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KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 16 — China’s domestic tourism, in particular in Xi’an, saw a robust rebound over the just-ended Golden Week holiday.

According to data by the Xi’an Municipal People’s Government, during the Mid-Autumn Festival and National Day holiday this year, Xi’an received 14.7481 million tourists and recorded tourism revenue of 11.14 billion yuan. (100 yuan = RM61.829)

From a horizontal comparison of Chinese cities in terms of the number of tourists received, Xi’an ranked second out of the top 10 popular tourist destinations in China.

According to a statement, this year’s National Day holiday is the first Golden Week since China returned to normalcy with epidemic prevention and control.

The eight-day holiday initially drove people to travel, contributing to gradual recovery of the transportation sector, such as travel via airlines, railways and automobiles. Such strong travel demand led to a significant recovery in holiday tourism.

Due to the global epidemic, people mostly chose domestic tourist destinations, but still the recovery of China’s tourism market has sent a ‘positive signal’ to the world. To visit Xi’an has become a shared expectation of people from many other countries.

World renowned news agency Reuters has published a special issue to promote the image of Xi’an, presenting how ‘Ancient and Modern Collide’ in the spellbinding ancient capital from multiple angles.

Through 10 impressive articles, Reuters highlighted the capital’s history, culture, nature, sports, scholarship, music, gourmet, technology and urban development.

— BERNAMA

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 16 — The maiden online World Youth Congress of Jiangmen was held recently, with the main venue in Jiangmen, Guangdong and parallel sessions in the United States, Brazil, Costa Rica, Venezuela, Australia, Malaysia, and Macao SAR of China.

The event brings together people worldwide who share the same origin to meet online, attracted 350 overseas Chinese groups from 75 countries and regions, with over tens of thousands overseas guests and local folks watching online.

This includes relevant representatives and entrepreneurs in Jiangmen participating in online and offline interactions.

According to the Preparatory Committee of the 7th World Youth Congress of Jiangmen, in a statement, the event is divided into three parts, namely, Online Meeting, Online Business Opportunity and Online Dialogue.

At the event, Director of the Overseas Chinese Affairs Office of Guangdong, Pang Guomei said the online congress was an innovative attempt made in response to the new situation and conditions. 

She hoped the overseas Chinese would actively participate in this innovative form of exchange platform, seize these high-end opportunities, tap into the full potential and achieve new career development.

Since the establishment of the World Youth Congress of Jiangmen 12 years ago, the scale and influence of this biennial event have gradually increased, with each previous session attracting over 1,000 young elites from more than 30 countries or regions.

— BERNAMA

TOKYO, Oct 16 (Bernama-BUSINESS WIRE) — In the publication, entitled Resilient Global Value Chains (GVCs) for ASEAN and its Relationship with Partner Countries published by the ASEAN-Japan Centre (AJC) today, AJC proposed that each country and each company in ASEAN engaged in international production networks should examine its vulnerability of value chains to external risks in the respective industry with possible reference to the AJC’s risk calculation.

This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20201015006128/en/ There has been a series of calls at the international and regional levels for strengthening and rebuilding value chains since the outbreak of COVID-19. Although this is a natural consequence of efficient procurement, when their supply or distribution chains are concentrated in a few firms and a few countries, companies have always a legitimate concern as to whether they will continue to receive required materials and inputs from suppliers. Then, the question is where and at what stage the value chain is concentrated.

In response to this question, AJC calculated the degree of risks of value chains to external shocks and identified which industries tend to be more vulnerable to risks. Two types of risks — risks that affect the upstream part of GVCs (supplier market concentration) and those that affect the downstream part of GVCs (buyer market concentration) — are considered.

Looking at concentration by partner in the supplier market, China is by far the most important supplier to many industries in ASEAN. China occupies a market share that enhances its market power enough to cause a competitive concern in more than half of ASEAN Member States’ standardized 222 industries (129). Japan occupies 38 industries. With regards to the buyer market concentration, China does not figure as the main buyer in many industries (only 11 industries where its market concentration is influential). Japan occupies 24 industries.

Further, AJC proposed a set of five strategies to build resilient GVCs in ASEAN. They include:

• Utilization of pandemic-related policy measures and actions implemented by ASEAN Member States
• Improvement in risk management by the private sector
• Strong push for digital transformation by both public and private sectors
• Promoting new and crisis-resistant industries
• Reconsidering company strategies for international production: offshoring or reshoring

For effectively dealing with the COVID-19 crisis and its economic aftermath, it is important for policymakers to resist the temptation of quick-fix solutions or protectionism and to maintain an overall favorable business climate.

