4 Tuesday, September 11, 2018 Our race overlaps with the economic forum, which provides a golden opportunity to boost people­to­people exchanges between the two cities and two countries.” CHINA Gao Jun, founder of the Fareast Cup International Regatta CHINA DAILY HONG KONG EDITION Emotional farewell Sailboats Submersible boosting sets ocean China, Russia depth record exchanges By XIE CHUANJIAO Progress continues on craft that can in Qingdao, Shandong and explore the most remote parts of sea SUN XIAOCHEN in Beijing The Fareast Cup Inter­ By ZHAO LEI national Regatta, which [email protected] sails between China and 11,000 Russia, highlights growing China’s unmanned sub­ sports exchanges between mersible Hailong 11000 — meters the countries. also known as Sea Dragon As the fourth Eastern 11000 — recently set a Maximum depth at Economic Forum opens on national depth record for a which Hailong 11000 Tuesday in Russia’s Vladi­ Chinese robotic submersible, is designed to work vostok, six racing yachts according to the Ministry of joined various local boats Natural Resources. for close­to­shore sailing The ministry, which and demonstrations. merged with the former and location systems. On The event serves as a State Oceanic Administra­ April 1, it dived to 2,605 midcourse break for the tion in March, said in a state­ meters. regatta, which set sail from ment on Monday that the According to the China A newly enlisted soldier bids goodbye to his mother and sister at Beijing South Railway Station before heading to his military camp on Qingdao, Shandong prov­ record was set during a test Ocean Mineral Resources Monday. More than 3,000 youths in the capital, of whom over 80 percent are university students, were enlisted. WU YIBIN / FOR CHINA DAILY ince, on Sept 1 and will dive in the northwestern Research and Development return from Vladivostok on Pacific Ocean on Sept 1 when Association, which uses the Friday to finish the 2,000­ the submersible reached a Hailong, the vehicle is sched­ nautical­mile round trip. depth of 5,630 meters. uled to perform an 11,000­ A halfway award ceremo­ Hailong 11000 is a remote­ meter test dive in three years. ny for the Qingdao­Vladi­ ly operated underwater vehi­ The craft’s mother ship, Chinese, African media to cooperate vostok voyage will take cle designed by a team Dayang 1, is a 5,600­metric­ place on Wednesday as part headed by Ge Tong at Shang­ ton scientific research ship of the forum’s cultural hai Jiao Tong University’s based in Qingdao, Shandong By LIU XUAN the media represent one of media should use the internet exchange activities before Institute of Underwater province. It was built in the [email protected] the ways to “strengthen the and produce more new media competing fleets participate Engineering. It is designed to former Soviet Union in 1984 bonds between the people of content. in a warmup inshore race work at a maximum depth of and was purchased by the Media have the responsibili­ China and Africa”. Dweh suggested a training on Thursday to prepare for 11,000 meters and is mainly China Ocean Mineral Resour­ ty to tell authentic China­Africa Nimley Nicolas Dweh, edi­ We are working to program for African journal­ the second long voyage. tasked with deep­sea scientif­ ces Research and Develop­ stories, promote cooperation tor of Liberia’s NEWS newspa­ ists to more effectively com­ The regatta, which was ic observation. ment Association in 1994. The and strengthen ties, journalists per, said that only through the introduce Chinese municate information related launched in 2016 as part of The record was previously vessel has received several agreed on Monday during a participation of the media can to FOCAC and China­Africa China’s effort to promote held by Haixing 6000, which upgrades in China and has discussion about the role of the the Chinese and African peo­ stories to Africa, cooperation that will be bene­ the Belt and Road Initia­ reached a depth of 5,611 been used for many oceano­ media. ple understand FOCAC and ficial for both sides. tive, visited Vladivostok for meters during a test dive in graphic survey missions. More than 50 media repre­ promote the development of and more African Ahmed Hazem Samir Sayed the first time in its third the western Pacific in Sep­ China has been focusing sentatives from China and Afri­ China­Africa relations. from Egypt’s Al Gomhouria edition with the aim of tember 2017. Haixing 6000 on deep­sea exploration and ca gathered in Beijing to discuss He said the media need to stories should be newspaper said that strength­ enhancing cultural and was developed by the Chi­ has allocated considerable the media’s role in building a produce more in­depth stories ening media capacity and cul­ sports exchanges between nese Academy of