BEIJING -- China is willing to align the Belt and Road Initiative with Indonesia's development plan to advance pragmatic cooperation, according to Chinese State Councilor Yang Jiechi. Yang made the remarks on Saturday when meeting with Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan, coordinating minister for maritime affairs of Indonesia, who is attending the Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation in Beijing. The Belt and Road Initiative proposed by Chinese President Xi Jinping and the Global Maritime Axis vision put forward by Indonesian President Joko Widodo match closely, Yang said, adding the integration of the two will help push forward bilateral ties. Pandjaitan said that Indonesia hopes to strengthen cooperation with China in infrastructure facilities, industrial parks, maritime affairs and tourism, as well as further coordinate its development programs with Chinese ones to enhance collaboration at all levels. 24 hour wristbands couponpac wristbandscustom rubber bandsprinted wristbandstrio spinners
Mingyong glacier in February 2015. The glacier sits at an elevation of nearly 3,000 meters above sea level.[Photo provided to China Daily] Mingyong glacier - a freshwater bank in Southwest China - is shrinking. Located near the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, a world hub of ice and snow, it underscores the reality of climate change An elderly woman clutches onto two sticks as she walks up the narrow path of a mountain attached to the Meili range in Deqen county in Yunnan province on a recent weekday. Catching her breadth from time to time, she follows her younger companions on the 4-kilometer trek, which is often interrupted by herds of ponies carrying cement and rocks for repair work at a temple that pilgrims like her seek to visit. Prayer banners of different colors flutter in the wind above their heads. Their climb will not end until they have reached a higher observation deck from where the Mingyong glacier is visible in its full splendor. Located in Southwest China at an elevation of nearly 3,000 meters above sea level, the glacier-a sacred site in Tibetan Buddhism-draws hundreds of pilgrims and tourists from home and abroad each year. For locals, it is a source of freshwater that feeds several streams in the province's northwest, and can be used for irrigation and drinking.
