Friday, November 10, 2017 5 If we carry on with further studies we’re confident that we will probably find that the mechanism underlying the CHINA aging rate of mammals is the same as for the worms.” Mu-Ming Poo, director of the Institute of Neuroscience, Chinese Academy of Sciences CHINA DAILY » CHINADAILY.COM.CN/ Briefly Ctrip day care center abuse suspects held SICHUAN 3,800 kung fu masters gather Video footage shows staff members at tors identified as mustard. Ctrip has formed its own supervisor, announced on said they thought supervision Ctrip alerted police to the inci- investigative team that will social media on Thursday that of the child care center was About 3,800 kung fu masters facility treating young children roughly dent on Tuesday. review the center’s surveil- the four suspects have been lax. Others questioned wheth- from around the world con- According to the police, the lance footage over the past fired. It also apologized to the er the day care staff and others verged on Mount Emei in children involved are between three months. families of the affected chil- were sufficiently qualified to Sichuan province to partici- By CAO CHEN in Shanghai of Ctrip, a major online travel 18 and 24 months old. All classes at the center were dren. take care of children. Many pate in a world martial arts [email protected] agency. Three suspects — a custodi- suspended on Thursday. The case provoked public saw regulatory and superviso- competition on Tuesday. The Video footage, which has an, a day care worker and the Operations at the center are shock, anger and discussion. ry negligence as the main 7th World Kung Fu Champi- Prosecutors specializing in gone viral since Monday, teacher in charge of the class managed by a company called More than 18.7 million neti- problem. onship kicked off in Emei- crimes against children in shows staff members at the — have been detained and Modern Family Magazine, zens joined an online discus- A comment from one netiz- shan city and will run until Shanghai’s Changning district center treating children charged with child abuse. A Ctrip said. sion group on Sina Weibo to en was popular: “We want jus- Saturday. Of the athletes at have taken up a case of child roughly, causing some to fall. fourth person, the head of the The Shanghai Women’s Fed- comment on the case. tice for the victims and the biennial event, 2,400 are abuse that allegedly took place Some children were forced to center, is being charged with eration, which is a shareholder While condemning the sus- protection for children in day Chinese and 1,400 are over- at the in-house day care center swallow a substance investiga- dereliction of duty. in the company and a direct pects involved, some netizens care.” seas competitors from 56 countries and regions, according to the organizers. Lighting up public awareness ZHEJIANG Chinese scientists Balcony killer gets death sentence identify genetic A man surnamed Xue was sentenced to death for kill- ing a woman he had pur- sued for eight years, pathway in aging Hangzhou Intermediate People’s Court announced By ZHOU WENTING on Thursday. Xue, 27, push- in Shanghai ed the woman, 26, off a zhouwenting@ 19th-floor balcony on chinadaily.com.cn March 21 in Hangzhou, Healthy human Zhejiang province. The inci- Chinese scientists study- dent occurred after Xue dis- ing a worm have found the life can be covered that the woman first genetic pathway under- had a boyfriend, and after lying natural variation in extended if there she rebuffed his physical aging, which could provide advances. The two were insights for the development is a way to target high school classmates. of interventions to slow these genes in down the process in humans. CHONGQING They found that the com- the future.” Monitors spot bination of a certain neuro- cellphone misuse peptide coding gene and its Mu-Ming Poo, director of the receptor gene controls the Institute of Neuroscience, A high-tech highway moni- stress reaction of a “longevity Chinese Academy of Sciences toring system in Chongqing gene”, which regulates the can tell if drivers are using rate of aging. their cellphones. The sys- The more active the cod- tion regulates aging, and the tem, which is being tested in ing gene and the stronger the role of neuromodulatory sig- one district in the city, auto- receptor gene, the more rap- naling in the process. matically captures images of id aging occurs, according to Lab experiments were Firefighters participate in a rescue exercise in Xingyi, Guizhou province, on Thursday. The date, Nov 9, reflects China’s emergency tele- drivers with unfastened seat the team from the Chinese conducted on Caenorhabdi- phone number for fires — 119 — making it the ideal day to raise public awareness of fire safety. LIU CHAOFU / FOR