Smart technologies are being applied more and more in building management. Source: ngonghiepvietnam.vn This is a recommendation made by experts of Real Estate Consulting Company Savills Vietnam in a newly released study. Chris Mariott, Managing Director of Savills Southeast Asia, said: “Nowadays, thanks to the development of the Internet of Things (IoT), we can access data through live cameras and sensors. Out. The data recorded in the building management system will help us to improve the management. In addition, smart technology will also proactively send notifications to management about maintenance schedules as well as potential or pending problems at the building. In addition, the application of artificial intelligence and technology will also help reduce the workload for management. In Vietnam, recently, the trend of applying technology in real estate project management is also considered as one of the solutions to improve the operational efficiency of the project. This factor contributes to making a difference to the standard of professional real estate management services, enhancing competitive value for real estate business units. According to Savills data, it is estimated that startups in the real estate technology sector attracted investment of USD 10 billion in 2016 and this number increased to USD 44 billion in 2019. These companies mainly provide technology solutions for buildings, helping to achieve high efficiency in management, reducing emissions, bringing economic benefits to investors…

The US-EU reached a historic agreement to settle a 17-year dispute involving Airbus and Boeing. (Source: Getty Images) US officials confirmed that the country and the EU had reached an agreement to end a dispute over government subsidies to the world’s top commercial aircraft manufacturers at the US Summit- EU in Brussels. The two sides agreed to suspend the tariffs for a period of five years. US Trade Representative Katherine Tai said the deal “resolves a longstanding trade issue in the US-EU relationship”. “Instead of fighting one of our closest allies, we are ultimately fighting a common threat together,” Ms. Tai said. Under the agreement between Airbus-Boeing, any passenger aircraft built in the future will not be allowed to receive subsidies from the government. In addition, these two allies also pledged to settle another dispute related to imported aluminum and steel products. According to the CNN The fact that the EU and the US reached an agreement to end the dispute and impose a “eaten patty” tax for the past 17 years is a positive signal for bilateral cooperation under President Joe Biden. Immediately after the news was announced, shares of Airbus group rose 1.4% on the Paris exchange. Meanwhile, shares of Boeing have not changed much. (according to CNN)

