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.     

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 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 Biodiversity

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

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.     

Saving Every Drop

By simply changing a water tap you can save 50 percent of water. This is a watersaving tip shared by Wei Shanzhong, Vice Minister of Water Resources, at a press conference held in Beijing to commemorate World Water Day on March 22.     

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.     

Saving Our Earth

Though the forum for lively debates hosted by the Copenhagen Conference eventually dissolved, talks on climate change will remain a hot topic.     

Saving a Species

正Efforts to rescue endangered species in Yunnan have paid off Acer yangbiense,a critically endangered maple tree unique to Yangbi County in Yunnan Province,has grown from four when it was first discovered in 2002 to tens of thousands through years of conservation efforts.     

Saving Forgotten Treasures

<正>Restoring classic movies for modern viewers The elaborately restored version of the classic film Metropolis, directed by Fritz Lang in 1927, held its Beijing premiere on September 2. While attracting     

Saving Seal Cutting

On April 20, the graduation ceremony of China's seal-cutting art postgraduates and visiting experts from the Institute of Seal Cutting Art under the China Art Academy was held in Beijing. On the same day, the exhibition of the works of the teachers and graduates of the institute was also held.     

Saving Child Panhandlers

<正>Netizens launch an Internet campaign helping authorities save children forced into begging for money On February 8, Peng Gaofeng reunited with his son who had been missing     

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.     

Saving The Finless Porpoise

Effective measures are needed to prevent the extinction of a rare Yangtze River species The finless porpoise in the Yangtze River may die out in the next 15     

Saving Ancient Tibetan Calligraphy

正An inheritor keeps a demanding traditional craft alive By Xinhua A’ang Jiancuo,46,is one of the inheritors of the De’ang Sazhi style of Tibetan calligraphy,which originated from the Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture of Golog in northwest China’s Qinghai Province.The unique art form was enlisted into the national intangible cultural heritage of China in 2011.     

Tengtou： Eco Choice Champion

TENGTOU has been selected as the only village to have an exhibit in the Urban Best Practices Area of Shanghai Expo.This eco-friendly pacesetter is a tiny two- square-kilometer settlement tucked away in the juristiction of Fenghua, Ningbo City in eastern China＇s Zhejiang Province. Now it＇s famous for its distinctive, eco-friendly development model.     

Saving the World for Animals

A report from the U.S. Geological Survey forecasts that two-thirds of the wodd＇s polar bears could disappear by 2050 because of thinning sea ice from global warming. The Intemational Union for Conservation of Nature points out that currently the existence of about 44,800 species on the earth are threatened, out of which at least 16,900 species,     

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