Jao Tsung-I， renowned scholar of Chinese culture， passed away at the age of 101 in Hong Kong on February 6. He was a versatile scholar in archaeology， literature， philology， musicology and history. He was also a poet， calligrapher and painter.

Born into a scholarly family in Chaoan， south Chinas Guangdong Province in 1917， Jao began learning traditional culture from childhood. He taught in the University of Hong Kong from 1952 to 1968 and became chair professor and head of the Department of Chinese Language and Literature at the Chinese University of Hong Kong in 1973. After retiring in 1978， Jao continued researching and teaching at numerous institutions in China， France and Japan.

Jao was a prolifi c scholar and many of his works are considered pioneering in their respective fi elds. Jao received the Award of China Studies at the Fifth World Forum on China Studies held in Shanghai in 2013 for his contribution to the research of sinology.

Fewer Administrative Restrictions

Peoples Daily February 5

Xingcheng County in northeast Chinas Liaoning Province is a manufacturing base for swimsuits. Its said that one in fi ve of the worlds swimsuits is made in Xingcheng in an industry that employs 60，000 people in the county. The swimsuit industrys rise in Xingcheng is evidence of how an industry can grow from nothing to a global scale thanks to an open market and suffi cient supportive services， instead of administrative orders and means.

Nowadays， northeast China is under huge economic pressure， largely due to the local overnment overstepping its authority. The governments excessive involvement in the economy is squeezing out market forces and the private economy is struggling as a result. Northeast China was the first part of the country to enter the planned economy and the last to quit， and many local offi cials are yet to develop an understanding of the market economy， distrusting the market. The government is not good at making the most of social capital in order to operate economic projects and it lacks respect for entrepreneurs， let alone the idea of striving to keep businesses local and helping them make money for the regional economy. All these are stumbling blocks to economic resurgence and long-term development.

While the government should not be totally absent from the economy， its role should be focused on offering services. The key to the new round of economic revitalization in northeast China is to streamline administration and improve the business environment， which is the foundation for local economic resurgence.endprint

Contending for Copyright

Oriental Outlook February 1

As an important legal basis in intellectual property， copyright is essential for authors and creators as well as for companies in the value chain of cultural products. The protection of copyright is also vital for the healthy development of culture and entertainment in the world.

Today， with the boom of the culture market in China， the competition over copyright is becoming increasingly fi erce， especially in the music and sports broadcasting industries. Rivals are not individuals but entertainment service providers. In recent years， many online music platforms have participated in the war over copyright. They have spared no expense in bidding for exclusive copyrights， which has resulted in legal disputes and market chaos.

Copyright contests must not become an “enclosure movement.” The monopoly of copyrights will hamper the development of music and other cultural products. More importantly， the market and the industry should pursue a stable pattern for the sustainable development of copyright trading， authorization and use.

Copyright problems have caught the attention of the public and the government. On January 3， a seminar on the draft for the third amendment of the Copyright Law was held in Beijing. Over 20 senior officials， law experts， scholars and lawyers specializing in intellectual property across the country were in attendance. The amendment is expected to improve legislation for the protection of copyright and build a solid legal safeguard against piracy while serving as the legal basis to solve copyright disputes in near future.

Colleges Motivations for Renaming

Guangming Daily February 5

According to statistics from the Ministry of Education， the years between 2012 and 2017 saw more than 200 colleges and universities change their names.

Most acts of renaming are apparently undertaken for pragmatic purposes. When a college is upgraded into a comprehensive university， the local education authorities and administrations of these colleges believe that a splendid new name will gain greater attention， as it is widely agreed upon in China that universities are superior to colleges. Sometimes these colleges have indeed expanded recruitment once their nomenclature had been changed to that of a university.

Colleges must stop unnecessarily changing names and reverse the trend of blindly developing into comprehensive and multi-discipline universities. They should be required to spend their limited resources on their own distinctive fi elds and further enhance their current capabilities based on these disciplines. In recent years， name changes have mainly taken place in local undergraduate colleges and universities， and higher vocational schools. Most of them are driven by pragmatism， not because they need to do so.endprint

Its also important for education authorities to change the current assessment system for higher education institutions. If colleges enjoy the same treatment as universities， and junior colleges and academies the same as undergraduate universities， then universities and colleges will be more content with their current position and thus concentrate fully on academic research as they should.

CHINAS FASTEST MAN BREAKS RECORD

Su Bingtian set a new Asian record for the mens 60-meter dash in 6.43 seconds while winning the fi nal of the 2018 International Association of Athletics Federations （IAAF） World Indoor Tour in Düsseldorf， Germany， on February 6. Su sliced 0.04 seconds off the recent record created by the Chinese sprinter himself in the German city of Karlsruhe on February 3.

Su was born in Zhongshan City， south Chinas Guangdong Province， in 1989. He shot to fame during the National Track and Field Championships in 2009 by winning the mens 100-meter title in 10.28 seconds. Su then joined national team， recording a number of good times at international competitions. He became the fi rst Chinese athlete to enter the semifi nal of the mens 100-meter at the London Olympics in 2012， making history for Chinas team at the Olympic Games. He also claimed the mens 100-meter title in 10.09 seconds in Shanghai during the IAAF Diamond League on May 13， 2017， becoming the fi rst Chinese sprinter to win a world-class title.

“I believe we have the competitive advantage to offer a one-stop service to Malaysians. In addition， our partnership with Ant Financial has helped us to expand our merchant coverage.”

Preecha Praipattarakul， CEO of Malaysian e-payment enabler MOL Global， speaking about cooperation with Chinese partners in a recent interview with Xinhua

“Building such a community means pursuing a world with lasting peace， universal security， openness and tolerance， as well as beauty.”

Evandro Menezes de Carvalho， former Chairman of the Brazilian Law Teaching Association， speaking about Chinas proposal to build a community with a shared future for mankind

“The satellite Zhangheng 1 will help prepare the research and technology for a ground-space earthquake monitoring and forecasting system in the future.”

Zhao Jian， a senior official with China National Space Administration， speaking after the satellite launch on February 2

“Our listing as a public company on the Nasdaq is a significant milestone for SSLJ， which will give us a better growth platform to create more value for clients and shareholders.”

Wei Zheng， Chairman and CEO of Chinese online-to-offline home improvement company SSLJ.com， speaking at the Nasdaq market in New York on February 5endprint