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People from the Rukai ethnic group in Taiwan participate in celebrations for Siyueba in Fenghuang ancient town in central China’s Hunan Province on May 6. Siyueba is a traditional festival observed by a number of ethnic minorities on the eighth day of the fourth lunar month.
Security Measures
Chinese authorities will launch special operations against domestic terrorists， according to a senior security official.
Law enforcement agencies will implement the leadership’s arrangement for counter-terrorism， said Meng Jianzhu， head of the Commission for Political and Legal Affairs of the Communist Party of China Central Committee， at a meeting of officials from law enforcement and judicial departments in Beijing on May 6.
Meng vowed that authorities will strike back against terrorists. Law enforcement agencies and judicial departments will deploy new technologies to detect and remove security threats.
On March 1， assailants killed 29 civilians and injured another 143 at a railway station in the southwestern city of Kunming in Yunnan Province. Three other people were killed and 79 more were injured in an attack at a railway station in Urumqi， capital of northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region， on April 30. The two incidents were both confirmed as terrorist attacks. On May 6， a male suspect carrying a knife attacked people at a railway station in the southern metropolis of Guangzhou. The nature of this attack has not yet been confirmed.
Credibility System
China will soon release an outline for building a government-led national social credibility system to assess individuals and organizations on areas ranging from tax payment to judicial credibility.
On May 5， Economic Information Daily reported that the outline， the drafting of which was led by the National Development and Reform Commission and the People’s Bank of China， focuses on credibility building in four areas—administrative affairs， commercial activities， social behaviors and the judicial system.
According to the outline， China will also establish an integrated platform by 2017 to collect credibility information on financial， industrial， and commercial registration， taxes and social security payments， as well as traffic violations. To facilitate the process， individuals and organizations will be coded based on identity card numbers or organization numbers. Satellite Launch Drill
China’s new satellite launch center， located in south China’s Hainan Province， will conduct a drill in the second half of this year.
The drill at the Wenchang Satellite Launch Center aims to test the center’s functionality， a necessary step for future launch programs， according to a senior official in charge of the program.
The Wenchang Satellite Launch Center is the fourth such facility in China.
A satellite launched from Wenchang， which is located at a low latitude， is expected to enjoy longer service life as a result of the fuel saved by the shorter maneuver from transit orbit to geosynchronous orbit.
Adoption Restrictions
China’s religion watchdog has banned unregistered groups and persons from adopting orphans or abandoned infants in the name of their religion. It also laid out detailed rules on the proper adoption procedures.
“Only lawfully registered religious groups， venues and clergy as well as orphanages run by them are allowed to adopt orphans or abandoned infants. No other organizations or individuals should do so in the name of religion，” said a circular jointly released on May 5 by the Ministry of Civil Affairs and the State Administration for Religious Affairs.
The circular stressed that qualified religious groups should cooperate with civil affairs departments to strengthen their daily management， take good care of adopted children and conduct activities legally.
Groups wishing to run homes or orphanages independently should first apply for adoption approvals from civil affairs departments and sign agreement papers containing adoption responsibilities and instructions for attending to the adopted children， it said.
Cultural Coop
China is planning a program to promote cultural cooperation among countries along the ancient Silk Road， the Ministry of Culture said on May 5.
The program is aimed at improving cooperation in fields such as the entertainment business， tourism， protection of cultural heritage and sport， said a statement from the ministry.
The Silk Road， an ancient trade route， linked China with Europe through Central Asia for centuries. Chinese President Xi Jinping during his visit to Central Asia last September put forward the idea of a Silk Road economic belt.
The program will include an annual cultural forum， joint production of TV shows， films and animation， trade centers and exhibitions of cultural products as well as cultural events， according to the ministry. China’s Central Government and provincial governments along the Silk Road will work out preferential policies， it added.
No Smoking
China’s TV channels at or above the provincial level， as well as major video websites， will have a one-month “intense run” of an anti-smoking commercial starting on May 5.
Titled “supporting the ban on public smoking for yourself and others，” the ad is part of a month-long anti-smoking campaign， according to a statement from the National Health and Family Planning Commission.
