China and Japan should work with commitment and a long-term vision to create a favorable atmosphere for high-level exchanges between the two countries and put the bilateral relationship back on the track of steady development, Premier Li Keqiang said.Li made the remark as he met with the visiting delegation of the Japanese Association for the Promotion of International Trade at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Monday afternoon. The delegation was led by Yohei Kono, president of the association and former speaker of the Japanese House of Representatives."Signs of improvement have been seen in China-Japan relations lately and interactions between the two countries have also increased, which is a good thing. Yet we should also note that relations between our two countries still face challenges," Li said.Saying that this year marks the 40th anniversary of the signing of the Treaty of Peace and Friendship between Japan and China, Li said the two countries should cherish the current momentum of development in bilateral ties, and he urged Japan to work with China to meet each other halfway.It is important for both countries to honor the spirit and the agreements reached in the four key China-Japan political documents while looking at the interests of both countries so as to move Sino-Japanese ties in the right direction, he said.China will support and safeguard multilateral trade and advocate facilitated investment and liberal trade against the backdrop of the complicated and changing international context, Li said. He added that China will press ahead with reform and open its door even wider, and lend more efforts to maintaining steady and improving economic growth.China welcomes investors from overseas, including Japan, to invest in China and jointly create new opportunities for development, the premier said.Kono told Li as this year also marks the 40th anniversary of China's reform and opening-up policy, industrial and commercial circles in Japan look forward to seeing continued improvement in Sino-Japanese ties, and Japan is willing to contribute to friendly bilateral relations. He added that they expect Li to make an official visit to Japan. custom name bar braceletyouth silicone wristbandspersonalized rubber band braceletswholesale custom silicone wristbandsjelly band silicone medical alert bracelet
One of two female giant pandas is released on Thursday into a national nature reserve in Dujiangyan, Sichuan province, by the China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda. [Photo by Li Chuanyou/Provided to China Daily] Since last December, Chinese researchers have been working on a project to manage bamboo forests that used to grow naturally in Sichuan province in order to increase the number of plants and help giant pandas return to nature. The project is a collaboration among the National Forestry and Grassland Administration, Ministry of Finance and the Global Environment Fund, with a total investment of 400,000 yuan ($58,300). An experimental base of about 14 hectares on Huaying Mountain in Guang'an, Sichuan province, has improved its annual yield of stalks and fresh shoots by about 33 metric tons, according to the Giant Panda Rewilding Training Centre. Liu Yong, an engineer from the center, said that a naturally-grown bamboo forest cannot guarantee a sustainable setting for pandas since bamboo can only survive about seven years. So the project helped to create a sustainable environment. Pandas like eating. They could spend more than 12 hours a day eating fresh bamboo, which they like because it is easy to get and they are a little lazy. As a result, a dense forest is needed, both to provide them with enough food and shorten their foraging distance, he said. To have more green coverage on the mountain, Liu said his team needed to cut the old and slim stalks to make more space for new shoots. Other daily jobs are killing pests and applying organic fertilizers. Since the area is of karst topography, they also need to cover the stone areas with 3 centimeters of soil. Li Junqing, a professor of forestry from Beijing Forestry University, also the adviser to the project, said that bamboo roots have the ability to maintain the soil and are useful in creating a better ecological environment. They prevent lands from degrading, and increase the forest's soil and water conservation capacity. And in the future, we plan to plant more arbors, which are taller and keep sunlight off the bamboo so it grows more tender, he said.
