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• Acting governor of NE China province appointed
• China's Xi meets United Russia Party delegation
• China to boost circulation of fresh farm produce
• China invests 577.8 bln yuan in new western projects
• Oldest sea cucumber fossil found
• Police officer suspended after inappropriate Web photos
• Chinese company gets rights to anti-cancer drug
• Fuzhou jasmine tea industry to be candidate for global heritage status
• Scenic areas to be built along water diversion route
• Driver charged with homicide in toll collector's death
• Park Geun-hye certain to win S. Korean presidency
• China's Xi meets United Russia party delegation
• China invests 577.8 bln yuan in new western projects
• HK to see 11 pct rise in Christmas-New Year travelers
• Family deny Nobel laureate to star in cigarette ad
• Anti-graft report advises restricting officials' power
• National college English test adopts cheat-proof measure
• You Quan appointed Fujian's Party chief
• More senior provincial officials named
• More senior provincial officials named

Acting governor of NE China province appointed Posted: 19 Dec 2012 08:15 AM PST Local legislature in northeast China's Jilin Province Wednesday appointed Bayanqolu as acting governor and vice governor of the major agricultural province.

China's Xi meets United Russia Party delegation Posted: 19 Dec 2012 04:15 AM PST Chinese leader Xi Jinpingon Wednesday met with a delegation of the United Russia Party.

China to boost circulation of fresh farm produce Posted: 19 Dec 2012 04:16 AM PST The Ministry of Commerce (MOC) on Wednesday issued a guideline to facilitate the circulation of fresh agricultural products over the next three to five years.

China invests 577.8 bln yuan in new western projects Posted: 19 Dec 2012 03:57 AM PST China invested 577.8 billion yuan (US$91.91 billion) in new projects designed to support its western development strategy this year, the country's top economic planner said Wednesday.

Oldest sea cucumber fossil found Posted: 19 Dec 2012 05:39 AM PST A scientist from the Nanjing Institute of Geology and Paleontology under the Chinese Academy of Sciences has found the world's oldest complete sea cucumber fossil, which has advanced the history of sea cucumber fossils by 50 million years. Nanjing Daily reported on Nov 18 that the 460-million-year-old sea cucumber fossil, found in Wales by Joseph P. Botting, is about 1 centimeter. Unlike modern sea cucumbers, which have long bodies, the ancient sea cucumber in the fossil had a bulb-like shape. It also had antennae on both two sides of its body. So far, sea cucumber fossils have been found in only 10 locations worldwide. The previous oldest one dates to 410 million years ago.

Police officer suspended after inappropriate Web photos Posted: 19 Dec 2012 05:39 AM PST A police officer in Sanya, Hainan province, has been suspended and is being investigated after a woman posted pictures of him online and said that the man drove her to a hot spring resort and restaurants using his police car, local authorities told media on Tuesday. The woman, which uses the nickname "Rain Beauty", uploaded three pictures on her micro blog showing herself and a man in a police car, and the police ID card of the man. The woman said that the man was her boyfriend, and that he drove her to a hot spring resort in Haikou, the provincial capital, in a police car. The photos have caught the attention of Web users, and netizens criticized the man for damaging the image of the police force. The Yangcheng Evening News reported on Wednesday that the Sanya police force confirmed to the newspaper that Wang Pengfei, whose police ID was shown in the pictures, is being investigated. They added that Wang admitted that he knew the woman, but that he said that he was not in a relationship with her. According to hinews.cn, the news portal of the Hainan Daily media group, the Sanya police bureau said that Wang has been suspended. The report also said that the woman, a native of Hubei province who was working as a singer in a nightclub in Haikou, has returned to her hometown. Sanya police have sent a team to Hubei province to look for the woman for further investigations, and will publish the results as soon as possible, the report said.

Chinese company gets rights to anti-cancer drug Posted: 19 Dec 2012 05:39 AM PST Techpool Bio-Pharma Co, a Guangzhou-based company controlled by Swiss pharmaceutical group Nycomed, has obtained the franchise rights in China for an antineoplastic drug from Roche Group, the world's largest pharmaceutical company. Boniva — first launched on the Chinese market by Roche Shanghai in 2006 — is the only third-generation diphosphonate with both an oral formulation and intravenous preparation. Antineoplastic drugs are used in chemotherapy to control or kill cancer cells. Nycomed has been registered in over 50 countries and regions and used to treat more than 500,000 patients. Techpool Bio-Pharma CEO Li Hanming said the contract with Roche will be for five years. He did not disclose the cost of the deal. It is the first time that Roche has given a Chinese company dealership rights. According to the World Health Organization, cancer deaths are about 7 million worldwide each year, with China coming to the second highest rate of cancer diagnosis. Sources with Techpool said that the anti-cancer drug market in China was 14.5 billion yuan ($2.33 billion) in 2011, with a year-on-year growth rate of 23 percent.