China is home to 320 million smok- ers， accounting for nearly one third of the world’s smoking population.
At least 740 million non-smokers are also subject to second-hand smoke， according to official statistics.
Subsidies in Xinjiang
Regional government subsidies for poor families in northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region increased 6.6 percent to 4.16 billion yuan （$668 million） in 2014.
As a key program to improve people’s living standards， the regional government earmarked 2.3 billion yuan（$369 million） and 1.8 billion yuan （$289 million） as living subsidies for urban and rural poor families respectively， according to Peng Gang， an official with the regional civil affairs department on May 2.
Xinjiang has 860，000 urban citizens and 1.3 million rural residents who enjoy subsidies for living expenses. The monthly per-capita subsidy is 277 yuan （$44.49） for urban families and 129 yuan （$20.72） for rural households.
In 2013， the regional government allocated 3.9 billion yuan （$626 million） as the minimum living allowances for the poor.
With a land area of 1.66 million square km， Xinjiang has a population of 22.6 million. Ethnic minority groups account for approximately 60 percent of the total population.
Dropping Mortality Rate
Doctors in Suixian County， Henan Province， examine an infant.
The mortality rate for children under 5 in China has dropped by more than two thirds since 1990， while maternal mortality has been cut by 70 percent， said a report released by the world’s leading independent charity， Save the Children， on May 6.
The annual report， which began in 2000， ranked China as 61st on its list of best places to be a mother， up seven spots from last year. This year’s report focuses on mothers in humanitarian crises， who face many obstacles in keeping their children healthy.
Fish Migration Over 2，000 artificially-bred Chinese sturgeons are released into the Yangtze River from Yichang City， Hubei Province， on April 13.
The fish has completed a 1，600-km migratory trip along the Yangtze to the sea， said the Chinese Sturgeons Research Institute on May 6.
Chinese sturgeons， sometimes called “aquatic pandas，” are listed as being under state protection.
This was the first time scientists have obtained firm evidence showing that artificially-bred fish retain inherited natural migratory habits and can thus survive in the wild.
Foreign Trade Rebound
China’s exports went up 0.9 percent year on year to $188.54 billion in April， customs data showed on May 8.
Imports were up 0.8 percent to$170.09 billion and total foreign trade volume increased 0.8 percent to $358.63 billion， the General Administration of Customs （GAC） said.
Trade balance realized a surplus of $18.45 billion in April， up 1.8 percent year on year， the GAC said.
In light of trade data in April last year being very high， the improvement in trading performances this April is even more impressive， said Xu Gao， chief macro-economy analyst with Everbright Securities. China’s foreign trade condition has substantially improved.
During the January to April period， China’s foreign trade volume declined 0.5 percent year on year to $1.32 trillion. During the period， exports decreased 2.3 percent year on year while imports went up 1.4 percent.
PMI Pickup
China’s manufacturing growth continued to rise in April， fresh evidence of better performance in the manufacturing sector， official data showed on May 1.
The purchasing managers’ index（PMI） for the manufacturing sector rose to 50.4 in April， up from 50.3 in March， according to data jointly released by the National Bureau of Statistics （NBS） and the China Federation of Logistics and Purchasing （CFLP）.
This is the second consecutive monthly uptick of the widely monitored data. The index began to climb in March after three months of declines.
A reading below 50 indicates contraction， while above 50 signals expansion.
The latest PMI index shows that China’s market demand is improving， but the momentum of the recovery is not strong， said Zhao Qinghe， a senior analyst with the NBS.
The PMI for China’s non-manufacturing sector rose to 54.8 in April， up 0.3 percentage points from March. CFLP Vice Chairman Cai Jin attributed the rebound to the warming of the tertiary industry and the recovering market demand against the backdrop of China’s economic growth having shown signs of stabilizing after an array of grim indicators at the beginning of the year.
The logistics-related industries have picked up pace， while the wholesale and retail sectors were revitalized， Cai said， noting that the dynamic activity， along with the mild change in price index， will contribute to stable economic growth.
Beautiful and Useful
Pictured is a wind farm located in Tianchang， east China’s Anhui Province.
