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Congressional Candidate Shrina Kurani Launches Climate-Focused NFT Drop on Abris

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After Kurani’s first NFT fundraising effort on Solana-based SolSea, the campaign’s new collection will be released on Abris, an environmentally-friendly marketplace built on Algorand

CORONA, Calif., March 15, 2022 — Shrina Kurani, a Democrat running for Congress in California’s 41st District, and Abris, a carbon-negative NFT marketplace built on Algorand, today announced the launch of "Kurani for Congr3ss," an collection of 230 NFTs designed to raise awareness for Kurani’s campaign and to highlight the potential for innovative, climate-friendly solutions in the fast-growing Web3 space. The 230 NFTs available in the drop represent the 230 billion tons of carbon remaining in the world’s "carbon budget."

The NFTs are available now through March 31 and are priced at $1250 and $5800. The assets also represent greater utility: NFT holders will have access to airdrops from other crypto and climate projects, intimate conversations with climate scientists, and exclusive invitations to the campaign’s Earth Day party in the metaverse.

In late 2021 Kurani—who seeks to engage the crypto community in the future of Web3 policy-making—became the first candidate running for federal office to launch an NFT drop. Since that time other political candidates have followed suit, demonstrating the surging interest in both NFTs and the broader financial innovation taking hold across the crypto industry.

"As a former cleantech entrepreneur I know firsthand the importance of sourcing energy-efficient processes whenever possible, yet too often this still leads to compromises and trade-offs," said Kurani. "By partnering with Abris for this drop, which leverages the hyper-efficient Algorand network, we’re shining a light on the innovation happening in the Web3 world – innovation that is community-driven, inclusive, and, yes, climate-minded. Tech- and crypto-literate legislators like myself are essential to paving a path toward this reality, and we hope this NFT drop gets people excited about everything the future of the internet can enable."

Abris is built on the Algorand blockchain, a network that is so computationally lightweight it can run on a device as simple as a Raspberry Pi. This enables creators, brands, and users to take advantage of the benefits of NFTs and digital uniqueness without the extreme energy intensiveness required by other blockchain protocols. Last year, Algorand also announced a novel partnership with ClimateTrade to offset its minimal remaining emissions and become the first carbon-negative blockchain network.

Launched in 2021, Abris is an easy-to-use platform for NFTs with a creator-driven profit structure. The marketplace is designed to enable anyone to mint NFTs securely and in a single step, as well as to sell, buy, and resell with ease. In addition to the open marketplace, Abris offers NFTs as a Service (NFTaaS), a white glove solution to help artists, galleries, political campaigns, social impact initiatives and brands mint and sell their own NFT collections.

"When innovative ideas meet technology, fundraising becomes a memorable experience," said Priya Samant, CEO of Abris. "It is very promising to see political candidates getting creative and venturing into the world of NFTs."

To participate in the fundraiser and explore the NFT drop, visit https://shrinakurani.abris.io/ 

CONTACT
Shrina Kurani for Congress: Sydney Frankel, sydney@shrinakurani.com
Abris: Babu Ganapathy, babu@abris.io
Algorand: press@algorand.com

About Shrina Kurani for Congress
Shrina Kurani is the first-ever federal candidate to launch NFTs for their campaign. The NFT drop aims to educate the American population on blockchain to continue building the bridge between crypto and politics, engage the crypto community to participate in the future of crypto legislation, and help get Shrina to Congress so we can have more crypto-literate legislators in DC.

About Abris
Abris.io is a company focused solely on NFT Omni Stores on the Algorand blockchain network. Abris enables innovative creators around the world to showcase their creativity as NFTs as either part of an exclusive collection of unique and rare NFTs or having a Omni store with their different types of NFTs, and empower them to market their assets with no boundaries.

Abris.io also provides NFTs-as-a-Service (NFTaaS) to help artists, celebrities, charities, galleries, political campaigns, social impact initiatives, brands and enterprises to mint/auction their NFTs as well, enabling unique event tickets as NFTs.

