Saving the World Wonder

The Great Wall of China faces severe preservation challenges As always, the Great Wall, the longest structure built in human history, is seen as a classic symbol of China by the Chinese the mselves and others around the world.     

A Scientific Approach to Saving Wild Animals

THE sustainable utilization of nature and wildlife resources is critical to the subsistence and wellbeing of humankind. China conscientiously fulfills its obligation to safeguard global ecological health, and strives to achieve harmony between humans and wildlife. Its approach is pragmatic and science-based. China is dedicated to protecting wild animals and their natural habitats. It also raises the populations of many species through a standardized and developed breeding network to meet the human demand for certain animal products.     

Saving the World Wonder The Great Wall of China faces severe preservation challenges

As always,the Great Wall,the longest structure built in human history,is seen as a c ass c symbol of China by the Chinese themselves and others around the world.But just how long is it,exactly?For a long time,no one could answer that question precisely because of the complexity of the historical project -different parts of the Great Wall were built by different regimes and dynasties over mote than 2,000 years and were never quite connected as a seamless whole.     

Saving the Tigers

Tigers are facing extinction and urgently need conservation This year in the Chinese lunar calendar is the Year of the Tiger, ever regarded as the most regal of animals. But today they are being pushed to the brink of extinction.     

A Party for the World

Shanghai World Expo gets ready to welcome 70 million visitorsT he Shanghai World Expo will kick off in less than two months. From May 1 to October 31, Shanghai is expected to welcome 70 million visitors,     

Saving Minds,Saving Lives

When Charles Kuen Kao, former president of the Chinese University of Hong Kong and pioneer of fiber optic telecommunications, was bestowed with a Nobel Prize in physics at the age of 76 in 2009,he could scarcely recall the details of the fiber optics technology he had helped develop.     

New Look for the World Bank

正New World Bank president could make the bank more development-oriented The World Bank appointed a new president on April 16. Jim Yong Kim who was born in Seoul, South Korea in 1959, is going to officially replace curren World Bank President Robert Zoellick o July 1 and become the 12th president of th bank. The world is hoping the new presiden can help the World Bank take on a new look.     

Beijingers and Animals

ANIMALWorld,aBeijingTVprogram,recentlyadvocatedthefreeingofallwithanimalsfromcages,sothattheyandhumanscanliveinharmonyinNature.HumansandanimalsarebothchildrenofNature.TherearemanystoriesabouttheharmoniousrelationshipbetweenthepeopleofBeijingandanimals.SpendingtheSpringFestivalwithGoldenMonkeysOntheeveofthe1998SpringFestival,60-year-oldseniorveterinarianQiHanjunattheBeijingEndangeredAnimalBreedingCenterdidnotreturnhome,butspenttheholidaywithgoldenmonkeys(Rhinopithecusroxellanae).OnN…     

Shanghai Prepares for the 2010 World Expo

THE maiden flight on March 14, 2006 of an airplane bearing the 2010 Shanghai World Expo emblem from Beijing Capital International Airport signaled the onset of preparations for this major event. Since China won its bid to hold the Expo, Shanghai Municipality has expedited detailed plans to ensure that everything goes ahead smoothly.     

Chinese Dream: Harmony for the World

正The Chinese Dream in Full SwingSpeech Extracts from the International Dialogue on the Chinese Dream ForumTHE Chinese Dream takes into consideration the ancient wisdom that it is more important to attain the domestic political capability needed to fulfill China’s aspirations towards a harmonious and stable society and to exert a positive influence on the world than it is to strive for economic or military might.The Chinese Dream is based on the concept of seeking individual and collective happiness.     

Saving Biodiversity

China takes actions to cut species losses in the International Year of Biodiversity     

Saving Food

正International conference calls for global efforts to reduce food loss Cui Chengxin, head of a rural cooperative in east China, estimated his cooperative had managed to reduce its grain loss rate from 4 to 1.5 percent by using machineries to harvest the crops.     

Saving Face

正Facial recognition is omnipresent in China’s everyday life, used for purposes from mobile payments to compound entrance. With the broader application of the technology, related disputes, too, are on the rise.     

Saving Samaritans

正Efforts to build public trust are needed to ensure strangers will help one another ‘If I fall on the ground,please help me!"This was the slogan held on the placards of 10 seniors,all over 70,who participated in a performance art event in a bustling downtown area of Zhengzhou,central China’s Henan Province,on December 25,2013.     

World Outlook for 2016

正Dear Readers,Forum is a column that provides a space for varying perspectives on contemporary Chinese society.We invite you to submit personal viewpoints on past and current topics(in either English or Chinese).Please provide your name and address along with your commentsAs we emerge from the embers of last year,2016 holds great potential for both hope and turmoil.     

Saving the Fish and The Fishermen

正10-year ban on commercial fishing in Yangtze River brings positive changes After bidding farewell to fishing, Zhao Zelun now spends more time on his farm and his newly renovated guesthouse on Zhongba Island in Chongqing Municipality in southwest China. For nearly three decades, Zhao made a living as a fisherman on the Yangtze River. But in 2010, he started thinking of going offshore as the number of fish began to     

Saving Tomorrow at the Durban Conference

Countries meeting in Durban, South Africa, delivered a breakthrough with promises of real action by the international community to reduce the impact of climate change. Delegations recognized the urgent need to raise collective efforts in reducing greenhouse gas emissions to prevent average global temperatures from rising by more than two degrees Celsius. The Durban talks ended on a high point with a roadmap toward an international climate accord that included all of the world’s major carbon emitters for the first time. This accord is to be finalized by 2015 and will take effect from 2020.     

Saving the Earth——a Global Mission

With the financial crisis wreaking havoc on nations across all continents, our sense of living in a globalized age has become more acute than ever. China is also feeling the pinch, despite initial confidence that it would stay immune to the meltdown. Thousands of labor-intensive plants in Guangdong Province, a major engine of the nation＇s export industries, have closed. And in the nation＇s leading coal-producing area of Shanxi Province, the highways are no longer choked with fully loaded trucks, a clear sign of the scaling-back of manufacturing nationwide.