HONG KONG - A youth exchange program named "Belt and Road Journey" kicked off here Thursday, aiming to raise awareness of the opportunities brought about by the Belt and Road Initiative.Twenty young people will travel by train at the end of this month to cities including Urumqi, capital of Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region and Kazakhstan's Almaty.The 20 young people, aged between 18 and 25, were selected from more than 500 applicants.During the six-day trip, they will visit local businesses and landmarks, and interact with local university students, one of the organizers, the Hong Kong Trade Development Council (HKTDC) said at a press conference.In this way, the young people from Hong Kong will get "first-hand knowledge of the economic and cultural landscape of different Belt and Road regions," the organizer noted.The journey will be filmed and broadcast as a special TV series in September, as part of the HKTDC's ongoing efforts to promote the Belt and Road Initiative through the media and social media channels to attract more young people to get involved.HKTDC Deputy Executive Director Raymond Yip described the program as a flagship Belt and Road promotion event for young people this summer.He hoped that through direct interaction with local youths and visits to companies, the trip will help young people here gain a deeper understanding of the initiative.The initiative, proposed by China in 2013, refers to the Silk Road Economic Belt and the 21st Century Maritime Silk Road, aiming at building a trade and infrastructure network connecting Asia with Europe and Africa along the ancient trade routes of Silk Road. support braceletsballer bandsblack rubber wristbandscustom rubber wristbands
3D-printed tantalum metal pad. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn] Zhang Jingui, 84, had his knee joint repaired Nov 21 using the world's first customized 3D-printed tantalum metal pad at Southwest Hospital affiliated with the Army Medical University in Southwest China's Chongqing. On the first day after the operation, the patient could get off the bed and walk with assistance. In a week, he could leave the hospital to receive recovery treatment and training. At present, titanium alloy is mainly used in this field. Tantalum is more suitable than other metals for use in the human body, but ordinary 3D printers cannot use tantalum due to its very high melting point of over 3,000 degrees Celsius. Yang Liu, the director of the joint surgery department at the hospital, worked with a Chinese 3D printing company to solve the technical problems and produced the tantalum metal pad. Zhang Jingui, 84, gets off the bed on the first day after the operation. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn]
