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CHINA DAILY Monday, October 30, 2017 TOP NEWS 3 Vacancies Wheels within wheels Giant plant would in civil boost rice harvests service By LI LEI in Beijing and abound FENG ZHIWEI in Changsha The scientist behind China’s By HOU LIQIANG “giant rice” has said he houliqiang@ believes the crop could boost The new breed is chinadaily.com.cn yields across Southeast Asia and other Belt and Road Inita- 100 percent free of China will recruit a tive countries, helping to ease record high of more than global concerns over food genetic modifica- 28,500 central govern- security. tion.” ment employees in 2018, Xia Xinjie, chief researcher and more than 80 percent at the Chinese Academy of Sci- Xia Xinjie, of the jobs will be at agen- ences, said his newly devel- chief researcher at the cies’ local branches below oped rice plant can better Chinese Academy of Sciences county level. adapt to conditions such as cli- Job seekers can sign up mate than the rice plant from Monday to Nov 8 for strains in use. the national civil servants The new plant grows to reaping machines would be exam, or guokao, sched- about 2 meters, almost twice needed. uled for Dec 10, according the height of standard varie- As for fears over the need for to the State Administra- ties, and has a longer growth more fertilizers, he said that tion of Civil Service. cycle. A test in Hunan prov- although the higher rice plant Many central govern- ince this month yielded 15,000 requires more nutrition, farm- ment civil servants are kilograms per hectare, just ers do not need to apply extra retiring, leading to the A collection of bicycles frames visitors viewing a bike-themed painting at an exhibition at the Shanghai Art Museum on Saturday. The short of the record 17,000 kg fertilizers. large recruitment. These exhibition, From Shikumen to Tian’anmen, displaying works by artists who were born or work in Shanghai, is open until Nov 20. set by the newest hybrid rice “It’s because many paddies agencies recruited about REN LONG / XINHUA strain. are already suffering from ... 20,000 employees in 2013 Xia is confident his rice will too much fertilizers,” the sci- and again in 2014, but the one day surpass hybrid rice entist said. “Giant rice can number grew to more yields. “Hybrid rice has almost grow to 2 meters even though than 22,000 in 2015 and reached its maximum capaci- farmers do not increase the then to more than 27,800 ty, but (the research team fertilizer volume. Besides, the last year. developing) giant rice is chart- excrement from the aquatic Xi urges Party members ing a new route to record- products provides a natural breaking yields by increasing fertilizer.” Civil service jobs the biomass — or weight — of Xia began his research in the plant,” he said. 2006, after he was inspired by have long been The taller plant also the achievements of biologist perceived as allows increases in the Yuan Longping in developing to study spirit of congress capacity for aquatic prod- super hybrid rice. secure, lifelong ucts in paddy fields, which “I was working for a US agri- jobs with stable can increase farmers’ cultural biotechnology com- General secretary says, ‘Hard people,” Xi said. national undertaking.” incomes, he added. pany then. After I watched a pay, making the Fully understanding the “Empty talk will lead the “For common rice plants, TV program introducing work can rejuvenate the nation’ spirit necessary to implement country astray, and hard the water level is low and Yuan’s super hybrid rice, I was exam highly it, Xi said, and he urged mem- work can rejuvenate the there is limited space for encouraged and wanted to competitive. bers to stick to the Marxist nation,” Xi said, urging solid raising aquatic products. return to China to continue General Secretary of the a news release on Saturday. standpoint and method, stay implementation, saying if Sometimes, overcrowded my previous research on pad- Communist Party of China Xi asked all CPC members in accord with China’s reality, one-tenth of effort goes to aquatic products can reduce dy rice,” he said. Central Committee Xi Jin- to “study the CPC congress follow the country’s develop- planning, nine-tenths should the rice output. But with After continuously selecting Most openings at gov- ping has said that the study spirit and adhere to and ment logic and improve con- go to the implementation. higher rice plants, 300,000 and breeding plants that met ernment agencies above and implementation of the develop socialism with Chi- fidence in the path, theory, Members of the Political frogs could live comfortably his requirements to create a provincial level this year “spirit of the 19th CPC nese characteristics for a new system and culture of social- Bureau