The lakeside wind farm， the first of its kind in the province， has produced 136 million kilowatt hours of electricity for the national grid since it was put into use in November 2012.
Canton Fair Cools
The biannual Canton Fair， a barometer of the country’s foreign trade， had fewer overseas buyers and trade deals in comparison to last year， organizers said.
The 115th session of the fair， which closed on May 5， attracted 188，119 overseas buyers， down 0.81 percent from the previous session last autumn， and down 7.23 percent from last year’s spring session， said Liu Jianjun， spokesman for the fair.
Export volume dropped 12.64 percent year on year to 191.18 billion yuan（$31.05 billion）， said Liu.
The decrease in attendance and turnover indicated that overseas market demand remained weak， and that the recovery of the domestic market had a long way to go， Liu said.
More Obligations
Chinese state-owned enterprises （SOEs） will have to pay 5 percent more of their profits to the government， the Ministry of Finance （MOF） said on May 6.
The money will be used to improve social services， said the MOF. SOEs administered by the Central Government will pass on up to 25 percent of their profits depending on their line of business.
The change is based on profits made from the beginning of this year， according to the MOF. Tobacco com-panies will turn in 25 percent of their profits， with petrochemical， electricity， telecom and coal companies paying 20 percent， steel， transportation， electronics， trade and construction companies transferring 15 percent， while militaryindustrial companies hand in 10 percent.
Some companies including China Grain Reserves Corp. and China National Cotton Reserves Corp. can still keep their profits for their own development. The central SOEs are expected to deliver 141.5 billion yuan （$22.7 billion） to the government this year， up 36.1 percent from 2013， according to the MOF.
Rising Bad Loans
Non-performing loans （NPL） of major Chinese commercial banks edged up in the first quarter， fresh evidence of growing pressure for industry titans to improve the quality of their loans after years of lending sprees.
The NPL of China’s four largest state-owned commercial banks all rose in the first quarter according to their quarterly financial reports. Agricultural Bank of China has the highest NPL ratio， which is hovering at 1.22 percent.
The NPL ratio of the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China， the country’s largest bank， rose by 0.03 percentage points to 0.97 percent by the end of March.
The NPL ratio of Bank of China inched up 0.02 percentage points from three months ago to 0.98 percent by the end of March， and that of China Construction Bank edged up 0.03 percentage points to 1.02 percent during the period.
Non-performing loans refer to loans that are in default or close to being in default， while the NPL ratio is the ratio of NPL to a lender’s total loans.
Polysilicon Duties
China’s Ministry of Commerce（MOFCOM） started to impose two-year anti-dumping and anti-subsidy duties on imports of solar-grade polysilicon from the EU from May 1.
A final ruling by the MOFCOM found that the EU products were dumped and subsidized in the Chinese market and caused substantial damage to domestic producers during the period of investigation.
The MOFCOM launched the probe on November 1， 2012， in response to requests filed by Chinese polysilicon manufacturers amid an import surge and price decline of the EU products. On October 31， 2013， the MOFCOM announced that it would extend the probe by another six months to May 1， 2014.
Solar-grade polysilicon is a key material for making solar cells.
Expanding VAT Trial
China is to replace turnover tax with value-added tax （VAT） in the telecom sector， following similar changes in transport and some service sectors.
The new rules become effective on June 1， the MOF and the State Administration of Taxation announced on April 30.
Basic telecom services such as voice calls and bandwidth leasing or sales will be subject to 11-percent VAT while valueadded services such as messaging， data transfer and Internet access will be subject to a 6-percent rate. Telecom services for overseas clients will be exempt.
China has been pushing VAT reform since the beginning of 2012. The reform started with transportation and some modern service sectors， and expanded to railway transportation and postal service sectors before it was introduced in the telecom industry.
Turnover tax refers to a tax on the gross revenue of a business， while a VAT refers to a tax levied on the difference between a commodity’s price before taxes and its cost of production.
A Rosy Future
A farmer picks edible roses in Jimo， east China’s Shandong Province.
