Financial Associated Press, March 2 (Editor Shi Zhengcheng) Just as Wall Street is hotly discussing the financial technology company Block laying off nearly half of its employees "in the name of AI," more similar stories are emerging on the other side of the Pacific. It is reported that
Canadian Prime Minister Carney is launching a diplomatic breakout in the Asia-Pacific region.
Starting from February 27, he will visit India, Australia and Japan. In his first stop in India, the Prime Minister appeared in New Delhi and Mumbai as an "icebreaker", trying to repair the relationship between India and Canada that had once fallen to a freezing point.
Faced with this scene, some Indian media lamented: "This visit was simply unimaginable a year ago."
What strategic considerations are hidden behind this dramatic change?
In September 2023, the assassination of Canadian Sikh leader Nijar was like a political bomb, causing Indo-Canadian relations to take a sharp turn.
The then Prime Minister Trudeau publicly accused the Indian government of being involved in the case, but India flatly denied it. The two sides expelled diplomats from each other, the trade agreement negotiations came to an abrupt end, and bilateral relations fell into a low ebb.
But the direction of international politics is not dominated by emotions.
After Carney took office last year, he sent a clear signal: Canada is accelerating its "Look East."
Much of this push comes from our southern neighbor—Trump set off a trade protectionist storm after returning to the White House, threatening to impose tariffs on all imported goods.
The United States is Canada's largest trading partner and an important export market for India, which makes both Ottawa and New Delhi feel chilly.
Therefore, moderation becomes an inevitable option. In November last year, India and Canada announced the resumption of previously stalled trade agreement negotiations, with the goal of achieving bilateral trade volume of more than 50 billion US dollars by 2030, doubling the current level.
Carney said bluntly at the Davos Forum at the beginning of the year: "The middle powers must act together, otherwise they will become the targets of being slaughtered."
Such a "two-way trip" contributed to Carney's official visit to India.
India's reception this time was quite grand: the airport was greeted with flowers on the red carpet, and Carney was also arranged to have a discussion with the directors of Tata, India's largest conglomerate.
Carney also gave positive feedback, calling India a "natural partner" and saying that the two countries are expected to reach a comprehensive economic partnership agreement before the end of the year, which may be signed at the G20 summit in December.
According to the latest news, during this visit, the two sides not only signed a key uranium supply agreement, but also agreed to formally launch the final stage of free trade negotiations.
A closer look at the itinerary shows that Kani spent more time in Mumbai than New Delhi. Prioritizing the commercial center over the political center is a statement in itself.
In Mumbai, Carney conducted intensive "business exchanges" and met with Indian business people. The governors of the Canadian provinces of Saskatchewan and New Brunswick also participated.
After discussing business, Carney went to New Delhi to meet with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Trump's protectionist policies were one of the topics they wanted to discuss.
At present, India and China's strengthening of cooperation is not impulsive, but is supported by data.
In 2024, India has become Canada's seventh largest trading partner in goods and services, with annual bilateral trade volume reaching US$30.8 billion.
Let’s look at the trade structure: In terms of trade in goods, Canada is in deficit with India, and its exports are mainly energy and minerals, while India’s exports to Canada are mainly pharmaceuticals and jewelry; in terms of trade in services, Canada’s surplus with India is as high as 15.2 billion Canadian dollars, of which “education-related travel” accounts for the majority, with nearly 400,000 Indian students studying in Canada.
what does that mean? India needs Canada's resources and educational opportunities, and Canada needs India's market and talents.
For India, Canada's uranium, oil, and natural gas mean diversifying energy imports and reducing dependence on specific regions; Canada wants to "export more oil to India." Currently, most of its oil is exported to the United States, and it urgently needs to open up new markets.
Outsiders pointed out that Carney's Asia-Pacific trip is intended to get rid of economic dependence on the United States. This trip also has different focuses: with Japan it focuses on "value coordination", with Australia it focuses on "competition coordination", and with India it is necessary to "break the ice" and "find increments." Because of this, India is regarded as "the most important and difficult stop."
