"Chinese consumers are increasingly opting for healthy foods. And that's where Chilean products come in."

Jorge Heine, Chilean Ambassador to China, predicting China will become a main importer of Chile's foodstuffs in a decade, in an article published in a Chilean newspaper on September 16

"It is a symbol of the RMB's internationalization with a more solid basis on the European continent, and it is also a reflection of the great attention and recognition the RMB has gained from the global financial market."

Tian Guoli, Chairman of the Bank of China, announcing the first offshore RMB-denominated bond listing by the bank on Euronext, the eurozone's primary exchange, in Paris on September 15

"Our mine-hunting efforts over the past three years have turned out the most remarkable results since 1949."

Peng Qiming, Director of the Geological Exploration Department of the Ministry of Land and Resources, reporting on Chinese prospectors' success in finding 451 medium-sized and large mines of natural resources from 2011 to 2013, on September 12

"The major difference between America and China is that Chinese teachers, parents, children and administrators are all on the same page and work toward the same goal."

Reina Joa, a math teacher at New York City's Brooklyn High School of the Arts who recently took a 10-day professional development trip to Shanghai, in an interview with Xinhua News Agency