4 | Monday, August 3, 2020 HONG KONG EDITION | CHINA DAILY CHINA Rice transplant Bone DNA Alerts issued of missing as heavy rain student discovered

By CANG WEI in Nanjing forecast to hit [email protected] Police in Golmud, Qinghai Two typhoons bring downpours and province, said on Saturday that gales amid threat to flood infrastructure DNA testing has confirmed that bone tissue discovered in the Hoh Xil Nature Reserve By HOU LIQIANG China is expected to be hit by more belonged to a female college stu­ [email protected] typhoons than average this month, dent who had been reported Xiang Chunyi, a senior engineer missing since early July. Two typhoons and a monsoon are with the center, said. The Golmud public security expected to lash vast areas in south­ Since 1949, an average of 1.9 bureau said police found an ID ern and northern China with down­ typhoons have made landfall in Chi­ card, student card and other pours in the coming four days, na each August, but two to three are items belonging to the missing authorities warned. expected this month, she said. student, Huang Yumeng, in a The National Meteorological Cen­ Also on Sunday, the center issued Volunteers help transplant rice seedlings in Lu’an, Anhui province, on Sunday. To help ease losses depopulated area on the south ter issued a blue alert, the lowest in a blue alert for severe convective caused by flooding, Party volunteers and local agricultural experts were dispatched to plant crops side of the Qingshui River in the the country’s four­tier color­coded weather, which is characterized by with farmers. CHEN LI / FOR CHINA DAILY reserve. weather warning system, for strong winds, hail, thunderstorms Police also discovered bone Typhoon Hagupit on Sunday. and brief but heavy rainfall. tissue at the site and confirmed With a maximum wind speed of The alert warned of torrential Huang’s death after comparing 72 kilometers per hour at its center, rains with hourly precipitation of 30 the tissue’s DNA with that of her the fourth typhoon of the year was to 50 mm in 16 provincial­level parents. Homicide was ruled out in waters 690 km southeast of Cang­ regions, including Shandong, Hei­ New COVID­19 cases falling in Xinjiang after preliminary investigation. nan county in Zhejiang province at longjiang, Jilin and Hebei provinces “Our preliminary judgment is 10 am on Sunday, the center said. and Beijing in the 24 hours starting By AYBEK ASKHAR in Urumqi cases outside Urumqi. Among 112 “By Friday, we had completed that the missing girl tried to It said the typhoon was moving 2 pm on Sunday. and ZHANG XIAOMIN in Dalian, asymptomatic carriers, only two 4.48 million nucleic acid tests,” commit suicide when she northwest at 15 to 20 km/h and is State Councilor Wang Yong has Liaoning are not in the capital. Zhao Lian, deputy director of the arrived in Hoh Xil,” said Xie expected to make landfall on the called for all­out efforts in flood con­ The health commission also said Dalian health commission, told a Wenlin, chairman of Lantian coast between Zhejiang and Fujian trol and post­disaster recovery to The daily number of confirmed 23 people who had confirmed infec­ news conference on Sunday. Emergency Rescue Center in provinces on Monday night. ensure the safety of people’s lives COVID­19 cases in Xinjiang Uygur tions had been discharged from The city reported three new con­ the Haixi Mongolian­Tibetan “The cyclone will quickly weaken and property. autonomous region started to hospitals after recovery and 14,640 firmed COVID­19 cases on Satur­ autonomous prefecture in after it lands,” the center added. Wang, also head of the State Flood decline during the weekend after people in Urumqi were under med­ day. The total number of confirmed Qinghai. Gales will strike some areas in Control and Drought Relief Head­ increasing for eight consecutive ical observation by Saturday. cases with symptoms has risen to Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Fujian provin­ quarters, made the remarks during days following the start of the latest All of the confirmed and asymp­ 79 since July 22, Zhao said. ces as well as Shanghai and Taiwan an inspection of flood control and outbreak on July 15. tomatic infections in the capital A 1­month­old boy became the from Sunday to Tuesday, and vast disaster relief work in Anhui prov­ In hard­hit Urumqi, the region’s have received free medical treat­ youngest infected person in the city. One of the main stretches of Zhejiang and Fujian will ince on Friday and Saturday. capital, the number of locally trans­ ment and services, an official said “The baby is in stable condition be battered by downpours for two Noting that risks and hidden dan­ mitted infections reported on Fri­ at a news conference on Sunday. and in good spirits,” Zhao Guang­ causes of her death days starting Monday, it said. gers are rising as high water levels day dropped to 31, a significant Rui Baoling, head of the city’s dong, a member of the city’s expert might have been On Saturday, the national observa­ in rivers, lakes and reservoirs decline from the 111 confirmed cas­ disease control and prevention group for the treatment of COVID­ tory issued a blue alert for Typhoon threaten flood control infrastruc­ es the day before, and it remained center, said the situation is still 19 infections, said on Saturday. high­altitude Sinlaku, the third typhoon of the ture across the country, Wang stable on Saturday with 29 con­ severe and complicated and the Zhao said the baby is being taken hypoxia and the year. Though it has left China as it stressed efforts to closely monitor