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Local residents walk past a fallen street lamp in Shanwei， south China’s Guangdong Province， after Typhoon Usagi swept through the city on September 23.
At least 29 people have been confirmed dead in Guangdong due to the typhoon as of September 24.
Usagi affected more than 3.56 million people in the province， forcing the relocation of 226，000 residents. It also destroyed 7，100 homes and caused a direct economic loss of 3.24 billion yuan （$527 million）.
Eco-friendly Growth
An annual report measuring green development in 30 regions and 100 cities on the Chinese mainland was released on September 22.
The top 10 provincial-level regions in green development announced were Beijing， Fujian， Hainan， Inner Mongolia， Jiangsu， Qinghai， Shaanxi， Shanghai， Tianjin and Zhejiang.
Seventeen provinces were below the national average. Green development in eastern provinces was better overall than that of central and western provinces.
The green development index used in the report consists of three parts—the degree of green economic growth， the potential of natural resources and the environment， and support of government policies.
Drop in Donations
About 81.7 billion yuan （$13.35 billion） in donations from domestic and overseas sources was made to China in 2012， down 3.31 percent year on year， according to the China Charity and Donation Information Center （CCDIC）.
This marked the second consecutive year there had been a drop in donations， said the CCDIC in a charity report released on September 21.
Xu Jianzhong， an official with the Ministry of Civil Affairs， attributed the decline to the floundering global economy， less serious natural disasters and the lingering “public trust crisis” plaguing the country’s charity sector.
The report， however， showed a number of charity organizations remained the primary force in raising donations despite a drop in the value of donations raised.
The CCDIC also reported a surge in online donations. It said that the Internet has become an increasingly popular way of making contributions.
The CCDIC is an organization sponsored by the Ministry of Civil Affairs and has researched charity donations， issuing annual reports since 2008.
Carrier Tests
China’s first aircraft carrier， the Liaoning， returned to its homeport on September 21 after a three-month voyage， during which a number of crucial tests on it were completed. During the voyage， which started on June 11， the carrier witnessed more than 100 landings and takeoffs by various aircraft， including the J-15 carrier-borne fighter， according to an article printed in the Shanghai-based Jiefang Daily on September 22.
J-15 fighters took off and landed on the carrier with their maximum load and various weapons， the report said. Some observers had previously questioned whether the J-15 could take off and land on the carrier with a full load.
The tests have resulted in further improvements of the carrier’s flight control processes， according to the Jiefang Daily.
The Liaoning is China’s only aircraft carrier in operation， and it was delivered to the Chinese navy on September 25， 2012.
School Inspectors
China is to install independent inspectors in all 300，000 primary and middle schools across the country by the end of this year to improve educational quality and fairness.
The inspectors will be directly managed by education supervision departments of local governments and will be independent from local educational authorities， according to a circular issued by the State Council， China’s cabinet.
The move is designed to establish a mechanism for supervision in order to combat what is perceived by some as an “unhealthy” Chinese basic education system， said He Xiuchao， Director of the Ministry of Education’s Education Supervision Department， on September 23.
He said that inspectors will deal with complaints from parents and students in addition to supervising schools’ enrollment procedures， management， educational methods， curriculum， food safety and sanitation.
The independent inspectors program was first introduced in August 2012 by the State Council.
Pilot schools for the project in Chongqing and Hunan and Shandong provinces were involved even earlier and the results were proven to be effective， He said.
Migrant Population
The population of migrants in Beijing in 2012 was 416，000 less than the previous year， mainly a result of the city’s high costs of living， The Beijing News reported on September 18.
Beijing had 8.25 million migrant residents in 2011， with the figure dropping to 7.84 million last year.
“Policies， regulations， rising living costs and pollution all contributed to the decrease，” said Lu Jiehua， a professor of sociology at Peking University.
The migrant population is spreading outward to suburban districts such as Daxing， Tongzhou and Changping， Lu said. The total population of Beijing reached 20.7 million in 2012， about 5.3 million more than 2005.
Green Web Initiative
China launched a two-month campaign in late September to tighten the supervision of websites and mobile applications.
Dubbed Green Web， the campaign targets online posts， comments and articles deemed lewd， pornographic or violent as well as posts that reveal the personal information of youngsters or contain defamatory or bullying remarks.
Online flaunting of wealth or posts otherwise showcasing extreme obsession with celebrities will also be deleted.
