A young Kazakh singer has become phenomenally popular in China this year, leading Chinese audiences to learn more about the largest landlocked country in the world. The musical envoy is Dimash Kudaibergen. In January, he performed in Singer, a talent show made by Hunan TV, and his beautiful voice quickly gained more than 3 million Chinese fans. In fact, his links with China began in 2015, when Dimash, as he is known, sang for President Xi Jinping during the Chinese leader's state visit to Kazakhstan. Now Dimash is so well-known in China that he even has a nickname, "Hasakesitanxiaogege", which translates as "Little Kazakh brother". His popularity was partly responsible for a surge in the number of Chinese following the Sina Weibo account of Kazinform News Agency, a major Kazakh news portal. The numbers soared by 5,000 in just three months. While Chinese people are not unfamiliar with their northwestern neighbor, Kazakhstan isn't as well - known as many larger countries. Xi's 2015 speech boosted interest in visiting Kazakhstan, and the first Chinese tour groups began heading to the country in August. More Kazakhs are showing an interest in China as well. As the first Chinese TV show to be broadcast in the Central Asian country, Singer has also strengthened links between the two countries. Born in Aktobe city, Dimash is already famous in Russian-speaking countries, such as former members of the USSR, and his growing popularity in China has made his Kazakh fans even prouder. According to a Kazinform report, many fans have visited the Kazakhstan National Academy of Arts, where Dimash studies. The academy set up a large LED TV in the open air, so people could watch Singer. On the streets of Aktobe, huge photos of the 23-year-old celebrity hang on the walls of many buildings. They all bear the slogan, "Support from the motherland", written in Kazakh. Mira Nazbekova, who works for a local energy company, said the Chinese TV show has helped more young Kazakhs to improve their knowledge of China. However, many local people have been learning about the Chinese language and culture for many years as a result of the strong ties between the two counties. There are four Confucius Institutes across Kazakhstan, according to the website of the Office of the Chinese Language Council International. "More Kazakhs, especially young people, are choosing to learn Chinese as a foreign language in school and university," Nazbekova said. wristband designrubber bracelets custom cheapjordan wristband rubberrubber bracelet maker
A Guangzhou-based think tank suggests establishing an administrative committee led by the central government and joined by the three local governments for the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area development.The unique situation in the bay area, which includes two political systems, and three different legal currency and customs systems, calls for the central government to fill an important role in the region's development, said Chen Guanghan, deputy dean of the Institute of Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao Development Studies of Sun Yat-sen University.A cooperative mechanism among the government, the corporate sector and the society is necessary, with the relationship of the government and the market in synergizing regional development to be properly addressed, Chen said. In support, he cited a development report on the bay area issued by his institute on Monday.The role of the market in distributing regional resources should be supported, with the free flow of productive factors in the region and rational industrial division to be promoted, he said.Due to differences in the systems in Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao with a coordinating procedure yet to be fully developed, further coordination and cooperation have met impediments.The adjustment in the administrative procedure has become an urgent issue, which means employing multigovernance instead of merely making decisions on individual issues, said Liu Yungang, a professor at Sun Yat-sen University's School of Geography and Planning.He suggested such a multigovernance body to be located in the Nansha Area of Guangdong Pilot Free Trade Zone, which lies at the center of the bay area.Consisting of nine cities in the Pearl River Delta in Guangdong province, Hong Kong and Macao, it is the world's fourth major bay area following those around New York, San Francisco and Tokyo, with the highest per capita GDP among three Chinese city clusters. The plan for the bay area is expected to be issued later this year.Chen's institute also suggests an international business environment be built in the bay area, with greater and mutually benefiting infrastructure connectivity, higher innovation capacity, a more diversified and synergized industrial system, and quality living space.The institute also issued a sustainable development index for the cities in the bay area and a case study report on Hong Kong and Macao youths' entrepreneurial efforts on the Chinese mainland.Compared with their predecessors, the Hong Kong and Macao youths who have started their business on the Chinese mainland hold higher academic backgrounds, are engaged in sectors with higher technology and provide products and services with higher added value, said Zhang Guangnan, assistant dean of the institute.They have been attracted by the world manufacturers and world market advantage of the Chinese mainland and bank on their international networks.On their challenges, Zhang said the policy support from the local governments should be better communicated and more tailor-made to facilitate entrepreneurship of Hong Kong and Macao youths on the mainland.?
