New Model Of Sustainable Development Research Articles

ESG Practice of Medical Device Companies and its Impact on Corporate Performance: Taking Mindray as an Example

In the context of China’s “dual carbon” goal, the concept of Environment, Social and Governance (ESG) has attracted more and more attention, and enterprises have turned their attention to ESG in the process of thinking about how to transform to a new model of sustainable development. At the same time, with the aging population and the continuous progress of medical technology, the medical device industry shows a trend of rapid development. Researchers found that good ESG practices have a positive impact on enterprise performance. However, most of the studies are empirical studies based on big data samples, while there are few case studies on specific companies. As a leading enterprise in the medical device industry, Mindray has made continuous efforts in green development, social responsibility and corporate governance, and has achieved excellent performance in ESG transparency and ESG performance evaluation. Therefore, this study takes Mindray as the research object, adopts literature research method and case study method to analyze its ESG practice path and its impact on corporate performance. The study found that Mindray Medical’s ESG practices performed well, and its good ESG practices had a positive impact on both its non-financial performance and financial performance, which was conducive to its sustainable and healthy development.

Analiza sadržaja komentara na usluge, zadovoljstvo i iskustva posetioca "Albergo Diffusoˮ - slučaj TripAdvisor

The Albergo Diffuso model is a new model of sustainable development, based in Italy, which aims to utilize both tangible and intangible local resources. Today, this model is becoming increasingly popular in the tourism sector, where it is used to support local communities, preserve cultural heritage, enhance the tourist experience and promote sustainable tourism. In this direction, the aim of this study is to determine the touristic experiences of tourists staying in Albergo Diffuso hotels through their reviews on TripAdvisor digital travel platform and the factors that may affect their experiences. The study will analyze 100 reviews for two Albergo Diffuso hotels in Italy. The findings of this research showed that these contents can be categorized under four factors. These factors are listed as "hotel overall", "staff", "hotel room" and "food and beverage" according to their importance in tourists' hotel stay experiences.

The Challenges of Adoption of Circular Economy: Case of China

China, as a developing country, faces many challenges in resource supply and waste assimilation. Thus, China urgently needed a new model of sustainable development that would be able to overcome the current dilemma and “improve resource productivity and eco-efficiency.” In this case, the circular economy was introduced to help China to enter a more sustainable economic structure. The purpose of this research paper is to present the model adopted by China for the deployment of CE and to present the challenges China faces in order to draw the main lessons for the introduction of CE in Algeria

Design and Implementation of an Intelligent ANFIS Controller on a Raspberry Pi Nano-Computer for Photovoltaic Pumping Intended for Drip Irrigation

For several decades, many countries have favored irrigation as a means of regulating, diversifying, and increasing agricultural production to meet the growing domestic demand for food, and even to generate exportable surpluses. As with most Mediterranean countries, Tunisia has inherited a long tradition in irrigation; thus, the management of the scarcity of water resources poses a very important challenge that is gradually increasing due to the effects of climate change undergone by the region and confronting the agricultural sector. Aiming at a new model of sustainable development, ensuring the optimization of water resources management, as well as the protection of natural resources and the environment, this work proposed the modern design of a photovoltaic pumping chain dedicated for drip irrigation, which is controlled using an intelligent neuron-fuzzy controller with an ANFIS architecture and implemented on a Raspberry Pi platform. Thanks to this design, the efficiency of the pumping chain increased exponentially to a value of approximately 95%, achieving water pumping optimization while exploiting renewable energy resources, thus guaranteeing the longevity of water resources, as well as the continuity of diversified agricultural production.

Evaluation of Green Development Efficiency of the Major Cities in Gansu Province, China

Green development (GD) has become a new model of sustainable development across the world. However, our knowledge of green development efficiency (GDE) in Gansu province is poor. In remedy, this study, based on the panel data of 12 major cities in Gansu from 2010 to 2017, employed the super-efficient Slack-based measure (SBM) to analyze and evaluate GDE from the input–output perspective. Furthermore, we analyzed the input redundancy and output deficiency of identified inefficient cities in 2017 and conducted spatial autocorrelation analysis of GDE of the cities under study. Results show differences in the GDE of the major cities in Gansu, with an average value of 0.985. Green development efficiency in Lanzhou, Qingyang, Jinchang, Jiuquan, and Tianshui was relatively higher than in other cities. Green development efficiency in Zhangye, Wuwei, Jiayuguan, Baiyin, Dingxi, Longnan, and Longnan was less than one due to their redundant labor and capital input and excessive pollutant emission output. The overall GDE in Gansu depicts “high east and low west” zones. Each city in Gansu needs to formulate targeted policies and regulations to improve resource utilization, innovation capacity, reduce pollutant emission, optimize the industrial structure, and promote inter-city cooperation to construct a sustainable green economy.

