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Students cheer after a volunteer of the Light Up Yushu project turned on lights at Xiasulu Primary Boarding School in Xiasulu Village under Xialaxiu Township， Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture of Yushu， Qinghai Province， on November 22. Located in the Xiasulu Village with an altitude of over 4，100 meters， 21 boarders， 40 externs and two teachers of the school had suffered from power failure since 2013 due to the malfunction of a solar power equipment.
A commonwealth project named Light Up Yushu initiated by zjol.com and Zhejiang Electric Power Corporation helped the school bring electricity back on.
Pollution Law
China’s State Council on November 26 passed an amended draft air pollution prevention and control law， which emphasizes addressing the sources， total discharge and density of pollutants.
The amended draft specifies punishment for violations such as discharging pollutants without a certificate， over-discharging pollutants and fabricating monitoring data， according to the draft discussed at an executive meeting of the State Council， presided over by Premier Li Keqiang.
The amended draft has provisions on conducting coordinated control of multiple pollutants from coal burning， industry， automobiles and dust， as well as launching coordinated regional actions in key areas.
The draft will be submitted to the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress for deliberation after further amendments.
Family Abuse Law
The Chinese Government is consulting the public on a draft of a national law on family violence， the first law of its kind in the country.
The draft gives social organizations and individuals the right to dissuade， prevent and report physical and psychological abuse from within the victims’ family. Governments at all levels will allocate funds to combat family violence， according to the draft， published by the legislative affairs office of the State Council.
According to the draft， social aid organizations， primary and middle schools， kindergarten classrooms and medical institutions must report to authorities cases of family abuse and could bear legal liabilities should they fail to do so in a timely manner， resulting in “serious consequences.”
The law states that government， judicial and other related authorities must provide medical treatment， legal aid and judicial assistance to family abuse victims and should protect the victims’rights in terms of property division and child custody should domestic violence lead to divorce. According to the office， members of the public can voice their comments on the proposal until December 25.
Lottery Sales
China’s lottery sales in October hit 32.7 billion yuan （$5.34 billion）， up 20.3 percent year on year， the Ministry of Finance said on November 27.
Welfare lottery sales reached 17.75 billion yuan （$2.81 billion）， up 14.5 percent year on year. Sports lottery sales rose 27.9 percent year on year to 14.95 billion yuan （$2.37 billion）.
In the first 10 months of 2014， total lottery sales stood at 312.11 billion yuan（$51.13）， up 24 percent from a year earlier.
Under China’s lottery management rules， proceeds from lottery ticket sales cover administrative fees and public welfare projects as well as the jackpot.
Last year， total lottery sales topped 309 billion yuan （$49）， up 18.3 percent year on year， ministry data shows.
Bilingual Teachers
China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region plans to train 16，500 teachers to teach in the local dialect and Mandarin.
Ma Wenhua， deputy head of the Xinjiang education department， said on November 27 that 254 million yuan（$41.48 million） would be channeled into the project from 2013 to 2018， in an effort to make up for the shortage of bilingual teachers in the region.
The initiative will target ethnic minority teachers under the age of 35， he said. By the end of 2013， 21，800 ethnic minority teachers in the region had received government-funded bilingual training.
The local government aims to enroll about 75 percent of ethnic minority students in bilingual education by 2015 and more than 90 percent by 2020.
Free Visit
The Palace Museum in Beijing will waive the entry fee for certain residents， it announced on November 24.
Chinese teachers， students， soldiers， police， medical staff and volunteers will be able to visit the museum for free on the first Wednesday of each month from December 2014 to April 2015.
The initiative aims to foster interest from these key groups of society in the popular ancient Chinese palace during the museum’s quieter months， while at the same time reducing the hordes of tourists during high season.
Those eligible must make reservation online 10 days before their visit. Adult tickets for the museum cost about 60 yuan （$9.78）.
Underground Water
Beijing will gradually shut down 6，900 urban wells in the next five years to protect groundwater and improve drinking water quality. Aging of facilities and poor management mean that the quality of water from wells cannot be guaranteed in some areas， resulting in a steady stream of complaints from citizens， said Zhang Ping， deputy head of the Beijing water authority.
