Chinese films grabbed the limelight at the 77th Cannes Film Festival which was held from May 14 to 25 in Cannes, southern France, with "She's Got No Name" making its premiere on Friday.
Led by Peter Ho-Sun Chan, the Hong Kong-born director and the leading actors Zhang Ziyi and Lei Jiayin, the cast of film "She's Got No Name" appeared at the red carpet, greeting to the media and fans who had been waiting for a long time.
The film is based on one of the most famous unsolved murder cases in China. Taking place in a bustling alleyway during the Japanese occupation of Shanghai in the 1940s, the film centers on a wife charged with the bloody dismemberment of her husband.
The heroine of the film, Zhang Ziyi, is one of the Chinese actresses who attracted the most attention at the Cannes International Film Festival.
Multiple of her films like "House of Flying Daggers" by director Zhang Yimou, "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" by director Ang Lee, and film "2046" by director Wong Kar-wai, had been shortlisted for various sections of the film festival, and she has served as a judge at Cannes four times.
The film "Gou Zhen", or "Black Dog" directed by Guan Hu took top prize in the category Un Certain Regard at Cannes.
After the Chinese film "Luxury Car" won the honor in 2006, this is the first time for another Chinese film to win this prize. The film has been scheduled to be released in China on June 15.
Chinese films grab limelight at Cannes Film Festival
China's investment in fixed assets maintained steady growth in the first five months of 2024, accompanied by ongoing optimization of the investment structure, an official from the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) told a press conference in Beijing on Monday.
Driven by the advancements in high-end, smart, and green manufacturing, investment in the manufacturing sector has posted strong growth momentum since the beginning of the year, according to the NBS,.
From January to May, investment in the manufacturing sector grew by 9.6 percent year on year, 5.6 percentage points faster than that of the total investment and contributing 57.3 percent to the growth of the total investment.
Notably, investment in high-tech industries has continued to expand, while investment in equipment upgrading and technological transformation has experienced accelerated growth.
"With the robust support of policies for large-scale upgrading of equipment, investment in the purchase of machinery and equipment showed a good growth momentum. In the January-May period, such investment increased by 17.5 percent year on year, outpacing the growth in the January-April period by 0.3 percentage points. Besides, there has been an accelerated pace of transformation and upgrading of traditional industries. During the same period, investment in technology transformation in the manufacturing sector grew by 10 percent year on year, marking a 1.5-percentage-point acceleration," said NBS spokeswoman Liu Aihua.
In addition, investment in major projects played a crucial role during the first five months, with completed investments in projects each with a planned total investment of 100 million yuan or more recording a year-on-year growth of 8.5 percent, driving a 4.6-percentage-point rise in the nation's total investment.
Looking ahead, China has broad space to increase effective investment and has huge investment potential in aspects such as innovation-driven development, transformation and upgrading, green transition, and people's livelihood, said the official.
China's investment in fixed assets grows steadily in Jan-May period
