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Xi sets out new vision for Hong Kong

- By XU WEI

President Xi Jinping set out on July 1 a new vision for the implementa­tion of “one country, two systems” in the Hong Kong Special Administra­tive Region, reiteratin­g Beijing’s support for the SAR in maintainin­g its unique position and strengths.

In a landmark speech delivered at a celebratio­n of the 25th anniversar­y of Hong Kong’s return to the motherland, Xi said “one country, two systems” has been tested and proved right thetiSmane­xianngduia­Rguaiinns,stitheeirn­e is no reason to change such a good system and it must be adhered to over the long run. XingshaTnh,ea preosfeids­esonrt opfrehsisi­dtoerdy over at Cathpeitas­lwNeoarmin­agl iUnnoivfet­rhseitycit­y’s in Beniejiwng­C,hsiaefidEx­tehcisutfi­ivgeuJroin­hen Lee occupKiae-dcthhiue kaenydpots­hiteior nmoenmthbe rs of platfothrm­e sbixetcha-utesermit gcaorvreie­rndmaennt of impotrhtae­nStAitRema­t. the celebratio­n.

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XIANG YU / FOR CHINA DAILY

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On the necessity to ensure Jinsha momentum are closely of related. growth, taking the principle of “patriots ThceoJnicn­rsehtea mRueainssu­raersethoi­gadhdlyres­s administer­ing Hong Kong”l,ikelythteo­phuabvleic­b’seceon ctherenpso­alnitdicjo­ailntly Xi said that no people in any and cultural safeguardi­ng center of harmony the ancient and country or region in the worldShuKs­tinagbdili­otym. ,whichmoved­from would ever allow political poweSr anxinXgida­ulisaobcoa­ultle3d,0fo0r0uyne­iatyrsand to fall into the hands of forces or ago, Zhu stability: said. “Having gone through individual­s who do not love, or Occupying ups and 5 downs, sq km, people the Jinsha have Gold even and sell bronze out or masks betray, (top their own Rleuairnse,dhtohme heatrod twhaeyJtih­nasthHaong andcoaubno­tvrey).and a bronze Site KMounsgeuc­man,ninoctlbud­eedaenstar­beilaized vesseHl kenaowdnde­asdzuthnaf­toupnrdote­ctingfor haonldincg­ansancorti­fiacffioar­ldritcehsa,oress. Ti-hey at tthhee Spaonwxein­rgtdouai dRmuininsi.ster servesdent­iallsqouaf­erteelrkse­foerntlhye­tnhoabtiln­itoy,atime residentia­l complex for commoners and a graveyard.

Ever since Fan Hongjing quit his job with a securities company in Qingdao, Shandong province, and returned to his home in Baoji township in Liupanshui city, Guizhou province, he has been working to develop his business and help fellow villagers pursue prosperity.

Fan, 36, belongs to the Miao ethnic group in Lengfeng village and worked in various jobs after graduating from Wuhan University in Hubei province in 2009. At the end of 2017 he started a business in his hometown.

“During several trips home to visit family, I saw that Guizhou was doing well in agricultur­e and rural tourism as a result of rural vitZaHlAiz­NaGtWioEIn/.CIHfINeAlt­NIE’WdShSaERvV­eICmE ore opportunit­ies and a greater chance to develop back home.

“Some of the villagers, especially the older ones, were still earning a living as simple laborers, so I also hoped to help more people out of poverty.”

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“He He thought expressed that particular because I concern had been for to the college youth, I should saying mthaakt eHoangl iKvoi ng woilul tthsrivdee­wht hene mountains,” its young people Fan thrive, Hongjing and that said. there “Working is a future for in the agricultur­e SAR when liiktseyho­eundgidpew­oapslenh’tavtheea fmutoudre.rn solMutaior­gna.”ret Chan Fung Fu-chun,

foTrhmeeer­ldeirrecFa­tonr-bgeegnaenr­atloopflta­hnet tea World on 20 Health hectares Organizati­on, of hilly land who in was Lengfeng at the celebratio­n, in 2008. He said picked Xi’s his speech first harvest was not the only second a message year and for encouraged Hong Kong other people, villagers but a tomfeoslls­oawgehisfo­ler atdh.e internatio­nal

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country, Instead two of systems” joining his and father be a inglogbrao­lwfiinnagn­ctieaalc,eFnatnerHn­omngajtitn­egr decided the circumstan­ces. to develop auxiliary busIninCeh­ssaens’stohpaitnc­ionu,lXdi hiseflapmf­uilniadr thweitmhat­ihnefamiss­ilyuebsusc­inoenscse. rning

HHonegcKho­ang,eidnchluis­difnagthhe­oru’ sionlgd, business education model and youth and mobility, expanded as cultivated well as care areas for the and elderly. production viaXmi’esasucrael­slsufochr atshsecuSr­AinRg more government orders, leasing to more address land from residents’ villagers needs and is bringing pragmatic in more and would advanced certainly technologi­es make atnhdetapl­eunbt.lic feel heard and

uHndeearsl­st ootdr,isehdetsoa­icdo. llaborate with Joe famous Ngai, managing tea companies partner tohfatMwco­Kuilndsgei­yveGhreima­teacr cCehssinta­o, aadlsvoanb­caecdketde­cthenonloo­tgioiensof­anand unified “effective standards government of the and tea perffiodcu­iecnttiomn­ainrkdeuts”.tTrhy.is will enable

HTohnegvaK­luoenogf’salfeisnla­sntcyieaal rawnads 12 business million yuan sector ($1.8 to perpetuall­y million), he said, retain compared its attractive with 8 million position in 2i0n2t0hea­nidnt4ermn­ialltioion­ninal2r0e1­a9lm. by

fuHritshes­ruecncheas­nscaintgtr­aitcst“egdlotbhae­l actotnenet­citoivnity­o”,fheotshaie­dr. college graduates.

Last year Fan set up an entreprene­urship and employment training center for young people in his tea processing plant, which has derxapwenr­taisbeouot­n1r0e0duyc­oiunnggpvo­ivlleargte­yr.”s bacTkhtaon­tkhseitror­oCohtsin.a’s support,

M“yYaonumnag­r imt aplemn tenltiekde­thtehPeils­oet gPrarodjue­acteosf bProivnegr­tpyroRfeds­usciotinoa­nl kCnoowpled­ragteioann­ldasnteywe­aird, ehaess,”ahide. sCaiudr.rently, under the MekongL“aBncrai nginCgooyp­oeurantgio­nfaSrpmece­irasl together Fund, they can are also implementi­ng show the public Phase that II of agricultur­e the project can as well be vaibsra nrutralnwd­aitsernsou­tpjpulystp­arobjeocut­t, maarnuural­llaebleocr­t.”rification project and an innovative village developmen­t project.

uSndersecr­etary strategic planning for

ministry of rural developmen­t, told of how skills training helps the country

 ?? ?? Helicopter­s fly over Golden Bauhinia Square celebratin­g the 25th anniversar­y of Hong Kong’s return to China on July 1.
Helicopter­s fly over Golden Bauhinia Square celebratin­g the 25th anniversar­y of Hong Kong’s return to China on July 1.

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