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Food safety inspectors check a restaurant in Weinan City， Shaanxi Province， on October 16.
The Legislative Affairs Office of the State Council on October 29 launched a month-long solicitation of public opinions on draft amendments to the Food Safety Law that will impose harsher punishments against violators.
According to the draft， fines for severe food safety violations such as use of illegal additives will be 15 to 30 times the amount involved in the misconduct， up from the current five to 10 times.
Deadly Attack
A car crash that occurred near downtown Beijing’s Tiananmen Square on October 28 was a “carefully planned， organized and premeditated” terrorist attack， according to the Beijing police.
The three attackers died during the incident and a further five suspects have been detained， a police spokesman announced on October 30.
Usmen Hasan， his mother， Kuwanhan Reyim， and his wife， Gulkiz Gini， drove a jeep with a license plate belonging to northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region and intentionally crashed into a crowd of people， before setting gasoline inside the vehicle alight， the spokesman said.
Police found gasoline， equipment full of gasoline， two knives and steel sticks as well as a flag with extremist religious content in the jeep.
Police have also found knives and at least one “jihad” flag in the temporary residence of the five detained suspects.
The suspects caught in connection with the incident are Husanjan Wuxur， Gulnar Tuhtiniyaz， Yusup Umarniyaz， Bujanat Abdukadir and Yusup Ahmat. According to the police spokesman， they admitted that they knew Usmen Hasan and helped conspire the plan and carry out the attack.
Police said that the other two people killed in the attack were tourists—one Philippine woman and one man from south China’s Guangdong Province.
A further 40 people were injured during the attack， including three other Philippine tourists and one from Japan. All of them are receiving treatment in hospital.
Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying said on October 30 that China expresses its condolences to the victims， pledging to provide the necessary assistance to the relevant countries.
Further investigation into the case is under way.
Austerity Measures
The Communist Party of China has intensified efforts to fight waste and extravagance among Party and government departments with the approval of new regulations on thrift practices by the Political Bureau of the Party’s Central Committee on October 29. According to a statement from a Political Bureau meeting， the regulations aim to limit， supervise and punish various violations related to spending of public funds.
The regulations offer comprehensive stipulations that cover public fund management， domestic and overseas trips， business receptions， meetings and other official activities， the use of non-private vehicles and offices as well as resource savings.
According to the statement， departments at all levels should map out detailed measures under the framework of the regulations in accordance with the realities of their own work， ensuring strengthened supervision and harsher punishments for violators on a case-by-case basis.
Legislation Plan
China’s top legislature plans to discuss 68 bills in the next five years，11 of which are related to environmental issues.
The Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress， the country’s national legislature， announced a five-year legislation plan on October 30.
A total of 47 bills are to be discussed， including 33 draft amendments and 14 new laws， according to the plan.
There are also 21 bills being drafted that will be submitted for discussion when ready， the document said.
The bills on environmental issues include draft amendments to land management， environmental protection， air pollution and water pollution regulations as well as draft laws on soil pollution and nuclear facility safety measures.
Emission Reductions
Emissions of four major pollutants in China saw a year-on-year decrease of 2-3 percent in the first half of 2013， according to the Ministry of Environmental Protection.
Figures in a ministry report released on October 25 showed that Chemical Oxygen Demand， a measure monitoring organic pollutants in water， stood at 11.993 million tons in the first six months， representing a 2.37-percent drop year on year.
Emissions of sulfur dioxide， another major pollutant， dropped 2.48 percent from the previous year to 10.569 million tons.
Meanwhile， the total volume of ammonia nitrogen emissions reached 1.259 million tons and nitrogen oxide emissions totaled 11.675 million tons， registering yearon-year decreases of 2.15 percent and 3.02 percent， respectively.
According to the report， the ministry will issue more regulations on a number of other factors affecting the environment， including price evaluation of coal-fuelled generators and waste emissions limits for construction projects. Medical Support
China has set targets for training of doctors in order to better serve the country’s large rural population， according to a plan made public by the National Health and Family Planning Commission on October 28.
The plan outlines improvements to the country’s education and training systems for rural doctors， in a bid to ensure that 60 percent of such doctors hold degrees from secondary technical schools or better by 2015.
In addition， all rural doctors are expected to be qualified as medical practitioners by 2020， under the plan.
