China's most advanced research ship Experiment I was put into water successfully in Bohai Sea, according to news from China Academy of Sciences on September 17.
60 meters long and 26 meters wide, the ship can be used for multiple ocean science researches and experiments, such as researches about ocean environment, near land and ocean acoustics reasearches.
By People's Daily Online
Thursday, September 18, 2008
China's direct foreign investment exceeds 100 billion U.S. dollars
By the end of 2007, more than 7,000 Chinese investors had established more than 10,000 enterprises in 173 countries and regions in the world using direct investment, and the total amount of net direct investment reached 117.91 billion U.S. dollars, according to the "2007 China's direct foreign investment statistics Communiqué" issued by Ministry of Commerce, the State Statistics Bureau, State Administration of Foreign Exchange on September 17.
Last year, sales of China's non-financial overseas enterprises reached 337.6 billion U.S. dollars, generating the total offshore tax of 2.94 billion U.S. dollars. The domestic investors realized import and export of 118.9 billion U.S. dollars through overseas enterprises. At the end of last year, employees in overseas enterprises amounted to 658,000 people, among which 295,000 are foreign employees.
The proportion of state-owned enterprises in all domestic investors fell six percentage points last year over a year, limited liability companies' proportion rose by 10 percentage points, and private companies accounted for 11% of all investors.
Among non-financial investors, the state-level enterprises accounted for only 10.3 percent, enterprises at provincial and autonomous regional level accounted for 89.7 percent.
Judging by distribution of industry of domestic investors, manufacturing enterprises accounted for 45.5 percent, followed by wholesale and retail trade, accounting for 23 percent; the construction industry ranked third, accounting for 5.2 percent.
By People's Daily Online
Last year, sales of China's non-financial overseas enterprises reached 337.6 billion U.S. dollars, generating the total offshore tax of 2.94 billion U.S. dollars. The domestic investors realized import and export of 118.9 billion U.S. dollars through overseas enterprises. At the end of last year, employees in overseas enterprises amounted to 658,000 people, among which 295,000 are foreign employees.
The proportion of state-owned enterprises in all domestic investors fell six percentage points last year over a year, limited liability companies' proportion rose by 10 percentage points, and private companies accounted for 11% of all investors.
Among non-financial investors, the state-level enterprises accounted for only 10.3 percent, enterprises at provincial and autonomous regional level accounted for 89.7 percent.
Judging by distribution of industry of domestic investors, manufacturing enterprises accounted for 45.5 percent, followed by wholesale and retail trade, accounting for 23 percent; the construction industry ranked third, accounting for 5.2 percent.
By People's Daily Online
Top brands favor Hanzhou and Shanghai
Yangtze River Delta has become a strategic area for international brands. International brands have covered every city in the Yangtze River Dalta region, entering 88.7 percent of sales outlets, a survey released by the Yangtze River Delta Business Information website said.
At present, international top brands have penetrated in many fields, such as clothing, cosmetics and watches. The average occupancy rate in the 16 cities of the Yangtze River Delta reached 40 percent, and Hangzhou and Shanghai has the highest rate.
Besides the fast economic growth, high income level and strong spending power, a higher degree of openness, and the potential consumer demands for the international brands in this region are also attractive to the top brands, some analysts said.
In addition, the Yangtze River Delta region has strong capacity of radiation. And Hangzhou, Ningbo and other cities have special status and special industries, so that the huge mobility consumption resources can be formed, such as tourism and business affair.
By People's Daily Online
At present, international top brands have penetrated in many fields, such as clothing, cosmetics and watches. The average occupancy rate in the 16 cities of the Yangtze River Delta reached 40 percent, and Hangzhou and Shanghai has the highest rate.
Besides the fast economic growth, high income level and strong spending power, a higher degree of openness, and the potential consumer demands for the international brands in this region are also attractive to the top brands, some analysts said.
In addition, the Yangtze River Delta region has strong capacity of radiation. And Hangzhou, Ningbo and other cities have special status and special industries, so that the huge mobility consumption resources can be formed, such as tourism and business affair.
By People's Daily Online
300 million cubic meters of water sent from Hebei to Beijing to tackle shortage
A water shortage in Beijing is being tackled with the diversion of 300 million cubic meters of water from Hebei Province, as of 10 a.m. on Thursday.
It will arrive in Beijing in 10 days. The diversion will flow from three reservoirs, the first being Huangbizhuang, and last until March 10 next year, said the Hebei Provincial Water Resources Department.
