4 Tuesday, March 27, 2018 Guizhou is truly rich in geological resources and many caves have unique ecosystems that need further research.”

Li Po, chief engineer of the Guizhou Academy of Sciences’ Mountain CHINA Resource Research Institute CHINA DAILY » CHINADAILY.COM.CN/

Asia’s longest cave Beautiful engineers Briefly BEIJING Foreign minister has many wonders goes to Russia State Councilor and Foreign By WANG KEJU in Beijing equals the total length of all its Minister Wang Yi will begin and YANG JUN in Guiyang main caves, branch tunnels, a two­day working visit to cenotes and underground riv­ Russia on Tuesday, Foreign Shuanghe Cave in Guizhou ers,” said Qian Zhi, secretary­ Ministry spokeswoman Hua province — which was named general of Guizhou Cave Chunying announced on the longest cave in Asia on Sat­ Association. Monday. Wang will meet urday — houses a trove of A team of Chinese and with Russian leaders and wonders, including a lizard­ French speleologists hold talks with his Russian like endangered species, 10 announced at a Saturday news counterpart, Sergei Lavrov, centimeters long, and fossils conference that the surveyed to exchange in­depth views of vertebrates such as giant passageways in Shuanghe on arranging high­level pandas and what appear to be Cave had reached 238.48 kilo­ exchanges this year and pro­ rhinoceros, saber­tooth tiger meters, making it the longest moting cooperation in key and elephant remains. in Asia. Previously, the longest areas. Wang will visit the The slithery lizard, which known Asian cave was the country as a special envoy of was found in an underground Clearwater Cave in Malaysia, President Xi Jinping, reflect­ river in a major branch of the with a length of 222 km. ing the high level and spe­ cave, appears similar to a giant The known longest cave sys­ cial nature of China­Russia salamander. A full definition tem in the world is Mammoth relations, Hua added. of the new species will require Cave in central Kentucky, Unit­ further research by scientists. ed States, with 663 km of sur­ SHANGHAI Unlike scientific surveys on veyed passageways. Suspects in child the surface, a cave can retain The cave researchers con­ traces of a place for a long time, ducted a joint expedition on abuse prosecuted including its ancient geology, March 11 at Shuanghe Cave, Shanghai’s Changning Dis­ meteorology, paleontology and attracting more than 30 trict Procuratorate said on even hydrology, said Li Po, chief experts from China, France, Monday that it is prosecut­ engineer of the Guizhou Acade­ Canada and Portugal. ing eight suspects involved my of Sciences’ Mountain Jean Bottazzi, a well­known Huang Chunping (right) and Liu Tengteng (second from left), employees of China State Construction Engineering Corp who were named in last year’s child abuse at Resource Research Institute. French caver who had lived in the Most Beautiful Workers in Beijing, share their awards with coworkers at a construction site in the capital’s Tongzhou district on the in­house day care cen­ “Those key elements will China for several years to Monday. Ten workers received the honor after a vote by the event’s judging panel and netizens. More than 1,000 workers participated. ter owned by online travel help us better understand the explore the country’s under­ CHENG GONG / FOR CHINA DAILY service provider Ctrip. The ancient environment and our ground kingdom, found a new suspects, former employ­ current environment,” he said. tunnel in Shuanghe Cave con­ ees of the center, will be “Guizhou is truly rich in geolog­ necting with Duiwo Cave, prosecuted for mistreat­ ical resources and many caves where the new lizardlike spe­ ment of minors. The cen­ have unique ecosystems that cies was found. ter, which was operated by need further research.” Duiwo Cave was discovered a third party, has been sus­ Shuanghe Cave is a karst for­ in 2003 but wasn’t explored pended since November Hukou rules clarified after video footage showed mation that was discovered in until 2015 because of technical the late 1980s. Nineteen major difficulties. It has been meas­ staff members at the center surveys have been carried out ured at 8 km long so far after treating children roughly. by Chinese and foreign three years of exploration. researchers. This year’s survey HEILONGJIANG is currently underway. Dong Xianwu contributed to for overseas residents Province gets The cave, located in Suiyang