Up to now, there are 15 master plans in the city. Chau Doc is approved and publicly held in accordance with regulations. For example: adjusting the master plan on socio-economic development of the city to 2025, orientation to 2030; master plan on development of Sam mountain national tourism zone, An Giang province to 2025, vision to 2030; adjustment of the general planning of the city. Chau Doc, An Giang province until 2035… Chau Doc has completed the entire formulation, adjustment, publication and implementation of the contents of land use planning and land use planning for the final period (2016-2020). suitable with the socio-economic development situation of the city. Chau Doc focuses on investing in developing infrastructure for commerce and tourism The locality has increased calling for investment in the development of commercial, service and tourism infrastructure. Trade promotion, building a network of markets, supermarkets and convenience stores continued to develop. Goods are abundant and diverse, ensuring adequate and timely supply of production and consumption needs of people and visitors. Revenue through the market increased by an average of 11.47% per year. The city focuses on well implementing the project of developing markets, supermarkets, commercial centers and managing security, order and commercial civilization. In the 2016-2020 period, Chau Doc calls for investment and development of 1 general supermarket, 2 electronics supermarkets, 1 agricultural wholesale market and 5 convenience stores. The city will upgrade and expand the central market of Chau Phu A ward into a grade I market; arrange and arrange business households in Vinh Dong market food area; implementing the model of civilized and commercial markets at 4 central markets of Chau Phu A, Chau Long, Chau Phu B and Vinh Dong wards. The city converted 3/8 markets into an enterprise model, a cooperative business, exploitation and management of the market; perform conversion of the function of the Sam Mountain Trade Center. As a result, business and service activities in the area have been gradually rectified; the inspection and control of anti-smuggling, commercial fraud and counterfeit goods are maintained regularly; The negative phenomena in the festival decrease year by year, making an important contribution to the orientation of the city’s economic restructuring. Tourism sector of the city. Chau Doc has many positive changes. The Prime Minister has issued Decision No. 2098/QD-TTg approving the master plan on development of Sam Mountain National Tourist Area to 2025, with orientation to 2030; The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism issued Decision No. 2646/QD-BVHTTDL recognizing Sam Mountain National Tourist Area. City People’s Committee Chau Doc has developed a project to preserve and promote the value of the Ba Chua Xu Festival of Sam Mountain until 2030, approved by the Provincial People’s Committee (Decision No. 2476/QD-UBND) and is preparing a scientific dossier to submit to UNESCO recognized the festival as the representative intangible cultural heritage of humanity. City. Chau Doc continues to identify spiritual tourism as the mainstream, combining with expanding and diversifying tourism types. Some key projects are being implemented by investors in the service – tourism sector, such as: Sam mountain cable car spiritual cultural tourism area, Sam mountain cultural park, 5-star hotel project, etc. The New City urban area project, Hai Den water park amusement park… Transport infrastructure is interested in investing in a complete direction, the traffic routes to tourist attractions are upgraded and expanded, such as: Tan Lo Kieu Luong road, upgrading the road to the top of Sam mountain, bypassing Highway 91 to Vinh Dong market… According to Mr. Lam Quang Thi, the city is focusing and prioritizing resources to invest in building technical infrastructure to develop Chau Doc into a smart tourist city. In which, implementing the list of tourism infrastructure development projects, including: building a wharf serving tourism in the city. Continental Director; Sam mountain cultural park; upgrading and renovating green parks April 30; Sam mountain cultural park loop route combined with parking; City convention center Continental Director; project of preserving, embellishing and promoting the value of national relic – Ba Chua Xu area on the top of Sam mountain. Continue to perform well the state management in the fields of: commercial civilization, tourism culture, environmental protection in tourism activities, festival organization, protection and promotion of the value of relics. Next time, City. Chau Doc focuses on correcting, handling, and limiting the situation of swindling, triggering, and negative phenomena during the festival to ensure security and order in tourist areas and building Chau Doc as a modern tourist destination , safe, civilized, friendly.

It is expected that Penguin Random House will complete the acquisition of Simon & Schuster in the second quarter; HarperCollins completed the purchase of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt’s commercial division on June 30. Illustration: Finance images. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Books & Media posted $42.7 million in revenue for the first quarter, up 12% year-over-year. Currently, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt has closed its New York office pending the completion of the sale. For its part, HarperCollins posted a 45% increase in profits in the first quarter, with revenue up 19% from the first three months of 2020. Revenue came in at $490 million, while EBITDA hit $80 million. Susan Panuccio, chief financial officer of News Corp (parent company of HarperCollins), said the increase in sales was driven by the general commercial and children’s books industry in the US and UK. Panuccio revealed that printed books accounted for 62% of sales in the quarter. In terms of format, sales of e-books increased by 38% and audiobooks increased by 42%. In a short financial update, Bertelsmann (the parent company of Penguin Random House) said that Penguin Random House was one of several divisions of the company that posted double-digit growth in the first quarter compared to the same period of 2020. Simon & Schuster is currently decommissioned, pending acquisition completion. Simon & Schuster’s parent company, Viacom CBS, had $185 million in revenue, up 8.8% from the first quarter of 2020. Jonathan Karp – CEO of Viacom CBS – reported that the biggest increase came from the international division. publisher economy, where revenue increased 21%. In which, sales of audio books increased sharply (17%). Some outstanding books in 2020. Photo: Nytimes. Hachette Book Group is one of the 5 largest trade publishers in the US. In the first quarter, Hachette’s revenue grew 9.1% year-on-year. Michael Pietsch, Hachette CEO, said the increase was driven by sales of hardcover books. Hachette’s distribution business, he noted, has seen double-digit growth. Hachette’s total revenue reached 509 million euros (about 619 million dollars). In addition to the increase in book sales in the US, Hachette’s sales also increased in France and the UK, offsetting declines in the Spanish and Latin American markets. Hachette’s digital books performed well in the first quarter, but e-books only accounted for 9% of total sales. The share of audiobook sales fell to 4.6% from 5.9% in the first three months of 2020. Despite the growth compared to 2020, US publishing units are cautious about developments in the coming time. As more professions reopen, consumers have more options besides reading.

