GETTING,READY,FOR,2022
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Goods are loaded onto a passenger plane at the Zhangjiakou Ningyuan Airport in Zhangjiakou， Hebei Province in north China， on August 4.
The expanded airport， one of the key supporting infrastructure developments for the Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games Beijing 2022， was completed and put into service on August 3. The expansion project includes a new terminal and an emergency rescue center.
Spreading Wings
A crested ibis fl ies near Leicaogou Reservoir in Shaanxi Province， northwest China， on August 2.Crested ibises， with their iconic red crests and long black beaks， had been thought to be extinct in China until seven wild birds were observed in Shaanxi in 1981， a discovery that prompted captive breeding and enhanced protection of the species. About 2，500 crested ibises live in Shaanxi in a habitat covering around 14，000 square km.
Civil Code
A renowned group of Chinese jurists has urged to begin preparations for implementing the Civil Code， which will come into effect on January 1， 2021. The jurists made the announcement at a news briefi ng of the State Council Information Offi ce in Beijing on July 31.The Civil Code is a fundamental law of the socialist market economy， and of great signifi cance to the modernization of Chinas system and capacity for governance， said Zhang Wenxian， Chairman of the Academic Committee of the China Law Society.
Certain individual civil laws， such as the Property Law， the Tort Liability Law， and the Marriage Law， will be replaced after the implementation of the Civil Code， with relevant judicial interpretations to be cleared up， said Sun Xianzhong， a member of the Academic Committee of the China Law Society.
Sun said the authorities， including the Supreme Peoples Court and the Supreme Peoples Procuratorate， are working to improve those judicial interpretations.
There is a seven-month preparation period from the promulgation to the implementation of the Civil Code. Zhang said the legislature will clear up the laws and regulations inconsistent with the principles of the Civil Code in that period.
The legislature will also clarify the meaning of legal provisions and the legal basis for their application during the period， Zhang said. “At the same time， the judicial organs should improve civil judicial interpretations to make them consistent with the Civil Code， and administrative organs should standardize their management and law-enforcement activities accordingly，” he added.
He also called for intensive efforts to inform the general public about the Civil Code.
The Civil Code was passed on May 28.
Game Copyright
The Copyright Society of China（CSC） established a new committee on August 2. The committee will deal with online game copyright issues for the healthy development of Chinas game industry.The Online Game Copyright Affairs Committee was offi cially set up in Beijing to promote the use， protection and management of online game copyrights， as well as tighten self-discipline in the industry.
“It is imperative to set up such an authoritative committee to address the increasing number of copyright issues arising in the sprawling online game industry，”CSC President Yan Xiaohong said.
Companies， institutions and individuals in the online game copyright fi eld may voluntarily join the committee.
Illegal Fishing
Police addressed more than 2，480 cases of illegal fi shing in July， according to the Ministry of Public Security （MPS）. The cases were discovered during a campaign to crack down on the malpractice in the Yangtze River basin， launched on June 29.Police arrested over 2，680 suspects during the period and seized about 1，040 vessels， MPS said on August 3.
Public security organs will strengthen the fi ght against illegal fi shing along the Yangtze by working with other departments to improve joint law enforcement mechanisms， and by cutting the underground industrial chain of illegal fi shing， transportation and business.
The campaign will run for three years.
Markets Reopen
All farmers markets in Urumqi， capital of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region in northwest China， have been reopened with intensifi ed novel coronavirus disease（COVID-19） prevention and control measures， local authorities said on August 3. Due to the large fl ow of people， these markets are deemed key areas for COVID-19 prevention and control. Urumqi has adopted strengthened precautionary measures to contain the spread of the virus， according to Zhong Meiwen， deputy head of Urumqis market regulation administration.
Personnel entering the markets， including staff members， vendors， traders and drivers， are required to present negative COVID-19 nucleic acid test results and undergo body temperature screenings. In addition， they must register their personal information and vehicles must be disinfected before entering the markets.
Daily visits will be capped and nucleic acid tests will be conducted once a week for all staff and vendors.
Authorities at the markets will step up nucleic acid sampling and inspection of imported food， especially meat， aquatic products， fruits and vegetables.
The regional health commission announced that 27 new cases of COVID-19 were confi rmed on August 5. All were discovered in the regional capital.
