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Buy Now, Pay Later Solutions to Unlock Growth Potential for B2B Companies

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Global buy now, pay later market to reach a five-fold growth of $656.34 billion by 2026 with omnichannel technology and data collection, says Frost & Sullivan

SAN ANTONIO, May 31, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — Zero-interest fees and flexible repayment plans are vital in boosting the global buy now, pay later (BNPL) market, according to Frost & Sullivan’s latest report. Emerging as an alternative credit payment approach, BNPL aims to meet the need of younger consumers who often have a limited credit history and low credit scores. The global BNPL market is expected to reach $656.34 billion by 2026 from $136.55 billion in 2021, registering exponential growth at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 36.9%.

Buy Now, Pay Later Solutions to Unlock Growth Potential for B2B Companies
Buy Now, Pay Later Solutions to Unlock Growth Potential for B2B Companies

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“The increasing use of next-generation platforms in digital and e-Commerce spaces has revamped payment methods and enabled customers to control their spending,” explained Dewi Rengganis, Information & Communication Technology Industry Analyst at Frost & Sullivan. “The rise of BNPL can help satisfy consumers’ demand by offering faster credit financing with zero interest fees, compared to legacy payment methods that typically charge up to a 60% annual percentage rate (APR).”

Rengganis added: “Innovative solutions, such as customer-focused apps, point of sale (POS), and merchant commerce solutions, will be essential for facilitating the widespread adoption of BNPL. Data-driven platforms are crucial for delivering customer experience and driving the market growth.”

Customers’ surging adoption of BNPL methods presents the following growth opportunities for its market participants:

  • Business-to-business (B2B) credit product: B2B customers tend to make repeat purchases and have payment terms for more than 30 days. Businesses can improve their cash conversion cycle, increase revenue growth, streamline reconciliation tasks, and digitize trade credit processes.
  • Omnichannel technology and data collection: A holistic customer experience can be achieved through customer data collection. Creating a partnership with artificial intelligence (AI)-driven technology providers or building in-house data warehouse systems will aid BNPL providers in producing positive omnichannel experiences and a seamless customer shopping journey.
  • Expansion to emerging markets: The growing awareness of the BNPL methods in under-served regions provides ample opportunities for BNPL providers to expand to emerging markets and reach a larger customer and merchant base.

Global Buy Now, Pay Later Growth Opportunities is the latest addition to Frost & Sullivan’s ICT research and analyses available through the Frost & Sullivan Leadership Council, which helps organizations identify a continuous flow of growth opportunities to succeed in an unpredictable future.

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Global Call for Refining and Creative Design Proposals of Haikou Urban Elements

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HAIKOU, China, May 30, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — Under the guidance of the People’s Government of Haikou Municipality, the press conference of “Global Call for Entries: Haikou Urban Element Refining and Creative Design Scheme” was jointly sponsored and held by the Publicity Department of CPC Haikou Municipal Committee and the Tourism, Culture, Radio, Film, Television and Sports Bureau of Haikou City.


As the capital city of Hainan Province, Haikou is the political, economic, scientific and technological, and cultural center of the province, and has the important task of creating the core leading area of Hainan Free Trade Port. The “Global Call for Entries: Haikou Urban Element Refining and Creative Design Scheme” will call for strategic partners from all over the world, inviting enterprises, institutions, social organizations, art and craft colleges and studios engaged in cultural creativity and art design to refine Haikou’s urban elements. Based on these elements, a set of urban VI design schemes will be designed with creativity, in line with the city image of “Vibrant Haikou, Opportunity Haikou”, showing the regional characteristics and reflecting the characteristics of the city.

To encourage the design team to create the best works, the organizer will award the project partner with the honorary title of “Haikou City Culture Promotion ‘Peer'” and a series of specific resources and rights.

For details of the project announcement and specific requirements, please refer to the official website of the People’s Government of Haikou Municipality, the official website of the Tourism, Culture, Radio, Film, Television and Sports Bureau of Haikou City, and HKBTV.CN, or follow official WeChat accounts of Haikou’s Release, Haikou Broadcasting and Television Station, and other platforms.

