6 | Tuesday, June 9, 2020 HONG KONG EDITION | CHINA DAILY CHINA Giant panda park to be Monthlong festival gives established by year’s end
By ZHAO XINYING in Xi’an ing points for human activities [email protected] established at the entrances of the park, and the length of the route for Shanghai nightlife a boost The Giant Panda National Park, working staff to patrol has reached one of China’s first national parks to 10,584 kilometers. be set up chiefly for a single species, “These measures have proved to Cities bank on traditional markets to Road night market reopened last will be officially established before be effective as the living environ aid economic recovery from pandemic week after the city completed COV the end of the year, Central China Tel ment of the giant pandas continues It brings back ID19 testing for its nearly 10 mil evision reported over the weekend. to improve,” Xiang was quoted as lion residents and reported only The park, covering 27,134 square saying by CCTV. By XING YI in Shanghai night market with different childhood memories 300 asymptomatic cases. kilometers, will span parts of Si Xiang added that more than [email protected] themes, including food, arts and of going to the night “The mass testing has comforted chuan, Shaanxi and Gansu provin 5,000 infrared cameras have been shops, and invited 100 artists, people in Wuhan,” said ViceMayor ces. With 18,056 square kilometers installed in the national park, and Last weekend, pedestrians tasted musicians, chefs and vendors. market with my Hu Yabo at a news conference on in the park serving as habitat for the images they have recorded have street food, artisans made crafts in The night market was already parents.” Tuesday. giant pandas, it will also be among provided large amounts of firsthand small booths and children ran packed with people when the festi In Harbin, Heilongjiang prov the first national parks to integrate materials for scientific research. around playing games for prizes — val kicked off at 7:30 pm. Tian Suyuan, market patron ince, the local government passed a the habitat of a single species. “Over the past few months, the demonstrating that nightlife has “We hope to help revive the econ threeyear action plan to revitalize Information from the park’s web activities of wild pandas have been returned in many cities across Chi omy from the coronavirus, and pro us a convenient place to go and its night economy. site show the park, launched as a frequently recorded by the cameras, na since the country has brought vide a gathering space for Shanghai entertain ourselves,” she said. Under the plan, the government national pilot project in January which is a reflection that the ecologi coronavirus under control. residents to meet offline,” she said. The China International Import will further upgrade its business 2017, is integrating more than 80 cal environment in the park is in On Saturday, the Shanghai gov There are 12 main night markets Expo venue was also turned into a street along the Songhua River, natural reserves in 30 counties of good condition and that pandas, as ernment partnered with the city’s across the city, including Sinan market, where companies sold which flows through the city, and the three provinces. one of the species in the park, are commercial complexes and cultur Mansions, the Anyi Road weekend imports that were featured at the boost spending on nighttime shop The latest statistics show that multiplying and developing,” he said. al hubs to launch a monthlong popup fair, Fengjing Road on the expo, such as cafe lattes with milk ping, dining, tourism and enter 1,631 wild giant pandas are now liv Data collected by the cameras nightlife festival. Bund, the Yu Garden commercial from New Zealand, rice from Japan tainment. ing in the national park, accounting showed that of the 2,337 cameras More than 180 featured activities arcade and College Road near and wines from Italy. Chengdu, Sichuan province, for 87.5 percent of the population of used for recording the activities of — from food tasting to live concerts Fudan University. Tang Guifa, general manager of adopted a similar plan that would wild pandas nationwide. The park is giant pandas, 383 have taken almost — were held across the city. In addi Tian Suyuan, who works for a the National Exhibition and Con build 100 nighttime economy mod also home to more than 8,000 types 2,600 photos and almost 2.5 hours tion, visitors took advantage of Shanghai IT company, went to the vention Center (Shanghai), said the el stores. of wildlife, such as snubnosed mon of shortburst videos of pandas over shopping discounts and extended Anyi Road market on Saturday, the venue will hold night markets dur In Guangzhou, Guangdong prov keys and scarlet ibis, making it a the past half year. museum hours. opening night of the city’s nightlife ing weekends in June and resume ince, Liu Heiwan, a political advis nationally or possibly globally sig In addition, there have been 873 The festival’s opening ceremony festival. exhibitions in July. er to the city and an entrepreneur nificant place for the protection of “independent detections” — the was at Sinan Mansions, whose “I thought there would be The night economy is rebound from Macao, said at a news confer an ecological environment. number of times infrared cameras 1920sera Western European build crowds, but I didn’t expect so many ing from the hit it took from the ence on