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People in Xigaze， Tibet Autonomous Region， dance in celebration of Serfs Emancipation Day on March 28.
On this day 54 years ago， the Central Government announced it would dissolve the aristocratic local government of Tibet and replace it with a preparatory committee for establishing Tibet Autonomous Region.
About 1 million serfs and slaves， accounting for 90 percent of the Tibetan population in the 1950s， were thus emancipated from harsh feudal living conditions under a theocratic regime.
Organ Donation
Seven hundred Chinese donated 1，918 organs from the start of 2010 to March 20， national newspaper Health News reported on March 22， citing the National Organ Donation Center.
With China legalizing posthumous human organ donation in 2010， the center said that the 700th donator was a 15-year-old boy from east China’s Shandong Province， whose organs saved three lives and helped two patients recover their sight.
There are currently 18，745 regis- tered volunteer organ donors across the country.
The center said that its donation information database might come into service this year， facilitating equal distribution of donated organs.
Prior to 2010， no legal channels existed for posthumous human organ donation in China.
Government Microblogs
An annual report by the E-Government Research Center under the China Academy of Governance said that China had 176，714 government microblog accounts at the end of 2012， almost 2.5 times more than the previous year.
Some 113，382 of these accounts are run by Communist Party of China committees， legislatures， governments， political advisors， Party disciplinary watchdogs as well as judicial and procuratorial agencies and government-sponsored institutions， said the report， which was released on March 27.
The remaining 63，332 are kept by officials and staff members of such agencies， according to the report.
It added that a great number of these accounts are run by agencies and individuals associated with the public security and police system， with the proportions respectively accounting for 37 percent of authorities’ microblogs and 39 percent of individual accounts.
Award on China Studies
Ezra F. Vogel， an 82-year-old Harvard University social sciences emeritus professor and author of Deng Xiaoping and the Transformation of China， was honored on March 23 with two other renowned researchers for their outstanding contributions to China studies. Dr. Sergei Leonidovich Tikhvinsky， 94， academician of the Russian Academy of Science and former ambassador to China， was also presented the Award for Outstanding Contribution to China Studies at the opening session of the Fifth World Forum on China Studies.
Jao Tsung-I， a 95-year-old emeritus professor of Chinese language and literature at the Chinese University of Hong Kong， earned the Award for Outstanding Contribution to China Studies by an Overseas Chinese， a newly minted version of the general award.
Initiated in 2004， the high- profile forum aims to nurture new views and approaches in China studies while promoting mutual understanding and academic exchanges between Chinese and overseas scholars.
Wheat Gene
Scientists from China and the United States have mapped a key genetic code for bread wheat， a discovery that will help improve the crop’s productivity and ability to withstand extreme conditions.
The sequencing and drafting of the A genome， one of the three basic genomes of wheat， was published by journal Nature online on March 24. Researchers present the generation， assembly and analysis of a wholegenome shotgun draft sequence of the genome of wild wheat T. urartu， the source of the A genome.
The identification of around 38，000 wheat genes is expected to help provide a valuable resource for accelerating deeper genomic breeding studies and offer a new foundation for the study of wheat evolution， domestication and genetic improvement.
The research， launched by a team from the Institute of Genetics and Development Biology under the Chinese Academy of Sciences， was conducted by Shenzhen-based BGI， a leading genomics organization， and the University of California， Davis.
Bread wheat， T. aestivum， is one of the most widely cultivated and consumed food crops in the world. It feeds about 40 percent of the world’s population and provides 20 percent of a human’s daily recommended amounts of calories and protein. Major efforts are underway around the world to increase the crop’s yield and quality by boosting genetic diversity and resistance to cold， drought and disease.
However， the extremely large size and polyploid complexity of the wheat genome have so far posed substantial barriers for researchers to gain insight into its biology and evolution.
Weather Monitoring
China has built an integrated weather monitoring system that provides better information about potential weather disasters， the country’s meteorological authority said on March 23. A total 419 ground observation stations， 87 aerological stations and seven Fengyun weather satellites will provide weather information for nearly 100 countries and regions to help cut down damage caused by adverse weather， said Zheng Guoguang， Director of the National Meteorological Center.