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CCTV+: CGTN documentary casts light on tragedy behind one million COVID deaths reported in U.S.

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BEIJING, May 29, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — A documentary aired on China Global Television Network (CGTN) on Saturday cast a light on the United States’ failure to tame the COVID-19 outbreak as the country reached the grim milestone of one million deaths from the virus.

Titled “A milestone to mourn: America’s one million COVID deaths”, the documentary unveils the internal disparities of the world’s top economy as ordinary people suffer and perish with little protection, while its health care industry has kept raking in enormous profits amid the pandemic.

The five-part documentary highlighted the politics, mistakes, profiteers and victims of the epidemic, while also examining the aftermath of the outbreak.

PART ONE: POLITICS – “That one may smile and smile and be a villain.”

PART TWO: MISTAKES – “What’s done cannot be undone.”

PART THREE: PROFITEERS – “Fair is foul, and foul is fair.”

PART FOUR: VICTIMS – “Double, double toil and trouble.”

PART FIVE: AFTERMATH – “Can the devil speak true?”

Link: https://youtu.be/FOQ4jMGxKfk

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PR Newswire inks MOU with Flipbizz becoming official news partner

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KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia, May 18, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — Flipbizz, a community management app that provides a networking avenue for potential business opportunities, and Cision PR Newswire, a leading global provider of news distribution and earned media software and services, and signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on May 11 to officially become news partners for the business industry, ensuring source authenticity and content accuracy.

PR Newswire inks MOU with Flipbizz becoming official news partner.
PR Newswire inks MOU with Flipbizz becoming official news partner.

Attended by Andrew Lim, PR Newswire’s Business Development Manager and Ho Kim Hong, Founder and CEO of Flipbizz, the ceremony marks the fruition of a partnership that was in the works for over  two years.

Commenting on it, Ho Kim Hong thanked every party for their continued dedication and is “looking forward to strengthening business ties and providing better news transparency in Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) through this partnership.”

In addition, he expressed gratitude to Guoann.com for aiding this collaboration of which Flipbizz has been a core member since 2021.

A strategic partner in the business world

Over the recent years, PR Newswire Asia took notice of Flipbizz’s potential for business-minded users and deemed it to be the optimal platform to reach audiences in the business and entrepreneurial sectors.

“As a premier news distributor and media monitoring provider, we continuously aim to provide relevant news and updates to the right audience. By partnering with Flipbizz who has an industry focused platform, we are able to expand our reach to deliver reliable and engaging news updates to keen readers, ” added Andrew Lim.

Flipbizz is a community management app that provides a platform for users to network and seek potential business opportunities. Flipbizz provides services such as privacy protection and authentication to emphasise the importance of cybersecurity and the reliability of news sources to ensure entrepreneurs and investors can network with reputable businesses and individuals within the industry and share information without data breach and misinformation. Business-minded users are able to expand their network to reach communities related to their interests with Flipbizz’s user friendly interphase that displays all available communities to the public.

In addition, data analytics trace, automated member management, and customisable multiple community profiles for monetization are enabled for community managers to reduce the hassle of managing communities. Investors and entrepreneurs can track and manage networks for matchmaking optimization through categorized contacts and e-name cards.

The Flipbizz app can be downloaded on Google Play Store, Apple Store, and Huawei App Gallery. New users can sign up for free and create their personal and business profiles with zero initial cost.

About Flipbizz

FLIPBIZZ is a community management platform at a glance for multiple purposes, providing privacy protection and authentication services while being able to display all their communities to the public.

To learn more about Flipbizz, visit www.flipbizz.com.

About Guoann Dot Com

Guoann.com provides vast business opportunities and enables scouting for entrepreneurs from countries in RCEP countries. Guoann.com’s Member can leverage the platform to connect, engage, and build business networks across RCEP countries.

To learn more about Guoann Dot Com, visit www. guoann.com.

