Since time immemorial,humans have made their homes alongside waterways,and mighty rivers have been the cradles of human civilization.However,as society has evolved at an ever-accelerating pace,our relationship with th...Since time immemorial,humans have made their homes alongside waterways,and mighty rivers have been the cradles of human civilization.However,as society has evolved at an ever-accelerating pace,our relationship with these life-giving streams has shifted dramatically,from one of reverence to exploitation.Now,the profound water crisis has compelled humanity to reexamine its connection with rivers.展开更多
Dynamic impacts such as wind and earthquakes cause loss of life and economic damage.To ensure safety against these effects,various measures have been taken from past to present and solutions have been developed using ...Dynamic impacts such as wind and earthquakes cause loss of life and economic damage.To ensure safety against these effects,various measures have been taken from past to present and solutions have been developed using different technologies.Tall buildings are more susceptible to vibrations such as wind and earthquakes.Therefore,vibration control has become an important issue in civil engineering.This study optimizes tuned mass damper inerter(TMDI)using far-fault ground motion records.This study derives the optimum parameters of TMDI using the Adaptive Harmony Search algorithm.Structure displacement and total acceleration against earthquake load are analyzed to assess the performance of the TMDI system.The effect of the inerter when connected to different floors is observed,and the results are compared to the conventional tuned mass damper(TMD).It is indicated that the case of connecting the inerter force to the 5th floor gives better results.As a result,TMD and TMDI systems reduce the displacement by 21.87%and 25.45%,respectively,and the total acceleration by 25.45%and 19.59%,respectively.These percentage reductions indicated that the structure resilience against dynamic loads can be increased using control systems.展开更多
Building trust and seeking harmony should be the guiding principle for promoting friendly exchanges and win-win cooperation between different civilizations.THE term“jiang xin xiu mu”(讲信修睦),literally meaning to b...Building trust and seeking harmony should be the guiding principle for promoting friendly exchanges and win-win cooperation between different civilizations.THE term“jiang xin xiu mu”(讲信修睦),literally meaning to build trust and seek amity,conveys an ancient Confucian ideal for society and policy.Today it has become an important concept in China’s ancient treasure chest of wisdom that helps shape the Chinese culture and society.展开更多
On May 18,the 2024 Tea for Harmony Yaji Cultural Salon,co-sponsored by.China International Culture Association,the Department of Culture and Tourism of Hubei Province and China Cultural Center in Auckland,and organize...On May 18,the 2024 Tea for Harmony Yaji Cultural Salon,co-sponsored by.China International Culture Association,the Department of Culture and Tourism of Hubei Province and China Cultural Center in Auckland,and organized by Asia New Zealand Foundation,New Zealand Tea Culture Institute and New Zealand Multicultural Exchange and Experience Center,was held at Lake.House Arts Center in Auckland.展开更多
On June 23,hosted by the Consulate General of the People's Republic of China in Toronto and co-organized by the Culture and Arts Center of Guofeng Art Museum,the Tea for Harmony Yaji Cultural.Salon was successfull...On June 23,hosted by the Consulate General of the People's Republic of China in Toronto and co-organized by the Culture and Arts Center of Guofeng Art Museum,the Tea for Harmony Yaji Cultural.Salon was successfully held in Toronto.Through this event,the Chinese and Canadian people have enhanced friendship and deepened mutual understanding in the exchange of tea culture,injecting new vitality into the stability and development of bilateral relations.展开更多
On June 6,Tea for Harmony Yaji Cultural Salon was held at Houseof Artisans in Abu Dhabi,which was sponsored by the Chinese Embassyin the UAE,China International Culture Association and the Bureauof Culture and Tourism...On June 6,Tea for Harmony Yaji Cultural Salon was held at Houseof Artisans in Abu Dhabi,which was sponsored by the Chinese Embassyin the UAE,China International Culture Association and the Bureauof Culture and Tourism in Abu Dhabi,and organized by China Cultural Center in the UAE,House of Artisans and Houseof Arabic Coffee in Abu Dhabi.展开更多
An immersive Tang-dynastystyle tea ceremony interactive experience was performed before a full house at China Cultural Center in Stockholm in the afternoon of June 25,accompanied by the melodious tunes of Guzheng and ...An immersive Tang-dynastystyle tea ceremony interactive experience was performed before a full house at China Cultural Center in Stockholm in the afternoon of June 25,accompanied by the melodious tunes of Guzheng and bamboo flute.展开更多
On June 20,Tea for Harmony Yaji Cultural Salon held by China Cultural Centerattracted dozens of students of the Chinese class of the cultural center and their relatives and friends.All of them sat together,sharing tea...On June 20,Tea for Harmony Yaji Cultural Salon held by China Cultural Centerattracted dozens of students of the Chinese class of the cultural center and their relatives and friends.All of them sat together,sharing tea fragrance and tea culture.The event was held in the form of salon,using the way of sitting on the floor to create a relaxed and warm atmosphere,allowing guests to immerse themselves in the Chinese tea culture.展开更多
Contemporary World Magazine,which is affiliated to the International Department of the CPC Central Committee(IDCPC),held an exchange act ivi ty themed on“Harmony for Shared Prosperity”in Beijing on May 7,2024.
