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Long Ma， a French-made mechanical creature， rears up with smoke billowing from its dragon’s snout as it approached its robotic arachnid adversary during a performance in Beijing on October 17.
The event on October 17-19， mounted outside the Bird’s Nest stadium that hosted the 2008 Olympics， was part of the commemorations of the 50th anniversary of diplomatic ties between China and France.
Wellbeing Pledge
Chinese leaders called for continued efforts to fight poverty on October 17， the country’s first Poverty Relief Day.
In instructions given during a teleconference， President Xi Jinping asked authorities to mobilize all social forces to join the war against poverty as the most arduous task in building a well-off society is in the impoverished regions.
China should keep innovating and take differentiated and targeted steps to deliver more people from hunger， he said.
Although China lifted around 660 million people out of poverty from 1978 to 2010， some 82 million people remain in poverty in rural areas as of the end of 2013， according to official data.
Rural people with an annual net income per capita of 2，300 yuan （$375） or less are classified as poor under standards adopted in 2011.
Premier Li Keqiang stressed the task of relieving poverty has entered a new stage that requires deeper reforms and innovative mechanisms.
“We should bring together social support to crack the hard nut and win the war，” he said.
Fund Management
China will reform state research fund management， delegating power to independent institutes in a bid to curb academic corruption and sharpen innovation， Xinhua News Agency reported on October 20.
The government will no longer be in direct charge of research projects. Instead， professional institutions will manage state funding in a transparent manner， according to a new rule that will be unveiled soon by the ministries of science and technology， and finance.
China already has such agencies， including the National Natural Science Foundation that was established in the 1980s， said Zhao Lu with the Ministry of Finance. He said more professional institutions will be set up.
“All the organizations should be professionally qualified for managing research projects. Meanwhile， an effective supervision mechanism is needed，”Zhao added.
Academic corruption has been seen in China’s universities and research institutes， where misuse of government funds is common. According to the latest report， Li Ning， a leading scientist in transgene biology and a member of the elite Chinese Academy of Engineering， was arrested for suspected misuse of state funds in his research project on new transgene biological species.
He was among seven professors from five universities found obtaining over 25 million yuan （$4.09 million） of state funds by false means， according to the Communist Party of China Central Commission for Discipline Inspection.
Ebola Prevention
Health authorities and hospitals have been urged to fully prepare for potential Ebola cases， as the virus keeps spreading.
Hospitals designated to treat Ebola cases should secure supplies of apparatus， medicines， disinfectants and protective gear for necessary treatment as well as ambulances for patient transfers， the National Health and Family Planning Commission said in a statement on October 20.
Hospitals were urged to map out detailed work flows to guide medical workers as emergency responses to the virus， it said， stressing effective quarantine measures and safe disposals of medical wastes.
According to the commission， health institutes should have ample research facilities and materials for Ebola case analysis.
So far， no confirmed Ebola cases have been reported in China.
Long Lived
A total of 58，789 centenarians are living in China， and the oldest is 128 years old， the Gerontological Society of China revealed on October 21.
Three quarters of the long-lived are women， and most of them are living in the countryside， the society said.
Provincial-level regions with the most centenarians are south China’s Hainan and Guangxi and east China’s Anhui， where the environment is good and the economy is “moderately developed.”
The society found that most of the centenarians enjoy outdoor activities， are willing to communicate with others， and maintain a healthy diet.
Chinese people aged 60 and over had totaled more than 202 million by the end of 2013， or nearly 15 percent of the total population.
Pacific Buoys
China has completed a large-scale installation of submerged buoys in the West Pacific for the first time， a move essential to continuous observation of the ocean environment.
China’s most sophisticated research vessel Kexue， or Science， returned to the eastern port city of Qingdao on October 21 after wrapping up an 82-day ocean expedition， during which it put 17 sets of submerged buoys in the key marine areas of the west Pacific and retrieved three， according to the Institute of Oceanology， under the Chinese Academy of Sciences （CAS）. It marks the first time that China has put an array of submerged buoys on such a big scale， said Hu Dunxin， a CAS academician. He said the research will help scientists better understand the relation between warm ocean in the West Pacific and climate change.
The expedition will also improve knowledge about the water and climate conditions of the west Pacific， said Yu Fei， chief scientist of the trip.
Kexue is expected to return to the marine area in mid-November to conduct a deep-sea environment project by the CAS.
Fun Sport
Two participants dressed as the figures in The Croods run in the 2014 Beijing International Marathon on October 19.
This year， 26，000 runners participated in the full-race marathon and the half marathon was open to 4，000 entrants.
