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By SHAN JUAN a 2-year-old girl, were desper- [email protected] ate to have a boy who would bring more economic bene t China has broken up a gang to the rural family during a that was providing illegal sex- compensation program. determination tests, largely Breaking up the gang “was a for gender selection, the top major achievement under the health authority announced one-year campaign launched on Sunday. last October by government 2 e gang tested more than agencies including the com- 1,000 women around China mission and the Ministry of in 2013, said the National Public Security”, the commis- Health and Family Planning sion said. Commission. In China, sex determina- One of the main suspects, tion testing, gender-selective identi ed as Wang Ermin, has procedures and abortions for been convicted and sentenced to non-medical purposes are three and a half years in prison, prohibited, particularly given a according to the commission. traditional preference for boys The gang started offering over girls and a largely skewed the illegal tests in 2010, rst in sex ratio, which stands at 115 Yiwu, Zhejiang province, and boys born for every 100 girls. soon expanded into most parts Internationally, a normal of the country. range should be between 103 They were exposed after a and 107. “Sex-selective abor- HUANG JINGWEN / XINHUA woman named Wu died of tions a er sex determinations Premier greets badminton Olympic and world champion Lin Dan, as writer Feng Jicai looks on, during a forum in on Friday. Ten representatives amniotic C uid embolism a er have further fuelled an imbal- shared their views on the government’s work in 2013 and made suggestions to improve the Government Work Report. a test organized by the ring in ance,” said Lu Jiehua, a sociology late 2012. professor at Peking University. 2 e method used — amni- Zhai Zhenwu, a professor otic C uid extraction — is more at the School of Sociology and accurate than an ultrasound, Population Studies at Renmin but involves far more risk, a University of China, agreed, add- medical expert said. ing that an increasing access to Li pledges to help startups According to Wu’s husband, ultrasounds since the late 1980s they traveled from Yiwu to has made sex selection far easier ment will formulate a program A student who decides to try’s development is to serve Zhengzhou, Henan province, and has partially led to an imbal- Government seeks opinions from to support business startups start up a business should be the people’s material and for the procedure, which cost ance in the sex ratio at birth. representatives on its work report by university graduates. equipped with the requisite cultural demands. Without around 2,000 yuan ($330). Han told Li that it is still dif- knowledge, better capabilities, progress in science, education, 2 e couple, who already had SEE “SEX RATIO” PAGE 3 By ZHAO YINAN ions from representatives in cult for him to apply for tax more ideas and adequate capi- culture, health and sports, and HE DAN science, education, culture, exemption and other govern- tal, she said. our development will not be SEX RATIO AT BIRTH medicine and sports as well ment support. “Only a small number of a comprehensive one, and is (Number of boys / Number of girls) Premier Li Keqiang pledged as from migrant workers and “Sometimes the procedures graduates are qualified to unsustainable,” he said. =10 males =10 females more policies to facilitate start- young business owners. are too complicated for an out- start their own business. 2 e In response to words from a up businesses, a move that Nearly 7.3 million graduates sider who knows little about the government should speed up farmer from Hunan province 2009 would promote innovation of Chinese colleges will enter issue, while sometimes we don’t economic restructuring to and a migrant worker from 119.5 / 100 and ease job-hunting worries the job market in June, not to even know that there is a favor- create more job opportunities Jiangsu province, Li said the of college graduates. mention those returning from able policy designed for us,” he that are suitable for a college government will pay atten- 2010 The premier promised overseas study. The number said. “Better communication graduate,” she said. tion to solving their di cul- 117.9 / 100 better support from the gov- will be 280,000 more than between entrepreneurs and Although the content of ties, and the representatives’ 2011 ernment for student entre- 2013, which was considered government agencies is needed.” the report will not be released comments will be taken into 117.8 / 100 preneurs facing di cult job- the hardest year to nd a job However, Lyu Xuejing, a until the annual session of the account in improving the State hunting prospects, and he said by some analysts, due to the social security expert at Capital National People’s Congress in Council’s annual Government 2012 their perseverance will lead to global economic downturn. University of Economics and March, Li said science, educa- Work Report. 117 / 100 larger possibilities of success A er hearing opinions from Business, warned that despite tion, culture, health and sports 2013 when building up businesses. Han Lei, a university student examples of success, starting a will be given more emphasis Contact the writer at 115 / 100 Li made the pledge at a and entrepreneur who oper- business is not the best way out in the report than in previous [email protected] forum on Friday, where the ates a lmmaking workshop for those students who are not years. Source: National Health and Family Planning Commission FENG XIUXIA / CHINA DAILY government sought opin- in Beijing, Li said the govern- prepared for the di culties. “2 e purpose of the coun- Li Xiang contributed to this story. Two sessions shun IN THE NEWS NATION Letter from Xi extravagance and President writes a letter to all Chinese students in Germany, asking them to empty formality study hard and contribute to their homeland and compatri- > p3 Lawmakers seek frugal meetings, ots in the future. 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