The number of rural health workers in China reached 1.2 million at the end of 2010， marking an 18.1-percent increase in comparison with the number in 2000， according to the commission.
Space Training
China is providing training for space professionals from developing economies， enhancing their capacity in satellite operations and space technology applications.
“Hundreds of space engineers and scientists from several countries including Pakistan and Nigeria have received training in China since 2005，” said Li Lan， Vice General Manager of the Communications Satellite Division of the China Great Wall Industry Corp.， the country’s only commercial provider of international launch services and satellite in-orbit delivery.
The latest training was provided to 35 Bolivian space experts， who completed their studies on October 28.
The training was part of the Tupac Katari program signed in 2010 between the Bolivian Space Agency and the China’s Great Wall.
Disney in Shanghai
Shanghai will be home to the world’s largest Disney store by 2015 when the Shanghai Disney Resort opens to the public.
The Walt Disney Co. China announced on October 25 plans to build the first Chinese Disney store in the city’s Lujiazui.
Set to open in early 2015， the 5，000-square-meter store will be located in Shanghai’s financial hub， and will feature a retail space and a Disney-themed outdoor plaza area.
Yang Xiaoming， General Manager of Shanghai Lujiazui（Group） Co. Ltd.， said that the store’s innovative design， product and entertainment offerings will provide the Lujiazui area with a family-friendly destination.
Smartphone in Tibetan
The first Chinese-Tibetan bilingual smartphone debuted in Lhasa， China’s Tibet Autonomous Region， on October 28.
The Huawei smartphone， C8815， offers bilingual text input and costs 990 yuan（$161）. Users can install Tibetanlanguage applications on the phone. More than 80 percent of the Tibetan population live in remote rural and pastoral areas， many of whom do not understand the Chinese language.
The Central and Tibet regional governments have invested more than 1 billion yuan （$163 million） since 2008 on technological application of the Tibetan language， including the development of Tibetanlanguage office software and digital dictionaries.
Connecting Lhasa
Cars drive along the Najin Bridge in Lhasa， capital of Tibet Autonomous Region， which underwent a pilot run on October 27.
Located on the eastern outskirts of the city， the bridge is the first such major structure in Tibet. With a total investment of 370 million yuan （$60.72 million）， it is 1.28 km long and 33 meters wide.
Credit Tracking
People living in nine provinciallevel regions， including Beijing and Guangdong， can now look up their personal credit reports using an online inquiry service. This was made available from October 28.
The People’s Bank of China， or the central bank， started building its database of credit information in 2006， providing a yardstick for financial institutions to measure an individual’s trustworthiness， especially when providing a loan.
According to a blue paper published by China Banking Association， the country’s financial institutions issued 330 million credit cards by the end of 2012， with annual trading of 10 trillion yuan （$1.63 trillion）.
The database collected information on 820 million individuals， among whom 290 million had personal credit files. The new platform is expected to draw public attention to personal credit records and help make credit management a part of people’s daily routine， said Chang Sheng， General Manager of Allwin Credit， a Beijing-based micro-finance service provider.
The system is another form of credit tracking in China and the service will be available to the whole population in the first half of 2014， according to the central bank.
E-Commerce Boom
The size of China’s business-tocustomer （B2C） e-commerce market reached 162.4 billion yuan （$26.66 billion） in the third quarter， up 50 percent year on year， Internet market research company Analysys International said in a report on October 29.
The B2C market， gradually narrowing the gap with its customerto-customer （C2C） equivalent， has covered 39 percent of the country’s whole online retail market， said the report. After several rounds of fierce price wars in the second quarter， China’s e-commerce giants were active in expanding new businesses by developing online financing enterprises and introducing multiple operations.
The report predicted that China’s B2C market would grow robustly in the fourth quarter， when major e-commerce enterprises will put much effort into the online-tooffline market.
Popular FTZ
The Shanghai pilot free trade zone（FTZ） has seen 208 newly registered enterprises since October 1， local authorities said on October 28.
These include 188 domestic and 20 overseas-funded companies， according to the Shanghai Administration for Industry and Commerce.
Registered capital ranges from 30，000 yuan （$4，900） to 480.8 million yuan （$79 million）， according to the administration.
Of the newly registered enterprises， trade and investment-asset management industries fielded most registrations， with 122 and 36 respectively.
The Chinese Government officially opened the 29-square-km Shanghai FTZ on September 29.
