4 Friday, July 8, 2016 Precipitation brought by the typhoon will definitely take the lake to a more dangerous level.” Zhang Tao, chief forecaster at the National Meteorological Center, CHINA speaking of Taihu Lake near Shanghai CHINA DAILY » CHINADAILY.COM.CN/NATION

DEVELOPMENT STORMS COURTS Tibetan culture, Greek firm told to pay education thriving for Chinese By WANG XIAODONG medical and astrological in Lhasa school — plus around 20 sec­ salvage work wangxiaodong@chinadai­ ular private schools and no ly.com.cn public schools, he said. By the end of last year, the By CAO YIN Modernization of the number of various types of [email protected] Tibet autonomous region schools and colleges in Tibet will contribute to the protec­ exceeded 1,500, and the pri­ China’s top court ordered a tion of traditional Tibetan mary­school enrollment rate Greek company to pay a Chi­ culture, experts said at a con­ reached nearly 99 percent, nese transport authority 6.59 ference on Tibet’s develop­ according to the regional million yuan ($985,000) on ment in Lhasa on Thursday. government. Thursday for breaching a sal­ More than 130 scholars, The central government vage agreement, overturning officials and correspondents has made significant efforts the original ruling. from more than 30 countries over the past decades to help Archangelos Investment and regions were in attend­ preserve and modernize tra­ E.N.E, the Greek corporation, ance at the 2016 Forum on ditional Tibetan culture, had agreed that the Nanhai the Development of Tibet, including improving educa­ Rescue Bureau of the Ministry hosted by the State Council tion and research in Tibetol­ of Transport would salvage its Information Office and the ogy, Zheng said. ship, which was grounded in regional government. Jim Stoopman, program Qiongzhou Strait in 2011, Discussions at the two­day coordinator at the European according to the Supreme Peo­ event focused on topics Institute for Asian Studies in ple’s Court. including the industrial Brussels, who is attending But the corporation later modernization of Tibet, pre­ the forum, said this was his refused to pay, claiming that serving tradition, environ­ second visit to Lhasa and he the authority’s salvage effort mental protection and has seen incredible changes Police officers help residents in Nanjing, Jiangsu province, to use a rubber dinghy after some areas were flooded on Thursday. failed, the court said. poverty relief. Participants in the city compared with his CUI XIAO / FOR CHINA DAILY Theauthorityappealedtothe also took field trips around last visit in 2010. Guangdong High People’s Lhasa and nearby areas “I think the central gov­ Court, arguing that it should be before the forum opened on ernment in China is trying paid whether the salvage effort Thursday. its best and exerting every was successful or not. Tibetan culture, as an inte­ effort to develop the region gral part of Chinese culture, and livelihood of the people,” Monster typhoon on way will inevitably be involved in Stoopman said. the modernization process, “We’ve seen some exam­ said Zheng Dui, director­ ples in the past few days. 150 millimeters to the Taihu general of the China Tibetol­ Tibet is really developing, Residents advised to prepare survival supplies Heavy rain coming Lake watershed. Litigants at home ogy Research Center. and people are moving out of good for up to three days ahead of Nepartak Super typhoon Nepartak’s The National Center for “History shows a culture can poverty. It’s easier for minor­ estimated precipitation Disaster Reduction and the and abroad will only survive by continuously ities to go to universities, to By XU WEI Water already stands at 4.8 from Friday to Sunday Ministry of Civil Affairs understand more adjusting to the times.” enjoy good primary educa­ [email protected] meters — 0.15 meters above More than 250 millimeters released a joint statement Markus Rudolph, a mem­ tion, to learn their langua­ the level at which flood con­ 100-250 millimeters urging residents living the about Chinese ber of CDU Hamburg’s Exec­ ges.” Super typhoon Nepartak trol infrastructure can guar­ 50-100 millimeters typhoon­battered area to utive Committee for Foreign will worsen the flooding of antee safety. JIANGSU purchase and store survival courts’ principles Affairs, Security, European Taihu Lake in coming days. “Precipitation brought by Taihu Lake necessities for one to three and Development Policy, The rain that will accompa­ the