6 | Friday, May 31, 2019 HONG KONG EDITION | CHINA DAILY CHINA Social organizations Making ends meet Jiangxi bans to face random audit phones in university By WANG KEJU [email protected] 2,301 classrooms The Ministry of Civil Affairs social organizations registered at the Ministry of Civil Affairs, ordered random audits of 250 By ZOU SHUO with 19 foreign chambers of social organizations to step up [email protected] commerce. oversight and strengthen the orderly development of social More universities in China organizations across the country, inspect whether there are wrong­ have started to implement a ban according to a statement on doers that misappropriate assets on electronic devices in class — Tuesday. or profit through unreasonable including cellphones and tablets Most of the groups were Chi­ expenses for activities and man­ — to ensure students can con­ nese associations, and included agement. centrate on learning. 202 social groups, 23 founda­ Deng Guosheng, a professor of Jiangxi province recently took tions and 25 social service orga­ the School of Public Policy and the initiative to issue the first nizations. Management at Tsinghua Uni­ provincial ban on college stu­ Among them were two foreign versity, said that the audit was dents from taking electronic chambers of commerce — the just routine work. devices into classes. American Chamber of Com­ A regulation released in 2017 The final section of the 2­kilometer Chishuihe Bridge located between Luzhou in Sichuan province and The Jiangxi Education Bureau merce in China and the Austra­ noted that no less than 10 per­ Zunyi in Guizhou province is put in place on Thursday. Left: People watch the construction of the issued a guideline forbidding lian China Chamber of cent of the social organizations Chishuihe Bridge near the site. Right: The last section of steel girder is hoisted in place by workers. college students in the province Commerce — as well as four registered at the ministry should PHOTOS BY HE HAIYANG / FOR CHINA DAILY from using electronic devices in international associations, be randomly audited each year. class, unless they are used for including APEC Port Services According to chinanpo.gov.cn, educational purposes. Network and the International where the public can check regis­ Other universities have used WWII Museum Association. tration information of social bags to collect students’ cell­ The organizations will be organizations, there are 2,301 phones before classes and if they assessed in aspects such as annu­ social organizations registered at refuse to turn their cellphone in, al performance reports, financial the ministry, with 19 foreign Survey: Tobacco use they will get a lower score on audit reports, operational effec­ chambers of commerce. exams. tiveness and efficiency, and com­ The ministry has hired 10 The School of Physics at Hua­ pliance with laws, regulations accounting firms to conduct the zhong University of Science and and policies. audit, which is expected to last Technology in Wuhan, Hubei The ministry, for example, will until August. province, started a cellphone declines on mainland ban in 2014. Students who play with cellphones in class must But China CDC says more efforts still areas in China such regulations are hand them in to teachers for a absent,” he said. “The prevalence of month, according to the school’s needed to hit nation’s reduction target tobacco has caused serious health regulation. consequences to the public, includ­ By WANG XIAODONG tect people’s health, despite the ing the rising incidence of lung can­ [email protected] progress made. cers in China,” said Zhi, who is also a “To achieve the government tar­ professor specializing in lung dis­ Even if mobile Smoking has been declining on get of bringing down the percentage eases at Xuanwu Hospital, Capital the Chinese mainland, but more of adult smokers to 20 percent by Medical University, in Beijing. phones are banned efforts are needed for effective 2030, we have a lot of work to do,” he In the capital, the percentage of ... The main factor tobacco control, according to a sur­ said. smokers decreased to 22.3 percent vey released on Thursday. The biggest obstacle to tobacco from 23.4 percent in 2014 — a in retaining Last year, 26.6 percent of the pop­ control in China is the powerful decrease of 200,000 smokers over students’ attention ulation 15 years old or above across tobacco industry, which is one of the the past five years — Beijing Munici­ the mainland were smokers, accord­ biggest tax contributors to the gov­ pal Health Commission said on is the quality of ing to the survey, which was con­ ernment, he said. Thursday. teaching.” ducted by the Chinese Center for Despite an increasing number of Following the adoption of a Disease Control and Prevention cities having local regulations on revised tobacco control regulation Xiong