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Zhao Kezhi was sworn in as minister of public security on November 4 after the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress， China’s top legislature， appointed him to the post on the same day. He pledged his allegiance to the Constitution at an oath-taking ceremony at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing.
Zhao is the 14th minister of public security since the People’s Republic of China was founded in 1949. He replaced Guo Shengkun， currently Secretary of the Political and Legal Affairs Committee of the Communist Party of China （CPC） Central Committee.
Zhao， born in 1953 in Laixi， east China’s Shandong Province， was secretary of the CPC Hebei Provincial Committee since July 2015 before assuming his current post. He had also held several leading government and Party positions in Shandong， Jiangsu and Guizhou provinces during his public service career of more than 40 years， including governor of Guizhou and secretary of the CPC Guizhou Provincial Committee.
Domestic Passion for Mandarin Needed
Workers’ Daily November 6
It is reported that there are more than 100 million people living outside China who are learning the Chinese language. In more than 60 countries， Chinese language teaching has been incorporated into their national education systems， with more than 170 countries opening Chinese courses or setting up Chinese programs in schools. In many overseas regions， the number of Chinese language learners is exploding.
For example， Chinese language courses are now available in primary and secondary schools in Washington， D.C. and every U.S. state except South Dakota， ranking the fourth most widely taught foreign language in the country’s education system， according to a survey released in June.
In contrast to foreigners’ mania for the Chinese language， however， a lot of people in China， including students， attach more importance to English than Chinese studies. As a result， even a big fraction of college students in the departments of Chinese language and literature are not good at their major. But many of the students poor in Chinese grab high scores in English tests and can speak fl uent English.
Science students do even worse. Statistics from China Central Television show that 29.7 percent of non-English major students spend the majority of the four-year campus time on English learning. Chinese language courses， however， are widely neglected.
Few people in China worry about not having a good grasp of Chinese， while English language proficiency certificates are highly valued. With the rise of China’s status and influence in the world， Chinese people should first love and learn their mother tongue， so that this beautiful language can gain greater popularity around the world. Land Reclamation Spree
Caixin Weekly October 30
On August 22， the State Council dispatched inspection teams to investigate excessive land reclamation at sea in coastal provinces such as Liaoning， Hebei， Jiangsu and Fujian and Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. However， reclamation projects along the country’s coastline are unlikely to be curbed as a result of this move.
In addition to a strict land use quota， arable land development usually involves huge compensation and other complica ted issues. Comparatively， reclaiming land from the sea costs much less and incurs fewer problems. Such manmade lands bring huge profi ts to developers as they are usually located in densely populated regions on the seaside and have developed transportation networks. Even land prices of their neighboring areas will inflate. High economic returns thus lead to more and more land reclamation projects.
More importantly， these projects tend to be big， which helps grow the local economy and increase tax revenues， beneficial for both local governments and businesses. But their damage to the coastal ecosystem should not be underestimated.
Statistics from the State Oceanic Administration （SOA） reveal that the average area of annual land reclamation stands at about 10，000 hectares in recent years.But industry experts point out that due to poor management， the real acreage could be much bigger.
According to the SOA， over-development of sea resources and lack of effective and unified management have led to dramatic shrinking of China’s coastline. In some cases， the scale of land reclamation exceeds the actual demand and the reclaimed land is thus left idle. All this poses a severe threat to the sea’s sustainable development.
More worrying is that the absence of explicit laws and regulations to regulate land reclamation and rein in excessive projects has made it easy for developers to escape supervision and punishment， which in turn exposes the sea to further damage.
Make Good Use of Education Funds
China Youth Daily November 2
Statistics from the ministries of education and fi nance show that in 2016， government spending on education reached nearly 3.14 trillion yuan （$473 billion）， up 7.44 percent over the previous year and accounting for 4.22 percent of the national GDP. This marked the fi fth consecutive year that state education investment had surpassed 4 percent of the GDP.
In the past， there was a shortage of funds for China’s education and a big gap existed between urban and rural areas as well as between higher education and basic education in terms of investment. For some time， rural areas， home to 60 percent of the total population， had access to only 23 percent of the government’s education funds， with the inputs in eastern regions outweighing those in the west exponentially. This irrational distribution seriously hindered the development of education in the vast rural areas， in central and western regions， and in the elementary education sector. The trend has now been reversed. In 2016， more than half of the government education spending， 52.9 percent of the total， went to primary and middle schools. In regional breakdown terms， central and western regions accounted for 61 percent of the total investment.
