6 | Wednesday, September 9, 2020 HONG KONG EDITION | CHINA DAILY CHINA Fintech: PLA responds Major after shots fired projects proceed as at border area scheduled From page 1 India urged to stop dangerous actions, Last year, the People’s Bank of pull back troops that have trespassed China, China’s central bank, pub­ lished a three­year fintech devel­ By ZHANG ZHIHAO pull back troops that had entered opment plan, from 2019 to 2021. and MO JINGXI Chinese territory, strictly restrain So far, some results have been the behavior of its front­line service­ achieved and major projects are The Chinese military was “forced men and seriously investigate and Left: Strong winds ruin the umbrella of a resident in Changchun, Jilin province, on Tuesday. Typhoon proceeding as scheduled, said Li to take countermeasures” to main­ punish those who fired on the Chi­ Haishen brought strong winds and rains to many areas in Jilin. Right: Workers clear branches in a street Wei, head of the science and tech­ tain stability on the border with nese soldiers to ensure similar inci­ brought down by winds in Changchun. WANG QIANG / FOR CHINA DAILY nology department of the PBOC. India after Indian troops trespassed dents do not occur again. Issuing the central bank digital at the southern end of Pangong Tso The PLA Western Theater Com­ currency was included in that Lake on Monday and fired warning mand will uphold its duty and mis­ blueprint, which also involves shots at Chinese border patrols, sion to staunchly safeguard national developing fintech services based Senior Colonel Zhang Shuili, sovereignty, Zhang said. Typhoon weakens to tropical on blockchain, big data, artificial spokesman for the People’s Libera­ Foreign Ministry spokesman intelligence and financial security tion Army Western Theater Com­ Zhao Lijian said at a regular news technology. mand, said on Tuesday. briefing on Tuesday that China has storm, but heavy rains persist The basic technology frame­ It was the second time that Indian lodged solemn representations to work of the digital currency has troops had violated the Chinese bor­ India both through diplomatic and almost been completed, with der in eastern Ladakh in China’s military channels. By ZHOU HUIYING in Harbin day due to the typhoon, and nearby Mu’en, head of the provincial water sophisticated top­level design, Tibet autonomous region in the past “China always emphasizes that and LIU MINGTAI in Changchun cities like Jilin and Yanbian issued resource department, said at a and trials are ongoing in some two weeks. both sides should peacefully settle similar notices to suspend classes. news conference on Sunday. application scenarios, said Ben In Monday’s incident, the PLA their differences through dialogue Typhoon Haishen — the 10th The city of Hunchun in the Yan­ Compared with other provinces Shenglin, co­head of the Interna­ personnel were about to negotiate and consultation, and confronta­ typhoon of the year — that landed bian Korean autonomous prefec­ in eastern and southern China, tional Monetary Institute at Ren­ with the Indian side when they were tion won’t benefit either side,” he on the southern coast of South ture upgraded its emergency typhoons are less common in min University of China. fired upon by Indian soldiers, Zhang told reporters in Beijing, adding Korea on Monday morning, has response for floods and typhoons Northeast China. said in a statement. that he hopes the two sides can weakened to become a tropical to Level II, the second­highest in However, the series of three Zhang called the shots a serious reach consensus on disengagement storm, but the gales and torrential the country’s four­tier emergency typhoons — Bavi, Maysak and violation of relevant agreements as soon as possible. rains it brought hit vast northeast­ response system, and relocated Haishen — brought heavy rain and between the two countries and a The incident came three days after ern China, triggering school sus­ 1,499 residents on Monday. strong wind to the region within The fast progress “serious military provocation” that the two countries’ defense ministers pensions on Tuesday. The Heilongjiang Provincial half a month. will give the PBOC a had escalated tension and could eas­ met in Moscow and agreed to de­ It will continue to weaken as it Department of Agriculture and Meteorological experts explained ily lead to misunderstandings. escalate the border situation. moves northwest with lesser influ­ Rural Affairs issued guidelines on it was mainly the subtropical high leading position The two sides had previously During their meeting, Chinese ence on the northeastern region, Monday evening, including various pressure that caused the three among its global agreed not to use firearms at the State Councilor and Defense Minis­ the National Meteorological Cen­ concrete measures to ensure the typhoons to move northward. peers in officially border. They were the first shots ter Wei Fenghe stressed that China ter said on Tuesday, adding that the safety of agricultural production. “Heavy rain and strong wind reported to have been fired there in cannot lose one inch of its territory areas will still witness gales and For example, the document said brought by Typhoon Maysak struck launching a digital 45 years. and that Chinese troops are com­ torrential