CHINA DAILY | HONG KONG EDITION Tuesday, December 18, 2018 | 5 CHINA

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Nation helps BEIJING Commission: More bus safety needed Local authorities across China are urged to adopt more meas­ veterans find ures to ensure the safety of buses, including strengthening guard­ rails on bridges to prevent vehi­ cles from breaking through, according to a guideline released by the Work Safety Commission civilian jobs of the State Council. The guide­ line, published on Monday, was released following the plunge of a Employers urged to give preference to bus from a Chongqing bridge into the Yangtze River with 15 ex­military personnel in recruitment people aboard in October. In the guideline, the commission said By ZHAO LEI government subsidies for up to government departments and [email protected] three years. local authorities must learn the In mid­November, Hunan prov­ lesson and enact more measures Several local governments have ince held a series of recruitment to prevent similar accidents. adopted measures to help veterans activities to help ex­soldiers enter the land jobs, following the central gov­ civilian workforce. A total of 210 com­ City, province team ernment’s promise of an all­out panies have taken part, offering more effort to boost their well­being. than 4,800 positions to veterans. up to feed wild birds The Beijing Municipal Bureau of The central government pub­ Beijing and neighboring Hebei Veterans Affairs organized a job fair lished guidelines in August to help province have for the first time on Tuesday for employers and veter­ veterans find civilian jobs or start joined hands to provide winter ans in the capital. More than 270 businesses. Under the guidelines, feed for wild birds that migrate State­owned enterprises and private each veteran is eligible for two years A woman feeds her daughter at a temporary shelter in Xingwen county, Sichuan province, on Monday. to a nearby reservoir, local wild­ companies took part. It was the first of free vocational training and a liv­ A magnitude­5.7 earthquake struck Xingwen at 12:46 pm on Sunday. ZHANG SHIBO / FOR CHINA DAILY life authorities said on Monday. of its kind for military retirees after ing allowance during the training Nearly 10,000 wild birds, mainly the bureau was founded. Nearly period. gray cranes, have been spotted 1,000 job vacancies were made Employers are urged to give pref­ resting in Guanting Reservoir, available. erence to veterans in recruitment, which borders Beijing’s Yanqing Miao Lifeng, who heads the set lower requirements for job appli­ Relief materials sent to quake zone district and Zhangjiakou’s Huai­ bureau, told China Central Televi­ cants who have served in the mili­ lai county, since the beginning sion that more than 400 companies tary and arrange periodic training By HUANG ZHILING hospitals for treatment, and six of Life went on as usual in Yibin of winter. About 750 kilograms applied for a place in the job fair to for any veteran they hire. in Yibin, Sichuan them have been discharged. where the Second China Interna­ of corn has already been distrib­ support veterans, noting that Enterprises that hire veterans [email protected] The provincial emergency tional Spirits Culture Festival kick­ uted, and another 3,000 kg will around 660 retirees received initial may be eligible for tax benefits if response department said on its ed off on Monday, having drawn be provided in the future, offers at the event. they meet certain criteria. The Ministry of Emergency micro blog that nearly 36,000 peo­ top­notch dealers and experts in according to the Beijing Wildlife In late October, the municipal gov­ County governments or higher Response is providing 1,000 tents ple were affected by the quake, and the liquor and wine sector from Conservation Association. ernment arranged a similar fair for authorities have been asked to orga­ to the earthquake zone in Xingwen more than 10,800 houses were China and around the wold. Because of cold weather and a former soldiers to connect with nize at least two job fairs for military county, Sichuan province. damaged. “The festival is the talk of the town large number of birds, food State­owned enterprises. More than retirees each year, according to the The tents, from the relief materi­ Power supplies were cut off in a and it seems no quake has taken shortages in winter are com­ 100 veterans landed jobs at that gath­ guidelines. al repository of the central govern­ town in Xingwen but resumed place. Sichuan has witnessed many mon, according to the associa­ ering, local newspapers reported. On Sunday, the ministry ordered ment in Chengdu, Sichuan, have soon after the quake. Water sup­ major quakes since 2008 and people tion. It said the birds will be fed In late November, authorities in the protection of veterans’ rights at been sent to aid people affected by plies were not affected in any part don’t mind a minor one,” said every three weeks, though the Zhejiang province published a set all levels of government and reem­ the quake in the county, which is of the county, said Li Min, chief of Zhang, a middle­aged taxi driver. frequency may change depend­ of 23 guidelines to help veterans phasized proper handling of veter­ experiencing rain and snow, the the publicity department of the Yibin, which is known for Wu­ ing