Time and Place with Premier

Ravi Shankar Narasimhan,executive editor of China Daily's overseas editions,was one of 70-plus foreign experts invited to the Great Hall of the People on January 21 for a symposium and a Chinese New Year dinner with Premier Li Keqiang and senior State leaders.     

China Through Different Eyes

正On the 22nd of May at a Foreign Experts Symposium in Shanghai,it was a great honour for me as a foreigner,to present to President XI some of my observations on how to attract foreigners to contribute to China’s innovation ambitions.It is also my honour to consider myself as one of the foreign experts,which President called"private ambassadors"and members of the Chinese family.It is my privilege to answer to     

Foreign Experts’ Advices:from Understanding to Execution

How does the Chinese Government might attract more foreign expert talent to China and how, more generally, the Government might deepen, extend, and refine its use of foreign experts to further help China move forward in the 21st Century?     

My Trip of Friendship Award

It was an amazing honor to meet Vice Premier Ma Kai at Zhongnanhai on Sep.29th.We were touched when he gave us our plaques and shook our hands at such a prestigious venue,during perhaps the first time the annual ceremony had been held there. We were moved when he said:"Foreign experts working in China are close friends of the Chinese people",and "We have already taken you as part of the big family of China".We also appreciate his call for us to continue to contribute to China's innovative,coordinated,green,open and shared development.     

Foreign Experts＇ Advices： from Understanding to Execution

How does the Chinese Government might attract more foreign expert talent toChina and how, mote generally, the Government might deepen, extend, and refine its use of foreign experts to further help Chin...     

China's Xi Pledges Peace,Opening-up in First Meeting with Foreigners

Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, on Wednesday used his first meeting with foreign guests since his election to stress China’s commitment to peaceful development and opening-up policy.     

China–Italy–Ticino Family Business Cooperation Forum Held in Ningbo

Nearly 200 family business leaders from China, Italy and Switzerland, experts, scholars and "Ningbo Enterprise Successors Union" met in Jiangbei District of Ningbo City on September 17 to attend the first China Italy Ticino Family Business Cooperation Forum.     

For expats,Shanghai tops list for desirability again

Shanghai has for the third time topped the list of the 10most attractive Chinese cities for expats,on a survey being released on March 9.The financial hub scored highest in the ranking’s four important indexes for foreigners to evaluate cities,including the policies for foreign professionals,the working environment and the living environment.     

Inspire Confidence

With only a few contact hours a week the amount of knowledge foreign teachers can impart on their students is limited.Some people stick to the book while others follow in the footsteps of their predecessors.     

Disclosing the Details from the 2016 Amazing China Election

2016 Amazing China - The Most Attractive Chi-nese Cities for Foreigners election were released. 1701 foreign experts participated in a survey along with the election. The survey is mainly about expats' working and living environment in china . Why they come to china? What factors af-fect their choice in cities? Are they satisifed with their salary? We will disclose the details for you.     

Discover a Sea of Possibilities with Made-in-China Yachts

With an emphasis on hiring the best Chinese and foreign shipbuilding talent,Hangzhou’s Sino-Eagle Yacht Co.,Ltd.has worked its way up to become the world’s leading yacht manufacturer.     

Survey for 2015 Most Attractive Chinese Cities for Expats Kicks off

Shanghai tops list of desirability for expats for the fourth time straight Shanghai has for the fourth time topped the list of the 10 most attractive Chinese cities for expats,according to a survey conducted on foreign professionals living in China nationwide.The financial hub scored highest in the ranking’s four important indexes for foreigners to evaluate cities,namely policies for     

International Cooperation of Space and China

Space science offers a unique opportunity to open dialogue between countries,independently of their political system. In the early 1990s,Dr. Roger-Maurice Bonnet,Director of the Science Program of ESA received a letter from a group of Chinese scientists in response to an invitation,to cooperate on the ESA CLUSTER mission. That event marked the initiation of space cooperation between ESA and China. He is very disappointed about that the partners of the International Space Station(USA,Russia,Europe,Japan,Canada) would not agree on accepting China as one of their partners,and China has to develop its own space station with its own means.     

Hangzhou Forms Talent Club to Further Push Internationalization of the Region

The Hangzhou International Alliance and the International Talent Club formed on Nov.2020 to attract more talents and further push the internationalization of Hangzhou.     

Offer a Informative Window into China

I＇m Ravi Shankar from India and I have been with China Daily for more than a decade; l＇m currently executive editor of Overseas Editions. An American professor friend insists that only two things have shaped the world since the 1990s： the Internet; and the amazing growth of China. It is an enriching experience to be here at such a time and enjoy every moment of it. It has been a profound and rewarding journey for me in telling the China story around the world. We write on the real China and the Chinese -- the very people that embody the Chinese Drearn （zhongguo meng）. China Daily is very much a part of communicating that China Dream, not just to those in China, but to people across the globe.     

国家开放与优秀领导力

When I was growing up in the United States in the 1950s and 1960s, the country was full of optimism about the future. We were building a magnificent infrastructure of roads, airports, railroads and seaports that would link each part of the country for commerce and tourism. We all believed in President John F. Kennedy when he challenged the country to land a man on the moon by the end of the 1960s. The first jumbo jet, the Boeing 747, was a product of this belief in the future.     

Open Basic Science Needed for Significant and Fundamental Discoveries

Basic science is about new things.A fundamental principle for basic science is luck.I have been very,very lucky throughout my life.Early on,I got to work with some of the most outstanding scientists globally,including British scientists in Cambridge,people like Francis Crick,John Kendrew,and Max Perutz.These are the scientists who redefined life as physics and chemistry in the 50s and 60s of the 20th century.     

With Common Interests,Deeper Cooperation Will Bring Significant Mutual Benefit

In both China and the UK,there are strong and common strategic objectives related to the creation of excellence in engineering and technology.This applies to basic and translational research,industrial innovation and the production of high-quality graduates and technicians by means of education and skills training.Through engineering and technological R&D.     

The Big Red Fish

In the last decade, I had the opportunity to come across and hear about incredible stories of brave founders of Chinese families companies. These companies have become more and more important in the national economy and society. Accord-ing to recent statics, they are estimated to be more than 80% of Chinese non-public ownership companies, reaching 90% in Zhejiang province. Most of them can out-perform over the no family firms around the world as they have a longer term strategy and they desire to build business for the next gen-erations.     

Chinese second-tier cities compete to attract foreign talents

To attract outstanding graduates,China’s second-tier cities including Xi’an,capital city of Northwest China’s Shaanxi Province and Chengdu,capital city of Southwest China’s Sichuan Province,have stepped up efforts to lure more foreign talents with incentives and foreigner-friendly services.