CNREG signed strategic cooperation framework agreements with Shenghe Resources and Jinan Yuxiao Group

On November 4th,China Northern Rare Earth Group(CNREG)signed the strategic cooperation framework agreement with Shenghe Resources and Jinan Yuxiao Group in Shanghai.Ding Xiufeng,member of the Standing Committee of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region Party Committee and Secretary of Baotou Municipal Party Committee,Wang Xiulian,member of Baotou Municipal Party Committee,Bi Liming,deputy mayor of Linyi Municipal People’s Government.

China-Japan Cooperation in Third-Party Markets: Japan's Strategic Thinking and Its Obstacles

Japan’s decision to cooperate with China in third-party markets along the Belt and Road routes reflects the Abe government’s strategic reorientation and comprehensive reassessment of domestic and external situation. Such cooperation is a brand-new path for the two sides to achieve win-win outcomes as well as steady and sustainable bilateral relations.

The Challenge of India-US Security Cooperation to India’s Tradition of Strategic Independence

In recent years, India-US security cooperation has accelerated, overall defense cooperation framework has become increasingly mature and has been continuously updated with the times. The scale of India* s imports of weapons and military supplies from the United States has continued to expand, and India-US joint military exercises have deepened. Since the Modi government took office in 2014, it has signed two basic military cooperation pacts with the United States, paving the way for further upgrading the two countries' defense cooperation in the future. India-US counter-terrorism cooperation is starting from scratch and continuing to deepen, further expanding the contents of their security cooperation. India-US close security cooperation has had a serious negative impact on India’s overall foreign strategy, especially its tradition of long-standing strategic independence. It has eroded material and institutional foundations for India ’ s strategic autonomy, and deteriorated India’ s geostrategic environment, which is not conducive to realizing its dream of being a great power.

CONDITIONS FOR CHINA-US STRATEGIC COOPERATION

From the "Five-clause Agreement Draft" of 1944 to the Shanghai Communiqueof 1972, the strategic relationship between the United States (US) and theChinese Communist Party (CCP) went through a cycle from partners to foes thenback to partners again. Since the end of World War II, a huge number of booksand articles on CCP-US relations have been published both in the United States andChina. Because of their different political background, Chinese and

The resource-based project cooperation model in the strategic alliance with neural network

This study proposed a neural network model of resource-based project cooperation in the strategic alliance. From the angel of project, it is assumed that alliance members work together to process a project with equipment, labor force and capital. The greatest output of project could be forecasted. Afterwards, on the basis of constructing utility function of profit, resources constraint, resources input risk, synthetically utility function is obtained. With above work, the neural network model is established under the condition of many cooperative members. Finally, using one kind of new neural net means, we have carded on the imitation resolution as to the variable value of the latter model.

India-Israel: Strategic Cooperation and Its Influence

The rapid development of Indo-Israeli relations and accelerated strategic cooperative trend are the important changes in South Asia and Middle East strategic situation in recent years. The influence that might be brought about by these changes on regional security and Middle East peace process has attracted attention from various parties. It is certainly of realistic significance to discuss it.

CCOIC and Suning Commerce Group Signed Strategic Cooperation agreement

The signing ceremony of strategic cooperation agreement between China Chamber of International Commerce(CCOIC)and Suning Commerce Group Co.,Ltd(Suning)was heldin Beijing on August 23.Chairman of the CCPIT and CCOIC Jiang Zengwei and chairman of Suning Zhang Jindong attended and witnessed the ceremony.Secretary-General of the CCOIC Yu Jianlong and vice president of

Prospect for strategic minerals exploration and development,investment environment and cooperation in Mozambique

Mozambique is an essential country in the Belt and Road Initiative,and it is also to cooperation between China and with Africa in energy resources.It is located in the critical node of the“East Africa Channel”and close to the“African Twin Ocean Railway”,which is an important strategic position.Mozambique has abundant mineral resources and vast reserves of advantageous minerals.The natural gas reserves of Mozambique ranked second in Africa.It also has world--class scale graphite and rich iron,gold,copper,niobium-tantalum and other resources.In recent years,the mining industry in this country has been rising and attracting many foreign companies to invest,including international mining giants such as Vale,Rio Tinto and large mining enterprises of China.This paper systematically studies the mineral resources endowment,exploration and development situations of natural gas,graphite,titanium-zircon placer deposits,niobium-tantalum,gold,iron and other strategic minerals in Mozambique,comprehensively analyzes the mining investment environment and the current situation of exploration and development of Chinese enterprises in Mozambique,and replans four safeguard areas of strategic mineral resources in critical short supply.Mozambique generally has good prospects of mining investment and a stable foundation for cooperation with China.Chinese enterprises can focus on oil and natural gas,graphite,titanium,zirconium,niobium,tantalum,and iron,which complement the needs of China,expand the mining capacity cooperation,and improve the ability to secure strategic mineral resources supply.

Strategic cooperation on South Asia standardization research

A strategic agreement was signed between Chengdu Bureau of Quality and Technological Supervision and Sichuan University on＂jointly building South Asia Standardization（Chengdu）Research Center＂on November 15,2017.The research center is designed as a national top-level think tank of integrated research on policies,rules and standards at both national and regional levels in South Asia.

Ministerial Strategic Dialogue on South-South Cooperation for Population and Development Convened in Beijing

In order to actively respond to and earnestly implement the southsouth cooperation measuresannounced by President Xi Jinping at the South-South Cooperation Roundtable jointly held by the Chinese Government and the United Nations in December 2015,

CASC Delegation Promotes Sino-Thai Space Strategic Cooperation

CASC delegation led by CASC Chairman LEI Fanpei visited Thailand May 5-8.LEI met Thaicom Public Company Limited(Thaicom)Chairman Mr.Paron Isarasena,CEO Ms.Suphajee Suthumpun,the management team and talked about issues including bilateral strategic cooperation and satellite procurement.A Mo U between China Satcom and Thaicom was signed for commercial cooperation on satellites.

