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Former Vice Premier Qian Qichen， who was China’s foreign minister for a decade， died in Beijing on May 9 at the age of 90.
Qian was born in Tianjin in 1928. In 1942， he joined the Communist Party of China as a middle school student in Shanghai. After studying in the Soviet Union， he began his diplomatic career at China’s Embassy in Moscow in 1955. While serving as head of the Information Department of the Foreign Ministry， he proposed the establishment of a spokesperson system and acted as the ministry’s fi rst spokesman.
Qian was the first Chinese foreign minister to attend an ASEAN event， the 1991 ASEAN Foreign Ministers Meeting in Malaysia. He also played a key role in the Chinese Government’s resumption of the exercise of sovereignty over Hong Kong as director of the Preparatory Committee of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region.
More Respect for Technicians
Guangming Daily May 3
China has a shortage of 10 million senior technicians， according to the Report on the Development of Chinese Talents， published by the Social Sciences Academic Press earlier this year.
The lack of senior technicians is not new in China. The question is how come such a problem has persisted in spite of the continuous government efforts to address it.
First， demand for senior technical staff has been constantly on the rise during the transformation and upgrading of China’s manufacturing industry； second， few people are willing to be a technician， owing to the lack of recognition of， and respect for， the profession. Parents prefer their children to enroll at universities rather than undergo vocational education， regardless of the diffi culty college graduates have fi nding employment.
In addition to low social status， technical workers often have limited space for career development. A technician may spend his or her whole working life doing tedious labor in a factory and often working overtime. It’s no surprise then that college graduates would scramble for a white-collar job with a monthly salary of 3，000-4，000 yuan （$434-579）， while a technical job with a monthly salary of over 10，000 yuan （$1，448） has few applicants.
Therefore， to fundamentally solve the problem， a social atmosphere which values craftsmanship and respects technicians should be created. In addition to increasing technicians’ income， hurdles hampering their career development should be cleared to enable young people to have confi dence in the prospects of the profession. See a Doctor Abroad
Oriental Outlook May 11
An increasing number of Chinese patients are seeking medical treatment overseas， as new cases of cancer as well as the number of patients dying of the disease have soared in recent years. In 2015， 4.292 million new cases of cancer were recorded in China， and 2.814 million patients died of the disease， up 20 percent and 28.7 percent， respectively， compared to 2012.
Advanced medical treatment in developed countries such as the U.S. is one of the reasons that lure Chinese patients to go abroad. According to statistics from IMS Health， a U.S. company that provides information， services and technology for the healthcare industry， the fi ve-year survival rate of all cancer patients in China in 2015 was 36.9 percent， while in the U.S. it had reached 70 percent in 2012.
Also， new medicines for cancer treatment usually become available in developed countries several years before they gain approval in China. Another important reason is that patients are able to receive better services and care in the U.S.， Japan and European countries. Nevertheless， the high cost of overseas medical services makes it affordable to only a few Chinese. Moreover， those seeking treatment overseas should understand that foreign medical institutions cannot cure all diseases. They should also take caution in choosing intermediary institutions， hospitals and doctors.
Behind the rising number of patients pursuing medical services overseas is the improvement of people’s quality of life. The trend of cross-border medical service refl ects the allocation of medical resources globally. Such an allocation is not unidirectional， but bi-directional， as Chinese hospitals are also attracting patients from abroad.
Realizing a Deposit-Free Society
Guangzhou Daily May 4
Consumers are required to pay deposits on various occasions in China， such as when they are hospitalized or rent an apartment or a car. Deposits have added to consumers’ fi nancial burdens， and sometimes it’s diffi cult to get the money back owing to the stringent requirements of certain service providers.
For service companies， deposits paid by consumers can form a huge capital pool. Take the thriving bike-sharing services for example. In January， two bike-sharing service providers announced they each had over 10 million users. They can reap a huge profi t from the vast sum through investment or， simply， bank interest. Some deposits are reasonable， such as those for sharing bikes. They serve to compensate for possible losses of bike-sharing companies if the bikes are damaged or missing. However， some deposits are unfair， given that they simply transfer companies’ operational costs to consumers.