Saturday that the city has To better protect the wildlife in capture the image of a specific spe ings house a host of bars and cafes. people,” Tian said. “It brings back coronavirus, not only in Shanghai, long been known for its prosperous the park, the Giant Panda National cies — in the past six months, higher Fan Meichen, deputy general childhood memories of going to the but also across the country. nighttime eateries but should fur Park Administration has invested than in the same period in past years. manager of Sinan Mansions Man night market with my parents.” In Wuhan, Hubei province, the ther broaden its night economy 4.7 billion yuan ($660 million) in Usually, a detection is noted when agement Co, said they have set up a “I think it’s a good move to give signature kilometerlong Baocheng offerings. infrastructure construction, the res the same camera captures the image toration of the ecological corridors of the same animal several times and the protection of crucial habi within half an hour, according to Li tats, said Xiang Kewen, director of Sheng, a researcher at the School of the administration. Life Sciences of Peking University. Beijing kicks About 1,800 monitoring lines and The increase in independent 4,839 observation points have been detections is a key indicator that the off events to set up, he said. In addition, there population of a specific species is have been more than 1,300 monitor growing, he said. encourage spending National measures help mangrove forest growth By DU JUAN [email protected] By YANG WANLI recovery mode to expand mangrove He Hong, a flower arrangement [email protected] forests,” he said. “Also, a stricter sur enthusiast in Beijing’s Fengtai dis veillance system will be put into use trict, participated in a special pro China has expanded its total area to combat illegal use of and damage motional event on Saturday, which of mangrove forests by 7,000 hec to the forests.” was held by the local government tares in the past two decades, the for Wu also emphasized the impor to boost consumption. est authority revealed on Monday. tance of scientific support for man “Dressed in Chinese traditional China now has more than half its groves protection and said the costumes, we had a lesson about mangrove forests under state protec administration will cooperate with flower culture and arrangements at tion, according to the National For scientific research institutes to a flower cultural center, which I estry and Grassland Administration. introduce new technologies to pro enjoyed a lot,” she said. “I would Monday marked World Oceans tect the forests while enhancing like to spend money on such servi Day, which celebrated the role of the public education. ces, as well as on the beautiful flow Children play with a robot at an outdoor market stall in Beijing’s Haidian district on Saturday. It is part oceans in our everyday lives and In the 1950s, China had about ers there.” of a citywide campaign to boost consumption. ZOU HONG / CHINA DAILY inspired action to protect the oceans 50,000 hectares of mangrove forest. To boost consumption, Fengtai and use marine resources sustaina But the area declined sharply to district, as well as many other dis bly. The United Nations announced 22,000 hectares due to human activ tricts in Beijing, have held various ened by the COVID19 epidemic. coupons were used in restaurants launched a monthlong event to the theme for 2020 is “Innovation ities, such as pollution. events to attract consumers since Data compiled over the weekend and 61 percent were used to shop in promote parentchild consump for a Sustainable Ocean”. Thanks to the laws enacted in the Saturday. shows the effort is paying off. physical stores, JD said. tion on Saturday, involving more As mangrove forests play an past two decades, such as the Forest Based on its business specialties, The Beijing Department Store in The events will continue until the than 200 companies and 2,000 important role in improving marine Law and Environment Protection Fengtai has held promotional Wangfujing business area, for National Day holiday in October. stores in the capital. biodiversity, the administration Law, the area of mangrove forests events focusing on flower and vehi example, saw a 30 percent increase Before then, more than 400 such The bureau has released a “con echoed the UN’s theme and called for gradually expanded and reached cle cultures. in passenger flow and a 28 percent events will be held to boost con sumption map for families” that better protection of them in China. 29,000 hectares by the end of last In addition to activities in the increase in revenue on Saturday sumption, covering a multitude of has listed various activities fit for “China will launch a special effort year, according to the administration. flower center, the Beijing Auto compared to the previous day, areas including catering, retail, cul parents and children in major busi in the near future that will focus on A total of 52 natural reserves have Museum in Fengtai hosted trivia according to Beijing Daily. ture, tourism, education and sports. ness areas. the protection and afforestation of the also been built in the past decades, contests for children, and the win Passenger flow on Saturday “The COVID19 epidemic has The online shopping platforms mangroves, aiming to improve the protecting 55 percent of the coun ners received cultural gifts from the recovered to about 