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• China promotes 6 officers to general
• Man jailed over airport bomb hoax
• Scientists make breakthrough discovery on eye disease
• Moutai targets 'national wine' trademark
• Flooding in Shaanxi province kills 11
• The risk warning board planned for launch next year
• China promotes 6 officers to general
• Wen urges policy implementation for private capital
• China promotes 6 officers to general
• Chinese man jailed over bomb hoax
• CPC local committees complete leadership reshuffle
• Sansha to build 83 low-rent apartments
• 30 killed in train fire in southern India
• Sansha to build 83 low-rent apartments
• Downpours force 12,000 to relocate in NE China
• China, Russia reach consensus on fishery issue: FM
• China, Russia reach consensus on fishery issue
• Pipeline canceled after thousands protest
• MCP pledges huge increase in rare earths output
• Airport gets new customer service hotline

China promotes 6 officers to general Posted: 30 Jul 2012 09:45 AM PDT The Central Military Commission (CMC) conferred the rank of general on six senior military and police officers on Monday.

Man jailed over airport bomb hoax Posted: 30 Jul 2012 08:03 AM PDT Updated: 2012-07-30 22:46 By Shi Yingying ( chinadaily.com.cn) An 18-year-old man who was charged with fabricating terrorist information was sentenced to one year and two months in jail on July 30 over a bomb hoax at Shanghai's Pudong International Airport. According to Pudong New Area People's Court, the man, surnamed Pu, called the airport hotline on the night of April 28, claiming he had placed a bomb on flight CA406 from Shanghai to Chengdu. He demanded that airport authorities deposit 1 million yuan ($157,000) in his bank account. The plane was searched and the flight was delayed for five hours until a false alarm was declared. Pu later admitted he had called the airport hotline twice using the Internet and had lied about the existence of a terrorist bomb.

Scientists make breakthrough discovery on eye disease Posted: 30 Jul 2012 08:03 AM PDT Updated: 2012-07-30 22:45 By Huang Yuli in Shenzhen, Guangdong province ( chinadaily.com.cn) A five-country research team identified one of the causes of an eye disease known as Leber congenital amaurosis, one of the most common causes of inherited blindness in children. The research team was led by the Casey Eye Institute Molecular Diagnostic Laboratory, the Beijing Genomics Institute and the No 1 Affiliated Hospital of the School of Medicine of Zhejiang University. The study with the findings was published online in scientific journal Nature Genetics, reporting the genetic characteristics of some patients, and providing important evidence that support that mutations in a gene, known as NMNAT1, are a promising target for gene therapy. LCA is an inherited retinal degenerative disease characterized by severe loss of vision at birth. It is estimated to occur in two to three out of 100,000 newborns. Currently several studies are being done on the disease. Scientists found that it could result from mutations in at least 17 genes, all of which are necessary for normal vision and play important roles in the development and function of the retina. More importantly, gene replacement therapy has been successful in animal models and in humans more studies are under way. However, the genetic characters for about 20 to 30 percent of the patients are still unknown. In this study, the researchers sequenced the whole exome of an LCA patient with no previously identified mutations. They identified 2,460 previously unreported variants. Qi Ming, chief scientist with the Beijing Genomics Institute, said that the study lays a solid foundation for understanding genetic characteristics of the disease and other related congenital blindness diseases and is an important step forward for developing new molecular diagnosis and gene therapy.

Moutai targets 'national wine' trademark Posted: 30 Jul 2012 08:03 AM PDT Updated: 2012-07-30 22:44 ( chinadaily.com.cn) The application by Moutai for the trademark to be called the "national wine" has passed the first review, according to the Trademark Office of the State Administration for Industry and Commerce. The result raised objections from other liquor enterprises in China, Beijing Times reported on July 30. Xiao Zhuqing, an expert in the Chinese liquor industry, told the paper that if Moutai successfully acquired the trademark, other liquor enterprises would not be able to use "national" for their products anymore, so Moutai's act would harm the whole industry. Wu dong, a lawyer with the Shanghai Huiye Law Firm, told the paper that registering "national wine" shows a hint of unfair competition and it's "ridiculous". Besides, drinking is harmful to people's health, so if Moutai uses "national wine" as its trademark, it could mislead consumers. Tie Li, a famous Chinese liquor marketer, told the paper that Moutai's trademark has only passed the first examination, and it has brought up many objections, so the possibility of Moutai getting the trademark could be slim.

