4 | Friday, December 14, 2018 HONG KONG EDITION | CHINA DAILY CHINA Crackdown gains intensity Repairs for big Buddha on rhino, tiger trafficking

By WANG KEJU [email protected] The Chinese China is adding special focus to its effort to stop the illegal trade of government has long products derived from rhinoceros­ been dedicated to es and tigers, according to the National Forestry and Grassland the cause of wildlife Administration on Thursday. protection and has The action, which runs until the end of December, focuses on ille­ made achievements gal hunting — shooting or poison­ recognized around ing the animal — and smuggling, purchasing, transporting, mailing the world.” or selling their byproducts, Huang Caiyi, spokesman including through the internet, for the National Forestry according to the administration. and Grassland Administration The action is aimed at creating an atmosphere in society in which on International Trade in Endan­ people will voluntarily resist trad­ gered Species of Wild Fauna and ing in rhino or tiger parts after the Flora, China has long pursued campaign, it said. traffickers of endangered wildlife, The administration called for he said. local Party committees and gov­ “The Chinese government has ernment entities to coordinate long been dedicated to the cause of across multiple departments, wildlife protection and has made including forest police, customs achievements recognized around officers, market regulation author­ the world,” Huang said. “We have ities, transportation departments been consistent, active and firm in and cyberaffairs commissions to our stance.” strengthen enforcement. The State Council released a The administration stressed the circular on the control and use of importance of increasing public such parts in October, saying awareness shaping public opin­ that any transactions or uses A 71­meter­tall Buddha statue — enclosed by scaffolding in the Leshan Giant Buddha Scenic Zone in Leshan, Sichuan province — has been ion. must be approved by the govern­ undergoing repairs and maintenance since Oct 8. The price of entrance tickets to the scenic zone were cut by half on Monday because of the Administration spokesman ment. work, according to its administrative committee. HE HAIYANG / FOR CHINA DAILY Huang Caiyi said the central gov­ In November, State Council ernment has not changed its Executive Deputy Secretary­Gen­ stance on wildlife protection and eral Ding Xuedong was quoted by will not ease its crackdown on ille­ Xinhua News Agency as saying, in gal trafficking and trade of rhino answer to a media question: “The and tiger products, or other crimi­ circular should be implemented nal activity. based on its detailed regulations Mother stabbed to death; The “three strict bans” will con­ for implementation.” tinue to be enforced, Huang said, Responding to public com­ including the use of rhino horns ments about the circular, China and tiger bones in medicines. has temporarily postponed the As a member of the Convention enforcement of the rules. 12­year­old son is released

Public concerns raised over right way institution in Changsha, Hunan, many parents in the city began to where he would undergo three years circulate the news on social media, for system to handle cases of juveniles of education in a restrained environ­ asking other parents to watch out ment. for transfer students who match By CUI JIA in Beijing age for legal responsibility involving After Wu’s release, the family the description of the “young mur­ and FENG ZHIWEI in Changsha severe crimes, so local police released decided to house him temporarily derer”. the boy, the city government said in in a hotel in Sihushan township “Although Wu’s action in killing A decision by police to release a an online statement on Thursday. where he goes to school — instead of his mother was impulsive, it’s close­ 12­year­old boy who is believed to Wu’s father said that was on Dec 6. going back to their home in ly linked to his family situation,” Pi have stabbed his mother to death in Wu was placed under the joint Donganyuan village — to avoid fac­ said, adding that the boy’s parents Hunan province has drawn public guardianship of his family, the pub­ ing criticism from their neighbors have been away working since he attention to the issue of how young lic security department and educa­ and scaring other children, was 6, and he desperately needs psy­ offenders are handled if they are tion authorities because he is too www.thepaper.cn reported on chological intervention from profes­ below the statutory age for criminal young to be sent to juvenile disci­ Thursday. sionals. prosecution. plinary facilities that hold young Although the family wanted Wu “His family situation led him to On Dec 3, police in Yuanjiang city offenders between the ages of 14 and to resume his life, including going commit this violent crime, so he detained a sixth­grade student iden­ 17, the statement said. back to school as soon as possible, may also have issues with other tified as Wu on suspicion of killing The local government had said it that wouldn’t be the best solution family members, especially his The world’s first dual­fuel cruiseferry, Visborg, built by China State his 34­year­old mother with a knife, would provide Wu with psychologi­ for the boy, youth crime expert Pi father, so staying with his family Shipbuilding Corp, will soon be delivered in Guangzhou, Guangdong local authorities said via social cal counseling and tutoring for Yijun, director of the Youth Crime may cause more complications,” Pi province, to Rederi AB Gotland, Sweden’s oldest cruise company. media. schoolwork while an ideal long­ and Justice Research Centre at Chi­ said. TAN QINGJU / FOR CHINA DAILY Investigators later said the boy term solution is being sought. na University of Political Science The ultimate goal should be to stabbed his mother multiple times That solution may have been and Law, said on Thursday. protect the boy, he said. the day before at about 9 pm, retali­ determined on Thursday, as Wu’s After the local education ating after she beat him. grandmother told the Beijing News authority said it had considered Contact the writers at Luxury passenger ship Chinese law sets 14 as the statutory that the boy was being sent to an transferring Wu to another school, [email protected] nearly ready for delivery Number living in poverty cut by 85% in 6 years, official says By ZHAO LEI [email protected] 1,730 By LI LEI Liu was speaking at a news con­ of last year, and is expected to drop income, to turn unemployed people [email protected] ference