Guangzhou city government, Guangzhou University and The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology sign an agreement to jointly construct and operate a new university in Guangzhou, Guangdong's provincial capital, on Friday. [Photo by Zheng Caixiong for chinadaily.com.cn] New HKUST to be established in GuangzhouGuangzhou city government, Guangzhou University and The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology signed an agreement to jointly construct and operate a new university in Guangzhou, Guangdong's provincial capital, on Friday. According to the agreement, the Guangzhou city government will provide an area covering 1.13 square kilometers for construction of HKUST (Guangzhou) in the city's Nansha district, located at the mouth of the Pearl River. The three parties also vowed to build the new HKUST (Guangzhou) into a top university in the world and try to nurture more talents for sustainable economic growth of the Bay area. The new university will be completed and begin to enroll students as soon as possible, said the agreement. Meanwhile the new university will help further expand exchanges and cooperation in education, science and technology between Guangzhou and Hong Kong Special Administrative Region in the following years. The agreement was signed by Wen Guohui, mayor of Guangzhou, Wei Minghai, president of Guangzhou University, and Wei Shyy, president of HKUST. custom silicone braceletscustom charm bracelets24 hour wristbandscute rubber band braceletsevent wristbands
Ahsan Iqbal speaks to media outside the accountability court in Islamabad, Pakistan October 2, 2017. [Photo/Agencies] ISLAMABAD - Pakistan's Minister for Planning, Development and Reforms Ahsan Iqbal said on Sunday that the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) has turned the strong political relations of Pakistan and China into deep-rooted economic ties. Talking to the state-run Radio Pakistan in Lahore, Ahsan Iqbal said that under the CPEC, as many as nine industrial zones will be established across the country within the next two to three years, which will generate massive employment opportunities. The Pakistani minister said that coal-powered energy projects with total power generation capacity of 1,320MW electricity have already been completed at Sahiwal in Punjab and at Port Qasim in southeastern port city of Karachi. He further stated that 300MW solar power project has also been made operational in Bahawalpur in southern Punjab under the CPEC. The planning minister pointed out that the incumbent government is tapping the Thar coal reserves, which could be the major source of electricity supply for the South Asian country for the next four hundred years. The planning and development minister informed that the road network between southern cities of Quetta and Gwadar has been renovated which has shortened the traveling time between the two cities to only eight hours. He mentioned that the reconstruction of Karakoram Highway and the extension project of Havelian-Thakot Motorway, Multan-Sukkur Motorway, and Hakla-Dera Ismail Khan Motorway will be completed by the end of the ongoing year. The work on the Karachi, Peshawar, and Quetta Circular Railway Projects has also been commenced under the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor, he concluded. custom braceletscustomized rubber braceletsrubber band bracelet bandscustom womens braceletssilicone allergy bracelet<%2fcenter>