New University
The Ministry of Education has formally approved the establishment of Duke Kunshan University （DKU） in east China’s Jiangsu Province.
Duke Kunshan University is a joint effort from Duke University in Durham， North Carolina， the city of Kunshan and Wuhan University in Hubei Province.
The university will offer academic programs to students from China and around the world.
The first intake of students will commence classes in the fall of 2014， with master’s degree programs in global health， medical physics and management studies being offered. Graduates’ degrees will be issued by Duke University.
Undergraduate courses in global health， the humanities as well as the physical， natural and social sciences will be available in the 2014-15 academic year.
Meanwhile， it will provide modules for undergraduate students currently enrolled at other universities that can be studied at DKU and used to earn Duke University’s credit across several disciplines.
Baby Food Rules
China’s health authority said on September 17 that hospitals must strictly abide by the laws governing breast milk substitutes， warning against the promotion of such products.
The National Health and Family Planning Commission made the announcement after local media reports alleged secret deals between hospitals in Tianjin and infant formula brands.
The commission stressed in a circular that promotion and publicity of breast milk substitutes in any form is prohibited at hospitals and clinics， adding that hospitals and their staff must not promote or supply such products.
Green Way
Volunteers ride bikes to promote low-carbon transportation in Nantong city， Jiangsu Province， on September 22.
With this year’s theme of Green Transport & Clean Air， 153 Chinese cities took part in World Car Free Day. People were encouraged to take public transport， ride bikes or walk. The campaign first originated in France in 1998 and initially launched in China in 2007. A Rural Escape
Tourists pick flowers at Xifenying Village of Bazhou， north China’s Hebei Province.
The city of Bazhou is developing its rural tourism industry. The industry employs over 2，000 people and the city receives over 80，000 tourists every year.
Home Prices Rise
Prices of both new and existing homes continued to rise in most Chinese cities in August， according to the National Bureau of Statistics.
Of a statistical pool of 70 major Chinese cities， 66 saw a monthon-month rise in new home prices， up from 62 in July and 58 cities reported month-on-month price gains in resold homes in August， compared to 57 in July.
On a year-on-year basis， new home prices rose in 69 cities last month， the same as the July figure， while 68 reported higher year-onyear prices for resold homes in August， up from 67.
The data cover the nation’s large and medium-sized cities， including Beijing and Shanghai， provincial capitals， and others.
Runaway home prices led the government to issue guidelines in March to tighten control of the real estate sector， including higher transaction taxes， restrictions on purchases of multiple homes and higher down payments， but the policies failed to arrest the surge.
Fuel Upgrade
Chinese drivers will have to pay more in fuel prices amid the coun- try’s drive to reduce air pollution through upgraded fuel quality.
In the next two years， the prices of motor gasoline and diesel that meet the national “fourthphase” standard will be raised by 290 yuan （$46.8） per ton and 370 yuan （$60.46） per ton， respectively， said the National Development and Reform Commission on September 23.
China has announced stricter motor fuel standards in a bid to reduce harmful emissions after smog blanketed much of the country at the beginning of 2013.
The State Council has mandated that sulphur content for both gasoline and diesel be set at no more than 10 ppm （parts per million） by 2017， a reduction from the fourthphase standard of 50 ppm.
Beijing is the only city in China to have already adopted the “fifthphase” standard， equal to Europe’s Euro V vehicle emissions cap of sulphur content below 10 ppm.
Under the country’s timetable of fuel quality upgrades， motor gasoline should meet the fourth-phase standard by the start of 2014 and motor diesel by the start of 2015； both gasoline and diesel should meet the fifth-phase standard by the start of 2018. Cultural Investment
Dalian Wanda Group， owned by China’s richest man Wang Jianlin， unveiled a plan on September 22 to establish a massive movie industry project in the coastal city of Qingdao， east China’s Shandong Province， with investments of more than 50 billion yuan （$8.2 billion）. This is part of Wang’s cultural development strategy and an attempt to create a Chinese cultural brand abroad.
The property and entertainment conglomerate intends to invest in the Qingdao Oriental Movie Metropolis， consisting of 20 studios including one—which Wanda says will be the world’s largest—of 10，000 square meters and a permanent underwater stage.
The 540-hectare Qingdao Oriental Movie Metropolis will also include a movie theater， wax museum， exhibition center， yacht club， an international movie festival， hotels and other cultural and tourist facilities.
