Vice Minister Research Articles

Forced Organ Harvesting

Forced Organ Harvesting

Opportunities and challenges for geological work in China in the new era

<strong>Editor’s Note:</strong> In celebration of the Geological Society of China’s centennial anniversary, a seminar titled “Groundwater and Healthy &amp; Green Development” was held on November 24‒25, 2022. It was hosted by the Geological Society of China and organised by its committees on Hydrogeology, Geothermy, Medical Geology, and Mine Water Prevention and Utilization. The seminar aimed to adapt to the new requirements of geological work in the new era and fully leverage the basic, leading, and binding roles of water resources. It sought to promote the conservation of water resources, the protection and ecological restoration of water environments, and the conversion of the cutting edge theoretical research in geothermal technology into achievements; and the advancement of interdisciplinary development of hydrogeology, geothermal geology, and medical geology. The seminar featured an important speech by Wang Min, Vice Minister of the former Ministry of Land and Resources of the PRC, which is included below.

Psicoballet: Five Decades of its Creation

Dr. Georgina Fariñas García, head of the UNESCO Psicoballet Group, is the creator of this genuinely Cuban treatment method, which has transcended the geographicalcultural borders of the Cuban archipelago, which saw it born and grow in the 1970s century. Since its inception, Psicoballet had the unconditional support of the prima ballerina assoluta Alicia Alonso (1920-2019), director of the National Ballet of Cuba (BNC), Cultural Heritage of the Nation, and honorary member of the International Dance Council, and Drs. Abelardo Ramirez (1938-2002), Vice Minister of Public Health, Eduardo Bernabé Ordaz (1921-2006), founding director of the Psychiatric Hospital of Havana, and Eusebio Leal Spengler (1942-2020), historian of Havana.

Fracking and glyphosate amid COVID-19 pandemic in Colombia

Despite the congratulations that Colombia received from the Pan American Health Organization for its good management during the first months of pandemic (1), supposedly for using scientific evidence for decision-making, the start of the fracking pilots (unconventional hydraulic fracturing procedure) and return to use glyphosate against illicit crops leaves glimpse inconsistencies in decision-making in public health by the Colombian government. The pandemic taught that environmental protection is essential to avoid the emergence of future epidemics (2). However, it is precisely in the midst of the pandemic that the Colombian government makes decisions without listening to science, ignoring the precautionary principle even against the national constitution.&#x0D; As of the end of March 2021, two unconventional reservoir fracking pilot projects had been approved for development without a rigorous assessment of the potentially associated adverse health effects (3). These will be carried out in the department of Santander, the most seismically active department in Colombia (4). On the other hand, the government is making the return of glyphosate a reality, as previously mentioned (5). The Decree 380 (April 12, 2021) regulates spraying with glyphosate, leaving only the National Narcotics Council to endorse the decision. This Decree was even signed by the current Minister of Health, Fernando Ruiz, who was Vice Minister of Health in 2015 and publicly endorsed then to ban the use of glyphosate because of its potential carcinogenic effects, according to the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC). This change in the government´s decision is not explained on scientific grounds, as the evidence supporting the adverse effects of glyphosate on health remains even more conclusive now (6).&#x0D; These two political decisions are added to others that aggravate the armed internal conflict in Colombia, precisely when next year there will be presidential elections. Anti-science in environmental health increases its power in Colombia, following the trend of Latin American countries with denialist governments such as Brazil. The territories and populations directly affected by these decisions are the most socioeconomically disadvantaged in the country. Perhaps for this reason it is not surprising that the Colombian scientific evidence shows that the policies implemented in the management of the pandemic have not succeeded in reducing social inequalities (7), but have probably widened them, and that public health surveillance has been limited, with achievements only in some regions (8).

Tres miradas sobre la pandemia

Entrevistamos a Ana Esther Ceceña, Coordinadora del Observatorio , Latinoamericano de Geopolítica, Investigadora de la Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México y Presidenta de la Agencia Latinoamericana de Información; a Jin Xiaowen, Doctor en Política Internacional por la Universidad de Beijing e Investigador de la Academia Nacional de Desarrollo y Estrategia de la Universidad Renmin de la República Popular China y a Mario Róvere, médico sanitarista, quien fue Consultor Regional de la Organización Panamericana de la Salud y Viceministro de Salud de la Nación Argentina y es actualmente Director Provincial de Gestión del Conocimiento en el Ministerio de Salud de la Provincia de Buenos Aires.

In this kind of situation, health as a public good once again becomes paramount...

