4 | Monday, August 3, 2020 HONG KONG EDITION | CHINA DAILY CHINA Rice transplant Bone DNA Alerts issued of missing as heavy rain student discovered By CANG WEI in Nanjing forecast to hit [email protected] Police in Golmud, Qinghai Two typhoons bring downpours and province, said on Saturday that gales amid threat to flood infrastructure DNA testing has confirmed that bone tissue discovered in the Hoh Xil Nature Reserve By HOU LIQIANG China is expected to be hit by more belonged to a female college stu- [email protected] typhoons than average this month, dent who had been reported Xiang Chunyi, a senior engineer missing since early July. Two typhoons and a monsoon are with the center, said. The Golmud public security expected to lash vast areas in south- Since 1949, an average of 1.9 bureau said police found an ID ern and northern China with down- typhoons have made landfall in Chi- card, student card and other pours in the coming four days, na each August, but two to three are items belonging to the missing authorities warned. expected this month, she said. student, Huang Yumeng, in a The National Meteorological Cen- Also on Sunday, the center issued Volunteers help transplant rice seedlings in Lu’an, Anhui province, on Sunday. To help ease losses depopulated area on the south ter issued a blue alert, the lowest in a blue alert for severe convective caused by flooding, Party volunteers and local agricultural experts were dispatched to plant crops side of the Qingshui River in the the country’s four-tier color-coded weather, which is characterized by with farmers. CHEN LI / FOR CHINA DAILY reserve. weather warning system, for strong winds, hail, thunderstorms Police also discovered bone Typhoon Hagupit on Sunday. and brief but heavy rainfall. tissue at the site and confirmed With a maximum wind speed of The alert warned of torrential Huang’s death after comparing 72 kilometers per hour at its center, rains with hourly precipitation of 30 the tissue’s DNA with that of her the fourth typhoon of the year was to 50 mm in 16 provincial-level parents. Homicide was ruled out in waters 690 km southeast of Cang- regions, including Shandong, Hei- New COVID-19 cases falling in Xinjiang after preliminary investigation. nan county in Zhejiang province at longjiang, Jilin and Hebei provinces “Our preliminary judgment is 10 am on Sunday, the center said. and Beijing in the 24 hours starting By AYBEK ASKHAR in Urumqi cases outside Urumqi. Among 112 “By Friday, we had completed that the missing girl tried to It said the typhoon was moving 2 pm on Sunday. and ZHANG XIAOMIN in Dalian, asymptomatic carriers, only two 4.48 million nucleic acid tests,” commit suicide when she northwest at 15 to 20 km/h and is State Councilor Wang Yong has Liaoning are not in the capital. Zhao Lian, deputy director of the arrived in Hoh Xil,” said Xie expected to make landfall on the called for all-out efforts in flood con- The health commission also said Dalian health commission, told a Wenlin, chairman of Lantian coast between Zhejiang and Fujian trol and post-disaster recovery to The daily number of confirmed 23 people who had confirmed infec- news conference on Sunday. Emergency Rescue Center in provinces on Monday night. ensure the safety of people’s lives COVID-19 cases in Xinjiang Uygur tions had been discharged from The city reported three new con- the Haixi Mongolian-Tibetan “The cyclone will quickly weaken and property. autonomous region started to hospitals after recovery and 14,640 firmed COVID-19 cases on Satur- autonomous prefecture in after it lands,” the center added. Wang, also head of the State Flood decline during the weekend after people in Urumqi were under med- day. The total number of confirmed Qinghai. Gales will strike some areas in Control and Drought Relief Head- increasing for eight consecutive ical observation by Saturday. cases with symptoms has risen to Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Fujian provin- quarters, made the remarks during days following the start of the latest All of the confirmed and asymp- 79 since July 22, Zhao said. ces as well as Shanghai and Taiwan an inspection of flood control and outbreak on July 15. tomatic infections in the capital A 1-month-old boy became the from Sunday to Tuesday, and vast disaster relief work in Anhui prov- In hard-hit Urumqi, the region’s have received free medical treat- youngest infected person in the city. One of the main stretches of Zhejiang and Fujian will ince on Friday and Saturday. capital, the number of locally trans- ment and services, an official said “The baby is in stable condition be battered by downpours for two Noting that risks and hidden dan- mitted infections reported on Fri- at a news conference on Sunday. and in good spirits,” Zhao Guang- causes of her death days starting Monday, it said. gers are rising as high water levels day dropped to 31, a significant Rui Baoling, head of the city’s dong, a member of