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Relief workers carry a child to a helicopter in Caopo Township in Wenchuan County， southwest China’s Sichuan Province， on July 16 after a flood inundated the region.
The provincial government reported on the day that rainstormtriggered floods and a landslide in the previous week had claimed 58 lives and left 175 people missing in Sichuan.
The Ministry of Finance said on July 17 that 250 million yuan （$41 million） from the central budget had been allocated to Sichuan for rebuilding damaged homes and as allowance for flood victims.
Legal Aid
A volunteer legal aid campaign has benefited more than 17 million people over the past year， one of its co-organizers revealed on July 15.
In the 1+1 Volunteer Legal Aid Campaign， launched by the Ministry of Justice and the Central Committee of the Communist Youth League in 2009， about 180 volunteers have handled 13，280 cases and helped solve 2，600 disputes in the past year， according to the China Legal Aid Foundation.
The campaign aims to provide legal services in areas lacking lawyers. Lawyers and law students are sent to the regions to provide assistance for a year at a time.
More than 100 Chinese counties still have no lawyers working in them. The absence has caused a bottleneck in economic and social development of these areas. This year’s campaign will see more than 200 volunteers sent to 123 counties across China to dispense legal advice and assistance to those in need.
HK Suffrage
Zhang Xiaoming， Director of the
Liaison Office of the Chinese Central People’s Government in Hong
Kong Special Administrative Region（HKSAR）， said on June 16 that the Central Government’s sincerity toward universal suffrage in Hong Kong is undoubted， and the whole process must follow the course set in 2007 by the HKSAR Basic Law and the National People’s Congress Standing Committee.
“We should get to know clearly the terms and regulations of the Basic Law concerning the Chief Executive and Legislative Council elections to find what problems are yet to be solved and what problems have already been tackled，” Zhang said.
“Then we should concentrate on studying those unsolved problems， explore their possible solutions and finally have a concrete solution plan. That would be the right approach，”he said.
Zhang stressed that the HKSAR’s approach to universal suffrage must be compatible with its administrative status， comply with the principle of“one country， two systems” and respect the relationship between Hong Kong and the Central Government， adding that the electoral setup must ensure state sovereignty and the Central Government’s lawful rights. Voc-Ed Employment
The employment rate for graduates of higher vocational schools in China rose slightly from 2010 to 2012， according to a report released on July 16.
The report， jointly conducted by the Shanghai Academy of Educational Sciences and educational research company MyCOS Institute， said that the employment rate of vocational graduates increased to 90.4 percent in 2012， just below the 91.5-percent employment rate for college graduates in the same year.
Researchers surveyed about 200，000 graduates of higher vocational schools in the 31 provinciallevel regions on the Chinese mainland over the past few years.
According to the report， more than 40，000 technical courses were jointly developed by vocational schools and companies， and 1，318 majors were created in higher vocational education. The survey also shows that the incomes of higher vocation school graduates rose 120 percent from 2009 to 2012.
Space Research
Scientists from all over the world will conduct advanced interdisciplinary studies at a Beijing branch of the International Space Science Institute（ISSI）.
Launched on July 16 by the ISSI， based in Bern， Switzerland， and Beijing-based National Space Science Center of the Chinese Academy of Sciences， the Beijing institute will contribute to a deeper understanding of the results from different space missions， groundbased observations and laboratory experiments.
The newly established ISSI-Beijing will advance the internationalization of space science research， and provide an important window on Chinese space science to the scientific community， according to a statement of the branch.
This year， ISSI-Beijing will support one international team and four forums on science topics， including x-ray timing and polarization， as well as solar polar orbit observation.
The ISSI was established in 1995 and funded by agencies including the European Space Agency， the Swiss Federal Government and the Russian Academy of Sciences.
Air Delay Payoff
China’s civil aviation authority is considering a standardized national compensation scheme for delayed flights， according to a Chinese media report.
The plan， likely to follow an EU model basing compensation on the length of the delay， is expected to reduce mass claim disputes， the 21st Century Business Herald reported on July 15， citing an anonymous insider. Under the country’s current guideline for flight delay compensation， each airline is allowed to set its own compensation standards， often fueling the discontent of passengers.
