Chinese new energy vehicle companies, including battery and car makers, are entering Germany with innovations,     1     German car expert said this Friday. Key battery manufacturers in China are now building battery cell factories with large investments in Germany, thus     2    (bring) technology to the country. “China is helping Germany to carry out climate-friendly strategies more     3    (rapid),” said Ferdinand Dudenhoeffer, director of CAR Center Automotive Research Duisburg.

Germany’s government is aiming     4    (have) 15 million pure electric cars on the road by 2030. In the meanwhile, carmakers like NIO or BYD will bring their products and service to Europe. On Friday at its European launch event in Berlin, NIO prepared three new models     5     customers in Germany, the Netherlands, Denmark and Sweden.

Earlier this week, German car rental company and mobility service provider Sixt made an announcement and     6    (reveal) its plans to order 100,000 electric vehicles from China’s: YD over the next six years. Up to now, Sixt     7    (order) several thousand pure electric vehicles from BYD. The first vehicles would be available to Europe, starting with Germany, France, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom, in the     8    (four) quarter of 2022, according to the company.

“It is good for the exchange between Germany and China, through     9     we cooperate with technology-driven Chinese new energy companies. It helps us learn how     10    (advance) Chinese technology is and it encourages further exchange,” Dudenhoeffer said.

7 . On a tram smoothly pulling into the heart of Luxembourg City, Marck gives a smile and takes a look at the fabric of the seat next to him. For him, the city’s trams are more than just transport. More even than the focus of his job. They are about transforming his country and, perhaps, changing the world.

Marck is the director general of Luxtram, Luxembourg’s modern trams. It first started running services two years ago. Next year, Luxembourg will become the world’s only country to get rid of fares on all its forms of public transport. Luxembourg’s traffic problems come from its army of workers. The population of the capital city almost doubles during the working day, when more than 110,000 people travel in and out.

After three decades when its roads have become so crowded, Luxembourg is going to do something remarkable. Free fares, and a plan to persuade people to switch from cars to trams or trains. Marck, along with many others, is excited to see what happens next. “The fact that this is free means that everyone can use it — young or old, rich or poor,” he said. “Everyone can say to themselves it’s better to leave the car at home. We must continue to improve and extend the network. It must always be comfortable, well-connected, efficient.”

Lydie Polfer, the city’s mayor, says she hopes to reach the point where more than a third of people come into the city using public transport — at the moment, it’s less than one in five. She said, “It’s not practical to ban cars because some people, like the elderly, need them. But everyone has to be aware that he or she can do something to improve the situation. There is an expression in German — you are not in the traffic jam — you are the traffic jam, and that is true. I think that making it free will be the biggest arguments for people to use public transport. ”

The Grand Canal of China was first dug in 486 BC, and well developed through the late 6th to early 10th century. From the late 13th until 19th century, with the highest section built and the overall length     1    (shorten), the Canal was turned into a main passage between northern     2     southern China as well as the economic lifeline of the country. Consisting of the Sui and Tang Grand Canal, the Jing-Hang Grand Canal and the Zhedong Canal, the Canal     3    (stretch) over 2, 700 kilometers, crossing eight provincial-level administrative regions and     4    (link) five major water systems. The Grand Canal also connects with the Eurasian Silk Road to the west and extends the water trade route to the east.

The Grand Canal was     5     notable achievement of the ancient Chinese people. Its connection of the political and economic centers played a     6    (centre) role in the political unity, economic     7    (grow) and cultural prosperity of China, and contributed to the livelihood, exchanges and integration of the population along its route.

The Grand Canal     8    (announce) by the State Council as one of the seventh batch of Major Historical and Cultural Sites Protected at the National Level in March, 2013 and registered     9     the UNSECO World Heritage List in June, 2014. This large-scale, living cultural heritage spreads like a huge dragon across the vast territory of China,     10    (it) ripples shining golden scales (鳞片) in the new age.