firmed cases reported in the city, region must remain vigilant. care of by medical staff and his heads northwest, it could still result flood conditions, strictly guard official figures show. In Dalian, Liaoning province, mother, who also tested positive for extreme cold in gales and downpours in some against safety risks and prepare for According to the region’s health large­scale nucleic acid testing the virus. weather at night in parts of the country. typhoons and heavy rainfall to pre­ commission, as of Saturday, the work was extended to rural areas From Sunday to Thursday, Guang­ vent major disasters and casualties. total number of confirmed cases in over the weekend after urban resi­ Contact the writers at Hoh Xil.” dong and Hainan provinces and He also asked local authorities Xinjiang was 569, with only four dents completed testing. [email protected] Xie Wenlin, chairman of Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region to enhance support for flood vic­ Lantian Emergency Rescue will be hit by downpours, with total tims in terms of epidemic control, Center in the Haixi precipitation of up to 350 millime­ livelihood assistance, produc­ Mongolian­Tibetan ters expected, the center said. tion, hygiene and compensation autonomous prefecture, Following the only July without a to restore business activity and Tradition: Study sessions great innovation Qinghai province typhoon in the Northwest Pacific daily life to normality as quickly and the South China Sea since 1949, as possible. From page 1 The institutionalized group Speaking at a conference marking “Her belongings found at the study sessions are a great innova­ the 80th anniversary of the Party site, including some of her Most study sessions have tion of the CPC, said Zhu Lingjun, a School of the CPC Central Commit­ clothes, had no blood on them. focused on concrete policy issues professor specializing in Party tee on March 1, 2013, Xi said the CPC She might have taken sleeping Keeping cool such as reform and development, building at the Party School of the has got to where it is today through pills to induce a coma. One of the national security, rule of law, histo­ CPC Central Committee. This dem­ learning, and it will continue along main causes of her death might ry, global governance, ecological onstrates a significant step that this course in the future. have been high­altitude hypoxia and environmental protection, helps the CPC build itself into a With more than 90 million mem­ and the extreme cold weather at poverty relief, urban development learning Party, he added. bers, the CPC will mark its centena­ night in Hoh Xil.” and science and technology. ry next year as the world’s largest Hoh Xil, which covers 4.5 mil­ Some sessions have explored Regular practice political party. While uniting the lion hectares of the Qinghai­Ti­ theoretical or ideological issues, When delivering the work report Chinese people to achieve economic bet Plateau, has a large such as Party building and how to on behalf of the CPC Central Com­ growth and social stability, the CPC depopulated area, fierce wild build socialism with Chinese mittee at the 19th CPC National has also led the country to become animals and extreme weather characteristics. Congress in 2017, Xi said: “We will an important player on the interna­ that pose great danger to even The topics of the lectures always foster a Marxist style of learning, tional stage, and actively participat­ experienced adventurers. advance with the times, Zhu said, and make it a regular practice and ed in global governance in an open, Qinghai, Jiangsu and Sichuan and they are chosen to be closely an institutionalized requirement inclusive and cooperative manner. provinces, as well as Tibet auton­ related to domestic and interna­ for all Party members to gain a good omous region, had sent more tional developments, China’s command of the Party Constitution, Self-reform than 100 police officers to search reform and opening­up or in Party regulations, and related Experts said that the courage for for Huang, but looking for a sin­ Two women use portable fans for relief from the hot weather in response to pressing social and major policy addresses and to meet self­reform has created continual gle person in the area was like Nanjing, Jiangsu province, on Sunday. A weather forecast said the public needs. Party standards.” impetus and ensured the correct “looking for a needle in a hay­ heat is expected to linger for days. YANG BO / CHINA NEWS SERVICE Among others, Party building is “We should be good at learning. course in the CPC’s 70­year journey stack”, according to police in an important topic as it contributes We will foster a strong atmos­ as the ruling Party of the country. Nanjing’s Jiangning district in to building stronger ideological phere of learning and practicing Through thematic educational cam­ Jiangsu. awareness, beliefs and values in the Party, and build our Party paigns, the CPC requires all Party The case is still under investi­ among all Party members so that into a Marxist learning party,” Xi members and officials to abide by gation, the Golmud police said. they will faithfully implement the added. the Party Constitution, brings the Huang, 24, was a senior at Meeting: Commitment decisions and policies of the CPC Although lecturers for the study Party closer to the people, and urges Nanjing University of Aeronaut­ Central Committee, he added. sessions have been selected from Party officials to maintain disciplin­ ics and Astronautics in Nanjing. The way that the central authori­ all over the