To realize a deposit-free society， a sound social credit system should be established. Zhima Credit， an online credit rating agency backed by e-commerce giant Alibaba， has made an attempt to exempt deposits for users with a credit rating above a certain level. In a hospital in Guangzhou， Guangdong Province， patients with a Zhima Credit rating above 650 points can pay for medical services， including registration， medicine and tests， after they leave the hospital. In addition to private companies， the government should also play a bigger role in building a social credit system.
SCIENTIST LEAVES TSINGHUA FOR PRINCETON
Yan Ning， a professor of biology at Tsinghua University， stirred up quite a fuss online when she announced she had accepted an offer to become a tenured professor at Princeton University in the United States. Some suspected her of leaving due to failing to secure funding from the National Natural Science Foundation of China. Yan dismissed such rumors on her microblog， saying that she took the decision because she was afraid of making no progress by remaining in the same institution for too long.
Born in 1977 in Laiwu， east China’s Shandong Province， Yan received her bachelor’s degree from the School of Life Sciences of Tsinghua University in 2000 and her doctor’s degree from the Department of Molecular Biology of Princeton University in 2004. She completed her postdoctoral studies at Princeton from 2004 until she returned to teach at Tsinghua in 2007.
“The national anthem is the symbol of our country’s voice and should be protected by law.”
Yu Hai， former head of the military band of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army， commenting on a proposed national anthem law， which will be submitted to the top legislature for an initial reading in June
“China is the most dynamic wine market， and its wines are gaining in prestige all the time.”
Baudouin Havaux， President of the Brussels World Wine Competition， one of the most important wine fairs in the world， at the closing of the 2017 edition of the event in the Spanish city of Valladolid on May 7. Beijing was announced as the host of the competition next year
“Asia is now poised to create a more integrated global order， the center of which is no longer in the Atlantic region， but in the Asian region.”
Rehman Sobhan， Chairman of Bangladesh’s leading think tank， the Center for Policy Dialogue， commenting on the Belt and Road Initiative on May 8
“There is no doubt that a more comprehensive and stringent auditing system will help standardize China’s overseas investment.”
Li Jin， chief researcher with the China Enterprise Research Institute， speaking about an improved system for auditing overseas investments by state-owned companies， which is to be introduced by Chinese authorities
Qian was born in Tianjin in 1928. In 1942， he joined the Communist Party of China as a middle school student in Shanghai. After studying in the Soviet Union， he began his diplomatic career at China’s Embassy in Moscow in 1955. While serving as head of the Information Department of the Foreign Ministry， he proposed the establishment of a spokesperson system and acted as the ministry’s fi rst spokesman.
Qian was the first Chinese foreign minister to attend an ASEAN event， the 1991 ASEAN Foreign Ministers Meeting in Malaysia. He also played a key role in the Chinese Government’s resumption of the exercise of sovereignty over Hong Kong as director of the Preparatory Committee of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region.
More Respect for Technicians
Guangming Daily May 3
China has a shortage of 10 million senior technicians， according to the Report on the Development of Chinese Talents， published by the Social Sciences Academic Press earlier this year.
The lack of senior technicians is not new in China. The question is how come such a problem has persisted in spite of the continuous government efforts to address it.
First， demand for senior technical staff has been constantly on the rise during the transformation and upgrading of China’s manufacturing industry； second， few people are willing to be a technician， owing to the lack of recognition of， and respect for， the profession. Parents prefer their children to enroll at universities rather than undergo vocational education， regardless of the diffi culty college graduates have fi nding employment.
In addition to low social status， technical workers often have limited space for career development. A technician may spend his or her whole working life doing tedious labor in a factory and often working overtime. It’s no surprise then that college graduates would scramble for a white-collar job with a monthly salary of 3，000-4，000 yuan （$434-579）， while a technical job with a monthly salary of over 10，000 yuan （$1，448） has few applicants.
Therefore， to fundamentally solve the problem， a social atmosphere which values craftsmanship and respects technicians should be created. In addition to increasing technicians’ income， hurdles hampering their career development should be cleared to enable young people to have confi dence in the prospects of the profession. See a Doctor Abroad
Oriental Outlook May 11
An increasing number of Chinese patients are seeking medical treatment overseas， as new cases of cancer as well as the number of patients dying of the disease have soared in recent years. In 2015， 4.292 million new cases of cancer were recorded in China， and 2.814 million patients died of the disease， up 20 percent and 28.7 percent， respectively， compared to 2012.