The city has planted over 1，000 mu （67 hectares） of roses that can be used in the beverage， medicine， cosmetics and textile industries. Each mu （0.07 hectare） of roses can yield over 30，000 yuan （$4，820） of annual income for local farmers.
Security Measures
Chinese authorities will launch special operations against domestic terrorists， according to a senior security official.
Law enforcement agencies will implement the leadership’s arrangement for counter-terrorism， said Meng Jianzhu， head of the Commission for Political and Legal Affairs of the Communist Party of China Central Committee， at a meeting of officials from law enforcement and judicial departments in Beijing on May 6.
Meng vowed that authorities will strike back against terrorists. Law enforcement agencies and judicial departments will deploy new technologies to detect and remove security threats.
On March 1， assailants killed 29 civilians and injured another 143 at a railway station in the southwestern city of Kunming in Yunnan Province. Three other people were killed and 79 more were injured in an attack at a railway station in Urumqi， capital of northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region， on April 30. The two incidents were both confirmed as terrorist attacks. On May 6， a male suspect carrying a knife attacked people at a railway station in the southern metropolis of Guangzhou. The nature of this attack has not yet been confirmed.
Credibility System
China will soon release an outline for building a government-led national social credibility system to assess individuals and organizations on areas ranging from tax payment to judicial credibility.
On May 5， Economic Information Daily reported that the outline， the drafting of which was led by the National Development and Reform Commission and the People’s Bank of China， focuses on credibility building in four areas—administrative affairs， commercial activities， social behaviors and the judicial system.
According to the outline， China will also establish an integrated platform by 2017 to collect credibility information on financial， industrial， and commercial registration， taxes and social security payments， as well as traffic violations. To facilitate the process， individuals and organizations will be coded based on identity card numbers or organization numbers. Satellite Launch Drill
China’s new satellite launch center， located in south China’s Hainan Province， will conduct a drill in the second half of this year.
The drill at the Wenchang Satellite Launch Center aims to test the center’s functionality， a necessary step for future launch programs， according to a senior official in charge of the program.
The Wenchang Satellite Launch Center is the fourth such facility in China.
A satellite launched from Wenchang， which is located at a low latitude， is expected to enjoy longer service life as a result of the fuel saved by the shorter maneuver from transit orbit to geosynchronous orbit.
Adoption Restrictions
China’s religion watchdog has banned unregistered groups and persons from adopting orphans or abandoned infants in the name of their religion. It also laid out detailed rules on the proper adoption procedures.
“Only lawfully registered religious groups， venues and clergy as well as orphanages run by them are allowed to adopt orphans or abandoned infants. No other organizations or individuals should do so in the name of religion，” said a circular jointly released on May 5 by the Ministry of Civil Affairs and the State Administration for Religious Affairs.
The circular stressed that qualified religious groups should cooperate with civil affairs departments to strengthen their daily management， take good care of adopted children and conduct activities legally.
Groups wishing to run homes or orphanages independently should first apply for adoption approvals from civil affairs departments and sign agreement papers containing adoption responsibilities and instructions for attending to the adopted children， it said.
Cultural Coop
China is planning a program to promote cultural cooperation among countries along the ancient Silk Road， the Ministry of Culture said on May 5.
The program is aimed at improving cooperation in fields such as the entertainment business， tourism， protection of cultural heritage and sport， said a statement from the ministry.
The Silk Road， an ancient trade route， linked China with Europe through Central Asia for centuries. Chinese President Xi Jinping during his visit to Central Asia last September put forward the idea of a Silk Road economic belt.
The program will include an annual cultural forum， joint production of TV shows， films and animation， trade centers and exhibitions of cultural products as well as cultural events， according to the ministry. China’s Central Government and provincial governments along the Silk Road will work out preferential policies， it added.
No Smoking
China’s TV channels at or above the provincial level， as well as major video websites， will have a one-month “intense run” of an anti-smoking commercial starting on May 5.
Titled “supporting the ban on public smoking for yourself and others，” the ad is part of a month-long anti-smoking campaign， according to a statement from the National Health and Family Planning Commission.
China is home to 320 million smok- ers， accounting for nearly one third of the world’s smoking population.
At least 740 million non-smokers are also subject to second-hand smoke， according to official statistics.
