One-line news
June 6, 2017 Category One-line news, Weekly
- Holders of Chinese green cards can now apply for “foreign permanent resident ID cards”, the Ministry of Public Security announced. The new machine-readable cards with embedded chips are similar to Chinese citizens’ identity cards and will replace the current permanent residence cards. The new cards can be used to access finance, education, hospital, transport, telecommunications, tax, social insurance, property registration and legal services in China with no other personal documents required.
- Wang Bao’an, former Director of the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), has been sentenced to life in jail for accepting CNY153 million worth of bribes. The Central Commission for Discipline Inspection (CCDI) described him as “morally bankrupt” and “completely” lacking in political beliefs.
- Lu Ziyue, former Mayor of Ningbo, Zhejiang province, was sentenced to life imprisonment for bribery, and Chang Xiaobing, former Chairman of China Telecom; Li Chengyun, former Vice Governor of Sichuan province, and Deng Qilin, former Chairman of Wuhan Iron and Steel Corp, to six to 15 year jail terms. Liu Zhigeng, former Vice Governor of Guangdong province, was given a life sentence for accepting bribes valued at more than CNY98 million. Song Lin, former Chairman of China Resources Group received a sentence of 14 years in prison and a fine of CNY4 million.
- The world’s biggest floating solar power plant has been put in use in a lake in the city of Huainan, in Anhui province. It can generate 40 megawatts of electricity – enough to power 15,000 homes, according to Sungrow Power Supply, the builder of the plant.
- Chen Gang, former Party Secretary of Beijing’s Chaoyang district and of Guiyang, capital city of Guizhou province, has been appointed to lead the Xiongan New Area in Hebei province that will be key to the integration of the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region and take over some of the functions of Beijing. In the future, the new area is expected to rival Shenzhen and Shanghai’s Pudong.
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