the city’s expert might have been On Saturday, the national observa- in rivers, lakes and reservoirs decline from the 111 confirmed cas- disease control and prevention group for the treatment of COVID- tory issued a blue alert for Typhoon threaten flood control infrastruc- es the day before, and it remained center, said the situation is still 19 infections, said on Saturday. high-altitude Sinlaku, the third typhoon of the ture across the country, Wang stable on Saturday with 29 con- severe and complicated and the Zhao said the baby is being taken hypoxia and the year. Though it has left China as it stressed efforts to closely monitor firmed cases reported in the city, region must remain vigilant. care of by medical staff and his heads northwest, it could still result flood conditions, strictly guard official figures show. In Dalian, Liaoning province, mother, who also tested positive for extreme cold in gales and downpours in some against safety risks and prepare for According to the region’s health large-scale nucleic acid testing the virus. weather at night in parts of the country. typhoons and heavy rainfall to pre- commission, as of Saturday, the work was extended to rural areas From Sunday to Thursday, Guang- vent major disasters and casualties. total number of confirmed cases in over the weekend after urban resi- Contact the writers at Hoh Xil.” dong and Hainan provinces and He also asked local authorities Xinjiang was 569, with only four dents completed testing. [email protected] Xie Wenlin, chairman of Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region to enhance support for flood vic- Lantian Emergency Rescue will be hit by downpours, with total tims in terms of epidemic control, Center in the Haixi precipitation of up to 350 millime- livelihood assistance, produc- Mongolian-Tibetan ters expected, the center said. tion, hygiene and compensation autonomous prefecture, Following the only July without a to restore business activity and Tradition: Study sessions great innovation Qinghai province typhoon in the Northwest Pacific daily life to normality as quickly and the South China Sea since 1949, as possible. From page 1 The institutionalized group Speaking at a conference marking “Her belongings found at the study sessions are a great innova- the 80th anniversary of the Party site, including some of her Most study sessions have tion of the CPC, said Zhu Lingjun, a School of the CPC Central Commit- clothes, had no blood on them. focused on concrete policy issues professor specializing in Party tee on March 1, 2013, Xi said the CPC She might have taken sleeping Keeping cool such as reform and development, building at the Party School of the has got to where it is today through pills to induce a coma. One of the national security, rule of law, histo- CPC Central Committee. This dem- learning, and it will continue along main causes of her death might ry, global governance, ecological onstrates a significant step that this course in the future. have been high-altitude hypoxia and environmental protection, helps the CPC build itself into a With more than 90 million mem- and the extreme cold weather at poverty relief, urban development learning Party, he added. bers, the CPC will mark its centena- night in Hoh Xil.” and science and technology. ry next year as the world’s largest Hoh Xil, which covers 4.5 mil- Some sessions have explored Regular practice political party. While uniting the lion hectares of the Qinghai-Ti- theoretical or ideological issues, When delivering the work report Chinese people to achieve economic bet Plateau, has a large such as Party building and how to on behalf of the CPC Central Com- growth and social stability, the CPC depopulated area, fierce wild build socialism with Chinese mittee at the 19th CPC National has also led the country to become animals and extreme weather characteristics. Congress in 2017, Xi said: “We will an important player on the interna- that pose great danger to even The topics of the lectures always foster a Marxist style of learning, tional stage, and actively participat- experienced adventurers. advance with the times, Zhu said, and make it a regular practice and ed in global governance in an open, Qinghai, Jiangsu and Sichuan and they are chosen to be closely an institutionalized requirement inclusive and cooperative manner. provinces, as well as Tibet auton- related to domestic and interna- for all Party members to gain a good omous region, had sent more tional developments, China’s command of the Party Constitution, Self-reform than 100 police officers to search reform and opening-up or in Party regulations, and related Experts said that the courage for for Huang, but looking for a sin- Two women use portable fans for relief from the hot weather in response to pressing social and major policy addresses and to meet self-reform has created continual gle person in the area was like Nanjing, Jiangsu province, on Sunday.