this story. acting governor county, is the sixth­longest in the world, researchers said. Contact the writers at clarification last week that Zhou Haiwang, a demogra­ Wang Wen­ “The length of a cave system [email protected] Decision to cancel household the requirement has been in pher at the Shanghai Acade­ tao, former effect since the first regula­ my of Social Sciences. Party sec­ status put on hold in Shanghai tions were published in Concerns include the retary of 2003, major concerns and inconvenience brought up by Jinan, By XU JUNQIAN in Shanghai their hukou within one controversies have arisen the denial of an ID card, Shandong [email protected] month after the regulations over the past week. resulting from a hukou can­ province, take effect. Sixty million Chinese peo­ cellation, which could cause was appointed acting gov­ Chinese people who live The latest announcement ple had settled outside the trouble in air travel, hotel ernor and vice­governor abroad and have not said the cancellation of hukou country as of 2015, making it check­ins and registration of of Heilongjiang province renounced their Chinese citi­ has been put on hold for over­ the world’s biggest source of bank accounts in China. on Monday. The Standing zenship can keep their seas residents because there is immigrants, according to a Shanghai’s updated regula­ Committee of the Shanghai hukou (household no specific legal definition of report by the Center for Chi­ tion proposed that a canceled Heilongjiang People’s registration) intact — at least the group under China’s Exit na and Globalization, a think hukou can be retrieved once Congress also accepted for now — according to the and Entry Administration tank. In the United States its owner returns to the the resignation of Hei­ Shanghai Public Security Law. alone, 903,000 Chinese were homeland and settles down. longjiang Governor Lu Bureau. Zhuang Liqiang, the Shang­ granted permanent resi­ The hukou system is a Hao. Lu has been appoint­ Updated regulations on the hai bureau’s spokesman, dence permits between 2000 unique residency policy ed minister of the newly registration system take responded to questions from and 2013, second only to instituted in the 1950s. A established Ministry of Researchers explore Shuanghe Cave in Guizhou province. effect on May 1. China Daily on Monday say­ Mexico. person’s hukou suggests Natural Resources. Wang PROVIDED TO CHINA DAILY The announcement was ing there is no timetable for Dual nationality is not more than geographical was born in May 1964 in made by the bureau on Sun­ defining the affected group. recognized by China. dwelling place but also a Nantong, Jiangsu prov­ day, after publication of the A statement issued by the Despite Shanghai’s relaxed string of social and economic ince, and graduated in updated regulations two State Council’s Overseas Chi­ regulation being only locally benefits and welfare that philosophy from Fudan weeks ago raised public con­ nese Affairs Office in 2009, effective, there are worries involves the education of University. Xinjiang official cerns. however, identified overseas that the municipality might children, pension benefits, A clause required those liv­ residents as those who have simply be a test to reinforce medical care, the right to buy GUANGXI ing outside China or those settled abroad for more than the rule nationwide. or inherit property and even Police seize removed, expelled who have renounced their 18 months within two years. “A Chinese citizen deprived to obtain a car license plate smuggled mink Chinese nationality to report Although the bureau of hukou could end up being in big cities like Shanghai to the bureau and give up emphasized in an earlier a second­class citizen,” said and Beijing. Border police in the By CAO YIN their personal Guangxi Zhuang autono­ [email protected] affairs — mous region said on Mon­ i n c l u d i n g day that they had seized A senior official of the Xin­ m a r r i a g e s , 500 mink pelts smuggled jiang Uygur autonomous property and Smash­and­grab suspects arrested in HK from Vietnam. Five boxes region has been removed from whether fami­ of furs weighing more than office and deprived of his ly members 280 kilograms were found Communist Party of China live abroad — By ASKA CHEONG The robbery took place at last week during a border membership for “serious disci­ Wang Yongzhi to disciplinary in Hong Kong around 11 