According to the job posting posted on May 26, candidates need to have experience “working at alternative payment method providers including e-wallets, BNPL (buy first, pay later), fast payments (Fast Payments). ), cryptocurrency…” for 5 years or more. Apple is hiring for a position with experience in the areas of payments, including cryptocurrencies. Photo: Forbes. According to Apple, the hire will take on the position of business development director of Apple Wallets, Payments and Commerce (WPC). Job duties include model identification, planning, screening, negotiation, and maintaining relationships with alternative payment program partners. In addition to experience in the payments sectors, this role will work with senior partners in the company, providing “direction based on market research and Apple’s opportunities”, influencing “the strategy of the company”. business strategy and product roadmap”. While crypto experience is not required if the candidate has knowledge in other areas of payment, the inclusion of crypto on the list suggests that Apple may consider adding a cryptocurrency payment method in the future. future. Earlier in April, leaked photos showed that the Apple Pay service could support Visa cards integrated with Coinbase e-wallet, a cryptocurrency trading platform. In 2019, Apple Pay VP Jennifer Bailey said that she was “watching cryptocurrency”, calling it an area with “long-term potential”. Apple services or stores have never accepted payments in cryptocurrencies, in addition to a strict payment policy for all apps released on the App Store. According to the MacRumors , does not rule out the possibility that Apple is looking for people with experience in the payment fields to ensure its ability to compete with competitors if needed. Expensive price for Bitcoin mining Since the advent of cryptocurrencies, the amount of electricity required for mining has increased significantly. This leads experts to believe that cryptocurrency mining is not environmentally friendly.

The lawsuit, filed by Attorney General Karl Racine’s office, accuses Amazon of controlling nearly 70% of e-commerce sales, leading to high consumer prices. Holding nearly 70% of commercial sales, Amazon is sued against antitrust in the US The complaint was received by the District of Columbia Attorney’s Office, which said: “This online retail platform benefits and is protected by Amazon’s anti-competitive business practices. That leaves consumers vulnerable. do not have access to the best products at the lowest cost”. In addition, Amazon also caused prices across the entire online retail market to increase virtual prices for products sold on Amazon.com as well as on competitors’ online retail sales platforms. Also in the lawsuit, the e-commerce group used methods to prevent third-party sellers on its platform from offering products at lower prices than competitors. Amazon also responded to AFP that sellers set their own prices for the products they offer in Amazon’s stores, and this response contradicts comments made by the Justice Department. This e-commerce group also prides itself on offering the lowest prices with the best selection unlike any other online platform, so Amazon reserves the right not to attach deals to products that don’t have it. competitive price for customers. This lawsuit has Amazon possibly forced to charge higher prices on its e-commerce platform. The lawsuit is intended to block Amazon from anticompetitive practices as well as claims for damages and other penalties. According to eMarketer, Amazon’s e-commerce market share in the US in 2020 is 39.8% and will increase in 2021 to 44.1%, equivalent to the amount of 367.19 billion USD. According to statistics, Amazon’s profit in the first 3 months of 2021 reached 8.1 billion USD, 3 times higher than the same period in 2020. In 2020, the US Federal and State Antitrust Enforcement Agency filed lawsuits against Facebook and Google for allegedly dominating illegal markets.