About PR Newswire

PR Newswire, a Cision Ltd. company (NYSE: CISN), is a leading global provider of news distribution and earned media software and services.  In conjunction with Cision’s cloud-based communications product suite, PR Newswire’s services enable marketers, corporate communicators, and investor relations officers to identify key influencers, engage target audiences, craft and distribute strategic content, and measure meaningful impact. Combining the world’s largest multi-channel, multi-cultural content dissemination network with comprehensive workflow tools and platforms, PR Newswire powers the stories of organizations around the world. PR Newswire serves tens of thousands of clients from offices in the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Asia-Pacific regions.

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2022 Visionox Technology Innovation Launch Event

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BANGKOK, May 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — According to Global One Belt One Road TV Station, On May 5, 2022, Visionox, a leading innovative display enterprise in China, held its 2022 Technology Innovation Launch Event online to release its innovative technological achievements in five sectors. With the theme of “Create a Brandnew and Visionary Future”, there are 20 innovative technological achievements in five sectors being released (e.g. EnV ALT™ low-frequency LTPS, InV tripod® tripod-shaped pixel arrangement, HLEMS technology, COE POL-less technology, and truly bezel-less face ID module). This release highlights Visionox’s great technological innovation capabilities. The further commercialization of these innovations will be destined to accelerate the iteration and upgrade of intelligent terminals.

Led by Visionox’s President Dr. Zhang Deqiang, there were five technical experts, namely Cai Minghan, Shan Qi, Zhang Wei, Xiao Yiming and Cao Xuan, delivering speeches in five dimensions: “Versatile for the Full World”, “Vibrant for the Strong Performance”, “Vigorous for the Integrated Trend”, “Vintage for the Smart Display”, and “Vast for the Infinite World”.

Dr. Zhang Deqiang explained Visionox’s medium- and long-term development strategies (2022-2031): “In the next five years, Visionox will focus on the core technologies of innovative display, expand our production to all related fields, and rank among Top 3 in worldwide OLED panel shipments.” He also noted that through ten years of hard work, Visionox would realize the synchronized development of the industry ecosystem and become a global leader in the emerging display industry. In terms of strategy implementation, Visionox has formulated “One strength & Two new roads” development strategies for the next five years, namely consolidating the success in small-sized display applications, expanding the application of medium-sized display and opening up a new large-sized display market. For the next decade, Visionox has put forward the “2345” development framework (i.e. 2 business lines: OLED and Micro-LED; 3 core technologies: optics and materials, semiconductor devices and system integration; 4 innovation bases in the Yangtze River Delta, Beijing–Tianjin–Hebei, Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area and Chengdu–Chongqing; 5 application fields: intelligent terminal, automotive interaction, smart home, industrial control and healthcare, and innovation-driven business).

After his speech, the five technical experts explained the five sectors, covering nearly 20 innovative technological achievements, which were elaborated in terms of technical principle, innovation effectiveness, application scenario, user experience, etc.

In terms of “Versatile for the Full World”, Visionox has narrowed 1.4mm bezel down to 1.0mm by applying new circuit design and FIAA technology. In addition, Visionox has realized slimmer bezel, more invisible crease and smaller bend radius through foldable form optimization, stacking module thinning, module materials optimization, and other technologies.

In terms of “Vibrant for the Strong Performance”, Visionox has reduced power consumption by taking three major methods, namely, low-frequency LTPS technology, HLEMS technology and COE POL-less technology, from two aspects of drive and light extraction efficiency improvement.

Meanwhile, Visionox’s original upgraded “dual tripod” pixel arrangement is now able to present finer, sharper and more balanced images. With the promotion and application of new technologies, next-generation smartphones are expected to be substantially improved in portability, screen-to-body ratio, optical performance, screen power consumption and under-display camera.

In terms of “Vigorous for the Integrated Trend”, Visionox launched the world’s first under-display camera solution InV see® in 2020. Now, Visionox has released its latest solutions – InV see® Bezel-less solution of 3D face recognition and PIN optical fingerprint recognition solution, enabling smartphone recognition system to go further on the path of achieving higher information security, convenience of use and compatibility of flexible display.