Modern aspects of the development of financial inclusion in rural areas of the Russian Federation

The article considers financial inclusion as the most important means of achieving sustainable comprehensive economic growth. It is established that in the new model of sustainable development of rural areas, the financial involvement of households and small and medium-sized businesses is of particular importance. However, in Russia, among all segments of the population, the most excluded category from financial and economic interaction is precisely rural residents. The main reasons for this situation are digital inequality in the form of low availability of digital communications (Internet and mobile communications) for the rural population, the low level of digital and financial competencies of the villagers, and the low level of income of rural households. Despite the government’s policy to increase the financial accessibility of banking services and eliminate digital inequality, in regulatory and policy documents, references to rural areas are either indirect or absent. Today, there is a boom in the digitalization of financial services; the level of development of information technologies allows you to create more convenient, efficient and mobile products that do not require visits to bank branches and face-to-face consultations. At the same time, such digitalization can become a threat to the development of financial inclusion in rural areas. In this regard, are needed special programs to improve the financial and digital literacy of the rural population, as well as a system of accessible consulting support on lending issues.

ДОСТИЖЕНИЕ УСТОЙЧИВОСТИ В СТРАНАХ С ТРАНЗИТНОЙ ЭКОНОМИКОЙ: НОВЫЕ ВОЗМОЖНОСТИ И ПЕРСПЕКТИВЫ

The article examines Kazakhstan, the largest economy in Central Asia, which, on the way to sustainable economic growth, adequately responds to systemic challenges and adapts the experience of advanced countries. The generalizing indicators of the effectiveness of state regulation of the processes contributing to the growth of the stability of the national economy are given. The reasons for the weak involvement of entrepreneurs and citizens in measures for the sustainable development of Kazakhstan have been identified. It has been substantiated that the development of a strategy for the country's sustainable development and the achievement of inclusive economic growth require coordination of the work of government bodies, business and civil society. It is shown that in Kazakhstan the main drivers for the implementation of the culture of sustainable development are large enterprises and the quasi-public sector. Private enterprises do not yet see the opportunity to profit from integrating sustainable development goals into business processes. The paper emphasizes that in order to increase the stability of the poorly diversified economy of Kazakhstan, emphasis should be placed on the transformation of the mining sector, which has the potential to maintain investment attractiveness, both for domestic and foreign investors. Based on the results of the study, the authors highlight the most important aspects of building a new model of sustainable development in the foreseeable future.

ENVIRONMENTAL INNOVATIONS AS A FACTOR OF ACHIEVING SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT OF SOCIETY

Environmental innovation is a must in the face of a potential global environmental disaster. The development of the technogenic economy, including in Ukraine, has led to the destruction of natural balances and deterioration of relations between man and his environment. To prevent global and local environmental crises, it is necessary to change the technogenic type of economic development to a sustainable one. Such an approach is inconceivable without the use of science-intensive innovative technologies of an ecological nature. This article is devoted to the study of environmental innovations as a prerequisite for the transition to a new model of sustainable development. For this purpose, the analysis of the essence of the concept of "environmental innovation" is carried out; it is determined that eco-innovation is innovation that leads to environmentally efficient technologies that directly or indirectly improve the state of the environment. The necessity of introducing environmental innovations to solve environmental and economic problems of enterprises has been substantiated. Sectors of the world economy that actively use eco-innovation are indicated. The situation in the development and use of environmental innovations in our country is characterized. In Ukraine, the issues of environmental reorientation in economic development are especially relevant due to the obvious inefficiency in the use of natural resources and a low degree of energy conservation. In this regard, the first priority is the application of objects that have a negative impact on the environment, a regulation system using the best available technologies. For Ukraine’s transition to an innovative path of development, the stages of implementing a cleaner production strategy are proposed. Based on the above, it was concluded that environmentally oriented innovation activities of industrial enterprises and businesses in Ukraine will ensure the formation of a balanced development of both individual enterprises and society as a whole.