The middle route of the gigantic south-to-north water diversion project will soon come on stream， bringing 1 billion cubic meters to Beijing each year from a reservoir on the Hanjiang River， which may lead to possible closure of the wells.
Since 1999， Beijing has used too much groundwater—about 6.5 billion cubic meters too much. Long-term overexploitation has led to environmental problems like subsidence. The water table in parts of Beijing has dropped 12.8 meters since 1998， and more than 1，300 square km of land has subsided over 50 centimeters.
Secret of Orchid
Scientists from seven institutes in China and abroad have completed the world’s first whole genome sequencing of an endangered species of orchid in a historic research initiated by a Shenzhen institute.
The work is expected to be put to bio-pharmaceutical use in two years. Medicines developed from knowledge about the genome of the orchid， phalaenopsis equestris， are expected to improve immunity and slow the aging process， among other efficacies.
The research results of the whole genome sequencing of phalaenopsis equestris， an important parental species for orchid breeding， were published on November 25 by Nature Genetics.
Bon Voyage
China’s deep-diving manned submersible Jiaolong， inside its carrier Xiangyanghong-9， leaves Jiangyin Port in east China’s coastal Jiangsu Province on November 25 on its maiden scientific expedition to the southwest Indian Ocean.
Football Training
China’s education minister Yuan Guiren said on November 26 that football will be factored in when forming a comprehensive quality assessment of students， adding that schools will keep a record on students’ football skills.
Addressing a national conference on promoting football in schools， Yuan said the ministry will inspect schools’efforts on football education.
Football will also become a compulsory part of physical education classes to provide more chances for students to play football， said Yuan.
The ministry will also help set up more football academies. The goal is to have about 20，000 primary and middle schools that focus on the promotion of football by 2017， said the minister. The ministry also plans to train as many as 6，000 football teachers in 2015.
Internet Finance
China will continue to support the development of Internet finance amid moderate government regulation， Pan Gongsheng， Vice Governor of the People’s Bank of China， the country’s central bank， said on November 26.
The central bank is considering issuing a guideline， in cooperation with other financial watchdogs， on Internet finance centered on openness and inclusiveness， Pan said.
Online financing holds a promising future， he said， adding that national encouragement for online financing has been explicitly presented in the 2014 Central Government work report at the legislative session in March.
If used right， it can play a very active role in promoting the country’s real economy， Pan said.
But he also warned of the potential risks for online finance， calling selfregulation a duty among practitioners.
The finance industry is a high-risk area， Pan said. The problems are usually elusive and contagious and often break out suddenly， plaguing both themselves and other economic entities.
Internet finance companies should strengthen legal awareness and actively safeguard a fair and transparent market environment， Pan said.
The regulators will also carry out regular exchanges of ideas to make the regulations more feasible and keep a dynamic pace with the fast-changing practices of online financing， Pan added.
Deficit Decreasing
China recorded a smaller deficit in service trade in October， data from the State Administration of Foreign Exchange（SAFE） showed on November 26.
The country’s service trade deficit reached 105.6 billion yuan （$17.25 billion） in October， compared with 133.4 billion yuan （$21.73 billion） in September.
Income from trade in services stood at 75.9 billion yuan （$12.36 billion） last month， while expenditure in service trade reached 181.5 billion yuan （$29.57 billion）.
In the first 10 months， the aggregate service trade deficit totaled 824 billion yuan （$134.23 billion）， with 1.05 trillion yuan（$171.1 billion） in revenues and 1.87 trillion yuan （$304.8 billion） in spending.
The SAFE started to issue monthly data on the services trade in January 2014 to improve the transparency of the balance of payments statistics.
Distinct from merchandise trade， trade in services refers to the sale and delivery of intangible products like transport， tourism， telecommunication， construction， advertising， computing and accountancy. At Your Fingertips
A visitor uses an 84-inch infrared touchscreen at the 2014 China （Shenzhen） International Touchscreen Exhibition on November 25 in Shenzhen， Guangdong Province. Over 1，600 domestic and foreign touchscreen makers showcased their latest touchsreen technology and products during the exhibition.
