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December 3, 2010, Friday
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A Hangzhou man was caught for illegally selling medicines which can be used to refine drugs. The involved amount in the case reached more than 4.5 million yuan (US$675,650).
The suspect Hu Song used different identities to purchase 1.32 million Fuma nose drops and 100,000 boxes of Contac NT since 2008. All these medicines contain ephedrine, which can be chemically reduced to produce methamphetamine.
Hu also illegally purchased more than 90 kilograms of tramadol hydrochloride, which is a state-controlled drug.
After he acquired the medicines, Hu sold them on for a profit to drug dealers from other provinces.
Four medicine companies which were involved in selling medicines to Hu have already been punished by Hangzhou Food and Drug Administration.
Swiss Lake Pavilion
The Switzerland Pavilion from the World Expo 2010 will reappear in the Thousand Island Lake area of Hangzhou, with the popular cable cars remaining.
Zhejiang Zhongye Group won exclusive authorization for the Switzerland Pavilion reconstruction and 6,000 solar energy boards at a total cost of 7.02 million yuan (US$1.08 million) last month.
Zhongye Group chose the Thousand Island Lake as the reconstruction location because it's the best demonstration area for the interaction between urban and rural areas.
The reconstructed pavilion will keep the same appearance as the original one, while the inner arrangement will be adjusted slightly to meet new requirements. In addition, the cable cars will remain and be improved in function.
According to Zhongye Group, the construction project is expected to begin six months from now.
Better buses
Hangzhou's hybrid electrical buses have recently received technical improvements and are now able to run much more smoothly than before.
The deep green-colored buses use electric power to start the engine and oil to keep it running. It has proven to be pretty energy-efficient but with an embarrassing problem - it may run out of power during operation and it is not possible to restart the engine so there is nothing it can do except stop on the road.
However, the problem has now been solved by installing an extra battery on the bus, which will help start the engine when the main battery has run out of power.
There are more than 300 of these buses running in Hangzhou. With the problem solved, the city is planning to put a further 195 new buses into service.
New AIDS cases
Hangzhou has reported there were 408 new HIV carriers and AIDS patients by the end of October, 27.9 percent higher than the same period last year, Zhang Lianshui, deputy secretary-general of Hangzhou government, said on Tuesday.
In total, Hangzhou has reported altogether 1,694 HIV carriers and AIDS patients with 167 deaths since the first case was found in the city.
There are 44 HIV examination stations in Hangzhou, located in various medical institutes throughout all the 15 districts and counties of the city, and the examination is entirely free.
Turtle celebration
The Second Hangzhou Ecological Soft-shelled Turtle Festival began recently in Heping Square.
As a major city in soft-shelled turtle cultivation in China, Hangzhou produces more than 7 million soft-shelled turtles annually, 70 percent of the province's output and more than 50 percent of domestic production.
In 2007, Yuhang District of Hangzhou was honored as the "Hometown of Chinese Ecological Soft-shelled Turtle," which gave Hangzhou more fame in this field and obvious advantages in the market.
Private sector high
According to the Zhejiang Private Enterprises Prosperity Index (ZEPI), based on the benchmark of 100 points, the comprehensive status of the private sector in third quarter this year reaches 121.25 points, the highest since the last quarter of 2007.
The index compiled from official statistics and a survey of 1,644 private companies in the province suggested the worst time appeared in the first quarter of 2009, when the index was at 89.46 points.
Doctor Yao Jun, official with the Zhejiang Statistics Bureau, said the investment passion had been continuously rising since then. The total sum of registered capital of private business newly founded in Zhejiang in the third quarter of 2010 is more than 164 billion yuan (US$24.6 billion), nearly 70 percent higher than the same period last year.
Zhejiang with 82 percent of its 781,969 registered firms privately owned has one of the country's most vibrant private economic sectors.
During the global economic slowdown in 2008 and 2009, thousands of private firms in Zhejiang closed. However, the number of new registered firms exceeded 86,200 in the first 11 months this year.
Big potatoes
A dish made by Hangzhou chefs using 1,294 kilograms of potatoes has been recognized as the biggest edible potato sculpture in the world.
The eight chefs from Zhejiang Agriculture and Forest University spent six hours recently to make the biggest potato dish, according to Great World DSJJNS, a Shanghai-based organization that certifies records of human feats and stunts.
To make the dish, the eight chefs also used walnuts, sesame, pine nuts and fruit juice. It was part of a show at the fourth gourmet festival held by the university.
The dish featuring scenery of the university campus is 2.58-meter long, 2.48-meter wide and 0.7-meter high.
