Zhang Yuzhuo, Chairman of Sinopec: Accelerating the World-class Brand Build up to Better Lead the High-quality Development of Enterprise

BEIJING, May 11, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — The “2021 China Brand Value Evaluation Information” released on May 9 amid the Fifth China Brand Day celebration, China Petroleum & Chemical Corporation (HKG: 0386, “Sinopec”) ranks No.1 across the energy and chemical industry in China with a brand value of 308.59 billion yuan ($48.01 billion), a 9.491 billion yuan ($1.48 billion) growth compare to 2020. Brands value of its Easy Joy, Epec.com, Sinopec Lubricant Company, and Sinopec Donghai Asphalt raised significantly.

Mr. Zhang Yuzhuo, Chairman of Sinopec Delivers Keynote Speech that Sinopec Will Accelerate to Build a World-class Independent Brand to Better Lead the High-quality Development of the Enterprise.

At the forum on China Corporate Brand Building held on May 10, Mr. Zhang Yuzhuo’s keynote speech solemnly stated that Sinopec will accelerate to build a world-class independent brand to better lead the high-quality development of the enterprise.

Manufacturing capacity in China continues to grow and develop, showing vigorous vitality and creativity with increased number of Chinese brands going abroad.

For 38 years, Sinopec has emphasized on strengthening brand building and committed to bring the society cleaner, higher-end and more diverse energy and chemical products. Fulfilled its brand promises with actions and responsibilities, Sinopec will continue to meet people’s needs for better life and promote the company’s brand value, reputation and influence.

“Sinopec will step up in building a world-class brand, adhering to the brand value proposition of ‘Innovation leads the future of the industry, creating better life with responsibility,” as well as making the brand slogan of ‘Cleaner Energy, Better Life’ deeply rooted in customers’ hearts, entering thousands upon thousands of households as a responsible international enterprise,” said Zhang Yuzhuo, chairman of Sinopec.

Sinopec Hydrogen Refueling Station Is in Use in China with another 100 Stations Planned to Build and Operate in 2021.

In the future, Sinopec will Implement the brand strategy vigorously and firmly establish the concept of “quality is always one step ahead” and “every drop of oil is a promise” to highlight Sinopec’s commitment to quality first, speeding up the promotion of brand vitality. Guided by the implementation of a world-leading development strategy, Sinopec will strengthen its operation management and speed up to improve brand support.

By taking the opportunity of building a pioneering technology company, Sinopec will also continue to innovate and boost its brand competitiveness, along with speed up the green and low-carbon transition, promoting clean fossil energy, scaled non-fossil energy and low-carbon production process to ensure that it reaches the carbon emissions peak before China’s goal and strives to achieve carbon neutral by 2050.

In addition, Sinopec will support key projects of rural revitalization, Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics, health express initiative, public open days, charity gas stations for sanitation workers and more to consolidate social responsibility and elevate brand influence, making “responsible” a keyword of the Sinopec brand.

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Sinopec Corp. is one of the largest integrated energy and chemical companies in China. Its principal operations include the exploration and production, pipeline transportation and sale of petroleum and natural gas; the sale, storage and transportation of petroleum products, petrochemical products, coal chemical products, synthetic fiber, fertilizer and other chemical products; the import and export, including an import and export agency business, of petroleum, natural gas, petroleum products, petrochemical and chemical products, and other commodities and technologies; and research, development and application of technologies and information.

Sinopec sets ‘fueling beautiful life’ as its corporate mission, puts ‘people, responsibility, integrity, precision, innovation and win-win’ as its corporate core values, pursues strategies of value-orientation, innovation-driven development, integrated resource allocation, open cooperation, and green and low-carbon growth, and strives to achieve its corporate vision of building a world leading energy and chemical company.

For more information, please visit: http://www.sinopecgroup.com/group/en/.

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Zymo Research Releases Open-Source Bioinformatics Pipeline for SARS-CoV-2 Variant Detection in Wastewater

Early Release of the VirSieve Bioinformatics Pipeline Will Promote Collaboration in Environmental SARS-CoV-2 Research

IRVINE, Calif., May 11, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Zymo Research has released the VirSieve Bioinformatics Pipeline source code to the environmental microbiology community to promote global collaboration and support for the detection of SARS-CoV-2 variants in wastewater. VirSieve is an automated computational pipeline that analyzes sequencing reads from the SARS-CoV-2 virus in wastewater samples to better understand viral variants present in monitored communities. By rating the confidence interval in observed viral mutations, the software has the potential to significantly increase the accuracy of analyzing any changes in the viral genetic material.