Of course, India also has plans to play.
In terms of energy security, Canada has the third largest oil reserves in the world and the country is stable. The two sides have reached a nuclear energy cooperation agreement, and Canada will provide uranium to India, which will greatly enhance India's energy independence.
In terms of educational dividends, this visit led to the signing of agreements between the Association of Canadian Universities and 13 Indian universities to promote research cooperation and student exchange projects, which will cultivate more high-end talents in India.
Geopolitically, when the United States is pursuing protectionism and the global trading system is in turmoil, Canada has taken the initiative to show its goodwill, giving India another card besides the United States.
From “unthinkable” in the past to “natural partners” today, Carney is trying to rewrite the narrative of Indo-Canadian relations. Behind this "ice-breaking" is Canada's strategic breakthrough in its eagerness to get rid of its dependence on the United States. It is also a low-cost, high-return strategic bet by India.
(Editor’s email: ylq@jfdaily.com)
The Lantern Festival is a traditional Chinese "carnival". The most popular Lantern Festival carnival activities among Shanghai people are watching lanterns and walking on the Three Bridges.
Umbrella lanterns are one of the most famous lanterns in Shanghai since the Ming and Qing Dynasties. Umbrella lanterns, also known as parasol lanterns, are round or hexagonal umbrella-shaped lights. The umbrella lantern is made of translucent paper, a specialty of Shanghai. The umbrella surface is as thin as a cicada's wing. The umbrella is engraved with landscapes, flowers and birds, or opera story patterns, and is paired with a necklace. Viewed from a distance, it is exquisite and dazzling. Just as a bamboo poem says: "Moonlight Sheng The flute is walking on the green, and the beaded curtain hangs against the small building. Wu Lingshu talks about the paper, and is good at counting umbrella lanterns in Jiangxiang" (Zhang Chunhua's "Song of the Year in Shanghai"); raising the pavilion is another type of lanterns with Shanghai characteristics, which refers to large pavilion-shaped lanterns about three to four feet high made of colored paper. The pavilion is decorated with dragons and phoenixes, and is made of mica stone as the outer shell. It is transparent from top to bottom and illuminates for several feet. The pavilion has two or three floors. On each floor, children play opera roles, accompanied by sheng, flute and drum music, all night long.
Walking three bridges is one of the characteristic Lantern Festival customs in Shanghai. Walking Three Bridges, also known as "Walking All Diseases", refers to the custom of walking across three bridges on the 15th night of the first lunar month to pray for the removal of diseases for a year. Crossing the bridge means "crossing the river", and "crossing the river" is a homophone for "crossing the disaster". Therefore, walking on three bridges has the auspicious meaning of avoiding disasters. The custom of walking three bridges is most popular among women. On the one hand, the Lantern Festival was one of the few times for ancient women to go out for entertainment. There was often a certain distance between the three bridges, which objectively expanded the scope of women's activities. On the other hand, walking on the bridge itself can strengthen the body. Walking on the bridge under the moonlit night with sisters is more beneficial to physical and mental health. According to records, the three most popular bridges for women in Shanghai in the 20th century were the Yiqing Bridge at Xiaodongmen, the Changsheng Bridge south of Tianguan Archway, and the Ruyi Bridge east of Yimiao. The names of the three bridges are collectively called "Yiqing Changsheng Ruyi", which means peace and auspiciousness.
According to Xinhua News Agency, Grossi, Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency, stated on the 2nd that Iran has not found a systematic nuclear weapons manufacturing program. The United States and Israel may choose to attack Iran due to political considerations.
On March 2, in Vienna, Austria, IAEA Director General Grossi spoke at a special meeting of the IAEA Board of Governors.
At a press conference held that day, in response to a question about whether there was what he called "urgency" for the United States to launch an attack on Iran, Grossi said that, as he stated before the "12-Day War" broke out in June last year, "the International Atomic Energy Agency has not seen Iran have a systematic nuclear weapons manufacturing program. This is the assessment made by the International Atomic Energy Agency."
