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Maker
The term "maker" refers to those with the initiative to innovate and turn their ideas into reality. In China, the term "creator" is associated with "mass entrepreneurship and innovation", and specially refers to those with innovative concepts, making efforts in independent entrepreneurship. The new environment provides more possibilitities for China’s makers to stand out in the world. Whether it is electronic technology, or software science, or artistic innovation practices with strikingly distinctive eastern features, they make way for a future of infinite possibilities for China's creators.  
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Yang also pointed out that all-gender toilets cannot be the only solution because of public concern about safety and privacy protection; more types of toilets should be created to cater to diversified needs. Sundberg, creator of a community maker space the Q-Space, joined the project and turned the space's toilets in to all-gender facilities. "I think that there is a need to make sure we embrace diversity and difference in all parts of life and society," she said.

Over 56 bln USD invested to help science, technology companies

Chinese venture capital investors have invested more than 350 billion yuan (56.8 billion US dollars) to help science and technology companies, according to Wan Gang, Minister of Science and Technology. More than 1,600 business incubators are providing service for science and technology companies, said Wan, also a political advisor, at a press conference on the sidelines of the ongoing national legislative session on Wednesday. In 2014, total technology transaction volume reached 857.7 billion yuan, 15 percent higher than the previous year. "It is of great importance to let the market allocate resources and make market allocation play a decisive role in order to meet the need of high-tech business starters," said Wan. People should learn from original incubators, such as Garage Coffee in Beijing and Chaihuo Maker Space in south China's Shenzhen, to set up more platforms offering start-ups workplaces, networks, rooms for social and shared resources, Wan said. He also urged to lower the threshold for the incubators, with preferential financial policies provided for the incubators.

District sets pace for innovation drive

The device has 18 patents, and uses advanced parts from leading domestic and foreign enterprises, Tian said. The stories of these two innovative high-tech companies offer a perfect illustration of how Shinan district is cultivating such groundbreaking enterprises. It is home to 49 high-tech enterprises, five national laboratories and 15 national maker spaces. Shinan is the economic and political center of Qingdao, according to Wang Jiujun, Party chief of the district. As the city's smallest district, Shinan covers an area of 30 square kilometers, almost one-seventieth of Huangdao, the city's largest district. "Developing a real economy in such a small area is not an easy task," Wang said. "We are determined to cultivate innovative small technology companies to ensure that we take a market-leading position."

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1 Under the deal, Foxconn, the world's largest contract consumer electronics maker, will set up production lines for Mobike's bicycles, with an annual production capacity of 5.6 million units.

2 The government has already taken steps to promote the health industry, launching a maker space for health companies inside Wenjiang’s Chengdu Medical City in June of 2016.

3 The central parity rate of the yuan against the US dollar is based on a weighted average of prices offered by market makers before the opening of the interbank market each business day.