General Aviation
More efforts should be made to promote the “fast and healthy” growth of China’s general aviation industry and strengthen its contribution to economic and social development as well as national defense， Chinese Vice Premier Ma Kai said on November 22.
Ma made the remarks at an industry meeting on low-altitude airspace management reform， saying this reform has entered a “crucial stage and many problems remain to be solved.”
China has a total number of 226 general aviation companies and 1，786 general aircraft including helicopters， according to the Civil Aviation Administration of China （CAAC）.
It is expected that China’s general aircraft will surpass 5，000 by 2020， with an annual growth rate at around 19 percent， representing a new economic engine and an industry with a potential market demand at $15.5 billion， said CAAC Deputy Director Wang Zhiqing.
General aviation refers to all civil aviation operations other than scheduled air services， and general aircraft range from helicopters to private jets.
General aircraft can fly in the lowaltitude airspace below 1，000 meters in China and policymakers are mulling over lifting that altitude.
“The bottlenecks facing the general aviation industry are not only airspace resources but also a lack of general aviation airports， temporary landing sites， fuel supply and pilots，” Wang said. China has only 65 general aviation airports， about 300 temporary landing sites and only one oil refiner producing general aviation fuel， CAAC figures showed.
Mountainous Link
A car runs on the Shennong Stream section of the Yichang-Badong Highway on November 25. All sections of the highway will be completed and open to traffic before year end.
Dairy Cooperation
Chinese dairy giant Yili’s first major plant abroad was officially opened in New Zealand’s South Island on November 25 with the announcement that the company will almost triple its investment in the factory by 2019. Oceania Dairy Ltd.， a wholly owned subsidiary of Inner Mongolia Yili Industrial Group， spent NZ$236 million（$185.14 million） constructing the factory in Glenavy， South Canterbury.
Yili also confirmed the company’s plans to invest another NZ$400 million（$313.79 million） in the factory， which already produces infant formula， over the next five years.
More than 70 jobs had been created in stage one of the new plant， completed in September， and the plant processed 220 million liters of milk from 48 local farms in its first season， said Zhang Jianqiu， Executive President of Yili Group.
Yili， listed on the Shanghai Stock Exchange， purchased Oceania in April 2013. The company’s 2013 revenue of$7.6 billion makes it the 10th largest dairy company in the world.
Railway Exports
On November 25， China’s CNR Changchun Railway Vehicles Co. Ltd. （CRC） signed an agreement with Malaysia’s Express Rail Link Sdn Bhd（ERL） to supply six sets of four-car trains to the line from Kuala Lumpur City Center to Kuala Lumpur International Airport.
Boasting a maximum speed of 160 km per hour， the train will be able to carry a maximum of 540 passengers on the 57-km line.
As Kuala Lumpur has a typical tropical climate， CRC will take into full account the local environment in designs to acclimate the trains to the high temperature and abundant rainfall. Moreover， these trains will be more energy-efficient and are expected to be progressively delivered to ERL starting in May 2016.
CRC， founded in 1954， is a leading rail car producer with a diversified product portfolio including metro trains， light rail vehicles， monorail， passenger coaches， commuter trains and high speed trains.
Overseas Plant
Chinese motorcycle and automobile manufacturer Lifan Industry （Group） Co. Ltd. will build a car plant in one of the special economic zones in central Russia， a governmental agent said on November 25.
“By January 2015， Lifan plans to complete the project’s paperwork，” a governmental agent of Russian special economic zones said in a statement.
According to the statement， Lifan hopes to start production in the central Russian city of Lipetsk in April 2017 with an operation period of at least seven years.
Lifan inked a deal with Lipetsk regional administration in October on the investment of $300 million.
The plant is Lifan’s first car plant with a complete assembly cycle in Russia. It is expected to create 1，500 jobs while producing 60，000 cars of different types annually.
