FRENCH CHEF COOKS UP A STORM COVER STORY

正Finding the recipe for success in Xiamen French chef Gregory Louraichi has rubbed shoulders with Michelin-starred celebrities and worked in some of China’s bestknown French restaurants. He opened Greg’s in one of Xiamen’s most exclusive neighborhoods in 2011 and has become a household name in his adopted city. A rags-to-riches story Louraichi, 35, from Arcachon, a popular     

THE FRENCH CONNECTION

To learn more about Wuhan’s opening up and opportunities as well as its relationship with France,Beijing Review reporter Liu Ting interviewed Olivier Guyonvarch,Consul General of France in Wuhan,on July 25.An edited excerpt follows.     

DRUMMING UP A NEW BEAT

正A summer camp broadens the horizons of rural children It took Li Shang,a percussionist from Beijing,nearly15 hours to reach Weiziba,a village in Gansu Province,on July 21.Local transportation from the airport in the provincial capital to the village,at an altitude of 2,450 meters,remains inconvenient,but Li and his colleagues didn't seem to be bothered.     

DRAWING UP A NEW BLUEPRINT

正Local governments plan to tackle pollution and change growth modes for 2014 Choking smog lingered,covering an area of 1.43 million square km in central and east China,an area more than twice the size of France,for a whole week starting from February 20.Beijing and part of the neighboring Hebei Province suffered most.On February 25,readings of PM 2.5,fine particulate matter 2.5     

WAKING UP A SLEEPING TOWN

正An action plan aims to create a model for the governance of large communities Although it was a little chilly after strong winds that swept much of the fall foliage away,Uncle Yao,a 71-year-oldresident of Huilongguan in Beijing’s northern outskirts, still kept to his routine of playing the saxophone in a neighborhood park accompanied by several other seniors playing     

UP,UP AND AWAY

There's a new bunch of sightseers in town - and they're ready to spend. TOURIST traffic at China's bustling airports is becoming increasingly two-way. The usual groups of bespectacled pensioners and red-eyed backpackers throng the inbound terminals, catapulting China into 5th place in the international league of most popular destinations. Crowding the departure lounges, meanwhile, are growing legions of upwardly mobile Chinese holidaymakers, headed for Rome's Coliseum, Sydney Harbor, or even the Safaris of Kenya.     

UP NORTH

正Mainland universities see a growing number of Hong Kong SAR applicants Amid the gloomy global outlook and much uncertainty in recent years, students in Hong Kong Special Administrative Region(SAR) wanting to pursue further studies outside of the SAR have pinned down China's mainland as their primary destination of choice.     

WIDER OPENING UP

China Report: 2018 marks the 40th anniversary of the launching of China's reform and opening-up policy as well as the 30th anniversary of the establishment of Hainan Province and Special Economic Zone. Can you give us your reflections at such a special historic moment?     

SHENZHEN UP CLOSE

正Since the"first explosion of reform and opening up"took place with the founding of Shenzhen’s Shekou Industrial Zone in 1979,Shenzhen,in south China’s Guangdong Province,has been transformed from a small fishing village into an influential city of economy,science and technology and regional finance.Many pioneering sci-tech giants including Huawei,Tencent     

构建政府现代信用机制

构建适应市场经济要求的政府信用机制是建设社会信用制度的关键。政府信用机制包括 :规范政策机制、规范权力运作机制、承诺机制、政务公正公开机制、责任机制。还包括政府对社会信用建设的推动与管理机制 :对社会信用环境的综合治理、推动社会信用体系建设、促进民间信用中介机构建设、建立诚信惩戒制度、推动社会信用文化建设。     

BREAKING UP BANKING MONOPOLIES

正China needs to revitalize the real economy and free up capital for small businesses China is in the initial phase of a state-led financial reform, starting with its private economy powerhouse of Wenzhou     

SCALING UP THE STRATEGY

<正>Biotech company explores the new material industry’s bigger picture Following a stint at his uncle’s farm in China’s Qinghai Province in 2018,seeing the amount of milk,milk products and all dairy-processing wastes,Robert Luo began contemplating how to manage these surpluses.And so,that same year,he co-founded Mi Terro in the U.S.,a company that originally intended to use milk waste for the creation of degradable textile fibers to make clothes.     

FACING UP TO ANTI-GLOBALIZATION

正Resisting protectionism to promote global growth Against the backdrop of lackluster global economic growth and faltering world trade,a wave of anti-globalization is emerging:Trade protectionism spreads from developed to developing countries;the United Kingdom leaves the EU;and Donald     

COMING UP TRUMPS?

Hot on the heels of the presidential election result, Beijing Review reporter Liu Yunyun sat down with Zhou Mingwei, President of China International Publishing Group. Zhou, a seasoned expert on China-U.S. relations who is also a member of the Committee of Foreign Affairs of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference National Committee, shared his views on how the new president-elect, Donald Trump, could transform his surprise victory into a meaningful presidency.     

LIFTING UP THE PEOPLE

A white paper on democratic reform and the development leap that has taken place in southwest China's Tibet as a result was issued by China's State Council Information Office on March 27,marking the 60th anniversary of the campaign in Tibet.Titled Democratic Reform in Tibet—Sixty Years On,the white paper lauded the drive as "the greatest and most profound social transformation in the history of Tibet.""By abolishing serfdom,a grim and backward feudal system,Tibet was able to establish a new social system that liberated the people and made them the masters of the nation and society,thus ensuring their rights in all matters," the document stated.     

FIRING UP THE GROWTH ENGINES

Beijing Review,“We need to deliver the products in time as well as explore new markets.”That same day,in the capital of Beijing,Du Peifan,founder of ZhiqingFin,an artificial intelligence(AI)company focusing on smart speech services,is doing his routine work taking his employees through a checklist in service of their bank clients.     

LEFT WITH NO WAY UP

<正>High-end education and child bearing make it hard for China’s birth rate to grow Few people realize that a declining birth rate might not ever go up again Data from contemporary countries—be them developed or developing—show that when the birth rate goes down,policies enacted to increase it have a limited impact Why?Because a declining birth rate creates     

MICRO-BLOGS FIRE UP THE NET

正Broadcasting short items on the Internet is emerging as a phenomenal trend On the evening of December 23, a post on the micro-blog of Hunan Communications Radio caught the     

LET THE YOUTH SPEAK UP

<正>Program calls for wisdom and power of youth for global development After three years in China,Anna Dotsenko from Russia feels there is a shortage of channels for broadcasting information from China to the outside world.An innovation-led manufacturing miracle has unfolded in China over the past half century,said the project manager with an international innovation research institute in Huangpu District of Guangzhou,Guangdong Province.     

GEARING UP FOR FUTURE GROWTH

正China’s ongoing reform and innovation initiatives cast a refreshing light on its path of development In the past decade, China has demonstrated that it has the capability to work miracles, as shown by the fact that its GDP as well as resident income have more than doubled from past fgures. However, as labor costs climb, environmental issues rise and traditional growth