4 | Monday, July 5, 2021 EDITION | CHINA DAILY CHINA Beat the heat Emergency Policies help system keeping fuel duty-free Wuhan safe

By tan yingzi in Wuhan hub hopes [email protected] On the Monday morning after the Labor Day holiday in May, Wuhan Tianhe International Airport was Shopping boom continues in still busy, with thousands of passen- with major spikes in customers, sales gers from home and abroad arriving in and departing the city, which has returned to normal after being hit By Ma Zhiping in Haikou enthusiasm among consumers, hard by the COVID-19 pandemic [email protected] said Xie Xiangxiang, an associate last year. professor of tourism at Hainan During the five-day holiday, pas- The duty-free shopping boom University. senger numbers averaged 79,000 a has picked up momentum in Hain- “Duty-free shopping is becom- day, up about 9 percent year-on- an province as fine-tuned national ing the new blockbuster growth year, the airport said. policies turn the resort island into point for Hainan’s tourism indus- Rush-hour traffic jams have a duty-free shopping hub, officials try and for the development of returned to the streets of the city, and experts said. Hainan as an international tour- which is home to more than 10 mil- Offshore duty-free sales reaped ism center,” he said. lion people, and its crawfish restau- 46.8 billion yuan ($7.2 billion) in According to the master plan, People have fun in the water near a scenic site in the town of Huanglongxi in suburban Chengdu, rants are packed at night with the 12 months to June 30 in Hainan, China will build Hainan into a glo- province, on Sunday. With the temperature hitting nearly 34 C for several days, cooling diners eager to taste the seasonal surging 226 percent year-on-year, bally influential and high-level down become a popular activity in the area. ZHANG LANG / CHINA NEWS SERVICE delicacy. customs officials in Haikou, the free trade port by the middle of the Wuhan’s public health emergency provincial capital, said on Saturday. century. command system has helped life in The nine duty-free shops in Feng Fei, governor of Hainan, the city return to normal. Hainan received a total of more said duty-free sales networks “Our public health emergency than 6.28 million customers, a around the island will be expand- command system plays an impor- year-on-year increase of 102 per- ed to better meet domestic Alliance targets mental health of children tant role in regular epidemic pre- cent, and sold more than 60 mil- demand for imported goods dur- vention and control to ensure the lion duty-free items, up 211 ing the 14th Five-Year Plan period By zhou wenting in mental problems in Shanghai. She Zhang said that teachers and resumption of work and social percent. Customers spent most of (2021-25), with sales of duty-free [email protected] said most hospitals treat adult cas- parents usually pay more attention development,” said Zuo Xiuran, the their money on cosmetics, watches goods expected to reach 300 bil- es but lack experience in dealing to children’s behavior rather than system’s technology team leader. and jewelry, according to customs lion yuan over the next five years. The Yangtze River Delta Region with juveniles. their emotions. “Over 10,000 people work for the officials. The offshore duty-free policy Children and Adolescents’ Mental Within the alliance, experts from “But very often, problematic system around the clock to safe- On July 1 last year, Hainan raised was introduced on April 20, 2011, Health Enhancement Alliance was the children’s psychology depart- behavior such as skipping school guard the peaceful life of Wuhan its annual tax-free shopping quota to boost development of the island recently established in Shanghai, ment at Xinhua Hospital and the comes from their emotions when people.” from 30,000 yuan to 100,000 yuan as an international tourist destina- aiming to help youths manage children and adolescents depart- they encounter a difficult situation On Jan 20 last year, President per person, lifting the previous tax- tion. It has been continuously their emotions and stress levels ment at the Shanghai Mental — for example, a conflict with a Xi Jinping gave important free limit of 8,000 yuan for a single adjusted and expanded in terms of when dealing with others. Health Center have teamed up to classmate,” she said. instructions on fighting the novel product and raising the duty-free individual duty-free shopping Experts from the alliance, based design mental health intervention Children aged between 7 and 12 coronavirus. He emphasized that purchase limit for cosmetics from quotas and the range and number at Xinhua Hospital in Shanghai, plans for children in kindergar- screened for emotional and behav- people’s lives and health must 12 to 30 items. The categories of of items on sale to cater to the said there has been a rising need tens, primary schools and middle ioral issues accounted for between come first, and resolute efforts duty-free goods have been expand- needs of tourists, provincial gov- for children to obtain psychologi- schools in line with their ages. 4.7 percent and nearly 26 percent of should be taken to stem the ed from 38 to 45, with new products ernment officials said. cal support over the past few years “The participants will learn how all children exhibiting such prob- spread of the virus. such as wine, mobile phones and Hainan has sold about 98 bil- and that the COVID-19 pandemic is to help