Flooding in Shaanxi province kills 11 Posted: 30 Jul 2012 08:03 AM PDT Flooding caused by heavy rains has killed 11 people in Yulin, Shaanxi province in Northwest China and there is little relief in sight, with weather forecasters predicting more rain will hit the area from July 30 to Aug 1. "From July 1 when the main flooding season started until July 29, 11 people were killed and 15 went missing in floods in Yulin," an official surnamed Liao with Shaanxi Provincial Flood Control and Drought Relief Headquarters told China daily on Monday. Liao said some 150,800 people in the cities of Yulin and Yan'an in northern Shaanxi suffered from the disaster and the direct economic loss in the region reached 134 million yuan ($21 million). "The heavy rain hit Yulin again on Monday morning and the road linking Yulin and Jiaxian, a county near Yulin that bore the brunt of the flooding, was cut off again. The road had been damaged by floods on July 27 and repaired on Sunday," said Liu Bo, director of the disaster relief office of Yulin City Civil Affairs Bureau on Monday. China Daily was told by Jiaxian county's water supply company, that the pipe water supply in the county was cut off by floods on Saturday night. On Sunday the company sent 10 tankers with drinking water to local residents. According to Liu Zhenquan, director of Yulin City Urban Flood Control Office, although there were some difficulties in supplying water to the county, there was no panic buying of bottled drinking water, and food and other necessities were readily available in supermarkets and shops. Yulin City Roads Bureau said various sections of provincial roads 302, 204 and State road 210, were severely damaged by the floods and the bureau has made great efforts to repair them. On July 27 and 28, Yulin airport canceled 26 flights due to the heavy rain. The airport reminded passengers to pay attention to the weather forecast and keep themselves informed of any flight changes. The heavy rains also delayed four trains, stranding more than 23,000 passengers, at Yulin Railway Station. The passengers were all able to travel on Monday, said Chao Weihai, director of the station. According to Liu Bo, the city's civil bureau has earmarked 9.63 million yuan for relief funds to help rebuilding efforts. Shaanxi provincial meteorological observatory forecast heavy rains will hit most parts of the province from July 30 to Aug 1 and reminded people to pay close attention to potential floods and landslides.

The risk warning board planned for launch next year Posted: 30 Jul 2012 08:03 AM PDT Updated: 2012-07-30 22:38 By Yu Ran ( chinadaily.com.cn) A risk warning board to control and monitor trading risks in the stock market will be launched next year, according to a statement by the Shanghai Stock Exchange on July 30. A draft guideline was released by the Shanghai Stock Exchange on July 27 asking for public feedback on planned adjustments after the launch of the board. According to the proposed adjustments, listed companies operating at losses for two consecutive years will be labeled as "under special treatment" (ST shares) and those operating at losses for three consecutive years will be marked as "*ST shares", and both "ST" and "*ST" companies face delisting to warn investors of the potential risks in trading such shares. The daily price upper limit of "ST shares" will be adjusted to 1 percent, while the price down limit will be narrowed to 5 percent.

China promotes 6 officers to general Posted: 30 Jul 2012 05:20 AM PDT The Central Military Commission (CMC) conferred the rank of general on six senior military and police officers on Monday.

Wen urges policy implementation for private capital Posted: 30 Jul 2012 05:42 AM PDT Premier Wen Jiabao on Monday urged related authorities to ensure the implementation of policies designed to encourage private capital so as to create a "fair, transparent and predictable" environment for various market entities.

China promotes 6 officers to general Posted: 30 Jul 2012 05:20 AM PDT The Central Military Commission (CMC) conferred the rank of general on six senior military and police officers on Monday.

Chinese man jailed over bomb hoax Posted: 30 Jul 2012 02:49 AM PDT A Chinese man was sentenced to one year and two months in prison for a plane bombing hoax, a Shanghai court announced Monday.

CPC local committees complete leadership reshuffle Posted: 30 Jul 2012 02:46 AM PDT Thirty-one provincial committees of the Communist Party of China (CPC) reshuffled their leadership through internal elections from the fourth quarter of 2011 to early July, the Organization Department of the CPC Central Committee said Monday.

Sansha to build 83 low-rent apartments Posted: 30 Jul 2012 01:09 AM PDT Eighty-three new low-rent apartments are to be built within the next two years in newly-established Sansha city in the South China Sea.

30 killed in train fire in southern India Posted: 29 Jul 2012 11:14 PM PDT At least 30 people were confirmed dead while more than 25 others sustained burns in a major fire that engulfed one of the coaches of an express train in the southern Indian state of Andhra Pradesh early Monday.

Sansha to build 83 low-rent apartments Posted: 30 Jul 2012 01:09 AM PDT Eighty-three new low-rent apartments are to be built within the next two years in newly-established Sansha city in the South China Sea.

Downpours force 12,000 to relocate in NE China Posted: 29 Jul 2012 10:40 PM PDT Torrential rains battered northeast China's Liaoning Province over the weekend, forcing more than 12,000 people to relocate, local authorities said Monday.

China, Russia reach consensus on fishery issue: FM Posted: 29 Jul 2012 11:24 PM PDT China and Russia have reached a two-point consensus on a fishery issue and the detained Chinese fishermen may return home soon, a Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesman said Monday.

China, Russia reach consensus on fishery issue Posted: 30 Jul 2012 12:05 AM PDT China and Russia have reached a two-point consensus on a fishery issue and the detained Chinese fishermen may return home soon, spokesman Hong Lei of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a press release Monday. • 36 Chinese fishermen detained by Russia

Pipeline canceled after thousands protest Posted: 29 Jul 2012 10:36 PM PDT A water discharge project was canceled in the coastal city of Qidong, Jiangsu province, because of strong protests from residents.

MCP pledges huge increase in rare earths output Posted: 29 Jul 2012 11:38 PM PDT Molycorp (MCP), the largest U.S. rare earths miner, recently announced a large-scale expansion plan to increase its global shares from the current 4 percent to more than 30 percent.

Airport gets new customer service hotline Posted: 29 Jul 2012 11:00 PM PDT The Beijing Capital International Airport will launch a new customer service hotline from Aug 1, with access guaranteed even under extreme weather conditions.

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