Abris.io creates a sustainable NFT marketplace by using Algorand, the greenest Blockchain. At Abris we are democratizing the world of NFTs by empowering and building a creative economy. For more information, visit https://abris.io/

About Algorand
Algorand is building the technology to power the Future of Finance (FutureFi), the convergence of traditional and decentralized models into a unified system that is inclusive, frictionless, and secure. Founded by Turing Award-winning cryptographer Silvio Micali, Algorand developed a blockchain infrastructure that offers the interoperability and capacity to handle the volume of transactions needed for defi, financial institutions and governments to smoothly transition into FutureFi. The technology of choice for more than 1000 global organizations, Algorand is enabling the simple creation of next generation financial products, protocols and exchange of value. For more information, visit www.algorand.com.

 

 

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Aboriginal Male Healing Centre’s Holistic Approach Breaks Cycle of Domestic Violence with Data-driven Case Management Solution Built in Western Australia

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>> ECINS works with Centre to custom build new client engagement module to establish rehabilitation program for domestic violence offenders with long-term successful outcomes

NEWMAN, Australia, Jan. 20, 2022 — The Aboriginal Male Healing Centre (AMHC), a not-for-profit organisation dedicated to making an impact on domestic violence and its effect on communities and families, partnered with ECINS, Australia’s most collaborative case management system, to record data, demonstrate results, apply for grants, attract socially enterprising investors, and receive more funding to grow their organisation and support more clients.

Solution built to meet challenges AMHC faced in Western Australia

AMHC’s efforts are focused in Newman, a Western Australian mining town with a large indigenous community. Financial inequality coupled with historical oppression has caused the people of Newman to become vulnerable to poverty, homelessness, alcoholism, drug abuse, and an extremely high incidence of domestic violence. Operating with limited resources, AMHC worked with ECINS to create a solution specifically for the challenges that the organisation was facing.

By deploying the ECINS Client Engagement Module – the mobile application developed in Western Australia – as part of their collaborative case management solution, AMHC recognised a significant increase in its impact.

Streamlining key to successful outcomes for rehabilitation program

"The Client Engagement Module streamlines the whole support process for the participants," said Devon Cuimara, the Chief Executive Officer at AMHC. "Clients are now empowered to take charge of their healing process. We knew if we could give the offender and the family support mechanisms, we could enable them to maintain vigilance."

Equipped with comprehensive statistical data demonstrating their program’s efficacy, AHMC has expanded its services to more people while developing an application for a $40 million government endowment to develop a residential facility to further their support offerings.

Cutting edge innovation helps AMHC secure funding for continued impact 

Cuimara continues, "Our partnership with ECINS gives us a competitive advantage and places us at the cutting edge of monitoring and evaluation. This is going to be a significant catalyst in our success in securing funding moving forward."

The results are already evident. The partnership positioned AMHC to enhance their offerings, including a new "walk-up" service that allows people to self-refer into the program.

"Supporting the whole person is essential to the organisation serving the client successfully," explains Thomas Pettengell, ECINS’ Australia Operations Manager. "Our Client Engagement Module was developed right here in Western Australia, and we are thrilled with the ways it’s already helping AMHC more effectively serve their community and expand their capabilities."

About ECINS

ECINS is a not-for-profit social enterprise looking to create a better society by encouraging a smarter, more collaborative way of working across the public and third sectors. ECINS serves Australia from its offices in Dunsborough, Western Australia, helping health and human services civil servants, government agencies, social entrepreneurs, charities, organisations and teams evidence their impact and empower their teams to make better, more informed decisions. Learn more by visiting ecins.com/au.

 

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Smart links up with PH government on war vs organized global syndicate on SMS spamming

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MANILA, Philippines, Nov. 23, 2021 — PLDT’s wireless unit Smart Communications, Inc. (Smart) fully supports the move of the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC), the National Privacy Commission (NPC), and the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) to investigate and stop the proliferation of SMS spam-based scam and fraud.

From October 21 to November 20, Smart has blocked a daily average of 400 to 500 mobile numbers found to be related to SMS spam, and some 40 domains and IP addresses used by online scammers.

These follow the recent sudden spike in SMS spam, where mobile users receive unsolicited but enticing messages from strange numbers, that then lead to an elaborate online phishing scam where the target mobile users end up falling victims to fraud.

