With latest exchanges, two sides look for ways to strengthen regional peaceThe Chinese and Vietnamese militaries will enhance exchanges and cooperation in various fields and jointly safeguard peace and security in the border area, senior officials said on Monday.General Wei Fenghe, State councilor and minister of national defense, met with his Vietnamese counterpart, General Ngo Xuan Lich, on Monday in Longzhou county in southern China's Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region for the fifth China-Vietnam high-level border exchanges between the two militaries. The meeting runs until Wednesday.During their meeting on Monday afternoon, Wei said the China-Vietnam comprehensive strategic partnership has maintained steady and positive growth thanks to the leadership of President Xi Jinping and Vietnamese President Nguyen Phu Trong.This year marks the 10th anniversary of the strategic partnership. The two militaries have held high-level border exchanges for five consecutive years.The Chinese side is willing to work with Vietnam to inherit and carry forward the traditional friendship with Vietnam, strengthen unity and jointly tackle challenges, Wei said. This includes enhancing cooperation across various fields, as well as coordination on regional and international issues.Wei said both sides should uphold the important consensus reached by the national leaders, deepen border-related cooperation and exchanges, improve joint border management mechanisms, strengthen dialogues between agencies on border matters and safeguard peace and prosperity in the border area.Lich said the Vietnamese side highly values the traditional friendship between the two nations and militaries, and is willing to work with China to fulfill the consensus reached by national leaders, further enhancing mutual political trust.The Vietnamese military will expand practical cooperation and friendly exchanges with its Chinese counterpart, and inject new vigor into developing bilateral ties, Lich said. It will also jointly safeguard regional peace and security with China, and contribute to the sustainable development of both nations.On Monday, delegations from both sides observed a joint border patrol exercise on the Chinese side of the border. They also visited a Chinese border regiment, a middle-school and the Ho Chi Minh heritage site and museum in Longzhou. On Tuesday, both delegations will travel to Cao Bang on the Vietnamese side of the border for more joint exercise demonstrations and exchanges.Pan Jin'e, a Vietnamese studies researcher at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, said military-to-military relations is one of the key pillars of China-Vietnamese bilateral ties.Both sides have had a lot of practical cooperation in border areas in recent years, including minesweeping, counterterrorism and cracking down on drug trafficking, she said. In late October, the border region in the Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region officially became mine-free, she said.These efforts will improve regional security, as well as interconnectivity and people-to-people relations in border areas, she said. It is in the interests of both countries to cooperate in border security. custom wristbandsfuck cancer braceletwristbands for eventscolor-filled-wristbandrubber band braceletsprinted-wristbanddebossed-wristband
One of China's busiest high-speed train stations has partnered with four car-sharing companies to help people get home during the Spring Festival travel rush.Tens of millions of Chinese began hitting the road on Thursday to return home ahead of Chinese Lunar New Year, which this year falls on Feb 16, marking the start of the annual 40-day travel peak.In preparation for the mass migration, Guangzhou South Railway Station introduced a program to encourage more passengers to complete their journey in shared cars, which, like shared bikes, can be used after simply scanning a QR code with an app.The station, which handles most high-speed rail services arriving to and departing from the southern metropolis, has allocated space in its three parking lots for vehicles from Beijing Automotive Group, Shanghai Automotive Industry Corp, Guangzhou Transportation Group and Guangzhou Weiba Passenger Transport Co Ltd. Most are electric-powered models.Computer programmer Pan Jiangpeng, 27, and his girlfriend stepped off the bullet train from Shenzhen on Saturday to start the last leg of their journey home, about 40 kilometers away.Instead of squeezing into a packed subway car, the couple headed straight to a garage on the station's ground floor, where 51 brandnew e-cars were parked.It would cost us more than 100 yuan ($15) if we took a taxi home, but a shared car is cheaper and more convenient, Pan said as he scanned a QR code on one of the cars. It unlocked a moment later with a quiet click.With several companies fighting for a share of this nascent market, heavy discounts are being offered to new users. Pan said he expected his ride home to end up costing just 20 yuan.The four companies will keep a minimum of 300 cars at the station during the travel rush, according to information from the station's management office. Depending on the app and model of vehicle, users are required to pay a deposit of 1,000 to 4,000 yuan, and then 0.5 to 1.2 yuan a minute or 183 to 435 yuan a day.More than 5.4 million journeys are expected to be made by train to and from Guangzhou, the capital of Guangdong province, during the travel rush. Meanwhile, an estimated 65 percent of rail passengers arriving or departing Guangzhou South Railway Station will use the city's subway network.Since Thursday, when the program was launched, the station's shared cars have been used an average 500 times a day, according to the China Railway Guangzhou Group. Chen Guisheng, a senior official with the group, said in addition to scanning the QR code on arrival, passengers also can book a car before they arrive.Passengers tend to get worried if delays happen, but with the car-sharing service they can leave for home even after the public transportation stops running, he said, adding that some 700 parking lots are spread across the city for users to return the shared cars.Chen said first-time users need to scan the QR code to download an app, submit ID card information, pay a deposit and get faces scanned before unlocking a car - a process he say could be completed in a couple of minutes. Users also can finish the registration via the station's WeChat account, he said.The station has the infrastructure to support the initiative. The three parking lots have more than 1,100 parking spaces and 100 charging facilities, Chen said.??