Safe Travel
A traffic police officer conducts a DUI （driving under the influence） test on a driver in Xi’an， Shaanxi Province.
Drink-driving accidents in China have dropped by a quarter since harsher punishments were imposed three years ago， the Ministry of Public Security said on October 20.
Drink driving was defined as a crime on May 1， 2011. Since then， deaths from such accidents have decreased by 39.3 percent， the ministry said.
The amendment to the Criminal Law also ruled that those who drive after drinking alcohol and cause an accident serious enough to constitute a crime will have their licenses permanently revoked.
Annual Pass
The Forbidden City in Beijing has started sale of one-year passes to better its service， according to a statement from the museum on October 21.
It is the first time the Forbidden City， also known as the Palace Museum， has issued annual passes.
An ordinary pass is priced at 300 yuan （$49）， while passes catering to special groups including senior citizens and students cost 150 yuan （$24.5）.
Pass holders will be eligible to visit the museum 10 times in a year， according to the statement.
However， in order to ease the traffic in peak season， the passes cannot be used during the seven-day National Day holiday， beginning on October 1， according to the statement.
Currently， a typical ticket costs 60 yuan （$9.8）.
Supporting Growth
Finance ministers of Asian Pacific Economic Cooperation （APEC） member economies pledged on October 22 to flexibly implement fiscal policies in a joint statement released after the 21st APEC Finance Ministers’ Meeting. The pledge comes as they seek ways to boost economic and job growth amid a slow economic period. The finance ministers recognized that the global economy still faces persistent weak demand and that risks have risen.
“We reaffirm our commitments to address weakness in our economies and unleash new sources of potential growth including through new structural reform actions， and fulfilling existing reform commitments，” said the statement.
The annual meeting came ahead of the APEC Economic Leaders’ Meeting to be held in Beijing on November 10 and 11， which will be attended by leaders or representatives of the APEC member economies， including the United States， China， Japan and Russia.
These economies account for over half of the world’s economic output， 40 percent of the world’s population， and 46 percent of total global trade.
Construction Projects
The National Development and Reform Commission （NDRC） announced on October 22 it has approved feasibility reports on five airports and three railway projects， with a total investment of 150 billion yuan （$24.4 billion）.
The five airports， with planned investments totaling 5.49 billion yuan（$896 million）， are located in the provinces of Jilin， Qinghai， Yunnan， Guizhou and Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region， mostly in the country’s western regions， according to statements on the website of the NDRC.
The three railway projects， which account for a majority of the planned investment， are worth 144.52 billion yuan （$23.6 billion）.
The move came as the government looks to boost infrastructure investment in the country’s less developed central and western regions to support the faltering growth.
Financial Gathering
Chinese Vice Premier Zhang Gaoli （center front） attends the opening ceremony of the 21st APEC Finance Minister’s Meeting on October 22.
New-Energy Buses
Chinese authorities released a plan on October 22 requiring the heavily polluted metropolises of Beijing and Tianjin as well as cities in Hebei Province to put more new-energy buses on the road to cut pollution.
China aims to promote the use of 20，222 new-energy cars in the region’s public transport system from 2014 to 2015， according to the plan jointly released by seven departments， including the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology and the NDRC.
By the end of 2015， new-energy vehicles should take up no less than 16 percent of the total buses in those regions， the plan said. The total number of charging posts in areas targeted is projected to reach 19，657. The announcement is the latest government effort to address increasingly serious pollution in the area.
Beijing and eight of its neighboring cities were among the 10 Chinese cities with the worst air quality in the third quarter.
The Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region on average suffered from unacceptable levels of air pollution during 45 percent of the days in the third quarter， according to data released by the Ministry of Environmental Protection on October 21.
Solar Firm Troubles
China’s leading solar firm LDK Solar Co. Ltd. filed for bankruptcy protection in the United States on October 22 as a key step for the company’s overseas debt restructuring.
In February， the company started its overseas debt restructuring in the Cayman Islands via provisional liquidation to resolve its offshore liquidity issues. The plan involves its overseas subsidiaries in the Cayman Islands， Hong Kong and the United States.
The overseas debt restructuring will be completed this year， said Peng Shaomin， a spokesperson for the photovoltaic products manufacturer based in Xinyu， east China’s Jiangxi Province.
Listed in New York in 2007， the company suffered a loss of 1.3 billion yuan （$211 million） in 2013， compared with the loss of 4.3 billion yuan （$701.8 million） in 2012， according to a report issued by the Jiangxi Commerce and Industry Association in September.
Deal With Rio 2016
Chinese sports apparel maker 361 Degrees will be the official uniform supplier for the Rio 2016 Olympics， organizers said on October 22.
