rchased by a joint venture between Partners Group, The Family Office, SDP Investments, and The Carlyle Group for around 9 billion yuan.
rists from China view cherry blossoms from a boat in Kyo
hen Zeyong, CEO of online visa service tigerwing.cn, said the Jap
anese government issued 7 million visa stickers for Chinese nationals last year.
“If visas become a bar code or QR code emailed to applicants, their w
orkload will be greatly lessened,” he said during the Shanghai World Travel Fair on Thursday.
Japan Tourism Agency data showed that 8.38
million tourists from the Chinese mainland trave
led to Japan in 2018, representing year-on-year growth of 13.9 per
cent and contributing nearly 27 percent of international tourists.
China has been the world‘s largest source of tourists since 2014, reachin
g nearly 150 million last year, according the Ministry of Culture and Tourism.
Located in Mega Mall in eastern Bucharest, the first
Mi Store in the eastern European country occupies 200 square meters, offering some
300 products, including smartphones, cameras, speakers, headsets, smart watches, selfie sticks, electri
c scooters, smart robotic vacuum cleaners and even casual backpack.
“With opening of the flagship store in the country,
we are pleased to announce that the Mi fans can purchase the first Xiaomi phones offi
cially in Romania,” said Zhang Guoren, Xiaomi authorized representative in Romania.
Xiaomi is currently the fourth largest smartph
one producer in the world and Romanians have long been familiar with its products.
China’s former world number one Ding Junhui took a 6-3 lead over Anthony McGill of Scotland in th
e opening day’s snooker world championship at the Crucible Theatre here on Saturday.
Ding, ranked 10th in the world, pulled ahead 4-1 with breaks of 64 and 70. World num
ber 24 McGill, who was crushed last year here by Ding 13-4 in the second round, won the next frame 73-57 but D
ing made a break of 129 points in the seventh frame and took the eighth easily for a 6-2 lead.
hina aims marked cut in water usage by 2020
China aims to substantially reduce water consumption by 2020 to tackle a supply bottl
eneck that could undermine the environment and sustainable economic growth.
By next year, waster usage per 10,000 yuan (about $1,492) of gross domestic product w
ill be 23 percent less than in 2015, according to the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC).
The country also aims to cap water consumption below
670 billion cubic meters by 2022 and 700 billion cubic meters by 2035.
China still faces serious scarcity of water resources. Its pe
r capita water resource share lags far behind the world average.
An action plan jointly released by the NDRC and the Ministry of
Water Resources has put forward major initiatives to meet the goals, promoting man
agement mechanism of water saving contracts and water-saving service industries.
The two drafts are under their third readings at the
ongoing session of the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress.
The emphasis on objectivity and impartiality was suggested after the drafts’ seco
nd readings, as legal experts pointed to the importance of procurators to objectively collect evidence.
The new drafts also stipulate tighter supervision over judges and p
rocurators and give them more responsibilities such as keeping business secrets and personal priva
cy information. There will be legal consequences if they fail to do so, according to the drafts.
China aims to substantially reduce water consumption by 2020 to ta
ckle a supply bottleneck that could undermine the environment and sustainable economic growth.
By next year, waster usage per 10,000 yuan (about $1,492) of gross domestic product will b
e 23 percent less than in 2015, according to the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC).
The country also aims to cap water consumption below 670 billion cubic meters by 2022 and 700 billion cubic meters by 2035.
The signed exhibitors at trade in service area are Deloitt
PWC, KPMG, Ernst&Young, UPS, DHL, CMA CGM, HSBC, and VALE International.
The food showing area will be 60,000 square meters showing d
airy products, vegetables, fruits, meats, aquatic products, snacks, condiments, liquor and bever
ages, and the exhibitors will include Nestle, Danone, Fonterra, Theland, Dole, Louis Dreyfus and Cargill.
The 12th China Arts Festival will bring a slew of art activities to the Chinese economic and art hub Shanghai.
From May 20 to June 2, more than 50 shows selected nationwide will be perform
ed in 19 major theaters in Shanghai, over 600 artworks will go on display at the China Art Museum, and a fine
selection of creative cultural products will be shown at the Shanghai Exhibition Center. The festival will inclu
de various art forms, such as opera, chamber music, dancing, painting, sculpture and photography.
As 2019 also marks the 70th anniversary of the foun
ding of the People’s Republic of China, this year’s repertoire will be centered aro
und the lives of modern Chinese people as well as the diversified and prosperous art development in the new era.
ent has offered 1,000 yuan($149) per month of subsi
dies for each student and the district government has offered another 500 yuan per m
onth for each student. The students are only required to pay tuition of 900 yuan per month.
Apart from ensuring students get a high-quality education, the sub
sidies are also used to increase the salaries of teachers and give them better training, she said.
To ensure that more students receive inexpensive yet hig
h-quality preschool education, the school added 270 new kinde
rgarten slots in 2016, she said. It now has 18 classes and more than 540 students.
Children attending public kindergartens or affordable private on
es will account for 80 percent of all preschoolers by 2020, according to a d
irective issued recently by the Communist Party of China Central Committee and the State Council.
Rules for scientific researchers set out by Ministry of Edu
Researchers should strictly follow the standards and code of conduct of scientific research a
nd not embezzle or misuse scientific research funds, the Ministry of Education said on Wednesday.
They should not commit fraud to obtain a research
project, research fund and other awards or honorary titles, the ministry said.
Researchers should not seek reimbursement for items that they are supposed to
pay for themselves, and they should not embezzle funds for other purposes, it said.
Research projects that require external help should be made publ
ic at the university. If there are profits involved between the research leader
and external organizations, they should first sign a contract and submit it to the university, it said.
University administrative staff should not seek profi
ts or advantages in applying for and allocating research funds, the ministry said.
The seized animals and products included ivory, rhinocer
ros horns, pangolin scales, dried sea horses, red corals, and hawksbill turtles, Zheng said.
A major overseas criminal gang once active in smuggling animals to Guangdong province has been busted following the crackdown, he said.
He suggested that further special campaigns will be launched to fight against such smuggling in the coming months.
Water pollution has forced many regions, especially in southern China, to change their sou
rces of drinking water, with many reaching out to the Yangtze River, a report said.
The contamination of water bodies has made drinking water in souther
n China more scarce, despite a dense network of waterways, according to the report, publ
ished earlier this year by the Institute of Public and Environmental Affairs, an NGO.
A campaign to root out environmental violations at water intake sites is expect
ed to improve things, but environmental authorities should be aware that local governments may choose to aba
ndon their water intake sources to avoid rectifying problems, said Ma Jun, director of the institute.
Yancheng, which is further north of the Yangtze, turned
d to the river for water in late June after experiencing at least four drinking water contamination incidents.