In terms of “Vintage for the Smart Display”, Visionox has developed tandem OLED technology and aging compensation technology, and also carried out in-depth research on basic technologies such as oxide TFT backplane and Demura. Based on the improvement of the fundamental functions, AMOLEDs are used in medium-sized applications. Visionox presents a flexible under-screen camera solution for laptops which uses ultra-thin bezel technology, enabling the screen-to-body ratio to increase to 91% from 85% which has been the choice of most traditional laptops. In the field of medium-sized automotive applications, Visionox has cooperated with some automobile brands to launch customized OLED automotive displays, such as dashboard, digital rearview, central control and transparent A-pillar.

The part of “Vast for the Infinite World” was especially eye-catching. Visionox is actively “expanding new medium-sized display applications” and “opening up a new large-sized display market”. Visionox started its Micro-LED technology accumulation in 2017. At present, Visionox has built a Micro-LED Pilot Line, and successfully launched samples of 1.84-inch Micro-LED wearable retina displays and 12.7-inch glass-based Micro-LED tiling displays.

Finally, Dr. Zhang Deqiang said that Visionox would accelerate the commercialization of its innovative technologies and products in the future to create more immersive usage scenarios and provide end users with rich experience. At the present stage, Visionox’s goal is to meet market demand for customized, diversified and dynamic solutions, and deliver more value and better integrated solutions to downstream customers, so as to improve end users’ experience and bring the new future forward.

Cao Yong, member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, pointed out that at present, China’s electronic information industry has ushered in an unprecedented and new landscape. China’s display industry has become a major force in the global display industry, and the new display industry represented by OLED has shown strong growth momentum and huge market potential. In recent years, China has made new progress in new displays. The innovation force in emerging displays, led by enterprises like Visionox, has been exploring and making breakthroughs in AMOLEDs. They have launched several new technologies globally, formulated a number of international, national and industrial standards, filed more than 10,000 patents, and made innovations in collaboration with upstream and downstream enterprises of the industry chain, opening up new prospects.

Historically, May is the peak month for the release of new display innovations around the world every year. Visionox’s launch event of its innovative technological achievements at the beginning of May has shown a high degree of confidence in technology and innovation strength.

Focusing on OLED technology for 21 years, Visionox has a leading position in this field, and its innovations are often characterized as “industrial windvane”. Competition for R&D innovation in new displays is expected to grow fiercer. With the advent of the era of flexible displays, intelligent terminals will iterate and update faster.

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Global One Belt One Road TV Station
89/22 Amonpang 205 Tower 1 Floor 16th  Soi Notong Rachada Rd. Dingdeng Dingdeng Bangkok 10400, Thailand  
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36Kr Holdings Provides Update on its Status under the Holding Foreign Companies Accountable Act

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BEIJING, May 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — 36Kr Holdings Inc. (“36Kr” or the “Company”) (NASDAQ: KRKR), a prominent brand and pioneering platform dedicated to serving New Economy participants in China, today announced that the Company is aware that it was identified by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) on its provisional list under the Holding Foreign Companies Accountable Act (“HFCAA”) on May 4, 2022.

This identification indicates that the SEC has determined the Company used an auditor, whose working paper cannot be inspected or investigated completely by the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board of the United States (“PCAOB”), to issue the audit opinion for the Company’s financial statements for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2021.

Under the HFCAA, the trading of a company’s securities on a U.S. stock exchange will be prohibited only if the company has been identified by the SEC for three consecutive years due to PCAOB’s inability to inspect auditor’s working paper. Despite such identification by the SEC, 36Kr’s active listing and trading status on the NASDAQ currently remains unchanged.

