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Reconstruction work in the earthquakestricken Yushu Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture in northwest China’s Qinghai Province is completed.
A total of 1，248 reconstruction projects have been completed in the region with total investment of about 44.4 billion yuan （$7.2 billion）. Over 60，000 students have moved from their temporary prefabricated classrooms to new campuses.
Yushu was hit by a 7.1-magnitude earthquake on April 14， 2010， leading to the deaths of more than 2，600.
Antarctica Station
China is planning the construction of a new research station in the south pole， the State Oceanic Administration （SOA） said on November 1.
Taishan Station， the fourth to be built by China in Antarctica， will be set up between the country’s existing Zhongshan and Kunlun stations to provide logistical support， according to Qu Tanzhou， Director of the Arctic and Antarctic Administration at the SOA.
A scientific expedition team would leave Shanghai on November 7 to carry out planning， including for the setting up of Taishan， a summer station that can be used from December to March. It will be used to study geology， glaciers， geomagnetism and the atmosphere in Antarctica.
Sickness Database
China has set up a database of acute altitude sickness that leads the world in terms of the number， variety and source distribution of samples， the Beijing-based PLA Daily reported on November 5.
The database was established by Xinqiao Hospital， affiliated to the Third Military Medical University in southwest China’s Chongqing， said the media outlet for the Chinese army.
The 20，000-strong data set of bodily functions and blood samples was collected by more than 60 doctors and professors from the hospital， who had been monitoring people traveling from the Chengdu Plains to the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau in various vehicles since 2011.
It will facilitate research into dramatically reducing the morbidity and fatality of altitude sickness， according to the newspaper.
Haze on School Days
China may adopt a flexible working hours system and suspend school classes during high air pollution alerts， according to a government circular issued on November 6.
The circular was released by the Ministry of Environmental Protection as China faces growing pressure to curb air pollution， with heavy smog frequently smothering large cities. The ministry urged every possible compulsory measure that could reduce emissions to be implemented when the highest alert of air pollution is issued. These measures include suspension or limiting of business production， restriction of vehicles allowed on the road， dust controls and a ban on outdoor barbecues.
Large-scale outdoor activities should also be canceled， and middle and primary schools， as well as kindergartens， should suspend classes， according to the document. Enterprises and institutions are also encouraged to adopt flexible working hours.
The circular also called for the setting of strict controls on coal-fired pollution while encouraging the use of natural gas.
Rare Fossil
Scientists have found the oldest fossil of insects copulating in northeast China， according to a study published on November 6 in the U.S.-based scientific journal PLOS ONE.
Fossil records of mating insects are uncommon. During the study， Dong Ren and his colleagues at the Beijing-based Capital Normal University， presented the fossil of a pair of copulating froghoppers， a type of small insect that still exists today and hops from plant to plant much like tiny frogs.
The fossil of the two froghoppers has them preserved in a belly-tobelly mating position with the male reproductive organ still inserted into the female， researchers said.
“The fossil that we found is incredibly rare， and it provides an interesting glimpse into insect behavior and is a source of data that will be crucial in understanding their mating habits during the Middle Jurassic period，” Ren announced during a statement.
This is the earliest record of copulating insects to date， and suggests that froghoppers’ genital symmetry and mating position have remained unchanged for over 165 million years， the research team added.
Joint Research
A transportation research center was jointly launched by China’s Tsinghua University， Britain’s University of Cambridge and the U.S. Massachusetts Institute of Technology on November 5 in Beijing .
It was established under the framework of the Low Carbon Energy University Alliance that was founded in 2009 by the three educational organizations.
The center will focus on future transportation studies， which include smart， green， low-carbon and ecological transportation， said Wu Jianping， director of the center. Wu pledged to establish a world-class academic exchange platform where leading experts in the world can carry out short-term research and give lectures. Fewer Cars
The Beijing Municipal Government will reduce the new car registration quota by 37.5 percent starting from 2014， making way for more newenergy vehicles as part of its efforts to curb air pollution.
According to measures for implementing the city’s five-year vehicle emission reduction plan （2013-17）， the number of new registrations available for cars will be cut from the current 240，000 a year to just 150，000 by 2017.
The plan， released on September 12， ruled that the total number of vehicles in Beijing is to be restricted to around 6 million by the end of 2017.
The city had 5.4 million vehicles at the end of October this year， according to figures from the Beijing Traffic Management Bureau.
