g a n d A p p l e was because of strong sa l e s o f i t s f l agsh ip OnePlus 6, which was l a u n c h e d a m i d t h e quarter. India remains a n e s s e n t i a l m a r k e t for OnePlus, adding to right around 33 percent o f i t s wor ldwide in -come. Each new model launched by OnePlus s e e s g r e a t d e a l s o n a c c o u n t o f i n f o r m a l reference from existing clients and furthermore in light of the fact that the o rgan iza t ion ad -equately use internet based l ife, the report said.

The premium ce l l phone fragment grew 19 percent year and 10 percent consecut ive-ly dur ing the second quarter finished June. S a m s u n g c a p t u r e d over 33 percent of the a g g r e g a t e p r e m i u m ce l l phone showcase

amid the quarter with advancements around i t s l e a d e r S 9 s e r i e s staying strong, the re-ports added.

D e s p i t e b e i n g a d i g i t a l - f i r s t b r a n d , increasing i ts off l ine p r e s e n c e a c r o s s t h e state as well is a major r e a s o n b e h i n d O n e -Plus's path to success in Indian market

" M o r e o f f l i n e t o u c h - p o i n t s a l s o mean enab l ing com-munity members with more platforms to en-gage w i th t he b r and a n d a l l o w f o r e x p e -r ienc ing the p roduc t before buying. These experience zones are designed to introduce OnePlus p roduc t s to po ten t i a l new use r s , s t rengthen user t rus t a n d f u r t h e r c o m p l e -ment our online busi-ness" , Genera l Man-ager of OnePlus India Vikas Agarwal told to Business Line.

(China Daily)

OnePlus chief executive Pete Lau speaks at the product launch in Beijing, May 17.

(Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn)

International students attend Dongba writing class in Lijiang, northwest Yunnan

(Photo by Wang Huan)

Charles and his own restaurant in Kunming

Charles, a computer engi-neer from Australia, has

opened a western restaurant in Kunming of southwest China's Yunnan Province and settled here.

Back to the year of 2006, when Charles was working in the IBM branch in Aus-tralia, he decided to take a year off. “At that time, I just wanted to find a place to re-lax. I had a college classmate from Kunming, so I came here,” said Charles.

For Charles, Yunnan is a good place for travel because

it is rich in lucid waters and lush mountains. Besides, there is a community of foreigners in Kunming, so it is easy to live here. After his one-year vacation, Charles quit his job and started teach-ing English and computer science in universities in Kunming while doing a part-time IT-related job.

As he couldn't find very satisfying western dishes, especially steak in Kunming, Charles decided to open an Australian-style restaurant himself.

In 2014, he opened the OZZIE'S in the Hongshan East Road in Kunming. Speaking of the restaurant's name, Charles explained that Aussies are called "Aus" for short and its informal spelling is "Oz" or "Ozzie". The original name of the res-taurant was "Great Australia Bite", but that was too long and easy to be confused. So he changed it into OZZIE'S instead.

The restaurant's signature dishes are beef burgers and steak, made of Australian Angus beef. Charles told us that the most Australian dish at the OZZIE’S is the Hawai-ian pizza topped with pineap-ples. “Four out of every five pizzas sold in Australia are the Hawaiian pizza,” he said.

Having lived in Kun-ming for 12 years, Charles is so familiar with the city. He can speak fluent Kunming dialect now. Sometimes he can't even tell whether he is speaking mandarin or Kun-ming dialect. In spare time, he is also keen on charity ac-tivities. He has hosted several fund-raising dinners in his restaurant to donate dispos-able diapers for the Kunming Municipal Children's Home.

(Daguan Weekly)

C h a r l e s l i k e s t o c o o k i n h i s r e s t a u r a n t OZZIE’S in Kunming, the capital city of Yunnan

(Photo by Meng Zhigang)