Lifan currently occupies slightly over 1 percent of the Russian car market with nearly 22，000 cars sold in 2014. After the plant in Lipetsk starts production， Lifan’s share might grow to 1.9 percent.
A commonwealth project named Light Up Yushu initiated by zjol.com and Zhejiang Electric Power Corporation helped the school bring electricity back on.
Pollution Law
China’s State Council on November 26 passed an amended draft air pollution prevention and control law， which emphasizes addressing the sources， total discharge and density of pollutants.
The amended draft specifies punishment for violations such as discharging pollutants without a certificate， over-discharging pollutants and fabricating monitoring data， according to the draft discussed at an executive meeting of the State Council， presided over by Premier Li Keqiang.
The amended draft has provisions on conducting coordinated control of multiple pollutants from coal burning， industry， automobiles and dust， as well as launching coordinated regional actions in key areas.
The draft will be submitted to the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress for deliberation after further amendments.
Family Abuse Law
The Chinese Government is consulting the public on a draft of a national law on family violence， the first law of its kind in the country.
The draft gives social organizations and individuals the right to dissuade， prevent and report physical and psychological abuse from within the victims’ family. Governments at all levels will allocate funds to combat family violence， according to the draft， published by the legislative affairs office of the State Council.
According to the draft， social aid organizations， primary and middle schools， kindergarten classrooms and medical institutions must report to authorities cases of family abuse and could bear legal liabilities should they fail to do so in a timely manner， resulting in “serious consequences.”
The law states that government， judicial and other related authorities must provide medical treatment， legal aid and judicial assistance to family abuse victims and should protect the victims’rights in terms of property division and child custody should domestic violence lead to divorce. According to the office， members of the public can voice their comments on the proposal until December 25.
Lottery Sales
China’s lottery sales in October hit 32.7 billion yuan （$5.34 billion）， up 20.3 percent year on year， the Ministry of Finance said on November 27.
Welfare lottery sales reached 17.75 billion yuan （$2.81 billion）， up 14.5 percent year on year. Sports lottery sales rose 27.9 percent year on year to 14.95 billion yuan （$2.37 billion）.
In the first 10 months of 2014， total lottery sales stood at 312.11 billion yuan（$51.13）， up 24 percent from a year earlier.
Under China’s lottery management rules， proceeds from lottery ticket sales cover administrative fees and public welfare projects as well as the jackpot.
Last year， total lottery sales topped 309 billion yuan （$49）， up 18.3 percent year on year， ministry data shows.
Bilingual Teachers
China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region plans to train 16，500 teachers to teach in the local dialect and Mandarin.
Ma Wenhua， deputy head of the Xinjiang education department， said on November 27 that 254 million yuan（$41.48 million） would be channeled into the project from 2013 to 2018， in an effort to make up for the shortage of bilingual teachers in the region.
The initiative will target ethnic minority teachers under the age of 35， he said. By the end of 2013， 21，800 ethnic minority teachers in the region had received government-funded bilingual training.
The local government aims to enroll about 75 percent of ethnic minority students in bilingual education by 2015 and more than 90 percent by 2020.
Free Visit
The Palace Museum in Beijing will waive the entry fee for certain residents， it announced on November 24.
Chinese teachers， students， soldiers， police， medical staff and volunteers will be able to visit the museum for free on the first Wednesday of each month from December 2014 to April 2015.
The initiative aims to foster interest from these key groups of society in the popular ancient Chinese palace during the museum’s quieter months， while at the same time reducing the hordes of tourists during high season.
Those eligible must make reservation online 10 days before their visit. Adult tickets for the museum cost about 60 yuan （$9.78）.
Underground Water
Beijing will gradually shut down 6，900 urban wells in the next five years to protect groundwater and improve drinking water quality. Aging of facilities and poor management mean that the quality of water from wells cannot be guaranteed in some areas， resulting in a steady stream of complaints from citizens， said Zhang Ping， deputy head of the Beijing water authority.
