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November 11, 2011, Friday
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HANGZHOU government announced plans to provide incentives up to 30 million yuan (US$4.69 million) in 10 key industries this week.
The industries are: tourism, finance, e-business, IT, advanced equipment manufacturing, Internet of Things, biomedicine, environmental, new energy, as well as the cultural/creative sector.
Hangzhou's special fund for major scientific innovation will subsidize 15 percent of the total investment, land costs excluded, of high-level research and development institutions in the 10 key industries. The fund will be distributed annually and the maximum subsidy will be 30 million yuan.
For projects with their own intellectual property, the fund will provide 25 percent of the R&D cost, up to 5 million yuan.
Enterprises in the 10 industries can apply for the national support program and receive a preferential income tax rate of 15 percent.
Mental health
Nine middle schools in Hangzhou joined a psychological monitoring program to help students and their parents prevent the development of mental problems due to academic stress.
Hangzhou Center for Disease Control and Prevention selected two classes in each of the nine schools randomly for online questionnaires twice a semester, one after the vacation and another before the middle or final examination of each semester, when students normally face greater academic pressure.
Based on the results of the online survey, the center will collect, analyze and provide information to alert school authorities of alarming trends. Families of students will also be involved in the program.
About 40 percent of students have slight mental problems while 3.5 percent have medium-level mental problems, according to a 2008 survey of middle school students by the center.
The number of student suicides has risen in recent years across China.
Tourists robbed
The Hangzhou Tourism Commission recently warned tour agents to take proper safety measures in order to protect tourists.
A group of 30 tourists safely returned to Hangzhou after they were robbed of goods worth hundreds of thousands of yuan in Johannesburg, South Africa.
The 30-member group was stopped on the way back from Johannesburg's Diamond Building, where they had shopped, to OR Tambo International Airport.
When their bus was passing Ernest Oppenheimer Avenue at around 7pm on November 3, a car with a police siren overtook them and forced the bus to stop. Another car stopped beside the bus.
Three robbers rushed onto the bus with guns, one stood guard on the road while another stayed in the car.
As the robbers demanded goods to be handed over, the tour group's leader said quietly in Chinese: "Give some cheap stuff to the robbers so that they go away."
The robbers took some diamonds, jewelry, cash and three passports from the tourists and fled quickly. The tourists suffered losses with a total value worth around 200,000 yuan.
Police in Johannesburg are still investigating the case.
Gold Medal Guides
Fifty of Hangzhou's tour guides have been named Gold Medal Tour Guides after a contest organized by the Hangzhou government.
The final contest was attended by 100 tour guides. Programs in the final contest included a self-introduction, theme speech about tourist attractions and talent show. The competition was also open for tour guides speaking English, Japanese and Thai.
All the contestants in the final contest were selected from 217 tour guides recommended by the city's 84 travel agencies. The selection was based on results of a written exam, oral exam and online voting.
Luring talents
The Hangzhou Conference on Exchange and Cooperation of Professionals attracted more than 2,000 participants, including nearly 500 overseas Chinese, on Wednesday.
At the opening ceremony the local government signed contracts with 17 Chinese students studying in foreign countries, including the US, UK, Australia, Japan and Singapore, who are employed as consultants on luring professionals overseas.
The conference included a series of job fairs, forums and seminars, and a tour that invited high-level professionals to visit Zhejiang enterprises and learn more about the investment environment.
Art Village
Up to 11 enterprises, including the Creation Center of the China Artists Association, will move into Xixi Wetland's Hong Garden Art Village in Hangzhou, which is to open next year.
The 11 companies held a signing ceremony in Hong Garden on Wednesday. Most of the companies are in creative field.
The village covers some 40,000 square meters. Designed by 12 top Chinese architects, the village features buildings that combine traditional and modern elements. The villages includes an Artist Hotel, Art Creation Club, Art Creation Base and many studios.
The industries are: tourism, finance, e-business, IT, advanced equipment manufacturing, Internet of Things, biomedicine, environmental, new energy, as well as the cultural/creative sector.
Hangzhou's special fund for major scientific innovation will subsidize 15 percent of the total investment, land costs excluded, of high-level research and development institutions in the 10 key industries. The fund will be distributed annually and the maximum subsidy will be 30 million yuan.
For projects with their own intellectual property, the fund will provide 25 percent of the R&D cost, up to 5 million yuan.
Enterprises in the 10 industries can apply for the national support program and receive a preferential income tax rate of 15 percent.
Mental health
Nine middle schools in Hangzhou joined a psychological monitoring program to help students and their parents prevent the development of mental problems due to academic stress.
Hangzhou Center for Disease Control and Prevention selected two classes in each of the nine schools randomly for online questionnaires twice a semester, one after the vacation and another before the middle or final examination of each semester, when students normally face greater academic pressure.
Based on the results of the online survey, the center will collect, analyze and provide information to alert school authorities of alarming trends. Families of students will also be involved in the program.
About 40 percent of students have slight mental problems while 3.5 percent have medium-level mental problems, according to a 2008 survey of middle school students by the center.
The number of student suicides has risen in recent years across China.
Tourists robbed
The Hangzhou Tourism Commission recently warned tour agents to take proper safety measures in order to protect tourists.
A group of 30 tourists safely returned to Hangzhou after they were robbed of goods worth hundreds of thousands of yuan in Johannesburg, South Africa.
The 30-member group was stopped on the way back from Johannesburg's Diamond Building, where they had shopped, to OR Tambo International Airport.
When their bus was passing Ernest Oppenheimer Avenue at around 7pm on November 3, a car with a police siren overtook them and forced the bus to stop. Another car stopped beside the bus.
Three robbers rushed onto the bus with guns, one stood guard on the road while another stayed in the car.
As the robbers demanded goods to be handed over, the tour group's leader said quietly in Chinese: "Give some cheap stuff to the robbers so that they go away."
The robbers took some diamonds, jewelry, cash and three passports from the tourists and fled quickly. The tourists suffered losses with a total value worth around 200,000 yuan.
Police in Johannesburg are still investigating the case.
Gold Medal Guides
Fifty of Hangzhou's tour guides have been named Gold Medal Tour Guides after a contest organized by the Hangzhou government.
The final contest was attended by 100 tour guides. Programs in the final contest included a self-introduction, theme speech about tourist attractions and talent show. The competition was also open for tour guides speaking English, Japanese and Thai.
All the contestants in the final contest were selected from 217 tour guides recommended by the city's 84 travel agencies. The selection was based on results of a written exam, oral exam and online voting.
Luring talents
The Hangzhou Conference on Exchange and Cooperation of Professionals attracted more than 2,000 participants, including nearly 500 overseas Chinese, on Wednesday.
At the opening ceremony the local government signed contracts with 17 Chinese students studying in foreign countries, including the US, UK, Australia, Japan and Singapore, who are employed as consultants on luring professionals overseas.
The conference included a series of job fairs, forums and seminars, and a tour that invited high-level professionals to visit Zhejiang enterprises and learn more about the investment environment.
Art Village
Up to 11 enterprises, including the Creation Center of the China Artists Association, will move into Xixi Wetland's Hong Garden Art Village in Hangzhou, which is to open next year.
The 11 companies held a signing ceremony in Hong Garden on Wednesday. Most of the companies are in creative field.
The village covers some 40,000 square meters. Designed by 12 top Chinese architects, the village features buildings that combine traditional and modern elements. The villages includes an Artist Hotel, Art Creation Club, Art Creation Base and many studios.
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