36Kr has been actively exploring possible solutions to protect our shareholders amid an evolving regulatory environment and mitigate the potential risks associated with the HFCAA. The Company will continue to comply with applicable laws and regulations in both China and the U.S., and strive to maintain its listing status on the NASDAQ. The Board and management team remain highly committed to protecting shareholder interests and driving value creation for the benefit of all shareholders.

About 36Kr Holdings Inc.

36Kr Holdings Inc. is a prominent brand and pioneering platform dedicated to serving New Economy participants in China with the mission of empowering New Economy participants to achieve more. The Company started its business with high-quality New Economy-focused content offerings, covering a variety of industries in China’s New Economy with diverse distribution channels. Leveraging traffic brought by high-quality content, the Company has expanded its offerings to business services, including online advertising services, enterprise value-added services and subscription services to address the evolving needs of New Economy companies and upgrading needs of traditional companies. The Company is supported by comprehensive database and strong data analytics capabilities. Through diverse service offerings and the significant brand influence, the Company is well-positioned to continuously capture the high growth potentials of China’s New Economy.

Safe Harbor Statement

This announcement contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. These forward-looking statements are made under the “safe harbor” provisions of the U.S. Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements can be identified by terminology such as “will,” “expects,” “anticipates,” “future,” “intends,” “plans,” “believes,” “estimates,” “potential,” “continue,” “ongoing,” “targets,” “guidance” and similar statements. The Company may also make written or oral forward-looking statements in its periodic reports to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”), in its annual report to shareholders, in press releases and other written materials and in oral statements made by its officers, directors or employees to third parties. Any statements that are not historical facts, including statements about the Company’s beliefs and expectations, are forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements involve inherent risks and uncertainties. A number of factors could cause actual results to differ materially from those contained in any forward-looking statement, including but not limited to the following: the Company’s goal and strategies; the Company’s future business development, results of operations and financial condition; relevant government policies and regulations relating to our business and industry; the Company’s expectations regarding the use of proceeds from this offering; the Company’s expectations regarding demand for, and market acceptance of, its services; the Company’s ability to maintain and enhance its brand; the Company’s ability to provide high-quality content in a timely manner to attract and retain users; the Company’s ability to retain and hire quality in-house writers and editors; the Company’s ability to maintain cooperation with third-party professional content providers; the Company’s ability to maintain relationship with third-party platforms; general economic and business conditions globally and in China; possible disruptions in commercial activities caused by natural or human-induced disasters; and assumptions underlying or related to any of the foregoing. Further information regarding these and other risks, uncertainties or factors is included in the Company’s filings with the SEC. All information provided in this press release and in the attachments is as of the date of this press release, and the Company undertakes no obligation to update any forward-looking statement, except as required under applicable law.

For investor and media inquiries, please contact:

36Kr Holdings Inc.
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Stranded whale rescue: A miraculous achievement

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BEIJING, May 6, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — A news report by China.org.cn on a stranded whale rescue:

Recently, a 20-hour livestream had millions of Chinese netizens on the edge of their seats. This special live broadcast was focused on attempts to rescue a whale stranded on a beach in Zhejiang province.

On the morning of April 19, as fisherman Yang Genhe and his peers were preparing to head out to sea, they spotted a sperm whale measuring around 20 meters in length lying in the shallows. They immediately contacted the local maritime and fishery authorities, and within just two hours, whale experts across China and local professional rescuers had been rallied.

Yet, to be honest, successful attempts to rescue sperm whales of such a huge size are exceedingly rare around the world, let alone in China. For that reason, experts initially believed that the rescue was a long shot.

The whale’s life was at stake as the tide went out for six hours during the daytime. Rescuers repeatedly fetched buckets of water and doused the whale in a bid to keep it alive. Many fishermen also showed up at the beach and used their bare hands to splash water on the whale as there weren’t enough buckets. This was a very touching sight. They gently poured water over the whale’s body, being careful to avoid its nostrils and eyes, so that the stranded animal wouldn’t choke on sand. In the meantime, bamboo poles, netting and quilts were brought to the beach to construct a screen for the whale against sunlight and help keep it wet. Veterinarians also hooked the whale up to an IV drip. These efforts continued until the tide returned.