CHINA DAILY belts or who are talking on Academy of Sciences’ Insti- tis elegans, a transparent the phone. So far, 145 cases tute of Neuroscience. worm about 1 millimeter in of cellphone misuse and 307 An article about their length that lives in temper- cases of unfastened seat study, which took more than ate soil environments. It is belts have been reported. five years, was published on the basis of the animal model The Chongqing traffic police Thursday in the journal widely used for age-related Beijing casts recruiting net overseas for talent are considering expanding Nature. research because of its clear the system to the rest of the Uncovering the genetic genetic profile and short life By LI LEI bjrcgz.gov.cn, bjrbj.gov.cn, ing project. Participants in the progress in different fields,” city. secrets of the aging rate is span — an average of three [email protected] 8610hr.cn or juxian.com. project are eligible for favora- she said. significant, as the average weeks. The first round of recruit- ble policies, including salary, As many still lack clear GUANGDONG age of the global population The tiny free-living worms Beijing is offering 17 govern- ment began in 2012. At that Beijing household registra- expectations about working in 1,420 detained in is rising fast. Aging is also a from different parts of the ment posts to highly qualified time, only seven high-level tion and social security bene- government, only a small per- gang crackdown major risk factor for diseas- world show varied rates of people overseas to improve posts were available. fits. centage of highly qualified for- es, such as cancers and dia- decline in virility, eating and the decision-making capacity According to Beijing’s regu- Ge Wei, marketing manager eigners or Chinese nationals Police in Guangdong prov- betes, the researchers said. locomotion during aging. and global perspective of the lation on government jobs for of Lockin China, a website that will choose to do so. Therefore ince said on Thursday that According to the United Researchers said they have local government. overseas talent, “high-level” provides job information to the program is bound to they had busted more than Nations, the number of peo- not yet found the worms’ The jobs, which were refers to individuals who have Chinese students overseas, improve the situation, she said. 130 gangs and detained ple age 60 or older hit 1 bil- neuropeptide in the human offered recently, are part of the earned a doctorate at a pres- said workers in Chinese gov- “The Lockin China survey about 1,420 suspects in a lion worldwide this year and body. city’s third round of overseas tigious university outside Chi- ernments who were trained shows that foreign enterprises major crackdown on orga- will rise to 3.1 billion by 2100. “But we know that animal talent recruitment that targets na, and have held a high outside the country can help would be the first choice for nized crime. The police “When people live longer, evolution is conservative, both qualified foreigners and position at well-known insti- domestic enterprises develop the majority of overseas stu- began preparing the anti- they begin to care more and if we carry on with fur- Chinese nationals who are liv- tutions of higher learning, overseas markets because they dents if they come back to Chi- gang operation in the first about healthy aging, which ther studies we’re confident ing overseas. enterprises, financial institu- understand both China and na. The second-most-popular half of the year by probing means keeping healthy and that we will probably find The 17 positions include tions, law firms, international the world. choice is State-owned enter- gangs accused of terrorizing youthful and having a better that the mechanism underly- four in the municipal govern- organizations, NGOs or gov- “Many of them have studied prises,” she said. local people over issues quality of life in their twilight ing the aging rate of mam- ment and 13 divided among 10 ernments. at the world’s top universities “People who choose to work including land leases, con- years, like some lucky ones mals is the same as for the of Beijing’s district govern- Successful candidates will or worked in the top 500 com- for government are few and struction, private lending do,” said Cai Shiqing, the worms,” said Mu-Ming Poo, ments, according to a report be eligible for a salary in line panies, so they know the far between. I believe the move and mining. Detentions team’s lead researcher. director of the institute and on Thursday in Beijing Daily. with international standards trends and direction of each will promote understanding started in late September. One peer review of the an academician of the sci- For detailed job informa- and will be included in the field well.