2017-04-04 Special EnglishThis is Special English. I&`&m Ryan Price in Beijing. Here is the news.China and Madagascar has agreed to synergize development strategies under the framework of the Belt and Road Initiative and ten major plans for China-Africa cooperation.The pledge came out of the talks between the presidents of the two countries.Chinese president Xi Jinping said China and Madagascar enjoy great potential for mutually beneficial cooperation, welcoming Madagascar to...

2017-04-03 Special EnglishThis is Special English. I&`&m Mark Griffiths in Beijing. Here is the news.China says the international community must step up efforts to combat human trafficking and slavery in regions of conflict.China&`&s permanent representative to the United Nations made the appeal at a Security Council debate on human trafficking.The envoy said the international community should support countries concerned in combating such criminal activities by providing them...

2017-03-28 Special EnglishThis is Special English. I&`&m Mark Griffiths in Beijing. Here is the news.China will launch a space station core module next year as the first step in completing the country&`&s first space outpost.According to a senior engineer with China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation, the core module of the space station is named "Tianhe-1"."Tianhe 1" will be launched using a new-generation Long March-5 heavyweight carrier rocket.It will be followed...

2017-03-27 Special EnglishThis is Special English. I&`&m Ryan Price in Beijing. Here is the news.A Long March-7 carrier rocket has arrived at a launch center in south China in preparation for the launch of China&`&s first cargo spacecraft in April.After around a week of ocean and rail transport, the carrier rocket arrived in Hainan Province. It will undergo assembly and testing prior to the April launch of China&`&s first cargo spacecraft Tianzhou-1.The Tianzhou-1 is...

2017-03-21 Special EnglishThis is Special English. I&`&m Ryan Price in Beijing. Here is the news.China has launched operation "Sky Net 2017" to hunt down corruption suspects who have fled abroad.The authorities made the announcement in a meeting convened by the office for capturing corruption suspects abroad under the central authority&`&s anti-graft coordinating group.According to the meeting, the campaign aims to nab suspects in duty-related crimes and recover their...

2017-03-20 Special EnglishThis is Special English. I&`&m Mark Griffiths in Beijing. Here is the news.Chang&`&e 5, China&`&s newest lunar probe, will bring 2 kilograms of lunar soil and rock samples back to Earth before the end of this year.The project&`&s chief said the month-long Chang&`&e 5 mission will be the most sophisticated lunar expedition China has ever made. It will face many challenges including the great number of demanding maneuvers and the...

This is Special English. I&`&m Ryan Price in Beijing. Here is the news.China has launched an experiment satellite "TK-1", from a satellite launch center in northwest China.The satellite, carried by the rocket "KT-2", blasted off from the launch center and it later entered its intended orbit."TK-1" is the first satellite independently developed by China Aerospace Science and Industry Corporation. It will be used for remote sensing, telecommunications and experiments in...

This is Special English. I&`&m Mark Griffiths in Beijing. Here is the news.China&`&s environmental inspectors have named and shamed more cities for poor air quality control as the fight against smog continues.Inspectors looked at 18 cities in north China&`&s Beijing, Tianjin and Hebei Province, using unannounced checks at night and undercover methods. The Ministry of Environmental Protection found that Handan city in Hebei Province continues to illegally operate...

2017-03-07 Special EnglishThis is Special English. I&`&m Ryan Price in Beijing. Here is the news.Chinese president Xi Jinping says the city planning in Beijing and preparation for the 2022 Winter Olympic Games co-hosted by the city, are two important missions for Beijing in the present and near future.President Xi made the remarks during an inspection tour in Beijing recently.During the two-day inspection, Xi visited the site for Beijing&`&s new international airport, a sports...

2017-03-06 Special EnglishThis is Special English. I&`&m Mark Griffiths in Beijing. Here is the news.Chinese president Xi Jinping has urged organizers to host an outstanding Winter Olympics in 2022 while calling for balanced development of winter sports.President Xi visited venues for the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics recently. He listened to briefings on preparatory work and watched the training of winter sports teams.The president said the 2022 Beijing Olympics will be an iconic...

2017-02-28 Special EnglishThis is Special English. I&`&m Ryan Price in Beijing. Here is the news.China has started to build a new-generation supercomputer that is expected to be 10 times faster than the current world champion.This year, China is aiming for breakthroughs in high-performance processors and other key technologies to build the world&`&s first prototype "exascale supercomputer", the Tianhe-3. The prototype is expected to be completed early next year."Exascale"...