Dynamic interactive links among sustainable energy investment, air pollution, and sustainable development in regional China

This research investigates the dynamic interactive associations among sustainable investment in the energy sector, air pollution, and sustainable development. To this end, it employs a "one-step" system-generalized method of moments (GMM) and "one-step" differential-GMM estimators, covering the period between 1996 and 2017. In this context, it utilizes the simultaneous equations of the dynamic panel data model for panel data of 27 Chinese provinces and municipalities. We have developed a new model of sustainable development, which incorporates sustainable investment in the energy sector and air pollution to offer a robust theoretical foundation for considering the underlying relations. The system-GMM estimator is used for the full data set; however, differential-GMM is utilized for the subsets of data, in order to tackle the small sample bias problem. The empirical outcomes provide several vital insights in that they yield mixed findings for the aggregated sample and subsets of data. For example, a two-way causal relationship occurs for all the panels, except the central part (medium development regions), between sustainable investment in the energy sector and sustainable development. Contrary to this, causality runs from air pollution to sustainable investment in the energy sector in a full data set and the central part (medium dev.). Nevertheless, the opposite is true in the case of the eastern part (most developed regions) of China. Still, the same relationship runs in either direction in the case of the western part (least developed regions). On the other way around, the feedback hypothesis of causality is confirmed, across all the samples, between air pollution and sustainable development. Hence, sustainable development and air pollution are overwhelmingly interdependent, in the country as well as the province and municipality level of the Chinese economy.

Financial, Economic Crisis and Quality in Health Services Provision, New Challenges to Improve Quality Policy in the Healthcare System of Greece

Greece has been severely affected by the global financial and economic crisis, with far-reaching economic, social and political consequences. In 2013, the country was already experiencing its fifth year of recession and was operating within suffocating tax measures. Prior to the crisis, the Greek healthcare system suffered from a wide range of problems. Therefore, it was vulnerable to economic fluctuations and was not properly prepared to meet the changing needs of the population. The aim of this study was firstly to investigate the effect of the economic crisis on the quality of health care in Greece and secondly to propose methods to improve the quality policy of the Greek Health System. A literature review was carried out in order to collect all available information of the relevant literature sources in both Greek and international English-language bibliography. The effects of the economic crisis on the Greek national healthcare system were recorded extendedly. In particular, the effects of the economic crisis on access to health services, the effectiveness of hospital care, the quality of health care provided, the transparency and oversight are analysed. In summary, the need to re-examine and promote a public debate on the health budget, not only in economic terms, but as a development tool for the well-being of citizens, is emphasized. In conclusion, restoring the social values that govern the health care system is a prerequisite for creating a new model for sustainable development

Transición ecológica y extractivismo de litio en Chile

El presente artículo plantea analizar la transición ecológica global y sus implicancias en la escala local de la cuenca del salar de Atacama en Chile. Como punto de partida, se reflexiona en torno a la transición hacia la movilidad eléctrica que articula un proceso de extractivismo de litio que genera degradación ambiental, afectando la disponibilidad hídrica y las formas de relación con la naturaleza del pueblo indígena lickanantay. El artículo se divide en cuatro partes: en la primera, fundamentalmente de revisión documental en torno al nuevo modelo de desarrollo sustentable, analizamos cómo este se articula a un proceso extractivista en países de la periferia del desarrollo. En la segunda, examinamos datos estadísticos para comprender la importancia de Sudamérica como fuente de litio en los flujos económicos de escala global. En tercer lugar, profundizamos en el trabajo de terreno en cuanto a un análisis de discurso de la introducción de nuevos actores y la confrontación de estos a la perspectiva del pueblo lickanantay. Finalmente, proponemos un análisis desde la matriz teórica de la ecología política para indagar la gobernanza hídrica e identificar implicancias del proceso de degradación medioambiental constatadas a partir de los relatos de actores indígenas sobre el proceso de transformación.

