Xining City in northwest China's Qinghai Province has stepped up efforts to advance institutional reform by adopting various measures to ensure the rights and interests of the people and improve their wellbeing.
As part of the efforts, local government and relevant departments have opened service hotline 12345 among other channels to make timely feedback and responses to suggestions and demand made by local people concerning problems directly impacting their personal interests and daily life.
For example, in order to solve the problems of the dirty environment and poor vendor management in Jianxin alley, the city's Urban Administrative and Law Enforcement Bureau has established a working group jointly with sub-district offices, municipal, industry and commerce departments to improve booth regulation, while enhancing sanitation work of the alley.
"The urban management commission takes the lead, joined by local district- and county-level governments, to take turns to carry out management work annually," said Fang Yibo, director of Xining Urban Administrative and Law Enforcement Bureau.
Since last year, local government has integrated multiple channels of functional departments for public feedback, and sorted out a number of "long-standing problems" to address.
Regarding the prominent problem of lack of bus stops, many local departments have worked together to adopt the "cruise bus" service, through which citizens are able to book buses online, and the background system will analyze the order database to produce new bus routes intelligently.
"The daily volume of orders for the 'cruise bus' service reaches more than 7,000. Some community complexes that are not covered by regular bus lines can be reached by the 'cruise buses'. Even residents living in alleys are also able to access the special buses." said Zhang Xiting, deputy Party secretary of the operation and command center with Xining Bus Group. In the first half of the year, the local government of Xining City accepted over 160,000 appeals from the public and solved 99.02 percent of them properly.
"In oder to eliminate bottlenecks and tackle difficulties in grassroots governance, we will act on people's needs, take more steps to deliver real benefits to the people to their satisfaction, and do everything within our capacity to resolve their most practical problems that are of the greatest and most direct concern," said Jiang Xiaodong, vice mayor of Xining City.
China's Xining steps up efforts to ensure rights, interests of people
Macao has been emerging as a global hub for conventions and exhibitions in recent years by exploring the enormous opportunities in the sector, driving the region to advance its economic diversification and embrace a brighter future.
Macao has received many awards this year, such as the Best Convention City (Asia) and the Best BT-MICE City, showcasing the recognition for and influence of Macao's exhibition industry.
More than 1,000 electronic game enthusiasts from all over the world gathered recently in Macao to participate in a esports themed event.
Su Zhili, organizer of the event, said that Macao's rich experience in hosting large-scale events, coupled with its good infrastructure, has driven him to choose the region as an ideal destination to hold such an activity.
"Macao has held many similar large-scale events. It has rich experience, and the facilities at the venue are relatively mature, so we can start our work comfortably," said Su.
During the first three quarters of 2024, Macao held more than 1,000 conferences and exhibitions in total.
"We will invite more professional, special conferences to be held in Macao and also cultivate more exhibition brands with international influence in Macao, so as to promote Macao's exhibitions to be more market-oriented, professional, international, digital and greener from various aspects. This is our goal," said Elaine Wong, member of the Macao Commerce and Investment Promotion Institute.
In addition, multiple large exhibitions and conferences, such as the Macao International Trade and Investment fair, the Macao Franchise Expo, and the International Infrastructure Investment and Construction Forum, are held regularly in Macao.
With the introduction of a series of policies and measures to facilitate the exchanges between the mainland and Macao, as well as the construction and development of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area and the Guangdong-Macao In-Depth Cooperation Zone in Hengqin, Macao's convention and exhibition industry will embrace more opportunities for development in the foreseeable future.
"We have such a good industrial base in the Greater Bay Area. The mode of 'Convention and Exhibition + Industry' not only integrates the industries of Macao, but also the industries of the Greater Bay Area. In addition, Macao actively integrates into the national development and plays a role in the Belt and Road. Why are we so confident in Macao's convention and exhibition sector? Because it is backed by the motherland, and the country gives Macao great support," said Alan Ho, chairman of the Macao Association of Convention, Exhibition and Tourism Sectors.
Macao emerges as global hub for conventions and exhibitions, driving economic diversification and international recognition