85 percent of taken a heavy toll on Beijing’s con will also participate in the events to forests’ quality,” Wu Zhimin, director try’s mangrove forests. museum. The event attracted many last year’s level. sumption,” said Yan Ligang, head of promote their services and prod of the administration’s wetland pro Having the most abundant man families and helped boost con The coupons offered by the gov the Beijing Municipal Commerce ucts. tection department, said on Monday. grove resources in China, the island sumption in the museum. ernment have played an important Bureau. “The upcoming consump In addition, more than 50 parks Seashore mangrove wetlands province of Hainan has set a target Beijing announced on Wednes role in boosting consumption, tionboosting events will help pro in Beijing have decided to stay open boasting rich biodiversity have to add 2,000 hectares of mangrove day that it would offer coupons according to online commerce mote the resumption of commerce until late at night, which will become a highly valued ecosystem, forests by 2025, bringing the total worth 12.2 billion yuan ($1.71 bil giant JD. and boost consumer confidence.” attract more visitors during the as they can form natural sea shelter acreage of mangrove forests to 7,724 lion) to spur consumption damp On Saturday, 39 percent of the For instance, Beijing has summer. belts to prevent wind and waves, hectares in the province. protect levees and shores, promote The province’s newly published silt formation and purify seawater. conservation plan last year designat According to the administration, ed an ecological red line for the areas China has 37 subspecies of man of mangrove protection and restora Expanded COVID19 testing to cover key groups groves, mainly in Guangdong, Hainan tion by holding city and county gov and Fujian provinces as well as the ernments responsible for mangrove By WANG XIAODONG tested based on their own condi ulation — received nucleic acid labs so they will be able to conduct Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region. protection within their respective [email protected] tions, the guideline said. tests between May 14 and June 1, such tests step by step, the guide “We will encourage a natural administrative areas. Expanded testing of the virus in resulting in 300 asymptomatic line said. China will expand testing for the population can help consoli cases identified, according to the Authorities in border cities that the novel coronavirus to cover key date the fruits of domestic COVID city government. lack medical resources and face groups of people as part of meas 19 control and prevention while The mass testing was conducted high pressure on epidemic control ‘Rescue’ mission ures to curtail COVID19 while facilitating movement of the pop several days after the city reported should provide support to key also ensuring normal work ulation to promote the resump six new confirmed COVID19 cas institutes in the cities to help them resumption, according to a guide tion of production and education, es, after seeing no new cases for improve testing, and mobile test line released by the top health the commission said. more than a month. ing labs should be used if necessa authority on Monday. The epidemic has been kept In the guideline released on ry, according to the guideline. Mandatory nucleic acid testing well under control in China, with Monday, the National Health Major institutions such as the for the virus should cover the key the number of new confirmed cas Commission urged local health centers for disease control and groups, including close contacts of es reported daily remaining no authorities to accelerate improv prevention should intensify train confirmed COVID19 patients, more than double digits since ing virus testing capacity to meet ing for testing staff to ensure qual people entering China from over March. the demand. ity and standards of testing, and seas, patients at fever clinics, With increased testing capacity All tertiary hospitals, hospitals local governments should encour patients to be hospitalized, medi and restoration of production and that specialize in infectious dis age the research, development cal workers and nursing home work, places across China have eases, disease control and preven and application of faster and accu staff, the National Health Com been increasing COVID19 testing tion centers at county levels or rate testing technologies and mission said in the guideline. for groups with higher risks to above and customs across China equipment, it said. Authorities across China should eliminate the chances of new out should be capable of providing Health authorities are also expand testing capacity to ensure breaks. COVID19 testing services, while required to intensify supervision Rescuers look for “survivors” during an earthquake drill in Ya’an, all others can receive a test if they In Wuhan, capital of Hubei secondary hospitals, specialized over quality control and biosafety Sichuan province, on Sunday. More than 5,600 people participated want to. They can also determine province, 9.9 million residents — hospitals and maternal hospitals of testing labs, and ensure privacy in the drill, which comprised 16 categories of perils including leaked priority groups that should be the vast majority of the city’s pop should gradually improve their of test receivers, the guideline said. chemicals. HE HAIYANG / FOR CHINA DAILY