Clear water gushed out for Beijing via a 18-km-long branch canal connected with another grand canal totalling 307.5 km after workers opened sluices in the Huangbizhuang Reservoir, Hebei Province, on Thursday.
The grand canal, which was finished in April, forms the northern end of the middle route of the South-to-North Water Diversion Project.
Apart from Huangbizhuang Reservoir, water will also be drawn from two other water facilities -- Gangnan and Wangkuai reservoirs, said Huo Guoli, chief of construction administrative section with Hebei Provincial Water Resources Department.
Beijing has been plagued by water shortages partly because of its geography, with nine years of consecutive drought starting in 1999. It has seen only 75 percent of its expected precipitation over that period.
This drought-ridden situation was alleviated somewhat this year as the national capital had a wet summer, coupled with fewer hot days.
The municipal weather observatory said it had 443.1 millimeter of rainfall so far this year, the most in a decade. There were only three days with the temperature above 35 degrees Celsius, compared with nine days last year or an average of 11.4 days in the past 10 years.
As a neighbor of Beijing and also Tianjin, Hebei, which also sits in the dry north of the country, has been sacrificing itself in order to safeguard water supplies in the two great cities, said Huo.
"Thursday's emergency water diversion is another example to showcase the sacrifice Hebei has made," said the official, who added the province had enjoyed ample rainfall since the beginning of the year.
The local weather observatory said so far this year it had had 509 mm of rainfall by September, and the three reservoirs -- Huangbizhuang, Gangnan and Wangkuai -- have amassed 1.33 billion cu m of water in total and can spare and supply Beijing with 300 million cu m of water.
In return, Beijing will compensate Hebei, the compensation to be paid in three phases. The first compensation had already been paid, said Huo, who declined to disclose the amount.
The South-to-North Water Diversion Project, consisting of eastern, middle and western routes, is designed to divert water from the water-rich south of the country, mainly the Yangtze River, the country's longest, to the dry north.
According to the South-to-North water diversion office, when part of the project is completed in 2010, about 1 billion cubic meters of water will be diverted to Beijing annually.
Source: Xinhua
It will arrive in Beijing in 10 days. The diversion will flow from three reservoirs, the first being Huangbizhuang, and last until March 10 next year, said the Hebei Provincial Water Resources Department.
Clear water gushed out for Beijing via a 18-km-long branch canal connected with another grand canal totalling 307.5 km after workers opened sluices in the Huangbizhuang Reservoir, Hebei Province, on Thursday.
The grand canal, which was finished in April, forms the northern end of the middle route of the South-to-North Water Diversion Project.
Apart from Huangbizhuang Reservoir, water will also be drawn from two other water facilities -- Gangnan and Wangkuai reservoirs, said Huo Guoli, chief of construction administrative section with Hebei Provincial Water Resources Department.
Beijing has been plagued by water shortages partly because of its geography, with nine years of consecutive drought starting in 1999. It has seen only 75 percent of its expected precipitation over that period.
This drought-ridden situation was alleviated somewhat this year as the national capital had a wet summer, coupled with fewer hot days.
The municipal weather observatory said it had 443.1 millimeter of rainfall so far this year, the most in a decade. There were only three days with the temperature above 35 degrees Celsius, compared with nine days last year or an average of 11.4 days in the past 10 years.
As a neighbor of Beijing and also Tianjin, Hebei, which also sits in the dry north of the country, has been sacrificing itself in order to safeguard water supplies in the two great cities, said Huo.
"Thursday's emergency water diversion is another example to showcase the sacrifice Hebei has made," said the official, who added the province had enjoyed ample rainfall since the beginning of the year.
The local weather observatory said so far this year it had had 509 mm of rainfall by September, and the three reservoirs -- Huangbizhuang, Gangnan and Wangkuai -- have amassed 1.33 billion cu m of water in total and can spare and supply Beijing with 300 million cu m of water.
In return, Beijing will compensate Hebei, the compensation to be paid in three phases. The first compensation had already been paid, said Huo, who declined to disclose the amount.
The South-to-North Water Diversion Project, consisting of eastern, middle and western routes, is designed to divert water from the water-rich south of the country, mainly the Yangtze River, the country's longest, to the dry north.
According to the South-to-North water diversion office, when part of the project is completed in 2010, about 1 billion cubic meters of water will be diverted to Beijing annually.
Source: Xinhua
FM: China supports UN observer mission in Georgia
China supports the UN observer mission in Georgia in the performance of its duties, Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Jiang Yu told a press conference in Beijing on Thursday.