Advanced medical treatment in developed countries such as the U.S. is one of the reasons that lure Chinese patients to go abroad. According to statistics from IMS Health， a U.S. company that provides information， services and technology for the healthcare industry， the fi ve-year survival rate of all cancer patients in China in 2015 was 36.9 percent， while in the U.S. it had reached 70 percent in 2012.
Also， new medicines for cancer treatment usually become available in developed countries several years before they gain approval in China. Another important reason is that patients are able to receive better services and care in the U.S.， Japan and European countries. Nevertheless， the high cost of overseas medical services makes it affordable to only a few Chinese. Moreover， those seeking treatment overseas should understand that foreign medical institutions cannot cure all diseases. They should also take caution in choosing intermediary institutions， hospitals and doctors.
Behind the rising number of patients pursuing medical services overseas is the improvement of people’s quality of life. The trend of cross-border medical service refl ects the allocation of medical resources globally. Such an allocation is not unidirectional， but bi-directional， as Chinese hospitals are also attracting patients from abroad.
Realizing a Deposit-Free Society
Guangzhou Daily May 4
Consumers are required to pay deposits on various occasions in China， such as when they are hospitalized or rent an apartment or a car. Deposits have added to consumers’ fi nancial burdens， and sometimes it’s diffi cult to get the money back owing to the stringent requirements of certain service providers.
For service companies， deposits paid by consumers can form a huge capital pool. Take the thriving bike-sharing services for example. In January， two bike-sharing service providers announced they each had over 10 million users. They can reap a huge profi t from the vast sum through investment or， simply， bank interest. Some deposits are reasonable， such as those for sharing bikes. They serve to compensate for possible losses of bike-sharing companies if the bikes are damaged or missing. However， some deposits are unfair， given that they simply transfer companies’ operational costs to consumers.
To realize a deposit-free society， a sound social credit system should be established. Zhima Credit， an online credit rating agency backed by e-commerce giant Alibaba， has made an attempt to exempt deposits for users with a credit rating above a certain level. In a hospital in Guangzhou， Guangdong Province， patients with a Zhima Credit rating above 650 points can pay for medical services， including registration， medicine and tests， after they leave the hospital. In addition to private companies， the government should also play a bigger role in building a social credit system.
SCIENTIST LEAVES TSINGHUA FOR PRINCETON
Yan Ning， a professor of biology at Tsinghua University， stirred up quite a fuss online when she announced she had accepted an offer to become a tenured professor at Princeton University in the United States. Some suspected her of leaving due to failing to secure funding from the National Natural Science Foundation of China. Yan dismissed such rumors on her microblog， saying that she took the decision because she was afraid of making no progress by remaining in the same institution for too long.
Born in 1977 in Laiwu， east China’s Shandong Province， Yan received her bachelor’s degree from the School of Life Sciences of Tsinghua University in 2000 and her doctor’s degree from the Department of Molecular Biology of Princeton University in 2004. She completed her postdoctoral studies at Princeton from 2004 until she returned to teach at Tsinghua in 2007.
“The national anthem is the symbol of our country’s voice and should be protected by law.”
Yu Hai， former head of the military band of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army， commenting on a proposed national anthem law， which will be submitted to the top legislature for an initial reading in June
“China is the most dynamic wine market， and its wines are gaining in prestige all the time.”
Baudouin Havaux， President of the Brussels World Wine Competition， one of the most important wine fairs in the world， at the closing of the 2017 edition of the event in the Spanish city of Valladolid on May 7. Beijing was announced as the host of the competition next year
“Asia is now poised to create a more integrated global order， the center of which is no longer in the Atlantic region， but in the Asian region.”
Rehman Sobhan， Chairman of Bangladesh’s leading think tank， the Center for Policy Dialogue， commenting on the Belt and Road Initiative on May 8
“There is no doubt that a more comprehensive and stringent auditing system will help standardize China’s overseas investment.”
Li Jin， chief researcher with the China Enterprise Research Institute， speaking about an improved system for auditing overseas investments by state-owned companies， which is to be introduced by Chinese authorities