To start themeeting, the meeting leader (who is called the chairperson or chair) may use one of these phrases:
🔹 Hello, everyone. Thank you for coming today. 🔹Since everyone is here, let’s get started. 🔹First, I’d like to welcome you all.
If there are new people in the meeting, or people from different departments who might not know each other, the chairperson may introduce them:
🔻 I’d like to take a moment to introduce… [name + description] - I’d like to take a moment to introduce Carla, from the public relations department. 🔻 Please join me in welcoming [name + description] - Please join me in welcoming Jim, a consultant who will be helping us with project management. 🔻 Sheila, would you like to introduce yourself?
Finally, it’s good to state the specific topic or objective of the meeting, in order to focus the discussion:
🔹As you can see from the agenda, we’ll be talking about… [topic] 🔹I’ve called this meeting in order to … [goal] 🔹Our main goal today is to … [goal] - Our main goal today is to determine the budget for 2021.
To start themeeting, the meeting leader (who is called the chairperson or chair) may use one of these phrases:
🔹 Hello, everyone. Thank you for coming today. 🔹Since everyone is here, let’s get started. 🔹First, I’d like to welcome you all.
If there are new people in the meeting, or people from different departments who might not know each other, the chairperson may introduce them:
🔻 I’d like to take a moment to introduce… [name + description] - I’d like to take a moment to introduce Carla, from the public relations department. 🔻 Please join me in welcoming [name + description] - Please join me in welcoming Jim, a consultant who will be helping us with project management. 🔻 Sheila, would you like to introduce yourself?
Finally, it’s good to state the specific topic or objective of the meeting, in order to focus the discussion:
🔹As you can see from the agenda, we’ll be talking about… [topic] 🔹I’ve called this meeting in order to … [goal] 🔹Our main goal today is to … [goal] - Our main goal today is to determine the budget for 2021.
China’s stock markets are some of the largest in the world, with total market capitalization reaching RMB 79 trillion (US$12.2 trillion) in 2020. China’s stock markets are seen as a crucial tool for driving economic growth, in particular for financing the country’s rapidly growing high-tech sectors.Although traditionally closed off to overseas investors, China’s financial markets have gradually been loosening restrictions over the past couple of decades. At the same time, reforms have sought to make it easier for Chinese companies to list on onshore stock exchanges, and new programs have been launched in attempts to lure some of China’s most coveted overseas-listed companies back to the country.
In many cases, the content resembled that of the marketplaces found on the dark web, a group of hidden websites that are popular among hackers and accessed using specific anonymising software.“We have recently been witnessing a 100 per cent-plus rise in Telegram usage by cybercriminals,” said Tal Samra, cyber threat analyst at Cyberint.The rise in nefarious activity comes as users flocked to the encrypted chat app earlier this year after changes to the privacy policy of Facebook-owned rival WhatsApp prompted many to seek out alternatives.BusinessEnglishPro from br
