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Premier Li Keqiang presides over the first plenary meeting of the newly elected State Council， China’s cabinet， in Beijing on March 20.
The transformation of government functions will be its first task， Li said. While enhancing macro-level administration， government departments should let go of micro-administrative matters and let the market or society decide， he added.
The event marked the official start of the Central Government’s new term in office， following election at China’s annual parliamentary session earlier this month.
Low-Carbon Certification
China will build a unified certification system for low-carbon products as part of efforts to boost consumption of environmentally friendly goods， said the country’s top economic planner.
An independent third-party agency will assess the carbon footprint of products and services and grant low-carbon certificates to those that have met certain requirements， according to a document issued on March 21 by the National Development and Reform Commission.
The commission will then issue a catalogue of certified products and an identification mark will be printed on the products’ packaging， the document said.
The certification scheme is being piloted in the provincial regions of Guangdong， Chongqing and Hubei.
By the end of 2015， China aims to lower its energy consumption per 10，000 yuan （$1，608） of GDP by 16 percent from 2010 and lower its carbon dioxide emissions per 10，000 yuan of GDP by 17 percent.
OD Regulation
To better protect workers’ rights， China has revised a regulation on occupational diseases that ensures more efficient diagnostic procedures.
The revised Regulation on Diagnosing and Authenticating Occupational Diseases， released on March 18 by the National Health and Family Planning Commission， allows employees to choose from more health institutions for identifying occupational diseases and simplifies the procedures for official confirmation of diagnoses.
Meanwhile， the regulation stipulates that employers are responsible for presenting evidence on occupational disease-related conflicts with their employees， and local industrial safety watchdogs should assist employees in urging employers to do so.
Some 779，849 cases of occupational diseases had been reported in China by the end of 2011. Last year， the country officially recognized 562 institutions to diagnose such diseases. The revised regulation will take effect on April 10.
Ethnic Publishing
A book collection on the study of languages of Chinese ethnic minorities has been published to boost the country’s linguistic diversity， the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences（CASS） said on March 18.
The three-volume book， the first of its kind， covers research findings introduced since the founding of the People’s Republic of China in 1949， the academy said.
The work took more than a decade to complete through joint efforts by three generations of linguists， according to the academy.
“The publication has promoted the study of ethnic languages， and also played a good role in protecting endangered languages and boosting the country’s linguistic diversity，” said Chao Ke， Deputy Director of the Bureau of Scientific Research Management of CASS.
China’s 55 ethnic minorities use about 100 spoken languages and dozens of written forms belonging to the Sino-Tibetan， Altaic， IndoEuropean and Austro-Asiatic language families.
Quake Warning System
The Chengdu Hi-Tech Disaster Mitigation Institute in southwest China’s Sichuan Province is now home to the world’s largest earthquake warning system， according to head of the institute on March 18.
The system was developed with both domestic and foreign technologies， said Wang Tun， director of the institute.
The system covers an area of 400，000 square km， bigger than the 377，000-square-km warning system in Japan. It is made up of 1，213 monitoring instruments and warning centers in eight provinces including Gansu， Shaanxi， Sichuan and Yunnan.
The system’s reaction time once a quake occurs is an average of 7 seconds， while Japan’s is an average of 9 seconds， Wang said， adding that it integrates television， computers， mobile phones and microblogs for alerts.
Air Monitoring
A national air-quality monitoring network with nearly 950 monitoring stations is expected to be operational in 190 Chinese cities by the end of the year， a senior environmental official said on March 15.
There are plans to build about 440 air-quality observation points in 116 cities this year after 496 such points were built in 74 cities in 2012， said Wu Xiaoqing， Vice Minister of Environmental Protection.
Wu also underlined the serious pollution in south China’s Pearl River Delta， in east China’s Yangtze River Delta and north China’s Beijing and Tianjin municipalities. The three areas cover about 8 percent of China’s total landmass but discharge five times more air pollutants per square km than other areas， Wu said.