As the government increases spending， the focus should turn to how to distribute the money effectively， so as to attain various goals for the country’s education system.
In the coming years， a bigger portion of the money should be directed toward kindergartens and used to increase education resources in impoverished areas. It’s also important to cut administration expenses， particularly expenditure on vanity projects， through tightened supervision.
PRIZE-WINNING ACTOR
Duan Yihong has won the Best Actor Award at this year’s Tokyo International Film Festival for his performance in the suspense thriller The Looming Storm.
The film， to be released in China on November 17， also received the Award for Best Artistic Contribution. Duan plays a factory guard， who is obsessed with a complicated murder investigation.
The festival’s main jury decided to award the prize to Duan “quickly and unanimously，”according to Chinese actress and director Zhao Wei， a member of the panel.
“I feel like I’m dreaming，” Duan said at the awards ceremony on November 3. “I mean， the character I played was dreaming， too， but he was also covered in blood.”
It is Duan’s third major international honor， following the best actor titles at the India International Film Festival in 2003 and the Shanghai International Film Festival in 2015.
Duan， 44， is from northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. He graduated from the Central Academy of Drama in 1998 and now works for the National Theatre of China.
“What we can learn from the success of the Communist Party of China is the ability of the Party to respond to the people’s needs， to give back to the people， and to attach importance to party discipline.”
Abhisit Vejjajiva， former Thai Prime Minister， in a recent exclusive interview with Xinhua News Agency
“Now is the time for us to awaken to the Belt and Road chimes. I believe with us jointly acting together， the initiative will materialize into reality.”
Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor， Chief Executive of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region， speaking at the Belt and Road Innovation and Development Forum in Hong Kong on November 3
“The completion of the genome sequencing is like finishing drawing a map of coconut genes. Following the map， scientists will be able to breed more high-yield， drought-enduring， and disease-resistant species， with a shorter breeding cycle.”
Yang Yaodong， a researcher with the Chinese Academy of Tropical Agricultural Sciences， after the academy announced on November 2 that its scientists had completed sequencing the genome of the coconut
“Many people think e-sports is simply playing games. But it’s not， it’s a sport， and a new profession as well.”
Rong Lanxiang， Principal of Lanxiang， one of China’s largest vocational schools in Shandong Province， on the school’s recent opening of courses on electronic sports（e-sports）
Zhao is the 14th minister of public security since the People’s Republic of China was founded in 1949. He replaced Guo Shengkun， currently Secretary of the Political and Legal Affairs Committee of the Communist Party of China （CPC） Central Committee.
Zhao， born in 1953 in Laixi， east China’s Shandong Province， was secretary of the CPC Hebei Provincial Committee since July 2015 before assuming his current post. He had also held several leading government and Party positions in Shandong， Jiangsu and Guizhou provinces during his public service career of more than 40 years， including governor of Guizhou and secretary of the CPC Guizhou Provincial Committee.
Domestic Passion for Mandarin Needed
Workers’ Daily November 6
It is reported that there are more than 100 million people living outside China who are learning the Chinese language. In more than 60 countries， Chinese language teaching has been incorporated into their national education systems， with more than 170 countries opening Chinese courses or setting up Chinese programs in schools. In many overseas regions， the number of Chinese language learners is exploding.
For example， Chinese language courses are now available in primary and secondary schools in Washington， D.C. and every U.S. state except South Dakota， ranking the fourth most widely taught foreign language in the country’s education system， according to a survey released in June.
In contrast to foreigners’ mania for the Chinese language， however， a lot of people in China， including students， attach more importance to English than Chinese studies. As a result， even a big fraction of college students in the departments of Chinese language and literature are not good at their major. But many of the students poor in Chinese grab high scores in English tests and can speak fl uent English.
Science students do even worse. Statistics from China Central Television show that 29.7 percent of non-English major students spend the majority of the four-year campus time on English learning. Chinese language courses， however， are widely neglected.
Few people in China worry about not having a good grasp of Chinese， while English language proficiency certificates are highly valued. With the rise of China’s status and influence in the world， Chinese people should first love and learn their mother tongue， so that this beautiful language can gain greater popularity around the world. Land Reclamation Spree
Caixin Weekly October 30
On August 22， the State Council dispatched inspection teams to investigate excessive land reclamation at sea in coastal provinces such as Liaoning， Hebei， Jiangsu and Fujian and Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. However， reclamation projects along the country’s coastline are unlikely to be curbed as a result of this move.