"We are one with the NTC, NPC, and DTI in protecting our customers from these unscrupulous individuals. As we work tirelessly to ensure the integrity of our own cybersecurity systems, we encourage our customers to be vigilant and alert so that we can work with the authorities to prevent these scams and eventually stop these cybercriminals," according to PLDT and Smart President and CEO Al Panlilio.

Mobile users are reminded to not entertain questions or surveys from unknown senders, and to never provide their personal information to strangers. Those who receive suspicious and unsolicited SMS may also report the scammers and their numbers direct to the NTC (https://ntc.gov.ph/complaint). The NTC, after due process, may then order Smart to cut the cybercriminals’ numbers.

Smart has also implemented blocking access to domains and IP addresses evidently found to be related to these fraudulent schemes.

"We protect our customers and block accounts based on mobile numbers associated with fraud. But since mobile numbers may be easily replaced, we also block on the domain and IP address levels, as soon as we have evidence that a specific domain is used as a platform by scammers," according to PLDT and Smart Chief Information and Security Officer Angel T. Redoble.

"In fact we have identified and blocked about 40 domains and IP addresses involved in this scam, which leads us to believe that this is a huge and sophisticated scam by an organized global syndicate. We urge our customers to be very paranoid and to never share sensitive information especially with strangers no matter how enticing the offer may sound," added Redoble.

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The Korea Herald introduces: Korea’s Pyeongtaek to hold 2021 Global Peace and Security Forum to discuss ROK-U.S. alliance and coexistence

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PYEONGTAEK, South Korea, Sept. 23, 2021 — Following announcement covered by The Korea Herald, Pyeongtaek City will host the 2021 Pyeongtaek Global Peace and Security Forum from September 27 to 28 in Seoul, South Korea.

Under the slogan of "Opening A New Chapter of Peace And Security," the forum will take place in a hybrid format according to the COVID-19 quarantine guidelines – a minimum number of on-site participants invited or pre-registered are expected to attend the forum, and those who do not can view the discussions live-streamed on Arirang TV’s YouTube channel.

Pyeongtaek City minimizes the number of on-site guests as well. Only a few figures are expected to appear at the forum to deliver their congratulatory messages. They include Pyeongtaek Mayor Jeong Jang-sun, Minister of Foreign Affairs Chung Eui-yong, Chairman of Pyeongtaek City Council Hong Sun-eui, and National Assembly members Yu Eui-dong and Hong Kee-won.

Song Min-soon, former Minister of Foreign Affairs, will also attend the forum to make his keynote speech about the "Peace Process in Northeast Asia and the Korea-U.S. Alliance." Vincent Keith Brooks, former U.S. military commander, will give a special address online in real-time.

Pyeongtaek City said that this peace and security forum, the first of its kind, will create an opportunity to discuss measures to establish peace on the Korean Peninsula. With this goal, Jung Seung-jo, President of Korea-US Alliance Foundation (KUSAF), and Jeon In-beom, former South Korean Army Lieutenant General, will preside the two main sessions: "The Changing Role of the United States Forces Korea (USFK) According to the Korea-U.S. Alliance and Northeast Asian Security Environment" and "The Role of Pyeongtaek City for the Evolved Korea-U.S. Alliance in Pyeongtaek," respectively.

Since all sessions will be live-streamed on YouTube, those who want to participate in the forum from home and abroad can join the Q&A session and interactively communicate with the speakers in real-time through the video conferencing system.

Mayor Jeong Jang-sun said, "As the central city of the Korea-U.S. alliance, Pyeongtaek is making every effort to discover and lead the role of local governments in the diplomatic and security sectors by holding the Global Peace and Security Forum." He added, "The city will make thorough preparations for the forum to make it safe amid the unprecedented situation of the COVID-19 pandemic."