Among the 600，000 vehicles that will be allowed onto the road within the next four years， 170，000 will be new-energy vehicles， at category that includes battery-powered electric， plug-in hybrid and fuel cell cars.
In 2014， 20，000 new car registrations will be allotted to new-energy vehicles， with a further 30，000 to follow in 2015.
In 2016 and 2017， the figure will be doubled to 60，000.
Going Overseas
China’s homegrown Beidou Satellite Navigation System will begin its first overseas operations in Thailand early next year.
The announcement was made in Bangkok on October 30 by China’s Wuhan Information Technology Outsourcing Service and Research Center in conjunction with the Geoinformatics and Space Technology Development Agency under Thailand’s Ministry of Science and Technology.
China and Thailand signed a$319-million agreement in March， which has established their commitment to cooperating on the construction of Thailand’s geospatial system， giving the country access to China’s advanced technology， products and services.
The two sides have agreed to start building a model satellite station based on Beidou in an industrial estate in east Thailand’s Chon Buri Province next month and nationwide construction of others will begin early next year， said Liu Junyi， Deputy Director of the Wuhan Information Technology Outsourcing Service and Research Center.
It will be the first time that the Beidou has been used outside China.
Free at Last
Zhang Xiang， a giant panda bred in captivity， was released into the wild on November 6.
Zhang Xiang was trained to build a den and mark her territory with the help of her mother and training staff. The cub also developed skills such as recognizing potential enemies， hunting for food and climbing trees. Zhang Xiang is the third captive-bred giant panda to be released into the wild in the past decade. Scientists said that the survival of Zhang Xiang is vital for the continuation of the program， which aims to release more captive-bred giant pandas into the wild to ensure their genetic diversity.
Maker Bots
Visitors observe robot machines at the 15th China International Industry Fair， held in Shanghai from November 5 to 9.
A total of 1，979 companies from 25 countries and regions demonstrated their newest manufacturing technologies at the fair.
PMI Strengthens
China’s purchasing managers’ index（PMI） for the manufacturing sector rose to 51.4 percent in October， hitting a new high since May 2012， according to data released by the National Bureau of Statistics （NBS） and the China Federation of Logistics and Purchasing （CFLP） on November 1.
China’s manufacturing PMI has risen for four consecutive months， showing a steady upward trend in manufacturing. A figure above 50 percent signals expansion.
Zhao Qinghe， a senior NBS statistician， attributed the strong PMI to expanding production after corporate confidence was boosted by the government’s measures this year to stabilize growth and restructure the economy.
The PMI for China’s nonmanufacturing sector rose to 56.3 percent in October， the highest in the last 12 months， similarly confirming the trend.
Cai Jin， CFLP Vice Chairman， said the construction and service sectors are becoming increasingly active， with the non-manufacturing sector absorbing more jobs.
Online Funds Shops
Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba Group opened the sales of funds on its popular online shopping platform Taobao on November 1 after receiving a no-action letter from the China Securities Regulatory Commission on October 31 for its funds business. This makes it China’s first Internet company to provide services for funds sales institutions. Alipay， also run by Alibaba， will provide third-party payment services for online funds sales.
On November 1， the first batch of 17 funds institutions， including Guotai AMC， E Fund and AegonIndustrial Fund， opened their online funds shops on Taobao.
Persons aged 18 or above can buy funds after passing real-name authentication through the Alipay online payment service.
The retailers will provide a onestop service for buyers to open accounts， place and pay for orders， as well as manage their fund accounts， “similar to online clothes shopping，” said the Alibaba Group.
Online funds sales is the second major step for Alibaba after establishing a new business offering its customers higher investment yields than interest from banks. In midJune， Alipay began to offer users the option to directly invest with the private Tianhong Fund. To date， the fund has accumulated an asset size of 55.6 billion yuan （$9.12 billion）， the largest single fund in China. Anti-Dumping Plan
China’s Ministry of Commerce（MOFCOM） announced on November 6 that it is to implement provisional anti-dumping regulations on cellulose pulp imported from the United States， Canada and Brazil.
The preliminary ruling requires importers of the product to place deposits with Chinese customs starting from November 7. The deposits will range from 0.7 percent to 50.9 percent of imports， depending on the dumping margin， said the MOFCOM statement.
MOFCOM announced that companies from the above-mentioned countries had dumped cellulose pulp on the Chinese market and such imports had caused substantial damage to the domestic industry.
The ministry launched its anti-dumping probe into imported cellulose pulp back in February.