Territorial function and feasibility of the Earth’s Third Pole National Park Cluster

The concept of an Earth’s Third Pole national park cluster has been proposed on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau and preliminary research for this completed in the initial stage of the second scientific investigation on the plateau. Based on the theory of territorial function, it is realized that with the diversification of land use demand, limited land exerts stronger and stronger binding forces on the allocation of territorial functions. There will be more and more space with complex territorial functions, among which national parks will become a new territorial function for large-scale optimization of the development and protection pattern of land on the Qinghai-Tibet plateau. Currently, land development accounts for about 0.08%, of the total area in Tibet, whereas various nature reserves account for 33.9%. There are many problems in protected natural areas, such as overlapping, a large number of settlements there, and the poverty of local farmers and herdsmen. The Qinghai-Tibet plateau has become the only area of deep poverty in China. Because of these problems, four territorial functions of the proposed third pole national park cluster on the Qinghai-Tibet plateau are: Maintaining protection of the global ecological system and the diversity of human civilization and culture; reshaping the main body of the natural protection system; coordinating the human-land coupling system; and supporting sustainable livelihood and high-quality regional development. To fulfill the requirements of forming a national park cluster, this paper explores the selection conditions of potential sites and proposes some innovative evaluation ideas, such as the contribution of alternative sites to the formation of the national park cluster and the integrity of their uniqueness and interaction. Through preliminary evaluation of the representative regional space of different ecosystems provided by ecological and geographical zoning, a draft of the global third pole national park cluster is proposed. It includes 6 flagship national parks, composed of 2 transnational national parks, and 9 national parks. With a land coverage of more than 300000 square kilometers, it will be a focused, large national park cluster, with distinctive ecological characteristics, and outstanding scientific research value for recreation and tourism. Studying the reasonable capacity of national parks (cluster) is the key link in the construction feasibility study. Furthermore, the reasonable capacity calculation is expanded from the natural carrying capacity to that of the facility and the society. Carrying-capacity considerations include the dual requirements of national, and non-national park functions, and from this, a comprehensive carrying capacity calculation model is then established. The concept and algorithm of a comprehensive carrying capacity were initially applied to test the Selincuo-Puruogangri national park alternative. Preliminary results indicated that the daily capacity for tourism should not exceed 7000 people, and the annual capacity should not exceed 800000 people. Results obtained in the extremely fragile natural ecosystems of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau in northern Tibet indicate that the establishment of national park cluster there has a high feasibility. The construction of a national park cluster will be a new model of sustainable development for the Qinghai-Tibet plateau region, which will help change the current “transfusion” development model relying on state financial subsidies to farmers and herdsmen. Through subsidizing projects in the construction of national parks, the degree of public participation, the level of services, and also subsidizing the contribution of ecological protection, a “hematopoietic” development model is proposed in which the more you do, the more benefit you get. Finally, a virtual circle of “ecological advantages + assets → ecological products + benefits → sustainable livelihood + development → ecological restoration + value-added” will be realized. With the intensifying of this proposition in the second scientific investigation on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, a scientific basis for the special sustainable development model of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau will be achieved by the completion of a construction plan of the Earth’s Third Pole national park cluster.

Impacts of Rainfall and Temperatures on Socioeconomic and Environmental Sectors in the Communes of Tondikiwindi and Ouallam, Department of Ouallam, Region of Tillaberi, Niger Republic

The communes of Tondikiwindi and Ouallam in Niger experience changes in rainfall and temperatures like the whole of ahel. This paper focuses on understanding the impacts of these climate parameters on socio-economic and environmental sectors. The methodology is based on calculations of various indices (Lamb, 1982; Tabony, 1977; FAO / UNESCO, 1979) and determination of temperatures within maxima and minima values. With regard to the rainfall evolution, three periods were noted including a long dry period (1968-1989), a relatively wet period (1990-1998), and a period of great variability with an alternation of wet and dry years (1999 -2015). A trend in the South has been noticed in the start and at the end of the rainy season, with a slight decrease in the rainy days. For the temperatures, an increase was registered from 1968 up to date with some slight changes. This is due to the occurrence of the phenomena related to the El Nino or ENSO Southern Oscillation. In terms of impacts, there were several food crises and population migration both inside and outside of the country. On the other hand, the return to a relatively humid phase has led to a change in the Northern limit of cultures, whose corollary is the exacerbation of conflicts between shared natural resources users. This return to an increase in rainfall has also led to major floods that have favored the creation of new permanent or semipermanent pools. Hence, it is necessary to develop a new model of sustainable development for this geographical entity.