of the CPC Central within a hectare of paddy, taller, stronger rice plant with will require two years of National Congress” is the era.” ism with Chinese characteris- Committee should take an and bring in an extra bigger flower clusters and grassroots work experi- “primary political task” for “Members of the Political tics. exemplary role, work hard 300,000 yuan ($45,000) per stronger stalks, he started trial ence. About 15 percent of the Party and country from Bureau of the CPC Central To study and implement and make a difference in the hectare for farmers.” planting in 2014. the vacancies at central now on. Xi made the remark Committee should regard the the Party congress spirit, Xi sections that they administer, However, after the initial He said the new breed is government agency bran- while presiding over the first study and implementation of stressed “comprehensively Xi said. media reports about Xia’s “100 percent free of genetic ches below prefecture lev- group study of the Political the CPC congress spirit as carrying out the work of the Xi said that top officials giant rice, concerns have modification”. el will be set aside for Bureau of the 19th CPC Cen- their first Party course to Party and the country by bet- should have a strong sense of been raised over its cost-ef- “Tens of millions of yuan university graduates who tral Committee on Friday, improve their political and ter understanding the inte- responsibility and the ability fectiveness and whether it were invested in the research. became village officials focusing on the study and theoretical level, in order to gration, consistency, and to succeed. would increase the use of fer- Quite a few entrepreneurs and volunteered to serve implementation of the spirit better take the duties coordination of strategic tilizers. offered to sponsor the project at grassroots levels, of the congress, according to bestowed by the Party and the deployment of the Party and XINHUA A user of Zhihu, a Chinese at the beginning, but many according to the State Q&A website, wrote that withdrew because the breed- Administration of Civil “extra tall rice plants would ing process was too long and Service. require newly developed reap- the result was uncertain,” he The administration also ing machines, and certainly said. said it will lower the educa- CPC congress report was a team effort more fertilizers, thus compro- He plans to expand the tion, work experience and mising the cost-effectiveness plantation of the giant rice exam performance require- The report presented to the over two meetings of the people without party affilia- of the new breed”. plant to more than 130 hec- ments for vacancies in 19th National Congress of the Standing Committee of the tions. Xia said the harvest of tares next year, if authorities underdeveloped areas. Communist Party of China 21,000 Political Bureau of the CPC At the congress, Xi joined a giant rice can be managed grant approval. Currently Some vacancies below was a team effort, harnessing Central Committee and one panel discussion with delegates by standard reaping only several dozen hectares county level will be set aside suggestions from CPC mem- people of the Political Bureau of the from Guizhou province on Oct machines, although “it could of giant rice were planted in for candidates with local bers nationwide, and under- CPC Central Committee to 19, talking with delegates, tak- lead to some waste”. He add- Hunan. hukou, or household regis- going multiple revisions. It took part in discussion on review the draft. ing notes and listening to their ed that if the giant rice is to tration, who left for an edu- was delivered by Xi Jinping, the content of the report. In February, the drafting opinions on the report. be planted on a large scale, Contact the writers at cation but now live and general secretary of the CPC team dispatched groups to Xi said that the report has “some modifications” to the [email protected] work in the jurisdiction, in Central Committee, over conduct research and inves- pointed out the direction for order to ensure they will nearly three and a half hours tigations on 60 symposiums the cause of the Party and the not quit only after a short at the opening of the Party rect political direction, eman- nationwide, and to the end country, and it is also the time. congress on Oct 18 and indi- cipating the mind, keeping of March, 80 study groups guideline for the Party to It has been difficult for cated the direction of China’s abreast of the times, uphold- conducted more than 1,500 unite and lead people of all many less-developed areas future development. ing strategic thinking, and symposiums and seminars ethnic groups to adhere to to attract grassroots public The report was drafted proceeding from reality”.