The company will provide more than 106，500 uniforms to technical staff， volunteers， test event personnel and torch relay participants， according to a statement on the Rio 2016 website.
“With the responsibility of supplying uniforms to the volunteers and staff， which are extremely important groups for us and for the staging of the Olympic and Paralympic Games， we are confident that 361 Degrees will do a great job in our challenge of delivering excellent and memorable games，” said Rio 2016 President Carlos Nuzman.
The financial details of the agreement were not disclosed.
Founded in 2003， 361 Degrees has sponsored the Guangzhou 2010 and Incheon 2014 Asian Games， and the Nanjing 2014 Youth Olympic Games.
Booming Wind Power
China saw robust development of wind power in the first half of this year while the European green sector struggled， according to data from an industrial expo on October 22. More than 7 gigawatts of wind power generating capacity was connected to the state grid by the end of June， representing an increase of 30.37 percent year on year， according to experts at the China Wind Power 2014 event， which opened in Beijing on October 22.
The rapid growth brought the country’s total wind power generating capacity close to 100 gigawatts， a target policymakers hope to reach by 2015.
After explosive growth in the past decade， global wind power faltered last year in terms of installed capacity as European nations， the industry’s main market， cut government subsidies to the sector in the wake of the European sovereign debt crisis.
By contrast， the Chinese Government has increased its support to the green sector through subsidies and tax breaks in a bid to boost the use of non-fossil fuels to reduce pollution and address global climate change.
The wind power sector generated 134.9 billion kWh of electricity in China last year， making it the country’s third largest source of electricity， after thermal power and hydropower.
RMB Bond
The British Government on October 21 lists its first yuan-denominated sovereign bond on the London Stock Exchange.
Mobile Expansion
China’s e-commerce superstar Alibaba Group has waded into the mobile security sector， unveiling a security application and a mobile security platform on October 22.
The app， Ali Money Shield， serves to protect the safety of online transactions for mobile shoppers by safeguarding accounts and text messages， and filtering out phishing websites. The security platform， Ali Ju’anquan， aims to track unwanted codes and scan vulnerability for app developers.
The move marks Alibaba’s latest attempt to further tap the mobile Internet market.
On October 22， the Internet giant joined hands with Meizu， a homegrown smartphone brand， to build a “new mobile Internet industry chain，” with Meizu’s latest smartphone model MX4 adopting Alibaba’s operating system YunOS.
The event on October 17-19， mounted outside the Bird’s Nest stadium that hosted the 2008 Olympics， was part of the commemorations of the 50th anniversary of diplomatic ties between China and France.
Wellbeing Pledge
Chinese leaders called for continued efforts to fight poverty on October 17， the country’s first Poverty Relief Day.
In instructions given during a teleconference， President Xi Jinping asked authorities to mobilize all social forces to join the war against poverty as the most arduous task in building a well-off society is in the impoverished regions.
China should keep innovating and take differentiated and targeted steps to deliver more people from hunger， he said.
Although China lifted around 660 million people out of poverty from 1978 to 2010， some 82 million people remain in poverty in rural areas as of the end of 2013， according to official data.
Rural people with an annual net income per capita of 2，300 yuan （$375） or less are classified as poor under standards adopted in 2011.
Premier Li Keqiang stressed the task of relieving poverty has entered a new stage that requires deeper reforms and innovative mechanisms.
“We should bring together social support to crack the hard nut and win the war，” he said.
Fund Management
China will reform state research fund management， delegating power to independent institutes in a bid to curb academic corruption and sharpen innovation， Xinhua News Agency reported on October 20.
The government will no longer be in direct charge of research projects. Instead， professional institutions will manage state funding in a transparent manner， according to a new rule that will be unveiled soon by the ministries of science and technology， and finance.
China already has such agencies， including the National Natural Science Foundation that was established in the 1980s， said Zhao Lu with the Ministry of Finance. He said more professional institutions will be set up.
“All the organizations should be professionally qualified for managing research projects. Meanwhile， an effective supervision mechanism is needed，”Zhao added.
Academic corruption has been seen in China’s universities and research institutes， where misuse of government funds is common. According to the latest report， Li Ning， a leading scientist in transgene biology and a member of the elite Chinese Academy of Engineering， was arrested for suspected misuse of state funds in his research project on new transgene biological species.
He was among seven professors from five universities found obtaining over 25 million yuan （$4.09 million） of state funds by false means， according to the Communist Party of China Central Commission for Discipline Inspection.
Ebola Prevention
Health authorities and hospitals have been urged to fully prepare for potential Ebola cases， as the virus keeps spreading.