GOOD GOVERNANCE AS A TOOL OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

Growing concern about environmental degradation, disappointment with development efforts to reduce poverty and inequality on a global scale together with economic and socio-political instability has shifted focus from the model of economic growth to the new model of sustainable development. Despite the new orientation of development economics, the question on how to achieve sustainable development goals still remains. In order to avoid failure of the neoliberal agenda, the revised version of Washington Consensus focusing on good governance has taken the leading role in development policy. The aim of this research is to test the links between a fuzzy concept of good governance and very heterogonous dimensions of sustainable development. Our research aims to analyze the effects of good governance on particular indicators of sustainable development, especially of socio-economic development, at the level of different categories of countries. This study reveals that statistical significance, direction and intensity of the effects of good governance dimensions vary in relation to the selected indicator of sustainable development and affiliation to the particular category of countries. These results suggest that there is no “one size fits all” model of good governance promoted as a universal mantra of sustainable development putting into question the principles of post-Washington consensus as the key response to modern developmental challenges. Keywords: good governance, sustainable development

Regenerating the “Creative Place”: A New Approach in Promoting Contemporary Heritage of Islamic -Iranian City (Case Study: Naqsh-E-Jahan Square of Isfahan)

Regenerating the historic cities and adapting them with the circumstances and developments of contemporary life is one of the essential strategies for improving the social, economic and cultural situations in historic cities. The changes of socio-cultural conditions have necessitated more attention to high potential urban contexts such as historic hubs for improving the mentioned conditions. This research aims at studying a recent phenomenon in cities based on social, cultural and economic innovations called “creative place” .The objective of the theory of “creative place” is developing strategies for achieving a new model of sustainable development that is consistent with the spirit of time in response to the following question: “How can we achieve the concept of creative place as a new model of sustainable development based on culture and identity in regenerating the historical centers of a modern Islamic-Iranian city?” .According to the approach of “sense of place” and using interaction between the three areas discussed in the creative place, i.e., Art & Culture, Knowledge-based organizations, and Community projects, this subject is analyzed using content analysis method and reviewing the literatures. Then the environmental components in renewing the historical hubs of Iranian-Islamic contemporary city is detected using the approach of “creative place” .In the final step, the environmental factors of Naqsh-e-Jahan Square of Isfahan are recognized and analyzed in order to become a creative place. This study concludes that recognizing the features of contemporary heritage of architecture and Islamic urbanism of Iran in order to establish a basis for the realization of creative place idea, leads to the recognition of the rich factors involved in this heritage.