Fuzhou jasmine tea industry to be candidate for global heritage status Posted: 19 Dec 2012 05:39 AM PST The planting of Fuzhou jasmine tea and the culture associated with its growing has been nominated as a candidate to become a Globally Important Agricultural Heritage System, as defined by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Yan Keshi, deputy mayor of Fuzhou, the capital and one of the largest cities in Fujian Province, told a news conference in Beijing on Tuesday that representatives of its jasmine tea industry will now prepare to apply for the recognition. GIAHS status is based on various conditions including the importance of the provision of local food security, the levels of agro-biodiversity and associated biological diversity, the store of indigenous knowledge, and the ingenuity of management systems. Yan revealed some facts and figures, which show just how important the jasmine tea industry is to the city. Fuzhou has 1,200 hectares of tea gardens and last year it produced 110,000 tons of jasmine tea, worth 1.78 billion yuan ($290 million). Two of the 100 jasmine tea companies in the city have been awarded the title "Famous Trade Mark in China". There are about 100,000 people working in Fuzhou's tea industry and six of the country's top 100 tea companies are based there, officials revealed. In an evaluation of China's geographical tea brands carried out last year, Fuzhou jasmine tea was valued at 1.83 billion yuan, ranking it in the top 10 tea brands in China. Some 1,500 tons of jasmine tea left Fuzhou port last year destined for more than 30 countries, and this year the exporting unit price of jasmine tea from China averaged $6.22 per kilogram, against an average tea price of $3.24 per kilogram. Fuzhou tea growers are planning to extend the growing area of jasmine tea to 2,000 hectares by 2015, increasing the annual output by 36 percent as a result to 15,000 tons, making Fuzhou jasmine tea an annual business worth 3 billion yuan. Officials said they plan to focus on three key issues in their efforts to expand the local industry, especially internationally: to strengthen the ecological growing processes; enhance the supervision of growing to ensure better quality; and to establish Fuzhou as a world tea trade market with the help of an e-commerce trading platform for the local industry.

Scenic areas to be built along water diversion route Posted: 19 Dec 2012 05:39 AM PST A total of 12 scenic riverside areas will be built along the middle route of the South-to-North Water Diversion Project by the end of 2015, authorities said. The project, the largest of its kind in the world, is designed to divert water from the Yangtze River in the south via eastern, middle and western routes to satisfy the demand for water in the arid northern region of China. "Along the middle route, there are many large water projects that are on a scale rarely seen in the whole world," said Yu Youjun, deputy director of the State Council's Office of the diversion project commission on Dec 19. Construction of the 12 riverside areas along the middle route in Beijing and Tianjin municipalities and Hebei, Henan and Hubei provinces will be completed and open to the public by the end of 2015, according to the office. Of China's 43 World Heritage Sites, 12 are along the project's middle routes, according to the National Tourism Administration. "The abundant tourism resources will attract a large number of visitors when the middle route project is completed," Yu said. Increasing the number of visitors will benefit people in water-supplying regions, he added. The middle route from the Danjiangkou Reservoir, which is on the Hanjiang River, a major tributary of the Yangtze, is scheduled to begin transferring water in 2014. The middle route will transfer about 9.5 billion cubic meters of clean water annually to drought-prone cities in the north, including 1.2 billion cu m to Beijing every year.

Driver charged with homicide in toll collector's death Posted: 19 Dec 2012 05:39 AM PST A driver blamed for the death of a toll collector has been charged with intentional homicide, the Beijing News reported on Wednesday. Li Gexiang, 50, a native of Hebei province, had a argument with a toll collector surnamed Zhu over the fee at Zhaoxindian toll station in Beijing's Fengtai district on July 18. When Zhu moved in front of Li's truck, Li ran over him, dragging his body around 7 meters, according to the report. Zhu, who worked on the Beijing-Hong Kong-Macao Expressway, died later that day in a hospital. Li turned himself in to police the same day.

Park Geun-hye certain to win S. Korean presidency Posted: 19 Dec 2012 05:18 AM PST Park Geun-hye of South Korea's ruling Saenuri Party is poised to win the tightly contested presidential election Wednesday and become the first female leader of the country, local media reported.

China's Xi meets United Russia party delegation Posted: 19 Dec 2012 05:18 AM PST Chinese leader Xi Jinping on Wednesday met with a delegation of the United Russia party.

China invests 577.8 bln yuan in new western projects Posted: 19 Dec 2012 05:18 AM PST China invested 577.8 billion yuan (US$91.91 billion) in new projects designed to support its western development strategy this year, the country's top economic planner said Wednesday.

HK to see 11 pct rise in Christmas-New Year travelers Posted: 19 Dec 2012 03:53 AM PST Hong Kong's Immigration Department estimated on Wednesday that 8.65 million passengers would pass through land, sea and air checkpoints during the Christmas-New Year holiday period, up 11 percent on last year.

Family deny Nobel laureate to star in cigarette ad Posted: 19 Dec 2012 03:47 AM PST Family members of Mo Yan on Wednesday denied the Nobel Prize winner is to star in a cigarette advertisement.

Anti-graft report advises restricting officials' power Posted: 19 Dec 2012 04:19 AM PST A report on China's fight against corruption has advised restricting officials' power, especially for unit heads, in order to prevent unwise decision-making and power abuse.

National college English test adopts cheat-proof measure Posted: 19 Dec 2012 01:43 AM PST Different exam papers will be handed out for the first time at the National College English Test in a bid to prevent cheating, the Ministry of Education (MOE) announced Wednesday.

You Quan appointed Fujian's Party chief Posted: 19 Dec 2012 12:18 AM PST You Quan has been appointed secretary of the Fujian Provincial Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC), replacing Sun Chunlan, according to a decision announced by the CPC Central Committee on Wednesday.

More senior provincial officials named Posted: 19 Dec 2012 12:43 AM PST Three provincial-level regions got their new top officials as the reshuffling of key positions within the Communist Party of China (CPC) continued on Wednesday.

More senior provincial officials named Posted: 19 Dec 2012 01:13 AM PST Three provincial-level regions got their new top officials as the reshuffling of key positions within the Communist Party of China (CPC) continued on Wednesday.

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