Grossi also added that "countries may have other information or have political considerations," but these are not things he can judge.
Regarding whether Iran's nuclear facilities were hit, the International Atomic Energy Agency's statement is inconsistent with Iran's. Iran's Permanent Representative to the International Atomic Energy Agency Najafi said on the 2nd that the United States and Israel launched an air strike on Iran's Natanz nuclear facility on the 1st. However, Grossi said at the council meeting that day that there was no indication that Iran's nuclear facilities, including Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant, Tehran Research Reactor or other nuclear fuel cycle facilities, had been damaged or attacked. The International Atomic Energy Agency is still contacting Iran's nuclear regulator through its Accident and Emergency Center and has yet to receive a reply.
Grossi pointed out that armed attacks on nuclear facilities should never happen, as such a move could lead to the leakage of radioactive materials, seriously affecting the attacked country and other countries. To prevent Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons and maintain the continued effectiveness of the global nuclear non-proliferation regime, all parties must return to diplomacy and negotiations.
Guiyang Xinwendao Graduate School of Finance and Economics Campus is located in the No. 4 store of the University of Finance and Economics (West Campus) in University Town, Huaxi District, Guiyang City. It has convenient transportation and beautiful environment, providing students with an ideal learning space. The campus is close to the university and has multiple consultation and registration points to facilitate students to register and attend classes nearby and provide an effective and convenient service experience. We focus on postgraduate entrance examination tutoring, combine excellent online and offline resources, and strive to achieve the learning effect of "1+1>2" to help students successfully move towards the ideal postgraduate stage.
Excellent teachers and scientific curriculum system
Xinwendao Postgraduate Entrance Examination has gathered an excellent team of teachers in the industry, combined with rich teaching experience and scientific teaching methods, to develop a series of products such as the Phoenix Plan and the Golden Phoenix Plan. The courses cover postgraduate entrance examination public courses, professional courses and re-examination tutoring. It adopts the OMO (online and offline integration) model to provide students with professional solutions for accurately diagnosing learning problems, ensuring that every student can receive high-quality and efficient learning tutoring.
Diversified learning platforms and services
Xinwendao Education Technology Group relies on the core advantages of "good teachers, good courses, good products, good materials, good services, and good management" to build a nationwide education network. The intelligent learning system that combines online and offline enables students to enjoy excellent learning resources no matter where they are. Multiple consultation points are set up around colleges and universities to meet the diverse learning needs of students and make learning easier and more enjoyable.
Pursuit of excellence and future vision
We uphold the corporate spirit of "chasing dreams and creating the future", constantly innovating teaching methods, providing a wealth of educational products and services, and helping students realize the value of life. Xinwendao Postgraduate Entrance Examination is based on strong research and development capabilities, constantly improves and optimizes the curriculum system, and is committed to becoming a leader in the field of postgraduate entrance examination training. From Guiyang to nationwide, we help every student realize their dream of becoming a graduate student.
"It is too tempting to provide tens of millions of exclusive tokens (model calling fee vouchers) for short dramas and game vertical agents. I believe that Fuxing Island will soon 'overtake' in the OPC (super individual) community construction." Axi, who has been working hard in the AIGC (artificial intelligence generated content) industry for two years, participated in two events held in Yangpu District today - the launch of Fuxing Island OPC super individual community and the Volcano Factory AI The Agent (Artificial Intelligence) Industrial Park has opened. "The more I hear about it, the more excited I become. The support policies introduced are really understanding of the OPC and AI industries."
In Shanghai, building an OPC community is nothing new. Why are these two events held by Volcano Engine, a subsidiary of ByteDance, in the joint jurisdiction of Yangpu District, attracting so much attention in the industry? The heads of many companies participating in the meeting gave the answer: The key lies in taking the lead in anchoring precise AI Agent service types and providing special and "thirst-quenching" policy support for OPC in vertical fields. In other words, Yangpu District is trying to directly address the core pain points of entrepreneurs by providing high-quality data annotation services for OPC in the AIGC industry, allowing them to focus more on content creation itself, thus accelerating the aggregation of innovative elements in the region.