on the weather and the find jobs or start their own busi­ ans’ petitions. It urged relevant ministry said. Yibin committee of the Communist liangye, one of China’s best liquors, number of birds. nesses. departments to fully implement pol­ A magnitude­5.7 earthquake Party of China. draws dealers and experts in the Under those guidelines, ex­mili­ icies to improve veterans’ welfare, struck Xingwen, a county adminis­ Xingwen has karst formations liquor and wine sector for the festi­ HENAN tary personnel in Zhejiang are eligi­ including helping them find jobs. tered by Yibin, at 12:46 pm on Sun­ that tend to dampen earthquakes. val every December. Eleven die in fire ble for free vocational training. According to Sun Shaocheng, day. Many of the wounded were hit by A magnitude­8.0 earthquake jolt­ at meat factory State­owned companies must minister of veterans affairs, more On Monday morning, Huang falling objects, Li said. ed Wenchuan county in Sichuan on reserve a certain proportion of their than 530,000 personnel will retire Ming, the ministry’s Party chief, Some people in Chengdu, May 12, 2008, killing 69,226 people A fire at a company in Shangqiu, job openings each year for ex­sol­ from the armed forces in 2018. chaired a video meeting with the Leshan, Meishan and Mianyang and leaving 17,923 missing. Two Henan province on Monday diers, while government organiza­ Since the founding of the People’s Sichuan Firefighting Brigade and cities in Sichuan, as well as in the magnitude­7.0 quakes later devas­ caused eleven deaths as of press tions are encouraged to employ Republic of China in 1949, more its Yibin branch. province’s neighboring Chongqing tated Lushan and Jiuzhaigou coun­ time, according to the Beijing more veterans. Veterans who start a than 57 million military personnel Seventeen people received municipality, felt the tremor. But ties in Sichuan. News, which cited officials from business or who hire at least three have re­entered civilian life, the minor injuries in the quake. All of many in Yibin and Xingwen did Sichuan province tops the list for the city. The fire occurred at the other military retirees will receive ministry said. them were sent to rural township not feel it at all. geological disasters in China. factory of Huahang Modern Farming, a meat producer in the city, at around 11:10 am, and was under control three hours later, Beijing News reported. An Exec expelled for graft; another probed investigation of the cause is underway. The Ministry of By ZHANG YANGFEI The CCDI expelled Sun from the Emergency Management has [email protected] Party, and the National Superviso­ sent a work group to help guide ry Commission fired him from his the local government in relief A senior official at one of China’s post. Sun’s illicit gains have been efforts and investigation of the largest shipbuilding conglomer­ confiscated and other evidence accident. ates has been expelled from the and property associated with his Communist Party of China and crimes will be sent to prosecutors GUANGDONG removed from public office after for further action. 21,000 toilets being accused of serious violations Sun Bo Du Keping Sun, who was born in 1961, in plan for tourists of the law and Party discipline, Chi­ earned a doctorate at Dalian Uni­ na’s top anti­graft bodies said on versity of Technology in 2007 and China plans to build or renovate Monday. banquets that might have inter­ was certified as a senior engineer. about 21,000 toilets at tourist Sun Bo, 57, former deputy Party fered with the fair execution of his He had served in the shipbuilder’s destinations next year, the Min­ A researcher from China’s Antarctic expedition team drills into a sheet chief and general manager of Chi­ official duties, the statement said. Party committee since 2009 and istry of Culture and Tourism of ice on Wednesday in an area that could be ideal for an airfield in na Shipbuilding Industry Corp, Sun failed to honestly report his was named board director, general said. The move is part of the Antarctica. LIU SHIPING / XINHUA was dismissed from his position personal information in accordance manager and the Party’s deputy country’s “toilet revolution”, and placed under investigation in with existing rules and took advan­ secretary in 2015. which began in 2015. The next June by the Central Commission tage of his position to create profits The anti­graft bodies have also step in the revolution was for Discipline Inspection and the for his family members, it said. placed another conglomerate’s sen­ announced at a conference in Expedition spots potential National Supervisory Commission. His abuse of power had particu­ ior official, Du Keping, under Guangdong province over the He violated political disciplines larly serious repercussions for the investigation, alleging violations of weekend. The ministry said the and rules, betrayed Party aspira­ nation’s interests. He is suspected discipline and laws. Du was for­ country has built or upgraded tions and was involved in deceit of the crimes of bribery and abuse merly deputy general manager of nearly 24,000 toilets for tourists site for Antarctic airfield that harmed the interests of the of power, it added. Sinochem Group, a statement this year, including about 15,000 State­owned enterprise, the watch­ “As a senior leading cadre of the released on Monday said. in