Zymo Research releases the VirSieve™ Open-Source Bioinformatics Pipeline source code to the environmental microbiology community to promote global collaboration and support for the detection of SARS-CoV-2 variants in wastewater.

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, while the deployment of vaccines has had a tremendous positive impact on curbing the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic within the USA, new viral strains are still emerging. Some of these strains, e.g., B.1.1.7, are classified as “variants of concern” due to evidence of increased spread, pathogenicity, or vaccine evasion. Wastewater Next-Gen Sequencing is emerging as the most viable solution for near real-time community surveillance.

Viral sequencing from wastewater is difficult due to fragmentation and degradation of the viral RNA, often resulting in sequencing errors that ultimately manifest as false mutations. VirSieve can identify these false variants and mark them as being low or no confidence, allowing researchers to filter mutations with a higher degree of support. Zymo Research also provides DNA/RNA Shield, a reagent that safeguards viral RNA from further degradation after inactivation of any virus for safe, ambient temperature collection and transportation of wastewater samples.

“Zymo Research has previously developed public software tools like the Zymo Research Transmit Program, an open-source client for submitting COVID-19 test results through the CalREDIE public health reporting system,” said Dr. Michael Weinstein, Director of Laboratory Information Systems, and Project Lead on the VirSieve Pipeline project at Zymo Research. “VirSieve is part of Zymo Research’s ongoing effort to provide maximum support to pandemic response efforts around the globe. We feel VirSieve has the potential to be used not only for tracking variant strains of the SARS-CoV-2 virus in wastewater but other viruses as well, for future public health efforts.”

“Getting accurate variants from clinical samples or sewage is key to proper placement of a viral strain in the context of all other viral variants and informing pathogen tracking efforts,” said Dr. Christopher Mason, who is a paid speaker for Zymo Research and is the co-director of the WorldQuant Institute for Quantitative Prediction and a professor of physiology and biophysics at Weill Cornell Medicine.

For more information about the VirSieve Pipeline visit Zymo Research’s website or contact them via email at tech@zymoresearch.com.

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Zymo Research is a privately owned company that has been serving the scientific and diagnostics community with state-of-the-art molecular biology tools since 1994. “The Beauty of Science is to Make Things Simple” is their motto, which is reflected in all of their products, from epigenetics to DNA/RNA purification technologies. Historically recognized as the leader in epigenetics, Zymo Research is breaking boundaries with novel solutions for sample collection, microbiomic measurements, diagnostic devices, and NGS technologies that are high quality and simple to use. Follow Zymo Research on FacebookLinkedInTwitter, and Instagram.

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الصين تضع نصب عينيها مهمة إنتاج الرقائق المتقدم

بكين, 11 مايو 2021 / بي آر نيوزواير / – تقرير إخباري صادر عن China.org.cn عن الصين التي تضع نصب عينيها مهمة إنتاج الرقائق المتقدم.

تسرع صناعة أشباه الموصلات في الصين تطويرها للرقائق المتقدمة، حيث من المقرر أن تدخل عملية الإنتاج الضخم لرقائق (28 نانومتر) محلية الصنع هذا العام، على أن تحذو عملية تصنيع رقائق (14 نانومتر) حذوها العام المقبل، بحسب مصادر متعددة.

وفي الصناعة، فإن رقائق (28 نانومتر) تعد بمثابة الخط الفاصل بين تصنيع الدوائر المتكاملة ذات النطاق المنخفض إلى المتوسط والمتوسط إلى الأعلى.

An exhibition booth of China's Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation (SMIC) was seen at the China International Semiconductor Exhibition 2020 in Shanghai, Oct. 14, 2020.