Subsidies in Xinjiang
Regional government subsidies for poor families in northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region increased 6.6 percent to 4.16 billion yuan （$668 million） in 2014.
As a key program to improve people’s living standards， the regional government earmarked 2.3 billion yuan（$369 million） and 1.8 billion yuan （$289 million） as living subsidies for urban and rural poor families respectively， according to Peng Gang， an official with the regional civil affairs department on May 2.
Xinjiang has 860，000 urban citizens and 1.3 million rural residents who enjoy subsidies for living expenses. The monthly per-capita subsidy is 277 yuan （$44.49） for urban families and 129 yuan （$20.72） for rural households.
In 2013， the regional government allocated 3.9 billion yuan （$626 million） as the minimum living allowances for the poor.
With a land area of 1.66 million square km， Xinjiang has a population of 22.6 million. Ethnic minority groups account for approximately 60 percent of the total population.
Dropping Mortality Rate
Doctors in Suixian County， Henan Province， examine an infant.
The mortality rate for children under 5 in China has dropped by more than two thirds since 1990， while maternal mortality has been cut by 70 percent， said a report released by the world’s leading independent charity， Save the Children， on May 6.
The annual report， which began in 2000， ranked China as 61st on its list of best places to be a mother， up seven spots from last year. This year’s report focuses on mothers in humanitarian crises， who face many obstacles in keeping their children healthy.
Fish Migration Over 2，000 artificially-bred Chinese sturgeons are released into the Yangtze River from Yichang City， Hubei Province， on April 13.
The fish has completed a 1，600-km migratory trip along the Yangtze to the sea， said the Chinese Sturgeons Research Institute on May 6.
Chinese sturgeons， sometimes called “aquatic pandas，” are listed as being under state protection.
This was the first time scientists have obtained firm evidence showing that artificially-bred fish retain inherited natural migratory habits and can thus survive in the wild.
Foreign Trade Rebound
China’s exports went up 0.9 percent year on year to $188.54 billion in April， customs data showed on May 8.
Imports were up 0.8 percent to$170.09 billion and total foreign trade volume increased 0.8 percent to $358.63 billion， the General Administration of Customs （GAC） said.
Trade balance realized a surplus of $18.45 billion in April， up 1.8 percent year on year， the GAC said.
In light of trade data in April last year being very high， the improvement in trading performances this April is even more impressive， said Xu Gao， chief macro-economy analyst with Everbright Securities. China’s foreign trade condition has substantially improved.
During the January to April period， China’s foreign trade volume declined 0.5 percent year on year to $1.32 trillion. During the period， exports decreased 2.3 percent year on year while imports went up 1.4 percent.
PMI Pickup
China’s manufacturing growth continued to rise in April， fresh evidence of better performance in the manufacturing sector， official data showed on May 1.
The purchasing managers’ index（PMI） for the manufacturing sector rose to 50.4 in April， up from 50.3 in March， according to data jointly released by the National Bureau of Statistics （NBS） and the China Federation of Logistics and Purchasing （CFLP）.
This is the second consecutive monthly uptick of the widely monitored data. The index began to climb in March after three months of declines.
A reading below 50 indicates contraction， while above 50 signals expansion.
The latest PMI index shows that China’s market demand is improving， but the momentum of the recovery is not strong， said Zhao Qinghe， a senior analyst with the NBS.
The PMI for China’s non-manufacturing sector rose to 54.8 in April， up 0.3 percentage points from March. CFLP Vice Chairman Cai Jin attributed the rebound to the warming of the tertiary industry and the recovering market demand against the backdrop of China’s economic growth having shown signs of stabilizing after an array of grim indicators at the beginning of the year.
The logistics-related industries have picked up pace， while the wholesale and retail sectors were revitalized， Cai said， noting that the dynamic activity， along with the mild change in price index， will contribute to stable economic growth.
Beautiful and Useful
Pictured is a wind farm located in Tianchang， east China’s Anhui Province.
The lakeside wind farm， the first of its kind in the province， has produced 136 million kilowatt hours of electricity for the national grid since it was put into use in November 2012.