Illustration. The Beijing-based smartphone giant sued the government earlier this year, after the US Department of Defense under former President Donald Trump issued an order designating the company as a Chinese military company. This will result in the deletion of US exchanges and deletion of names from global benchmark indices. The US Department of Defense has now agreed that the final order ignores the designation “would be appropriate,” according to a filing filed in US courts on May 11. Hong Kong-listed Xiaomi did not immediately respond to a request for comment. The Pentagon representative was not immediately available for comment. Shares of Xiaomi rose 6.7% during the session in Hong Kong on May 12. “The parties have agreed to a direction that will resolve this lawsuit without the need for a controversial press conference,” according to the filing. Stakeholders are negotiating specific terms and will submit a joint proposal by May 20. Xiaomi, which makes robot vacuums, electric bicycles and wearable devices along with smartphones, was an unexpected target for the Trump administration. Co-founded by billionaire businessman Lei Jun more than 10 years ago, with US chip technology company Qualcomm as one of the earliest investors, Xiaomi insists it is not owned or controlled by the Chinese military. National. The deal comes after a US court in March sided with Xiaomi in the lawsuit and halted the ban. US regional judge Rudolph Contreras said at the time that Xiaomi was likely to gain a complete reversal of the ban once the lawsuit opened and issued an initial order to prevent the company from suffering “irreparable damages. “. The deal marks a rare victory for China’s tech giants to get caught in the sights of the US government, as the two countries clash on issues ranging from trade to human rights and the right to rule. of Hong Kong. In November, Mr. Trump signed a ban on US investment in military-owned or controlled Chinese companies aimed at exerting pressure on Beijing over what the US describes as abusive businesses. use. The order against Xiaomi, along with a number of other Chinese companies, was issued during the weak days of his administration. Trump has also pursued other Chinese giants including ByteDance, owner of popular video-sharing app TikTok and Tencent Holdings, which owns the WeChat super app. Telecom equipment maker Huawei Technologies Co was hit hardest after it was banned from buying US-made parts and shutting down infrastructure projects around the world.

The Ho Chi Minh City Market Management Force discovered an unknown source of goods. Thanks to the regular implementation of plans to prevent smuggling, trade fraud, and manufacture of counterfeit goods, many violations have been discovered and handled by the competent forces of Ho Chi Minh City. The fact also shows that the violator always has many ways to avoid, so the authorities have to be more drastic, enhancing more effective coordination in the fight with this type of crime … Many new moves and tricks In 2020, the anti-smuggling, trade fraud and counterfeit forces (force 389) Ho Chi Minh City discovered and processed 25,538 violations, a decrease of 45.39% compared to 2019. In there, there were 2,769 cases of banned goods and smuggled goods; 21,804 commercial fraud cases; 965 counterfeit cases and 113 cases have been prosecuted. Particularly, the Economic Police Department (PC03), Ho Chi Minh City Police discovered and destroyed 1,081 cases with 1,074 subjects in 2020. The total value of detained goods is about 150 billion VND, the total amount of fines is more than 20 billion. In the first quarter of 2021, PC03 discovered and destroyed 341 cases, 358 subjects; handled 128 cases, 129 subjects with the value of temporarily seized goods more than 269 billion VND, the total fine was 3.8 billion VND. According to PC03, in 2020, the smuggling of fake and banned goods is still complicated by sea and road with sophisticated methods and tricks. Some individuals set up many companies, each company imported a number of assemblies of components, spare parts or disassembled parts for assembly or sale to other companies to process and assemble in simple stages. These products do not meet the origin criteria as prescribed but state that they are made in Vietnam or are made in Vietnam for consumption in the domestic market or for export in order to deceive consumers. In addition, some goods of foreign origin are transferred to Vietnam to legalize documents, or apply for certificates of origin, then exported to a third country and smuggled back to Ho Chi Minh City for consumption. According to the Ho Chi Minh City Customs Department, in 2020, this unit coordinates functional forces to detect and handle more than 1,500 cases, the value of infringing goods is more than 1,500 billion VND. Previously, the criminals set up a smuggling line to transport illegal goods on a large scale, but now they turn to organizing smuggling in a small way with more sophisticated tricks. The subjects take advantage of the transportation on the road to gut or swap goods; bringing goods across the border, completing the transit procedures, then seeking to illegally import back to Vietnam. Notably, some enterprises rented warehouses of large reputable companies for a long time in the market to hide smuggled goods, counterfeit brands, goods of unknown origin, etc. With a large amount. Taking advantage of the complicated situation of the Covid-19 epidemic, many objects produced and traded fake masks and medical gloves with low quality and in large quantity … Fight with the right focus, the key It is forecasted that smuggling, trade fraud, fake goods will continue to develop complicatedly with more sophisticated methods and tricks. The sale of counterfeit and poor quality goods is increasingly public and widespread on the internet. When Vietnam’s economy integrates deeply with the world, subjects have many opportunities to link up to cross-border smuggling, increase crimes with foreign elements, crimes related to high technology, and many crimes appear. taking advantage of the origin to bring goods into the EU, Japan, the US as Vietnamese goods. In the coming time, the Ho Chi Minh City Steering Committee 389 will continue to implement the directions of the Government, the National Steering Committee of 389 and thematic plans, focusing on combating the exploitation of e-commerce. for violations, the establishment of “ghost” companies for large-scale smuggling, tax evasion, and courier delivery; Responsibility decentralization of organizations and individuals managing fields and areas clearly, associated with specific responsibilities. According to Vice Chairman of Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee Phan Thi Thang, the City’s Steering Committee 389 should continue to focus on implementing and organizing the effective implementation of the work plan against smuggling, trade fraud and counterfeiting. year 2021 and thematic plans, … special attention should be paid to goods related to prevention and control of Covid-19 epidemic. Assign specific tasks to each department and branch that are members of the Steering Committee of 389 cities, at the same time associated with the responsibilities of the head. The functional forces accelerate the inspection and control from the city level to the district, district, ward and commune levels; clearly define focus and focus. The City Steering Committee 389 needs to proactively perform the coordination and coordination of functional forces in the area, especially the police, customs, market management, and border guards to promote overall strength. suitable in the fight, arrest and handling of complicated and dangerous cases. Vice Chairman of Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee Phan Thi Thang asked functional forces to focus on organizing key and key combat according to their assigned tasks. Accordingly, the customs force, city border guards are responsible for detecting and blocking at the border gate. City police force focused on fighting to destroy lines and gangs of trafficking and transporting illegal and contraband goods, especially from the southwest border area to Ho Chi Minh City. The city market management force strengthened the inspection of transportation, storage of banned goods, smuggled goods, and production and trading of counterfeit goods on the domestic market, focusing on inspection of petroleum products. Police forces, city market managers need to closely and regularly coordinate with the functional forces of localities bordering Ho Chi Minh City in the prevention and fight against crime related …