وإلى جانب رقائق وحدات المعالجة المركزية، ووحدات معالجة الرسومات والذكاء الاصطناعي، فإن المنتجات الصناعية السائدة الأخرى مثل أجهزة التلفاز ومكيفات الهواء والسيارات والقطارات فائقة السرعة والأقمار الصناعية والروبوتات الصناعية والمصاعد والطائرات المسيرة تعد أكثر التطبيقات شيوعا لاستخدامات تقنية رقائق (28 نانومتر).

وقال تنغ ران، رئيس مركز بحوث صناعة الدوائر المتكاملة بمؤسسة (CCID) للخدمات الاستشارية التابعة لمركز بحوث يتبع لوزارة الصناعة وتكنولوجيا المعلومات الصينية “إن الصين بحاجة ماسة للتحرك نحو إنتاج الرقائق المتوسطة إلى العالية، والقدرة على إنتاج رقائق 28 نانومتر يعني أنها تستطيع تلبية معظم الطلب على الرقائق دون الاعتماد على بلدان أخرى”.

وبحسب تنغ، فإنه مع نضوج عملية تصنيع رقائق (14 نانومتر) العام المقبل، ستنضم (SMIC) إلى صفوف “أنتل” و”TSMC” و”سامسونغ” كأول شركة صينية تحصل على تقنية (14 نانومتر) وتضعها قيد الإنتاج الضخم.

وقال تنغ “عمليات الشركة الصينية لإنتاج رقائق 14 نانومتر ستطبق في مجالات تقنية اتصالات الجيل الخامس والحوسبة الفائقة، ويمكنها تلبية الطلب إلى حد كبير”.

ويأتي اختراق الصين في مجال صناعة الرقائق المتقدمة في وقت تواجه فيه شركة (SMIC) وشركات التكنولوجيا الصينية الأخرى قيودا تجارية كبيرة تفرضها الولايات المتحدة. ففي العام الماضي، فاق التقدم في تقنيات تصنيع الرقائق الصينية التوقعات محليا مع اختراقات في موجات المليمتر لشبكة اتصالات الجيل الخامس والإخراج الناجح لشريحة معالج FinFET N+1 لشركة الصين الدولية لأشباه الموصلات.

وأوضح تنغ أن صناعة الدوائر المتكاملة الصينية تتحول من تنمية “عالية السرعة” إلى أخرى “عالية الجودة”.

وقال تيان يو لونغ، كبير المهندسين والمتحدث باسم وزارة الصناعة وتكنولوجيا المعلومات الصينية، خلال مؤتمر صحفي عقد في الأول من مارس الماضي، إنه وفقا لتقديرات صناعة أشباه الموصلات الصينية، فقد سجلت مبيعات الدوائر المتكاملة الصينية 884.8 مليار يوان في عام 2020، وهو ما يمثل متوسط معدل نمو سنوي قدره 20%، وثلاثة أضعاف معدل نمو صناعة الدوائر المتكاملة العالمية خلال نفس الفترة.

وأضاف أن صناعة الدوائر المتكاملة في الصين حققت نموا مثيرا وثابتا خلال فترة الخطة الخمسية الثالثة عشرة (2016-2020)، مع تحسينات كبيرة في تقنيات التصنيع والتغليف ومواد المعدات الرئيسية.

مشيرا إلى نمو الشركات بشكل مطرد، وظهور عدد منها كمؤسسات رائدة عالميا في التصميم والتصنيع والتعبئة والاختبار وغيرها من روابط السلسلة الصناعية.

وبينما تواصل إحراز التقدم على جبهات متعددة، أقر تنغ أن الصين لا تزال في دور “اللحاق بالركب” عندما يتعلق الأمر بتطوير الرقائق الأكثر تقدما. ودعا إلى مزيد من التعاون الدولي كون صناعة الدوائر المتكاملة صناعة عالمية ولا ينبغي عزل أي بلد من سلسلة الصناعة.

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Sudan inches closer to clearing IMF arrears

(WASHINGTON) – The International Monetary Fund (IMF) announced today that it has approved a financing package for Sudan which would enable it to clear IMF arrears.

“Today, the IMF Executive Board approved a financing plan that will help mobilize the resources needed for the IMF to cover its share of debt relief to Sudan. This financing plan relies on a broad effort of IMF member countries, including cash grants and contributions derived from IMF internal resources” said the IMF managing director Kristalina Georgieva.