In the past five years， economic losses caused by weather disasters dropped from 1.22 percent to 0.6 percent of the country’s gross domestic product， with the overall death toll decreasing by 2，000 from the previous five-year period， according to official figures.
Safety Sweep
The Ministry of Public Security launched a six-month safety sweep of vehicles used to transport freight on March 26.
With the campaign to begin on April 1， the ministry urged police departments to crack down on speeding， overloading， refitted vehicles， driving while fatigued， running red lights and other driving misconduct.
According to figures released by the ministry’s Traffic Management Bureau， there are 19 million freight vehicles on China’s roads， accounting for 7.8 percent of the country’s total motor vehicles.
Disproportionately， 28 percent of road fatalities in 2012 were caused by freight vehicles. The accident rate per 10，000 freight vehicles in 2012 was more than twice that of other motor vehicles.
China’s freight market lacks effective regulation， with many of its vehicles facing potential safety risks， said the Traffic Management Bureau， adding it will work with other supervision departments to better regulate freight companies as well as the vehicle maintenance industry.
Water Conditions
A March 21 photo shows a view of Qianzi Lake in Qinghai Province. Qinghai is the source of two of China’s largest rivers， the Yellow and Yangtze.
On March 26， the first national report on China’s water conditions was released by the Ministry of Water Resources and the National Bureau of Statistics.
The nationwide survey covered river conditions， water conservation projects， water consumption， river development and management， and water and soil conservation in 2011.
China has 45，203 rivers each covering an area of at least 50 square km， totaling 1.51 million km in length. Some 2，865 lakes with a regular surface area of over 1 square km took up 78，000 square km， the report said.
The capacity of 98，002 reservoirs amounted to over 932 billion cubic meters and the total installed capacity of 333 million kw were generated by 46，758 hydropower stations. Generating Electricity At Home
Kong Qingbin， a native of Hefei， capital of east China’s Anhui Province， checks the solar panels installed on the roof of his home.
On March 25， the province’s first household photovoltaic power generation system was added to the State Grid power supply system.
Kong purchased seven solar panels in 2012 and established a mini-scale power generation station， which can produce 8 kwh per day at most.
Regaining Momentum
China’s economic growth will steadily regain speed in 2013 despite global economic uncertainties， according to a blue paper released on March 26.
Thanks to a proactive fiscal policy—or increased spending in a number of areas—and a prudent monetary policy introduced in 2012 along with a more coordinated economic growth model propelled by consumption， investments and exports， the momentum of China’s economic growth will continue， says the paper， which was published by the Social Sciences Academic Press.
Despite the positive outlook of China’s economy， the blue paper warns that the country needs to advance its opening up and reform and restructure its economic growth model to ensure sustainable growth.
The blue paper， which focuses on the development of the BRICS nations—the emerging economies of Brazil， Russia， India， China and South Africa—says China remains the last country in the group where the service industry accounts for less than half of its economy.
State-owned enterprises still make up the bulk of the services sector and the share of non-state operators in the market is small， leading to insufficient competition， says the paper.
Anti-Dumping Duties
The Ministry of Commerce（MOFCOM） began imposing anti-dumping duties on resorcinol imports from the United States and Japan on March 23.
The duties will last for five years， according to the MOFCOM. Tariff rates on resorcinol imported from Japan and the United States are 40.5 percent and 30.1 percent， respectively.
The final ruling came after the MOFCOM found that the domestic industry had been substantially harmed by the two countries dumping resorcinol. The MOFCOM has been investigating the issue since March 2012.
Resorcinol is an essential component used to manufacture tires and other fiber-reinforced rubber goods. Maritime Show
The China Shipbuilding Industry Corp. （CSIC） made its debut at the Langkawi International Maritime and Aerospace Exhibition in Malaysia on March 26.
The company brought its latest product models， including submarine， landing platform dock and frigate， to the four-day show， which closed on March 30.
“It’s our first time in the Langkawi International Maritime and Aerospace Exhibition，” said Xu Ziqiu， General Manager of China Shipbuilding and Offshore International， the international marketing and sales arm of CSIC.
CSIC is the largest manufacturer of maritime products in China with more than 100 subsidiaries including seven shipyards and 28 R&D institutes， producing naval products such as submarines， destroyers and frigates.
Xu admitted the shipbuilding industry has not yet fully recovered from the global financial crisis.“So we wish to explore outside the country and see if we can tap into the global market，” he said.