The publication is available for download on AJC website: https://www.asean.or.jp/en/centre-wide/resilient_gvcs/

View source version on businesswire.com: 
https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20201015006128/en/

Contact

Tomoko Miyauchi
Office of Secretary General, PR
ASEAN-Japan Centre
URL: https://www.asean.or.jp/en/
E-mail: toiawase_ga@asean.or.jp

Source : ASEAN-Japan Centre

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 13 (Bernama) — Mandarin Oriental, Kuala Lumpur invites local residents to experience a memorable staycation with three packages namely Weekend Staycation by M.O., Urban Resort Staycation and Suite Treat, valid until 29 December 2020.

The elegant rooms and suites offer sights of the PETRONAS Twin Towers or KLCC Park. Guests can luxuriate in bliss with leisure facilities located on Level 3 featuring an infinity-edged pool, Fitness Centre, tennis court, Mind & Body Studio, and the only Forbes-rated Spa in Malaysia. Gastronomes alike can choose to dine at the hotel’s award-winning restaurants such as Lai Po Heen and Mosaic.

For weekend getaway, opt for the Weekend Staycation by M.O.. from RM 415 onwards per night, and enjoy:
· 20% off Best Available Rates
· 20% savings on Food & Beverage spent and spa treatments

The Urban Resort Staycation package is priced from RM 618 per night, and entails:
· Complimentary upgrade to a Club room for two registered guests
· Daily breakfast, weekday deli lunch, afternoon tea and evening cocktails; dry cleaning and pressing up to five pieces per day; complimentary broadband and wireless internet access; and 20% savings for spa treatments at The Spa
· Dining credit of RM 88 in Lai Po Heen, Mosaic or AQUA with a minimum spend of RM 400
· Additional benefits available when guests log in to or join Fans of M.O.

Alternatively, the Suite Treat package starts from RM 1,600 per night, and includes:
· A complimentary connecting Deluxe room
· Early check-in at 10am, late check-out at 4pm
· Club guests enjoy daily breakfast, weekday deli lunch, afternoon tea and evening cocktails; dry cleaning and pressing up to five pieces per day; complimentary broadband and wireless internet access; and 20% savings for spa treatments at The Spa
· Complimentary high-speed internet access
· Additional benefits available when guests log in to or join Fans of M.O.

With the development of COVID-19 situation, the hotel has been verified by Lloyds Register and Malaysian Association of Hotels for implementation of additional stringent protocols to further safeguard the comfort, health and safety of guests and employees. These include:
· Enhanced health and safety training measures for all colleagues, who are equipped with additional ‘We Care’ health & hygiene protocols, such as the correct procedures for wearing PPE equipment, social distancing awareness and case notification protocols
· Increased regular disinfection across all hotel public areas, guestrooms, spa, wellness and dining facilities
· Guest room bedding and linens are washed daily at sufficiently high temperatures to ensure sterilization
· Appropriate physical distancing measures to ensure alignment with local requirements
· Increased use of anti-viral disinfection measures on frequently used elements such as door handles and lift buttons

Rates quoted are subject to 10% service charge. For reservations, please contact +60 (3) 2179 8818 or email mokul-reservations@mohg.com.

SOURCE: Mandarin Oriental, Kuala Lumpur

FOR MORE INFORMATION, PLEASE CONTACT:
Mandarin Oriental, Kuala Lumpur
Name: Shem Wei Bel
Director of Marketing Communications
Tel: +60(3) 2179 8660
Email: weibels@mohg.com / mandarinoriental.com/kualalumpur/

–BERNAMA

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 8 (Bernama) — China Ningxia is an unique place where has brilliant weather conditions to see the twinkling stars. Therefore, it also owns the name “ the hometown of the stars”.  No matter at The Helan Mountains, Shapotou desert, The Great Wall or even in the Great Yellow River Valley,  you will get the best places to see the starry sky. The whole sky is filled with thousands of twinkling stars as night comes. There, you can have an intimate touch with the stars.

The Helan Mountains, highly covered with forest located at a latitude of 38 ° N, is the good place to watch Altair Star and Vega Star. Altair Star can be seen clearly from afar while Vega Star looks so bright. The position of these two stars are opposite each other in the Milky Way, seeming to be the Tanabata legend as known many hundreds of years ago, and now still shining brightly in the galaxy.

Camping and relaxing at night under the starry sky of Shapotou desert, you can explore the dreaming life by sharing the food and hearty stories with friends, and enjoying the holiday with a blazing bonfire to relief all your fatigues.

Here in Ningxia, you could also enjoy watching the sunrise and sunset at the daytime, seeing the moon and stars at the night, staying away from the hustle and bustle of the city, letting go the stresses of work and life, merging with nature, relaxing, immersing yourself into the vast starry sky, and embracing serenity and comfort which nature has given us. There is no hustle and bustle of the city here, only beautiful stars accompanying you to your dream world.

When the last glow of light disappears in the low mountains, the sky and the river are filled with dark blue while the stars twinkle. At the Huangsha Ancient Ferry, you can enjoy the sunrise from the desert, the sunset on the Yellow River, and the most beautiful starry sky. There is a faint camel bell sounding here, as if telling the story of a historic and lonely fort.

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