Wang， who acquired the America-based cinema operator AMC in 2012， has high hopes for China’s film industry， estimating the China’s box office will surpass that of the United States by 2018. He expects domestic film revenue to be double that of the United States by 2023.
Scheduled to be completed in 2017， the park plans to host around 30 foreign production groups.
Rotten Fruit Juice
China’s food watchdog said it had ordered investigations into four beverage groups whose juice products were reportedly made from rotten fruit.
The announcement came after four companies based in the provinces of Anhui， Jiangsu and Shandong， including two branches of Beijing Huiyuan， the country’s top juice maker， were accused in recent media reports of using rotten and unripe fruit to make juice.
The China Food and Drug Administration said on September 23 in a statement that preliminary investigations found no rotten fruit. Indeed Shandong Huiyuan， a branch of Beijing Huiyuan， hasn’t produced any juice since December last year.
According to the statement， the two companies in Anhui have been ordered to suspend their operations and cooperate with law enforcement departments in further investigations.
“Related provincial food and drug administrations will handle these cases if further investigations find violations，” the statement said.
Microsoft JV in China
BesTV New Media Co. Ltd.， a Shanghai media company， said on September 23 that it’s planning an entertainment development venture with Microsoft. The company has a registered capital of $79 million. BesTV New Media said in a bulletin posted on the Shanghai Stock Exchange that it will hold a 51-percent share and Microsoft 49 percent in the joint venture， initially named E-Home Entertainment Development. The total investment of both sides will reach $237 million.
The new company’s board chairman will be chosen by BesTV and the chief executive officer by Microsoft.
The joint venture is expected to be set up in the newly established pilot free trade zone in Shanghai and will develop games and related services.
BesTV， a subsidiary of Shanghai Media Group， boasts 18 million IPTV subscribers with its businesses in China， Southeast Asia and Eastern Europe.
Connecting East to West
Flight attendants from British Airways pose for pictures in Chengdu， capital of southwest China’s Sichuan Province， on September 23.
Chengdu becomes the third city on the Chinese mainland after Beijing and Shanghai to have a direct flight to London. The flight will save six to eight hours in transfer time for passengers from China’s western region.
At least 29 people have been confirmed dead in Guangdong due to the typhoon as of September 24.
Usagi affected more than 3.56 million people in the province， forcing the relocation of 226，000 residents. It also destroyed 7，100 homes and caused a direct economic loss of 3.24 billion yuan （$527 million）.
Eco-friendly Growth
An annual report measuring green development in 30 regions and 100 cities on the Chinese mainland was released on September 22.
The top 10 provincial-level regions in green development announced were Beijing， Fujian， Hainan， Inner Mongolia， Jiangsu， Qinghai， Shaanxi， Shanghai， Tianjin and Zhejiang.
Seventeen provinces were below the national average. Green development in eastern provinces was better overall than that of central and western provinces.
The green development index used in the report consists of three parts—the degree of green economic growth， the potential of natural resources and the environment， and support of government policies.
Drop in Donations
About 81.7 billion yuan （$13.35 billion） in donations from domestic and overseas sources was made to China in 2012， down 3.31 percent year on year， according to the China Charity and Donation Information Center （CCDIC）.
This marked the second consecutive year there had been a drop in donations， said the CCDIC in a charity report released on September 21.
Xu Jianzhong， an official with the Ministry of Civil Affairs， attributed the decline to the floundering global economy， less serious natural disasters and the lingering “public trust crisis” plaguing the country’s charity sector.
The report， however， showed a number of charity organizations remained the primary force in raising donations despite a drop in the value of donations raised.
The CCDIC also reported a surge in online donations. It said that the Internet has become an increasingly popular way of making contributions.
The CCDIC is an organization sponsored by the Ministry of Civil Affairs and has researched charity donations， issuing annual reports since 2008.
Carrier Tests
China’s first aircraft carrier， the Liaoning， returned to its homeport on September 21 after a three-month voyage， during which a number of crucial tests on it were completed. During the voyage， which started on June 11， the carrier witnessed more than 100 landings and takeoffs by various aircraft， including the J-15 carrier-borne fighter， according to an article printed in the Shanghai-based Jiefang Daily on September 22.
