BEIJING -- Macao will be given more support to participate in the Belt and Road (B&R) construction, according to an arrangement signed between China's top economic planner and Macao Special Administrative Region (SAR) on Thursday.The arrangement on supporting Macao's full participation in the Belt and Road construction, signed between the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) and the Macao SAR government, focuses on cooperation in financial, economic and trade sectors as well as promoting development of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area.Under the arrangement, Macao will be encouraged to provide financing services for the Belt and Road construction, build itself into a financial service platform for commercial and trade cooperation between China and Portuguese-speaking countries, and promoting the internationalization of the renminbi.Macao will also be encouraged to develop into an important transport hub and trade logistics center for the 21st Century Maritime Silk Road, according to the arrangement.It also called for more effort to align the B&R with plans to build Macao into a global center for tourism and leisure, as well as a China-Portugal business cooperation platform.A joint conference system has been set up for the implementation of the arrangement. The first joint conference was held Thursday after the arrangement signing ceremony. personalized rubber braceletsrubber band braceletscystic fibrosis rubber braceletscolored rubber bands for braceletscustom wristbands
The Tianlian II-01 satellite is launched by a Long March 3B carrier rocket at the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in Southwest China's Sichuan province, on March 31, 2019. [Photo/Xinhua] China launched the first of its new-generation data relay satellites on Sunday night as part of the preparatory work for the nation's next manned space missions. The Tianlian II-01 was lifted off at 11:51 pm atop a Long March 3B carrier rocket at the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in Sichuan province and later was placed on a geostationary transfer orbit, according to a statement from the China Academy of Space Technology that developed and built the satellite. The spacecraft is the first in China's second generation of data relay satellite, the academy said, adding its entry into service will substantially improve the country's space-based data relay capability. Next, researchers will start designing the Tianlian II-02 and Tianlian II-03 that will join the Tianlian II-01 to form a network, according to the statement. With a DFH-4 framework, Tianlian II-01 is mainly tasked with relaying data for the country's piloted spaceships, space labs, low- and mid-orbiting satellites as well as its future space station. It will also be used to track and monitor these spacecraft. China's first-generation data relay satellite network, the Tianlian I system, now has four satellites. The first of them was launched at the Xichang center in April 2008. They have serviced several important space activities such as the rendezvous and dockings between the Tiangong I space lab and Shenzhou spaceships. rainbow silicone wristbands24-hour-wristbands80s rubber braceletsrubber wristbands ebayrubber message bracelets<%2fcenter>
