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"It is important to decouple economic growth from environmental impact by focusing on energy efficiency and renewable energy."
Maxine Ghavi, group senior vice-president and program director for microgrids at ABB Ltd, the Swiss power and automation technologies company, after an announcement that Solar Impulse's solar-powered planes plans to enter the Chinese market.
"Innovation is necessary when it comes to supervising and monitoring the online market."
Zhang Mao, head of the State Administration for Industry and Commerce, after the administration announced it will advance the drafting of China's e-commerce law to tackle the profligacy of fake goods.
"We are not associated with home decoration and real estate businesses. Some companies have been using Xiaomi's development model to tap these sectors."
Lei Jun
, founder and chairman of Xiaomi, in announcing on March 5 that the company would continue to focus on growing its core businesses and ruled out plans to diversify into other sectors.
(China Daily European Weekly 03/13/2015 page18)
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