Let high-quality data flow efficiently
As artificial intelligence applications become increasingly popular, high-quality data services have become a necessity. The so-called "annotation service" refers to the classification, labeling, annotation and other processing of raw data to generate structured and identifiable training data or information. The newly opened Volcano Factory has built a high-level data annotation industry service platform to connect enterprises with the entire chain of "data collection-cleaning-annotation-application" and promote the efficient circulation of data elements. Currently, more than 10 annotation service companies have settled in Huoshan Factory.
One of the newly settled companies, Shanghai Yigao Intelligent Artificial Intelligence Co., Ltd., is the national headquarters of Yigao Group in the field of artificial intelligence annotation. Duan Shuwei, the company's vice president, believes that the advantage of the Volcano Factory lies in the "joint efforts of government and enterprises": it has the support of the government to achieve physical agglomeration, and it can rely on the Volcano Engine to gain technological empowerment. In particular, the linkage with the Fuxing Island OPC community, which is only "two subway stops away", is expected to give birth to a high-quality industrial ecosystem. Upstream annotation service companies and downstream OPC can quickly "lock" each other after significantly reducing various costs, including trust costs, continue to release market demand, and jointly promote the growth of industry scale.
Another settled company, Shanghai Genma Artificial Intelligence Co., Ltd., focuses on the niche track of translation annotation, provides training data support for machine translation, and strives to generate "faithful and elegant" high-quality translation content. Jiang Feng, assistant to the company's chairman, said that for OPC, obtaining reliable and high-quality translation services can not only greatly expand its business boundaries, but also "sail overseas" at a lower cost, adding new momentum to corporate development.
Bringing “the most practical subsidy” to OPC
Axi believes that currently nearly 80% of AI companies are engaged in the two fields of AIGC and AI Agent, which is highly consistent with the industry characteristics supported by Huoshan Factory and Fuxing Island OPC community. The cooperation of "government + major manufacturers" creatively provides computing power benefits such as tokens coupons. This is tantamount to "the most practical government subsidy" for OPC, which has limited start-up funds and pursues traveling light.
Relying on government-enterprise cooperation, Yangpu Science and Technology Innovation Group has cooperated with Huochuang Engine to launch the Huochuang Cloud Platform, which can provide AI recruitment, AI legal affairs, AI taxation and other services. "These are services that OPC urgently needs but is unwilling to pay high costs for." Gao Yan, founder of Shenzhen Qianhai Yingchuang Technology Co., Ltd., said frankly that this kind of "management support" is crucial for OPC's common personal tax returns, financial document arrangement, legal contract review, personnel recruitment, etc., allowing OPC companies to "drop the burden" and carry out project cooperation.
Yan Jiang, founder of Shanghai Shenai Supply Chain Management Co., Ltd., is interested in the "residential and work integration" of Fuxing Island OPC community. The biggest difference between this place and other OPC communities is that it provides low-cost maker apartments. In his view, OPCs that emphasize "maximizing personal capabilities" need more offline interactions to quickly gain customers and gain friendship through face-to-face communication. "Let neighbors become our users and even our 'sales'."
Digital Kingdom Chaoting (Shanghai) Culture Media Co., Ltd., a Hollywood visual effects giant that has created Oscar-level visual legends such as "Titanic" and "Rejuvenation", settled in Jing'an District in October last year. Relying on the precise empowerment of regional industrial policies, the company quickly established in-depth cooperation with a number of upstream and downstream enterprises in the industrial chain, becoming one of the most iconic innovative forces in Jing'an's "audio-visual and static world" territory.