By 2015， the ministry aims to reduce the intensity of PM2.5， air-borne particles measuring 2.5 microns or less in diameter， in those three regions by 6 percent from the 2010 level， he said.
Desalination Trials
The first batch of regions and companies has been selected to carry out seawater desalination pilot programs in China.
It is the latest move to boost development in the sector. The list， released by the National Development and Reform Commission earlier this month， includes Shenzhen in Guangdong Province， Binhai New Area in Tianjin， Bohai New Area in Hebei Province， and several industrial parks and companies.
China announced a five-year development plan for the seawater desalination sector last year to ease the country’s water shortages.
The country aims to convert 2.2 million cubic meters of seawater into freshwater per day by 2015， compared with 660，000 cubic meters in 2011， according to the 2011-15 plan. It is expected more than half of freshwater channeled to isles and more than 15 percent of water delivered to coastal factories will come from the sea by 2015.
Industrial analysts estimated the development plan will require investment of around 21 billion yuan（$3.38 billion）.
Transport Investment
Southwest China’s Tibet Autonomous Region will invest 22 billion yuan （$3.54 billion） in transport construction this year， a senior regional official said.
A highway from regional capital Lhasa to Nyingchi and four airport highways will be constructed， according to Tashi Gyatso， head of the Tibet Transport Department.
The region will also carry out 194 construction projects to make highways available to 258 villages to reach the region’s goal of linking 99.14 percent of villages to highways.
A total of more than 5，000 km of highways will be completed this year， in addition to the construction of four county-level passenger bus stations and two cargo stations.
The region spent 10.1 billion yuan （$1.62 billion） last year in improving its transport infrastructure， up 18.8 percent year on year.
Sleep Tight
A doctor demonstrates a proper sleeping position in Yuying Kindergarten in Kaifeng， on March 21， Worl Sleep Day. Henan Province.
According to a report released by the Horizon Research Consultancy Group on March 19， Chinese people sleep an average of eight hours and 50 minutes every day.
Some 55 percent of the respondents admitted that occupational pressure has affected their sleep patterns and they have resorted to various methods to improve sleep quality.
The transformation of government functions will be its first task， Li said. While enhancing macro-level administration， government departments should let go of micro-administrative matters and let the market or society decide， he added.
The event marked the official start of the Central Government’s new term in office， following election at China’s annual parliamentary session earlier this month.
Low-Carbon Certification
China will build a unified certification system for low-carbon products as part of efforts to boost consumption of environmentally friendly goods， said the country’s top economic planner.
An independent third-party agency will assess the carbon footprint of products and services and grant low-carbon certificates to those that have met certain requirements， according to a document issued on March 21 by the National Development and Reform Commission.
The commission will then issue a catalogue of certified products and an identification mark will be printed on the products’ packaging， the document said.
The certification scheme is being piloted in the provincial regions of Guangdong， Chongqing and Hubei.
By the end of 2015， China aims to lower its energy consumption per 10，000 yuan （$1，608） of GDP by 16 percent from 2010 and lower its carbon dioxide emissions per 10，000 yuan of GDP by 17 percent.
OD Regulation
To better protect workers’ rights， China has revised a regulation on occupational diseases that ensures more efficient diagnostic procedures.
The revised Regulation on Diagnosing and Authenticating Occupational Diseases， released on March 18 by the National Health and Family Planning Commission， allows employees to choose from more health institutions for identifying occupational diseases and simplifies the procedures for official confirmation of diagnoses.
Meanwhile， the regulation stipulates that employers are responsible for presenting evidence on occupational disease-related conflicts with their employees， and local industrial safety watchdogs should assist employees in urging employers to do so.
Some 779，849 cases of occupational diseases had been reported in China by the end of 2011. Last year， the country officially recognized 562 institutions to diagnose such diseases. The revised regulation will take effect on April 10.
Ethnic Publishing
A book collection on the study of languages of Chinese ethnic minorities has been published to boost the country’s linguistic diversity， the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences（CASS） said on March 18.