When the tide rose later that evening, the rescue team managed to tow the whale little by little into the water. People were surprised to see the sperm whale gradually regain its energy and blow a large column of water when it reached deeper waters.

The most touching thing during the whole rescue process was that everyone involved gave 100% effort, despite there being such little hope. They demonstrated those most basic of human emotions, namely, reverence for all living creatures and the instinct to cherish life.

In fact, whale strandings are relatively common around the world. Experts have made numerous investigations into why they happen, with theories such as noise pollution and environmental contamination having constantly been proved. From this perspective, growing public attention in China toward the stranding and rescue of whales also reflects people’s introspection and awareness toward issues concerning marine eco-system.

Yang Genhe said: “For generations we have been fed by the ocean, protecting the ocean and repaying its kindness are our greatest wishes.” An attitude like that is exactly what makes the miracle possible. When we treat the ocean the way we want to be treated, we bring hope to more lives as well as ourselves.

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Stranded whale rescue: A miraculous achievement

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TopEdit and Turnitin partner to support research publication integrity in China

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TopEdit, a provider of academic editing and publication support services to Chinese researchers, becomes an official partner of Turnitin’s plagiarism prevention service, iThenticate, in China.

SHANGHAI, April 19, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — Today, TopEdit—a provider of academic editing and publication support services for researchers in China—and Turnitin—a global provider of academic and research integrity solutions for universities, corporations, and publishers—announced their official partnership. As an authorized Turnitin partner in China, TopEdit now offers text similarity detection services to researchers and academics in China.

A global Turnitin product, iThenticate is a premier text similarity detection tool for researchers, publishers, editors, and writers to check their works for potential plagiarism. The iThenticate platform can check for text similarity between 176 languages, including simplified and traditional Chinese. With the new partnership between Turnitin and TopEdit, iThenticate will now also be available directly via TopEdit.

The partnership allows researchers using TopEdit’s services in China to receive comprehensive publication assistance, including proofreading, editing, translation, and text similarity detection. By adding Turnitin’s iThenticate to its service offerings, TopEdit now provides the necessary tool to further guard research work against accidental plagiarism and citation mistakes—protecting institutional and individual reputations and integrity.

The collaboration between TopEdit and Turnitin reflects the complementary missions of the two companies—to further advance global research and education through original and innovative research publication. 

“Sharing information through reputable journals is a critical step to progress society; sharing information in a local language is a critical step to inclusivity,” says Turnitin VP of Alliances Todd Baker. “With TopEdit as an official partner for Turnitin’s iThenticate in China, researchers and academics can be confident in the originality and integrity of their publications and information-sharing. We are proud to be a resource for the Chinese research community and their important work.”

“The partnership between Turnitin and TopEdit will help advance the contributions of Chinese researchers, scientists, and academics in their areas of expertise by helping them navigate the publication process correctly and successfully,” says TopEdit CEO and founder Ning Zhang. “TopEdit helps non-English speaking authors meet the highest standards of publication in scholarly journals. By adding iThenticate to our service offering, TopEdit is now able to provide researchers and academics with a text similarity detection tool—that is used by the world’s biggest publishers—in their local language. This is a significant step towards non-English accessibility to quality research tools.” 

The partnership will support thousands of Chinese researchers with their publications in English-speaking academic and professional journals.

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About TopEdit

TopEdit is one of the industry’s leading academic editing and author services providers. Since its establishment in Washington, DC, in 2015, TopEdit has edited more than 100,000 manuscripts and helped its customers to improve their manuscript acceptance rates by more than 61%. TopEdit’s services include academic editing, translation, journal recommendation, publication support, personalized consultancy, and educational training. To ensure that authors receive personalized, professional assistance, TopEdit’s more than 3,000 academic editors are highly experienced and hold advanced academic degrees. The company specializes in a wide variety of professional fields, including clinical medicine, basic medicine, biology, chemistry, geosciences, physics, engineering machinery, humanities, and social sciences. TopEdit has partnerships with major publishing organizations and prestigious academic institutions in China and abroad to provide researchers with up-to-date, high-quality assistance in their publishing journey.