Leadership Department of Information Management and City Police. Ho Chi Minh signed the Regulation on coordination against smuggling and counterfeiting Mr. Truong Van Ba ​​- Director of Department of Information Management, City. Ho Chi Minh – recognize, TP. Ho Chi Minh City is currently the largest economic center in the country, the whole city now has more than 271,000 businesses, about 1 million business households and the flow of goods accounts for about 30% of the country. However, the City is also at the center of the trafficking, transporting of contraband goods, production and storage of counterfeit goods, poor quality goods, commercial fraud, and many new economic crimes that arise with many tricks. sophisticated, especially high-tech crimes, on the e-commerce space … increasingly popular. Mr. Truong Van Ba, said that, for a long time, the coordination between the force of intelligence management and the City Police has been regularly and effectively carried out, specifically, 85% of the cases were discovered and handled by the intelligence management. all have active participation of police forces. The signing of a coordination regulation between the two forces will increase the strength and efficiency in the fight against smuggling, trade fraud and counterfeiting. “In the situation that the information management force is too thin, each information management officer is tasked with monitoring more than 300 enterprises and about 1,000 individual business households. The signing of regulations in coordination with the police force will promote and apply the functions and duties of each unit, contributing to improving efficiency in the fight and detection of violations of the law. in economic activities in the area ”, shared Mr. Truong Van Ba. City intelligence management force. Ho Chi Minh checked and discovered a store dealing in infringing goods on models and origins in the area Major General Dinh Thanh Nhan – Deputy Director and Head of Police Investigation City Police. Ho Chi Minh City – said, in 2020 and the first 3 months of 2021, City Police Economic Police. Ho Chi Minh City discovered and handled 1,559 cases with 1674 economic criminals, the value of infringing material evidences was more than 314.4 billion VND. Through investigation and verification have prosecuted 1,121 cases with 375 defendants. However, this is just the number of criminal cases detected by the Economic Police, which have not fully and properly reflected the situation of crime and violations occurring in the city. In order to fight fiercely with this type of crime, it is necessary to have the synchronous and timely coordination of many agencies and departments, but the focus is still on Information Management, Customs, and Public Security … According to Nhan, for many years, the economic police force has actively coordinated with the City intelligence management force and discovered and handled many smuggling, commercial fraud, and counterfeit production in the area. . Only in 2020 and the first quarter of 2021, the police force of the Economic and National Administration has detected and handled 154 violations with 167 objects, the value of infringing goods is more than 145 billion VND. However, Mr. Nhan assessed that the results of the recent coordination in handling economic crimes between the Economic Police and the City intelligence management force are remarkable, but not high, not meeting the needs of business. industry and society. Because, due to the lack of regulations, the decentralization, decentralization, judgment organization, and sharing of information about contraband and counterfeit goods are still lacking fluently. After having the regulation, Mr. Nhan said, the city police department will thoroughly grasp and deploy the content of the regulations to each unit, assign and assign responsibility to each force to coordinate with Thanh city ​​in order to increase strength, professionalism and efficiency in the fight against and repel economic crimes in the area. With the strong development of science and technology, the cyber commodity trading, the theft of intellectual property rights, the technology of organizations and enterprises will be increasingly popular. . This fact also arose many complicated consequences because the subjects took advantage of the production and trading of poor quality goods in large quantity, affecting the interests of enterprises and consumers. At the conference, the parties agreed to disseminate the regulations to all officers in the unit and thoroughly implement the implementation, ensuring seriousness, timeliness and efficiency in the coming time.