China-ASEAN Cooperative Diplomacy within a Comprehensive Strategic Partnership

Since the official establishment of the China-Association of Southeast Asian Nations(ASEAN)dialog 31 years ago,the relationship between China and ASEAN has achieved fruitful results.The establishment of the China-ASEAN Comprehensive Strategic Partnership comes in a timely manner.Within this partnership,both China and ASEAN will face opportunities and challenges.Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership,public health governance,and the Belt and Road Initiative are important directions for cooperation between China and ASEAN in this new stage,and they are priorities for deepening the comprehensive strategic partnership between the two entities.Changes in the international situation,the interference of states outside the region,and the idea of vaccine diplomacy,together with other propaganda that stigmatizes China,have led to a certain negative impact on China-ASEAN relations.On the whole,China-ASEAN relations are a model of regional cooperation for East Asia,showing strong vitality and development potential.Promoting regional cooperation through openness and inclusiveness,handling regional affairs through building consensus,and properly resolving differences by seeking common ground while shelving differences remain the guiding principles of China-ASEAN cooperation diplomacy.

Sino-Russian Strategic Cooperative Partnership: Heading for Road of Solidity

Since the independence of Russia, Sino-Russian relations have been develop-ing all along in a progressive momentum. At present, the two countrieshave established the "21st century-oriented strategic cooperative partnership of e-quality and mutual trust". Serving the basic interests of both sides with solid po-litical basis, the state relationship of this new type has proved to be the bestchoice of the Chinese and Russian people for the further development of bilateralties in the 21st century. Its major characteristics are as follows: A. Strategic cooperative partnership is established on the basis of the com-prehensive and gradual development of the Sino-Russian relations.

Seeking a New Strategic Opportunity

Since the Party’s 18th National Congress,China has adopted a systematic,long-term foreign strategy that can seize the opportunity inherent in international order change and in China’s increasing international status.To fully understand the importance of these new strategies,we have to take into consideration the past experiences and future development trends.China had expanded its strength and integrated into the

Strategic Partnership Between Private Organizations and Universities： The Search for Regional Development Through Solutions for Hospital Management

The public power and the private enterprise, the main agents of national economic and social development, when cooperating strategically, promote increased functional efficiency of their activities. In order to highlight the relevance of such partnership, this article aims to analyze the potential of actions jointly developed by private organizations and Brazilian universities. The research problem is lined in the field of health, which hosted actions developed between the Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte （UFRN） and the Hospital Maternity Guiomar Fernandes （HMGF）, located in the city of Alexandria, in Rio Grande do Norte. The study emphasizes the shortcomings of this organization, the resolving power of the university in this scenario, and performs the analysis of the effects of this cooperation. The methodology used in this research was the case study in HMGF. With emphasis on fundraising and improving the informational management system, funding sources for projects of restructuring and expansion of the hospital were sought, as well as initiatives for developing hospital management softwares for small- and medium-sized organizations. As a result, the articulation between the university and the hospital provided the elaboration of a project for software development and the production of a project for physical restructuring and technological investment, aiming to expand the supply and quality of the hospital＇s services. The implementation of information systems, associated with investments in hospital infrastructure, providing increased efficiency in public assistance to the population, bringing both local and regional benefits, besides, providing the authorities with relevant data on the development of public policies.

Energy Cooperation between BRICS Countries(Ⅱ)

The economic rise of the BRICS countries(Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) is closely tied to global energy politics and their increased consumption of global energy. Energy cooperation is one of the main forces behind the development of BRICS. Looking forward, energy concerns will undoubtedly remain an important influencing force for the BRICS, shaping their domestic politics and international relations. The pursuit of oil and gas(China, India, and South Africa) to support economic development and the search for stable petroleum markets(Brazil and Russia) have shaped BRICS relations with other countries and regions. This article is trying to elaborate on the reasons why BRICS Energy cooperation is beneficial for its members; also, this article regards the main challenges hindering cooperation, analyzes BRICS energy cooperation through the use of SWOT analysis and muses potential strategic points for BRICS countries up until 2050.

Brazil and Indonesia:Horizons of a Strategic Partnership

There are many similarities between the national growth of Brazil and Indonesia.Both countries are rich in natural resources,play a vital role in the establishment of regional blocs,are members of G-20 and adhere to the principles of preventive diplomacy.The objective of this article is to show the role of the concept of strategic partnerships in the foreign policy of Brazil,whose international influence in the UN and other global structures is actively growing,and also to identify the characteristics of such partnership with Indonesia.Southeast Asia is becoming extremely important for the international economic system,and Indonesia,located on 17,000 islands,has an important geostrategic position,since all major sea routes in the Indian and Pacific Ocean pass through it.Indonesia is currently distinguished thanks to its steady economic growth,political stability,integration into the global economy,and increased activity on international platforms.Consequently,it is no surprise that Brazilian-Indonesian strategic partnership has started to manifest itself not only in the development of comprehensive ties,but also in the cooperation in upholding the ideas of sustainable development,disarmament,as well as the peaceful resolution of conflicts on the global level.The authors utilized a problematic-chronological method that allowed to analyze the areas of contacts between Brazil and Indonesia in the global arena,to find the problems and promising areas of partnership—including the oil and gas sector,the exchange of technologies,the creation of favorable investment climate,the coordination of activity in international organizations,and willingness to take into consideration mutual interests.