Wednesday, August 1, 2018 5 His best choice is to admit what he did wrong and actively confess his crime to get lenient punishment.” CHINA Kai, lawyer with the Beijing Lawyers Association CHINA DAILY HONG KONG EDITION Former adviser in surrenders

Pressure from investigated by the CCDI for “serious violations of Party CCDI credited discipline” and was sen­ tenced to eight years in pris­ for voluntary The active surren­ on in 2016 for accepting bribes valued at 5.57 million confession der of Ai is not yuan ($814,000). In 2015, Zhou Benshun was also from his willing­ probed by the CCDI for disci­ By ZHANG YAN ness but the result plinary violations and sen­ [email protected] tenced last year to 15 years in of strong pressure prison for accepting bribes Ai Wenli, a former senior valued at 40 million yuan. political adviser in Hebei from the anti­ In 2016, Zhang Yue was province, surrendered him­ investigated by the CCDI for self to anti­graft officials, the graft body.” disciplinary violations and Central Commission for Dis­ in July was jailed for 15 years cipline Inspection said on Yang Kai, lawyer with the for taking bribes valued at Foreign visitors tour Tian’anmen Square in scorching weather in Beijing on Tuesday. Beijing Meteorological Service issued a yellow alert Tuesday. Beijing Lawyers Association 157 million yuan. Last year, for heat, warning that the temperature will rise as high as 35 C. ZOU HONG / CHINA DAILY According to the anti­graft Yang Chongyong was placed watchdog, Ai is suspected of under investigation for cor­ graft and “serious violations officers have “fully per­ ruption and has been of Party rules” and is under formed their duties accord­ charged with taking bribes Heat wave continues; break is coming investigation by the CCDI ing to the law and Party of up to 200 million yuan. and the National Superviso­ regulations and achieved Jing Chunhua, was sen­ ry Commission. good social effect, which will tenced to 18 years in 2016 for By HOU LIQIANG averaged 6.8 days with tem­ cold air, the subtropical high He is the first vice­minis­ motivate corrupt officials to taking bribes of more than [email protected] peratures higher than 35 C Heat streak pressure systems in the west­ terial level official that the give up any idea of escaping 60 million yuan. since April, the third­highest ern Pacific that affect East Asia CCDI had announced had and awaken their loyalty to Yang Kai, a lawyer with Meteorologists have since 1961. This year’s temper­ are further north and are at given himself up since late the Party and trust the laws,” the Beijing Lawyers Associa­ renewed a yellow alert for atures are not only long­last­ Major cities having the more than twice their average 2012, when the new leader­ he said. tion, said recently that the high temperatures, the second ing and wide­ranging, but also longest string of days intensity. All these result in ship took office and the anti­ Seven high­ranking offi­ country has never slackened lowest of a four­tier warning of high intensity, according to with temperatures abnormally high tempera­ graft campaign became a top cials in Hebei province have its efforts to combat corrup­ system, for the 18th consecu­ a statement from the China above 35 C this year, tures in South Korea, Japan priority across the country been placed under investiga­ tion, and if corrupt officials tive day on Tuesday as a linger­ Meteorological Administra­ as of Sunday and central and eastern parts to combat both “tigers and tion for corruption since late are thinking they won’t be ing heat wave continued to tion on Monday. of China, it added. flies” — referring to high­ 2012, including Zhou Ben­ caught, they are wrong. scorch many parts of the Some areas in the region 31 Chongqing Sun Jun, chief forecaster ranking and low­ranking shun, former secretary of the “The active surrender of country. south of the Yangtze River 27 Xi’an with the observatory, said tem­ officials. Hebei Party Committee. Ai is not from his willingness Some areas in Liaoning, have experienced 20 days of peratures will cool from “His confession of his The other five are Liang but the result of strong pres­ 27 Hangzhou Hubei, Hunan, Jiangxi, Zhe­ high temperatures this year — Wednesday to Friday in most crime is the result of the Bin, former minister of the sure from the anti­graft jiang, Anhui and Fujian prov­ over 10 days more than last 26 Nanchang regions in southern China high­pressure stance of the Organization Department in body, because if they investi­ inces, the Inner Mongolia year. It said the highest tem­ 25 Wuhan except the Sichuan basin, anti­corruption campaign, Hebei; Zhang Yue, the top gate one corrupt official, autonomous region and perature in July reached 23 Zhengzhou which covers central and east­ which has achieved remark­ security chief in Hebei; they will discover many Chongqing municipality were records in 22 counties in Si­ 22 Changsha ern Sichuan and most areas of able success,” said Jiang Lai­ Zhang Jiehui and Yang more graft clues and dig expected to experience tem­ chuan, Jilin and Liaoning 21 Tianjin Chongqing. In the north, yong, vice­secretary of the Chongyong, both former deep into more corrupt offi­ peratures of 37 C to 39 C on provinces and in Chongqing. 