On May 8,the Tea for Harmony Yaji Cultural.Salon for Dignitaries and Celebrities was successully held at China Culture.Center in Mauritius.More than 100 people attended the ceremony,including Chinese Ambassador to Mau...On May 8,the Tea for Harmony Yaji Cultural.Salon for Dignitaries and Celebrities was successully held at China Culture.Center in Mauritius.More than 100 people attended the ceremony,including Chinese Ambassador to Mauritius Zhu Liying and his wife Ying Qunhua,Mauritius Vice President Marie Cyril Eddy Boissezon,Mauritian Ambassador to China Marie Roland Alain Wong Yen Cheong and friends from all walks of life.展开更多
On June 11,2024,China Cultural Center in Copenhagen held Tea for Harmony Yaji Cultural Salon incelebration of the 10th anniversary of the founding of the Center.In the celebration,the 4 Chinese and Danish music perfor...On June 11,2024,China Cultural Center in Copenhagen held Tea for Harmony Yaji Cultural Salon incelebration of the 10th anniversary of the founding of the Center.In the celebration,the 4 Chinese and Danish music performers,i.e.,Li Kaiwei,He Xing,Liam Larsen and Kamil Kolakowski from the Royal Danish Academy of Music,jointly contributed a number of classic songs well known in China and Denmark.The piano and flute ensemble,The Same Song,was sung at the opening ceremony of the Center,which brought the time back to 10 years ago.In the 10th anniversary celebration,this melody of China-Denmark communication spanning 10 years was played once again.展开更多
For Chodor,a Tibetan herder living in the remote Shanza County of the Xizang Autonomous Region,protecting nature and wildlife is more than just a job-it's both a responsibility and a source of pride.
The harmony between man and nature is the base for the harmonious society. It is determined by the eco-ruleand eco-economic rule. Human being should not violate the eco-rule. However, human being can make eco-systemsu...The harmony between man and nature is the base for the harmonious society. It is determined by the eco-ruleand eco-economic rule. Human being should not violate the eco-rule. However, human being can make eco-systemsupply suit economic growth and its speed through systematical innovation and restriction of human economic activityand choice. Through technological innovation, efficiency satisfaction of unit resource can be increased; structure andfunction of eco-system can be perfected; supply capability of eco-system can be improved. To build the harmonioussociety, human should consider the reasonable distribution of limited resources from two sides. The first one is that theutilization of two functions of resource supply and pollution purification to nature should not exceed its special supplycapability formed under its special structure and function states, i.e. harmony between man and nature. The second sideis human being should think over the reasonable and effective distribution of limited resources in economic society, i.e.harmony between human beings and society. The reasonable economic activity of human being is the key to the harmo-nious development of man and nature.展开更多
The Wannianchang Neighborhood Community in the Chenghua Distric.t, Chengdu City in Sichuan Province,covers an area of about 5.2 square kilometers and has a population of about 58,000. The area is noted for the largest...The Wannianchang Neighborhood Community in the Chenghua Distric.t, Chengdu City in Sichuan Province,covers an area of about 5.2 square kilometers and has a population of about 58,000. The area is noted for the largest number of factories, floating population and low-income groups. The office of the community, which is the grassroots governmental organ, has done a great deal of solid work to promote social stability and harmony.展开更多
On the 20th anniversary of UNESCO’s adoption of the Convention for the Safeguarding of Intangible Cultural Heritage,the first Beijing International Week of Intangible Cultural Heritage was held from October 22nd to 2...On the 20th anniversary of UNESCO’s adoption of the Convention for the Safeguarding of Intangible Cultural Heritage,the first Beijing International Week of Intangible Cultural Heritage was held from October 22nd to 25th,2023,co-sponsored by the Ministry of Culture and Tourism and the People’s Government of Beijing Municipality.Around the theme of“Unveiling the Beauty of Intangible Cultural Heritage,Fostering Global Harmony”,nearly 1,000 representatives,500 projects of intangible cultural heritage and more than 3,000 exhibits and works from 18 provinces(autonomous regions and municipalities)and about 40 countries from Asia,Europe,North and South America and Africa(including live exhibitions in 20 countries and regions)gathered together in Beijing through exhibitions。展开更多