Hospitals designated to treat Ebola cases should secure supplies of apparatus， medicines， disinfectants and protective gear for necessary treatment as well as ambulances for patient transfers， the National Health and Family Planning Commission said in a statement on October 20.
Hospitals were urged to map out detailed work flows to guide medical workers as emergency responses to the virus， it said， stressing effective quarantine measures and safe disposals of medical wastes.
According to the commission， health institutes should have ample research facilities and materials for Ebola case analysis.
So far， no confirmed Ebola cases have been reported in China.
Long Lived
A total of 58，789 centenarians are living in China， and the oldest is 128 years old， the Gerontological Society of China revealed on October 21.
Three quarters of the long-lived are women， and most of them are living in the countryside， the society said.
Provincial-level regions with the most centenarians are south China’s Hainan and Guangxi and east China’s Anhui， where the environment is good and the economy is “moderately developed.”
The society found that most of the centenarians enjoy outdoor activities， are willing to communicate with others， and maintain a healthy diet.
Chinese people aged 60 and over had totaled more than 202 million by the end of 2013， or nearly 15 percent of the total population.
Pacific Buoys
China has completed a large-scale installation of submerged buoys in the West Pacific for the first time， a move essential to continuous observation of the ocean environment.
China’s most sophisticated research vessel Kexue， or Science， returned to the eastern port city of Qingdao on October 21 after wrapping up an 82-day ocean expedition， during which it put 17 sets of submerged buoys in the key marine areas of the west Pacific and retrieved three， according to the Institute of Oceanology， under the Chinese Academy of Sciences （CAS）. It marks the first time that China has put an array of submerged buoys on such a big scale， said Hu Dunxin， a CAS academician. He said the research will help scientists better understand the relation between warm ocean in the West Pacific and climate change.
The expedition will also improve knowledge about the water and climate conditions of the west Pacific， said Yu Fei， chief scientist of the trip.
Kexue is expected to return to the marine area in mid-November to conduct a deep-sea environment project by the CAS.
Fun Sport
Two participants dressed as the figures in The Croods run in the 2014 Beijing International Marathon on October 19.
This year， 26，000 runners participated in the full-race marathon and the half marathon was open to 4，000 entrants.
Safe Travel
A traffic police officer conducts a DUI （driving under the influence） test on a driver in Xi’an， Shaanxi Province.
Drink-driving accidents in China have dropped by a quarter since harsher punishments were imposed three years ago， the Ministry of Public Security said on October 20.
Drink driving was defined as a crime on May 1， 2011. Since then， deaths from such accidents have decreased by 39.3 percent， the ministry said.
The amendment to the Criminal Law also ruled that those who drive after drinking alcohol and cause an accident serious enough to constitute a crime will have their licenses permanently revoked.
Annual Pass
The Forbidden City in Beijing has started sale of one-year passes to better its service， according to a statement from the museum on October 21.
It is the first time the Forbidden City， also known as the Palace Museum， has issued annual passes.
An ordinary pass is priced at 300 yuan （$49）， while passes catering to special groups including senior citizens and students cost 150 yuan （$24.5）.
Pass holders will be eligible to visit the museum 10 times in a year， according to the statement.
However， in order to ease the traffic in peak season， the passes cannot be used during the seven-day National Day holiday， beginning on October 1， according to the statement.
Currently， a typical ticket costs 60 yuan （$9.8）.
Supporting Growth
Finance ministers of Asian Pacific Economic Cooperation （APEC） member economies pledged on October 22 to flexibly implement fiscal policies in a joint statement released after the 21st APEC Finance Ministers’ Meeting. The pledge comes as they seek ways to boost economic and job growth amid a slow economic period. The finance ministers recognized that the global economy still faces persistent weak demand and that risks have risen.
“We reaffirm our commitments to address weakness in our economies and unleash new sources of potential growth including through new structural reform actions， and fulfilling existing reform commitments，” said the statement.
The annual meeting came ahead of the APEC Economic Leaders’ Meeting to be held in Beijing on November 10 and 11， which will be attended by leaders or representatives of the APEC member economies， including the United States， China， Japan and Russia.
These economies account for over half of the world’s economic output， 40 percent of the world’s population， and 46 percent of total global trade.
Construction Projects
The National Development and Reform Commission （NDRC） announced on October 22 it has approved feasibility reports on five airports and three railway projects， with a total investment of 150 billion yuan （$24.4 billion）.
The five airports， with planned investments totaling 5.49 billion yuan（$896 million）， are located in the provinces of Jilin， Qinghai， Yunnan， Guizhou and Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region， mostly in the country’s western regions， according to statements on the website of the NDRC.