20 Hefei scorching temperatures will Chinese Academy of Social vice­heads of the Hebei Peo­ cials,” he said. “His best Tuesday, with some regions China is just one of the 18 Jinan come to an end on Sunday in Sciences’ research center on ple’s Congress; and Jing choice is to admit what he reaching 40 C, according to countries in the northern the Beijing­Tianjin­Hebei clean governance. Chunhua, secretary­general did wrong and actively con­ the National Meteorological hemisphere suffering from region and some areas in Moreover, his surrender of Hebei Party Committee. fess his crime to get lenient Center. scorching temperatures. Since Shandong and Liaoning prov­ also shows that supervisory In 2014, Liang Bin was punishment.” Weaker cold air from the July, the temperatures in most inces and Inner Mongolia. north and a subtropical high­ regions around the globe have air from the Arctic region is a High temperatures in East pressure system that is further been higher than average: major reason for the high tem­ China may be relieved as trop­ north this year are to blame Asia, Europe and North Amer­ peratures in the northern ical storm Jongdari approach­ for the wide­ranging heat, the ica have also been stricken by hemisphere this summer,” it es the coastal area on Officials punished for providing observatory said. heat, the statement said. said. Wednesday and lands on Fri­ As of Monday, the country “The obviously weaker cold In addition to the weaker day, Sun said. criminals ‘protective umbrella’

By CHINA DAILY facility moved to an 11­story Jan 28. Three days later, he building owned by real surrendered to police and Research ship leaves on scientific mission Thirty­one officials in estate developer Yang, who has been held in detention Central China have been became a shareholder. on suspicion of misappropri­ By XIE CHUANJIAO punished for shielding a According to Zhang’s note, ating funds, according to the in Qingdao, Shandong criminal organization alleg­ early in 2016 Yang began to most recent information [email protected] 6,700 edly led by a local business­ intervene in the manage­ from the local public securi­ man who was linked to the ment of the hospital by tak­ ty bureau. Research vessel Dayang nautical miles suicide of a hospital presi­ ing over the financial and In their joint statement, Yihao, or Ocean No 1, departed Planned distance that dent in January. human resources depart­ the Hebei anti­corruption its home port in Qingdao, Dayang Yihao will cover A former political adviser ments and replacing doctors bodies said Yang’s gang had Shandong province, on Tues­ in its scientific voyage and village police chief were in several departments with­ long held power at the grass­ day and embarked on a 100­ among the government and out cause. roots level, engaged in crimi­ day scientific ocean Party officials who had for “The normal medical nal activities including expedition. years acted as a protective order of the hospital was dis­ intentional injury, forced The research vessel will Natural Resources. umbrella for the gang in turbed and the standard transactions, violent demoli­ head for areas of seamounts — “Around the area are a lot of Langfang, Hebei province, medical work was tram­ tion and forged seals for ille­ underwater mountains — in seamounts of different shapes, anti­graft authorities said. pled,” he wrote. “Some doc­ gal interests. It added that the western Pacific Ocean to where research related to bio­ Most have been expelled tors were dismissed and he was illegally elected as a investigate resources and the diversity and the environment Scientific research ship Dayang Yihao prepares to sail in Qing­ from the Communist Party some quit voluntarily.” deputy to the people’s con­ environment. Eighty­seven will be mainly focused,” he said. dao, Shandong province, on Tuesday. It will conduct scientific of China, with the rest Zhang and some doctors gress. scientists and technicians According to the associa­ investigations on deep­sea ecosystems and natural resources in receiving a serious warning, raised their own funds to The 31 officials who pro­ from domestic universities tion, the expedition will carry the northeastern Pacific Ocean. LI ZIHENG / XINHUA according to a joint state­ reopen the hospital at a new tected the gang included and research institutions and out deep­sea investigations of ment on Monday from the site, and though constantly Yang Guangheng, former 30 crew members are aboard. marine microplastics and Officials from the ministry, ocean in a peaceful way. Hebei Commission for Disci­ harassed by Yang, he said, chairman of the Anci com­ “The area is full of mineral radioactive isotopes. which approved the expedi­ The Dayang Yihao is a pline Inspection and its the preparations of the new mittee of the Chinese Peo­ resources, such as cobalt­rich Researchers will also observe tion, said scientific ocean 5,600­metric­ton vessel with Supervisory Commission. hospital were almost fin­ ple’s Political Consultative crusts and manganese nod­ ocean birds and mammals. expeditions are part of an equipment for research in geo­ About half have been ished by mid­ to late­2017. Conference; Yao Liantao, ules. It’s a hot spot for interna­ Sun Lijia, director of the effort to build China into a physics, marine chemistry, removed from office, and On Oct 18, four masked head of Yangshuiwu police tional seabed expeditions,” expedition, said the vessel is strong maritime power and biology and acoustics. It has five are now under criminal men assaulted Zhang and station; Li Yuzheng, deputy said Li Bo, an official with the carrying innovative deep­sea has major significance for the successfully carried out 18 investigation for suspected broke his right leg, and the head of the district govern­ China Ocean Mineral Resour­ research equipment, such as enhancement of deep­water missions. embezzlement, it said. gang continued to threaten ment’s construction bureau; ces Research and Develop­ the submersible vehicle Hai­ technology, increasing It is expected to cover 6,700 The punishments follow him after his hospitaliza­ and village Party secretaries. ment Association, which is long 11000, and will test its understanding of the ocean nautical miles and return to its the suicide of Zhang Yi, pres­ tion, he said. He also said On Jan 24, the central gov­ affiliated with the Ministry of function during the expedition. and taking advantage of the home port in November. ident of the privately owned Yang asked accountants to ernment launched a cam­ Langfang Chengnan Ortho­ transfer 16 million yuan paign against criminal paedic Hospital in the city’s ($2.34 million) from the hos­ organizations, targeting offi­ Briefly Anci district, who jumped to pital without filing any cials who protect them. his death from his office win­ paperwork. So far, 427 people in Hebei dow on Jan 27. Police detained four sus­ have been put under investi­ GUANGDONG environment and new SHANXI Launch Center. It was the In a suicide note posted on pects on Oct 26 who con­ gation, including 199 who Device planned to research methods for China’s High­resolution 282nd flight of a Long March WeChat to his college fessed to the assault, but said received disciplinary pun­ research on space­based gravi­ carrier rocket. The satellite friends, Zhang accused his the attack was ordered by a ishments, with 13 trans­ view gravity waves tational wave observation, the satellite launched can be used for land surveys, investment partner Yang man surnamed Zhao. They ferred to judicial Sun Yat­sen University in university said. It will be built China launched Gaofen 11, an urban planning, road network Yuzhong, a former deputy to did not mention Yang’s departments, the joint state­ Guangdong province on the university’s campus in optical remote sensing satel­ design, agriculture and disas­ the Anci people’s congress, name, according to local ment said. announced earlier this week Shenzhen with an investment lite, on Tuesday as part of the ter relief. Its data will also be of taking away management authorities. Inspection teams, each led that it will build a ground sim­ of more than 1 billion yuan country’s high­resolution used in the Belt and Road Ini­ of his hospital and thwarting The widespread coverage by a ministerial­level official, ulation system for space­based ($147 million). The simulation Earth observation project. A tiative. The Gaofen project his attempt to open a new of Zhang’s suicide and his will visit 10 provincial gravitational wave observa­ system is part of the gravita­ Long March 4B rocket carried began in 2010. one. note resulted in Yang being regions over the coming tion. The system is expected to tional wave research project the satellite into space at 11 Zhang founded the hospi­ suspended from his post as a months to ensure smooth provide a complete simulation “Tianqin” launched in 2015. am from the Taiyuan Satellite XINHUA tal in 1993, and in 2013 the people’s congress deputy on progress in the campaign.