rains until Thursday. agricultural experts should be Jilin around Sept 3, knocking over currency.” As a result, the Chinese border pletely determined, able and ready The NMC warned local authori­ organized to scientifically assess crops and flooding fields,” said troops “were forced to take necessa­ to safeguard its sovereignty and ter­ ties to strengthen preparations to the impact of disasters and imple­ Zhang Yonglin, deputy head of the Ben Shenglin, ry countermeasures to get the situa­ ritorial integrity. reduce losses, considering that two ment production recovery meas­ provincial department of agricul­ co­head of the International tion under control”, he said. typhoons had hit the regions days ures depending on local ture and rural affairs. Monetary Institute at Renmin He urged the Indian side to imme­ Contact the writers at before. conditions. “Around 577,000 hectares of University of China diately stop its dangerous actions, [email protected] The education bureau of Chang­ Jilin province is also facing the fields were affected, 90 percent of chun, capital of Jilin province, high risk of flooding and mountain which are planted with corn.” The fast progress will give the requested all primary and second­ torrents, as soil has already been PBOC a leading position among ary schools and kindergartens in saturated due to the heavy rain Contact the writers at its global peers in officially the city to suspend classes on Tues­ brought by previous typhoons, Han [email protected] launching a digital currency, Ben Shandong residents rush told China Daily on the sidelines of the forum. Zhou Gengqiang, deputy secre­ to donate blood for boy, 7 tary­general of the China Banking HK teachers urged to teach what’s Association, said that along with By ZHAO RUIXUE in Jinan on Sunday because there were volun­ the research and promotion of the [email protected] teers in line waiting to donate for the central bank digital currency, boy,” said Li Peng, deputy director of right about city’s governing system commercial banks should have People in Shandong province the center. more opportunities to provide replenished its AB­type blood bank Members of the Zibo Sunshine By GANG WEN in Hong Kong dents. He said Hong Kong never He called for guidelines for vari­ usage scenarios, as well as data in two days after learning that a Rescue Team were among the [email protected] had “separation of powers”, and it’s ous subjects, such as Chinese histo­ and client services, in order to 7­year­old boy was in urgent need of respondents. misleading to insert the phrase in ry and moral, civic and national bring more safe and convenient AB blood for medical treatment, the “At first, we requested our team Hong Kong education experts on textbooks. education, to be issued, stating products to customers. Shandong Provincial Blood Center members who have AB­type blood to Tuesday urged teachers to uphold Wong Kwan­yu, chairman of the clearly the fallacies in the textbooks. Executives from multilateral said on Monday. head to Jinan on Monday morning, their professionalism and stick to Hong Kong Federation of Educa­ The Education Bureau should development banks expressed The center called on Sunday for but considering the boy’s critical con­ the facts following official clarifica­ tion Workers, agreed, saying the also ensure the quality of teachers in their expectations about the cen­ people with AB­type blood to donate dition, 17 of us arrived in Jinan on tions of the city’s executive­led polit­ Basic Law clearly stipulates that classrooms, Ho said. School princi­ tral bank digital currency, which is to help the boy, who needs 3,000 mil­ Sunday night,” said team leader ical system. Hong Kong has an executive­led pals should clearly outline teachers’ undergoing tests. liliters of blood every day for medical Zheng Chuanheng. Chief Executive Carrie Lam political system, and it’s most professional code of ethics so that Anil Kishora, vice­president of treatment in an intensive­care unit at A huge number of netizens sent Cheng Yuet­ngor pledged on Tues­ appropriate for teaching material to they have clear guidelines to follow, the New Development Bank, a Shandong Provincial Hospital in Ji­ their blessings to the boy and his day that serious efforts will be made be consistent with the Basic Law. he added. multilateral development bank nan, the provincial capital. family, expressing hopes he will to strengthen education on the He said it’s biased and inaccurate Lawmaker and Basic Law Com­ set up by the BRICS nations — The boy had been in the ICU for recover soon. Basic Law and the National Security to generalize the checks and balan­ mittee member Priscilla Leung Mei­ Brazil, Russia, India, China and nine days after eating poisonous His brother shared pictures of the Law on campuses to dispel any mis­ ces among the three branches of fun said civil servants also need to South Africa — said that the mushrooms and was still in critical mushrooms the boy ate to warn peo­ understanding of the special admin­ government as a “separation of have a better understanding of the PBOC is expected to be one of the condition on Monday, it said. ple of the risks. istrative region’s governing system. powers”. Now that central govern­ Basic Law. leading central banks to issue a Acting on the call, 989 