Cellulose pulp， made from plant fiber， is used as a raw material in the production of viscose and acetate fiber.
Marine Economy
Readings from China’s first ocean development index were published on November 6 and will provide valuable information as the country looks to boost its marine economy and build itself into a maritime power.
The index figures showed growth of the marine industry over a five-year period.
The Xinhua Ocean Development Index grew at an annual average rate of 23.18 percent from 2006 to 2011， much higher than the annual average economic growth rate of 10.52 percent in the same period， according to a report released at the 2013 China International Blue Economy Summit Forum in the coastal city of Qingdao， Shandong Province， on November 6.
The index included four subindices： industry development， science and technology innovation， environmental resources and marine management.
The index is jointly released by the Xinhua （Qingdao） International Ocean Information Center and the State Financial Information Center Index Research Institute.
Chinese Cars in UAE
Sales of Chinese-made automobiles are gaining momentum in the United Arab Emirates （UAE）， although shares remain marginal due to Japanese and German car manufacturers’ strong position in the market.
At the biennial Dubai International Motor Show， Hisam Khan， General Manager of car Naser M. Alsayer Group， the sole distributor of Chinese car brand BYD （Build Your Dreams）， said， “BYD sold 350 cars in the UAE in 2012， and we will definitely increase sales amid strong demand from mostly middle-class buyers.”
While this figure appears tiny compared with Japanese or German car giants operating in the UAE—German manufacturer Audi， for example， sold 3，235 units in the first nine months—Khan said that he was optimistic that Chinese cars as a brand are at the beginning of a long journey on the Gulf state’s streets and desert roads.
Vehicles from China also present at the show included Foton， Chery， Dongfeng， Brilliance and Great Wall.
Great Wall had only sold commercial vehicles like pickup trucks in the UAE. Since arriving in the UAE in 2011， Great Wall has sold 4，800 units. “For 2013， we expect to sell 1，000 units for the first time， up from 702 units last year，”said G. Machiner， sales manager of commercial vehicles at Dubaibased Al Naboodah， the exclusive distribution firm of Great Wall cars in the UAE.
Happy Harvest
A farmer picks up Chinese honey oranges in Xuan’en County， Hubei Province.
Xuan’en has over 30，000 mu （2，000 hectares） of oranges， which has greatly enhanced income for local farmers.
A total of 1，248 reconstruction projects have been completed in the region with total investment of about 44.4 billion yuan （$7.2 billion）. Over 60，000 students have moved from their temporary prefabricated classrooms to new campuses.
Yushu was hit by a 7.1-magnitude earthquake on April 14， 2010， leading to the deaths of more than 2，600.
Antarctica Station
China is planning the construction of a new research station in the south pole， the State Oceanic Administration （SOA） said on November 1.
Taishan Station， the fourth to be built by China in Antarctica， will be set up between the country’s existing Zhongshan and Kunlun stations to provide logistical support， according to Qu Tanzhou， Director of the Arctic and Antarctic Administration at the SOA.
A scientific expedition team would leave Shanghai on November 7 to carry out planning， including for the setting up of Taishan， a summer station that can be used from December to March. It will be used to study geology， glaciers， geomagnetism and the atmosphere in Antarctica.
Sickness Database
China has set up a database of acute altitude sickness that leads the world in terms of the number， variety and source distribution of samples， the Beijing-based PLA Daily reported on November 5.
The database was established by Xinqiao Hospital， affiliated to the Third Military Medical University in southwest China’s Chongqing， said the media outlet for the Chinese army.
The 20，000-strong data set of bodily functions and blood samples was collected by more than 60 doctors and professors from the hospital， who had been monitoring people traveling from the Chengdu Plains to the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau in various vehicles since 2011.
It will facilitate research into dramatically reducing the morbidity and fatality of altitude sickness， according to the newspaper.
Haze on School Days
China may adopt a flexible working hours system and suspend school classes during high air pollution alerts， according to a government circular issued on November 6.
The circular was released by the Ministry of Environmental Protection as China faces growing pressure to curb air pollution， with heavy smog frequently smothering large cities. The ministry urged every possible compulsory measure that could reduce emissions to be implemented when the highest alert of air pollution is issued. These measures include suspension or limiting of business production， restriction of vehicles allowed on the road， dust controls and a ban on outdoor barbecues.
Large-scale outdoor activities should also be canceled， and middle and primary schools， as well as kindergartens， should suspend classes， according to the document. Enterprises and institutions are also encouraged to adopt flexible working hours.
