It is very risky for insurers to excessively chase high returns from their investment in a low-rate environment, while the economy is growing slower."

Hao Yansu, director of the School of Insurance at the Central University of Finance, commenting on the insurance regulator's vow on Feb 22 to "severely punish" short-term speculation by insurers and their aggressive purchase of stakes in listed companies.

"In recent years, the global intelligent voice market grew rapidly. In the future, those related intelligent devices will enter every home."

Zhu Zhongliang, an academician at the Chinese Academy of Sciences

"In fact, how to build a fair, all-around and workable dispute-resolution system for international trade and investment is a common task for governments and legal professionals. Globalization is not going to stop."

Wang Guiguo, president of the Hong Kong-based International Academy of the Belt and Road

(China Daily Africa Weekly 02/24/2017 page24)