Dr Jeanette Vega is well known in global health circles for her work in the areas of health equity, social determinants of health and health systems. She has served as Chile's Vice Minister of Health, and as director of the country's National Health Fund (FONASA). For fi ve years, she was also WHO Director of Equity and Social Determinants of Health. She currently sits on the 13-member Global Preparedness Monitoring Board (GPMB), co-chaired by H.E. Gro Harlem Brundt-land, Former Prime Minister of Norway and Former WHO Director-General; and Mr Elhadj As Sy, Chair, Kofi Annan Foun-dation Board, and Former Secretary-General, International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies. An independent international monitoring and advocacy body, the GPMB prepared the seminal 2019 report on the state of global preparedness, A World at Risk.

Multiple streams, resistance and energy policy change in Paraguay (2004–2014)

Most Latin-American countries have undergone policy reforms in their Energy Sector during the last 60 years. In Paraguay, despite several attempts at introducing policy innovations, the organisation of the sector has remained virtually unchanged. Why have attempts at introducing policy changes failed? While crucial for the countrýs development and the future of the regions’ energy sector, there has been little academic study of Paraguay’s energy policy-making processes. This paper presents an account of how the politics have influenced the current state of energy policy in Paraguay through the lens of Kingdon’s multiple streams approach (MSA). The analysis suggests that battle for political power, as well as changes in government, have played a key role in hampering change during the period under study, weakening the efforts of policy entrepreneurs. The absence of Kingdon’s conditions for policy change also offers a way of understanding sociotechnical ‘regime resistance’. In terms of policy implications where institutional change is an objective, the case implies a need to empower policy entrepreneurs, here including the Vice Minister of Mines and Energy via the creation of a dedicated Ministry for Energy.

Lean, Clean and Green: A new model of multilateral development bank for building infrastructure in Asia and beyond—An interview with AIIB President Jin Liqun

Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank’s president Mr. Jin Liqun shares with JIPD Editor-in-Chief, Dr. Gu Qingyang, his passion for infrastructure finance, as he reflects upon his goal of steering an environmentally friend and corruption-free AIIB toward building social-impacting infrastructure across Asia.From governmental departments to international financial institutes, Mr. Jin Liqun has undertaken almost every essential role in finance. With his vast experience across the private and public sectors, particularly in multilateral development banks, Mr. Jin Liqun currently serves as Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB)’s first President since its founding in 2016, following a stint as Secretary-General of the Multilateral Interim Secretariat created to establish the bank. Beginning from his two decades of governmental experience at the Chinese Ministry of Finance, rising from the rank of Deputy Director General to Vice Minister, Mr. Jin was then called to serve as Vice President, and then Ranking Vice President, of the Asian Development Bank, and later as Alternate Executive Director for China at the World Bank and at the Global Environment Facility. Mr. Jin had also served as Chairman of China International Capital Corporation Ltd., China’s first joint-venture investment bank, in addition to serving as Chairman of the Supervisory Board of the sovereign wealth fund China Investment Corporation and as Chairman of the International Forum of Sovereign Wealth Funds.

International Conference on Science, Infrastructure Technology and Regional Development (ICoSITeR) 2016 “Energy Security for Enhancing National Competitiveness”

WELCOME SPEECH FROM CONVENER OF ICOSITER 2017Dear ladies and gentlemen,Tabik Pun,On behalf of organizing committee of ICoSITeR 2017, I am pleased to welcome you to the 2nd International Conference on Regional Science, Infrastructure Technology and Regional Development hosted by Institut Teknologi Sumatera. This valuable international conference will be held on 25 to 27 August 2017 which will closed by a field trip program.This Conference is an event series of Dies Natalis of ITERA. The Conference is presenting five invited speakers for two days. They are 1) Arcandra Tahar, Ph.D., our Vice Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources who represented to Prahoro Yulijanto Nurtjahyo, Ph.D.; 2) Prof. Doyoung Byun from Sungkyunkwan University, South Korea; 3) Prof. Fujii, from Gunma University, Japan; 4) Prof. Toto Winata from Institut Teknologi Bandung, and 5) Dr. Rahayu Sulistyorini, from Institut Teknologi Sumatera.List of Board, Committees are available in this pdf.

