The fifth edition of BIP Asia was held on 3 and 4 December at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre (HKCEC). This year’s Business of Intellectual Property Asia (BIP Asia) Forum highlighted growing demand for IP services in Asia as well as Hong Kong’s strengths as a regional hub for IP-related business.
The number of adolescents aged 10- 19 officially estimated to be living with HIV in Asia and the Pacific has trended upwards over the past decade, reaching 220,000 in 2014, said a report released here on Monday.
“The Belt and Road Initiative” (hereinafter the “B&R”) is now speeding up and stepping towards detailed implementation. It is learnt by journalist from the Economic Information Daily that, as the “highlight” of foreign cooperation, specialized planning on the energy sector has been drafted at the stage of seeking for public opinions and improvement. Based on current thought, oil and gas cooperation will focus on six key fields, including “four cooperative zones” and “six industrial regions”, to establish and improve the transaction center for oil and natural gas, open up new sea-and-rail transportation line, construct oil & gas mainline in Asia, create a series of first-class international oil & gas enterprises, and enhance energy equipment manufacturing and “going out” of energy service enterprises.
The Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Economic Leaders' Meeting concluded here on Thursday, with the 21-member economies issuing a joint declaration focusing on inclusive economic growth and a wider free trade area in the entire region -- the Free Trade Area of Asia-Pacific (FTAAP) .
The 23rd Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Economic Leaders' Meeting kicked off here Wednesday afternoon, with Chinese President Xi Jinping joining hands with other leaders to boost regional cooperation.
Investments in power generation and higher than expected production of gold and copper are set to see Laos post economic growth of 6.4 percent for the year 2015 despite the impact of weak commodity prices and sluggish global trade, according to a World Bank report released on Monday.
It is already a worldwide consensus that China and the United States, the two giants sitting on the opposite end of the Pacific Ocean, play a pivotal role in shaping the future of the vast region between them, whose eminence in global affairs is growing each and every day.
Development and economic cooperation among countries have been the major achievements in the East Asia and will remain crucial for the future development in the region, a Malaysian expert has said.
Philippine President Benigno Aquino III on Monday cited economic gains as among the major accomplishments of his five-year-old administration, but poverty is still rampant in the country, according to recent surveys.
European Union foreign ministers agreed Monday that the EU and the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) must work together to move their relationship to the strategic level.
China overtakes Japan as Asia's number one nation for world-class universities, according to the Asia University Rankings 2015 published Wednesday by the Times Higher Education.
IT giant Google plans to build a second "larger, multilevel" facility in Singapore, said Vice President of Data Centers at Google Asia Pacific Joe Kava on Tuesday.
President Barack Obama on Monday submitted to the Senate the protocol for a nuclear-weapon- free treaty on Central Asia, saying its ratification is "in the best interest" of the United States.
It's high time for Asia and Africa to further unleash their potential, pursue untapped opportunities and achieve collective development, which will in turn strengthen South-South, South-North and Asian-African cooperation.
Sixty years ago, the city of Bandung witnessed a historic gathering of representatives from newly independent countries in Asia and Africa; today, it is revisiting the very principles agreed upon at the epoch-marking conference.
The Asian African Business Summit (AABS) kicked off here on Tuesday morning with the theme " Realization of Asia-Africa Partnership for Progress and Prosperity. "
Further militarizing South Asia and East Asia, especially with a policy that has a rather unsubtle bias against China, does not improve the overall security environment, an expert said in a recent interview with Xinhua.
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