people “Although Shandong is not a place Two central government agencies ment officials and the local adminis­ She said if public servants can digital currency and attention across Shandong rushed to Jinan to where mushroom poisoning cases overseeing Hong Kong affairs reiter­ tration have clarified the matter, grasp its provisions concerning the should be paid to its impact on donate 322,200 ml of blood by 2 pm are frequently seen, there are several ated on Monday that the SAR’s con­ teachers and textbook publishers constitutional relationship between regulatory policy in the future. on Monday. They included 425 cases every year,” said Zhao Jinshan stitutional document puts the chief should amend their mistakes and the central authorities and the SAR, Joachim von Amsberg, vice­ donors who contributed 152,200 ml from the Food and Nutrition Institute executive at the core of the govern­ teach students what’s right. they would have no trouble under­ president for policy and strategy of AB blood. at the Shandong Provincial Center for ance system, instead of one of “sepa­ Ho welcomed quality assurance standing that Hong Kong does not of the Asian Infrastructure Invest­ Because the red blood cells can last Disease Control and Prevention. ration of powers”. measures conducted by the authori­ have “separation of powers”. ment Bank, said that the financ­ for no more than 35 days, the center Zhao said that measures such as Ho Hon­kuen, chairman of local ties, such as the launch of profes­ ing gap of digital infrastructure in called on Monday for AB blood freezing, drying, frying and steaming teachers’ alliance Education Con­ sional consultancy services for Inside Asia is predicted to reach $500 bil­ donors to pause donations for two cannot remove poisons from mush­ vergence, said the SAR government textbooks on liberal studies, but he lion by 2030, which provides huge weeks. rooms, so the best way to avoid poi­ is acting in the best interests of stu­ believes that more could be done. To the point, page 8 opportunities for the multilateral “We didn’t call it a day until 11 pm soning is not to eat wild mushrooms. development bank to increase cross­border investment. Li, the PBOC official, said that Lab’s daily testing capacity surpasses 200k regulations on fintech technolo­ gy development will focus on Stone going home protecting personal privacy, By CHEN ZIMO in Hong Kong ed. Guo said the participation rate day to complete the tests before the expanding fintech services to [email protected] is satisfactory, and identifying last 117 support team members benefit more individuals, and silent carriers can help block the arrived on Thursday. streamlining regulations. A Chinese mainland expert invisible transmission chain in the After more than a month of coop­ “The third group of fintech reg­ working for Hong Kong’s citywide community. eration, Guo praised the Hong ulation projects in Beijing are in virus testing program revealed on Guo, technologist­in­charge at Kong government officials in the pipeline,” Li said. Beijing Tuesday that the newly­built Huo­ the First Affiliated Hospital of Sun charge of pandemic control as became the first city in China to Yan Laboratory could process more Yat­sen University in Guangzhou, “excellent”, and said the authorities launch fintech regulation trials, than 200,000 samples a day, as he arrived in Hong Kong on Aug 2. He had made huge efforts to get the or the so­called Regulatory Sand­ encouraged more residents to join is among 427 mainland technicians mass testing off the ground. box, a British regulatory model. the project, which aims to cut the helping the city increase its testing Hong Kong on Tuesday recorded Now 17 projects are undergoing invisible transmission chain. capacity to cope with a third wave six new cases, the lowest daily tally tests, including blockchain­ Guo Penghao, deputy head of a of the outbreak. during its third wave of infections. based credit services and supply support team from Guangdong Inside the temporary laboratory Two of the three new local cases chain financing. province, said that the testing capac­ at the Sun Yat Sen Memorial Park were detected by the testing pro­ Nearly 150 international and ity meets the needs of the Universal Sports Centre on Hong Kong gram. domestic financial institutions Community Testing Programme. Island, the mainland team, togeth­ Hong Kong Chief Executive Car­ are participating online and off­ On Tuesday, around 113,000 people er with about 200 Hong Kong tech­ rie Lam Cheng Yuet­ngor urged res­ line in the financial services the­ Workers in Beijing prepare to transport a limestone back to Yuan­ took the free, voluntary test. nicians, work in three shifts to keep idents to participate in the COVID­ matic exhibition at the CIFTIS, mingyuan Park — or the Old Summer Palace, where it was originally As of Tuesday, the program had the lab running 24/7. 19 testing program, saying that including 43 foreign financial hosted — on Tuesday. The stone was found in a residential area in revealed at least 18 infections According to Guo, many of the residents are welcome to walk in institutions from 18 countries the capital’s Xicheng district. ZOU HONG / CHINA DAILY among the 1.2 million people test­ technicians had to work 12 hours a without registration. and regions.