The three railway projects， which account for a majority of the planned investment， are worth 144.52 billion yuan （$23.6 billion）.
The move came as the government looks to boost infrastructure investment in the country’s less developed central and western regions to support the faltering growth.
Financial Gathering
Chinese Vice Premier Zhang Gaoli （center front） attends the opening ceremony of the 21st APEC Finance Minister’s Meeting on October 22.
New-Energy Buses
Chinese authorities released a plan on October 22 requiring the heavily polluted metropolises of Beijing and Tianjin as well as cities in Hebei Province to put more new-energy buses on the road to cut pollution.
China aims to promote the use of 20，222 new-energy cars in the region’s public transport system from 2014 to 2015， according to the plan jointly released by seven departments， including the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology and the NDRC.
By the end of 2015， new-energy vehicles should take up no less than 16 percent of the total buses in those regions， the plan said. The total number of charging posts in areas targeted is projected to reach 19，657. The announcement is the latest government effort to address increasingly serious pollution in the area.
Beijing and eight of its neighboring cities were among the 10 Chinese cities with the worst air quality in the third quarter.
The Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region on average suffered from unacceptable levels of air pollution during 45 percent of the days in the third quarter， according to data released by the Ministry of Environmental Protection on October 21.
Solar Firm Troubles
China’s leading solar firm LDK Solar Co. Ltd. filed for bankruptcy protection in the United States on October 22 as a key step for the company’s overseas debt restructuring.
In February， the company started its overseas debt restructuring in the Cayman Islands via provisional liquidation to resolve its offshore liquidity issues. The plan involves its overseas subsidiaries in the Cayman Islands， Hong Kong and the United States.
The overseas debt restructuring will be completed this year， said Peng Shaomin， a spokesperson for the photovoltaic products manufacturer based in Xinyu， east China’s Jiangxi Province.
Listed in New York in 2007， the company suffered a loss of 1.3 billion yuan （$211 million） in 2013， compared with the loss of 4.3 billion yuan （$701.8 million） in 2012， according to a report issued by the Jiangxi Commerce and Industry Association in September.
Deal With Rio 2016
Chinese sports apparel maker 361 Degrees will be the official uniform supplier for the Rio 2016 Olympics， organizers said on October 22.
The company will provide more than 106，500 uniforms to technical staff， volunteers， test event personnel and torch relay participants， according to a statement on the Rio 2016 website.
“With the responsibility of supplying uniforms to the volunteers and staff， which are extremely important groups for us and for the staging of the Olympic and Paralympic Games， we are confident that 361 Degrees will do a great job in our challenge of delivering excellent and memorable games，” said Rio 2016 President Carlos Nuzman.
The financial details of the agreement were not disclosed.
Founded in 2003， 361 Degrees has sponsored the Guangzhou 2010 and Incheon 2014 Asian Games， and the Nanjing 2014 Youth Olympic Games.
Booming Wind Power
China saw robust development of wind power in the first half of this year while the European green sector struggled， according to data from an industrial expo on October 22. More than 7 gigawatts of wind power generating capacity was connected to the state grid by the end of June， representing an increase of 30.37 percent year on year， according to experts at the China Wind Power 2014 event， which opened in Beijing on October 22.
The rapid growth brought the country’s total wind power generating capacity close to 100 gigawatts， a target policymakers hope to reach by 2015.
After explosive growth in the past decade， global wind power faltered last year in terms of installed capacity as European nations， the industry’s main market， cut government subsidies to the sector in the wake of the European sovereign debt crisis.
By contrast， the Chinese Government has increased its support to the green sector through subsidies and tax breaks in a bid to boost the use of non-fossil fuels to reduce pollution and address global climate change.
The wind power sector generated 134.9 billion kWh of electricity in China last year， making it the country’s third largest source of electricity， after thermal power and hydropower.
RMB Bond
The British Government on October 21 lists its first yuan-denominated sovereign bond on the London Stock Exchange.
Mobile Expansion
China’s e-commerce superstar Alibaba Group has waded into the mobile security sector， unveiling a security application and a mobile security platform on October 22.
The app， Ali Money Shield， serves to protect the safety of online transactions for mobile shoppers by safeguarding accounts and text messages， and filtering out phishing websites. The security platform， Ali Ju’anquan， aims to track unwanted codes and scan vulnerability for app developers.
The move marks Alibaba’s latest attempt to further tap the mobile Internet market.
On October 22， the Internet giant joined hands with Meizu， a homegrown smartphone brand， to build a “new mobile Internet industry chain，” with Meizu’s latest smartphone model MX4 adopting Alibaba’s operating system YunOS.