The middle route of the gigantic south-to-north water diversion project will soon come on stream， bringing 1 billion cubic meters to Beijing each year from a reservoir on the Hanjiang River， which may lead to possible closure of the wells.
Since 1999， Beijing has used too much groundwater—about 6.5 billion cubic meters too much. Long-term overexploitation has led to environmental problems like subsidence. The water table in parts of Beijing has dropped 12.8 meters since 1998， and more than 1，300 square km of land has subsided over 50 centimeters.
Secret of Orchid
Scientists from seven institutes in China and abroad have completed the world’s first whole genome sequencing of an endangered species of orchid in a historic research initiated by a Shenzhen institute.
The work is expected to be put to bio-pharmaceutical use in two years. Medicines developed from knowledge about the genome of the orchid， phalaenopsis equestris， are expected to improve immunity and slow the aging process， among other efficacies.
The research results of the whole genome sequencing of phalaenopsis equestris， an important parental species for orchid breeding， were published on November 25 by Nature Genetics.
Bon Voyage
China’s deep-diving manned submersible Jiaolong， inside its carrier Xiangyanghong-9， leaves Jiangyin Port in east China’s coastal Jiangsu Province on November 25 on its maiden scientific expedition to the southwest Indian Ocean.
Football Training
China’s education minister Yuan Guiren said on November 26 that football will be factored in when forming a comprehensive quality assessment of students， adding that schools will keep a record on students’ football skills.
Addressing a national conference on promoting football in schools， Yuan said the ministry will inspect schools’efforts on football education.
Football will also become a compulsory part of physical education classes to provide more chances for students to play football， said Yuan.
The ministry will also help set up more football academies. The goal is to have about 20，000 primary and middle schools that focus on the promotion of football by 2017， said the minister. The ministry also plans to train as many as 6，000 football teachers in 2015.
Internet Finance
China will continue to support the development of Internet finance amid moderate government regulation， Pan Gongsheng， Vice Governor of the People’s Bank of China， the country’s central bank， said on November 26.
The central bank is considering issuing a guideline， in cooperation with other financial watchdogs， on Internet finance centered on openness and inclusiveness， Pan said.
Online financing holds a promising future， he said， adding that national encouragement for online financing has been explicitly presented in the 2014 Central Government work report at the legislative session in March.
If used right， it can play a very active role in promoting the country’s real economy， Pan said.
But he also warned of the potential risks for online finance， calling selfregulation a duty among practitioners.
The finance industry is a high-risk area， Pan said. The problems are usually elusive and contagious and often break out suddenly， plaguing both themselves and other economic entities.
Internet finance companies should strengthen legal awareness and actively safeguard a fair and transparent market environment， Pan said.
The regulators will also carry out regular exchanges of ideas to make the regulations more feasible and keep a dynamic pace with the fast-changing practices of online financing， Pan added.
Deficit Decreasing
China recorded a smaller deficit in service trade in October， data from the State Administration of Foreign Exchange（SAFE） showed on November 26.
The country’s service trade deficit reached 105.6 billion yuan （$17.25 billion） in October， compared with 133.4 billion yuan （$21.73 billion） in September.
Income from trade in services stood at 75.9 billion yuan （$12.36 billion） last month， while expenditure in service trade reached 181.5 billion yuan （$29.57 billion）.
In the first 10 months， the aggregate service trade deficit totaled 824 billion yuan （$134.23 billion）， with 1.05 trillion yuan（$171.1 billion） in revenues and 1.87 trillion yuan （$304.8 billion） in spending.
The SAFE started to issue monthly data on the services trade in January 2014 to improve the transparency of the balance of payments statistics.
Distinct from merchandise trade， trade in services refers to the sale and delivery of intangible products like transport， tourism， telecommunication， construction， advertising， computing and accountancy. At Your Fingertips
A visitor uses an 84-inch infrared touchscreen at the 2014 China （Shenzhen） International Touchscreen Exhibition on November 25 in Shenzhen， Guangdong Province. Over 1，600 domestic and foreign touchscreen makers showcased their latest touchsreen technology and products during the exhibition.