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Decoding Taiwan’s Information Security Industry’s Dilemma

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TAIPEI, July 29, 2021 — Brain Shen, Chairman of Information Service Industry Association (CISA), has recently published an article titled "Decoding Taiwan’s Information Security Industry’s Dilemma", sharing the views of the Information Security development in Taiwan. The full text is as follows:

Brain Shen, Chairman of Information Service Industry Association (CISA)
Brain Shen, Chairman of Information Service Industry Association (CISA)

In November of 2017, Taiwan held the Information Security Industry Strategy Conference, and in 2018 Taiwan’s public sectors and private enterprises visited Israel to observe their Information Security (InfoSec) industry. These two events led to the formulation of the 2018-2025 Taiwan Information Security Industry Development Plan. Many parts of this plan refer to Israel’s InfoSec industry; however, it fails to take the differing industrial strengths and public roles of Taiwan and Israel into account. The result is that now, three years later, the Taiwan InfoSec industry has only seen severely limited growth marked by the complete absence of any sizeable InfoSec businesses.

Though the Taiwan InfoSec market is limited, many small-scale businesses do exist, an indication that there is still plenty of potential for innovation in the industry. Yet even though the industry is full of opportunities to capitalize on, in scale it remains stagnant. How the authority should develop an environment in which the InfoSec industry can flourish is a question of the utmost importance. I recommend that the authority should work to build an InfoSec ecosystem by integrating resources in the industry and assisting businesses with outsourcing; after all, in order for this industry to grow, it cannot rely solely on the Taiwan market.

How, then, should an environment for the InfoSec industry be constructed? First, public policies should be developed to guide large Taiwanese companies to invest in the industry, so that these enterprises become the focal and dominant firms in the InfoSec ecosystem. The fields in which they invest should enable them to integrate different kinds of InfoSec solutions, including providing InfoSec cloud services and developing products which combine software with hardware. Only when these focal firms come together to continually invest in the industry will it further drive the development of startups, as this would provide momentum to attract talent and spur innovation. Furthermore, as there is a severe lack of InfoSec talent in Taiwan, unless large-scale ICT companies are guided to invest in the InfoSec industry, the result will be a lack of industry-academia cooperation and the industry finding it hard to resolve the dearth of talent and major companies.

Current public policy favors expanding Taiwan InfoSec market, but doing so neglects the characteristics of Taiwanese enterprises: large international groups and financial holding companies in Taiwan will not risk utilizing the security solutions of small-scale InfoSec companies (these companies might not even have products suitable for large companies), and small and medium-sized enterprises favor products from foreign InfoSec companies, thus failing to benefit local small-scale InfoSec manufacturers.

I suggest the authority prioritize the efficiency of capital output and input. In order to do so, it must: 1) use tax policy to incentivize large-scale ICT manufacturers to invest in InfoSec development; 2) use the Taiwan Development Fund to set up an InfoSec investment fund in collaboration with large-scale ICT manufacturers, with a professional investment team handling the fund to invest in Taiwan InfoSec manufacturers; 3) establish Public Information Security Policies as important fields for Taiwan security solutions to develop in; 4) reward large-scale ICT manufacturers for global acquisitions of InfoSec startups; and 5) encourage large international InfoSec companies to set up research and development centers in Taiwan. Currently, there is sufficient funding in the InfoSec market; only by utilizing big data analysis combined with researchers in the field and policies dedicated to developing an industry ecosystem can we resolve the dilemma of stagnant growth in the InfoSec industry.

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DAMA International Achievement Awards soliciting Nominations through March 15, 2021

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Individuals and organizations doing extraordinary work with data deserve visibility

Nominate yourself, your colleagues, or your organization for using data best practices to change the world. 

WASHINGTON, March 5, 2021 — If you use data, you may know a person, a team, or an organization that has made an impact. DAMA International wants nominations for the DAMA Achievement Awards. We accept entries from members and non-members alike. We have granted these awards since 2001 to more than 60 individuals or organizations, which are described on the Awards History on our site. We look for examples of great data management as well as significant real world impact. Please consider nominating before the window closes March 15, 2021.

Data underlies decisions – good data, good decisions. DAMA International has a mission of promoting data management best practices, as documented by the DAMA Data Management Body of Knowledge. We are interested in promoting work for projects in Analytics, Business Intelligence, Machine Learning, Data Science, Data Architecture, Data Modeling, Data Integration, Data Interoperability, Metadata Management, Data Visualization, Master Data Management and any strategic use of data that creates business value or reduces business risk.  This helps both novices in data and professionals by providing guidance and clarity on how to create high quality data that enables great outcomes. We inspire improved work through sharing the stories of data heroes each year. We need your help.