She said the mission, since its establishment, had played an important role in maintaining peace and stability in Abkhazia.
The mission was sent to Georgia in August 1993 under UN Security Council resolution No. 858, which aimed to supervise the implementation of the cease-fire agreement between Georgia and Abkhazia reached in July that year.
As for proposals that the UN send peace-keeping forces to South Ossetia, Jiang said China has noted the situation and will consider it.
Source: Xinhua
She said the mission, since its establishment, had played an important role in maintaining peace and stability in Abkhazia.
The mission was sent to Georgia in August 1993 under UN Security Council resolution No. 858, which aimed to supervise the implementation of the cease-fire agreement between Georgia and Abkhazia reached in July that year.
As for proposals that the UN send peace-keeping forces to South Ossetia, Jiang said China has noted the situation and will consider it.
Source: Xinhua
China reports 69,227 deaths from May earthquake
The death toll from the May 12 earthquake in Sichuan Province and its neighboring region as of Thursday noon was 69,227, the State Council Information Office said in a statement.
The numbers of people listed as missing and injured were 17,923 and 374,643 respectively.
As of Thursday noon, a total of 1,486,407 quake-affected people had been relocated.
Among 96,544 persons who were hospitalized for injury, 93,459 had been discharged, the statement said.
The government spending on disaster relief and reconstruction had topped 67.556 billion yuan , including 60.087 billion yuan from the central budget and 7.469 billion yuan from the local budget.
According to the Ministry of Civil Affairs, domestic and foreign donations had reached 59.391 billion yuan in cash and goods by Thursday noon. Of this, 26.88 billion yuan had been forwarded to quake-hit areas.
About 1.58 million tents, 4.87 million quilts, 14.1 million garments, 3.93 million tonnes of fuel and 8.4 million tonnes of coal had been sent to the quake-hit areas, it said.
Relief workers have built 677,131 temporary houses for relocated people.
In the 72 hours ending Thursday noon, 500 aftershocks at or below magnitude 3.9 were monitored in the quake zone, according to the China Earthquake Administration.
A total of 30,235 aftershocks had been detected since May 12.
A total of 471,846 tonnes of grain and 12,013 tonnes of cooking oil have been allocated to the quake zones from central reserves as of Thursday, the statement said.
Of the 53,295 km of roads damaged in the quake, 52,994 km had been restored, according to the statement.
And 128,138 of the 138,960 business outlets damaged by the quake had been reopened, the statement read.
As of Thursday noon, 207,547 quake-affected people had been organized to work outside of the quake zone, while another 842,399people had found jobs in their hometowns.
Source:Xinhua
The numbers of people listed as missing and injured were 17,923 and 374,643 respectively.
As of Thursday noon, a total of 1,486,407 quake-affected people had been relocated.
Among 96,544 persons who were hospitalized for injury, 93,459 had been discharged, the statement said.
The government spending on disaster relief and reconstruction had topped 67.556 billion yuan , including 60.087 billion yuan from the central budget and 7.469 billion yuan from the local budget.
According to the Ministry of Civil Affairs, domestic and foreign donations had reached 59.391 billion yuan in cash and goods by Thursday noon. Of this, 26.88 billion yuan had been forwarded to quake-hit areas.
About 1.58 million tents, 4.87 million quilts, 14.1 million garments, 3.93 million tonnes of fuel and 8.4 million tonnes of coal had been sent to the quake-hit areas, it said.
Relief workers have built 677,131 temporary houses for relocated people.
In the 72 hours ending Thursday noon, 500 aftershocks at or below magnitude 3.9 were monitored in the quake zone, according to the China Earthquake Administration.
A total of 30,235 aftershocks had been detected since May 12.
A total of 471,846 tonnes of grain and 12,013 tonnes of cooking oil have been allocated to the quake zones from central reserves as of Thursday, the statement said.
Of the 53,295 km of roads damaged in the quake, 52,994 km had been restored, according to the statement.
And 128,138 of the 138,960 business outlets damaged by the quake had been reopened, the statement read.
As of Thursday noon, 207,547 quake-affected people had been organized to work outside of the quake zone, while another 842,399people had found jobs in their hometowns.
Source:Xinhua
Dairy producer yet to recall some tainted milk powder
A Chinese dairy producer at the center of a baby formula scandal has yet to recall 35 tonnes of tainted milk powder from retail outlets and consumers, an official said on Thursday, as it emerged that a fourth child had died.
Local authorities and the Shijiazhuang-based Sanlu Group had recalled 8,875 tonnes of a total of 8,910 tonnes of "problematic" milk powder the company had sold after the scandal was exposed, the city's vice mayor, Zhang Meizhi, told a press conference.