According to a Hong Kong “Ming Pao” report on April 14, the new “Mainland Hong Kong People’s Groups” sub-sector of the fourth sector has been allocated 27 electoral committee seats, each nominated by 27 Hong Kong SAR government-designated groups. According to the list announced by the Hong Kong government, 11 organizations or nearly 40% of the seats are nominated by the Hong Kong (region) Chamber of Commerce and its branches, and 6 seats are nominated by the Mainland Service Center of the Federation of Trade Unions. Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor said that all newly designated organizations must comply with three principles, including having close ties with the sector, being representative and embodying patriots ruling Hong Kong.

The screenshot of the seat distribution of the Hong Kong Election Commission subsectors is from the official website of the Hong Kong Government

Screenshot of the Hong Kong Election Commission’s Improvement of Hong Kong Electoral System (Consolidated Amendment) Bill

Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor said at a press conference introducing the bill that in order to achieve more broad representation and balanced participation in the subsectors of the Election Committee, he hoped that more people would represent the interests of society as a whole. Subsector.

The purpose of improving the electoral system this time is to establish a system for Hong Kong that is in line with the actual situation in Hong Kong and also in line with “one country, two systems”, which can enable Hong Kong to develop more steadily. These principles, in simple terms, have the following three items: close ties, the defined group must have close ties with the subsector, so in order to become a grassroots organization, it must have close ties with grassroots work; the second is to Representativeness depends on how many members there are and how many groups are formed under the federation; the third is whether it reflects the principle of “patriots ruling Hong Kong”.

Carrie Lam’s photo from the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government News Network

According to the website of the Hong Kong Chamber of Commerce, the Hong Kong (Region) Chamber of Commerce in China (hereinafter referred to as the “Chamber of Commerce”) was approved by the former Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation (Ministry of Commerce), registered with the Ministry of Civil Affairs, and was formally established in Beijing in 1993 according to its articles of association. The fifth foreign (regional) chamber of commerce established in China after the United States, France, Italy and Japan.

