The Ministry of Foreign Affairs held a press conference on Xinjiang-related issues today (18th), inviting the relevant leaders of the Propaganda Department of the Party Committee of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region and many cadres and masses in Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region to strongly refute the so-called "research report" on Xinjiang-related issues by German Zheng Guoen.

　　Yiliang Anayiti, spokesperson of the Information Office of the People’s Government of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, said that the fight against terrorism and depolarization in Xinjiang is strictly in accordance with the provisions of the Anti-Terrorism Law of People’s Republic of China (PRC), insisting on not linking with specific regions, nationalities and religions, respecting citizens’ freedom of religious belief and national customs and habits, and resolutely preventing violations of the basic rights of people of all ethnic groups due to anti-terrorism and depolarization.

　　Yiliang Anayiti said that the "Document No.11 of the Party Committee of the Autonomous Region" mentioned in Zheng Guoen’s report mainly put forward requirements for managing illegal religious activities according to law and curbing the infiltration of religious extreme ideas. In practical work, Xinjiang pays attention to drawing a clear line between religion and ethnic customs with religious overtones, and drawing a clear line between normal religious activities and religious extremes, thus fully guaranteeing the freedom of religious belief and customs of people of all ethnic groups. For example, on November 3, 2020, the Report on the Freedom of Religious Belief in Xinjiang issued by the Islamic Association of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region in tianshan net pointed out that governments at all levels in Xinjiang fully respect traditional customs with religious colors, such as naming names, standing ceremonies, funerals, and crossing Naizir. Muslim people’s religious activities such as fasting, worship, chanting and prayer are all carried out according to their own wishes, and no one has ever intervened.

　　(CCTV reporter Zhu Ruomeng Wu Xia)

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New york, London, Paris, Tokyo, Hong Kong and Singapore, these first-tier international metropolises, what urban grand strategies have been formulated in 2023? These strategies or measures indicate the direction and thinking of the transformation of foreign metropolises, and represent the top-level thinking of these head cities. The series of articles "International Metropolis Strategy 2023" written by the Metropolitan Dynamic Tracking Group of Shanghai Development Strategy Research Institute will comprehensively sort out and deeply interpret the urban strategies of six first-tier international metropolises, and provide reference for Shanghai to better build a socialist modern international metropolis with world influence.

This article is the sixth in a series of articles, and looks at how Singapore formulates urban development strategies in the aspects of digital economy and digital security, green and digital shipping, economic and urban recovery, and overseas strategies of enterprises.

Singapore. Vision china data map

Singapore is located at the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula and at the entrance and exit of the Straits of Malacca. In 2022, it has a total population of 5.64 million, covering an area of 733 square kilometers, with a GDP of 468.12 billion US dollars and a per capita GDP of 83,000 US dollars. According to the forecast of the International Monetary Fund, the growth rate is expected to be 1.5% in 2023, exceeding 470 billion US dollars. In 2023, Singapore’s key strategies mainly focus on digital economy and digital security, green and digital shipping, economic and urban recovery, and overseas strategies of enterprises.

1. Singapore’s digital economy strategy has achieved remarkable results, and the scale of digital economy accounts for 17.3% of GDP.

Singapore released the first "Singapore Digital Economy Assessment", which showed that the scale of Singapore’s digital economy reached 106 billion yuan, accounting for 17.3% of GDP. Singapore is establishing a digital economy accounting system to measure the scale of the digital economy. In 2022, the scale of Singapore’s digital economy will reach S $106 billion, including S $33.1 billion in the information and communication industry.

In terms of digital industrialization, e-commerce, games and network services have the fastest growth rate. In terms of industrial digitalization, financial and insurance, wholesale trade and manufacturing industries have the fastest digital transformation. In addition, in 2022, there were 201,100 digital talents in Singapore, accounting for 5.2% of the total labor force, and the number of digital management and product developers grew the fastest.　

Figure 1 Singapore Digital Economy

2. Singapore Port cooperates with Los Angeles Port and Long Beach Port to establish a green and digital shipping corridor.

In April 2023, the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA), the Port of Los Angeles (POLA) and the Port of Long Beach (POLB) signed an agreement to establish green and digital shipping corridors between port complexes under the framework of the international city association (C40 city) to support the decarbonization of the shipping industry, improve efficiency through digitalization, and support the ships docked at the port complexes in San Pedro Bay, Singapore and Los Angeles to transition to low-emission and zero-emission fuels. The agreement also identifies digital shipping solutions and sets standards and best practices for green ports and alternative marine fuel refueling, including sharing experiences on international platforms such as IMO.

