The Big Book of China

IT is not easy to introduce a country like China, which encompasses such vast diversity, beauty, history, and now, all the diversions of a bulgeoning modemity. But this little book gives people the chance to explore its rich history and culture and learn, in bite-sized bits, more about the mysterious Middle Kingdom.     

Big as The Beatles,in China

British rockers The Crimea see China,not America,as the place to crack on the road to global domination.     

大数据与人工智能助力中国“智”造

大数据时代,以数据为基础的技术正在改变人类的未来。大数据让我们得以洞察社会及其发展规律,随着大数据的不断发展和人工智能的普及,这种洞察力已逐渐转变为对人类行为模式的预见力,甚至转变到机器取代人类行为的行为力。基于大数据的智能应用在深度广度等多个方面都得到了提升,人类社会在大数据与人工智能的发展与进步下进入了智能化社会,以"融合"为核心的工业革命正如火如荼,众多产业结构调整也正在推进深化之中,开始了从中国制造转型升级到智能制造方向的转变。面对这一转变,我们为中国智造概括出核心概念:数据驱动、算法赋能、硬件提升、网络互联。     

我国大城市群联动防灾规划构想

据近年资料统计显示,我国GDP的70％、国家税收的80％,第三产业增加值的85％和高等学校及科研力量的90％以上出自城市。我国大城市群将以3％的国土面积,承载近50％的人口,创造65％的GDP和90％的进出口值,而成为中国经济发展的引擎,国家发展的战略平台。     

Eyes of the World on China＇s Big Celebration

THE two-hour-long celebration in Tian＇anmen Square on the morning of October 1 embodied the course of development that this nation has taken over the last six decades. The festivities were also about looking forward with best wishes for China＇s future. It became a focus of attention both domestically and internationally.     

大调解视野下的我国行政调解制度再思考

在我国大调解工作体系的建构过程中,相较于人民调解和司法调解而言,行政调解目前处于短板地位,规范层面行政调解统一立法的缺失和认识层面相关主体行政调解意识的淡薄分别是其形式原因和实质原因。针对此,首先应当明确行政调解内含的比较价值优势,如纠纷解决的经济性、专业性、彻底性以及促进行政管理优化和政府职能转变等,然后通过提高相关主体对行政调解性质和纠纷解决功效的认识、制定统一的《行政调解法》和建立有效的行政调解保障机制三方面举措来建构完善的行政调解制度。     

Big Fight for Big Data

<正>China's logistics industry is scrambling for more consumer information Chinese delivery giant SF Express recently unleashed a battle for supremacy on logistics data and power when it entered into conflict with Cainiao Network,a smart logistics network under the e-commerce giant Alibaba Group.On June 1,SF Express and Cainiao Network fell into ruthless recrimination,accusing each other of shutting down their     

Adventures in ＂Big Charity＂

THE aftermath of spectacular success is often a look back over the shoulder, and Chinese entrepreneurs-cum-philanthropists are busy trying to give back to their societies. As it turns out, corporations are discovering philanthropy is a lot more complicated than they thought. When life was simple, the donor could see where the donation went. When donors and benefactors rubbed elbows, good was done, and seen to be done. But these are the days of ＂big charity＂ - the needs may be great or small, or the beneficiaries far or near, but the management of foundations is complicated now; it isn＇t easy to follow the money and it isn＇t all about money anymore.     

Big Events

January 1979: The Standing Committee of the National People's Congress issued "A Message to Taiwan Compatriots," proposing "three direct links" across the Straits.     

Big Fish

THERE is a big fish in the Mirror Lake–30 to 40meters long,they say.Though not as famous as the monster in Kanas Lake in Xinjiang,the news has spread far and wide.Is it a promotional stunt or media hype?I don’t give a hoot.I am just telling what I heard,and I have nothing to do with any media.But on the other hand...My uncle,a retired lumberjack,lives by the Mirror Lake.He used to work for a transport company,pulling logs from nearby mountains to the shore,where they     

Recycling Big

Agrand ceremony was held on May 31 this year to mark the opening of the China Qingyuan Recy- cling Resource Demon- stration Base in Guangdong Province’s Qingyuan City. The base was established after winning approval from the State Development and Reform Commission, the Ministry of Commerce, the State Environmental Protection Administra- tion and three other relevant ministries. It re? ects China’s efforts in constructing a recyclable economy. The base is also a provincial-level demo…     

Big Family

IN China, interpersonal relationships are key to doing well in society, so it’s worthwhile to learn how to address people correctly in Chinese and use this knowledge in everyday life.The Chinese equivalents of Western titles like sir, madam,     

Thinking Big

Huge Hisense Appliance Industrial Park in South Africa entrenches the brand’s successful globalimage It’s 2:30 p.m. and the large red electronic counter board on the factory wall registers the day’s 439th flat-screen TV as it rolls off the assembly line. Above that figure glows the daily target of 700. The uniformed staff are bustling in the sanitized, climate-controlled environment-excitedly motivating each other to reach the target, eyes constantly flicking up to the counter.     

Big Prospects in East Asia

After bottoming out last year, the emerging economies of East Asia are recouping their losses and setting out onto the fast growth track.But short-term growth does not necessarily indicate a prosperous future-the region still needs to rebalance its economies and precipitate a massive shift to green technologies and energy efficiency. The World Bank discussed this issue in the latest EastAsia & Pacific Economic Update,a biannual assessment of economies in the region.Edited excerpts follow:     

Big Love in Small Parcels

A school-supplies charity raises the bar for philanthropic accountability Zhao Weiwei,a student of fashion design at the prestigious China Central Academy of Fine Arts,is one of the most acclaimed young designers in China.At the Kopenhagen Fur Accessories Design Competition,which culminated in an award ceremony in Beijing on October 26,Zhao’s design-a fur hat that could     

Next Big Thing

Ideas,inventions and gadgets at the Expo might revolutionize people’s life since their inception in 1851, World Expos have been without a doubt international cultural galas where     

A Big Break

Snooker tournament promotes the game's popularity in China TIhe World Snooker China Open 2009 came to an end on April 5 when England's Peter Ebdon secured a hard-fought