Many search-based algorithms have been successfully applied in sev-eral software engineering activities.Genetic algorithms(GAs)are the most used in the scientific domains by scholars to solve software testing problems....Many search-based algorithms have been successfully applied in sev-eral software engineering activities.Genetic algorithms(GAs)are the most used in the scientific domains by scholars to solve software testing problems.They imi-tate the theory of natural selection and evolution.The harmony search algorithm(HSA)is one of the most recent search algorithms in the last years.It imitates the behavior of a musician tofind the best harmony.Scholars have estimated the simi-larities and the differences between genetic algorithms and the harmony search algorithm in diverse research domains.The test data generation process represents a critical task in software validation.Unfortunately,there is no work comparing the performance of genetic algorithms and the harmony search algorithm in the test data generation process.This paper studies the similarities and the differences between genetic algorithms and the harmony search algorithm based on the ability and speed offinding the required test data.The current research performs an empirical comparison of the HSA and the GAs,and then the significance of the results is estimated using the t-Test.The study investigates the efficiency of the harmony search algorithm and the genetic algorithms according to(1)the time performance,(2)the significance of the generated test data,and(3)the adequacy of the generated test data to satisfy a given testing criterion.The results showed that the harmony search algorithm is significantly faster than the genetic algo-rithms because the t-Test showed that the p-value of the time values is 0.026<α(αis the significance level=0.05 at 95%confidence level).In contrast,there is no significant difference between the two algorithms in generating the adequate test data because the t-Test showed that the p-value of thefitness values is 0.25>α.展开更多
At present,the ecological environment crisis of global concern,such as climate warming and biodiversity loss,the fundamental reason is the change and destruction of the earth's soil and water ecology.Therefore,pro...At present,the ecological environment crisis of global concern,such as climate warming and biodiversity loss,the fundamental reason is the change and destruction of the earth's soil and water ecology.Therefore,protecting and restoring the authenticity,diversity,cleanliness and integrity of soil and water ecology,we should coordinate and deal with the relationship between human beings and soil and water ecology,and realize the harmonious coexistence between human beings and nature from the three aspects of protecting natural soil and water ecology,protecting and restoring natural soil and water ecology,building and regenerating artificial soil and water ecology.展开更多
On April 28,2023,the 1st special activity of"Tea for Harmony:Yaji Cultural Salon"raised the curtain in China Cultural Center in Madrid.Up till now,"Tea for Harmony:Yaji Cultural Salon"has been succ...On April 28,2023,the 1st special activity of"Tea for Harmony:Yaji Cultural Salon"raised the curtain in China Cultural Center in Madrid.Up till now,"Tea for Harmony:Yaji Cultural Salon"has been successively launched in Spain,Thailand,New Zealand,Sweden,etc.展开更多
Founded in Yuan Dynasty,formed and perfected from Ming and Qing Dynasties to modern times,the Central Axis of Beijing has a history of more than 750 years.It is the longest and best be-preserved traditional capital ax...Founded in Yuan Dynasty,formed and perfected from Ming and Qing Dynasties to modern times,the Central Axis of Beijing has a history of more than 750 years.It is the longest and best be-preserved traditional capital axis in China.It is composed of a series of buildings,historical landmarks,historical roads,bridges and ruins,forming an orderly urban space complex.展开更多
文摘Since time immemorial,humans have made their homes alongside waterways,and mighty rivers have been the cradles of human civilization.However,as society has evolved at an ever-accelerating pace,our relationship with these life-giving streams has shifted dramatically,from one of reverence to exploitation.Now,the profound water crisis has compelled humanity to reexamine its connection with rivers.
基金supported by the Korea Institute of Energy Technology Evaluation and Planning (KETEP)and the Ministry of Trade,Industry&Energy,Republic of Korea (RS-2024-00441420RS-2024-00442817).