By the end of 2022, there are 21 green shipping corridors in the world, including the ports of Shanghai and Los Angeles. Ports, shipping companies, fuel suppliers and other shipping industry chain stakeholders in the green shipping corridors have signed up to cooperate, and by introducing innovative technologies and adopting new fuels, greenhouse gas emission reduction or even zero emission targets can be achieved on specific routes.　

3. Singapore will build an employment skill system centered on engineering training to enhance the employability of green economy.

As of June 2023, the unemployment rate in Singapore remained at a low level of 2.1%, and many indicators monitored by Singapore, such as the number of employed people in 2023, the long-term unemployment rate of residents, the number of laid-off people and the re-employment rate of laid-off residents within six months, were better than those in 2019. The Employment Skills Insight Report released by Singapore will build an employment skills system centered on engineering training, focusing on the energy levels of engineers and technicians in the green economy. The report emphasizes that from 2023 to 2030, Singapore’s national skills will focus on engineering training to support Singapore’s Green Plan 2030.

4. Singapore actively builds the world’s leading national digital trust center to enhance digital security and cross-border mobility convenience.

Singapore has established the National Digital Trust Center, with an investment of S $50 million. It will build a world-leading digital trust technology center from four aspects: trust technology research, trust technology innovation, new sandbox environment and new digital trust talents. At present, the center has cooperated with Britain and other countries on cross-border data flow and digital contracts. Singapore’s move is also regarded as an important measure to build a global digital financial center.

5. Singapore has built a large language model to meet the needs of multiculturalism and multilingualism, and is committed to building a language network.

Singapore took the lead in launching the flagship artificial intelligence project costing S $70 million to develop the first large-scale language model ecosystem in Southeast Asia to meet the diverse cultural and language needs of the region, and at the same time help Singapore become the global leader in artificial intelligence solutions in 2030. At present, Singapore Artificial Intelligence (AISG) has launched the first Southeast Asian Language Network (SEA-LION) system to support Singapore to become the language and voice center of Southeast Asia.

6. Singapore launched artificial intelligence strategy 2.0 to enhance its economic potential.

Singapore’s artificial intelligence strategy 2.0 aims to meet the challenges of today’s era and enhance Singapore’s economic and social potential in the next three to five years. Version 1.0 of artificial intelligence strategy was released in 2019, focusing on the application of artificial intelligence in education, medical care and social security. Version 2.0 of artificial intelligence will focus on the artificial intelligence ecosystem and support innovation and economic development through artificial intelligence, with the theme of "AI for public good, for Singapore and the world".

7. The HDB system in Singapore will be greatly adjusted and optimized, and the inclusiveness will be further enhanced.

In August 2023, Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong announced that he would further reform the HDB system, including changing the classification of HDB from the existing "mature/immature areas" to "standard/preferred/golden areas", and setting stricter resale conditions and holding periods for the latter two HDB. For example, the minimum holding period (MOP) of HDB in gold and preferred lots will be raised from 5 years to 10 years, and the purchase allowance will also be refunded at the time of sale. To achieve "ensuring that people of all salary classes can afford HDB flats, ensuring that every town and region has a good social mix, allowing people of different classes to live in HDB flats, and ensuring that the system is fair to all." The new classification of HDB is expected to curb the rapid rising trend of existing HDB prices and ease the contradiction of demand.

Figure 2 Distribution of various new types of HDB under the new system

8. Singapore Enterprise Development Board has established overseas sub-centers to continuously expand its overseas network.

During Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong’s visit to the United States, the Singapore Enterprise Development Agency opened an overseas sub-center in San Francisco to serve the innovative activities of Singaporean enterprises in San Francisco. Singapore took a fancy to San Francisco’s innovation system and ecology, focusing on enhancing the cooperation between the two innovation systems and ecology. At present, about 200 companies in Singapore have set up regional headquarters in the United States, covering medical care, financial technology, consumer technology, manufacturing and retail. In the past five years, the number of Singaporean companies in the United States has increased by 23%.

9. Singapore has gradually expanded its digital Singapore dollar electronic money experiment.

The Singapore government outlined the infrastructure needed to digitize the Singapore dollar, and announced that it would expand the experiment in digital currency. Monetary authority of singapore (MAS) will also issue a real-time central bank digital currency (CBDC) for batch settlement, and plans to start developing CBDC for batch interbank settlement in 2024. The expanded digital currency experiment will cover four areas: token bank liabilities, wallet interoperability, supplier financing and institutional payment control. These will be carried out with industry participants including various commercial organizations and financial institutions to check related infrastructure components and business models. At the same time, Ant International, Fazz(Note: a digital payment financial service platform, which was formed by the merger of Indonesia Payfazz and Singapore Xfers Company)And Grab(Note: South Asia Network Car Rental and Food Delivery Platform Company provides services including online car rental, food delivery, hotel reservation, online banking, mobile payment and insurance. )The pilot will be launched around the concept of special currency to facilitate Alipay users to pay GrabPay merchants.