By August 5， Xinjiang had 637 confi rmed COVID-19 cases and 130 asymptomatic cases， with 17，301 people still under medical observation.
Summer Heat
A father and his child dabble their feet in a stream to cool off at the Jiuxi scenic spot in Hangzhou， Zhejiang Province in east China， on August 3. Residents and tourists visited the scenic spot to escape the summer heat enveloping Hangzhou in recent days.Medical Consortia
China will promote the development of medical consortia to boost communities access to quality health resources and intra-region resource sharing. The measures are part of a new regulation on the management of such consortia which took effect on August 1.The regulation was jointly issued by the National Health Commission （NHC） and the National Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine.
A city or county will be divided into several grids， each of which will see the establishment of a medical consortium led by a major hospital and joined by other hospitals and primary-level clinics.
In principle， the medical consortium in each grid will be responsible for providing integrated and continuous healthcare services to local residents.
The development of medical consortia， according to NHC experts， is a key part of Chinas efforts to put in place a multi-tiered diagnosis and treatment system under which peoples healthcare needs can be better met.
Sci-Fi Drama
Major Chinese online streaming platform Tencent Video has announced its television adaptation of acclaimed science fi ction novel The Three-Body Problem. Written by Chinese science fi ction writer， Liu Cixin， the novel won the coveted Hugo Award for best science fi ction novel in 2015.The upcoming live-action TV drama， to be known as Three-Body， is one of several dozen dramas announced by Tencent Video. A concept poster announcing Yang Lei as the director and a list of major cast members was unveiled by Tencent Penguin Pictures on August 2.
Chinese sci-fi fans eagerly anticipate the adaptation of the critically acclaimed trilogy into movies and TV dramas. Another Chinese video-sharing platform， Bilibili began production on an animated adaptation of The Three-Body Problem. That adaptation is scheduled to be released online in 2021.
The Wandering Earth， another sci-fi novel by Liu， was turned into a 2019 blockbuster fi lm that generated box offi ce revenue of 4.68 billion yuan （$670 million） in the Chinese mainland.
Tencent Video is yet to announce the release date for the upcoming series.
Mobile Library
A reader chooses books at a mobile library converted from a bus by Changchun Library in Changchun， Jilin Province in northeast China， on August 5. The mobile library circulates between 15 fi xed service points in Changchun.5G Deployment
Hunan Province in central China has built 13，586 5G base stations since 2019， and the number is expected to hit 22，000 by the end of this year， local authorities said on August 2.In the fi rst half of this year， the province built 10，986 5G base stations， according to the Industry and Information Technology Department of Hunan.
Hunan has been expediting the construction of 5G facilities and expanding innovative applications of this technology to promote the development of related industries.
According to the department， provincial capital Changsha has built a large-scale cloud data center and is constructing a pilot zone for enterprises to innovate 5G applica- tions on the industrial Internet.
In a sci-tech zone near Mount Yuelu in Changsha， 5G network has broadly covered universities， research institutions and hi-tech enterprises to foster development and tech innovations.
Consumption Rise
Chinas consumption is forecast to enter positive territory for the fi rst time this year in July， Shanghai Securities News reported on August 5.“Consumption is expected to rise around 2 percent year on year in July as it will further warm up in the second half，” Tang Jianwei， chief researcher of the Bank of Communications， told the paper.
Offi cial statistics show that Chinas retail sales of consumer goods， a major indicator of consumption growth， declined 1.8 percent year on year to 3.35 trillion yuan （$480.27 billion） in June， narrowing by 1 percentage point from May.
Factors including the reopening of cinemas in low-risk areas and work resumption of tourism enterprises have supported the recovery of the consumption market， according to the paper.
China allowed cinemas in lowrisk areas to reopen starting on July 20. Box-offi ce takings on the day stood at 3.5 million yuan （$503，000） amid stringent anti-virus measures.
Notable growth of vehicle sales and recovery of catering business will help consumption return to positive territory in July， Zhu Jianfang， chief economist of CITIC Securities， was quoted as saying.
Figures from the China Passenger Car Association showed retail sales of passenger vehicles rose 2.9 percent month on month to exceed 1.65 million in June， the fourth consecutive month that the market saw month-on-month growth.