About Turnitin

Turnitin is a global company dedicated to ensuring the integrity of education and meaningfully improving learning outcomes. For more than 20 years, Turnitin has partnered with educational institutions to promote honesty, consistency, and fairness across all subject areas and assessment types. Turnitin products are used by educational institutions and certification and licensing programs to uphold integrity and increase learning performance, and by students and professionals to do their best, original work.

Turnitin has offices in Australia, Germany, India, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Mexico, the Netherlands, the Philippines, Sweden, Ukraine, the United Kingdom, and the United States. Over 16,000 academic institutions, publishers, and corporations use Turnitin services: Gradescope by Turnitin, iThenticate, Turnitin Feedback Studio, Turnitin Originality, Turnitin Similarity, ExamSoft, ProctorExam, and Ouriginal.

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South-South Cooperation Knowledge Sharing Platform Goes Live

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A news report by WFP China COE: The World Food Programme (WFP)-China South-South Cooperation Knowledge Sharing Platform (www.wfpchinacoe.net) launch ceremony was held at the UN Compound on April 15, 2022.

BEIJING, April 18, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — The World Food Programme (WFP)-China South-South Cooperation (SSC) Knowledge Sharing Platform (www.wfpchinacoe.net) launch ceremony was held at the UN Compound on April 15, 2022. More than 100 representatives from Chinese government, foreign missions in China, international organizations and academia, attended the event either online or in person.

The platform was supported by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs of the People’s Republic of China (MARA), and jointly developed by WFP Centre of Excellence for Rural Transformation (WFP China COE) and China Internet Information Center (CIIC).

Visitors can access information on the platform about China’s experiences and solutions in the following four thematic areas: Value Chain Development for Smallholders, Post-harvest Loss Management and Food Systems, Disaster Risk Reduction and Climate Change Resilience, and Innovative Poverty Alleviation Initiative. These can help empower them to enhance food security in their local areas.

The platform also offers Cloud School, an inclusive digital education space, which features programmes that are tailored to the needs of participants of all levels. It is a response to the rising demand for China’s vetted knowledge about food security, nutrition improvement, poverty alleviation and rural transformation. Courses offered in Cloud School reflect WFP China COE’s work on the four thematic areas, as well as the value chain development in rice, Juncao and cassava. Certificates of completion are awarded to those who successfully finish them.

Xie Jianmin, Counsel (Director-General Level) of Department of International Cooperation, MARA, noted that the WFP-China SSC Knowledge Sharing Platform, as a knowledge hub, will make contributions to food security and nutrition improvement by enabling visitors to learn about experiences and practices related to China’s agricultural and rural development.

Du Zhanyuan, President of China International Communications Group (CICG), said CICG will take new formats such as digital media and publishing as an important developing direction to provide digital support for South-South cooperation projects, promote capacity-building and knowledge sharing for development in developing countries, and promote more inclusive and sustainable digital economic cooperation with partners together.

Cao Yingjun, Acting Director General of China’s National Food and Strategic Reserves Administration’s Department of International Cooperation, emphasised that the Administration is willing to share and exchange China’s experience with other countries in ensuring food security and advancing the transformation of the food system, and make joint contributions to the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.

Rahamtalla Osman, Representative of the African Union to China, observed that the website’s educational programmes will enhance South-South and triangular cooperation between China and Africa.

Siddharth Chatterjee, UN Resident Coordinator in China, remarked that China has an important opportunity and responsibility to lead and guide other developing countries, leveraging its experience, expertise, and resources to serve and benefit the Global South.

Qu Sixi, Representative of WFP China, concluded in his video remarks that the Knowledge Sharing Platform provides a digitalised space for WFP China COE to boost operational engagement related to South-South and triangular cooperation. It’s a viable pathway to address common challenges and to accelerate progress towards zero hunger.