The circular also called for the setting of strict controls on coal-fired pollution while encouraging the use of natural gas.
Rare Fossil
Scientists have found the oldest fossil of insects copulating in northeast China， according to a study published on November 6 in the U.S.-based scientific journal PLOS ONE.
Fossil records of mating insects are uncommon. During the study， Dong Ren and his colleagues at the Beijing-based Capital Normal University， presented the fossil of a pair of copulating froghoppers， a type of small insect that still exists today and hops from plant to plant much like tiny frogs.
The fossil of the two froghoppers has them preserved in a belly-tobelly mating position with the male reproductive organ still inserted into the female， researchers said.
“The fossil that we found is incredibly rare， and it provides an interesting glimpse into insect behavior and is a source of data that will be crucial in understanding their mating habits during the Middle Jurassic period，” Ren announced during a statement.
This is the earliest record of copulating insects to date， and suggests that froghoppers’ genital symmetry and mating position have remained unchanged for over 165 million years， the research team added.
Joint Research
A transportation research center was jointly launched by China’s Tsinghua University， Britain’s University of Cambridge and the U.S. Massachusetts Institute of Technology on November 5 in Beijing .
It was established under the framework of the Low Carbon Energy University Alliance that was founded in 2009 by the three educational organizations.
The center will focus on future transportation studies， which include smart， green， low-carbon and ecological transportation， said Wu Jianping， director of the center. Wu pledged to establish a world-class academic exchange platform where leading experts in the world can carry out short-term research and give lectures. Fewer Cars
The Beijing Municipal Government will reduce the new car registration quota by 37.5 percent starting from 2014， making way for more newenergy vehicles as part of its efforts to curb air pollution.
According to measures for implementing the city’s five-year vehicle emission reduction plan （2013-17）， the number of new registrations available for cars will be cut from the current 240，000 a year to just 150，000 by 2017.
The plan， released on September 12， ruled that the total number of vehicles in Beijing is to be restricted to around 6 million by the end of 2017.
The city had 5.4 million vehicles at the end of October this year， according to figures from the Beijing Traffic Management Bureau.
Among the 600，000 vehicles that will be allowed onto the road within the next four years， 170，000 will be new-energy vehicles， at category that includes battery-powered electric， plug-in hybrid and fuel cell cars.
In 2014， 20，000 new car registrations will be allotted to new-energy vehicles， with a further 30，000 to follow in 2015.
In 2016 and 2017， the figure will be doubled to 60，000.
Going Overseas
China’s homegrown Beidou Satellite Navigation System will begin its first overseas operations in Thailand early next year.
The announcement was made in Bangkok on October 30 by China’s Wuhan Information Technology Outsourcing Service and Research Center in conjunction with the Geoinformatics and Space Technology Development Agency under Thailand’s Ministry of Science and Technology.
China and Thailand signed a$319-million agreement in March， which has established their commitment to cooperating on the construction of Thailand’s geospatial system， giving the country access to China’s advanced technology， products and services.
The two sides have agreed to start building a model satellite station based on Beidou in an industrial estate in east Thailand’s Chon Buri Province next month and nationwide construction of others will begin early next year， said Liu Junyi， Deputy Director of the Wuhan Information Technology Outsourcing Service and Research Center.
It will be the first time that the Beidou has been used outside China.
Free at Last
Zhang Xiang， a giant panda bred in captivity， was released into the wild on November 6.
Zhang Xiang was trained to build a den and mark her territory with the help of her mother and training staff. The cub also developed skills such as recognizing potential enemies， hunting for food and climbing trees. Zhang Xiang is the third captive-bred giant panda to be released into the wild in the past decade. Scientists said that the survival of Zhang Xiang is vital for the continuation of the program， which aims to release more captive-bred giant pandas into the wild to ensure their genetic diversity.
Maker Bots
Visitors observe robot machines at the 15th China International Industry Fair， held in Shanghai from November 5 to 9.
A total of 1，979 companies from 25 countries and regions demonstrated their newest manufacturing technologies at the fair.
PMI Strengthens
China’s purchasing managers’ index（PMI） for the manufacturing sector rose to 51.4 percent in October， hitting a new high since May 2012， according to data released by the National Bureau of Statistics （NBS） and the China Federation of Logistics and Purchasing （CFLP） on November 1.
China’s manufacturing PMI has risen for four consecutive months， showing a steady upward trend in manufacturing. A figure above 50 percent signals expansion.