10. Singapore started to formulate relevant technical standards after completing the first marine methanol fuel replenishment.

Replacing low-carbon fuel with methanol is a strategy to decarbonize the shipping industry, which accounts for 3% of global greenhouse gas emissions. Singapore carried out the first methanol filling operation in July 2023, which may pave the way for methanol to be used as marine fuel. With the global delivery of methanol ships, more methanol filling operations will be planned in the coming year.

After the first operation, the Singapore Chemical Industry Council and the Standards Development Organization of Singapore Maritime Safety Administration (MPA) will formulate technical references for the operation and safety requirements of methanol filling. The Singapore Maritime Bureau will also lay a further foundation for the establishment of commercial methanol operations, including licensing and infrastructure requirements. As the shipping industry moves towards full decarbonization, methanol is an important substitute.

The proportion of digital economy and green economy in Singapore has increased, and HDB reform has been carried out.

Over the past two years, Singapore has become the "online celebrity City" in Asia. Excellent urban management, stable political system, never-absent scientific and technological layout and forward-looking overseas strategy make Singapore an "investment paradise".

In 2023, the exchange rate of Singapore dollar against Malaysian ringgit rose all the way, and the enthusiasm of Singaporeans for spending across the Johor Strait to Johor Bahru and other places continued to rise. Tharman shanmugaratnam won with 70.40% of the vote and became the ninth Singaporean president.

In 2023, the proportion of digital economy and green economy in Singapore’s urban strategy increased significantly. In particular, the digital economy has enabled Singapore to once again break through the restrictions of narrow space (the last breakthrough was the establishment of major industrial parks overseas) and play a greater role in the virtual space. Singapore’s path to developing green economy has always been clear: if it can’t completely win from technology and economies of scale, then it should participate in the global green economy competition in the formulation of standards and frameworks.

Finally, talk about the HDB system in Singapore. Since the era of Lee Kuan Yew, Singapore has adhered to the concept that "people’s livelihood is the greatest democracy". Du Fu’s poem-"There are thousands of buildings in Ande" still hangs in the hall of Singapore Housing Bureau. HDB has solved the housing problem of 70% Singaporeans. Singapore has also reserved the area around the subway station with the best location, the most mature facilities and the most complete facilities for HDB. Compared with other metropolises, Singapore is a veritable "people’s city". In 2023, the detailed measures of Lee Hsien Loong’s HDB reform were obviously to improve the inclusiveness of HDB and strengthen the residential property of HDB again.

(This paper is one of the series of research results of the research group of metropolitan dynamic tracking of Shanghai Development Strategy Institute, and the members of the research group include Dai Yuehua, Grace Wai Wong and Liu Ziyu.)

　

On November 15th, bilibili released "2022 bilibili Automobile Ecological Report" (hereinafter referred to as "Report"). In the past year, the number of car videos played in bilibili reached 14.5 billion, up 116% year-on-year, with over 40 million monthly active users.

From learning to buying a car, a multi-cultural community with car interests.

The report shows that at present, bilibili has gathered practical strategies from driving test study, new car information, car purchase evaluation, car sharing and other aspects, and has become a multicultural community with diverse car interests for young people. In the past year, 10.84 million people have watched driving test videos many times in bilibili, and the number of car purchase evaluation videos has exceeded 1.7 billion times. More and more people share their first cars in bilibili, and the number of contributions to the vlog for car lifting has increased by 156%. In addition, new energy vehicles are also widely concerned in bilibili, with the number of searches increasing by 199% year-on-year.

In bilibili, many users get to know the brand and new car information through search, and the number of car brand searches has exceeded 120 million times in the past year. More and more automobile brands are active in bilibili. At present, 93 automobile brands, including BMW, Mercedes-Benz, Link and Wuling, have settled in. They have produced characteristic content that conforms to the tonality of users in bilibili, showing the younger side of the brand.

Go on road trip is a lifestyle that young people in bilibili yearn for, and the related videos have been played more than 1.8 billion times, up 282% year-on-year. With the rise of RV craze, more creators shared their RV diaries in bilibili, and the number of RV creators in bilibili increased by 74% year-on-year. The launch of the "camping mode" of new energy vehicles has further promoted "weekend tram camping" to become a new fashion for young people to travel.

There are a large number of car modification experts active in bilibili, who have created a wealth of car modification and play works, such as old car renovation, DIY "car making", car modification and car model play. In the past year, more than 34 million people watched videos related to refitting cars in bilibili, a year-on-year increase of 65%. In addition, in-depth car science content also performed well in bilibili, and the number of videos related to car knowledge increased by 119% year-on-year.