“This marks a critical step in helping Sudan advance the process of normalizing relations with the international community and make progress towards achieving debt relief under the Heavily-Indebted Poor Country (HIPC) Initiative,” she added.

Georgieva stressed that debt relief for Sudan is an IMF priority in order to reach what is known as the “decision point”.

“I am encouraged by the support from our members and by their recognition of the progress Sudan has made on economic reforms under the IMF Staff-Monitored Program (SMP)” she said.

“The HIPC Decision Point, at which time debt relief will begin to be delivered, would be reached as soon as our members have provided the necessary financial commitments, assuming the authorities continue their strong reform efforts and meet the other requirements stipulated under the HIPC process”.

Last week the Sudanese finance minister Gibril Ibrahim announced that his country completed second SMP review.

“This paves the way for Sudan to reach HIPC Decision Point which will hopefully result in substantial debt relief for Sudan as well as new credit lines,” he tweeted.

Sudan will seek to convince international creditors at a conference in Paris next week to cancel as much as it can from $50 billion in debt, mostly with bilateral creditors.

France is hosting the conference to promote investment and debt relief for Sudan.

Sudan has successfully cleared its arrears at the World Bank and African Development Bank (AfdB) with bridge loans supported by the US, UK and Sweden.

A French diplomat said last month that his government could provide funding for Sudan to also clear arrears with the IMF and proceed with HIPC.

 

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Sudan transfers Ethiopian soldiers seeking asylum to refugee camp

(EL FASHER) – The Commission for Refugees (COR) in North Darfur State transferred to refugee camps Ethiopian soldiers have defected seeking political asylum after working in the UN-AU peacekeeping mission in Darfur, UNAMID.

The defectors who are from the Tigray region say fear for their life after the eruption of the war between the federal government and the TPLF in northern Ethiopia.

“The first batch of asylum seekers left El Fasher airport via a UN plane to Kassala airport in eastern Sudan and was transported to Um Gargorah camp for the Ethiopian refugees,” said the Commissioner for Refugees in North Darfur Fateh Ibrahim Mohamed in statements to the official news agency SUNA on Monday.

The total number of soldiers who applied for asylum at the Commission reached 120, including 14 women, he added.

They were transferred in four batches including one of 33 soldiers on Sunday and another of 31 soldiers on Monday.

They are handed over to the refugee commission and the humanitarian groups including the UN High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) in the refugee camp.

The Security Council decided to terminate the UNAMID mandate on 31 December 2020, withdrawing all uniformed and civilian personnel other than those needed for liquidation by 30 June 2021.

 

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Sudan declines UAE initiative on border dispute with Ethiopia

(KHARTOUM) – Sudan has officially informed the United Arab Emirates (UAE) of its adherence to placing border markers with Ethiopia before entering into investment projects in the disputed Fashaqa area.

The head of the Sovereign Council, Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, returned to Khartoum after talks with Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Zayed on Sunday.

The meeting took place after a written response Khartoum sent to Abu Dhabi last April and a phone call by the Emirati crown prince to al-Burhan on the first of May.

In statements to reporters flowing their return to Khartoum on Monday, the Minister of the Cabinet Affairs Khaled Omer Youssef said Sudan conveyed to the UAE its position on the Emirati initiative on the border dispute with Ethiopia.

“Sudan has conveyed to the Emirates its clear position in the (border) agreement that has settled the issue since 1972,” stressed Youssef.

In line with the 1972 agreement, Ethiopia reaffirmed its commitment to the 1902 and 1903 agreement between the two countries and accepted to place border markers as agreed in these agreements.

Khartoum did not release the content of the UAE initiative but Sudanese officials say that the Emirates propose to fund agriculture schemes in the Fashaga using Ethiopian and Sudanese farmers.

Sudan and Ethiopia will get 40% of the benefits of the project and the remaining 20% will go to the UAE.

With regard to the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, Youssef pointed out that al-Burhan informed MBZ that Khartoum wants a legally binding agreement on the filing and operation of the GERD to protect Sudanese and Egyptian interests.

The UAE proposal on the GERD does not consider the 2015 declaration of principle and ignores the progress achieved during the past 9 years.

 

Source: Sudan Tribune