CNOOC Profits Down
China National Offshore Oil Corp. Ltd. （CNOOC）， the country’s largest offshore oil producer， said on March 23 that its net profits fell 9.3 percent to 63.69 billion yuan （$10.24 billion） in 2012.
Increased taxes and surging costs for oil and gas exploration reduced the company’s profit intake， said the company in its 2012 report filed with the Hong Kong Stock Exchange.
Despite the fall， the oil giant remains one of the most profitable companies in the country.
In 2012， its oil and gas revenues rose 2.9 percent from a year earlier to 194.77 billion yuan （$31.36 billion）. Oil and gas output totaled 342.4 million barrels， up 3.2 percent year on year， due to remarkable output in oilfields in the Bohai Bay.
Merchandise Fair
The 2013 Shandong Fair Merchandise Fair opened on March 26 in the western Japanese commercial city of Osaka， with more than 100 firms and factories from the Chinese province attending the three-day event.
The 15th session of the Osaka event， held in MyDome Osaka， a major exhibition hall in the city’s center， was organized by JapanChina Economic Relations and Trade Center and Osaka Chamber of Commerce and Industry in cooperation with the Department of Commerce of Shandong Province， which led a delegation consisting of more than 250 business leaders and entrepreneurs from the province.
Lu Wei， deputy director of the province’s Department of Commerce said that about 30 percent of the participants came to the event for the first time with high expectations and hopes of what they will sell or achieve in the Japanese market as well as of establishing a market presence in Japan， stressing that every year continuing the Osaka event is key to developing economic relations between the two sides.
According to the organizer， this year’s event saw 100 booths on display on two floors， which were divided into three sections： daily necessities specially arranged for Japanese users， home fabrics and apparel.
Energy Price Cuts
A staff member changes the price labels at a gasoline station in Yinchuan， capital of northeast China’s Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region.
China cut the retail price of gasoline by 310 yuan （$49.91） per ton and diesel by 300 yuan （$48.3） per ton on March 27.
The National Development and Reform Commission announced a new pricing system that will adjust the prices of oil products every 10 working days to better reflect changes in the global oil market.
On this day 54 years ago， the Central Government announced it would dissolve the aristocratic local government of Tibet and replace it with a preparatory committee for establishing Tibet Autonomous Region.
About 1 million serfs and slaves， accounting for 90 percent of the Tibetan population in the 1950s， were thus emancipated from harsh feudal living conditions under a theocratic regime.
Organ Donation
Seven hundred Chinese donated 1，918 organs from the start of 2010 to March 20， national newspaper Health News reported on March 22， citing the National Organ Donation Center.
With China legalizing posthumous human organ donation in 2010， the center said that the 700th donator was a 15-year-old boy from east China’s Shandong Province， whose organs saved three lives and helped two patients recover their sight.
There are currently 18，745 regis- tered volunteer organ donors across the country.
The center said that its donation information database might come into service this year， facilitating equal distribution of donated organs.
Prior to 2010， no legal channels existed for posthumous human organ donation in China.
Government Microblogs
An annual report by the E-Government Research Center under the China Academy of Governance said that China had 176，714 government microblog accounts at the end of 2012， almost 2.5 times more than the previous year.
Some 113，382 of these accounts are run by Communist Party of China committees， legislatures， governments， political advisors， Party disciplinary watchdogs as well as judicial and procuratorial agencies and government-sponsored institutions， said the report， which was released on March 27.
The remaining 63，332 are kept by officials and staff members of such agencies， according to the report.
It added that a great number of these accounts are run by agencies and individuals associated with the public security and police system， with the proportions respectively accounting for 37 percent of authorities’ microblogs and 39 percent of individual accounts.
Award on China Studies
Ezra F. Vogel， an 82-year-old Harvard University social sciences emeritus professor and author of Deng Xiaoping and the Transformation of China， was honored on March 23 with two other renowned researchers for their outstanding contributions to China studies. Dr. Sergei Leonidovich Tikhvinsky， 94， academician of the Russian Academy of Science and former ambassador to China， was also presented the Award for Outstanding Contribution to China Studies at the opening session of the Fifth World Forum on China Studies.