am at the Treasure police patrol in Fangcheng­ plinary violations”, the nation’s authorities. [email protected] Jewellery store on the ground gang, according to the top anti­graft watchdog said The Sunday floor of Duke Wellington city’s public security on Sunday. statement also said Wang is Hong Kong police by Mon­ House in Central district. bureau. The police noticed Wang Yongzhi, 53, once a suspected of bribery, corrup­ day night had arrested all The glass of the shop’s front that several people were member of the Party Commit­ tion and abuse of power, “as he three suspects they said door was shattered and police transporting suspicious tee of Kashgar and ex­Party took advantage of his work post smashed jewelry shop win­ found a black backpack. goods under a bridge and secretary of Shache county, to embezzle public property dows and grabbed goods Other items found in a approached them to was punished because he seri­ and receive huge amounts of worth more than HK$40 nearby alley were believed to inquire. The suspects fled. ously violated discipline and money after providing ‘help’ million ($5.1 million) in one have been used in the theft, political rules and ran against for others, and offering proper­ of the city’s busiest commer­ as were more items found in JIANGSU the central leadership’s plan on ty to get promotions”. cial districts. the Lan Kwai Fong area, one Exhibition visitors Xinjiang’s governance, a state­ “As a Party official, Wang One man, 39, was arrested of Hong Kong’s most popular reach 1 million ment posted by the Central lost his Communist faith and earlier in the day 600 meters night life hot spots. Items Commission for Discipline was greedy, and even after the from the scene, and most of included a mask, gloves, a A robbery suspect (wearing hood) is under police arrest in Hong More than 1 million people Inspection said on Sunday. 18th CPC National Congress in the stolen goods were found, black coat and two hammers. Kong on Monday. All three suspects who allegedly grabbed HK$40 have so far visited an exhi­ Wang formed factions and 2012 he still showed no sign of said Sin Kwok­ming, chief The robbery took less than million ($5.1 million) worth of jewelry in the city’s Central district bition on the history of the cliques and breached the Par­ restraint,” it said, adding that inspector of the Police a minute, the police said. were arrested. PROVIDED TO CHINA DAILY Nanjing Massacre, authori­ ty’s eight­point frugality rules Wang is a typical example of Regional Crime Unit of Hong Connections this case may ties said on Monday. The issued after the 18th CPC duplicity. Kong Island. have to other local smash­ exhibition was held at the National Congress in 2012, the Wang’s alleged crimes The other two, aged 38 and and­grab cases will be inves­ In another late­night inci­ ornaments worth HK$24 Memorial Hall of the Vic­ statement said. have been sent to prosecu­ 45, were arrested at Shenzhen tigated, according to the dent, in December, a window million, after using a ham­ tims of the Nanjing Massa­ He did not accurately report tors for further investiga­ Bay Port on Monday night as police. It was the seventh of a shop in Central district mer to smash the window of cre by Japanese Invaders his personal property and also tion, it added. they were attempting to flee such case since January was smashed, and around 14 a Chow Sang Sang jewelry and featured 2,000 histori­ gave huge bribes to obtain pro­ Wang, a native of Tianshui, to the Chinese mainland on 2017. secondhand designer bags chain shop in Tsim Sha Tsui. cal photos and more than motions, it said. Gansu province, became Party separate cross­border buses, Last month, three masked worth HK$1.44 million were According to an annual 900 cultural items. The In 2010, the CPC General chief of Shache in January a police spokeswoman said. Southeast Asian men pock­ taken. crime report, the police han­ exhibition opened to the Office and the State Council 2015. Two months later he The three had entered eted around 60 expensive In September, three dled 163 robbery cases in the public on Dec 14. jointly issued a regulation became a member of the Party Hong Kong on tourist visas, watches worth more than thieves fled on a stolen city last year, 37.3 percent ordering officials to report Committee in Kashgar. she said. HK$1 million in Yuen Long. motorbike with diamond fewer than in 2016. XINHUA—CHINA DAILY