Sciences resources in the research and China­Africa community with a related to the achievements of brought to China.” tivating more talent is the next the cities, said Gao Jun, and is the first remotely development of advanced shared future, following last the forum, such as in the fields Ma Xiaoning from People’s Daily step in cooperation. founder of the race. operated underwater vehicle submersibles. week’s 2018 Beijing Summit of of medical treatment, educa­ Ma Xiaoning from People’s “Our race overlaps with built by China that was capa­ So far, the nation has had the Forum on China­Africa tion and infrastructure con­ Daily said exchanging report­ the economic forum, which ble of diving to 6,000 m. two manned deep­sea sub­ Cooperation, or FOCAC. struction. “Currently, there is a big gap ers can assist with mutual provides a golden opportu­ In the operation on Sept 1, mersibles, Jiaolong and Shen­ President Xi Jinping said Guo Lin from Beijing’s in reporting between the two understanding. nity to boost people­to­peo­ Hailong 11000 stayed under­ hai Yongshi, and several during the opening ceremony Guangming Daily said the sides, so we should work clos­ “We are working to introduce ple exchanges between the water for 13 hours and con­ robotic models, including the of the summit that a China­Af­ media have an irreplaceable er to make our voice heard by Chinese stories to Africa, and two cities and two coun­ ducted four hours of high­ Qianlong and Hailong series. rica media cooperation net­ role in providing authentic and the world,” he said, adding more African stories should be tries,” he said. definition observation of the Currently, researchers at work will be established, as informative news products. that the Chinese and African brought to China,” she said. To make the race a bigger sea floor. The operation also the China Ship Scientific platform, the regatta will verified the vehicle’s capabil­ Research Center in Wuxi, open to more sailing disci­ ities and reliability, the state­ Jiangsu province, are devel­ plines and formats, such as ment said. oping a manned submersible monohull and catamaran Hailong 11000 made its capable of reaching the bot­ New rules laid down for kindergartens boats, and increase the first dive on March 30 in the tom of the Mariana Trench in number of participants western Pacific, reaching a the western Pacific, the starting in 2020, Gao said. depth of 410 m, while testing world’s deepest known By XIN WEN Chu Zhaohui, a senior education, said in a news con­ only as Liu from Hebei prov­ After a challenging voy­ its control, power, propulsion trench. [email protected] researcher at the National ference in March that China ince. age set out from the Qing­ Institute of Education Scien­ has a shortage of 710,000 kin­ The suspect was detained dao Olympic Sailing Center, Kindergartens in Beijing ces, said the rules set a good dergarten teachers and on Dec 29 and accused of the defending champion are now required to have a standard for kindergartens 760,000 caregivers, based on using needles to “discipline” fleet from Russia — Seven minimum of two people at all that could be expanded the standard of one teacher her students. Feet — finished first in the times looking after the chil­ nationwide in the future. for every 15 children and one The allegations prompted first half by arriving in dren, local authorities said on However, he warned that caregiver for every 30. a citywide inspection of kin­ Vladivostok in six days and Friday. the qualifications of kinder­ Under the new regulation, a dergartens in November, and 20 hours, followed by the The rule is intended to mini­ garten faculty members need much stricter admission stan­ the Beijing Education Com­ South Korean team Code mize risks in the capital’s kin­ greater scrutiny, as many pre­ dard will also be applied to mission ordered all institu­ Zero Gyeonggi­do. dergartens in the wake of a schools lack qualified, respon­ establish a punishment mech­ tions to take immediate The Qingdao­based team child abuse case at Beijing RYB sible teachers, especially in anism. Inappropriate behav­ steps to reduce potential Shanghai Cooperation kindergarten in the Xintiandi rural areas. He once proposed ior by teachers — including risks. Organization Youth, the community of Chaoyang dis­ to the Ministry of Education any abuse, discrimination, Surveillance cameras will Russian fleet Decision and trict in November, according that 200,000 kindergarten physical punishment or also cover all public areas in Team Qingdao China to a statement released by the teachers should be trained humiliation of children — will the capital’s kindergartens, as rounded out the top five. General Office of the Beijing every year to fill the faculty be treated severely.