Located in the heart of buzzing Silicon Valley and overlooking the arterial California highway 101, Zhongguancun Silicon Valley Innovation Center stands out with the name of the building in glaring square characters, declaring a new era in China's technology story. The Beijing-Silicon Valley Talent and Technology Summit, which was held in the center on Wednesday, marked a concrete step forward. "China has reached a stage at which it yearns for good tech talent and innovation," said Chen Jining, acting mayor of Beijing, in his keynote speech. "We need to address many challenges we are having with advanced high-tech and innovations." During the summit, a $300 million fund was announced to foster China-US technology cooperation. Eight prominent Chinese and Western scientists were appointed to join ZGC's Overseas Strategic Scientists Committee. "Silicon Valley is such an inspiring place," Chen said. "It is a place one should visit often. Meanwhile, talented people from overseas should come to Beijing to admire its fast development." The summit - in which hundreds of scientists, entrepreneurs and university professors participated - "adds highlight to the future of our countries' cooperation," said United States Congressman Ro Khanna. Cui Yi, a professor of materials science in Stanford University said: "It is very encouraging to see our homeland place such great importance on overseas scientists. We now have many opportunities and much space to use our skills and experiences to contribute." In one summit highlight, Richard Karp, a professor of computational theory at the University of California Berkeley, disclosed a newly developed app with which smartphone users can detect earthquakes. Other innovations included a robotic secretary named Xiao Mi, whose presentation drew laughter from the audience. Erik Lassila, manager of ZGC Peakview US Fund, who oversees the $300 million technology cooperation fund, noted that "China has become a strategically important part in the world's technology market and its development". This is a story by a freelancer in San Francisco. (China Daily 09/22/2017 page5) customised wristbands ukcustom livestrong braceletspaper wristbandscustom rubber wristbandswristbands onlinejordan wristband
Giant panda Yuanzai celebrates its fifth birthday at the Taipei Zoo, July 6, 2018. [Photo/Xinhua] TAIPEI - Two birthday cakes. Five posters. Countless fans. A superstar shows up and the fans start screaming. It's not a celebrity's meet-and-greet session at a concert, but rather the birthday bash of a giant panda in Taiwan. On Friday, giant panda Yuanzai celebrated its fifth birthday at the Taipei Zoo, drawing large crowds eager to catch a glimpse of the chubby bear. Yuanzai is the baby of two giant pandas, Tuantuan and Yuanyuan, sent to Taiwan from the Chinese mainland in 2008. [Photo/Xinhua] The animal showed up at the zoo's Giant Panda House around 9:20 am, and fans immediately used their phones to record every move of the cute animal. It played around, and at one point, climbed up a platform and started to play with the posters on the ceiling, generating quite a buzz among the visitors. It is so cute! said a visitor surnamed Chung. I came here early to see Yuanzai. Giant panda Yuanzai celebrates its fifth birthday at the Taipei Zoo, July 6, 2018. [Photo/Xinhua] Yuanzai is the baby of two giant pandas, Tuantuan and Yuanyuan, sent to Taiwan from the Chinese mainland in 2008. The female, Yuanyuan, gave birth to Yuanzai in 2013. I have been following the pandas' news since they arrived in Taiwan, Chung said. We even formed a fanclub on Facebook, which updates everything about the pandas. Another visitor surnamed Li brought his daughter to the zoo to see Yuanzai. We heard in newspapers and on TV about Yuanzai's birthday, Li said. My daughter adores pandas. Wang Yi-min, with Taipei Zoo, said they frequently invited experts from the mainland to help with the protection and insemination of the pandas. It is an honor to be part of the protection efforts of giant pandas, she said. We hope to have more cooperation with experts from the mainland to help protect the animals.