Jao Tsung-I， a 95-year-old emeritus professor of Chinese language and literature at the Chinese University of Hong Kong， earned the Award for Outstanding Contribution to China Studies by an Overseas Chinese， a newly minted version of the general award.
Initiated in 2004， the high- profile forum aims to nurture new views and approaches in China studies while promoting mutual understanding and academic exchanges between Chinese and overseas scholars.
Wheat Gene
Scientists from China and the United States have mapped a key genetic code for bread wheat， a discovery that will help improve the crop’s productivity and ability to withstand extreme conditions.
The sequencing and drafting of the A genome， one of the three basic genomes of wheat， was published by journal Nature online on March 24. Researchers present the generation， assembly and analysis of a wholegenome shotgun draft sequence of the genome of wild wheat T. urartu， the source of the A genome.
The identification of around 38，000 wheat genes is expected to help provide a valuable resource for accelerating deeper genomic breeding studies and offer a new foundation for the study of wheat evolution， domestication and genetic improvement.
The research， launched by a team from the Institute of Genetics and Development Biology under the Chinese Academy of Sciences， was conducted by Shenzhen-based BGI， a leading genomics organization， and the University of California， Davis.
Bread wheat， T. aestivum， is one of the most widely cultivated and consumed food crops in the world. It feeds about 40 percent of the world’s population and provides 20 percent of a human’s daily recommended amounts of calories and protein. Major efforts are underway around the world to increase the crop’s yield and quality by boosting genetic diversity and resistance to cold， drought and disease.
However， the extremely large size and polyploid complexity of the wheat genome have so far posed substantial barriers for researchers to gain insight into its biology and evolution.
Weather Monitoring
China has built an integrated weather monitoring system that provides better information about potential weather disasters， the country’s meteorological authority said on March 23. A total 419 ground observation stations， 87 aerological stations and seven Fengyun weather satellites will provide weather information for nearly 100 countries and regions to help cut down damage caused by adverse weather， said Zheng Guoguang， Director of the National Meteorological Center.
In the past five years， economic losses caused by weather disasters dropped from 1.22 percent to 0.6 percent of the country’s gross domestic product， with the overall death toll decreasing by 2，000 from the previous five-year period， according to official figures.
Safety Sweep
The Ministry of Public Security launched a six-month safety sweep of vehicles used to transport freight on March 26.
With the campaign to begin on April 1， the ministry urged police departments to crack down on speeding， overloading， refitted vehicles， driving while fatigued， running red lights and other driving misconduct.
According to figures released by the ministry’s Traffic Management Bureau， there are 19 million freight vehicles on China’s roads， accounting for 7.8 percent of the country’s total motor vehicles.
Disproportionately， 28 percent of road fatalities in 2012 were caused by freight vehicles. The accident rate per 10，000 freight vehicles in 2012 was more than twice that of other motor vehicles.
China’s freight market lacks effective regulation， with many of its vehicles facing potential safety risks， said the Traffic Management Bureau， adding it will work with other supervision departments to better regulate freight companies as well as the vehicle maintenance industry.
Water Conditions
A March 21 photo shows a view of Qianzi Lake in Qinghai Province. Qinghai is the source of two of China’s largest rivers， the Yellow and Yangtze.
On March 26， the first national report on China’s water conditions was released by the Ministry of Water Resources and the National Bureau of Statistics.
The nationwide survey covered river conditions， water conservation projects， water consumption， river development and management， and water and soil conservation in 2011.
China has 45，203 rivers each covering an area of at least 50 square km， totaling 1.51 million km in length. Some 2，865 lakes with a regular surface area of over 1 square km took up 78，000 square km， the report said.
The capacity of 98，002 reservoirs amounted to over 932 billion cubic meters and the total installed capacity of 333 million kw were generated by 46，758 hydropower stations. Generating Electricity At Home
Kong Qingbin， a native of Hefei， capital of east China’s Anhui Province， checks the solar panels installed on the roof of his home.
On March 25， the province’s first household photovoltaic power generation system was added to the State Grid power supply system.
Kong purchased seven solar panels in 2012 and established a mini-scale power generation station， which can produce 8 kwh per day at most.
Regaining Momentum
China’s economic growth will steadily regain speed in 2013 despite global economic uncertainties， according to a blue paper released on March 26.