Shopping Magnet
Tourists shop at a duty-free store in Haikou， Hainan Province in south China， on August 1. The island province registered 2.22 billion yuan （$317.45 million） in duty-free shopping by tourists during July 1-27， up 234.19 percent from the corresponding period last year.Cultural Revenue
The cultural industry reported improved revenue as the effects of COVID-19 gradually waned amid effective epidemic control， offi cial data showed.The sectors combined revenue amounted to 4.02 trillion yuan（$575.5 billion） in the fi rst six months， down 6.2 percent year on year， according to the National Bureau of Statistics.
The decline narrowed from the 13.9-percent fall registered in the fi rst quarter.
Sectors with emerging modes led by “Internet Plus” cultural businesses saw their combined revenue rise by 18.2 percent to 1.29 trillion yuan （$184 billion） during the period.
The bureau tracks around 59，000 cultural companies across sectors， including cultural services and cultural manufacturing， with annual revenue of more than 20 million yuan （$2.8 million） or those meeting other standards listed by it.
China plans to develop its cultural industry into a pillar of the national economy by upgrading its industrial structure， fostering major brands and boosting consumption.
Asset Management
China will extend the transitional period for the implementation of its new asset-management rules by another year to ease the pressure on fi nancial institutions due to the novel coronavirus disease （COVID-19） epidemic， the Peoples Bank of China（PBC）， the central bank， announced on July 31.Under the adjustment， the transitional period for the new rules will conclude by the end of 2021， rather than the previous deadline of 2020， PBC said on its website.
According to PB C， the extension is intended to advance implementation of the new rules and the transformation of the business norms of asset management， which have been under pressure due to the epidemics impact on the economy and the fi nancial sector this year， it will allow fi nancial institutions suffi cient time to adjust to the new rules.
The extension does not involve any change or adjustment of the regulation standards， nor does it indicate a shift in direction of assetmanagement business reform.
Financial regulators will supervise and advance the regulation and reform of fi nancial institutions during the transitional period to promote sound and sustained development of the asset-management business.
Announced in April 2018， the rules aim at unifying regulatory standards for asset-management products and addressing issues such as regulatory arbitrage.
Effective Cooperation
The workshop of a bee-raising cooperative in Yangxian County in Shaanxi Province， northwest China， on August 1. The county is being supported by Rugao in Jiangsu Province， east China， to run poverty alleviation programs， benefi ting over 39，000 people.Electronic Profit
The electronic information manufacturing sector in China logged revenue and profi t growth in the fi rst half of the year （H1）， despite the impact of the epidemic， data from the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology （MIIT） showed.Total profi ts of fi rms with annual revenue of more than 20 million yuan （$2.86 million） surged 27.1 percent year on year， while the operating revenue rose 4.6 percent， expanding from the 1.3-percent rise in the fi rst fi ve months， according to MIIT.
Value-added output of major electronic information manufacturers rose 5.7 percent year on year in H1， while fi xed-asset investment in the industry registered a 9.4-percent yearly growth， 0.9 percentage point higher than the same period last year.
Export delivery of major fi rms in the sector rose 17.5 percent year on year in June， accelerating the pace of growth by 16.3 percentage points from one year ago.
In breakdown， the communications equipment manufacturing subsector saw its profi ts soar 41.3 percent year on year in H1， leading among major sub-sectors of the industry， the MIIT said.
In June alone， the output of smartphones surged 26.1 percent year on year， while that of laptops and tablets rose 5.6 percent and 4.7 percent， respectively.
Steady Recovery
The power grid of Wuhan in Hubei Province， central China， saw a maximum load of 12.31 million kilowatts on August 4， the highest since the citys outbound traffi c restrictions due to COVID-19 were lifted in early April.The city is home to a large urban power grid. The fi gure was close to its historic peak of 12.76 million kilowatts on July 29 last year.
Affected by the COVID-19 epidemic， Wuhans electricity consumption dropped about 15 percent year on year in the fi rst half of 2020. The city has gradually resumed production and social activities under regular epidemic prevention and control.
In the fi rst seven months， the power consumption of Wuhans IT manufacturing sector rose some 27 percent， while that of the petroleum and chemical industries increased around 20 percent year on year， according to Yang Hong， deputy general manager of the State Grids Wuhan power supply company.
More than half of Wuhans top 100 industrial enterprises in terms of July power consumption used more electricity than the same period of last year， Yang added.
