The Zhuhai section of the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge in Guangdong province. [Photo by Zhang Youqiong/For China Daily] Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor started a three-day trip to Japan on Sunday to attend a symposium for the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area. The symposium, jointly held by Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao, will be on Tuesday in Tokyo, site of one of the world's best-known and largest bay areas. Lam will speak at the event, as will Guangdong Governor Ma Xingrui and Macao's Secretary for Administration and Justice Sonia Chan Hoi-fan. Japan's State Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry Yoshihiro Seki will attend and also address the symposium, according to the full-day event's website. Around 500 Japanese business leaders and executives are also expected to attend. In the afternoon, two panel discussions will be held, one themed on innovation and technology, and the other on smart health. Top enterprises from Japan, the Chinese mainland, Hong Kong and Macao - in industrial, technological, financial and medical sectors - will join the discussion and explore further collaboration. This overseas promotion underscores China's determination to advance the development of the 11-city cluster, as well as its firm adherence to the opening-up policy, said Sun Bushu, deputy director of the South China City Research Association. Sun said the event presents a significant opportunity for the Bay Area to enhance its international reputation and influence because Tokyo Bay - one of the world's top three bay areas - has been closely linked to Hong Kong and the Pearl River Delta in business and trade. In 2017, Japan was Hong Kong's fourth-largest trading partner, according to the SAR's Trade and Industry Department, and Hong Kong was Japan's eighth-largest trading partner. Bilateral trade in goods between the two that year amounted to HK$381.9 billion ($48.7 billion). Registration for the symposium was closed on March 29, because it was fully booked, according to its website. A similar seminar was held in Paris in June, with Hong Kong, Guangdong and Macao jointly promoting Bay Area business opportunities. Lam, according to the Hong Kong Chief Executive's Office, will meet with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Foreign Minister Taro Kono. She also plans to meet with business leaders, as well as leaders of innovation and technology-related organizations and institutions, and she will visit eldercare and medical facilities. At a media briefing on Tuesday, Lam said Japan is a vast market and she aims to explore on her trip how Japanese businesses and research institutions can become involved in the Bay Area's development. The Greater Bay Area, covering 56,000 square kilometers with a combined population of 70 million by the end of 2017, aims to become a world-class Bay Area that provides quality life to its residents. embossed printed wristbandpersonalized bracelets for girlfrienddual layer wristbandmiscarriage awareness silicone braceletssilicone bracelet watch
Pilot on a JH-7A fighter-bomber get prepared to take off during the Peace Mission-2013 China-Russia joint military drill in Chelyabinsk, Russia, Aug 6, 2013. [Photo/Xinhua] Young candidates will be subject to tests to determine fitness for training Graduates from junior high schools in the economically thriving province of Guangdong normally have two options for their future: They can either continue their studies at a senior high school or go into vocational training. But there's another choice. They can try their luck with the People's Liberation Army Navy to see if they have what it takes to become a naval aviator and land on aircraft carriers. An announcement by the Affiliated High School of South China Normal University in Guangzhou, Guangdong province, said the school has begun to work with the Navy to set up an experimental teen aviator program that selects and trains candidates to fly. It calls on students in the third grade of junior high school in the province to apply for the program. Approved by the Navy, the Ministry of Education and the provincial education department, the program aims to attract students who are interested in aviation and are fit for military flight. The idea is to establish a talent pool for the Navy's shipborne aviation units, the announcement said. It's the first time the Navy has launched such a program in Guangdong. In addition to the Guangzhou school, another four high schools in Heilongjiang, Anhui, Shaanxi and Sichuan provinces have been selected to take part in the program this year. Before the five new partners, the Navy had nine cooperating high schools in nine provincial-level regions, according to the flight student recruitment office. Before the teen program, which was launched in 2015, all candidates selected by the Navy for its naval aviation force were graduates of senior high school. According to the Navy, applicants for this year's teen aviator program should be born between Sept 1, 2002, and Aug 31, 2005; have a height between 160 and 180 centimeters; and be neither too thin nor overweight. Candidates must be free of diseases such as meningitis or nephritis, and blood pressure and vision must meet the Navy's standards for its pilots. Other criteria include clean political, legal and study records, consent from legal guardians, a strong mind, mental and physical agility, a good sense of direction and a certain level of proficiency in English. In each province involved in the program, qualified applicants will take exams addressing overall capabilities around the end of this month. A short list of 250 candidates will then take part in a series of tests of physical, academic and psychological abilities. Fifty candidates will be enrolled in the program at each of the 14 cooperating schools, the recruitment office said. During the three-year program, students will be given lectures and training on naval and flight knowledge and will be managed like military cadets. After three years, those who pass the tests will be admitted to naval aviation academies or some of China's top universities that collaborate with the Navy for pilot training. An experienced naval pilot who flies a J-15 fighter jet based on the Navy's CNS Liaoning aircraft carrier said on Monday that he expects future aviators to have good capabilities in science and technology and the ability to handle rapidly changing situations and make quick decisions, because such abilities are essential in aerial combat.
