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• GLOBALink | China's private entrepreneurs confident in achieving high-quality development

  Confidence of China's private entrepreneurs in pursuing high-quality development is picking up.

  The optimism did not come out of nowhere.

  China's private sector has posted a highly-anticipated recovery. Despite weak global growth, foreign trade of China's private firms jumped 14.4 percent from a year earlier in the first quarter, accounting for 52.4 percent of the country's total.

  New orders from home and abroad have kept many plants very busy.

  Chinese companies in the private sector are also contributing to the country's high-quality development by working on green technologies.

  While private enterprises are striving to thrive, the business environment for them is also improving, with a slew of conducive measures and promises made by governments from different levels.

  In Nanjing, capital of Jiangsu Province, the government is working to simplify administrative procedures.

  In Zouping City, Shandong Province, the local government has made continuous efforts to encourage private enterprises to invest in energy-saving transformation, smart automation, and digital technology.

  China registered a better-than-expected 4.5 percent growth in the first quarter of this year.

  The revival of private companies and the improvement of private entrepreneurs' sentiment are crucial for the country's further growth as the private sector has been a key pillar sustaining China's economic expansion.

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• GLOBALink | Defunct mine turns into eco-friendly park in China's Tianjin

  Following the UK's Eden concept, north China's Tianjin has transformed a defunct mine from a pit to paradise.

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• GLOBALink | Giant pandas enjoy colorful life with their "human family" in Hong Kong

  Two giant pandas, Lele and Yingying, have been living in China's Hong Kong for nearly 16 years. Find out what it's like to be a caregiver for the pandas.

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• Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili meets Permanent Representatives of various countries to the UN

  Today, Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili met with the Permanent Representatives of various countries to the UN.

  In the meeting at the Government Administration, the dynamic of cooperation between the countries was reviewed. The importance of cementing cooperation based on common interests was underlined.

  The Prime Minister pointed out that the development of global partnership is one of the Georgian Government’s key priorities.

  The conversation touched on Georgia’s progress toward implementing effective reforms. Commitment to sharing successful and internationally recognized Georgian reforms across a variety of areas was also expressed.

  Georgia has been hosting the permanent representatives of various countries to the UN for years. The goal of Ambassadors’ visits is to share information about the country’s development, economic opportunities, and implemented reforms.

  The meeting was attended by Permanent Representative of the Republic of Benin to the UN Marc Hermanne Gninadoou Araba, Permanent Representative of the Comoros to the UN Issimail Chanfi, Permanent Representative of the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the UN Georges Nzongola-Ntalaja, Permanent Representative of the Dominican Republic to the UN Jose Alfonso Blanco Conde, Permanent Representative of Saint Lucia to the UN Menissa Marcelle Rambally, Georgian Foreign Minister Ilia Darchiashvili, and Permanent Representative of Georgia to the UN Davit Bakradze.

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• GLOBALink | Undersea road tunnel opens to traffic in China's Dalian

   An undersea road tunnel opened to traffic on Monday in Dalian, a coastal city in northeast China's Liaoning Province.

     The tunnel, accommodating a two-way six-lane urban expressway beneath Dalian Bay, is the first immersed tube undersea tunnel in north China, said Sun Zhu, deputy chief engineer of Dalian Bay Undersea Tunnel Co., Ltd., which is in charge of building and operating the tunnel.

     The designed traffic speed in the 5.1-km tunnel is 60 km per hour, said Sun. Construction of the tunnel took some four years.

     The road connecting the tunnel went operational on Monday, linking the northern and southern coasts of Dalian Bay, helping to alleviate traffic congestion and expand the space for urban development in Dalian.

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