Data published by the Civil Aviation Administration of China（CAAC） in May showed that more than 500，000 flights were delayed across the country in 2012， the worst record in the past five years.
Deep Exploration
China’s Chang’e-2 deep space probe has reached a distance 50 million km away from Earth， said the State Administration of Science， Technology and Industry for National Defense.
The probe， now “in good condition，” set a “new height” in the nation’s deep space exploration at 1 a.m. on July 14， said an administration statement.
Chang’e-2 will be able to travel to a distance as far as 300 million km away from Earth， according to calculations of scientists at the Beijing Aerospace Control Center.
The probe was launched on October 1， 2010 from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwest China and later orbited the moon.
After finishing its lunar objectives in June 2011， the probe left its lunar orbit for an extended mission to the Earth-Sun L2 Lagrangian point.
On December 13， 2012， it flew by Toutatis， an asteroid about 7 million km away from Earth， making China the fourth after the United States， the EU and Japan to be able to examine an asteroid by spacecraft.
Urban Drainage
A guideline for upgrading drainage systems has been developed for cities across China， the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development said on July 13.
According to the guideline， drainage facilities in downtown areas in 36 large cities should be upgraded to handle heavy rain and prevent floods from occurring.
The ministry requires municipal authorities to submit compiled construction plans in accordance with the guideline before mid-2014.
A heavy downpour that occurred in Beijing last July paralyzed the city， prompting authorities to reflect on poor drainage systems.
Graduation
Principal Zhukang Tubdain Kaizhub （right） confers a graduate diploma to a student at the Tibet Buddhist Theological Institute in the township of Nyetang， Quxu County in Tibet Autonomous Region， on July 15.
The first batch of 150 students came from 128 monasteries in Tibet. They began their studies in October 2011 when the institute opened.
The institute is Tibet’s only regional-level Buddhist theological academy.
Time-Saving Connection
The Jiaxing-Shaoxing RiverCrossing Bridge is opened to the public on July 19.
The bridge， linking two cities in east China’s Zhejiang Province， is connected to several expressways in the Yangtze River Delta， halving the travel time from Shaoxing to Shanghai.
Construction of the bridge started in 2008， with a total investment of 13.9 billion yuan（$2.27 billion）.
Soaring FDI
China’s foreign direct investment（FDI） jumped surprisingly in June， growing 20.12 percent from a year earlier to $14.39 billion， the Ministry of Commerce （MOFCOM） announced on July 17.
The June FDI data did not include overseas fund influxes in banking， securities and insurance sectors but still marked a significant upsurge from a 0.29-percent yearon-year increase seen in May.
The figure marked the fifth consecutive monthly increase since February， when China reported an FDI recovery after seeing monthly declines since June 2012.
“But we cannot conclude that China’s FDI has rebounded simply by looking at just a single month’s data. We expect the FDI in the second half to grow steadily，” MOFCOM spokesman Shen Danyang said at a press conference.
During the first half of the year， China approved the establishment of 10，630 foreign-invested enterprises， down 9.18 percent from a year earlier. FDI totaled $61.98 billion， up 4.9 percent year on year.
Nearly half of the FDI in the January-June period went to the service sector， Shen said.
FDI from the EU and the United States jumped 14.68 percent and 12.29 percent， respectively， to $4.04 billion and $1.83 billion in the first half.
China’s western regions saw strong growth in FDI， with an increase of 32.54 percent， compared with a 15.75-percent gain for central regions and a 1.69-percent gain for the east.
Hydropower Operational
China’s second largest hydropower station with a capacity of 770，000 kilowatts came into operation on July 15.
The No. 13 generating unit at the Xiluodu hydropower station began providing electricity to the China Southern Power Grid， said its operator China Three Gorges Corp.
With a total generating capacity of 13.86 gigawatts， the station is the world’s third largest after the Three Gorges and Brazil’s Itaipu hydroelectric project. Construction of the Xiluodu hydropower station， located at the Jinsha River， a major headstream of the Yangtze River in southwest China’s Yunnan and Sichuan provinces， started in 2005. It is expected to be completed in 2015 with 18 power-generating units.