In the past year, the number of racing videos in bilibili increased by 132% year-on-year. UP owners created interesting racing commentary videos and created a strong racing culture atmosphere in bilibili. In addition, the "racing simulator" that can experience the pleasure of racing without leaving home began to receive more attention, with more than 150,000 searches, an increase of 81% year-on-year.

With the development of various circles of automobile culture in bilibili, bilibili has also initiated automobile content planning with various themes, such as go on road trip, automobile culture, painful car and automobile design. This year, the new energy vehicle brand cooperation plan "Coin Plan"-Automobile was also released, which built a stage for new energy vehicles to face the authors and users around the release of new vehicles, test drive experience, in-depth public testing and automobile workplace experience.

On March 18th, at the 23rd Hong Kong International Film and Television Exhibition, Huace Group held a press conference on the export alliance of Huace boutique dramas and China TV dramas (network dramas) in Hong Kong, and released a number of boutique dramas, which once again set off a "Huace craze". The theme of the conference was "Dreamcatcher, Huace Heart". In 2019, Huace released a number of blockbuster dramas, showing its leading position in the head content market. At the press conference, the China TV drama (network drama) export alliance also appeared in Hongkong.

At the press conference, Zhao Yifang, founder and president of Huace Group, said in his speech that Huace Group has been committed to creating the best film and television works in China for nearly 30 years, reflecting the vitality of the times and the colorful life of people with rich and diverse aesthetic methods and creative ideas. Huace always believes that content is king, returns to the initial heart, makes conscience, creates ingenuity, and moistens people with good stories.

2019 ultra-luxury film list high-quality head film and television drama series, leading the content market

At the press conference, Huace brought many excellent works, such as I only like you, Ordinary Glory, Perfect Relationship, Huo Qubing, First Love of Senior Girls, My Wonderful Boyfriend 2, which is just a part of Huace’s super-luxury film list in 2019. In Huace’s list of nearly 20 films to be broadcast this year, there are various types such as theme theme, classic costume, urban emotion, and youthful inspiration. Fu Binxing, vice president of Huace Group and chairman of Huace Film Industry, and Sun Xu, general manager of Huace Beijing Business Group Marketing Center, made the release of key plays on the spot.

Workplace drama and industry drama are a type of theme that Huace has focused on developing in recent years. Classic masterpieces such as Dear Translator are frequent, and there are also many related works in 2019. Two such works were unveiled at this conference. Mark Chao, Bai Jingting, and Bridgette lead the show, with Daxun Wei as the special star. The realistic workplace drama Ordinary Glory, directed by Lv Xing, the director of Crime Without a Certificate, as a masterpiece of Huace’s realistic theme, reproduces the ordinary and truth of the little people in the workplace and highlights the tenacious course of inspirational struggle of ordinary people in the city.

Perfect Relationship, the first public relations TV series in China, tells the story that "public relations partners" have grown up together in the endless public relations battles from single-handedly to side-by-side, filling the gap in the industry drama.

Focusing on the emotional life and struggle of young people in modern cities is an important theme field that Huace has made great efforts this year. The first love of senior girls, I only like you and my wonderful boyfriend 2 are the masterpieces of Huace in 2019.

Among them, the urban emotional topic drama "The First Love of Senior Girls" takes "Sister-in-law Love" as the breakthrough point, and integrates the social realistic topics of marriage, family, affection and love, showing the life attitude of contemporary urban women who dare to break away from convention and pursue themselves, which is bound to trigger universal emotional resonance; "I only like you" dedicates a long-lasting story from school uniform to wedding dress to the audience with the sweetest feelings, the most passionate plot and the most long-lasting confession. In 2019, the hit dark horse work "My Fantastic Boyfriend 2" was launched in 20 hours, and the broadcast volume exceeded 100 million. On the basis of continuing the sweet pets in the first season and the funny and sharp lines, it was upgraded in many dimensions.

It is an important principle that Huace adheres to in content selection and production style to dig deep into the theme from traditional history and culture and reflect mainstream values and positive feelings for home and country. The Huo Qubing released this time is the first TV series devoted to the legendary life of Huo Qubing, the God of War. Fresh faces, gorgeous costumes and exquisite scenery will leave a deep impression on TV history.

In addition, in January 2018, Huace Group took the lead in setting up the R&D center of big drama in the industry, and went all out to create large-scale peak works with bones and muscles, morality and temperature, highlighting mainstream values and national spirit, and leading works with great communication and influence. Diplomatic Fengyun, which is in the post-production, is the first TV series that reflects the heroic achievements of the diplomatic front of New China in a panoramic way since the founding of New China, and presents the 70th anniversary of New China. More than 700 outstanding actors from home and abroad participated in the drama, and the scene of 20 countries was shot and the luxurious interior was built. The large-scale production restored great history.