How to help the national carbon emissions trading market?
On July 16, China's national carbon emissions trading market was officially launched, becoming the carbon market with the largest greenhouse gas emissions in the world.
The outside world generally believes that Hong Kong, which is determined to achieve carbon neutrality by 2050 and is itself an international financial center, should help the country's carbon trading market.
However, Hong Kong seems to have not planned early, so it has still not been able to take advantage of its advantages and actively participate in it.
Compared with the mainland's carbon market that has been deployed many years ago, the development of the carbon trading market in Hong Kong is still in the preliminary discussion stage, and there are currently no specific measures to promote the formation of the carbon trading system.
As early as 2009, the Hong Kong Stock Exchange had consulted on the feasibility of developing a carbon emission trading platform in Hong Kong and the product concept of certified emission reduction futures. However, the concept of carbon trading was still new at that time. The proposal has been stranded so far...
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The development of carbon trading in Hong Kong will mainly establish an internationally recognized carbon credit system in accordance with mainland standards.
The picture shows the real-time information screen of national carbon emissions trading taken in Wuhan on July 16.
(Xinhua News Agency)
Viewing Hong Kong's Sports Policy from the Olympics: Four Major Qualitative Changes
The Tokyo Olympics has brought a rare breathing space for Hong Kong, allowing Hong Kong people to find solace outside the political turmoil and social turmoil of the past two years, and let us put aside our political stance for the time being to re-examine Hong Kong's positioning and identity value.
It is a pity that some individuals have used pan-politicized methods to elevate their unintentional mistakes during the Olympics to politically correct disputes.
This not only reflects the entanglement of ideology, but also indirectly brings out problems such as insufficient structural support for athletes by Hong Kong sports organizations.
From the events of the Olympics, we can see the first or two of the Hong Kong government’s policies, which drove us to reflect on how to implement long-term sports policies and blueprints in Hong Kong...
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Whenever members of the Hong Kong team have a game, there will be a large number of people watching and supporting the game.
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The noise outside the arena: the recent worries and long-term worries of China's ultra-nationalism
Whenever a large-scale international competition like the Olympic Games is held, it will arouse the patriotism of the people of all countries.
The Tokyo Olympics was no exception. The nationalist sentiment in China was once again aroused and formed a wave of climax.
Cyberbullying around the Chinese team players is also common, and some athletes who won gold medals are still criticized by their own people: Xu Xin and Liu Shiwen, who won the silver medal in table tennis mixed doubles, were scolded for their loss to the Japanese team. Gold medalist Chen Yufei was criticized for winning only by defense and opponents' mistakes. In the badminton men's doubles final, they lost to Taiwan's Li Junhui and Liu Yuchen, and were criticized as "humiliating" and so on.
"The Olympics is indeed a time to express patriotic feelings. This is normal in any country, but what China needs to be wary of is the negative impact of overheated nationalism and patriotism on the stability of the country and regional peace and security." There are experts. Analyzing the energy of the rise of nationalism like China, even exceeds the imagination of Chinese officials...
Mainland badminton men's doubles athlete Liu Yuchen (right) and Li Junhui.
(Central News Agency)
The above article is recorded from the report in the 277th issue of "Hong Kong 01" Weekly (August 9, 2021). If you want to read the full text, please
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