Ouyang says the aim of China's space program is clear: to advance the country's economic and scientific development.
London also is collaborating with Hong Kong with the aim of offering China's companies something they can't get in Shanghai: an international listing.
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The astronauts are aiming to complete China's first manned docking with the Tiangong-1 module already in orbit, an important first step towards China's aim of creating a working space station by 2020.
Look at what happened on Monday, when the Chinese government released new economic growth targets: Instead of expanding GDP by 10.4%, as it did two years ago, China will now aim for 7.5% growth this year.
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It is dubbed the "Outline for National Tourism and Leisure (2013-2020)" and is a roadmap for restructuring the current paid leave system across China with an aim to encourage governmental agencies, social organizations, enterprises and public institutions to promote the use of leave days.
London is one of those places getting in on the action with Silicon Roundabout, and even a China connection as entrepreneurs aim to tap faster growth.
But clearly the aim is to show the company is still committed to China, and that any store closures are part of a routine periodic business adjustment.
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But for all of Disney's avowed aim to "correctly portray the images and customs" of China, how native can the production be?
Company executives say they aim to tap into the booming middle classes in countries such as China and Indonesia that are clamoring for the same affordable but stylish furniture that made IKEA a hit in Europe after World War II.
Meanwhile, China Life's Chairman Yang Chao says it also has plans to become a financial holding company and has been buying stakes in a number of China's banks and other financial institutions to further that aim (See story "Ready to Deal").
Its aim would be to make cleaner, more efficient technologies available in developing nations like India and China.
Combined with Scandinavian design features that aim to differentiate Volvo from German rivals such as Audi, BMW and Mercedes, Volvo hopes to boost sales in China in particular, in part to compensate for weakness in Europe.
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