"The departments of quality supervision and industry and commerce in the city are now stepping up efforts to recall the remaining 35 tonnes, especially those sold to consumers in remote areas," she said.
"The milk powder produced before Aug. 6 had all been pulled off shelves," she said.
The company had also sealed off 2,176 tonnes of tainted milk powder it has yet to sell, she added.
The death toll in the scandal has risen to four, the latest being a baby in northwestern Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region.
The infant died at a hospital in the Bayingolin Autonomous Prefecture of Mongolian Nationality, the regional health department said on its website on Thursday, without giving further details.
The contamination earlier claimed the lives of three other babies, two in northwestern Gansu Province and one in eastern Zhejiang Province.
Nationwide, more than 6,200 infants have developed kidney stones after drinking Sanlu's baby formula, tainted with the chemical melamine, which was believed to have helped to increase protein content.
The dairy giant Sanlu, based in the Hebei provincial capital of Shijiazhuang in north China, was the first company exposed in the scandal. It is 43 percent-owned by New Zealand dairy company Fonterra and has been ordered to halt all production.
Tian Wenhua, the sacked board chairwoman and general manager of Sanlu, has been detained by police for questioning.
The State Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine has carried out test samples involving 491 batches of products sold by all 109 companies that produced baby milk powder in the country. The inspectors found melamine in 69 batches of powder from 22 companies.
To date, 18 suspects in Shijiazhuang have been arrested. Six were charged with selling melamine, while the other 12 were dealers suspected of selling contaminated milk to Sanlu, Shi Guizhong, spokesman for the Hebei Provincial Public Security Department, told reporters on Thursday.
On Wednesday the mayor of Shijiazhuang Ji Chuntang resigned as a result of the scandal.
Earlier on Tuesday, four city officials were fired. They included Zhang Fawang, vice mayor in charge of agricultural production; Sun Renhu, the Animal Husbandry and Fishery Bureau director of Shijiazhuang; Zhang Yi, Food and Drug Administration director; and Li Zhiguo, director of the Bureau of Quality and Technical Supervision.
Source:Xinhua
Local authorities and the Shijiazhuang-based Sanlu Group had recalled 8,875 tonnes of a total of 8,910 tonnes of "problematic" milk powder the company had sold after the scandal was exposed, the city's vice mayor, Zhang Meizhi, told a press conference.
"The departments of quality supervision and industry and commerce in the city are now stepping up efforts to recall the remaining 35 tonnes, especially those sold to consumers in remote areas," she said.
"The milk powder produced before Aug. 6 had all been pulled off shelves," she said.
The company had also sealed off 2,176 tonnes of tainted milk powder it has yet to sell, she added.
The death toll in the scandal has risen to four, the latest being a baby in northwestern Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region.
The infant died at a hospital in the Bayingolin Autonomous Prefecture of Mongolian Nationality, the regional health department said on its website on Thursday, without giving further details.
The contamination earlier claimed the lives of three other babies, two in northwestern Gansu Province and one in eastern Zhejiang Province.
Nationwide, more than 6,200 infants have developed kidney stones after drinking Sanlu's baby formula, tainted with the chemical melamine, which was believed to have helped to increase protein content.
The dairy giant Sanlu, based in the Hebei provincial capital of Shijiazhuang in north China, was the first company exposed in the scandal. It is 43 percent-owned by New Zealand dairy company Fonterra and has been ordered to halt all production.
Tian Wenhua, the sacked board chairwoman and general manager of Sanlu, has been detained by police for questioning.
The State Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine has carried out test samples involving 491 batches of products sold by all 109 companies that produced baby milk powder in the country. The inspectors found melamine in 69 batches of powder from 22 companies.
To date, 18 suspects in Shijiazhuang have been arrested. Six were charged with selling melamine, while the other 12 were dealers suspected of selling contaminated milk to Sanlu, Shi Guizhong, spokesman for the Hebei Provincial Public Security Department, told reporters on Thursday.
On Wednesday the mayor of Shijiazhuang Ji Chuntang resigned as a result of the scandal.
Earlier on Tuesday, four city officials were fired. They included Zhang Fawang, vice mayor in charge of agricultural production; Sun Renhu, the Animal Husbandry and Fishery Bureau director of Shijiazhuang; Zhang Yi, Food and Drug Administration director; and Li Zhiguo, director of the Bureau of Quality and Technical Supervision.
Source:Xinhua
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