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Zhang Ke， 47， founder of a leading architectural design firm in China and guest professor at Harvard University， won the 2017 Alvar Aalto Medal in Finland on September 12， one of the most internationally recognized architecture prizes.
Zhang was born in east China’s Anhui Province. He achieved his bachelor’s degree in architecture at Tsinghua University in 1993 and got two master’s degrees respectively at Tsinghua in 1996 and at the Harvard Graduate School of Design in 1998. In 2001， Zhang together with other three partners set up the studio ZAO/standardarchitecture in Beijing.
The 2017 Alvar Aalto medalist impressed the jury with his focus on sustainable architecture. Zhang uses historic references as means of preserving tradition. By combining landscape elements in his work， Zhang subtly blends his architecture into the surrounding terrain， creating harmonious relationships between landscape and architecture.
“Zhang prefers to use local building materials and techniques， while he favors recycling over demolishing，” the Alvar Aalto Foundation said.
Rural Students Returning
Yanzhao Evening News September 19
According to the Education Bureau of Funan County， east China’s Anhui Province， 8，275 rural students have come back from cities to local primary and middle schools in rural areas as the autumn term begins in September this year. So many students return because these schools have been improved in terms of teachers and facilities， said the local education authority. Therefore， students of rural families don’t need to go a long way to reach schools located in urban areas every day.
Students of primary and middle schools had to move to urban schools as many village schools were closed or merged due to declining enrollment rate several years ago. The growing demand among rural families for better education quality has also spurred the outfl ow of students. As a result， most rural schools are faced with shortages of both teachers and students.
Meanwhile， the influx of students into urban schools has brought a number of problems， such as schools becoming too crowded to ensure teaching quality and increasing the economic burden of rural families. More importantly， the outfl ow of children and their parents is affecting the sustainability of rural areas.
Thanks to the poverty alleviation efforts in recent years， the education in rural areas in Anhui Province has been greatly improved， with facilities enhanced and teachers’ salaries increased. The backflow of students in Funan demonstrates China’s progress in improving educational equality. Many other counties in Anhui have witnessed the same change that will benefi t rural population and development of rural areas.
Building Win-Win Industrial Parks
Oriental Outlook September 21
Building overseas industrial parks has become a new way for Chinese enterprises to go abroad， following a wave of cross-border mergers and acquisitions as well as opening factories in foreign markets.
In 2006， the Ministry of Commerce of China announced 50 projects concerning overseas economic cooperation zones， which encouraged Chinese companies to pursue foreign partners to build industrial parks， science and technology industrial parks and other forms of economic and trade cooperation zones.
The cooperation on building economic zones benefits both China and host nations. The direct Chinese investment can boost the local economic growth and create job opportunities as well as bring tax revenue.
As more and more countries participate in the Belt and Road Initiative， industrial parks have become an important way to carry out bilateral economic cooperation. Many countries along the Belt and Road have apparent advantages and market potential to build and operate industrial parks. Through cooperation with China， they can make use of the advantage in labor cost and Chinese investments to develop manufacturing and realize industrial upgrading.
According to statistics from the Ministry of Comm erce， Chinese companies have set up 77 cooperation zones in 36 countries， including 56 zones in countries along the Belt and Road， with investments totaling $18.55 billion and taxes paid worth $1.07 billion.
In addition to revenues， Chinese companies will share their experience in marketing and management with local business partners during the cooperation. It is foreseeable that overseas industrial parks will play an important role in promoting industrial development and economic growth in local countries in future.
Calling for Strict Protection
Guangming Daily September 19
Since September 15， Shiyan in central China’s Hubei Province， where the famous Taoist Wudang Mountains stand， has begun to enforce a tough regulation on the protection of a historical architectural complex in the mountains. Visitors who breach the regulation will be punished with a fi ne of up to 500，000 yuan （$75，856）.
The local government has taken a string of measures to protect the Wudang Mountains， which was inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List in 1994， such as forbidding cultivation， grazing animals， felling trees and so on. Recently， the local authorities toughened the restrictions， targeting not only visitors’ bad behavior， but also forbidding construction work within the protection zone. This is what historical architectural protection should be. Visitors must be prevented from carving， drawing or writing on cultural relics as well as damaging such cultural heritage in any way.
Because of the great value of history and culture， the Wudang Mountains have always been appealing for investment in tourism， business and real estate development. Without restrictions， development projects will surge and corrode the local environment. Over-development of the mountains and the historical architectural complex is detrimental to the famous cultural heritage.