organized by the State below 2 percent this year, Liu said. into skilled workers and motivate China will soon deliver a world­ Number of passengers Council Information Office to “The number will return to them to work diligently,” he said. class ship to a Swedish company, that Visborg, the world’s first By the end of this year, the num­ review the country’s progress on zero,” he said, adding that extreme “Entrepreneurs have a significant taking another step closer to Chi­ dual­fuel cruiseferry, can carry, ber of Chinese grappling with poverty reduction since 1978, the poverty will be eliminated for the role to play in this.” along with 600 cars. The vessel na’s aspiration to becoming a sup­ was built by the State­owned extreme poverty will total about 15 year China launched its reform and first time in China’s history. But More than 40,000 enterprises plier of high­end vessels. China State Shipbuilding Corp million — a dramatic 85 percent opening­up policy. The new direc­ Liu stressed that relative poverty have been paired with more than State­owned China State Ship­ for Rederi AB Gotland, a Swed­ drop from nearly 100 million just six tion ended years of domestic tur­ will remain, and the central gov­ 30,000 impoverished villages, in an building Corp said the ship, Vis­ ish company. years ago, the country’s anti­poverty moil and kicked off decades of ernment will draw lessons from effort to develop local industries borg, is the world’s first dual­fuel chief said on Thursday. double­digit economic growth. the last four decades and put for­ and slow the exodus of young talent, cruiseferry — a luxury passenger Liu Yongfu, director of the State According to Liu’s office, more ward detailed standards and he said. ship that can also handle freight with up to 600 cars. It runs mainly Council Leading Group Office of than 700 million farmers were lifted measures to lift people’s incomes. The central leadership ramped up and vehicles. on liquefied natural gas and uses Poverty Alleviation and Develop­ out of dire poverty over the last 40 Liu also highlighted the impor­ efforts to fight poverty with targeted The company said the Visborg diesel as secondary power. ment, said that extreme poverty will years, an achievement that Liu has tance of enterprises — State­owned measures in 2012, and last year list­ will be delivered to its buyer, Red­ Rederi AB Gotland is proud of be eliminated nationwide by the described as “glorious” in the story or not — in the fight against poverty, ed poverty reduction as one of the eri AB Gotland, Sweden’s oldest the Visborg as it is one of the end of 2020. of human progress. describing them as the creators of “three tough battles” that China passenger line, in Guangzhou, world’s most sophisticated roll­ The poverty reduction achieve­ Over the period, the poverty rate wealth and representatives of must win in the next three years, Guangdong province, before year’s on/roll­off passenger ships with ment has coincided with China’s in rural areas plunged from 97.5 industry. alongside preventing financial risks end. A second cruiseferry of the dual­fuel propulsion, Ann­Marie rapid economic growth, he said. percent to only 3.1 percent as of end “To reduce poverty is to increase and tackling pollution. same type is under construction Astrom, chairwoman of the com­ for the same company, it noted. pany, said at the ship’s naming cer­ The $145­million ship will be emony in Guangzhou on Saturday. Briefly the most expensive civilian vessel She added that the cruiseferry pro­ ever built by Guangzhou Shipyard vides further confirmation of the International, the statement said. high quality and innovative capac­ BEIJING Administration, said at a news con­ 2019, will combine solar energy and for the 2021 World University The cruiseferry features fast ity of the Chinese shipbuilding Plants reclaim deserts ference on Thursday. The improve­ earthbound new energy sources with Games to the Chinese city of speed, ecofriendliness and a high industry. ment was attributed to efforts to conventional sources, according to Chengdu, the Federation of Univer­ level of automation and safety. It Although China is an experi­ at increasing pace protect vegetation and plant more the Beijing Municipal Commission of sity Sports of China announced in takes only one operator to control enced builder of naval ships, the China’s rocky desert areas were trees and grass, Liu said. Development and Reform. Solar pan­ Beijing on Thursday. A meeting to the entire ship if needed, the ship­ nation is a newcomer to cruise reduced through planting, as well as els will be installed on the roofs of sign the hosting agreement will builder said. There are presiden­ ships because of the sophisticated the protection of vegetation, at an New airport to promote the airport. They are set to generate take place on March. As the only tial suites, executive suites and technologies and complex manu­ increasing pace over the past few up to 6.1 million kilowatt­hours of candidate for the biannual tourna­ restaurants — as well as children’s facturing techniques required to years, thanks to government empha­ renewable energy electricity each year. ment, Chengdu’s bidding commit­ amusement facilities — on the build them. sis on environmental protection. Renewable energy will account for tee said it was determined and ship, which will offer passengers a The country’s shipbuilders have From 2011 to 2016, desert areas were more than 10 percent of the total SICHUAN prepared to host the event. Accord­ comfortable journey, it added. been striving to develop large reduced by an average of 3.45 per­ energy consumption at Beijing’s new Chengdu gets 2021 ing to a news release from the Chi­ The Visborg is 200 meters long, cruise ships, and their efforts have cent per year, faster than the 1.27 international airport when it starts nese sports federation, the Games 25.2 m wide, and displaces 18,100 borne fruit. CSSC recently percent average annual reduction in operations next year, authorities said University Games will take place from Aug 8 to 19, metric tons. It has a cruise speed of launched a major program for the the previous five­year period, Liu on Thursday. Beijing Daxing Interna­ The International University 2021. 52.7 kilometers per hour and is able domestic construction of the coun­ Dongsheng, deputy head of the tional Airport, which is set to start Sports Federation’s steering com­ to carry 1,730 passengers, along try’s first large cruise ships. National Forestry and Grassland test runs at the end of September mittee awarded the hosting rights XINHUA