country, most of them ary and moral integrity. She traveled to Golmud alone to opening­up lauded ty studies has evolved from simply are from universities, and research In its latest step in self­reform, the after failing to graduate this attending lectures given by experts, and academic institutions, and are CPC launched a monthslong educa­ summer. From page 1 Mark Dorn, president of Henkel to having more diversified sessions experts in a particular field. Some tion campaign themed “staying true She arrived in Golmud from Asia­Pacific, said that China’s con­ including discussions, research and are also from departments under to our founding mission” through­ Nanjing, about 2,700 kilometers The financial sector would also be tinuous opening­up creates a self­study. the CPC Central Committee and out the Party from June 2019. away, on July 5 by train. She then further opened to establish a highly healthier and more competitive The sessions are usually conduct­ the State Council. The CPC is a very dynamic orga­ took a taxi on July 7 to Hoh Xil accommodative, competition­based business environment and new ed at Zhongnanhai, the central The study sessions serve as nization, said Martin Jacques, and told the taxi driver that she and inclusive system, Liang predicted. opportunities for multinationals leadership compound in Beijing, opportunities for members of the author of the book When China would stay in a tent that she car­ This year will be one when China such as Henkel. but sometimes they take place at Political Bureau of the CPC Central Rules the World, and a China expert ried with her to the nature will further expand its opening­up “We see a series of favorable poli­ other venues. Committee to obtain information, and senior fellow at Cambridge reserve. drive, said Wei Jianguo, vice­chair­ cies has been recently issued to sup­ For example, on Sept 30, 2013, analysis and policy recommenda­ University. It has been very success­ One of Huang’s teachers man of the China Center for Interna­ port companies. … we still hold a Xi and other members of the Polit­ tions on specific issues from lead­ ful at reforming itself to move with reported her missing on July 8. tional Economic Exchanges. positive outlook toward the Chinese ical Bureau of the CPC Central ing experts in China, but the the times, which is quite difficult for Police later discovered that she “The negative list will be further market in the long run,” he said. Committee visited the innovation function of these meetings goes far big parties, he added. had visited many tourist attrac­ shortened (to reduce areas forbidden Despite the recurrence of anti­glo­ demonstration center in Beijing’s beyond informing policymaking. Zhang Guozuo, director of the tions in the area before July 13. for foreign investment) and China balization sentiment in some coun­ Zhongguancun technology hub. Zhu, from the National Academy Changsha­based Center of Soft Pow­ Her ID card information was will release more reform and open­ tries, China has maintained its There, Xi and other leaders of Governance, said the study ses­ er Studies in Hunan province, said recorded at a toll station with no ing­up policies in the second half of commitment to opening­up after it spoke with scientists and sions have become windows China has emerged as the second­ surveillance cameras on a road this year,” Wei told a recent forum. successfully resumed work and pro­ researchers in the fields of 3D through which the international largest economy in the world and connecting Golmud to Tibet on “China’s pursuit of dual­cycle devel­ duction amid the many uncertainties printing, integrated circuitry and community can glimpse senior Par­ the CPC has become the world’s that day. There had been no opment has actually posed higher posed by the COVID­19 pandemic. energy conservation, and asked ty leaders’ take on international largest political party, but predicta­ trace of her since then. requirements for opening­up,” said “China is an important link in the about the development and appli­ and domestic issues, their focus of ble and unpredictable risks and In an open letter to the public Shen Jianguang, vice­president and global industry and supply chains cation of nano materials, big data attention and corresponding meas­ challenges remain. on Saturday, Huang’s father said chief economist at JD Digits. “China’s and the world’s second­largest econo­ and biochip technology. ures and policies in dealing with To meet the challenges the coun­ that he and Huang’s mother vast domestic market should be better my. Its rebound will help enhance Observers said the group study China’s problems. try faces, the CPC needs to be were devastated. utilized to further open up the econo­ global economic recovery,” said Liang session at the front line of the coun­ They also set an example for low­ equipped with a profound theoreti­ “Children are gifts given to us my and attract investment,” he said. from Hainan University. try’s innovation industry showed er­level officials and send out sig­ cal mindset and forward­looking by heaven,” he said in the letter. China’s commitment to opening­ that China’s top leadership is flexi­ nals about the current policy political insight, Zhang said, adding “Cherish them, love them and up has been felt by international Contact the writers at ble in both the form and content of focuses and intentions of the cen­ that this requires constant learning protect them to stop similar tra­ companies. [email protected] the study sessions. tral leadership, he added. in the Party. gedies from happening again.”