Bingqi, vice­president of the 21st Century Education between July and December. tobacco control, national legisla­ in June, 2015, which bans smoking Research Institute Classified domestic trash is transported to the garbage transfer A similar survey conducted by tion is still lacking, due to causes in all indoor public spaces and station for disposal in Beijing. WANG ZHUANGFEI / CHINA DAILY China CDC in 2014 and 2015 showed including influence from the indus­ workplaces, legal violations involv­ Beijing Geely University 27.7 percent of the group smoked. try, he said. ing smoking in public places such as issued a similar ban in March Despite a general decline, great “Only a few big cities, such as Bei­ hospitals and restaurants in Beijing last year, with a team organized difficulties still exist for China to jing, Shanghai and Shenzhen have have significantly decreased, Gao by school administrators bring down the percentage of smok­ strict tobacco control regulations Xiaojun, spokesman of the commis­ inspecting classes daily to catch Mandatory sorting of ers to 20 percent by 2030, China and law enforcement, but in most sion, said at a news conference. students who play with cell­ CDC said in a statement. phones, said Huo Weidong, The survey, released ahead of president of the university. garbage in capital aims World No Tobacco Day, which falls Students who play with cell­ on Friday, showed increasing public phones during class will be criti­ support for tobacco control. More cized, their names published on to change people’s habits than 90 percent of those surveyed different platforms, and their said they support a total ban on parents invited to the school, he tobacco in the workplace, and more said. By XIN WEN “Mandatory trash sorting is thus than 95 percent said they support The school has not caught any [email protected] necessary for people, and revising banning smoking in hospitals, mid­ students playing with their cell­ the rules is also urgent in order to dle and primary schools and public phones for 55 consecutive days, Beijing will implement manda­ specify that garbage classification transportation. Nearly 80 percent he said. tory trash sorting rules in public is a duty for waste producers,” she said they hope to see a ban on tobac­ Feng Jianguo, a doctoral can­ spaces such as schools, hospitals said. co in restaurants. didate at Tongji University in and business areas, in a move to A survey conducted by the The survey showed adult smokers Shanghai, said banning cell­ further encourage citizens to par­ standing committee of the munici­ generally lack the willingness to phones does have its advantages ticipate in garbage classification, a pal people’s congress in April quit, with only 16 percent planning as many college students have senior city official said on Wednes­ showed that only 20 percent of to quit within the year. little self­control. day. those sampled can accurately dis­ Zhi Xiuyi, vice­president of the When they use cellphones to Resident credit accounts, card kitchen waste in trash bins. Chinese Association on Tobacco People make recycling bags to collect cigarette butts at a communi­ play games and chat with including how people sort their The survey was based on 3,071 Control, said China faces severe ty in Qinhuangdao, Hebei province, on Wednesday. friends, it is hard for them to domestic trash in their daily people in 16 downtown and subur­ challenges in tobacco control to pro­ CAO JIANXIONG / FOR CHINA DAILY learn anything in class, he said, lives, are also set to be estab­ ban districts of Beijing who lived adding that if cellphones are lished so that some violations in the areas for more than half a properly used, they can also will be recorded in occupants’ year. become important study tools. accounts, Zhang Jiaming, deputy The survey showed that resi­ Xiong Bingqi, vice­president mayor of Beijing, said in a report dents’ unwillingness to partici­ Former official pleads guilty to bribery of the 21st Century Education submitted to the Standing Com­ pate in garbage classification is Research Institute, said banning mittee of the Beijing Municipal due to a lack of trash sorting college students from taking People’s Congress on Wednesday. facilities in communities and the Wu Zhen, former deputy direct­ During the work, as well as trading power mobile phones into class is hard “We will set up a mechanism that irregular garbage transfer by or of the China Food and Drug period he served with money, the release said. to enforce, as many of them garbage trucks can refuse to trucks. Administration, pleaded guilty to as deputy direct­ According to CCDI, Wu, who need phones to help them study. transfer trash if it is not classi­ Hao also suggested establish­ taking bribes of more than 20 mil­ or of CFDA, Wu holds a Master’s degree, also held “Even if mobile phones are