China’s Changan     1    (sign) a deal last week with the Thai authorities to build a vehicle-producing plant in the Southeast Asian country, as     2     state-owned carmaker speeds up efforts to explore overseas markets,     3    (especial) those involved in the Belt and Road Initiative.

The Chongqing-based carmaker said it will invest 8.8 billion baht (around $240 million) in the production facility, initially     4    (design) to produce 100,000 new energy vehicles a year.

The NEVs to be produced in its Thai plant     5     (sell) in the country and exported to other     6     (market) such as Australia, New Zealand and South Africa.

Changan is joining the ranks of other major Chinese carmakers including SAIC, Great Wall Motor as well as BYD,     7    have release d plant plans or are already producing vehicles     8     Southeast Asia.

Their local production can boost the local automotive industry and will allow those Chinese carmakers     9    (become) more competitive in the market, said Yahaya Ahmad, technical leader of the ASEAN New Car Assessment Program.

Ahmad said the     10     (popular) of Chinese branded vehicles is growing thanks to their improved quality.

“I would expect Chinese carmakers to be competitive…they can compete in terms of the safety, in terms of the cost, in terms of the quality,” he said.

“China is a huge sandbox, and you can experiment with new technologies,” said Jo Purdy, an Australian, Founder and Head of Content at Digital Disconnect, during an interview    1     Chongqing on September 30.

Purdy has been engaged in blockchain and finance in China for around eight years. He thinks that China is more willing    2    (experiment) with new technologies.

Purdy said China is leading the world in central bank digital currency (货币) (CBDC), also    3    (call) e-CNY or digital yuan. It    4    (offer) both convenience, security, and the old banking system’s regulated, reserved-backed money circulation.

At the beginning of this year, the People’s Bank of China    5    (announce) that 11 cities, including Chongqing, have been approved for the third batch (批) of pilot areas for digital yuan. A group of foreign people in Chongqing from Singapore, Malaysia, and other    6    (country) were also invited to open the digital renminbi wallets under the China-Singapore (Chongqing) Demonstration Initiative on Strategic Connectivity (CI) recently.

“The digital RMB is a world-class technology, and it will be    7    huge part of Chinese financial policy forward,” said Purdy. Over the past several years, China has been    8    (steady) making progress toward digital RMB,    9    has been applied to online shopping platforms and    10    (tradition) supermarkets, benefiting individuals and society.

Located in the Nujiang River Valley at an altitude of 1,000 metres, the Xinzhai village has an annual average temperature of 25 degree centigrade and slightly acid soil, which make it     1     ideal place for growing high-quality coffee plants. As one of the     2     (early) places to produce coffee plants in China, the Xinzhai village began to plant coffee trees in 1952,     3     the Chinese people were not used to drinking coffee. Consequently, the villagers ended up     4     (grow) rice and corn instead. In the 1980s, when international brands     5     (introduce) to China, the villagers began to cultivate coffee plants again. Since 2007, the Xinzhai village has been upgrading their coffee industry, selecting high-quality coffee plants to produce high-quality coffee professionally and cultivating     6     (they) own coffee brand. Today, the coffee growing area is 9 million square metres,     7     an annual output value of more than 100 million yuan. The “Baoshan Arabica coffee”     8     (produce) here has won many international awards and is sold all over the world. In addition, the Xinzhai village has also been developing local tourism. When visiting here, you can pluck coffee beans, learn how to properly brew coffee from baristas, and taste the     9     (fresh) ground (磨碎的) high-quality coffee. Every year, about 120,000     10     (tourist) are attracted here, which further boosts the local economy.

Nearly 80% of post-00s generations prefer to buy domestic brands because of various reasons. “Most of us choose domestic products owing to the fact     1     they are cost-effective and high in quality.”, “Stuff made in China better suits our needs.”... said young consumers, most of     2     bought daily necessities, clothes and digital products made by local brands during last week’s shopping festival. What’s more, the combination of traditional Chinese culture and the products can     3     (strength) a higher sense of national identity.

2021 was a significant year for China as the Communist Party of China (CPC) celebrated the 100th anniversary of its founding. The Sixth Plenary Session of the 19th CPC Central Committee     1     (hold) in November. It reviewed the Party’s century-long struggle and called on its overall membership     2     (play) a leading role in the pursuit of a better life for the Chinese people.

2021 marked a great year for humanity, as the     3     (explore) of outer space was extensively carried out and achieved new progress: China’s Mars rover Tianwen-1 landed on the red planet. China’s lunar probe Chang’e-4 continues to reveal     4     lies on the far side of the moon, and the nation’s taikonauts have already been living and working in     5     (it) own Tiangong space station.

2021 also proved extraordinary when     6     fight against COVID-19 remained a worldwide focus. Humans were forced to tackle one virus variant after another, from Alpha to Omicron, all     7     (damage) public health, Against that backdrop, China still achieved steady economic growth, contributing greatly     8     the stability of global supply chains. It     9     (provide) nearly 2 billion doses of coronavirus vaccines to more than 100 countries around the globe up to now.

Peace, cooperation, development, and mutual assistance will be China’s key words in the 12     10     (month) ahead. It’s never too late to change. It’s never too late to heal.

All 31 provincial-level regions on the Chinese mainland announced    1    (they) economic growth targets for 2022 as of Monday, with most of them    2    (aim) for expansion of 5-7 percent, the latest signal that the Chinese economy as a whole could expand by above 5 per-cent this year despite pressure from COVID- 19 and other    3    (factor).

The epidemic has had a significant impact on consumption but a    4    (relative) limited impact on investment    5    industrial production, analysts said.

“Industrial growth is likely    6    (be) the key to sustaining economic growth. The new-energy sector will lead manufacturing investment to become a major driver. Policies may focus    7     strengthening industry chains to encourage manufacturing investment, ”    8    senior investor and analyst surnamed Cheng based in Shanghai told the Global Times.

Cheng added that “It is expected    9    the annual growth rate of manufacturing investment will reach 11.1 percent. ”

According to local government work reports, provinces    10    (accelerate) the development of transport facilities such as railways and express-ways. Governments will also increase support for upgrading traditional industries to make them high-end, intelligent and green.

The eight-day 2021 Cloud ACG Industry Trade Fair concluded in Hangzhou on May 5,     1     (draw) 5981 insiders and traders from 46 countries and regions.

    2     (consider) as a key platform to boost international exchanges when the world is still battling COVID-19 spread, the fair announced over 80 projects, with     3     (they) total finance reaching nearly 2 billion yuan. Deals, about games and animated works from 103 Chinese and foreign companies and organizations     4     (sign) during the event, reaching     5     total value of 100 million yuan, more than twice of the 40 million yuan contracted last year.

In addition     6     the online activities which involved 20 international festivals and renowned     7     (studio), the event also launched an online campaign to encourage tourists to wear traditional-style costumes to places of interest during the May Day holiday, aiming to promote young people’s rising     8     (prefer) of traditional culture and history.

The trade fair was created last year as an alternative plan     9     (support) the 17th China International Cartoon & Animation Festival,     10     influence has already reached far and wide across the globe.