In some places across China， however， historical sites have been damaged to make way for local economic development. According to the Third National Cultural Relics Survey， fi nished in 2011， of China’s 760，000 immoveable cultural relics， 17.8 percent were in dire condition， while 44，000 had vanished.
CHIEF SCIENTIST PASSES AWAY
Nan Rendong， chief scientist with the world’s largest radio telescope project， died of lung cancer on September 15 at the age of 72.
Nan graduated from Tsinghua University in 1968 and received his doctorate in physics at the Chinese Academy of Sciences （CAS） in 1987. He had been working as a researcher at the National Astronomical Observatories under the CAS since 1982. In 1994， Nan proposed building China’s huge radio telescope.
Nan’s proposal was put into practice when the 500-meter Aperture Spherical Telescope （FAST） project was approved for construction in southwest China’s Guizhou Province in 2007. The FAST came into use in 2016， providing scientists with the largest and most sensitive spherical telescope to explore the universe.
As the initiator and chief scientist of the FAST， Nan exerted his utmost efforts over the past 10 years to ensure the success of the project. He was diagnosed with lung cancer in September 2016.
“The Silk Road museums alliance offers a new platform for interconnectivity among Silk Road countries and promotes people-to-people exchanges and trade.”
Wang Bin， Chairman of the alliance and Curator of Tang West Market Museum in Xi’an， Shaanxi Province， at the Second Silk Road Business Summit in Xi’an on September 11
“Governments， international institutions and private companies shall look for a common solution to advance technology innovations for digital inclusive finance.”
Lucy Peng， Executive Chairwoman of Ant Financial， Alibaba Group， speaking at a meeting in regards to financing the 2030 Agenda at the UN headquarters in New York， September 18
“China’s quest for sustainable solutions not only creates opportunities for Novozymes but also is changing businesses all over the world， because the Chinese market is a large driving force of growth for many foreign companies.”
Peder Holk Nielsen， President and CEO of Novozymes， a Denmark-based biotech giant， in an interview with Xinhua News Agency in Beijing on September 18
“China has followed a rational， coordinated and balanced nuclear safety and security approach in developing nuclear energy.”
Tang Dengjie， Chairman of the China Atomic Energy Authority and Vice Minister of Industry and Information Technology， speaking at the International Atomic Energy Authority’s 61st General Conference in Vienna， Austria， on September 18
Zhang was born in east China’s Anhui Province. He achieved his bachelor’s degree in architecture at Tsinghua University in 1993 and got two master’s degrees respectively at Tsinghua in 1996 and at the Harvard Graduate School of Design in 1998. In 2001， Zhang together with other three partners set up the studio ZAO/standardarchitecture in Beijing.
The 2017 Alvar Aalto medalist impressed the jury with his focus on sustainable architecture. Zhang uses historic references as means of preserving tradition. By combining landscape elements in his work， Zhang subtly blends his architecture into the surrounding terrain， creating harmonious relationships between landscape and architecture.
“Zhang prefers to use local building materials and techniques， while he favors recycling over demolishing，” the Alvar Aalto Foundation said.
Rural Students Returning
Yanzhao Evening News September 19
According to the Education Bureau of Funan County， east China’s Anhui Province， 8，275 rural students have come back from cities to local primary and middle schools in rural areas as the autumn term begins in September this year. So many students return because these schools have been improved in terms of teachers and facilities， said the local education authority. Therefore， students of rural families don’t need to go a long way to reach schools located in urban areas every day.
Students of primary and middle schools had to move to urban schools as many village schools were closed or merged due to declining enrollment rate several years ago. The growing demand among rural families for better education quality has also spurred the outfl ow of students. As a result， most rural schools are faced with shortages of both teachers and students.
Meanwhile， the influx of students into urban schools has brought a number of problems， such as schools becoming too crowded to ensure teaching quality and increasing the economic burden of rural families. More importantly， the outfl ow of children and their parents is affecting the sustainability of rural areas.
Thanks to the poverty alleviation efforts in recent years， the education in rural areas in Anhui Province has been greatly improved， with facilities enhanced and teachers’ salaries increased. The backflow of students in Funan demonstrates China’s progress in improving educational equality. Many other counties in Anhui have witnessed the same change that will benefi t rural population and development of rural areas.
Building Win-Win Industrial Parks
Oriental Outlook September 21
Building overseas industrial parks has become a new way for Chinese enterprises to go abroad， following a wave of cross-border mergers and acquisitions as well as opening factories in foreign markets.
