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Beijing will be built into an international aviation hub, while its current domestic flights will be transferred to two neighboring areas - Tianjin municipality and Hebei province."

Feng Zhenglin, head of the Civil Aviation Administration of China. A world-class airport cluster is set to take off, made up of Beijing Capital International Airport, neighboring Shijiazhuang Zhengding International Airport and Tianjin Binhai International Airport.

"We're not integrating with ChemChina. There'll be ChemChina members coming onto our board. The chairman will be Chairman Ren from ChemChina. But we fully expect to operate as we do today."

Erik Fyrwald, Syngenta AG chief executive officer. China National Chemical Corp won European Union antitrust approval for its $43 billion takeover of Swiss pesticide maker Syngenta AG on April 4, a day after the US gave its blessing, bringing China's largest foreign acquisition closer to the finish line.

"Chinese have introduced building standards that are gradually improving the quality of commercial and residential facilities on the continent."

Peter Welborn, chairman of Knight Frank Africa, a UK-based independent global property consultancy, speaking on the sidelines of the East Africa Property Summit in Nairobi on April 5.

(China Daily European Weekly 04/07/2017 page24)