Here is a sampling of previous winners, join us celebrating: 

Or just watch the 2020 Award Presentation!

"The data is important, but it is the people who manage it well and the organizations that focus on it who make a difference," said Peter Aiken, President at DAMA International. "I know that many who work in data are the unsung heroes of the digital age. Tell us your story, so we can sing your song!" 

About DAMA

DAMA International is a not-for-profit, vendor independent association of technical and business professionals dedicated to advancing the concepts and practices for data resource management and enterprise information. The primary purpose of DAMA International is to promote the understanding, development and practice of managing data and information to support business strategies. DAMA International has chapters and members throughout the world.

  • DAMA membership provides you with a network of data management professionals who share ideas and solutions to some of the most difficult issues in data management.
  • DAMA International provides the globally recognized Certified Data Management Professional (CDMP) qualification which acknowledged as the leading data management professional certification.
  • Chapter members receive vendor and training discounts provided to DAMA International by selected vendors and publishers.
  • Chapters may bulk purchase DAMA International products such as the DAMA Dictionary and the DAMA Data Management Body of Knowledge at discounted rates.

If you are interested in data management, we want to meet you and help you grow in your chosen profession! To find a local DAMA chapter, go to the main website at www.dama.org and select Chapter.

 

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SEMI Applauds President Biden, Bipartisan Congressional Leaders for Supporting Semiconductor Supply Chain Incentives

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MILPITAS, Calif., Feb. 26, 2021 — SEMI, the industry association serving the global electronics design and manufacturing supply chain, today released the following statement from president and CEO Ajit Manocha on the support of funding incentives to expand U.S. semiconductor manufacturing and research by President Biden and a bipartisan group of members of Congress in a meeting at the White House on February 24, 2021.

"We thank President Biden and bipartisan congressional leaders for their support of incentives for U.S. semiconductor manufacturing and research. Enacting an investment tax credit and funding the programs authorized last year will help build needed semiconductor manufacturing capacity in the U.S. and reverse America’s declining share of global chip production. We look forward to working with the Biden administration and Congress on these and other policies to strengthen the semiconductor manufacturing supply chain that is the lifeblood of technology innovation driving countless societal and economic benefits worldwide."

SEMI strongly supported the CHIPS for America Act, which included a refundable investment tax credit (ITC) to build U.S. semiconductor manufacturing capacity, a Commerce Department program to provide grants to semiconductor manufacturing projects, and authorizations for significant new semiconductor research programs and funding. The Fiscal Year 2021 National Defense Authorization Act signed into law this January authorized the Commerce Department and semiconductor research programs in the CHIPS for America Act but failed to provide new funding. SEMI supports enactment of all three major pillars of the CHIPS for America Act, which together will promote U.S. semiconductor research and manufacturing.

Attending the meeting with President Biden were Sens. Cornyn (R-TX), Warner (D-VA), Baldwin (D-WI), Blackburn (R-TN), Braun (R-IN), Duckworth (D-IL), Hassan (D-NH), and Portman (R-OH); and Reps. Matsui (D-CA), McCaul (R-TX), and Joyce (R-PA).

About SEMI

SEMI® connects more than 2,400 member companies and 1.3 million professionals worldwide to advance the technology and business of electronics design and manufacturing. SEMI members are responsible for the innovations in materials, design, equipment, software, devices, and services that enable smarter, faster, more powerful, and more affordable electronic products. Electronic System Design Alliance (ESD Alliance), FlexTech, the Fab Owners Alliance (FOA) and the MEMS & Sensors Industry Group (MSIG) are SEMI Strategic Technology Communities, defined communities within SEMI focused on specific technologies. Visit www.semi.org to learn more, contact one of our worldwide offices, and connect with SEMI on LinkedIn and Twitter.

