BeijingBenefit families namedThe names of 90,000 low-income families who get benefits from the city government will be published on the local authorities’ websites from Thursday, as well as the area where they live, the Beijing Morning Post reports.儲存 The article said the move was part of the government’s efforts to become more open and transparent to the public. The government denied that it was violating people’s privacy.Father ‘sold baby’A 25-year-old man will stand trial this week at the people’s court in Shunyi district for selling his four-day-old daughter, the Beijing Times reports. The man put a post online looking for a family to adopt his then unborn child and to pay him 50,000 yuan (HK$63,000) if it was a girl and 80,000 yuan for a boy. A woman bought and took away the baby girl last December. The man forgot to take down the online post which allowed the police to trace him.GuangdongDesign fair opensThe first China International Industrial Design Fair opened in Shenzhen yesterday and is expected to attract over 150,000 visitors, Ce.cn reports. The four-day event will feature more than 5,000 exhibits from 25 countries and regions displayed in an area of 15,000 square metres. The report said Shenzhen was home to almost 6,000 design institutions, which employed about 100,000 people. The city’s design industry generated 3.1 billion yuan last year, a 25.8 per cent increase on 2011.Parking fees plannedResidents in Shenzhen will be invited by the city’s transportation commission to a meeting later this month to hear about plans to charge parking fees, the Shenzhen Special Zone Daily reports. The city authorities plan to charge the fees from next year. The scheme will first be piloted in most downtown areas. The number of vehicles registered in Shenzhen now exceeds 2.5 million.HenanGamblers used nurseryThe principal of a kindergarten in Kaifeng has been detained for 15 days for renting the building out to a man operating a gambling operation in the evenings, the Dahe Daily reports. The man and the principal said they thought the kindergarten was perfect cover for gambling, the report said. The business had made more than 30,000 yuan since early this month.Shanty town schemeThe authorities in Jiaozuo will spend over 30 billion yuan up to 2017 to build homes for people living in shanty towns, the Jiaozuo Daily reports. More than 98,000 households in 117 communities will be moved as part of the project, the article said.LiaoningTwo die in explosionTwo people died in an explosion at a chemical plant on Saturday in Shenyang , Xinhua reports. The accident happened at around 6.35pm at the Sanmu Chemical Company. One of the three people working at the scene survived the blast. The cause of the accident is under investigation.Hepatitis cases riseMore than 22,000 people in Shenyang have been diagnosed with hepatitis C this year, double the number in 2011, the Chinese Business Morning View reports. The article said about half of the patients were infected with the virus through procedures such as tattooing, cosmetic surgery and having ears pierced. According to Xinhua, 549,135 infectious disease cases were reported on the mainland in October, and there were 1,272 fatalities.ShandongDrug dealers sentencedSeventy-two people from nine narcotic rings have been convicted and sentenced by the intermediate people’s court in Qingdao f迷你倉r drug offences, Xinhua reports. Four drug traffickers were sentenced to death, nine were given the death penalty with a two-year reprieve and eight were jailed for life.Corruption team set upYucheng authorities have set up a team to tackle government graft, the Dazhong Daily reports. The team of 20 will monitor other officials’ social life, phone calls and blogs, and the information will be used when officials apply for promotions.ShanghaiDigital textbooks planAbout 1,500 e-textbooks will be launched and available for all pupils in primary, middle and high schools in the city by next September, Cnr.cn reports. The move is to reduce the number of heavy books students have to carry to and from school. Shanghai is also building a cloud-computing platform that will allow electronic textbooks to be downloaded.Record marathon raceMore than 35,000 people ran in the Shanghai international marathon yesterday, China News Services reports. This was a record number of entries for the 17-year-old event that attracted 30,000 runners last year. The marathon attracted more than 5,500 overseas runners from 76 countries and regions. Stephen Mokoka from South Africa won the men’s race, finishing in two hours, 9 minutes and 30 seconds, the report said.ShanxiNine killed in landslideThe authorities of Jiaokou county in Luliang said nine people were killed in a landslide at a mine last week, Chinanews.com reports. The authorities had said three were killed in the accident on Wednesday and three were missing. Managers at the mine attempted to cover up the number killed, according to the report.Flood traps minersFour people were trapped underground after a mine flooded in Datong , Chinanews.com reports. The accident happened at 1.50am on Friday at the coal mine as 58 miners were working underground. Fifty-four got out safely. The rescue operation is still underway, the report said.SichuanPharmacist ‘dumped body’A pharmacy shop owner turned himself in to the police on Friday in Chengdu for dumping the body of a 45-year-old woman in a river after she had died at his store, Chengdu.cn reports. The woman died soon after she was hooked up to a drip on Wednesday. The man said he used his car to move the body as he knew it was illegal for him to conduct transfusions.Bribery cases riseMore than 190 officials across the province have been investigated and punished for corruption in the first nine months of this year, nearly 17 per cent up on the same period in 2012, Newssc.org reports. The officials were involved in 1,649 bribery and corruption-related cases, the report said.ZhejiangConman jailed for lifeA 30-year-old man has been jailed for life for defrauding investors of more than 30 million yuan, Xinhua reports. The man offered deals that included guarantees of up to 60 per cent interest a year, or a 6 per cent monthly return for short-term investors, the article said. The victims said they thought the man was a genuine businessman after they saw him buy luxurious cars and operate a local hotel.Overseas census takenMore than 50,000 people will collect information from households with relatives living overseas, Zjol.com.cn reports. The last poll in 2009 put the population of Zhejiang-natives living abroad at 1.5 million. The expats have set up about 33,000 businesses in the province, according to the report. The survey is scheduled to end in March.self storage
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