South-South Cooperation Knowledge Sharing Platform Goes Live

http://p.china.org.cn/2022-04/15/content_78168353.htm

About WFP-China South-South Cooperation Knowledge Sharing Platform (www.wfpchinacoe.net):

Visitors can access information on the platform about China’s experiences and solutions in the following four thematic areas: Value Chain Development for Smallholders, Post-harvest Loss Management and Food Systems, Disaster Risk Reduction and Climate Change Resilience, and Innovative Poverty Alleviation Initiative. The platform also offers Cloud School, an inclusive digital education space, which features programmes that are tailored to the needs of participants of all levels. It is a response to the rising demand for China’s vetted knowledge about food security, nutrition improvement, poverty alleviation and rural transformation.

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Monotype Studio Celebrates the Unique Typographic Voices of Our Times in New Type Trends Report

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Work from dozens of brands and agencies captures the ever-changing spirit of design and creativity at a global scale.

WOBURN, Mass., April 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — The Monotype Studio today released its annual Type Trends report, a comprehensive guide to how modern typography is helping to shape both culture and commerce. The 10 featured trends underscore how the intersection of an increasingly digital world and a period of prolonged “crappiness” and stress have influenced the ways in which typography is both designed and applied to brand experiences. Additionally, the report demonstrates how designers are quickly adopting bleeding-edge font technology to build beautiful text in emerging virtual environments.

“This is not our work, but it’s great work,” said Monotype Creative Type Director Charles Nix. “This year, we explicitly sought to connect these trends to the times in which we are living. That is, the environment, the pandemic, the warpage of time, the rapid adoption of digital everything, social media as a vehicle for social change, nostalgia, questioning truth, diversity and unity, and of course, care for the self. The result is a celebration of the type industry as a whole, the art and the science that both reflects and contributes to driving our culture.” 

Monotype’s type trends align with broader paradigm shifts that have appeared over the past 12 months, led by a changing relationship between brands and consumer audiences. Some of the themes include:

  • Neue Nouveau is a trend with varying degrees of excess. On one end, there is type with organic lines and dramatic curves that speak to nature and biodiversity; at the other end, you’ll find legibility-challenging, psychedelic, flowy forms speaking to the push-pull of pandemic time. LBDO by Universal Favourite and Visionair by Studio Airport are among those featured for delivering a malleable voice through type.
  • Thin, light serifs are in – again. Svelte Serifs are a slimmed down, sophisticated update on the bold, round, old-style serifs that were included under “soft-serve” in last year’s report. Collins’ work with Swiss type foundry Dinamo Typefaces for the San Francisco Symphony is a beautiful example of this trend come to life.
  • Individuals, groups, and the culture at large are embracing inclusion in all its diverse, fluid, ambiguous glory. Mix-Up is typographic diversity, pairing multiple typeface styles in one identity to turn diversity into unity. Fast Company: Innovation by Design from Triboro, and Henkel by Interbrand are just two identities that prove our differences are what define us.
  • While you were sleeping, everything came to life. Books started talking. Pictures in frames began moving and changing. Posters became animated 2-D surfaces. With Flux, type is hyper-kinetic, sometimes animated, sometimes variable, always moving. Studio Dumbar, MIDI by Pentagram, and Andrei Robu Studio help mark this 7-part trend.

“The 2022 Type Trends Report represents our favorite work from the past 12-ish months,” added Monotype Creative Type Director, Phil Garnham. “We are most proud of this report not for what it will say about Monotype, but for what it says about the type industry: That it is exploding with talent from all reaches of the global economy, that it is evolving with the pace required of a modern world, and that brand expression is rightfully taking center stage in 2022 and beyond.”

For more information or to view the full 2022 Type Trends report, visit: https://www.monotype.com/type-trends.

About Monotype
Monotype creates brands that matter with type, technology, and expertise. The company partners with leading foundries to deliver the broadest inventory of high-quality typefaces in the world. Further information is available at www.monotype.com.

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