children recognize and lems, according to research The system started operation in laptops added. lion yuan of duty-free goods in one of the main reasons behind an understand their own emotions and released by the Shanghai Mental February last year, Zuo said. Hainan introduced mail delivery the past 10 years. During that increase in mental health prob- deal with various situations, such as Health Center in 2018. Since then, she and her 100 or so services for tourists to the island in time, more than 25 million people lems. conflicts between peers, academic The alliance will hold seminars, team members have been working early February, in addition to the shopped, and about 120 million Sixty-three hospitals and some pressure, conflicts with parents and workshops and lectures online and day and night to build an antivirus original option of airport pickup items were sold, according to offi- teachers in charge of students’ men- public emergencies, in appropriate offline every month for more than information network to deal with when leaving the island. Since its cial statistics. tal health from educational institu- and positive ways,” Zhang said. 100 front-line doctors who are the public health emergency. official launch, the Hainan branch With the new shopping policy tions in Shanghai and the provinces She explained that some chil- members to help them screen and It took about a year to upgrade of China Post has mailed more giving tremendous impetus to of , and dren may suffer from violent emo- treat children with mental challen- and complete the system, with a than 2.08 million duty-free items overseas brands, the Hainan FTP became inaugural members of the tional outbursts while taking more ges. total investment of about 100 mil- for 231,000 customers. The meas- will likely become the world’s big- alliance. They hope to provide early classes online and spending more Zhang said that the teachers in lion yuan ($15.6 million) from spe- ures have boosted duty-free sales, gest duty-free market in the near detection and intervention for chil- time at home with parents due to the alliance will be asked to pass on cial government bonds for COVID- local post office officials said. future if the growth momentum dren who have psychological diffi- the pandemic. skills to those in charge of students’ 19 control measures, Wuhan’s As part of the master plan for the continues, according to a report culties and improve the overall Research conducted by Xinhua psychological health in schools. health commission said. construction of the Hainan Free jointly released by KPMG China mental health of those under 18. Hospital showed that children suf- “We remind parents and schools Combining China’s antivirus Trade Port released by the central and the Moodie Davitt Report at Zhang Jinsong, director of the fering from attention deficit hyper- to pay attention to children’s holis- experience and the latest informa- government last year, the newly the first China International Con- clinical psychology department at activity disorder experienced a tic, long-term development and tion technology, such as big data, adjusted duty-free shopping poli- sumer Products Expo, which was Xinhua Hospital Affiliated to deterioration in their emotional help them learn to adapt to social cloud computing, the internet of cies have sparked remarkable held in Haikou in May. Shanghai Jiao Tong University states, had more conflicts with changes and new environments things, artificial intelligence and 5G, School of Medicine, said there are their parents and increasingly instead of encouraging them to the system can monitor and currently fewer than 20 psychia- struggled to focus amid the pan- focus only on academic learning respond to almost all public health trists specializing in children’s demic. and competitions,” she said. emergencies. It has four core functions: intelli- gent risk alert, emergency com- mand and dispatch, coordinated prevention and control, and data Didi removed from application stores analysis. “In the past, epidemic informa- Didi, a popular ride-hailing app, made in accordance with the information and data, protect tion was only collected and report- was removed from application Cybersecurity Law. Didi should users from internet safety risks and ed by grassroots medical units. stores after the Cyberspace rectify its problems in relation to continuously provide safe and con- Now, we can have an early warning Administration of China verified a laws and national standards to pro- venient service. system in order to reduce the report about its illegal collection tect the safety of its users’ informa- Didi has suspended registrations spread of epidemics,” said He Zhen- and use of personal information tion, the administration said. by new users since Saturday. Those yu, deputy director of Wuhan’s cen- on Sunday. In a response posted on its Sina who had already downloaded the ter for disease control and In a statement issued on Sunday Weibo account on Sunday, Didi app can still use it normally, mean- prevention. night, the administration said that said it would rectify the problems ing that previous users — both pas- Over 10,000 staff members from the app, owned by ride-hailing and continuously raise its aware- sengers and drivers — are not the city government all the way giant Didi Global, seriously violat- ness of risk prevention. It added affected. down to residential communities Customers shop for duty-free