General Aviation
More efforts should be made to promote the “fast and healthy” growth of China’s general aviation industry and strengthen its contribution to economic and social development as well as national defense， Chinese Vice Premier Ma Kai said on November 22.
Ma made the remarks at an industry meeting on low-altitude airspace management reform， saying this reform has entered a “crucial stage and many problems remain to be solved.”
China has a total number of 226 general aviation companies and 1，786 general aircraft including helicopters， according to the Civil Aviation Administration of China （CAAC）.
It is expected that China’s general aircraft will surpass 5，000 by 2020， with an annual growth rate at around 19 percent， representing a new economic engine and an industry with a potential market demand at $15.5 billion， said CAAC Deputy Director Wang Zhiqing.
General aviation refers to all civil aviation operations other than scheduled air services， and general aircraft range from helicopters to private jets.
General aircraft can fly in the lowaltitude airspace below 1，000 meters in China and policymakers are mulling over lifting that altitude.
“The bottlenecks facing the general aviation industry are not only airspace resources but also a lack of general aviation airports， temporary landing sites， fuel supply and pilots，” Wang said. China has only 65 general aviation airports， about 300 temporary landing sites and only one oil refiner producing general aviation fuel， CAAC figures showed.
Mountainous Link
A car runs on the Shennong Stream section of the Yichang-Badong Highway on November 25. All sections of the highway will be completed and open to traffic before year end.
Dairy Cooperation
Chinese dairy giant Yili’s first major plant abroad was officially opened in New Zealand’s South Island on November 25 with the announcement that the company will almost triple its investment in the factory by 2019. Oceania Dairy Ltd.， a wholly owned subsidiary of Inner Mongolia Yili Industrial Group， spent NZ$236 million（$185.14 million） constructing the factory in Glenavy， South Canterbury.
Yili also confirmed the company’s plans to invest another NZ$400 million（$313.79 million） in the factory， which already produces infant formula， over the next five years.
More than 70 jobs had been created in stage one of the new plant， completed in September， and the plant processed 220 million liters of milk from 48 local farms in its first season， said Zhang Jianqiu， Executive President of Yili Group.
Yili， listed on the Shanghai Stock Exchange， purchased Oceania in April 2013. The company’s 2013 revenue of$7.6 billion makes it the 10th largest dairy company in the world.
Railway Exports
On November 25， China’s CNR Changchun Railway Vehicles Co. Ltd. （CRC） signed an agreement with Malaysia’s Express Rail Link Sdn Bhd（ERL） to supply six sets of four-car trains to the line from Kuala Lumpur City Center to Kuala Lumpur International Airport.
Boasting a maximum speed of 160 km per hour， the train will be able to carry a maximum of 540 passengers on the 57-km line.
As Kuala Lumpur has a typical tropical climate， CRC will take into full account the local environment in designs to acclimate the trains to the high temperature and abundant rainfall. Moreover， these trains will be more energy-efficient and are expected to be progressively delivered to ERL starting in May 2016.
CRC， founded in 1954， is a leading rail car producer with a diversified product portfolio including metro trains， light rail vehicles， monorail， passenger coaches， commuter trains and high speed trains.
Overseas Plant
Chinese motorcycle and automobile manufacturer Lifan Industry （Group） Co. Ltd. will build a car plant in one of the special economic zones in central Russia， a governmental agent said on November 25.
“By January 2015， Lifan plans to complete the project’s paperwork，” a governmental agent of Russian special economic zones said in a statement.
According to the statement， Lifan hopes to start production in the central Russian city of Lipetsk in April 2017 with an operation period of at least seven years.
Lifan inked a deal with Lipetsk regional administration in October on the investment of $300 million.
The plant is Lifan’s first car plant with a complete assembly cycle in Russia. It is expected to create 1，500 jobs while producing 60，000 cars of different types annually.
Lifan currently occupies slightly over 1 percent of the Russian car market with nearly 22，000 cars sold in 2014. After the plant in Lipetsk starts production， Lifan’s share might grow to 1.9 percent.