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Phone: 1.408.943.7870
Email: sbahou@semi.org

 

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Information Office of Beijing Municipal Government Releases “I am in Beijing for Spring Festival” Video Series

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BEIJING, Feb. 12, 2021 — The Chinese New Year 2021 is special due to the COVID-19 pandemic which is not over yet.

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A notice was issued a few weeks ago encouraging people to stay where they work and live during the 2021 Spring Festival holiday, from Feb. 11 to 17, to reduce the risk of the virus spreading. 

Beijing, with a permanent migrant population of nearly 10 million, is ready to accommodate the people with a hearty and homelike reception.

The Beijing Municipal Government has rolled out measures to ensure those who stay in the city enjoy the Spring Festival, including issuing shopping coupons and free entrance tickets. Besides, mobile phone users in Beijing are eligible for receiving 20 gigabyte free data packages during the festival.

Tens of millions of its citizens will be benefited by these favorable policies.  

"We will be rehearsing and practicing during the Spring Festival," said Song Yan, a Peking Opera performer with 40 years’ experience. His Peking Opera troupe have also arranged festive performances in smaller venues to celebrate the New Year.

Josh Dominick works as a volunteer in a non-profit group to help the disabled. He has been living in Beijing for 20 years. "Making dumplings is like everything else. Practice always makes perfect. I hope that the dumplings I make this year will not fall apart," he said.

Yang Jiaxi (nicknamed Qiuqiu), an eight-year-old ice hockey player, has been playing ice hockey for more than four years. Now, he attends ice hockey training twice a week, even during the Spring Festival and dreams to become an excellent ice hockey player in the future.

Produced by the Information Office of Beijing Municipal Government, the seven-episode "I am in Beijing for Spring Festival" video series will show you how people from different countries and different backgrounds spend their Spring Festival in Beijing.

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CGTN: After ‘extraordinary’ 2020, what are Xi Jinping’s expectations for 2021?

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BEIJING, Jan. 4, 2021 — 2021, a year that marks the beginning of China’s new five-year plan period and the 100th founding anniversary of the Communist Party of China (CPC), is knocking at the door.

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What are Chinese President Xi Jinping’s expectations for 2021, especially after the country’s hard-won achievements in 2020?

Clues can be found in his New Year address.

2021: ‘Striving is the only way forward’

China will enter a new stage of development to build a modern socialist country in an all-round way in 2021, as the CPC leadership has adopted proposals for formulating the 14th Five-Year Plan and long-range goals.

"The road ahead is long; striving is the only way forward," Xi said in his address, calling for efforts to set up a new pattern for development to be accelerated, deeply implementing high-quality development and further deepening reform and expanding opening-up.

Rising above virus test, China’s top leaders set the economic priorities for 2021 in the key Central Economic Work Conference held in December, stressing that China will keep its macro policies consistent, stable and sustainable in 2021, with continued implementation of a proactive fiscal policy and prudent monetary policy.

In 2021, the country will take a solid first step in building the new development paradigm in which domestic and foreign markets reinforce each other, with the domestic market as the mainstay.

A comparison of China's key tasks for 2020 and 2021
A comparison of China’s key tasks for 2020 and 2021

Meanwhile, the president stressed the need to keep working hard to promote rural vitalization as the country has achieved decisive success in eradicating extreme poverty in 2020.

In the next five years, efforts will be made to consolidate achievements in the fight against poverty and fully promote the strategy of rural vitalization, according to the CPC Central Committee’s proposed major social and economic development targets for the 14th Five-Year Plan period (2021-2025).

Read more: 
China is set to end absolute poverty by 2020, what’s next?

To realize all these goals, upholding the Party leadership is the most fundamental guarantee, Xi has said on many occasions. 

In his New Year address, Xi described the Party as a gigantic vessel that leads China forward steadily with people’s expectations and the hope of the nation and stressed the importance of "original aspiration."

The CPC was founded with an original aspiration: the mission to seek happiness for the Chinese people and rejuvenation for the Chinese nation, and has remained committed to the people-centered philosophy of development.

The CPC’s original aspiration is even firmer 100 years later, Xi said.

2020: ‘Extraordinary’ in various areas

Looking back at 2020, the president described the year as an "anti-epidemic epic" and devoted much of his address to highlighting China’s all-out people’s war against COVID-19.