The three-volume book， the first of its kind， covers research findings introduced since the founding of the People’s Republic of China in 1949， the academy said.
The work took more than a decade to complete through joint efforts by three generations of linguists， according to the academy.
“The publication has promoted the study of ethnic languages， and also played a good role in protecting endangered languages and boosting the country’s linguistic diversity，” said Chao Ke， Deputy Director of the Bureau of Scientific Research Management of CASS.
China’s 55 ethnic minorities use about 100 spoken languages and dozens of written forms belonging to the Sino-Tibetan， Altaic， IndoEuropean and Austro-Asiatic language families.
Quake Warning System
The Chengdu Hi-Tech Disaster Mitigation Institute in southwest China’s Sichuan Province is now home to the world’s largest earthquake warning system， according to head of the institute on March 18.
The system was developed with both domestic and foreign technologies， said Wang Tun， director of the institute.
The system covers an area of 400，000 square km， bigger than the 377，000-square-km warning system in Japan. It is made up of 1，213 monitoring instruments and warning centers in eight provinces including Gansu， Shaanxi， Sichuan and Yunnan.
The system’s reaction time once a quake occurs is an average of 7 seconds， while Japan’s is an average of 9 seconds， Wang said， adding that it integrates television， computers， mobile phones and microblogs for alerts.
Air Monitoring
A national air-quality monitoring network with nearly 950 monitoring stations is expected to be operational in 190 Chinese cities by the end of the year， a senior environmental official said on March 15.
There are plans to build about 440 air-quality observation points in 116 cities this year after 496 such points were built in 74 cities in 2012， said Wu Xiaoqing， Vice Minister of Environmental Protection.
Wu also underlined the serious pollution in south China’s Pearl River Delta， in east China’s Yangtze River Delta and north China’s Beijing and Tianjin municipalities. The three areas cover about 8 percent of China’s total landmass but discharge five times more air pollutants per square km than other areas， Wu said.
By 2015， the ministry aims to reduce the intensity of PM2.5， air-borne particles measuring 2.5 microns or less in diameter， in those three regions by 6 percent from the 2010 level， he said.
Desalination Trials
The first batch of regions and companies has been selected to carry out seawater desalination pilot programs in China.
It is the latest move to boost development in the sector. The list， released by the National Development and Reform Commission earlier this month， includes Shenzhen in Guangdong Province， Binhai New Area in Tianjin， Bohai New Area in Hebei Province， and several industrial parks and companies.
China announced a five-year development plan for the seawater desalination sector last year to ease the country’s water shortages.
The country aims to convert 2.2 million cubic meters of seawater into freshwater per day by 2015， compared with 660，000 cubic meters in 2011， according to the 2011-15 plan. It is expected more than half of freshwater channeled to isles and more than 15 percent of water delivered to coastal factories will come from the sea by 2015.
Industrial analysts estimated the development plan will require investment of around 21 billion yuan（$3.38 billion）.
Transport Investment
Southwest China’s Tibet Autonomous Region will invest 22 billion yuan （$3.54 billion） in transport construction this year， a senior regional official said.
A highway from regional capital Lhasa to Nyingchi and four airport highways will be constructed， according to Tashi Gyatso， head of the Tibet Transport Department.
The region will also carry out 194 construction projects to make highways available to 258 villages to reach the region’s goal of linking 99.14 percent of villages to highways.
A total of more than 5，000 km of highways will be completed this year， in addition to the construction of four county-level passenger bus stations and two cargo stations.
The region spent 10.1 billion yuan （$1.62 billion） last year in improving its transport infrastructure， up 18.8 percent year on year.
Sleep Tight
A doctor demonstrates a proper sleeping position in Yuying Kindergarten in Kaifeng， on March 21， Worl Sleep Day. Henan Province.
According to a report released by the Horizon Research Consultancy Group on March 19， Chinese people sleep an average of eight hours and 50 minutes every day.
Some 55 percent of the respondents admitted that occupational pressure has affected their sleep patterns and they have resorted to various methods to improve sleep quality.