goods at a mall in Haikou, Hainan ed laws and regulations, and the that it would improve its technical use the system through their com- province, last month. WANG CHENGLONG / FOR CHINA DAILY decision to remove the app was ability to protect its users’ personal China Daily puters and mobile phones. It can automatically compare about 5 million pieces of data a day, categorize individuals into four groups according to their health sta- Exchanges: CPC plays a leading role in interparty cooperation tus and send the information to rel- evant personnel. From page 1 way, and I hope that other countries Sam Nujoma, the first president the CPC attaches great importance World Political Party Institute of the “Our daily epidemic prevention will follow the example of China. of Namibia, said interparty to exchanges with other political International Department of the and control work is very organized Song Tao, head of the CPC Central “China over the last 30 years has exchanges are an effective way to parties, and cooperates with its CPC Central Committee, said, “The thanks to this system,” He said. Committee’s International Depart- achieved extraordinary economic promote peace and development counterparts in developing coun- CPC makes friends in the world … Since April last year, when China ment, has on multiple occasions growth. Economic growth is felt not and improve global governance. tries on an equal footing. by seeking common ground while started to implement regular epi- expressed the readiness of the Party by international reserves, but by ’s vision of building a com- The CPC is leading the coopera- shelving differences; it pursues demic prevention and control and the country to embark on great- the quality of life that the people of munity with a shared future for tion, and the progress of the inter- exchanging ideas, respecting each measures after the virus was er exchanges with the rest of the that country are achieving,” he said mankind and fostering a new type national community and China’s other, boosting bonding, learning curbed in the country, Wuhan has world, including countries along in a video recorded for Chinese of international relations “has cooperation with many countries in from each other and making investigated an average of 9,031 the routes of the Belt and Road Ini- media. broadened and deepened the con- different fields has been reinforced progress together.” pieces of information about public tiative, for mutual learning. Juha-Pekka Vaisanen, chairman cept and practice of multilateralism constantly while interparty cooper- Exchanges of ideas also help health risks every day thanks to At a meeting last month with dip- of the Communist Party of Finland, in the new era, and gained high ation has been carried out smooth- build and maintain a strategic com- the system, its health commission lomats from Arab countries, Song said leadership, planning and a lot acclaim and wide support from the ly, he told People’s Daily in a recent munications network and dialogue said. noted that China-Arab relations of motivation had been behind Chi- international community”, Xinhua interview. channels for the country, which “Facing the devastating disease, have seen robust growth despite na’s rapid economic growth and News Agency quoted Nujoma as optimizes the environment for fur- China adheres to the people-cen- headwinds over the past two years. eradication of absolute poverty. saying. Major boost ther development of relations tered philosophy of human rights Both sides share a strong desire to Political party leaders from Pacif- Guo Yezhou, deputy head of the Experts said that in recent years, between China and the world, Kou and takes increasing people’s sense embark on exchanges, learn from ic island countries told the CPC dur- International Department of the interparty diplomacy and dialogue wrote in a recent article. of gain, happiness and security as each other, and support one anoth- ing a video dialogue in May that CPC Central Committee, said that have given a major boost to China’s “This network is led by the insti- the fundamental pursuit of human er in key areas, setting an example they are ready to maintain close the Party will work further to insti- international communications and tutional, signature high-level dia- rights as well as the ultimate goal of South-South cooperation, Song contacts, further exchange experi- tutionalize platforms such as the public relations campaigns on top- logues with the world’s political of state governance,” said Zhang said. ences on governance, give full play high-level dialogue between the CPC ics such as economic development, parties,” Kou noted, adding that Wanhong, a professor at Wuhan Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, former to interparty diplomacy and boost and the world’s political parties. co-building the Belt and Road and inter-party dialogues also include University’s School of Law and Brazilian president and founder of cooperation in areas such as the Chea Munyrith, planning and championing sovereign rights and those with ruling parties and those executive director of the Wuhan Brazil’s Workers’ Party, said, “China COVID-19 fight, trade and infra- project director of the Civil Society national interests. on specific themes, such as poverty University Institute for Human has evolved in an extraordinary structure. Alliance Forum in Cambodia, said Kou Liyan, a researcher at the alleviation. Rights Studies.