Tax Breaks
Enterprises involved in governmentled shantytown renovation are eligible for tax breaks if they meet certain conditions， authorities announced on October 28 in an effort to encourage participation in the project.
Renovation expenditure would be deducted from the taxes paid by enterprises engaged in governmentorganized redevelopment of remote mining and forestry areas short of public infrastructure， according to a circular released by the Ministry of Finance and the State Administration of Taxation.
The circular also specified other requirements for the tax break， including the number of households in the shantytowns and the state of such areas. The policy will be retroactive to January 1， 2013.
Shantytown renovations are a crucial part of China’s efforts to provide low-income urban residents with affordable accommodations.
Monopoly Fined
A court in south China’s Guangdong Province has ordered U.S. firm InterDigital Communications （IDC） to pay local technology giant Huawei 20 million yuan （$3.26 million） in compensation for monopolistic practices.
In its final verdict on October 28， the Guangdong Provincial Higher People’s Court upheld the previous verdict issued by the municipal intermediate people’s court of Shenzhen， where Huawei is headquartered.
Patent prices offered to Huawei by IDC have often been hundreds of times higher than to other companies， according to the court. Asking for a higher price from Huawei is neither fair nor reasonable as its cellphone sales volume is far less than that of Apple and Samsung， the court stated. The U.S. International Trade Commission initiated a Section 337 investigation into Huawei’s 3G and 4G wireless devices on January 31 for patent infringement. IDC， a wireless technology patent giant， was actively pushing forward the investigation.
According to the court， it was legitimate for the case to be heard in China as Huawei’s manufacturing is based in the country and IDC’s monopoly in U.S. markets and patent authorization could directly affect Huawei’s production in China as well as its exports.
Huawei sued IDC over its abuse of market monopoly on December 6， 2011 and asked for compensation worth 20 million yuan （$3.26 million）. Both parties appealed to the court after its first verdict was reached.
MoneySpinners
Farmers in Bozhou City， Anhui Province， pick chrysanthemums， which is often dried to be made into tea.
With a bumper harvest this year， each mu （1 mu=0.07 hectare） of the flower could provide about 7，000 to 8，000 yuan （$1，149 to $1，313） in income.
The Legislative Affairs Office of the State Council on October 29 launched a month-long solicitation of public opinions on draft amendments to the Food Safety Law that will impose harsher punishments against violators.
According to the draft， fines for severe food safety violations such as use of illegal additives will be 15 to 30 times the amount involved in the misconduct， up from the current five to 10 times.
Deadly Attack
A car crash that occurred near downtown Beijing’s Tiananmen Square on October 28 was a “carefully planned， organized and premeditated” terrorist attack， according to the Beijing police.
The three attackers died during the incident and a further five suspects have been detained， a police spokesman announced on October 30.
Usmen Hasan， his mother， Kuwanhan Reyim， and his wife， Gulkiz Gini， drove a jeep with a license plate belonging to northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region and intentionally crashed into a crowd of people， before setting gasoline inside the vehicle alight， the spokesman said.
Police found gasoline， equipment full of gasoline， two knives and steel sticks as well as a flag with extremist religious content in the jeep.
Police have also found knives and at least one “jihad” flag in the temporary residence of the five detained suspects.
The suspects caught in connection with the incident are Husanjan Wuxur， Gulnar Tuhtiniyaz， Yusup Umarniyaz， Bujanat Abdukadir and Yusup Ahmat. According to the police spokesman， they admitted that they knew Usmen Hasan and helped conspire the plan and carry out the attack.
Police said that the other two people killed in the attack were tourists—one Philippine woman and one man from south China’s Guangdong Province.
A further 40 people were injured during the attack， including three other Philippine tourists and one from Japan. All of them are receiving treatment in hospital.
Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying said on October 30 that China expresses its condolences to the victims， pledging to provide the necessary assistance to the relevant countries.
Further investigation into the case is under way.
Austerity Measures
The Communist Party of China has intensified efforts to fight waste and extravagance among Party and government departments with the approval of new regulations on thrift practices by the Political Bureau of the Party’s Central Committee on October 29. According to a statement from a Political Bureau meeting， the regulations aim to limit， supervise and punish various violations related to spending of public funds.
