Meet 50 Start-Ups at the Asia-Pacific Agri-Food Innovation Summit seedworld.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from seedworld.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Film Shorts // February 24-March 3, 2021
Night of the Kings (R) This film from the Ivory Coast stars Bakary Koné as a young man sent to a prison deep in the jungle, where he’s forced to tell fanciful stories to the other inmates to avoid being killed. Also with Steve Tientcheu, Jean Cyrille Digbeu, Issaka Sawadogo, Rasmané Ouédraogo, Macel Anzian, Abdoul Karim Konaté, and Denis Lavant. (Opens Friday in Dallas)
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Billie Eilish: The World’s a Little Blurry (R) R.J. Cutler’s documentary follows the teen pop star on her world tour in 2018. (Opens Friday in Dallas)
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China’s economic development and financial opening are now at a crucial turning point.
External downside risks now dominate due to the COVID-19 pandemic and trade tensions, and domestic markets urgently need upgrading to lift technological innovation. The recently drafted 14th Five Year Plan emphasises an innovation-oriented development strategy. Although many measures have been adopted, how to effectively finance innovation remains one of China’s primary challenges.
Research and development (R&D) expenditure is a common measure of investment in innovation. Innovation investment is usually long term and tends to run down firms’ internal funds. The availability of external finance is critical for firms trying to innovate.
Financing innovation in China huewire.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from huewire.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.