China Daily Weekly - 02.08.2019

Research begins on

electrichelicopter

Chinesedesignershave begun
preliminary researchtodevelopan
electric helicopterand areworking
towardbuilding a demonstration
prototype, accordingtoakeyfigure
inthe program.
Deng Jinghui, chief designer
attheChina HelicopterResearch
and DevelopmentInsti tutein
Jingdezhen, Jiangxiprovince,said
researchersand engineershavecar-
riedout trial demonstrationsofan
electrictailrotor.Theyare making
preparationsfor the devicetobe
usedona 2 -metric-ton helicopter
during preliminaryflighttests,
Dengsaid.
“Replacing a conventionaltail
rotorwith an electricone isthe first
step in exploring andverifyingthe
technical feasibility of an all-electric
helicopter,” Deng explained.
Withinthe coming decade,the
Chineseaviation engineers will
strivetobuild an all-electric heli-
copter.

Satellites monitor

naturaldisasters

China hasdeployed its satellites
tomonitormorethan 30 major
natural disastersaroundtheworld
sincethestart oflast year,offer-
ing helptoaffected nationsand
regions,accordingtoakeyfigurein
the project.
Guo Chaohui, aseniorengineer
attheChinaCenterforResources
SatelliteData andApplication,
saidonJuly2 8 thatthe center
arranged for Chinesesatellitesto
take picturesand collectdatafrom
placesthatsuffered fromdisasters,
uponreceiving notificationfrom
theInternationalCharteron Space
and MajorDisasters system, and
then providedthe imagestorelated
nationsandregions.
Chinesesatellitestook clearpic-
turesin 24 ofthe disasters, including
an earthquake in Indonesia last year
andacyclonethatra vagedSouth
Africa and MozambiqueinApril.

Networkdeveloped

totrackbigcats

Afternearly20years ofefforts,
China hasdeveloped a networkfor
monitoring endangered Siberian
tigersandAmurleopards,covering

morethan 1 2 ,000 square kilometers inthe provincesof Jilin and Hei- longjiang, an expert saidonJuly28. Jiang Guangshun, deputydirec- tor o ftheFeline ResearchCenterof the Natural Forestryand Grassland Administration, madethestatement atthe International Forumon Tiger and LeopardTransboundary Con- servation,whichstartedonJuly2 8 in Harbin, Heilongjiang province. Withtechnologiessuch asartifi- cial intelligence and big data, Jiang and histeam haverecorded more than 4, 000 infrared cameravideo clipsoftigersand morethan 600 clipsofleopards. “Bycomparing dataontigersand leopardsofChina and Russia from 201 3to2015,weconfirmthat 17 tigersand 42 leopardsareshared populationsofbothChina and Rus- sia,” hesaid.

Internetfundraising to get closer look

With billionsof charitable clicks and donationsrecordedonline last year,officialswiththe Ministry of CivilAffairs told a newsconference onJuly2 9 thatmorewill be done tocountermisconductinvolving internet-based fundr aisingand crowdfunding. Jia Xiaojiu,director ofthe ministry’snewphilanthropyandsocial

work department,saidChina had morethan 7 ,5 00 charitieslast year, bringing in public donationsof 90 billionyuan ($1 3 .1 billion),of whichaconsiderable amountwas donatedonline. The government-approved fundraisingwebsitesreceived 8.4 6 billionpageviewslast year,and manyfundraisershavereported thatnearly 80 percentoftheir donationswereraised inthe cybersphere. The directorcited TencentFoun- dation’spopular“99CharityDay” asan example. Hesaid morethan 2 8 millionnetizensparticipated in the annual charityeventonSept9, donating 8 30 millionyuan.

Anti-terrorismefforts inXinjiangdefended AgroupofChineseexperts said the United Stateshasbeen adopt- ing doublestandardsonanti-terrorism and deradicalization andusing issuesrelatedto China’smeasures —introduced inthe Xinjiang Uygur autonomous regiontofightterror- ismandreligiousextremism—asa tooltointerfereinChina’sdomestic affairs. The experts,whospecializein studiesinthe fieldsofhuman rights,internationalrelationsand anti-terrorism, madetheremarksat

aseminarheldrecentlyin Urumqi, capitalofXinjiang. Wang Yu,anassociateresearcher withthe InstituteofChineseBor- derland Studies,said fightingter- rorismandeliminatingreligious extremismarecommonglobal prob- lems.China’santi-terrormeasures implemented in Xinjiang inrecent years incl, udingthe establishment ofvocational educationcenters, haveprovided a newsolutioninthe global fightagainst terrorism.

Summer surge in outboundtravel Traveling abroadtoexperience differentcultureshasbecome popularforasurging numberof Chineseduringthetwo-month summervacation, accordingto industry reports. The growthhasbeen most obvi- ousinthe country’sthird- and fourth-tiercities,especiallyinthe north,with an increaseofatleast 50 percentinthe numberofout- boundtouristsfromthere, accord- ingtoarecentreport onoutbound tourismreleased byAlibaba and its travel portal, Feizhu. In comparison, big citiessuch a sBeijing and Shanghairegistered relativelyslowergrowth. Shanghai,whichremainsthe country’stopcityfor the numberof

outboundtourists thissummer,wit- nessed 18 percentannual growth. Statisticsfromonlinetravelser- viceCtripshow thatt hegeneration bornafter 2000accounted for 36 percentoftourists traveling abroad last summer.

Work-relatedillnesses higherthanreported

China hascharted morethan 970 , 000 casesofoccupational diseasessincerecordsbegan, but the actual numberof employees affected by work-related illnessesis much higher,aseniorhealthofficial saidonJuly30. Theunderreported dataislargely d uetolowratesof healthscreenings designedtodetectconditionsarising fromworkplace activities,aswell as flawsinthe country’semployment system,said WuZongzhi, director of the National HealthCommission’s occupa tionalhealth department. About 28, 000 newcasesofoccu- pational illnesses—with black lung diseaseaccounting for the majority —are diagnosed eachyear,bringing thetotal numberofavailable cases to 97 5, 000 asofthe endof 20 18. Arecentsamplesurveyestimates thatmorethan 200 millionemploy- eesareexposedtoavariety of occupationalrisksthatimpacttheir health,said Wu.

China,Vietnampolice smashgamblingring

Police fromChina and Vietnam havecracked a large cross-border online gambling gang and captured 1 06 Chinesesuspects,accordingto the Ministry ofPublic Security on July30. Amongthe 106 suspects, 29 were arrested across the country.The other77,whowerearrested in Viet- nam, have been escorted backto Chinatofacecharges,accordingto the ministry. Meanwhile, policesmashed 15 gambling densand confiscated morethan 2 , 000 bank cards,itsaid. In January, Vietnamesepolice discoveredthattheChinesesus- pectshadopened casinosin Viet- namto solicitChinese gamblers. The intelligencewassharedwith theministry,whichsetupajoint investigationteamthatfound many gambling densin Hunan province and Vietnam.

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