Reshuffling of Vice Minister Nobusuke Kishi Political Economic Structure and Ministry of Commerce and Industry “after Party Politics”

Reshuffling of Vice Minister Nobusuke Kishi Political Economic Structure and Ministry of Commerce and Industry “after Party Politics”

Resources for China–ASEAN Relations

Resources for China–ASEAN Relations Juan Chen (bio) As a research institute based in Singapore, the EAI monitors developments in relations and interactions between China and the individual countries of Southeast Asia as well as the ASEAN grouping as a whole. This material is presented in the form of (i) a chronology of events and (ii) important documents. —the Editors CHINA–ASEAN RELATIONS JULY 2017 TO SEPTEMBER 2017: CHRONOLOGY OF EVENTS JULY 2017 3rd–4th The Third East Asia Summit Clean Energy Forum, jointly organised by the Chinese National Energy Administration and the ASEAN Centre for Energy (ACE), takes place in Kunming, China. At the event, ACE signs a memorandum of understanding with the China Renewable Energy Engineering Institute (CREEI). Both parties agree on long-term strategic cooperation, and launch the “China–ASEAN Clean Energy Capacity Building Programme” that is expected to produce 100 experts on clean energy in the next 10 years. Both sides also launch a joint report, the ASEAN Power Cooperation Report, on electricity development in the region. 6th Chinese President Xi Jinping meets with Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong ahead of the G20 Summit in Hamburg, Germany. Xi points out that both countries enjoy traditional friendship and fruitful cooperation, which progress over time and feature mutual learning. Lee affirms Singapore’s willingness to actively participate in the “Belt and Road” construction, implement inter-governmental projects and expand bilateral cooperation in finance, a high-speed rail project and establishment of a free trade zone. [End Page 204] 20th The Sixth ASEAN Plus Three Ministerial Meeting on Youth is held in Jakarta, Indonesia. The meeting reiterates the commitment to cooperate in five priority areas put forth in the ASEAN Work Plan on Youth 2016–2020, namely youth entrepreneurship, youth employability, enhanced appreciation of the ASEAN Community, youth volunteerism and leadership, and youth resilience and competencies in advanced technological and managerial skills. 24th Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi visits Thailand, and meets with Thailand Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha and Foreign Minister Don Pramudwinai. Wangi applauds the China–Thailand Railway project as an example of mutually beneficial cooperation, which will promote Thailand’s quest to become a hub of regional connectivity. Prayut expresses hope for integration of Thailand’s 4.0 Development Plan with the “Made in China 2025” plan, and welcomes Chinese enterprises to participate in the construction of Thailand’s Eastern Economic Corridor. Wang also extends an invitation to King Maha Vajiralongkorn for a state visit to China. 25th Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi visits the Philippines, and meets with Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte and Foreign Secretary Alan Peter Cayetano. Wang affirms China’s support for the Philippines on five aspects: (i) the Philippines’ pursuit of independent foreign policy; (ii) the fight against drug crimes and terrorism; (iii) Duterte’s choice of a friendly and cooperative policy towards China; (iv) the Philippines’ efforts in fulfilling duties as the rotating presidency of ASEAN; and (v) the joint effort with ASEAN countries in safeguarding peace and stability in the South China Sea. Cayetano indicates willingness to further coordinate with China on the South China Sea issue, and to discuss and implement China’s idea of joint exploitation. After the meeting, the ministers jointly sign the memorandum of understanding on cooperation between China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Philippines’ Department of Foreign Affairs. The Third Meeting of the ASEAN-China Connectivity Committee is held in Jakarta, Indonesia, and is co-chaired by Chinese Vice Minister of Commerce Qian Keming and Elizabeth Buensuceso, permanent representative of the Philippines to ASEAN and rotating chair of the ASEAN Connectivity Coordinating Committee. Both sides agree to align China’s Belt and Road Initiative with the General Plan of ASEAN Connectivity 2025, and discuss cooperation in priority areas. 28th The 10th China–ASEAN Education Cooperation Week takes place in Guiyang, Guizhou province. Chinese Vice Premier Liu Yandong delivers a keynote speech at the opening ceremony. Liu also meets with Lao [End Page 205] Deputy Prime Minister Sonexay Siphandone who is attending the event. During the week, various events including seminars, principals’ forum, education services summit, hiking and football games are held. AUGUST 2017 6th Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi attends the...

Vietnam. Voices from the Second Republic of South Vietnam (1967–1975) Edited by K.W. Taylor Ithaca, NY: Southeast Asia Program Publications, Cornell University, 2015. Pp. 180. Maps, Illustrations, Tables, Notes, Contributors.

