Talking Points

Premier Wen Jiabao puts suggestions on how to deepen economic co-operation and political trust between Asian and European countries to the 9th Asia-Europe summit in Vientiane, Laos, which takes place today and tomorrow. This year marks the 16th anniversary of the establishment of the Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM), as the summit is officially known. The theme for the summit is "Friends for peace, partners for prosperity".
 

A research team gives details of a City University electronic engineering department project to develop a wireless data transceiver system 50 times faster than Wi-fi. The government has provided HK$20 million for the project, which aims to produce a system with a data transmission rate of seven gigabytes per second.
 

Some of Britain's top designers, businesspeople and experts in various fields are on hand to share their experience as "Britain - Great Week of Creativity 2012" kicks off at the Convention and Exhibition Centre in Wan Chai. They include fashion designer Anya Hindmarch, the chairman of the Business Ambassadors' Group of UK Trade and Investment, Lord Jonathan Marland, and the head of the London Design Festival, Sir John Sorrell. The event, to promote Britain as a place to live, work, study, invest and do business, was co-organised by the British consulate.