Better Water Update the Quality of Better City

With a warmer global climate and the modernization of cities, overcoming the problem of water is a common issue that many cities around the world have to face. With the development of modern cities, waste water from both families and factories is continuously flow- ing into lakes and rivers. Heavy rains often hit many cities in countries across the world, such as the South of China, Pakistan. Let us enter the Puxi side of Shanghai Expo, where many international cities are showcasing their achievements such as how to control flooding,     

Water Conservancy Projects and Utilization of Foreign Funds

In the period of the Ninth Five-Year Plan,a more important task ofconstruction and development is set before the water conservancyindustry,including building a group of major projects for floodprevention,power-generation,the storage of water,water diversion,and the improvement of dam construction on major rivers and floodprevention and draining projects,widely developing water conservancyconstruction mainly focusing on drainage and water-saving irrigationsystems.Water and soil preservation and the harnessing of riversshould be sped up,flood prevention construction in cities should befurther sped up,and measures should be adopted to ease the watershortage in many areas and cities.     

The Third China Huhehot Zhaojun Cultural Festival

Huhehot is the capital of the Inner Mongolian Autonomous Region. With a long history ofmore than 400 years, the city is well known asone of China's historical and cultural cities.Located in the central part of the region withabundant natural resources, Huhehot is surrounded by such fertile land as the grain-growing area in the south, vast pastoral fields in thenorth, thick forest in the east and iron and mineral deposits in the west. It is also a city experimenting with opening up to the out…     

The potential competition in Moving China

In the past three decades, China＇s reform and opening-up brought great miracle to the world, and now China is facing new challenges such as the downturn of domestic and international economy of 2008. There are a lot of uncertainty factors existing in many industries such as the U.S subprime crises, the domestic stock market slump, the bubble of real estate, and the crisis of confidence for the enterprises production safety, and so on. We＇d better consider that after Olympic Games and the big turn of 2008, how China could keep its developing, how the enterprises especially the small and medium-sized ones could survive, what suggestions the economists shall propose to respond to the challenge.     

Frank Chou,Delivers the Best Fragrance to the World

Frank Chou is the Chairman of Australian China Group Development Pty Ltd that has direct or indirect investments in many businesses which subsidiar- ies such as Evershine Australia Trading(exclusive importer of Mao-tai in Asia Pacific countries),Handpicked Wines International Pty Ltd and Two Eights(Australia)Pty Ltd(world famous wine producers).By looking at the dyna- mitic Frank,one could hardly believe that Frank is over 70 as he is just so dynamic and animated all the time:he is sharp, thinks quickly,and moves fast.He does not like to waste time and once said"Every second of my life counts.I will not rest until my last breath".This is the same energy he devoted to developing his passion for wine.     

Reinvigorating Water Conservancy

Although with 2.8 trillion cubic meters total water resources and more than 10 million cubic meters ground water,China is a country with limited water resources in terms of per capita.Due to the large population,the per capita water resources in China stands at 2220 cubic meters,only one forth of the world average.The alloca- tion is also uneven among different years and regions.The precipitation concentrates in summer and autumn and in eastern and southern parts of the country.With about 60 percent of the total land area,the north- ern parts of China have only 20 percent of     

Frank Chou, Delivers the Best Fragrance to the World

Frank Chou is the Chairman of Australian China Group Development Pty Ltd that has direct or indirect investments in many businesses which subsidiaries such as Evershine Australia Trading （exclusive importer of Mao-tai in Asia Pacific countries）, Handpicked Wines International Pty Ltd and Two Fights （Australia） Pty Ltd （world farnous wine producers）. By looking at the dyna- mitic Frank, one could hardly believe that Frank is over 70 as he is just so dynamic and animated all the time; he is sharp, thinks quickly, and moves fast. He does not like to waste time and once said ＂Every second of my life counts. 1 will not rest until my last breath＂, This is the same energy he devoted to developing his passion for wine.     

BIOLINGUALISM: A CASE STUDY OF LANGUAGE USE IN THE LHASA OF TIBET

Bilingualism is one of the most salient features of language use in Tibet and, at first sight, Lhasa appears to be just one example of this practice. And most of people in Lhasa are able to speak Chinese and Tibetan,however, it also arouses problem with finding the balance of using the two languages, many people are more focusing on learning Chinese and they are paying little attention on Tibetan which would cause a problem of losing the language with its unique culture. So in this thesis, I am going to do a case study of language use in Lhasa, Tibet, and questions about how people cope with bilingualism arise. Answers to such questions can be found in the fact that people are able to create a bilingual state in a given area because everyone is bilingual. That is conclusion emerged from interviews conducted with 100 inhabitants of Lhasa city in Tibet, an area primarily inhabited by the Tibetan people. The linguistic situation in Lhasa provides a valuable case study of what can happen in the absence of a fully developed Lhasa and can contribute to broader discussions of language use in Tibet.     