"As the core carrying area for Shanghai's ultra-high-definition audio-visual industry, Jing'an has international scientific and technological innovation standards, a connected internal and external business environment, and a series of favorable policies." A relevant person in charge of Digital Domain said that this provides an ideal ground for enterprises to use this as an axis to join hands with the upper, middle and lower reaches of the industry to advance local deployment and cross-domain collaboration driven by artificial intelligence - not only improving the production quality of ultra-high-definition audio and video, but also accelerating its implementation in consumer-level tracks such as e-commerce and cultural tourism.
This is one of the eye-catching results that reporters learned from the 2026 Jing'an District Enterprise High-Quality Development Conference held today (2nd). The conference revealed that Jing'an District will adhere to high-quality development in 2025. The district's GDP will exceed the 350 billion yuan mark, 4,511 projects will be introduced throughout the year, and new investment in projects above designated size will reach 68.457 billion yuan. High-end advantages such as open economy and headquarters economy will continue to be consolidated.
This year is the first year of the "15th Five-Year Plan". Jing'an has anchored the goal of building an important carrying area for the construction of Shanghai's "Five Centers", accelerating the construction of a "two axes, one belt and three areas" spatial pattern, and creating a "(3+3) + (1+3+X)" modern industrial system.
Connect resources into a network
At the scene, a group of benchmark subjects taking root in Jing'an and empowering development appeared together, outlining a prosperous picture of the regional economy with a diverse attitude. Companies such as Cathay Haitong Securities Co., Ltd., L'Oreal (China) Co., Ltd., and Louis Vuitton (China) Commercial Sales Co., Ltd. were awarded the "Jing'an District High-Quality Development Enterprise" for their outstanding contributions, demonstrating their benchmark image as industry leaders; a group of star companies that lead fashion consumption, deeply cultivate cultural and creative integration, and practice technological innovation are divided into The business cards of "Xingrui Pioneer", "Wenchao Zhiqing" and "Digital Intelligence Navigator" show the innovative vitality and development strength of their respective tracks; partners who inject momentum into regional investment collaboration appear as "outstanding partners"; key buildings that enable industrial agglomeration use the style of "excellent buildings" to demonstrate the carrying capacity and attractiveness of Jing'an's high-end carriers. Among them, the "Wenchao Zhiqing" exclusive display board brings together companies that deeply integrate business, cultural creativity, and technological innovation, and is highly consistent with the core layout of the regional "(3+3)+(1+3+X)" modern industrial system.
Companies are competing to bloom, and the power of capital has become a key catalyst. Taking Cathay Capital as an example, it has deeply integrated into regional development with the innovative model of "fund + industrial partners + ecological platform". In the direction of beauty and health, Cathay Beauty Future Fund (Cahui Beauty Fund) has completed registration and started investment in Jing'an. So far, it has completed two key layouts - strategic investments in Lin Qingxuan and Zhiyuan Pharmaceutical, respectively, to enter the high-end skin care and skin health tracks. At the same time, using the fund as a link, it has joined forces with the Jing'an District Investment Office, Jing'an Capital and "Beauty Innovation Jingjie" to build the Jing'an beauty and health ecosystem and continue to promote the gathering and implementation of projects, enterprises and industrial resources in Jing'an. In the direction of digital industry, Cathay and global industrial software giant Dassault Systèmes are promoting the construction of an industrial fund system in Jing'an. Cathay Future Intelligent Manufacturing Fund has been established in Jing'an, and has completed investment in Zhiweixingyi at the project level and released it to the public. This marks that the synergy of Jing'an's "digital industry ecology + industrial capital" is entering a replicable post-investment linkage stage.
"What we value most is not the single-point policy, but the 'combined certainty' provided by Jing'an." This is how the relevant person in charge of Cathay Capital explained the underlying logic of choosing Jing'an. This is not a single location option, but a high-density, cashable industrial ecology: it combines an international headquarters economy, top-level consumption scenarios, a mature professional service system, as well as clear direction guidance and strong execution capabilities for key industries. For investment institutions that emphasize industrial collaboration, Jing'an can significantly improve the efficiency from "investment" to "collaboration implementation" - making it easier to connect enterprises, chain owners, scenarios, professional services and cross-border resources into a network, allowing capital to truly become the "connector" and "accelerator" that connects the industrial chain.
