A birdview of Qingdao's landmark May Fourth Square, and Qingdao Olympic Sailing Center nearby, April 16. [Photo/Xinhua] Qingdao Olympic Sailing Center, one of the 2008 Beijing Olympic arenas, is being reconstructed as the venue for an eco-friendly Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit, which will be held in June. The preparations for the summit are now in place, according to Zhang Jiangting, secretary of Qingdao city, on May 7. Eco-friendly materials are being used as movable and dismountable decorations that can be reused in the venue. The city roads, underground pipelines, water, electricity and heating facilities are under renovation for the summit as well as for long term use. To cut down on costs, the summit will rent cars instead of purchasing them and will not invite celebrities to perform there, Zhang said. The total trade volume between Qingdao and SCO countries reached 39 billion 20 million yuan in 2017, accounting for 6.4 percent of the city's trade volume and 26 percent of the trade volume between Shandong province and SCO countries, owing to convenient transportation. create your own silicone wristband1 inch silicone wristbandsembossed-printed-wristbandbest friend rubber braceletspurple silicone bracelets
Hong Kong - The Immigration Department of China's Hong Kong Special Administrative Region government said on Thursday that Hong Kong has started replacing identity cards with smart ID cards in phases.The Immigration Department has installed a new version of the automated immigration clearance system, known as new e-channels, at Hong Kong West Kowloon Station and Hong Kong Port of Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge to help Hong Kong residents holding new ID cards to pass through turnstiles.The transition period to new ID cards will be in the next four years. Holders of existing ID cards will be invited to nine Smart Identity Card Replacement Centers, in accordance with their year of birth, to have their cards replaced in phases. The first public round of replacement will begin on Jan. 21 next year for Hong Kong residents born in 1985 and 1986.According to the Immigration Department, more than 100 e-channels have been installed at West Kowloon Station and Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge. Equipped with new non-touch sensors, those e-channels cut the average speed of passage from 12 seconds per person down to eight wristband-homeembossed-wristbandsilicone-wristbandsrubber wristbandssilicone wristbands australia<%2fcenter>