"Greatness is forged in the ordinary. Heroes come from the people. Every person is remarkable!" Xi said, before sending his sympathies to all those infected with the coronavirus.

In September, three outstanding medical professionals were conferred the national honorary title "the People’s Hero," while a total of 1,499 individuals, 500 groups, 186 CPC members and 150 primary-level Party organizations were commended for their roles in fighting the epidemic, and another 14 Party members were posthumously awarded.

Read more:

Wuhan’s war on COVID-19: How China mobilizes the whole country to contain the virus

Remembering the medical professionals we’ve lost to coronavirus

Meanwhile, China has participated actively in several global meetings to provide the international community with solutions and experiences, such as the G20 virtual summit on COVID-19, the summit of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), China, Japan and South Korea (ASEAN Plus Three or APT) on COVID-19, and a special ASEAN-China Foreign Ministers’ meeting on the outbreak.

President Xi also reviewed China’s achievements in various areas.

China is the first major economy worldwide to achieve positive growth in 2020, and its GDP is expected to step up to a new level of 100 trillion yuan. China has seen a good harvest in grain production for 17 years in a row, according to the president.

China's GDP growth in 2020 expected to be 1.9% by IMF
China’s GDP growth in 2020 expected to be 1.9% by IMF

Within eight years, under the current standard, China has eradicated extreme poverty for the nearly 100 million rural people affected, and all the 832 impoverished counties have shaken off poverty, he added.

China has seen breakthroughs in scientific explorations like the Tianwen-1 (Mars mission), Chang’e-5 (lunar probe), and Fendouzhe (deep-sea manned submersible). Construction of the Hainan Free Trade Port is proceeding with vigor, Xi said.

The president also recalled the unforgettable memories in 2020, including his inspections of 13 provincial-level regions, the 40th anniversary of the Shenzhen Special Economic Zone and his phone calls with friends from the international community to combat the pandemic. 

Read more:

Ten moments from Xi Jinping’s inspection tours

Xi’s ‘cloud diplomacy’ in the first half of 2020 instills global confidence

As the pandemic is still ravaging the world, President Xi highlighted the significance of a community with a shared future for mankind, especially for the post-pandemic world.

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KIIT Deemed to be University Announces Free Education for Children of COVID Deceased in Odisha

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BHUBANESWAR, India, July 27, 2020 — The COVID-19 pandemic has infected millions and caused much panic across the globe, including India and Odisha. The number of new coronavirus infections is increasing by day in Odisha. Many have also lost their lives. KIIT has always reached out to the distressed people at the time of natural calamities in the state. It has become the pride of Odisha as it has always stood by the people of the state at the time of their need. 

Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology (KIIT) Deemed to be University
Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology (KIIT) Deemed to be University

The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted and devastated normal life and livelihoods of the people of Odisha. Now, KIIT Deemed to be University has extended a helping hand to the families of the COVID deceased. Acting on a proposal by the Founder of KIIT & KISS, Dr. Achyuta Samanta, KIIT-DU has decided to provide technical and professional education absolutely free of cost to the children of the COVID deceased in Odisha.

Sons and daughters of the COVID deceased in Odisha, who are interested, can apply to different technical and professional courses of KIIT-DU, including ITI and Diploma Engineering, as per their eligibility for admission. This facility will be available for two academic years, 2020-21 and 2021-22 only, informed KIIT authorities. Preference will be given to the children of COVID deceased from BPL, SC, ST and SEBC categories. The move will provide relief to the people of Odisha who have been made helpless by the pandemic.

KIIT is the only university in India and abroad to extend such humanitarian gesture to the families of the COVID deceased.

Besides this benign initiative, KIIT Deemed to be University has been running four standalone COVID Hospitals in Odisha with 1200 bed capacity and over 200 critical care units for the last five months. KIIT is also at the frontline of the state’s war against coronavirus by contributing in the fields of food and medical supplies provision to the needy, reaching the unreached, creating awareness and animal care since the beginning of the lockdown.

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shradhanjali@kiit.ac.in
+91-674-2725636
Director, PR
KIIT Deemed to be University 

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