Uranium Mine Drilling
China National Nuclear Corp.（CNNC）， the country’s largest atomic energy developer， said on July 17 that it has achieved a record drilling depth of 2，818.88 meters in uranium mining.
CNNC announced the technological breakthrough in uraniumrich Fuzhou， capital of southeast China’s Fujian Province.
China’s uranium prospecting has typically been carried out at depths less than 500 meters. Its previous record drilling depth reached 1，200 meters.
CNNC said the new drilling technology can help boost China’s domestic uranium supplies and ensure the key energy source for developing nuclear power.
In addition to the drilling depth， the company said it has independently developed drilling equipment and hyperspectral identification technology that would facilitate uranium exploration.
Software Center
American IT heavyweight HewlettPackard （HP） signed an agreement with Jining City， east China’s Shandong Province， on July 16 to build international software training centers with an investment of $2 billion.
Under the deal， a software talent training center， software-testing outsourcing service facility and an IT resource service base will be built.
The project will be situated in the Jining National High-tech Industrial Development Zone. The talent training center will train up to 10，000 IT professionals each year.
The centers will equip students with skills and training on HP software that companies need to make the most of their IT investments， said HP.
Land Prices Surge
The second quarter of this year witnessed hefty rises in land prices， as developers pinned their hopes on surging house prices， official data showed on July 16.
According to the Ministry of Land and Resources， an abnormal price increase had been found in 115 land deals during the AprilJune period， with the premium rates averaged at 142 percent above the base price for bidding， 22 percentage points higher than the previous quarter.
Land prices in major cities monitored by the ministry stood at 3，226 yuan （$520.32） per square meter， with commercial land priced at 6，044 yuan （$986）， residential land at 4，799 yuan （$783） and industrial land at 684 yuan （$112）.
Prices have been climbing for three consecutive quarters and have entered a relatively high range， according to the ministry.
The more developed Pearl River Delta region in south China posted the most drastic price increase， compared with the Yangtze River Delta and the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei cluster.
3D Experience
A staff member introduces customers to 3D printing technology. The first such printing store was opened in north China’s Tianjin on July 15.
The provincial government reported on the day that rainstormtriggered floods and a landslide in the previous week had claimed 58 lives and left 175 people missing in Sichuan.
The Ministry of Finance said on July 17 that 250 million yuan （$41 million） from the central budget had been allocated to Sichuan for rebuilding damaged homes and as allowance for flood victims.
Legal Aid
A volunteer legal aid campaign has benefited more than 17 million people over the past year， one of its co-organizers revealed on July 15.
In the 1+1 Volunteer Legal Aid Campaign， launched by the Ministry of Justice and the Central Committee of the Communist Youth League in 2009， about 180 volunteers have handled 13，280 cases and helped solve 2，600 disputes in the past year， according to the China Legal Aid Foundation.
The campaign aims to provide legal services in areas lacking lawyers. Lawyers and law students are sent to the regions to provide assistance for a year at a time.
More than 100 Chinese counties still have no lawyers working in them. The absence has caused a bottleneck in economic and social development of these areas. This year’s campaign will see more than 200 volunteers sent to 123 counties across China to dispense legal advice and assistance to those in need.
HK Suffrage
Zhang Xiaoming， Director of the
Liaison Office of the Chinese Central People’s Government in Hong
Kong Special Administrative Region（HKSAR）， said on June 16 that the Central Government’s sincerity toward universal suffrage in Hong Kong is undoubted， and the whole process must follow the course set in 2007 by the HKSAR Basic Law and the National People’s Congress Standing Committee.
“We should get to know clearly the terms and regulations of the Basic Law concerning the Chief Executive and Legislative Council elections to find what problems are yet to be solved and what problems have already been tackled，” Zhang said.
“Then we should concentrate on studying those unsolved problems， explore their possible solutions and finally have a concrete solution plan. That would be the right approach，”he said.
Zhang stressed that the HKSAR’s approach to universal suffrage must be compatible with its administrative status， comply with the principle of“one country， two systems” and respect the relationship between Hong Kong and the Central Government， adding that the electoral setup must ensure state sovereignty and the Central Government’s lawful rights. Voc-Ed Employment
The employment rate for graduates of higher vocational schools in China rose slightly from 2010 to 2012， according to a report released on July 16.