typhoon will definitely SHANGHAI days. in hearing said, “Tibet is not a Shangri­ ny the storm could raise the take the lake to a more dan­ ANHUI “The typhoon is very HUBEI La that preserves its tradi­ water level of the lake near gerous level,”he said. strong. It’s moving fast, has maritime cases.” tional culture by choosing a Shanghai to a historic high. The basin area of Taihu ZHEJIANG high intensity and will bring self­enclosed way in an age Nepartak is expected to Lake, which is located in the a large amount of precipita­ Zhang Wenguang, associate JIANGXI of globalization and the bring ferocious winds and southern part of Jiangsu tion,” said Gao Shuangzhu, researcher at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences internet.” driving rain as it makes land­ province and takes in some of TAIWAN chief typhoon forecaster at “A good education at fall in Taiwan early on Friday the Yangtze River Delta, is the meteorological center. school for all, as well as and in Fujian province on Sat­ one of China’s most impor­ FUJIAN The Shanghai Railway After losing the lawsuit in up­to­date and well qualified urday morning before moving tant economic hubs and is Bureau said on its micro Guangdong, the authority professional education and north to Zhejiang and Jiangsu densely­populated. blog that it has already sus­ appliedtothetopcourtforretri­ higher education, will play a provinces, the National Mete­ With a total population of pended 67 high­speed al at the end of 2015. vital role in Tibetan modern­ orological Center said in a 59.9 million, the region’s total trains between Shanghai He Rong, the judge hearing Source: National Meteorological Center ization and its transforma­ statement on Thursday. GPD reached 6.3 trillion yuan CHINA DAILY and cities in Fujian prov­ the case at the top court, over­ tion” into a place of Zhang Tao, chief forecaster ($940 billion) in 2014, accord­ ince in anticipation of turnedtheoriginalverdictafter prosperity and well­being, at the center, said the typhoon ing to the Taihu Water typhoon impacts. asix­hourhearingonThursday. together with respecting tra­ will further aggravate the Authority, which falls under quarters has issued its sec­ At least 128 people have Si Yuzhuo, a marine law pro­ ditional Tibetan values and flooding situation in the lake, the Ministry of Water Resour­ ond­highest emergency died across 11 Chinese provin­ fessor at Dalian Maritime Uni­ culture and preserving the which is already at its second­ ces. warning for the super ces since June 30 as a result of versity in Liaoning province, environment for future gen­ highest level in history after a The State Flood Control typhoon, which is expected to heavy flooding, according to saidthatpaymentwasbasedon erations, he said. Dipendra Shrestha, a number of storms since June. and Drought Relief Head­ bring precipitation of 80 to the civil affairs ministry. whethertheauthorityprovided In 1951 the illiteracy rate in representative from Nepal services for the company, not Tibet was about 90 percent. (right), talks with others on on a successful salvage effort. Only a small minority the sidelines of the 2016 “This will help grassroots received any kind of educa­ Forum on the Development of courts to solve similar dis­ tion. There were two schools Tibet in Lhasa on Thursday. Animals run for freedom during flood putes,”Si said. for training officials — a TENTSEN SHINDEN / TIBET DAILY Zhang Wenguang, an asso­ By ZHU LIXIN in Hefei ager surnamed Tao. ciate researcher specializing [email protected] The reptiles, all endangered in international law at the Chi­ Yangtze alligators, which are nese Academy of Social Scien­ ENVIRONMENT Heavy floods have affected smaller and not as aggressive ces, said the final verdict is in not only people in the central as other species. So far, only line with international norms. and southern provinces but five crocodiles have been “Litigants at home and also the animals. retrieved. Tao said capturing abroad will understand more Eco­conference to More than 6,000 hogs were them all will take a few more about Chinese courts’ princi­ stranded by floodwaters at a days. ples in hearing maritime cas­ focus on milestones pig farm in Shucheng county, An aquaculture operation es, as in recent years a rising Anhui province. When rescu­ in Huangshi, Hubei province, number of foreign litigants By XING YI tive Conference; Peter ers arrived at the farm on reported that lobsters, crabs have preferred Chinese [email protected] O’Neill, prime minister of Tuesday, the pigs had been and fish escaped from the courts,”Zhang said. Papua New Guinea; Christa trapped in inundated pens Rescuers transfer hogs that were stranded at a pig farm in flooded farm. Managers esti­ Ten Chinese maritime The 2016 Eco Forum Glob­ Markwalder,president of the for more than 20 hours. Anhui province on Tuesday. CHEN LI / FOR CHINA DAILY mated a loss of at least 3 mil­ courts handled more than al Annual Conference — con­ Swiss National Council; and Li Xiaobo, the farm’s man­ lion yuan ($448,800), local 30,800 cases by the end of last sidered the nation’s most William Ruto, vice­president ager, said that more than ince, a local duck breeder on a farm in Wuhu county, media reported. year, a 43 percent increase important conference on of Kenya. 2,000 pigs had been rescued sought help from traffic Anhui,escapedfromafenced­ In Suzhou, Jiangsu prov­ year­on­year. green development and eco­ Experts from government by Thursday night, while police on Wednesday as his in swamp, after floodwaters ince, the level of Taihu Lake Zhou Qiang, the top judge, logical civilization — will be agencies, as well as entrepre­ some were butchered on site shed that accommodated climbed 50 cm above the wire had risen so much recently asked courts at the end of last held in Guiyang, Guizhou neurs and scholars from because transportation was more than 6,000 ducks was netting that held them back. that a fence at another aqua­ year to study international province, from Friday to international think tanks, inconvenient and there are flooded. Police officers “We have 92 alligators, and culture operation was sub­ conventions covering marine Sunday. will attend the forum — not enough places to accom­ worked late into the night to dozens of them have escaped merged, and many crabs and disputes and to improve the “The conference is an about 1,200 people altogeth­ modate them all. help him recover the ducks. to nearby farmland that is fish have fled, according to quality of related case hear­ answer to the two mile­ er, with one­third of them In Zhenjiang, Jiangsu prov­ Dozens of alligators raised still inundated,” said a man­ Jiangsu­based Xinhua Daily. ings. stones on world develop­ coming from outside China. ment in 2015: the UN A variety of events will be Sustainable Development held during the weekend, Briefly Goals and the Paris Agree­ including two summits, 37 ment on climate change,” seminars and other related Zhang Xinsheng, secretary­ activities, covering a wide LIAONING headquarters. The mine occurred in China during the the first half compared with bribes, embezzling public general of the forum, said at array of topics, including 2 confirmed dead caught fire around 3 am on first half of the year, resulting the same period last year. funds, abusing power for per­ a news conference of the green development, climate in coal mine fire Monday, trapping 13 miners in 14,100 deaths, said Yang sonal gain and misappropriat­ State Council Information change, food security and about 500 meters under­ Huanning, director of the Graft buster finds ing state allowances or Office on Thursday. the protection of marine Two people have been con­ ground. State Administration of Work subsidies. Those on the list are Leaders from home and ecology. firmed dead and 11 remain Safety, on Thursday — year­on­ official decadence mainly low­level bureaucrats, abroad will join the discus­ The theme for this year’s missing three days after a fire BEIJING year declines of 8.8 percent The Central Commission for ranging from village chiefs to sion at the conference, conference is “Embracing a broke out underground at an Govt reports fewer and 5.3 percent. Industries Discipline Inspection pub­ county heads. Punishments including Yu Zhengsheng, New Era of Eco­Civilization: illegal mine in Benxi. Rescuers including coal mining, road lished on its website on Thurs­ include warnings, demotions, chairman of the National Advancing Green Develop­ found the bodies of two vic­ accidents, deaths transportation and railway day the names of officials dismissals and expulsion from Committee of the Chinese ment, Unifying Knowledge tims in a shaft on Thursday, About 23,500 industrial and transportation reported fewer involved in 90 cases of miscon­ the CPC. People’s Political Consulta­ and Action”. according to the local rescue transportation accidents accidents and deaths during duct, including accepting XINHUA