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我的中國故事

馬云歡迎湖畔大學新生入學

Headmaster Jack Ma Greets New Students at Hupan College

近日，由阿里巴巴創始人馬云等八位重量級人物共同創辦的、專為企業家打造、坐落在浙江杭州的湖畔大學，迎來了第三期學員。在新學期開學典禮上，作為這所學校的校長，馬云在全校董事以及第一、第二期老學員面前為新學員授予校徽，傳承湖畔大學的開學傳統。據悉，湖畔大學的入學門檻非常高，所有應聘者須滿足下列條件：學員必須是創業3年以上的企業決策者；公司規模超過30人；年度營業額在三千萬以上。除此之外，學員還必須有3位推薦人，其中至少1位為湖畔大學指定推薦人。

The Hupan College, a school for entrepreneurs established by Alibaba founder Jack Ma among eight heavy weight names, began its third term in Hangzhou, East China’s Zhejiang province recently.Jack Ma, president of the college, awarded all of the new students with school badges at the opening ceremony in front of the school board and students of the first and second terms. This is regarded as a tradition of the college. The college holds very high expectations for its applicants. It only accepts candidates who have at least three years’ experience running their own businesses, a team of more than 30 employees and an annual revenue exceeding 30 million yuan.In addition, they must get three recommendations, at least one of which must be appointed by the college.

北京大學擬在英牛津設校區

China’s Peking University Buys Campus Space Near Oxford

擁有拱形宴會廳、意大利風格花園和湖泊的福克斯康貝莊園，將成為北京大學匯豐商學院的分支機構。房地產代理公司Carter Jonas的合伙人Jon Silversides表示：“我可以確認，我們已經完成交割合同，下個月生效。”據報道，北京大學匯豐商學院將在福克斯康貝莊園設置校區，成交價格為880萬英鎊。該校區位于英國著名學術中心牛津之外，但不會成為世界著名的牛津大學的一部分。校區占地6.17公頃（15.25英畝），中心部分是原始莊園，建于19世紀90年代，自1976年以來，這個地方由英國最大的大學之一開放大學使用。

Foxcombe Hall, which has a vaulted banqueting hall, Italian-style gardens and a lake, is to become a branch of Peking University’s HSBC Business School.“I can confirm we’ve exchanged contracts with completion due next month.”said Jon Silversides, partner at estate agency Carter Jonas. The school is setting up camp in Foxcombe Hall which it recently purchased for a reported￡8.8million. The campus located just outside Oxford, a hub of British academic excellence, will not be part of the world-famous University of Oxford. Spread over 6.17 hectares (15.25 acres), the campus centre piece is the original house, built in the 1890s,and the complex had been used by the Open University -- one of the UK’s biggest universities -- since 1976.

上海成為全球最大國際貿易城市

Shanghai Becomes World’s Biggest Trading City

據官方數據顯示，得益于政府鼓勵和促進貿易的措施，目前上海已經成為了全球最大的國際貿易城市。2016年上海全市港口進出口額近6.9萬億元人民幣，占全國生產總值的28.3%和全球貿易的3%。上海因此取代了香港和新加坡，成為全球最大的國際貿易城市。今年第一季度上海的對外貿易額增長20%，總額7500億人民幣左右。上海自貿區也有助于貿易變得更加高效，并且通過加快通關和外匯支付來降低成本。官方數據顯示，2016年試點項目貿易額增長了6倍，總額近25億人民幣。

Official figures are suggesting Shanghai is now the world’s largest international trading city due to the government’s measures to encourage and upgrade trade. Imports and exports through the city’s ports were nearly 6.9 trillion yuan 2016, accounting for 28.3 percent of national value and 3 percent of global trade. Shanghai overtook Hong Kong and Singapore to be the largest international trading city. He said Shanghai’s foreign trade is set to grow 20 percent in the first quarter of this year to around 750 billion yuan. The Shanghai free trade zone has also helped trade become more efficient and cut costs through faster customs clearance and foreign exchange payments. Official data shows trade conducted in the pilot program rose six times from a year ago to nearly 2.5 billion yuan 2016.