Voices from the Second Republic of South Vietnam (1967-1975) Edited by K.W. TAYLOR Ithaca, NY: Southeast Asia Program Publications, Cornell University, 2015. Pp. 180. Maps, Illustrations, Tables, Notes, Contributors. Four decades have passed since the end of the Vietnam War, but recently scholars of Vietnam have published many new books redefining the Vietnam War as a 'Vietnamese War'. However, two gaps remain. First, new scholarship on South Vietnam has focused on the First Republic period (1955-1963), which excludes a consideration of Vietnamese experiences in the south at the height of American involvement. American narratives frequently exclude political developments of Vietnam in 1967, including the promulgation of a new constitution and the successful elections leading to Vietnam's Second Republic. Second, few English-language Vietnamese memoirs are available for this later period. Although several Second Republic officials have written books, many of these are difficult to find, dated, or self-serving. Taylor's volume provides an in-depth look at the diplomatic, political, military, economic, and even agricultural workings of the Second Republic from the point of view of the civil servants dedicated to making South Vietnam thrive despite continuous challenges. Voices of the Second Republic features recollections of civil servants. They faced crisis after crisis, from the Vietnamisation of the War to the sudden withdrawal of American troops in 1973 (along with a precipitous decline in aid), to the oil crisis, to rampant inflation. The volume features a helpful and concise introduction to the Second Republic period from editor K.W. Taylor, followed by contributions from Ambassador Bui Diem, Central Intelligence Organisation member Phan Cong Tarn, diplomat Nguyen Ngoc Bich, Vice Minister of Agriculture Tran Quang Minh, Minister of Trade Nguyen Duc Cuong, Judge and candidate for the Lower House Phan Quang Tue, opposition members of the House, Tran Van Son and Ma Xai (of the People's/Socialist Coalition and the Tan Dai Viet party, respectively), Rear Admiral Ho Van Ky-Thoai, and General Lan Lu. These men, all of whom held important administrative, political, or military positions during the Second Republic period, give detailed expositions of previously neglected policy priorities. Nguyen Duc Cuong's chapter explicates the challenges of economic management in South Vietnam while circumstances changed rapidly and Americans withdrew aid. He also shows us how bureaucrats competently managed despite intractable levels of inflation. This chapter's discussion of South Vietnam's oil exploration efforts, along Ho Van Ky-Thoai's reflections on the naval battle with China over control of the Paracel Islands, provides us with much-needed context for understanding the current diplomatic wrangling today. …

Discussion about the Cultivation of Humanistic Quality of Science and Engineering Students

Universities generally play a most important role in educating the students with both professional knowledge and literacy quality to make them talented people with innovation. However, it seems that the current students in the universities, especially in the colleges of science and engineering, didn’t show the expected humanistic qualities sufficiently. This paper expounds the significance as well as the importance of humanistic quality education in Universities of science and engineering, and it puts forward some ways on how to carry out humanistic quality education. Zhou Yuanqing, the former Vice Minister of the department of education of China, pointed out that there would be no first-class university without humanities education. “We should understand the fundamental influence of national education on cultural heritage and innovation so that the university could become an important cradle of training a large number of highly qualified personnel who can pass down the culture with innovation effectively.” At present, as far as the current situation of higher education in mainland China is concerned, the humanities quality education has not been paid enough attention in the higher education because of the one-sided emphasis on science and technology in most of the universities, which makes their students, especially science and engineering students, lack of humanistic quality. Lack of humanities quality seriously restricts the healthy growth and all-round development of college students, which is contrary to the objectives of college education. Thus, it is an urgent task for higher education to strengthen the humanistic quality education and improve the quality of personnel training.

Jianguo Hou: major reforms in China's S&amp;T funding mechanisms

Abstract In late June, the first batch of National Major R&amp;D Projects was announced on the Public Service Platform of National Science and Technology Management Information System (http://service.most.gov.cn/index/). This signified a new round of major top-down reform of China's S&amp;T program management reform, a reform generally considered to be unprecedented in both scope and depth. In line with rapid economic growth, China now produces more research articles than any other country except the USA, boasting the world's highest number of researchers (∼3.8 million). Yet, these impressive numbers are insufficient to meet the need for innovation in Chinese economy, which is still relying heavily on imported core technologies. The S&amp;T program management has long been plagued by fragmentation, duplication and diffuseness, with widespread complaints by researchers on the lack of both openness and transparency in funding review processes. In a recent interview with NSR, the Vice Minister of Science and Technology Jianguo Hou elaborated upon the new reform of S&amp;T program management that aims to address many of these problems, and new polices that impact on how research will be conducted in China.

