Shanghai's collaborations with art festivals, film festivals, art galleries, museums and music carnivals at the countries and regions involved in the Belt and Road Initiative since two years ago have proven fruitful, according to a report published on Friday.Unprecedented cultural products from these countries and regions have been brought to Shanghai, the country's pioneer in foreign cultural exchange, and enriched the cultural life of its citizens, said the report by the Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences (SASS).More than 60 art festivals in 30 countries and regions, including Hungary, Germany, Russia and Israel, have launched cooperation with the annual Shanghai International Arts Festival to present their performances or performance fairs during the Shanghai festival, according to the report.Similarly, Shanghai International Film Festival has reached cooperation with its counterparts in cities including Mumbai, Dubai and Tallinn to promote mutual exchanges between the local film industry and facilitate the production of films with joint efforts, the report said.The Annual Report on Cultural Communication Development of Shanghai (2018) is one of a series of blue books on Shanghai's cultural development published by SASS on Thursday.The series of blue books involved contents regarding the deepening of the reform of the cultural system, the improvement of the system of public cultural service, the prosperous development of cultural creative industry and an enhancement of cultural influence on foreign countries and regions. silicone medical alert wristbandssilicone rubber wristbandsnike silicone braceletsbest price silicone wristbandscreate your own wristband
The Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge. [Photo/VCG] MACAO - The World Trade Organization (WTO) has recently examined and approved the China's Hong Kong-Macao Closer Economic Partnership Arrangement (CEPA) to ensure that the agreement is in lines with the WTO rules, the government of the Macao Special Administrative Region (SAR) said in a press release on Wednesday. At the WTO meeting held on Monday, both the representatives from the Macao SAR government and the Hong Kong SAR government presented the objectives and contents of the Hong Kong-Macao CEPA, which was signed in October 2017 to strengthen trade relations and exchanges of technical cooperation between Macao and Hong Kong. The Hong Kong-Macao CEPA is a free-trade agreement with the characteristics of the principle of one country, two systems, which also complies with the WTO rules, the representatives said at the meeting, according to the press release. The Hong Kong-Macao CEPA mainly covers expansion of trade in goods and services, simplification of customs procedures, collaboration in matters relating to intellectual property, and establishment of a work program on economic and technical cooperation. Under the arrangement, Hong Kong is to make available to Macao service suppliers a further 105 service sectors in Hong Kong, while Macao is to make available an additional 72 service sectors in Macao to Hong Kong service suppliers.
