Day: October 17, 2021

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130th Canton Fair: China to continue opening-up, sharing opportunities with the world

GUANGZHOU, China, Oct. 16, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — On October 14, Chinese President Xi Jinping sent a congratulatory letter to the 130th Canton Fair.

In his letter, Xi noted that the Fair made significant contributions to facilitating international trade, internal-external exchanges, and economic development since its founding in 1957.

Facing global changes and a pandemic both unseen in a century, the world economy and trade are undergoing profound transformations. The Canton Fair, therefore, should help foster China’s new development paradigm, innovate its mechanism, create more business models, and expand its role to become a vital platform for the country’s opening-up on all fronts, Xi said.

This platform should also help advance the high-quality development of global trade and facilitate the “dual circulation” of domestic and overseas markets. China is willing to join hands with all other nations and practice real multilateralism to build a world economy featuring high-level openness, Xi said.

Chinese Premier Li Keqiang delivered a speech at the opening ceremony of the 130th Canton Fair and the Pearl River International Trade Forum in China’s southern city of Guangzhou. He said China’s development is propelled by opening-up and reform, and the country will share its development opportunities with the world to achieve better development.

130th Canton Fair: China to continue opening-up, sharing opportunities with the world

Peruvian President Pedro Castillo, Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, Malaysian Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob, Cote d’Ivoire Prime Minister Patrick Achi and Secretary-General of the UN Conference on Trade and Development Rebeca Grynspan attended the ceremony via video link.

Premier Li said the history of the Canton Fair is a history of China’s opening-up and integration into the world economy, and also a history of enterprises from all over the world sharing China’s development opportunities and achieving mutual benefit and win-win results.

Foreign leaders spoke highly of the Canton Fair’s role in promoting international trade and facilitating the global economic recovery in the post-pandemic era. They expressed their confidence in China’s economic development prospects and said that they will encourage companies from their countries to expand cooperation in China to better share China’s development opportunities.

After the opening ceremony, Premier Li inspected some domestic and foreign exhibition halls and listened to their briefings on businesses. In the end of the inspection, Premier Li said he hopes the Fair can scale new heights in advancing win-win cooperation and sustainable development.

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Worldwide coronavirus cases cross 240.44 million

London, More than 240.44 million people have been reported to be infected by the novel coronavirus globally and 5,102,799 million people have died, according to a Reuters tally on Sunday.

Infections have been reported in more than 210 countries and territories since the first cases were identified in December 2019.

Source: Saudi Press Agency

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OIC Condemns Houthi Failed Attempt to Target Civilians with Two Bomb-Laden Drones

Jeddah, Secretary General of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Dr. Yousef bin Ahmed Al-Othaimeen has strongly condemned the terrorist Houthi militia’s failed attempt to target civilians and civilian objects in the Southern Region of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia with two bomb-laden drones. He also praised the Saudi Air Defense’s efficiency and capabilities in intercepting and destroying the drones before reaching their targets.

The Secretary General reiterated the call on the international community to take firm positions to halt the cowardly threats with ballistic missiles and drones used by the Houthi militia to target civilians. He also stressed the OIC’s firm position that considers the Houthi militia’s practices a blatant challenge to international humanitarian law and war crimes.

Dr. Al-Othaimeen stressed the OIC’s support for all measures that the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia takes to confront the practices of the terrorist Houthi militia, and to preserve its security, stability and the safety of its citizens and residents.

Source: Saudi Press Agency

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IDB Group Participates in Fight Against Poverty

Jeddah, A recent report published by the Islamic Development Bank (IDB) Group disclosed at its annual meeting held in August 2021 in Uzbekistan that its Islamic Solidarity Fund for Development (ISFD) has succeeded in achieving good results in combating poverty in the Bank’s Member States.

The report aimed to outline the effectiveness of the efforts being made by the Bank through its specialized arm, ISFD in the fight against poverty.

The report showed that about 74 million people have benefited from the health projects that have been implemented by ISFD from 2007 to 2020, along with the construction of 2,906 schools while the number of beneficiaries of its food security projects reached 105452 people.

The Fund also provided 2,813,000 jobs and empowered or supported 34,000 women and girls, supported 51,400 male and female students, trained 4,650 teachers and built or maintained 769 schools.

The Fund’s mission is to reduce poverty in member countries, especially the least developed countries, with a focus on comprehensive human development that is concerned with issues of education, women, youth, community development and health.

The Fund was established in 2007 with a capital of $10 billion of which US$1 billion provided by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. About 30% of the Fund’s resources were directed to agriculture to provide job opportunities and improve the lives of farmers, and 23% to education to rehabilitate human cadres and return students who have dropped out of education to their schools again since education is one of the main pillars of the fight against poverty.

Also, about 18% of the Fund’s resources has been directed to improving people’s living conditions.

Moreover, the Fund supported water, sanitation and urban services and allocated US$653.2 million to combat poverty in least developed countries.

On the occasion of the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty which falls today, Sunday, it is indicated that most of the Group’s activities are aimed at combating poverty and promoting economic and social progress in its member states.

Source: Saudi Press Agency

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Saudi Arabia Allows Fans Attendance in Stadiums and Sports Facilities at Full Capacity from Today, Sunday

Riyadh, The Ministry of Sports announced that sports fans will be allowed to attend in all sports stadiums and facilities at full capacity in various sports competitions from today, Sunday.

The Ministry said that the entry of fans to stadiums and sports facilities will be limited to people who have completed obtaining (two doses) of the coronavirus vaccine approved by the Saudi Ministry of Health, with the exception of those who are not included and excluded, according to the status shown of their “Tawakkalna” app and in accordance with the requirements issued by the concerned authorities.

It also underscored the need to adhere to all applicable precautionary measures and to wear a mask inside the facility.

The Ministry explained that this decision will be subject to periodic review according to what it receives from the competent authorities, and based on local and international developments related to the coronavirus pandemic.

Source: Saudi Press Agency