J-15 fighters took off and landed on the carrier with their maximum load and various weapons， the report said. Some observers had previously questioned whether the J-15 could take off and land on the carrier with a full load.
The tests have resulted in further improvements of the carrier’s flight control processes， according to the Jiefang Daily.
The Liaoning is China’s only aircraft carrier in operation， and it was delivered to the Chinese navy on September 25， 2012.
School Inspectors
China is to install independent inspectors in all 300，000 primary and middle schools across the country by the end of this year to improve educational quality and fairness.
The inspectors will be directly managed by education supervision departments of local governments and will be independent from local educational authorities， according to a circular issued by the State Council， China’s cabinet.
The move is designed to establish a mechanism for supervision in order to combat what is perceived by some as an “unhealthy” Chinese basic education system， said He Xiuchao， Director of the Ministry of Education’s Education Supervision Department， on September 23.
He said that inspectors will deal with complaints from parents and students in addition to supervising schools’ enrollment procedures， management， educational methods， curriculum， food safety and sanitation.
The independent inspectors program was first introduced in August 2012 by the State Council.
Pilot schools for the project in Chongqing and Hunan and Shandong provinces were involved even earlier and the results were proven to be effective， He said.
Migrant Population
The population of migrants in Beijing in 2012 was 416，000 less than the previous year， mainly a result of the city’s high costs of living， The Beijing News reported on September 18.
Beijing had 8.25 million migrant residents in 2011， with the figure dropping to 7.84 million last year.
“Policies， regulations， rising living costs and pollution all contributed to the decrease，” said Lu Jiehua， a professor of sociology at Peking University.
The migrant population is spreading outward to suburban districts such as Daxing， Tongzhou and Changping， Lu said. The total population of Beijing reached 20.7 million in 2012， about 5.3 million more than 2005.
Green Web Initiative
China launched a two-month campaign in late September to tighten the supervision of websites and mobile applications.
Dubbed Green Web， the campaign targets online posts， comments and articles deemed lewd， pornographic or violent as well as posts that reveal the personal information of youngsters or contain defamatory or bullying remarks.
Online flaunting of wealth or posts otherwise showcasing extreme obsession with celebrities will also be deleted.
New University
The Ministry of Education has formally approved the establishment of Duke Kunshan University （DKU） in east China’s Jiangsu Province.
Duke Kunshan University is a joint effort from Duke University in Durham， North Carolina， the city of Kunshan and Wuhan University in Hubei Province.
The university will offer academic programs to students from China and around the world.
The first intake of students will commence classes in the fall of 2014， with master’s degree programs in global health， medical physics and management studies being offered. Graduates’ degrees will be issued by Duke University.
Undergraduate courses in global health， the humanities as well as the physical， natural and social sciences will be available in the 2014-15 academic year.
Meanwhile， it will provide modules for undergraduate students currently enrolled at other universities that can be studied at DKU and used to earn Duke University’s credit across several disciplines.
Baby Food Rules
China’s health authority said on September 17 that hospitals must strictly abide by the laws governing breast milk substitutes， warning against the promotion of such products.
The National Health and Family Planning Commission made the announcement after local media reports alleged secret deals between hospitals in Tianjin and infant formula brands.
The commission stressed in a circular that promotion and publicity of breast milk substitutes in any form is prohibited at hospitals and clinics， adding that hospitals and their staff must not promote or supply such products.
Green Way
Volunteers ride bikes to promote low-carbon transportation in Nantong city， Jiangsu Province， on September 22.
With this year’s theme of Green Transport & Clean Air， 153 Chinese cities took part in World Car Free Day. People were encouraged to take public transport， ride bikes or walk. The campaign first originated in France in 1998 and initially launched in China in 2007. A Rural Escape
Tourists pick flowers at Xifenying Village of Bazhou， north China’s Hebei Province.
The city of Bazhou is developing its rural tourism industry. The industry employs over 2，000 people and the city receives over 80，000 tourists every year.
Home Prices Rise
Prices of both new and existing homes continued to rise in most Chinese cities in August， according to the National Bureau of Statistics.
Of a statistical pool of 70 major Chinese cities， 66 saw a monthon-month rise in new home prices， up from 62 in July and 58 cities reported month-on-month price gains in resold homes in August， compared to 57 in July.
On a year-on-year basis， new home prices rose in 69 cities last month， the same as the July figure， while 68 reported higher year-onyear prices for resold homes in August， up from 67.