Chapter I： Make Historical Heritage Full of Vitality

With the acceleration of urbanization, sustainable development has become the focus of everyone＇s attention. How to improve urban development, how to create a livable environment, how to protect and utilize a country＇s cultural heritage sites, have all become main issues that most cities around the world need to solve together. Today, the Urban Best Practices Area （UBPA） of the Shanghai World Expo 2010 offers a platform for cities around the world to propose their innovative solutions to urban issues.     

Managing Abundance to Avoid A Bust in Latin America

Latin American (LA) economies today are at a challenging juncture as key global conditions have aligned in very exceptional ways, representing a double tailwind for many countries of the region.These countries must figure out how to best respond to a sustained period of unusually easy foreign financing conditions and large capital inflows.At the same time, they face high world prices for their commodity exports, another source of abundance that is likely to be persistent but not permanent.Such conditions are, of course, in many ways favorable, creating opportunities with important upsides.But such conditions can also lead to an accumulation of important vulnerabilities for the future.There are challenges both while these conditions persist and during the transition after they end because severe dislocations and crises may arise if the good times are improperly managed.Indeed, some of Latin America's own past experiences with the "problems of plenty" have illustrated that good times can be followed by bad endings.     

Sister Cities Flourish

Building sister city relation, also known as friendship city, is a common channel for cities in different countries to keep a closertie and communication. According to the statistics from China International Friendship Cities Association, up to the end of 2007, 1087 provinces and states and 314 cities from 120 countries in the world have found their sister cities in China. Among them, Japan has the largest amount of Chicapital history.     

Sister Cities Flourish

Building sister city relation,also known as friendship city,is a common channel for cities in dif- ferent countries to keep a closer tie and communication.According to the statistics from China International Friend- ship Cities Association,up to the end of 2007,1087 provinces and states and 314 cities from 120 countries in the world have found their sister cities in China.Among them,Japan has the largest amount of Chi-     

ECONOMIC & TRADE NEWS

Qingzang Railway Creates Many Records in World Railway History Qingzang Railway which is known as "the Roof of the World" is opened completely on July 1, 2006,and creates many Chinese even world records in railway history. With a total length of 1956 km from Xining to Lahsa, Qingzang Railway is a plateau railway with the highest altitude, the longest route and the worst climate conditions in the world. On this most challenging plateau engineering project in the world, China railway constructors have solved and overcome the austere "Triple Difficult Problems" challenges, etc., perennial frozen earth; high, cold and short of oxygen; and weak ecology.     

Novel Technology and Products: Fluidized Bed Incineration and Energy Recovery for Waste Disposal——Developed by the Institute for Thermal Power Engineering, Zhejiang University

The waste referred to includes solid waste and sludge. Solid waste is mainly from urban garbage and industrial waste. Sludge is from water treatment factories, paper mills, chemical factories, pharmaceutical factories, rivers and lakes. The waste and sludge are very harmful to water organisms, human health and drinking water, and directly affect the environment. Sludge and waste also occupy large areas of land. There are several methods to treat waste and sludge, such as burial, chemical treatment and incineration. Incineration is more effective than the other     

Xiamen,A Livable City

People say the best way to know the layout of a city is to see it from the sky.Seen from the sky,Xiamen is circled entirely by water,newly built buildings standing in order like toy bricks.With new architecture,a well arranged layout and adjacent waters,Xiamen represents distinct characteristics of China's newly uprising cities.     

Trip to Hexi Corridor

The Hexi Corridor, also called the Gansu Corridor, is a narrow and flat strip of land located north of the Qilian Mountain, south of the Heli and Longshou Mountains and west of the Wuqiao Range in Northwestern Gansu. It is 1,200 kilometres long and gets its name because it is situated west of the Yellow River. The world-famous Silk Road passed here before it reached the west. In order to have a look at the sacred Dunhuang, we drove along the corridor and passed famous cities such as Wuwei,     

How Can China Improve The National Competitiveness to Attract More FDI？

With the globalization in the whole world, how to introduce more FDI is becoming a severe problem for a country. In China, the important thing is to improve the national competitiveness itself, which will attract more FDI coming into China. This paper discusses some measures or policies according to Dunning＇ s （1988） eclectic paradigm and Porter＇ s （1990） ＂diamond＂ system.     

Wang Xiaoling's Love with Wing Lai Yuen

In Hong Kong,there have been many small restaurants.However,few of them can last three generations and become well-known in the world.Wing Lai Yuen Chan Fung Ying Limited (hereinafter referred to as Wing Lai Yuen),with its 64 years of history,is an exception.It has turned to an international catering group from a family run operation. With its historical and traditional cooking style,Wing Lai Yuen becomes one of the most famous Sichuan restaurants across the world.It is Wang Xiaoling,CEO of Wing Lai Yuen,has made it a great success.     

Hong Kong,The Shopping Paradise

Hong Kong is a place with multiple personalities,as a result of being Cantonese Chinese with a long-time British influence. Today,it is a major tourism destination for China's increasingly affluent population. It is also an important hub in the Chinese Diaspora with global connections to many of the world's cities.It is a unique destination that has absorbed people and cultural influences from places as diverse as Vietnam and Vancouver.