In 2006， the Ministry of Commerce of China announced 50 projects concerning overseas economic cooperation zones， which encouraged Chinese companies to pursue foreign partners to build industrial parks， science and technology industrial parks and other forms of economic and trade cooperation zones.
The cooperation on building economic zones benefits both China and host nations. The direct Chinese investment can boost the local economic growth and create job opportunities as well as bring tax revenue.
As more and more countries participate in the Belt and Road Initiative， industrial parks have become an important way to carry out bilateral economic cooperation. Many countries along the Belt and Road have apparent advantages and market potential to build and operate industrial parks. Through cooperation with China， they can make use of the advantage in labor cost and Chinese investments to develop manufacturing and realize industrial upgrading.
According to statistics from the Ministry of Comm erce， Chinese companies have set up 77 cooperation zones in 36 countries， including 56 zones in countries along the Belt and Road， with investments totaling $18.55 billion and taxes paid worth $1.07 billion.
In addition to revenues， Chinese companies will share their experience in marketing and management with local business partners during the cooperation. It is foreseeable that overseas industrial parks will play an important role in promoting industrial development and economic growth in local countries in future.
Calling for Strict Protection
Guangming Daily September 19
Since September 15， Shiyan in central China’s Hubei Province， where the famous Taoist Wudang Mountains stand， has begun to enforce a tough regulation on the protection of a historical architectural complex in the mountains. Visitors who breach the regulation will be punished with a fi ne of up to 500，000 yuan （$75，856）.
The local government has taken a string of measures to protect the Wudang Mountains， which was inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List in 1994， such as forbidding cultivation， grazing animals， felling trees and so on. Recently， the local authorities toughened the restrictions， targeting not only visitors’ bad behavior， but also forbidding construction work within the protection zone. This is what historical architectural protection should be. Visitors must be prevented from carving， drawing or writing on cultural relics as well as damaging such cultural heritage in any way.
Because of the great value of history and culture， the Wudang Mountains have always been appealing for investment in tourism， business and real estate development. Without restrictions， development projects will surge and corrode the local environment. Over-development of the mountains and the historical architectural complex is detrimental to the famous cultural heritage.
In some places across China， however， historical sites have been damaged to make way for local economic development. According to the Third National Cultural Relics Survey， fi nished in 2011， of China’s 760，000 immoveable cultural relics， 17.8 percent were in dire condition， while 44，000 had vanished.
CHIEF SCIENTIST PASSES AWAY
Nan Rendong， chief scientist with the world’s largest radio telescope project， died of lung cancer on September 15 at the age of 72.
Nan graduated from Tsinghua University in 1968 and received his doctorate in physics at the Chinese Academy of Sciences （CAS） in 1987. He had been working as a researcher at the National Astronomical Observatories under the CAS since 1982. In 1994， Nan proposed building China’s huge radio telescope.
Nan’s proposal was put into practice when the 500-meter Aperture Spherical Telescope （FAST） project was approved for construction in southwest China’s Guizhou Province in 2007. The FAST came into use in 2016， providing scientists with the largest and most sensitive spherical telescope to explore the universe.
As the initiator and chief scientist of the FAST， Nan exerted his utmost efforts over the past 10 years to ensure the success of the project. He was diagnosed with lung cancer in September 2016.
“The Silk Road museums alliance offers a new platform for interconnectivity among Silk Road countries and promotes people-to-people exchanges and trade.”
Wang Bin， Chairman of the alliance and Curator of Tang West Market Museum in Xi’an， Shaanxi Province， at the Second Silk Road Business Summit in Xi’an on September 11
“Governments， international institutions and private companies shall look for a common solution to advance technology innovations for digital inclusive finance.”
Lucy Peng， Executive Chairwoman of Ant Financial， Alibaba Group， speaking at a meeting in regards to financing the 2030 Agenda at the UN headquarters in New York， September 18
“China’s quest for sustainable solutions not only creates opportunities for Novozymes but also is changing businesses all over the world， because the Chinese market is a large driving force of growth for many foreign companies.”
Peder Holk Nielsen， President and CEO of Novozymes， a Denmark-based biotech giant， in an interview with Xinhua News Agency in Beijing on September 18
“China has followed a rational， coordinated and balanced nuclear safety and security approach in developing nuclear energy.”
Tang Dengjie， Chairman of the China Atomic Energy Authority and Vice Minister of Industry and Information Technology， speaking at the International Atomic Energy Authority’s 61st General Conference in Vienna， Austria， on September 18