fied.” ing a report­reward mechanism lion yuan ($2.9 million) and abuse showed favorit­ the post of secretary­general of banned, if a teacher simply Real­time supervision of all on mixed garbage transport of power during a trial on Thurs­ ism to his friends Chinese Pharmacopoeia Commis­ reads from the textbooks, stu­ kinds of garbage in the city will activities and including trash day. and abused his sion from 2007 to 2011. dents will still struggle to con­ begin soon to drive the classifica­ sorting on an individual’s credit Chengdu Intermediate People’s power, causing Separately, Zhao Zhengyong, centrate. The main factor in tion, he said. record. Disciplinary measures Court in Sichuan province Wu Zhen great losses to former Party chief of Shaanxi retaining students’ attention is Beijing has carried out trash should be administered to viola­ adjourned the case and decided to the interests of province, was disqualified as a the quality of teaching,” he said. sorting since early 1998 when tors. announce the ruling another day. the country and people, according deputy to the 13th People’s Con­ Tian Jiayin, a senior student Dachengxiang community in She added that some specific Prosecutors accused Wu of tak­ to prosecutors. “The circumstan­ gress of Shaanxi province on at Tongji University, said when Xicheng district became the first measures should be taken to ing advantage of several positions ces are particularly serious and Thursday. students play with cellphones in neighborhood to classify gar­ reduce the waste produced by the from 1996 to 2018, including thus should be investigated for The 68­year­old kicked off his class, it shows disrespect for bage. At the end of 2011, the city express delivery industry and to director of the Jiangxi provincial crimes of accepting bribes and career in 1968. He was appointed their teachers and their own published China’s first domestic recycle packaging. drug supervision and administra­ abusing power,” a court release secretary of the Anhui provincial future. waste management regulation, In 2017, the Beijing municipal tion bureau and deputy head of said, quoting prosecutors. Political and Legal Affairs Com­ However, some teachers have which took effect on March 1, government released a waste dis­ the former China Food and Drug Wu, born in 1958 in Jiangxi prov­ mission in 2000. One year later, not shown enough respect for 2012. posal action plan specifying the Administration, to assist some ince, was expelled from the Com­ Zhao started to work in the same students and have not done However, the implementation of four categories for sorting house­ entities and individuals in matters munist Party of China in February position in Shaanxi province, and enough preparation for the trash sorting in Beijing hasn’t gone hold trash: dry garbage, kitchen of drug approval and employment. over serious violation of Party dis­ he became the Party chief of the class, thus causing some stu­ well in the past decade, since mere waste, recyclables and hazardous The CFDA was merged with cipline and laws, the Communist province in 2012. dents to lose interest in the class, encouragement is not enough for waste. It also aimed to have trash some other government agencies Party of China Central Commis­ On Jan 15, Zhao was placed he said. citizens to change their habits, said sorting reach 90 percent of the city to form the current State Adminis­ sion for Discipline Inspection and under investigation by the Com­ “As college professors, we Hao Zhilan, director of the urban by 2022. tration for Market Regulation in the National Supervisory Commis­ munist Party of China Central should reflect on how our teach­ construction and environmental Some projects based on the the latest round of government sion said in an earlier release. Commission for Discipline Inspec­ ing is received by students and protection committee at the Bei­ resources from garbage recycling reform last year. He was put under investigation tion and the National Supervisory should enhance our teaching jing’s People Congress. in Beijing’s suburbs will be com­ Wu had illegally taken gifts and in August, which found him med­ Commission for suspected serious quality to help our students be The previous regulations didn’t pleted by the end of this year, along properties, either directly or dling with drug regulations, show­ violations of Party disciplinary more engaged,” Zheng Ning, a give specific fines for households, with the establishment of trash through relatives, that were worth ing up in private clubs, banquets rules and laws. teacher with Communication companies or institutions that fail sorting demonstration areas in the over 21.7 million yuan, prosecutors and other trips that might have University of China, told Legal to sort their garbage properly. capital. said. affected the fair execution of his CHINA DAILY Daily.