Amplify the "siphon effect" and "multiplier effect"
The reporter learned that Jing'an is building a "1+8+18+X" integrated investment service system, creating a collaborative investment matrix for industrial departments, functional areas, and streets and towns, and deeply exploring multiple models such as industrial chain investment, map investment, and scenario investment, and continues to amplify the region's magnetizing effect on global leading companies and high-growth brands. Among them, Cathay Haitong Securities is committed to building a "Shanghai model" of aircraft carrier-level investment banks; the Jing'an District Government has joined hands with L'Oréal Group and Cathay Capital to establish the "Cathay Beauty Future Fund" to use capital as a link to help the clustered development of the beauty industry; the world's only LV "Louis" giant ship concept landmark has made a stunning appearance on Nanjing West Road, becoming a new fashion landmark in the city.
The rise of digital intelligence companies is accelerating, using AI and big data as engines to cultivate new productivity: Silang Technology released its self-developed MaPU architecture "Sky Dome" 3D scientific computer, achieving a phased breakthrough in the field of medical research and development; Jushuitan will be listed on the main board of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange in October 2025, becoming the first listed company in the domestic e-commerce SaaS ERP field. At the same time, the gathering of international and domestic brands such as Patagonia, Lecoco, and KEIGAN is accelerating, and regional development potential and innovation vitality continue to burst out.
As a key enterprise deeply involved in the field of smart travel, China Post Intelligent Travel has quickly integrated into the regional development ecology and achieved breakthroughs in business expansion, scene implementation, supporting services, etc. under the group-based precise services of industrial departments, streets and functional areas after landing in Jing'an; Yixian Ji With the empowerment and support of the district committee and government, the group continues to promote scientific research innovation and brand upgrading. Its global innovation R&D center has passed CNAS certification. In October 2025, China's first beauty innovation white paper was released at the "Beauty Creation Quiet World", demonstrating the core strength of China's beauty technology. This time, the two companies appeared as "Jing'an District High-Quality Development Enterprise", "Digital Intelligence Navigator" and "Xingrui Pioneer" respectively, which fully reflects Jing'an's strong attraction and strong empowerment of high-growth companies, and also allows companies to continue to release innovation momentum in a high-quality business environment.
At present, Jing'an District is based on the positioning of "International Jing'an, Excellent Urban District", anchors the goal of being an important hosting area of Shanghai International Science and Technology Innovation Center, accelerates the construction of a "two axes, one belt and three areas" spatial pattern, optimizes the spatial layout to drive upgrading of resource allocation, builds a solid carrier and broadens paths for precise investment promotion. The Nanjing West Road-Suhe Bay Central Vibrant Zone (CAZ) presents the charm of high-end services and fashionable consumption, the Daning "Three Life" Integrated Innovation Zone creates a livable, industrial and entrepreneurial cluster, and the Shibei International Science and Technology Innovation Zone deepens the industrial upgrading of the "cloud digital smart chain" - the three major areas work together to continuously amplify the "siphon effect" and "multiplier effect", providing strong support for industrial agglomeration.
Relying on the optimized spatial layout, Jing'an regards the construction of industrial carriers as the key to precise investment promotion, closely follows the "(3+3) + (1+3+X)" industrial system, and focuses on promoting the construction of three major cluster areas: "Data Communication Chain Valley", "Audio-visual Quiet World" and "Artistic Quiet World". By reducing the cost of enterprise innovation, accelerating the transformation of results, and smoothing the collaboration chain, Jing'an is striving to create a "gravitational field" for the integrated development of innovative ecology - so that every enterprise that settles here can find the soil for growth, collaborative partners and certainty of development.
The Nine Best Blockchain Platforms2026-02-23Comments(0)