The Battle of Brooklyn: World City and Space of Neighborhoods

Observers have long suggested New York City is undergoing a vast transformation. Between globalization, hyper development and accompanying homogenization, the city's neighborhoods are being remade in front of our eyes (Sites, 2003). Increasingly, even the borough of New York, is experiencing this phenomenon. is booming, wrote Kennth Brown (2007, 1) in the business glossy Brooklyn Tomorrow. a decade, it be vastly different, packed with more parks waterfront destinations, glittering residential towers with style views. The facelift of Coney Island and the Atlantic Yards Project will change the heart of Brooklyn, (p.l). Others wonder what of it remain. Two centuries after the 1776 Battle of the landscape of Brooklyn is being remapped anew in a struggle over what it become.Independent of the other four boroughs of New York Brooklyn would be the fourth biggest city in the United States. Today Brooklyn is experiencing both the benefits and limitations of its experience as a world city. While urban spaces are thought to magnify the democratic possibilities (Glasser, 2010), their development tends to expand social inequalities (Smith, 1990). Yet, the people of Brooklyn have long resisted elements of the homogenization steamroller - including big box stores, chains, and high-rises - exorbing other cities including their neighbor, which is currently coping with its own brand of suburban urbanism (Hammett and Hammett, 2007). For decades, the people of the borough fought to preserve their brownstones (Osman, 2011). While many revel in the borough's vast cultural history (Hamill, 2008; Hughes, 2011), others lament patterns of displacement, pollution, and environmental disrepair which follows patterns of uneven urban development (Eviator, 2007; Smith, 1990; Witt, 2006). Throughout regular people are fighting off negative dynamics of the globalization experience, including speculative gentrification, displacement, and police brutality. The battle over these transformations is a struggle over the contested nature of globalization in Brooklyn.The Battle of Brooklyn is an effort to help keep what is distinct and rich about its streets, distinct neighborhoods, and people. While certainly some of the renaissance taking place in Brooklyn is a good thing, growth is paradoxical (Mooney, 2011). Today, the battle is a struggle against the sea of identical details, stadiums, out of place buildings, and displacement. With the foreclosure crisis on the rise (Witt, 2006), some wonder if the borough is a space for displacement or democracy? What is the future of Brooklyn's neighborhoods once they have been rezoned? And can there be a new model of sustainable development for a world city? In highlighting the ways Brooklyn residents, groups, and neighborhoods are experiencing urban development and the strategies activists have employed to address the issues of displacement and homogenization of urban space, we consider alternative models of urban development in which the poor are not pushed from neighborhood to neighborhood, the character of streets is not blandified, and community space is supported rather than squeezed from public view.BROOKLYN AS GLOBAL CITYWhy did Brooklyn lose the Dodgers and work on the waterfront in a matter of years a half a century ago? 60,000 jobs and a beloved home team were lost with containerization (Freeman, 2000; Levinson, 2008). Brooklyn has long coped with the ravages of displacement and deindustrialization, forces many describe as features of globalization (Sites, 2003).Brooklyn be the City, argued George Templeton Strong on March 18, 1865 (Burns, 2001). Manhattan be the suburb. The borough of Brooklyn has long been considered a unique geography, even as one of the five boroughs of New York City. Yet, unlike Manhattan, it is a space which extends deep into the horizon. Today, it is a space for social and cultural capital, mass transportation, and policy innovation (Freeman, 2000, Mooney, 201 1). …

Globalization and economic development in Zimbabwe: A new model for sustainable development.

The process of development is both subversive and addictive. It is subversive because it undermines the status quo and challenges some vested interests. It is also addictive because choice, freedom, knowledge and greater material gain once tasted raises expectations for more of the same expectations that are not easily managed politically. Globalization has become the necessary consequence of economic development which is in pursuit of the modern market economies. As a result there is the development of interconnectedness of the economies in the global village. Failure to link up with the global village is tantamount to economic suicide. It is against this backdrop that African economies cannot afford to be dormant since a nation with a closed economy with no linkages with the rest of the global village will collapse. This research paper is centered on the concept of globalization and economic development in Zimbabwe. Besides reflecting on the impact of globalization on development and democratization, this article explores the various contradictions that arise out of the relationship between these concepts. It also highlights the peculiar challenges that underlie and further complicate this relationship in the specific context of African countries. Any meaningful discussion of these relationships and the attendant contradictions and challenges however, first requires a clear understanding of the relevant concepts. In view of the central focus of this article, it is not only appropriate but also necessary to begin by defining the key concepts. This is not an easy task, considering the diversity of interpretations of the terms 'globalization', 'development' and 'democracy'. Nevertheless, it is to conceptual issues that we first turn our attention.

A new model for sustainable development: a case study of The Great Bear Rainforest regional plan

This paper describes a new model of sustainable development planning based on a case study of a successful planning process for the Great Bear Rainforest on Canada’s west coast. The planning region is an area of international ecological significance that contains one-quarter of the world’s remaining ancient coastal temperate rainforest. An innovative collaborative planning process was initiated in 1996 to develop a plan for the region that balances social, economic, and environmental values. The plan, which was accepted by consensus agreement of all stakeholders in 2006, uses a new model for sustainable regional development that is based on collaborative planning, collaborative implementation, informal conflict resolution, contextual adaptation incorporating comanagement with indigenous peoples (First Nations), joint fact finding, ecosystem-based management, and integration of social, economic, and environmental objectives.

Establishing A Lasting Legacy: A New Model for Sustainable Development

This article, written by Technology Editor Dennis Denney, contains highlights of paper SPE 74058, "Establishing A Lasting Legacy: A New Model for Sustainable Development," by I.R. Taureka, D.T. Flemming, and S. Kini, Chevron Niugini Ltd., originally presented at the 2002 SPE International Conference on Health, Safety, and Environment in Oil and Gas Exploration and Production, Kuala Lumpur, 20-22 March.