2017-02-27 Special EnglishThis is Special English. I&`&m Mark Griffiths in Beijing. Here is the news.New kinds of vaccines for the H7N9 strain of bird flu virus have been approved for clinical trials by China&`&s top drug regulator.The Beijing Food and Drug Administration said it will continue to provide assistance and guidance for clinical trials of the vaccines so they can enter the market as soon as possible.The vaccines have been developed by a state-owned enterprise in...

2017-02-21 Special EnglishThis is Special English. I&`&m Ryan Price in Beijing. Here is the news.A senior health official has called on governments at all levels to help relieve the burden on families wanting to have a second child.A senior official from the National Health and Family Planning Commission has said that an array of departments need to introduce measures to help resolve issues that have arisen with the introduction of the second-child policy in January last year.Health...

2017-02-20 Special EnglishThis is Special English. I&`&m Mark Griffiths in Beijing. Here is the news.Australia&`&s University of Newcastle has announced the establishment of a scholarship program supported by China&`&s Jack Ma Foundation.The Jack Ma Foundation will give 20 million U.S. dollars, roughly 26 million Australian dollars, to fund a scholarship program at the University of Newcastle. The fund is the first of its kind and it marks the largest philanthropic...

This is Special English. I&`&m Ryan Price in Beijing. Here is the news.China plans to launch another lunar probe at the end of November.The mission will mark China&`&s first automated moon surface sampling and moon take-off, as well as China&`&s first unmanned docking in a lunar orbit around 400,000 kilometers from earth. It will also see China&`&s first return flight in a speed close to second cosmic velocity.With a weight of 8 tonnes, the lunar probe has four...

This is Special English. I&`&m Mark Griffiths in Beijing. Here is the news.More than 18 million children were born in Chinese hospitals last year, an increase of 11 percent from 2015. More than 45 percent of the newborns were not the first child of the family.Last year, China saw the largest number of newborns since 2000, following the abolition of the decades-long one-child policy.Moreover, the health authority reports that the maternal and infant mortality rates also dropped last...

2017-02-07 Special EnglishThis is Special English. I&`&m Ryan Price in Beijing. Here is the news.The health authority in Beijing is studying the long-term impact of smog on people&`&s health, including the widespread concern that smog could be a cause of lung cancer.The Beijing News reports that the Municipal Commission of Health and Family Planning in Beijing has begun to study the issue.The report said that current studies have confirmed that inhaling smog may lead to some...

2017-02-06 Special EnglishThis is Special English. I&`&m Mark Griffiths in Beijing. Here is the news.Beijing is planning to equip schools with air filtration devices as the city chokes on heavy smog. Beijing&`&s education authority has said that air purifiers will be installed in pilot primary and secondary schools and nurseries to protect students and small children from polluted air. The program is to be subsidized by the municipal government. According to a local newspaper,...

2017-01-31 Special EnglishThis is Special English. I&`&m Ryan Price in Beijing. Here is the news.China will quadruple its new energy vehicle annual output to 2 million by 2020. A government plan released by the Industry and Information Technology noted that by 2025, at least one in every five cars sold in China will be a new energy model.Last year, China produced 517,000 new energy vehicles. The country has been the world&`&s top seller of such environment-friendly cars since...

2017-01-30 Special EnglishThis is Special English. I&`&m Mark Griffiths in Beijing. Here is the news.Five hundred clean energy buses have been put to use in Tianjin, a major industrial city in north China.These public buses were jointly produced by Tianjin Bus Group and car maker BYD which is based in Shenzhen in Guangdong Province. The electric buses can run at least 200 kilometers after a full charge, enough for a bus to finish its daily task.The Bus Group also opened a major...

2017-01-24 Special EnglishThis is Special English. I&`&m Ryan Price in Beijing. Here is the news.Chinese scientists are working to set up the world&`&s highest altitude gravitational wave telescopes in Tibet. The move aims to detect the faintest echoes resonating from the universe, which may reveal more about the Big Bang.Construction has begun for the first telescope, code-named Ngari No.1, in Ngari Prefecture. The telescope, located 5,300 meters above sea level, will detect...

2017-01-23 Special EnglishThis is Special English. I&`&m Mark Griffiths in Beijing. Here is the news.Beijing has started to install air purification systems in some of the city&`&s schools and nurseries.The city government has allocated money to help the schools cover the cost of the installation.Beijing suffered heavy air pollution this winter, and schools and other education institutions in the city were ordered to stop outdoor classes and activities.Many regions in China...