Zhao Qinghe， a senior NBS statistician， attributed the strong PMI to expanding production after corporate confidence was boosted by the government’s measures this year to stabilize growth and restructure the economy.
The PMI for China’s nonmanufacturing sector rose to 56.3 percent in October， the highest in the last 12 months， similarly confirming the trend.
Cai Jin， CFLP Vice Chairman， said the construction and service sectors are becoming increasingly active， with the non-manufacturing sector absorbing more jobs.
Online Funds Shops
Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba Group opened the sales of funds on its popular online shopping platform Taobao on November 1 after receiving a no-action letter from the China Securities Regulatory Commission on October 31 for its funds business. This makes it China’s first Internet company to provide services for funds sales institutions. Alipay， also run by Alibaba， will provide third-party payment services for online funds sales.
On November 1， the first batch of 17 funds institutions， including Guotai AMC， E Fund and AegonIndustrial Fund， opened their online funds shops on Taobao.
Persons aged 18 or above can buy funds after passing real-name authentication through the Alipay online payment service.
The retailers will provide a onestop service for buyers to open accounts， place and pay for orders， as well as manage their fund accounts， “similar to online clothes shopping，” said the Alibaba Group.
Online funds sales is the second major step for Alibaba after establishing a new business offering its customers higher investment yields than interest from banks. In midJune， Alipay began to offer users the option to directly invest with the private Tianhong Fund. To date， the fund has accumulated an asset size of 55.6 billion yuan （$9.12 billion）， the largest single fund in China. Anti-Dumping Plan
China’s Ministry of Commerce（MOFCOM） announced on November 6 that it is to implement provisional anti-dumping regulations on cellulose pulp imported from the United States， Canada and Brazil.
The preliminary ruling requires importers of the product to place deposits with Chinese customs starting from November 7. The deposits will range from 0.7 percent to 50.9 percent of imports， depending on the dumping margin， said the MOFCOM statement.
MOFCOM announced that companies from the above-mentioned countries had dumped cellulose pulp on the Chinese market and such imports had caused substantial damage to the domestic industry.
The ministry launched its anti-dumping probe into imported cellulose pulp back in February.
Cellulose pulp， made from plant fiber， is used as a raw material in the production of viscose and acetate fiber.
Marine Economy
Readings from China’s first ocean development index were published on November 6 and will provide valuable information as the country looks to boost its marine economy and build itself into a maritime power.
The index figures showed growth of the marine industry over a five-year period.
The Xinhua Ocean Development Index grew at an annual average rate of 23.18 percent from 2006 to 2011， much higher than the annual average economic growth rate of 10.52 percent in the same period， according to a report released at the 2013 China International Blue Economy Summit Forum in the coastal city of Qingdao， Shandong Province， on November 6.
The index included four subindices： industry development， science and technology innovation， environmental resources and marine management.
The index is jointly released by the Xinhua （Qingdao） International Ocean Information Center and the State Financial Information Center Index Research Institute.
Chinese Cars in UAE
Sales of Chinese-made automobiles are gaining momentum in the United Arab Emirates （UAE）， although shares remain marginal due to Japanese and German car manufacturers’ strong position in the market.
At the biennial Dubai International Motor Show， Hisam Khan， General Manager of car Naser M. Alsayer Group， the sole distributor of Chinese car brand BYD （Build Your Dreams）， said， “BYD sold 350 cars in the UAE in 2012， and we will definitely increase sales amid strong demand from mostly middle-class buyers.”
While this figure appears tiny compared with Japanese or German car giants operating in the UAE—German manufacturer Audi， for example， sold 3，235 units in the first nine months—Khan said that he was optimistic that Chinese cars as a brand are at the beginning of a long journey on the Gulf state’s streets and desert roads.
Vehicles from China also present at the show included Foton， Chery， Dongfeng， Brilliance and Great Wall.
Great Wall had only sold commercial vehicles like pickup trucks in the UAE. Since arriving in the UAE in 2011， Great Wall has sold 4，800 units. “For 2013， we expect to sell 1，000 units for the first time， up from 702 units last year，”said G. Machiner， sales manager of commercial vehicles at Dubaibased Al Naboodah， the exclusive distribution firm of Great Wall cars in the UAE.
Happy Harvest
A farmer picks up Chinese honey oranges in Xuan’en County， Hubei Province.
Xuan’en has over 30，000 mu （2，000 hectares） of oranges， which has greatly enhanced income for local farmers.