China can be a leader in creating concrete international commitments toward green finance at the G20 summit, given its active role in this area, according to Roger Gifford, chairman of the City of London's Green Finance Initiative.
Sixteen years ago, when 56-year-old Dutch tycoon Marcel Boekhoorn decided to acquire the Ouwehands Zoo, about 90 km from Amsterdam, to sustain his passion for wildlife, he had two dreams to fulfill.
Dutch people are always rolling their sleeves up and showing their energy, according to Pieter van de Stadt, mayor of Lansingerland, which is next to the Dutch port city of Rotterdam.
BYD of China, one of the world's leading electric vehicle manufacturers, will put its European bus manufacturing plant, now under construction in Hungary, into operation next year to meet the rising demand for zero-emission vehicles in Europe, its European head told China Daily.
The third-biggest investment destination for Chinese enterprises in the European Union, the Netherlands, offers both favorable policies and a good environment for boosting bilateral economic ties between the two countries, a senior Dutch official said.
Human resources services represent one of the world's fastest-growing industries, with a global market value of around 310 billion euros ($345 billion).
Lionel Levy and Roger Rassin, two executive chefs of Michelin-starred restaurants, are leading a gourmet tour in China with stops in Beijing, Shanghai and Shenzhen from Aug 5 to Sept 2.
Dainty chilled cucumber sandwiches and scones with lashings of jam and clotted cream. The soft chimes of cutlery on fine porcelain plates. Some chitchat about this and that; and of course the delightful enquiry "More tea?"
The highest hotel in Beijing got guests high at a party on Friday night - not by plying them with intoxicants, but by hosting the event on the helipad, which sits on top of the 330-meter China World Tower in which the hotel is located.
For centuries, they provided homes for most of Beijing's residents, but for decades the capital's hutong, the maze of narrow, interconnected alleys that crisscrossed the city were deemed outdated and shabby, so they were torn down to make way for highly profitable real estate development.
On a hot summer day, a group of school children gathered for a field trip at the entrance of Shijia Hutong in Beijing's Dongcheng district.
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