The report， jointly conducted by the Shanghai Academy of Educational Sciences and educational research company MyCOS Institute， said that the employment rate of vocational graduates increased to 90.4 percent in 2012， just below the 91.5-percent employment rate for college graduates in the same year.
Researchers surveyed about 200，000 graduates of higher vocational schools in the 31 provinciallevel regions on the Chinese mainland over the past few years.
According to the report， more than 40，000 technical courses were jointly developed by vocational schools and companies， and 1，318 majors were created in higher vocational education. The survey also shows that the incomes of higher vocation school graduates rose 120 percent from 2009 to 2012.
Space Research
Scientists from all over the world will conduct advanced interdisciplinary studies at a Beijing branch of the International Space Science Institute（ISSI）.
Launched on July 16 by the ISSI， based in Bern， Switzerland， and Beijing-based National Space Science Center of the Chinese Academy of Sciences， the Beijing institute will contribute to a deeper understanding of the results from different space missions， groundbased observations and laboratory experiments.
The newly established ISSI-Beijing will advance the internationalization of space science research， and provide an important window on Chinese space science to the scientific community， according to a statement of the branch.
This year， ISSI-Beijing will support one international team and four forums on science topics， including x-ray timing and polarization， as well as solar polar orbit observation.
The ISSI was established in 1995 and funded by agencies including the European Space Agency， the Swiss Federal Government and the Russian Academy of Sciences.
Air Delay Payoff
China’s civil aviation authority is considering a standardized national compensation scheme for delayed flights， according to a Chinese media report.
The plan， likely to follow an EU model basing compensation on the length of the delay， is expected to reduce mass claim disputes， the 21st Century Business Herald reported on July 15， citing an anonymous insider. Under the country’s current guideline for flight delay compensation， each airline is allowed to set its own compensation standards， often fueling the discontent of passengers.
Data published by the Civil Aviation Administration of China（CAAC） in May showed that more than 500，000 flights were delayed across the country in 2012， the worst record in the past five years.
Deep Exploration
China’s Chang’e-2 deep space probe has reached a distance 50 million km away from Earth， said the State Administration of Science， Technology and Industry for National Defense.
The probe， now “in good condition，” set a “new height” in the nation’s deep space exploration at 1 a.m. on July 14， said an administration statement.
Chang’e-2 will be able to travel to a distance as far as 300 million km away from Earth， according to calculations of scientists at the Beijing Aerospace Control Center.
The probe was launched on October 1， 2010 from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwest China and later orbited the moon.
After finishing its lunar objectives in June 2011， the probe left its lunar orbit for an extended mission to the Earth-Sun L2 Lagrangian point.
On December 13， 2012， it flew by Toutatis， an asteroid about 7 million km away from Earth， making China the fourth after the United States， the EU and Japan to be able to examine an asteroid by spacecraft.
Urban Drainage
A guideline for upgrading drainage systems has been developed for cities across China， the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development said on July 13.
According to the guideline， drainage facilities in downtown areas in 36 large cities should be upgraded to handle heavy rain and prevent floods from occurring.
The ministry requires municipal authorities to submit compiled construction plans in accordance with the guideline before mid-2014.
A heavy downpour that occurred in Beijing last July paralyzed the city， prompting authorities to reflect on poor drainage systems.
Graduation
Principal Zhukang Tubdain Kaizhub （right） confers a graduate diploma to a student at the Tibet Buddhist Theological Institute in the township of Nyetang， Quxu County in Tibet Autonomous Region， on July 15.
The first batch of 150 students came from 128 monasteries in Tibet. They began their studies in October 2011 when the institute opened.
The institute is Tibet’s only regional-level Buddhist theological academy.
Time-Saving Connection
The Jiaxing-Shaoxing RiverCrossing Bridge is opened to the public on July 19.
The bridge， linking two cities in east China’s Zhejiang Province， is connected to several expressways in the Yangtze River Delta， halving the travel time from Shaoxing to Shanghai.