The regulations offer comprehensive stipulations that cover public fund management， domestic and overseas trips， business receptions， meetings and other official activities， the use of non-private vehicles and offices as well as resource savings.
According to the statement， departments at all levels should map out detailed measures under the framework of the regulations in accordance with the realities of their own work， ensuring strengthened supervision and harsher punishments for violators on a case-by-case basis.
Legislation Plan
China’s top legislature plans to discuss 68 bills in the next five years，11 of which are related to environmental issues.
The Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress， the country’s national legislature， announced a five-year legislation plan on October 30.
A total of 47 bills are to be discussed， including 33 draft amendments and 14 new laws， according to the plan.
There are also 21 bills being drafted that will be submitted for discussion when ready， the document said.
The bills on environmental issues include draft amendments to land management， environmental protection， air pollution and water pollution regulations as well as draft laws on soil pollution and nuclear facility safety measures.
Emission Reductions
Emissions of four major pollutants in China saw a year-on-year decrease of 2-3 percent in the first half of 2013， according to the Ministry of Environmental Protection.
Figures in a ministry report released on October 25 showed that Chemical Oxygen Demand， a measure monitoring organic pollutants in water， stood at 11.993 million tons in the first six months， representing a 2.37-percent drop year on year.
Emissions of sulfur dioxide， another major pollutant， dropped 2.48 percent from the previous year to 10.569 million tons.
Meanwhile， the total volume of ammonia nitrogen emissions reached 1.259 million tons and nitrogen oxide emissions totaled 11.675 million tons， registering yearon-year decreases of 2.15 percent and 3.02 percent， respectively.
According to the report， the ministry will issue more regulations on a number of other factors affecting the environment， including price evaluation of coal-fuelled generators and waste emissions limits for construction projects. Medical Support
China has set targets for training of doctors in order to better serve the country’s large rural population， according to a plan made public by the National Health and Family Planning Commission on October 28.
The plan outlines improvements to the country’s education and training systems for rural doctors， in a bid to ensure that 60 percent of such doctors hold degrees from secondary technical schools or better by 2015.
In addition， all rural doctors are expected to be qualified as medical practitioners by 2020， under the plan.
The number of rural health workers in China reached 1.2 million at the end of 2010， marking an 18.1-percent increase in comparison with the number in 2000， according to the commission.
Space Training
China is providing training for space professionals from developing economies， enhancing their capacity in satellite operations and space technology applications.
“Hundreds of space engineers and scientists from several countries including Pakistan and Nigeria have received training in China since 2005，” said Li Lan， Vice General Manager of the Communications Satellite Division of the China Great Wall Industry Corp.， the country’s only commercial provider of international launch services and satellite in-orbit delivery.
The latest training was provided to 35 Bolivian space experts， who completed their studies on October 28.
The training was part of the Tupac Katari program signed in 2010 between the Bolivian Space Agency and the China’s Great Wall.
Disney in Shanghai
Shanghai will be home to the world’s largest Disney store by 2015 when the Shanghai Disney Resort opens to the public.
The Walt Disney Co. China announced on October 25 plans to build the first Chinese Disney store in the city’s Lujiazui.
Set to open in early 2015， the 5，000-square-meter store will be located in Shanghai’s financial hub， and will feature a retail space and a Disney-themed outdoor plaza area.
Yang Xiaoming， General Manager of Shanghai Lujiazui（Group） Co. Ltd.， said that the store’s innovative design， product and entertainment offerings will provide the Lujiazui area with a family-friendly destination.
Smartphone in Tibetan
The first Chinese-Tibetan bilingual smartphone debuted in Lhasa， China’s Tibet Autonomous Region， on October 28.
The Huawei smartphone， C8815， offers bilingual text input and costs 990 yuan（$161）. Users can install Tibetanlanguage applications on the phone. More than 80 percent of the Tibetan population live in remote rural and pastoral areas， many of whom do not understand the Chinese language.
The Central and Tibet regional governments have invested more than 1 billion yuan （$163 million） since 2008 on technological application of the Tibetan language， including the development of Tibetanlanguage office software and digital dictionaries.
Connecting Lhasa
Cars drive along the Najin Bridge in Lhasa， capital of Tibet Autonomous Region， which underwent a pilot run on October 27.
Located on the eastern outskirts of the city， the bridge is the first such major structure in Tibet. With a total investment of 370 million yuan （$60.72 million）， it is 1.28 km long and 33 meters wide.