文摘Dynamic impacts such as wind and earthquakes cause loss of life and economic damage.To ensure safety against these effects,various measures have been taken from past to present and solutions have been developed using different technologies.Tall buildings are more susceptible to vibrations such as wind and earthquakes.Therefore,vibration control has become an important issue in civil engineering.This study optimizes tuned mass damper inerter(TMDI)using far-fault ground motion records.This study derives the optimum parameters of TMDI using the Adaptive Harmony Search algorithm.Structure displacement and total acceleration against earthquake load are analyzed to assess the performance of the TMDI system.The effect of the inerter when connected to different floors is observed,and the results are compared to the conventional tuned mass damper(TMD).It is indicated that the case of connecting the inerter force to the 5th floor gives better results.As a result,TMD and TMDI systems reduce the displacement by 21.87%and 25.45%,respectively,and the total acceleration by 25.45%and 19.59%,respectively.These percentage reductions indicated that the structure resilience against dynamic loads can be increased using control systems.
文摘Building trust and seeking harmony should be the guiding principle for promoting friendly exchanges and win-win cooperation between different civilizations.THE term“jiang xin xiu mu”(讲信修睦),literally meaning to build trust and seek amity,conveys an ancient Confucian ideal for society and policy.Today it has become an important concept in China’s ancient treasure chest of wisdom that helps shape the Chinese culture and society.
文摘On May 18,the 2024 Tea for Harmony Yaji Cultural Salon,co-sponsored by.China International Culture Association,the Department of Culture and Tourism of Hubei Province and China Cultural Center in Auckland,and organized by Asia New Zealand Foundation,New Zealand Tea Culture Institute and New Zealand Multicultural Exchange and Experience Center,was held at Lake.House Arts Center in Auckland.
文摘On June 23,hosted by the Consulate General of the People's Republic of China in Toronto and co-organized by the Culture and Arts Center of Guofeng Art Museum,the Tea for Harmony Yaji Cultural.Salon was successfully held in Toronto.Through this event,the Chinese and Canadian people have enhanced friendship and deepened mutual understanding in the exchange of tea culture,injecting new vitality into the stability and development of bilateral relations.
文摘On June 6,Tea for Harmony Yaji Cultural Salon was held at Houseof Artisans in Abu Dhabi,which was sponsored by the Chinese Embassyin the UAE,China International Culture Association and the Bureauof Culture and Tourism in Abu Dhabi,and organized by China Cultural Center in the UAE,House of Artisans and Houseof Arabic Coffee in Abu Dhabi.
文摘An immersive Tang-dynastystyle tea ceremony interactive experience was performed before a full house at China Cultural Center in Stockholm in the afternoon of June 25,accompanied by the melodious tunes of Guzheng and bamboo flute.
文摘On June 20,Tea for Harmony Yaji Cultural Salon held by China Cultural Centerattracted dozens of students of the Chinese class of the cultural center and their relatives and friends.All of them sat together,sharing tea fragrance and tea culture.The event was held in the form of salon,using the way of sitting on the floor to create a relaxed and warm atmosphere,allowing guests to immerse themselves in the Chinese tea culture.
文摘Contemporary World Magazine,which is affiliated to the International Department of the CPC Central Committee(IDCPC),held an exchange act ivi ty themed on“Harmony for Shared Prosperity”in Beijing on May 7,2024.
文摘On May 8,the Tea for Harmony Yaji Cultural.Salon for Dignitaries and Celebrities was successully held at China Culture.Center in Mauritius.More than 100 people attended the ceremony,including Chinese Ambassador to Mauritius Zhu Liying and his wife Ying Qunhua,Mauritius Vice President Marie Cyril Eddy Boissezon,Mauritian Ambassador to China Marie Roland Alain Wong Yen Cheong and friends from all walks of life.
文摘On June 11,2024,China Cultural Center in Copenhagen held Tea for Harmony Yaji Cultural Salon incelebration of the 10th anniversary of the founding of the Center.In the celebration,the 4 Chinese and Danish music performers,i.e.,Li Kaiwei,He Xing,Liam Larsen and Kamil Kolakowski from the Royal Danish Academy of Music,jointly contributed a number of classic songs well known in China and Denmark.The piano and flute ensemble,The Same Song,was sung at the opening ceremony of the Center,which brought the time back to 10 years ago.In the 10th anniversary celebration,this melody of China-Denmark communication spanning 10 years was played once again.
文摘For Chodor,a Tibetan herder living in the remote Shanza County of the Xizang Autonomous Region,protecting nature and wildlife is more than just a job-it's both a responsibility and a source of pride.