The data cover the nation’s large and medium-sized cities， including Beijing and Shanghai， provincial capitals， and others.
Runaway home prices led the government to issue guidelines in March to tighten control of the real estate sector， including higher transaction taxes， restrictions on purchases of multiple homes and higher down payments， but the policies failed to arrest the surge.
Fuel Upgrade
Chinese drivers will have to pay more in fuel prices amid the coun- try’s drive to reduce air pollution through upgraded fuel quality.
In the next two years， the prices of motor gasoline and diesel that meet the national “fourthphase” standard will be raised by 290 yuan （$46.8） per ton and 370 yuan （$60.46） per ton， respectively， said the National Development and Reform Commission on September 23.
China has announced stricter motor fuel standards in a bid to reduce harmful emissions after smog blanketed much of the country at the beginning of 2013.
The State Council has mandated that sulphur content for both gasoline and diesel be set at no more than 10 ppm （parts per million） by 2017， a reduction from the fourthphase standard of 50 ppm.
Beijing is the only city in China to have already adopted the “fifthphase” standard， equal to Europe’s Euro V vehicle emissions cap of sulphur content below 10 ppm.
Under the country’s timetable of fuel quality upgrades， motor gasoline should meet the fourth-phase standard by the start of 2014 and motor diesel by the start of 2015； both gasoline and diesel should meet the fifth-phase standard by the start of 2018. Cultural Investment
Dalian Wanda Group， owned by China’s richest man Wang Jianlin， unveiled a plan on September 22 to establish a massive movie industry project in the coastal city of Qingdao， east China’s Shandong Province， with investments of more than 50 billion yuan （$8.2 billion）. This is part of Wang’s cultural development strategy and an attempt to create a Chinese cultural brand abroad.
The property and entertainment conglomerate intends to invest in the Qingdao Oriental Movie Metropolis， consisting of 20 studios including one—which Wanda says will be the world’s largest—of 10，000 square meters and a permanent underwater stage.
The 540-hectare Qingdao Oriental Movie Metropolis will also include a movie theater， wax museum， exhibition center， yacht club， an international movie festival， hotels and other cultural and tourist facilities.
Wang， who acquired the America-based cinema operator AMC in 2012， has high hopes for China’s film industry， estimating the China’s box office will surpass that of the United States by 2018. He expects domestic film revenue to be double that of the United States by 2023.
Scheduled to be completed in 2017， the park plans to host around 30 foreign production groups.
Rotten Fruit Juice
China’s food watchdog said it had ordered investigations into four beverage groups whose juice products were reportedly made from rotten fruit.
The announcement came after four companies based in the provinces of Anhui， Jiangsu and Shandong， including two branches of Beijing Huiyuan， the country’s top juice maker， were accused in recent media reports of using rotten and unripe fruit to make juice.
The China Food and Drug Administration said on September 23 in a statement that preliminary investigations found no rotten fruit. Indeed Shandong Huiyuan， a branch of Beijing Huiyuan， hasn’t produced any juice since December last year.
According to the statement， the two companies in Anhui have been ordered to suspend their operations and cooperate with law enforcement departments in further investigations.
“Related provincial food and drug administrations will handle these cases if further investigations find violations，” the statement said.
Microsoft JV in China
BesTV New Media Co. Ltd.， a Shanghai media company， said on September 23 that it’s planning an entertainment development venture with Microsoft. The company has a registered capital of $79 million. BesTV New Media said in a bulletin posted on the Shanghai Stock Exchange that it will hold a 51-percent share and Microsoft 49 percent in the joint venture， initially named E-Home Entertainment Development. The total investment of both sides will reach $237 million.
The new company’s board chairman will be chosen by BesTV and the chief executive officer by Microsoft.
The joint venture is expected to be set up in the newly established pilot free trade zone in Shanghai and will develop games and related services.
BesTV， a subsidiary of Shanghai Media Group， boasts 18 million IPTV subscribers with its businesses in China， Southeast Asia and Eastern Europe.
Connecting East to West
Flight attendants from British Airways pose for pictures in Chengdu， capital of southwest China’s Sichuan Province， on September 23.
Chengdu becomes the third city on the Chinese mainland after Beijing and Shanghai to have a direct flight to London. The flight will save six to eight hours in transfer time for passengers from China’s western region.