In addition to a strict land use quota， arable land development usually involves huge compensation and other complica ted issues. Comparatively， reclaiming land from the sea costs much less and incurs fewer problems. Such manmade lands bring huge profi ts to developers as they are usually located in densely populated regions on the seaside and have developed transportation networks. Even land prices of their neighboring areas will inflate. High economic returns thus lead to more and more land reclamation projects.
More importantly， these projects tend to be big， which helps grow the local economy and increase tax revenues， beneficial for both local governments and businesses. But their damage to the coastal ecosystem should not be underestimated.
Statistics from the State Oceanic Administration （SOA） reveal that the average area of annual land reclamation stands at about 10，000 hectares in recent years.But industry experts point out that due to poor management， the real acreage could be much bigger.
According to the SOA， over-development of sea resources and lack of effective and unified management have led to dramatic shrinking of China’s coastline. In some cases， the scale of land reclamation exceeds the actual demand and the reclaimed land is thus left idle. All this poses a severe threat to the sea’s sustainable development.
More worrying is that the absence of explicit laws and regulations to regulate land reclamation and rein in excessive projects has made it easy for developers to escape supervision and punishment， which in turn exposes the sea to further damage.
Make Good Use of Education Funds
China Youth Daily November 2
Statistics from the ministries of education and fi nance show that in 2016， government spending on education reached nearly 3.14 trillion yuan （$473 billion）， up 7.44 percent over the previous year and accounting for 4.22 percent of the national GDP. This marked the fi fth consecutive year that state education investment had surpassed 4 percent of the GDP.
In the past， there was a shortage of funds for China’s education and a big gap existed between urban and rural areas as well as between higher education and basic education in terms of investment. For some time， rural areas， home to 60 percent of the total population， had access to only 23 percent of the government’s education funds， with the inputs in eastern regions outweighing those in the west exponentially. This irrational distribution seriously hindered the development of education in the vast rural areas， in central and western regions， and in the elementary education sector. The trend has now been reversed. In 2016， more than half of the government education spending， 52.9 percent of the total， went to primary and middle schools. In regional breakdown terms， central and western regions accounted for 61 percent of the total investment.
As the government increases spending， the focus should turn to how to distribute the money effectively， so as to attain various goals for the country’s education system.
In the coming years， a bigger portion of the money should be directed toward kindergartens and used to increase education resources in impoverished areas. It’s also important to cut administration expenses， particularly expenditure on vanity projects， through tightened supervision.
PRIZE-WINNING ACTOR
Duan Yihong has won the Best Actor Award at this year’s Tokyo International Film Festival for his performance in the suspense thriller The Looming Storm.
The film， to be released in China on November 17， also received the Award for Best Artistic Contribution. Duan plays a factory guard， who is obsessed with a complicated murder investigation.
The festival’s main jury decided to award the prize to Duan “quickly and unanimously，”according to Chinese actress and director Zhao Wei， a member of the panel.
“I feel like I’m dreaming，” Duan said at the awards ceremony on November 3. “I mean， the character I played was dreaming， too， but he was also covered in blood.”
It is Duan’s third major international honor， following the best actor titles at the India International Film Festival in 2003 and the Shanghai International Film Festival in 2015.
Duan， 44， is from northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. He graduated from the Central Academy of Drama in 1998 and now works for the National Theatre of China.
“What we can learn from the success of the Communist Party of China is the ability of the Party to respond to the people’s needs， to give back to the people， and to attach importance to party discipline.”
Abhisit Vejjajiva， former Thai Prime Minister， in a recent exclusive interview with Xinhua News Agency
“Now is the time for us to awaken to the Belt and Road chimes. I believe with us jointly acting together， the initiative will materialize into reality.”
Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor， Chief Executive of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region， speaking at the Belt and Road Innovation and Development Forum in Hong Kong on November 3
“The completion of the genome sequencing is like finishing drawing a map of coconut genes. Following the map， scientists will be able to breed more high-yield， drought-enduring， and disease-resistant species， with a shorter breeding cycle.”
Yang Yaodong， a researcher with the Chinese Academy of Tropical Agricultural Sciences， after the academy announced on November 2 that its scientists had completed sequencing the genome of the coconut
“Many people think e-sports is simply playing games. But it’s not， it’s a sport， and a new profession as well.”
Rong Lanxiang， Principal of Lanxiang， one of China’s largest vocational schools in Shandong Province， on the school’s recent opening of courses on electronic sports（e-sports）