文摘The harmony between man and nature is the base for the harmonious society. It is determined by the eco-ruleand eco-economic rule. Human being should not violate the eco-rule. However, human being can make eco-systemsupply suit economic growth and its speed through systematical innovation and restriction of human economic activityand choice. Through technological innovation, efficiency satisfaction of unit resource can be increased; structure andfunction of eco-system can be perfected; supply capability of eco-system can be improved. To build the harmonioussociety, human should consider the reasonable distribution of limited resources from two sides. The first one is that theutilization of two functions of resource supply and pollution purification to nature should not exceed its special supplycapability formed under its special structure and function states, i.e. harmony between man and nature. The second sideis human being should think over the reasonable and effective distribution of limited resources in economic society, i.e.harmony between human beings and society. The reasonable economic activity of human being is the key to the harmo-nious development of man and nature.
文摘The Wannianchang Neighborhood Community in the Chenghua Distric.t, Chengdu City in Sichuan Province,covers an area of about 5.2 square kilometers and has a population of about 58,000. The area is noted for the largest number of factories, floating population and low-income groups. The office of the community, which is the grassroots governmental organ, has done a great deal of solid work to promote social stability and harmony.
文摘On the 20th anniversary of UNESCO’s adoption of the Convention for the Safeguarding of Intangible Cultural Heritage,the first Beijing International Week of Intangible Cultural Heritage was held from October 22nd to 25th,2023,co-sponsored by the Ministry of Culture and Tourism and the People’s Government of Beijing Municipality.Around the theme of“Unveiling the Beauty of Intangible Cultural Heritage,Fostering Global Harmony”,nearly 1,000 representatives,500 projects of intangible cultural heritage and more than 3,000 exhibits and works from 18 provinces(autonomous regions and municipalities)and about 40 countries from Asia,Europe,North and South America and Africa(including live exhibitions in 20 countries and regions)gathered together in Beijing through exhibitions。
文摘Many search-based algorithms have been successfully applied in sev-eral software engineering activities.Genetic algorithms(GAs)are the most used in the scientific domains by scholars to solve software testing problems.They imi-tate the theory of natural selection and evolution.The harmony search algorithm(HSA)is one of the most recent search algorithms in the last years.It imitates the behavior of a musician tofind the best harmony.Scholars have estimated the simi-larities and the differences between genetic algorithms and the harmony search algorithm in diverse research domains.The test data generation process represents a critical task in software validation.Unfortunately,there is no work comparing the performance of genetic algorithms and the harmony search algorithm in the test data generation process.This paper studies the similarities and the differences between genetic algorithms and the harmony search algorithm based on the ability and speed offinding the required test data.The current research performs an empirical comparison of the HSA and the GAs,and then the significance of the results is estimated using the t-Test.The study investigates the efficiency of the harmony search algorithm and the genetic algorithms according to(1)the time performance,(2)the significance of the generated test data,and(3)the adequacy of the generated test data to satisfy a given testing criterion.The results showed that the harmony search algorithm is significantly faster than the genetic algo-rithms because the t-Test showed that the p-value of the time values is 0.026<α(αis the significance level=0.05 at 95%confidence level).In contrast,there is no significant difference between the two algorithms in generating the adequate test data because the t-Test showed that the p-value of thefitness values is 0.25>α.
文摘At present,the ecological environment crisis of global concern,such as climate warming and biodiversity loss,the fundamental reason is the change and destruction of the earth's soil and water ecology.Therefore,protecting and restoring the authenticity,diversity,cleanliness and integrity of soil and water ecology,we should coordinate and deal with the relationship between human beings and soil and water ecology,and realize the harmonious coexistence between human beings and nature from the three aspects of protecting natural soil and water ecology,protecting and restoring natural soil and water ecology,building and regenerating artificial soil and water ecology.
文摘On April 28,2023,the 1st special activity of"Tea for Harmony:Yaji Cultural Salon"raised the curtain in China Cultural Center in Madrid.Up till now,"Tea for Harmony:Yaji Cultural Salon"has been successively launched in Spain,Thailand,New Zealand,Sweden,etc.
文摘Founded in Yuan Dynasty,formed and perfected from Ming and Qing Dynasties to modern times,the Central Axis of Beijing has a history of more than 750 years.It is the longest and best be-preserved traditional capital axis in China.It is composed of a series of buildings,historical landmarks,historical roads,bridges and ruins,forming an orderly urban space complex.