Construction of the bridge started in 2008， with a total investment of 13.9 billion yuan（$2.27 billion）.
Soaring FDI
China’s foreign direct investment（FDI） jumped surprisingly in June， growing 20.12 percent from a year earlier to $14.39 billion， the Ministry of Commerce （MOFCOM） announced on July 17.
The June FDI data did not include overseas fund influxes in banking， securities and insurance sectors but still marked a significant upsurge from a 0.29-percent yearon-year increase seen in May.
The figure marked the fifth consecutive monthly increase since February， when China reported an FDI recovery after seeing monthly declines since June 2012.
“But we cannot conclude that China’s FDI has rebounded simply by looking at just a single month’s data. We expect the FDI in the second half to grow steadily，” MOFCOM spokesman Shen Danyang said at a press conference.
During the first half of the year， China approved the establishment of 10，630 foreign-invested enterprises， down 9.18 percent from a year earlier. FDI totaled $61.98 billion， up 4.9 percent year on year.
Nearly half of the FDI in the January-June period went to the service sector， Shen said.
FDI from the EU and the United States jumped 14.68 percent and 12.29 percent， respectively， to $4.04 billion and $1.83 billion in the first half.
China’s western regions saw strong growth in FDI， with an increase of 32.54 percent， compared with a 15.75-percent gain for central regions and a 1.69-percent gain for the east.
Hydropower Operational
China’s second largest hydropower station with a capacity of 770，000 kilowatts came into operation on July 15.
The No. 13 generating unit at the Xiluodu hydropower station began providing electricity to the China Southern Power Grid， said its operator China Three Gorges Corp.
With a total generating capacity of 13.86 gigawatts， the station is the world’s third largest after the Three Gorges and Brazil’s Itaipu hydroelectric project. Construction of the Xiluodu hydropower station， located at the Jinsha River， a major headstream of the Yangtze River in southwest China’s Yunnan and Sichuan provinces， started in 2005. It is expected to be completed in 2015 with 18 power-generating units.
Uranium Mine Drilling
China National Nuclear Corp.（CNNC）， the country’s largest atomic energy developer， said on July 17 that it has achieved a record drilling depth of 2，818.88 meters in uranium mining.
CNNC announced the technological breakthrough in uraniumrich Fuzhou， capital of southeast China’s Fujian Province.
China’s uranium prospecting has typically been carried out at depths less than 500 meters. Its previous record drilling depth reached 1，200 meters.
CNNC said the new drilling technology can help boost China’s domestic uranium supplies and ensure the key energy source for developing nuclear power.
In addition to the drilling depth， the company said it has independently developed drilling equipment and hyperspectral identification technology that would facilitate uranium exploration.
Software Center
American IT heavyweight HewlettPackard （HP） signed an agreement with Jining City， east China’s Shandong Province， on July 16 to build international software training centers with an investment of $2 billion.
Under the deal， a software talent training center， software-testing outsourcing service facility and an IT resource service base will be built.
The project will be situated in the Jining National High-tech Industrial Development Zone. The talent training center will train up to 10，000 IT professionals each year.
The centers will equip students with skills and training on HP software that companies need to make the most of their IT investments， said HP.
Land Prices Surge
The second quarter of this year witnessed hefty rises in land prices， as developers pinned their hopes on surging house prices， official data showed on July 16.
According to the Ministry of Land and Resources， an abnormal price increase had been found in 115 land deals during the AprilJune period， with the premium rates averaged at 142 percent above the base price for bidding， 22 percentage points higher than the previous quarter.
Land prices in major cities monitored by the ministry stood at 3，226 yuan （$520.32） per square meter， with commercial land priced at 6，044 yuan （$986）， residential land at 4，799 yuan （$783） and industrial land at 684 yuan （$112）.
Prices have been climbing for three consecutive quarters and have entered a relatively high range， according to the ministry.
The more developed Pearl River Delta region in south China posted the most drastic price increase， compared with the Yangtze River Delta and the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei cluster.
3D Experience
A staff member introduces customers to 3D printing technology. The first such printing store was opened in north China’s Tianjin on July 15.