In addition, more than 90 chefs prepared 6,000 dishes for students to celebrate the festival.
The suspect Hu Song used different identities to purchase 1.32 million Fuma nose drops and 100,000 boxes of Contac NT since 2008. All these medicines contain ephedrine, which can be chemically reduced to produce methamphetamine.
Hu also illegally purchased more than 90 kilograms of tramadol hydrochloride, which is a state-controlled drug.
After he acquired the medicines, Hu sold them on for a profit to drug dealers from other provinces.
Four medicine companies which were involved in selling medicines to Hu have already been punished by Hangzhou Food and Drug Administration.
Swiss Lake Pavilion
The Switzerland Pavilion from the World Expo 2010 will reappear in the Thousand Island Lake area of Hangzhou, with the popular cable cars remaining.
Zhejiang Zhongye Group won exclusive authorization for the Switzerland Pavilion reconstruction and 6,000 solar energy boards at a total cost of 7.02 million yuan (US$1.08 million) last month.
Zhongye Group chose the Thousand Island Lake as the reconstruction location because it's the best demonstration area for the interaction between urban and rural areas.
The reconstructed pavilion will keep the same appearance as the original one, while the inner arrangement will be adjusted slightly to meet new requirements. In addition, the cable cars will remain and be improved in function.
According to Zhongye Group, the construction project is expected to begin six months from now.
Better buses
Hangzhou's hybrid electrical buses have recently received technical improvements and are now able to run much more smoothly than before.
The deep green-colored buses use electric power to start the engine and oil to keep it running. It has proven to be pretty energy-efficient but with an embarrassing problem - it may run out of power during operation and it is not possible to restart the engine so there is nothing it can do except stop on the road.
However, the problem has now been solved by installing an extra battery on the bus, which will help start the engine when the main battery has run out of power.
There are more than 300 of these buses running in Hangzhou. With the problem solved, the city is planning to put a further 195 new buses into service.
New AIDS cases
Hangzhou has reported there were 408 new HIV carriers and AIDS patients by the end of October, 27.9 percent higher than the same period last year, Zhang Lianshui, deputy secretary-general of Hangzhou government, said on Tuesday.
In total, Hangzhou has reported altogether 1,694 HIV carriers and AIDS patients with 167 deaths since the first case was found in the city.
There are 44 HIV examination stations in Hangzhou, located in various medical institutes throughout all the 15 districts and counties of the city, and the examination is entirely free.
Turtle celebration
The Second Hangzhou Ecological Soft-shelled Turtle Festival began recently in Heping Square.
As a major city in soft-shelled turtle cultivation in China, Hangzhou produces more than 7 million soft-shelled turtles annually, 70 percent of the province's output and more than 50 percent of domestic production.
In 2007, Yuhang District of Hangzhou was honored as the "Hometown of Chinese Ecological Soft-shelled Turtle," which gave Hangzhou more fame in this field and obvious advantages in the market.
Private sector high
According to the Zhejiang Private Enterprises Prosperity Index (ZEPI), based on the benchmark of 100 points, the comprehensive status of the private sector in third quarter this year reaches 121.25 points, the highest since the last quarter of 2007.
The index compiled from official statistics and a survey of 1,644 private companies in the province suggested the worst time appeared in the first quarter of 2009, when the index was at 89.46 points.
Doctor Yao Jun, official with the Zhejiang Statistics Bureau, said the investment passion had been continuously rising since then. The total sum of registered capital of private business newly founded in Zhejiang in the third quarter of 2010 is more than 164 billion yuan (US$24.6 billion), nearly 70 percent higher than the same period last year.
Zhejiang with 82 percent of its 781,969 registered firms privately owned has one of the country's most vibrant private economic sectors.
During the global economic slowdown in 2008 and 2009, thousands of private firms in Zhejiang closed. However, the number of new registered firms exceeded 86,200 in the first 11 months this year.
Big potatoes
A dish made by Hangzhou chefs using 1,294 kilograms of potatoes has been recognized as the biggest edible potato sculpture in the world.
The eight chefs from Zhejiang Agriculture and Forest University spent six hours recently to make the biggest potato dish, according to Great World DSJJNS, a Shanghai-based organization that certifies records of human feats and stunts.
To make the dish, the eight chefs also used walnuts, sesame, pine nuts and fruit juice. It was part of a show at the fourth gourmet festival held by the university.
The dish featuring scenery of the university campus is 2.58-meter long, 2.48-meter wide and 0.7-meter high.
In addition, more than 90 chefs prepared 6,000 dishes for students to celebrate the festival.
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