Canton Fair Cools
The biannual Canton Fair， a barometer of the country’s foreign trade， had fewer overseas buyers and trade deals in comparison to last year， organizers said.
The 115th session of the fair， which closed on May 5， attracted 188，119 overseas buyers， down 0.81 percent from the previous session last autumn， and down 7.23 percent from last year’s spring session， said Liu Jianjun， spokesman for the fair.
Export volume dropped 12.64 percent year on year to 191.18 billion yuan（$31.05 billion）， said Liu.
The decrease in attendance and turnover indicated that overseas market demand remained weak， and that the recovery of the domestic market had a long way to go， Liu said.
More Obligations
Chinese state-owned enterprises （SOEs） will have to pay 5 percent more of their profits to the government， the Ministry of Finance （MOF） said on May 6.
The money will be used to improve social services， said the MOF. SOEs administered by the Central Government will pass on up to 25 percent of their profits depending on their line of business.
The change is based on profits made from the beginning of this year， according to the MOF. Tobacco com-panies will turn in 25 percent of their profits， with petrochemical， electricity， telecom and coal companies paying 20 percent， steel， transportation， electronics， trade and construction companies transferring 15 percent， while militaryindustrial companies hand in 10 percent.
Some companies including China Grain Reserves Corp. and China National Cotton Reserves Corp. can still keep their profits for their own development. The central SOEs are expected to deliver 141.5 billion yuan （$22.7 billion） to the government this year， up 36.1 percent from 2013， according to the MOF.
Rising Bad Loans
Non-performing loans （NPL） of major Chinese commercial banks edged up in the first quarter， fresh evidence of growing pressure for industry titans to improve the quality of their loans after years of lending sprees.
The NPL of China’s four largest state-owned commercial banks all rose in the first quarter according to their quarterly financial reports. Agricultural Bank of China has the highest NPL ratio， which is hovering at 1.22 percent.
The NPL ratio of the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China， the country’s largest bank， rose by 0.03 percentage points to 0.97 percent by the end of March.
The NPL ratio of Bank of China inched up 0.02 percentage points from three months ago to 0.98 percent by the end of March， and that of China Construction Bank edged up 0.03 percentage points to 1.02 percent during the period.
Non-performing loans refer to loans that are in default or close to being in default， while the NPL ratio is the ratio of NPL to a lender’s total loans.
Polysilicon Duties
China’s Ministry of Commerce（MOFCOM） started to impose two-year anti-dumping and anti-subsidy duties on imports of solar-grade polysilicon from the EU from May 1.
A final ruling by the MOFCOM found that the EU products were dumped and subsidized in the Chinese market and caused substantial damage to domestic producers during the period of investigation.
The MOFCOM launched the probe on November 1， 2012， in response to requests filed by Chinese polysilicon manufacturers amid an import surge and price decline of the EU products. On October 31， 2013， the MOFCOM announced that it would extend the probe by another six months to May 1， 2014.
Solar-grade polysilicon is a key material for making solar cells.
Expanding VAT Trial
China is to replace turnover tax with value-added tax （VAT） in the telecom sector， following similar changes in transport and some service sectors.
The new rules become effective on June 1， the MOF and the State Administration of Taxation announced on April 30.
Basic telecom services such as voice calls and bandwidth leasing or sales will be subject to 11-percent VAT while valueadded services such as messaging， data transfer and Internet access will be subject to a 6-percent rate. Telecom services for overseas clients will be exempt.
China has been pushing VAT reform since the beginning of 2012. The reform started with transportation and some modern service sectors， and expanded to railway transportation and postal service sectors before it was introduced in the telecom industry.
Turnover tax refers to a tax on the gross revenue of a business， while a VAT refers to a tax levied on the difference between a commodity’s price before taxes and its cost of production.
A Rosy Future
A farmer picks edible roses in Jimo， east China’s Shandong Province.
The city has planted over 1，000 mu （67 hectares） of roses that can be used in the beverage， medicine， cosmetics and textile industries. Each mu （0.07 hectare） of roses can yield over 30，000 yuan （$4，820） of annual income for local farmers.