Credit Tracking
People living in nine provinciallevel regions， including Beijing and Guangdong， can now look up their personal credit reports using an online inquiry service. This was made available from October 28.
The People’s Bank of China， or the central bank， started building its database of credit information in 2006， providing a yardstick for financial institutions to measure an individual’s trustworthiness， especially when providing a loan.
According to a blue paper published by China Banking Association， the country’s financial institutions issued 330 million credit cards by the end of 2012， with annual trading of 10 trillion yuan （$1.63 trillion）.
The database collected information on 820 million individuals， among whom 290 million had personal credit files. The new platform is expected to draw public attention to personal credit records and help make credit management a part of people’s daily routine， said Chang Sheng， General Manager of Allwin Credit， a Beijing-based micro-finance service provider.
The system is another form of credit tracking in China and the service will be available to the whole population in the first half of 2014， according to the central bank.
E-Commerce Boom
The size of China’s business-tocustomer （B2C） e-commerce market reached 162.4 billion yuan （$26.66 billion） in the third quarter， up 50 percent year on year， Internet market research company Analysys International said in a report on October 29.
The B2C market， gradually narrowing the gap with its customerto-customer （C2C） equivalent， has covered 39 percent of the country’s whole online retail market， said the report. After several rounds of fierce price wars in the second quarter， China’s e-commerce giants were active in expanding new businesses by developing online financing enterprises and introducing multiple operations.
The report predicted that China’s B2C market would grow robustly in the fourth quarter， when major e-commerce enterprises will put much effort into the online-tooffline market.
Popular FTZ
The Shanghai pilot free trade zone（FTZ） has seen 208 newly registered enterprises since October 1， local authorities said on October 28.
These include 188 domestic and 20 overseas-funded companies， according to the Shanghai Administration for Industry and Commerce.
Registered capital ranges from 30，000 yuan （$4，900） to 480.8 million yuan （$79 million）， according to the administration.
Of the newly registered enterprises， trade and investment-asset management industries fielded most registrations， with 122 and 36 respectively.
The Chinese Government officially opened the 29-square-km Shanghai FTZ on September 29.
Tax Breaks
Enterprises involved in governmentled shantytown renovation are eligible for tax breaks if they meet certain conditions， authorities announced on October 28 in an effort to encourage participation in the project.
Renovation expenditure would be deducted from the taxes paid by enterprises engaged in governmentorganized redevelopment of remote mining and forestry areas short of public infrastructure， according to a circular released by the Ministry of Finance and the State Administration of Taxation.
The circular also specified other requirements for the tax break， including the number of households in the shantytowns and the state of such areas. The policy will be retroactive to January 1， 2013.
Shantytown renovations are a crucial part of China’s efforts to provide low-income urban residents with affordable accommodations.
Monopoly Fined
A court in south China’s Guangdong Province has ordered U.S. firm InterDigital Communications （IDC） to pay local technology giant Huawei 20 million yuan （$3.26 million） in compensation for monopolistic practices.
In its final verdict on October 28， the Guangdong Provincial Higher People’s Court upheld the previous verdict issued by the municipal intermediate people’s court of Shenzhen， where Huawei is headquartered.
Patent prices offered to Huawei by IDC have often been hundreds of times higher than to other companies， according to the court. Asking for a higher price from Huawei is neither fair nor reasonable as its cellphone sales volume is far less than that of Apple and Samsung， the court stated. The U.S. International Trade Commission initiated a Section 337 investigation into Huawei’s 3G and 4G wireless devices on January 31 for patent infringement. IDC， a wireless technology patent giant， was actively pushing forward the investigation.
According to the court， it was legitimate for the case to be heard in China as Huawei’s manufacturing is based in the country and IDC’s monopoly in U.S. markets and patent authorization could directly affect Huawei’s production in China as well as its exports.
Huawei sued IDC over its abuse of market monopoly on December 6， 2011 and asked for compensation worth 20 million yuan （$3.26 million）. Both parties appealed to the court after its first verdict was reached.
MoneySpinners
Farmers in Bozhou City， Anhui Province， pick chrysanthemums， which is often dried to be made into tea.
With a bumper harvest this year， each mu （1 mu=0.07 hectare） of the flower could provide about 7，000 to 8，000 yuan （$1，149 to $1，313） in income.