Thanks to a proactive fiscal policy—or increased spending in a number of areas—and a prudent monetary policy introduced in 2012 along with a more coordinated economic growth model propelled by consumption， investments and exports， the momentum of China’s economic growth will continue， says the paper， which was published by the Social Sciences Academic Press.
Despite the positive outlook of China’s economy， the blue paper warns that the country needs to advance its opening up and reform and restructure its economic growth model to ensure sustainable growth.
The blue paper， which focuses on the development of the BRICS nations—the emerging economies of Brazil， Russia， India， China and South Africa—says China remains the last country in the group where the service industry accounts for less than half of its economy.
State-owned enterprises still make up the bulk of the services sector and the share of non-state operators in the market is small， leading to insufficient competition， says the paper.
Anti-Dumping Duties
The Ministry of Commerce（MOFCOM） began imposing anti-dumping duties on resorcinol imports from the United States and Japan on March 23.
The duties will last for five years， according to the MOFCOM. Tariff rates on resorcinol imported from Japan and the United States are 40.5 percent and 30.1 percent， respectively.
The final ruling came after the MOFCOM found that the domestic industry had been substantially harmed by the two countries dumping resorcinol. The MOFCOM has been investigating the issue since March 2012.
Resorcinol is an essential component used to manufacture tires and other fiber-reinforced rubber goods. Maritime Show
The China Shipbuilding Industry Corp. （CSIC） made its debut at the Langkawi International Maritime and Aerospace Exhibition in Malaysia on March 26.
The company brought its latest product models， including submarine， landing platform dock and frigate， to the four-day show， which closed on March 30.
“It’s our first time in the Langkawi International Maritime and Aerospace Exhibition，” said Xu Ziqiu， General Manager of China Shipbuilding and Offshore International， the international marketing and sales arm of CSIC.
CSIC is the largest manufacturer of maritime products in China with more than 100 subsidiaries including seven shipyards and 28 R&D institutes， producing naval products such as submarines， destroyers and frigates.
Xu admitted the shipbuilding industry has not yet fully recovered from the global financial crisis.“So we wish to explore outside the country and see if we can tap into the global market，” he said.
CNOOC Profits Down
China National Offshore Oil Corp. Ltd. （CNOOC）， the country’s largest offshore oil producer， said on March 23 that its net profits fell 9.3 percent to 63.69 billion yuan （$10.24 billion） in 2012.
Increased taxes and surging costs for oil and gas exploration reduced the company’s profit intake， said the company in its 2012 report filed with the Hong Kong Stock Exchange.
Despite the fall， the oil giant remains one of the most profitable companies in the country.
In 2012， its oil and gas revenues rose 2.9 percent from a year earlier to 194.77 billion yuan （$31.36 billion）. Oil and gas output totaled 342.4 million barrels， up 3.2 percent year on year， due to remarkable output in oilfields in the Bohai Bay.
Merchandise Fair
The 2013 Shandong Fair Merchandise Fair opened on March 26 in the western Japanese commercial city of Osaka， with more than 100 firms and factories from the Chinese province attending the three-day event.
The 15th session of the Osaka event， held in MyDome Osaka， a major exhibition hall in the city’s center， was organized by JapanChina Economic Relations and Trade Center and Osaka Chamber of Commerce and Industry in cooperation with the Department of Commerce of Shandong Province， which led a delegation consisting of more than 250 business leaders and entrepreneurs from the province.
Lu Wei， deputy director of the province’s Department of Commerce said that about 30 percent of the participants came to the event for the first time with high expectations and hopes of what they will sell or achieve in the Japanese market as well as of establishing a market presence in Japan， stressing that every year continuing the Osaka event is key to developing economic relations between the two sides.
According to the organizer， this year’s event saw 100 booths on display on two floors， which were divided into three sections： daily necessities specially arranged for Japanese users， home fabrics and apparel.
Energy Price Cuts
A staff member changes the price labels at a gasoline station in Yinchuan， capital of northeast China’s Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region.
China cut the retail price of gasoline by 310 yuan （$49.91） per ton and diesel by 300 yuan （$48.3） per ton on March 27.
The National Development and Reform Commission announced a new pricing system that will adjust the prices of oil products every 10 working days to better reflect changes in the global oil market.