The Chamber of Commerce is a non-profit and non-political social organization that integrates business and social interaction. Since its establishment, the Chamber of Commerce has been serving Hong Kong people and enterprises, promoting economic and trade cooperation and cultural exchanges between Hong Kong and the Mainland. Through executive committees, local groups, functional groups and interest groups, it has strengthened the relationship with relevant institutions and enterprises in the Mainland. It also organizes business exchange platforms, organizes cultural and recreational activities, and communicates with chambers of commerce in other countries and regions in China in business, economics and culture.

Hong Kong Chamber of Commerce activity information map from Hong Kong Chamber of Commerce website

According to the Chamber of Commerce’s website, the honorary chairman is the vice chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference, former Hong Kong chief executive Liang Zhenying and chief executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor. The current president is Xiao Huijun, a senior consultant of Beijing Ruisinoah Culture Communication Co., Ltd., who has issued a statement “fully support the patriots in ruling Hong Kong”.

According to Ming Pao, the Chamber of Commerce and the 10 branches of its provinces and cities can each nominate an election committee member, and at least the presidents of the Guangxi, Sichuan and Liaoning branches have public positions in the Mainland.

Among the mainland Hong Kong groups named in the Bill, all advisory service centers or service agencies established in the mainland, including the Federation of Trade Unions, are located in Shenzhen, Guangzhou, Dongguan, Zhongshan, Huizhou and Xiamen.

According to China News Agency, the Secretary for Constitutional and Mainland Affairs of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government, Zeng Guowei, stated on April 2 that Hong Kong people in the Mainland understand that although they are developing in the Mainland, they still care about Hong Kong and hope to contribute to the country and Hong Kong. In this arrangement to improve the electoral system, a subsector of “Representatives of Mainland Hong Kong People’s Groups” has been added to the Election Committee. I hope they can continue to support the improvement of the electoral system and contribute to the development of the country and Hong Kong in the future.

Zeng Guowei also said that the implementation of a sound electoral system will plug loopholes and defects in the electoral system, and build a democratic system with Hong Kong characteristics that meets the actual conditions of Hong Kong and meets the practical requirements of “one country, two systems”, so as to ensure that “patriots govern Hong Kong.” “To be fully implemented, the efficiency of the SAR government’s governance is improved, good governance is achieved, the economy is developed, the people’s livelihood is improved, and some deep-seated problems are solved, so that the “one country, two systems” can be stabilized and the prosperity and stability of Hong Kong can be maintained.

US Trade Representative Katherine Tai. (Source: agnetwest.com)

US Trade Representative Katherine Tai April 15 said international trade activities have prompted many countries to reduce environmental protection measures to attract investment, and regulations on global trade is necessary to prevent the “race to the bottom.”

“Race to the bottom” is a socio-economic term to describe the government’s deregulation of the business environment, or reduction of tax rates, in order to attract or maintain economic activity.

In her speech at the Center for American Progress, Ms. Tai said the notion that environmental problems are not part of trade ignores the fact that existing rules of globalization encourage less pressure. for environmental protection. This puts countries with higher environmental standards at a competitive disadvantage.

Speaking ahead of the online climate change summit on President Joe Biden’s initiative next week, Ms. Tai said she was committed to strengthening rules within the World Trade Organization (WTO). to combat problems like illegal fishing and overfishing.

According to her, countries should use commercial policies and trade enforcement actions to protect forests, because “forests are considered the lungs of the Earth.”

However, these regulations will be ineffective if they are not enforced. In the future, trade plays a role in preventing the “race to the bottom” and encouraging the “race to the top” (for the environment).

Ms. Tai noted that this is only done on a global scale through global regulations.

In the context that the world is deviating from meeting the goals of limiting global warming, many countries have signed in the Paris Agreement on Climate Change 2015, President Biden hopes next week’s summit will deliver stronger commitments ahead of the UN-hosted Climate Change Conference in Glasgow later this year.

Just days after taking office in January 2021, the US leader signed executive orders he said would “advance ambitious plans to respond to the threat of climate change.”

Mr. Biden announced that Washington will rejoin the Paris Agreement on climate change and is expected to announce an ambitious emission target by 2030./.