1980년대 개혁·개방 이후 상하이 차관문화의 형성 배경

1980년대 개혁·개방 이후 상하이 차관문화의 형성 배경

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The main purpose of this paper is to reconstruct the political biography of Kibur Ato Haddis Alemayehu who was one of the senior officials of Ethiopia during the reign of Emperor Haile Selassie I and the author of the most accomplished Amharic novel, Feqer Eska Meqaber (“Love unto Grave”). In order to undertake this study, both primary and secondary sources were used. The source analysis revealed that after the liberation of Ethiopia from Italian occupation in 1941, Haddis served his country at different senior governmental posts, among others, as Director, Director General and Vice Minister in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Minister of State in the Ministry of Education, and Minister of the Ministry of Planning and Development. He was Ethiopian Consul to Jerusalem, First Secretary of Ethiopian Legation in Washington D.C., Ethiopian Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the UN and Ambassador to Great Britain and the Netherlands. Besides, he also participated in a number of international as well as continental conferences. In his dealing with other countries on behalf of the Ethiopian government, Haddis was committed to protect Ethiopia’s interest and sovereignty. At home, Haddis had a character of truthful and meticulous administrator and bold enough to comment any mistake of the government. Thus, the consideration of Haddis Alemayehu’s political biography helps not only to know him at some depth but also to comprehend the nature of the past feudo-capitalist system of Ethiopia. Key words: Haddis, Minister, Ambassador, Diplomat, Foreign Affairs.

외암마을 이참판댁 입지 및 공간배치의 풍수고찰

외암마을 이참판댁 입지 및 공간배치의 풍수고찰

민속마을과 전통사찰 경내의 파초(Musa basjoo)식재 실태

조선시대 후기 그림 및 문헌에 등장하는 조경식물 파초의 식재 현상과 그 문화적 유풍이 어떻게 전승되고 있는가를 규명할 목적으로 문헌연구와 현장관찰을 통해 국가지정 문화재 민속마을과 전통사찰의 파초식재 실태를 파악한 본 연구의 결과는 다음과 같다. 6개 국가지정 민속마을을 대상으로 한 식재 실태파악 결과, 아산 외암마을과 성주 한개마을 등 아주 한정된 정원에서만 그 유풍이 전해지고 있다. 파초가 식재된 정원은 외암마을의 경우 건재고택과 참판댁 그리고 설인방 등 3곳의 정원에서 발견되었다. 한개마을에서는 북비고택, 하회댁, 교리댁 진사댁 등에서 발견되었으며 주 식재장소는 사랑채와 안채 정면에 모아심기로 되어있다. 한편 파초식재가 확인된 전통사찰은 총 39개소로 나타났으며 파초식재가 현재 가장 성행하는 사찰은 통도사와 부속암자인 극락암으로 밝혀졌다. 파초가 심겨지는 사찰 전각과 그 위치는 대웅(보)전과 관음전 등 석가모니불과 관세음보살을 모신 불전의 계단 좌우에 모아심기형태로 대식(對植)되는 경향이 강하게 나타났다. 파초가 남방계식물인 점을 감안, 파초의 식재분포는 전라남도와 경상도 일원을 중심으로 형성되고 있는 것으로 나타난 바 이는 한반도의 등온선 분포와 상당히 밀접한 관련을 맺고 있는 것으로 특히 온량지수 <TEX>$100^{\circ}$</TEX>, 연평균기온 <TEX>$12^{\circ}C$</TEX>를 기준으로 식재분포가 결정되는 것으로 밝혀졌다. The study on Musa basjoo planting in traditional gardens in of folk villages and traditional temples was conducted to identify the phenomenon of Musa basjoo planting which frequently appears in paintings and literatures of the late Joseon dynasty and how the cultural custom is being handed down. The result of the study is as follows. As a result of studying state-designated folk villages 6 sites, the custom is being handed down in a few limited gardens including Asan Oeam Village and Seongju Hangae Village. In case of Oeam Village, there are three gardens where Musa basjoo was planted including Seolimbang, Vice Minister's Residence, and Geonjae House where Musa basjoo withered now. In case of Hangae Village, it was found in Bukbi House, Hahoe Residence and Gyoridaek Jinsa's Residence and most of them were planted in front of guesthouses and main building with the assemble-planting method. Musa basjoo planting was confirmed in 39 traditional temples and it was found that Yangsan Tongdosa Temple and attached hermitage Geukrakam are currently prevalent in Musa basjoo planting. Musa basjoo was planted on either side of the stairs of Buddhist sanctums for Buddha and Avalokitesvara Guan Yin of main temples and gwaneum temples with the assemble-planting method and it has a tendency of pair planting. Considering that Musa basjoo is a southern plant, most of Musa basjoo planting was distributed around Jeollanam-do and Gyeongsangnam-do, which is closely related to the isotherm distribution of the Korean Peninsula. Especially, it was found that planting flora was centered on <TEX>$12^{\circ}C$</TEX> of Warmth Index <TEX>$100^{\circ}$</TEX> and annual average temperature.

Open Letter to Xi Jinping, President of the People’s Republic of China

Open Letter to Xi Jinping, President of the People’s Republic of China