less­developed central and By XING YI in Shanghai adding that previous expeditions dogs said in a statement posted Party and head of a State­owned Born in 1961 in Shandong prov­ western areas. To boost domestic [email protected] have also spotted sheets of blue ice. online. enterprise, Sun Bo is arrogant, dis­ ince, Du joined the Party in 1996 tourism, China aims to install or Chinese researchers drilled into Sun concealed the truth during respectful and unfaithful to the and started working for Sinochem upgrade a total of 64,000 toilets A large sheet of blue ice was spot­ the ice to check its thickness, Xin­ inspections, strayed from Party Party,” it said. “He was engaged in in 1989. He began serving on the in the 2018­20 period, according ted recently by China’s Antarctic hua News Agency reported. standards and has been engaged in power deals and bribery and failed enterprise’s Party committee and to an action plan released by the expedition team on the continent, “Blue ice has good bearing capaci­ superstitious activities for a long to stop after the Party’s 18th was named deputy general manag­ government. opening the possibility of building ty, impact resistance and stability,” time. He also violated the Party’s National Congress, and therefore er in 2010. He was removed from an airfield. Xinhua quoted Sun Bo, the leader of frugality rules, participating in should be dealt with seriously.” his post in 2017. XINHUA—CHINA DAILY The area is 10 kilometers southwest the 35th Antarctic expedition team, of the expedition base camp near as saying. Zhongshan Station, the country’s sci­ “China’s large transport aircraft — entific research station on the shore of the Y­20 and Airbus, as well as Boe­ Dark matter satellite still ticking; 2 more years expected Prydz Bay in East Antarctica, not far ing’s long­range commercial planes from the Russian Progress II Station. — can all take off and land on a blue­ NANJING — China’s Dark Mat­ 16,597 times in a sun­synchronous might be generated in the process “Key data is still being accumu­ Blue ice is some of the oldest and ice runway without modifying their ter Particle Explorer, nicknamed orbit at an altitude of 500 kilome­ of the annihilation or decay of dark lated. The extension of Wukong’s densest ice in Antarctica. Thanks to landing gear,” he said. Wukong, or Monkey King, will ters. It detected around 5.5 billion matter. service is the basis of all our its hard surface, it’s suitable for build­ Sun told China Daily before the extend its service in space by two cosmic particles. The satellite’s original objectives research,” said Guo Jianhua, depu­ ing runways where aircraft with expedition set off in early November years, as it is still in good condition “We hope that Wukong’s sharp have been completed, with some ty chief designer of the satellite pay­ wheels, rather than skis, can land. that it had been using Russia’s airfield and collecting important scientific eyes will detect 300 electrons that results exceeding expectations, the load. Whether this area is ideal for for the country’s polar aircraft Xue­ data, researchers said on Monday. are obviously different from the team reported. Compared with other dark mat­ building an airfield is still under ying (Snow Hawk) 601, a fixed­wing The team operating the satellite normal energy spectrum by the end In 2017, the British scientific jour­ ter detection equipment, Wukong investigation, said Guo Xiaodong, aircraft that can carry 18 passengers. said that Wukong’s key perform­ of 2019, which will provide theorists nal Nature published the high­en­ boasts advantages in its range of who is responsible for media rela­ The aircraft has made experimen­ ance indicators have barely with sufficient data to study the ergy electronic data collected by energy observation and resolu­ tions at the Polar Research Institute tal takeoffs and landings since 2015 changed since it was launched three nature of the electrons,” said Chang Wukong in the 18 months following tion. of China in Shanghai, the entity that on temporary runways near Taishan years ago as China’s first satellite to Jin, chief scientist of the team. its launch. Chang discovered an Dark matter is a hypothetical oversees the country’s Arctic and and Kunlun, the sites of other Chi­ probe dark matter, the mysterious Chang said the research team is unexpected surplus of high­energy form of matter that is thought to Antarctic expeditions. nese Antarctic stations. substance theorized in astrophysics confident the satellite will continue electrons that might be caused by account for around 80 percent of One of the missions of China’s There are currently eight blue­ice that pervades “empty” space. to work for another two years. the annihilation of dark matter, the matter in the universe and expedition this year is to identify airfields in the Antarctica, operated On Monday, the satellite reached China launched Wukong at the attracting attention from both the about a quarter of its total energy sites suitable for the country’s first by countries including the United its expected service life of three end of 2015 to detect high­energy domestic and foreign scientific density. It has not been observed airfield in the Antarctica, he said, States, Russia and Britain. years, having orbited the earth electrons and gamma rays that communities. directly.