A New Life

National efforts are being made to reclaim land damaged by industrial production On the surface,the Zhendan Geological and Ecological Park in Kunyang Town in Kunming,capital of southwest China’s Yunnan Province,is no less beautiful than any other park in the world.Hill slopes are terraced,laced with winding trails and covered with     

Building a New Life

<正>More needs to be done to help migrating seniors adapt to city living After her grandson was born three years ago,Feng Junru left her home in northeast China and moved to Tianjin to look after him.She took care of her grandson every day and found herself busier than she had been before she retired.In addition to taking care of the child,she undertook other household chores such as shopping for vegetables,cooking and cleaning.     

New Lease of Life

<正>A university professor seeks to save the endangered cultural heritage of the Miao ethnic minority Zhang Xiaosong is Dean of the School of International Tourism and Culture at Guizhou Normal University in Guiyang,capital city of southwest China's Guizhou Province.But her work is not limited to teaching at university.Zhang is also a village researcher.Over the past 26 years,Zhang has visited     

罪犯出监管理模式新探

中国出监监狱的建设起步于本世纪初,虽然已有十数年的历史,但仍然处于探索阶段。在当前行刑社会化的潮流之下,湖南“星城监狱”、浙江“乔司监狱”与四川“锦江监狱”等三所突出体现“开放式处遇”特征的专门化出监监狱赢得了广泛关注,然而遗憾的是,目前尚没有形成一种普适于全国范围内诸地区的通用模式。因此,立足于出监犯管理,依托上述三所出监监狱管理方式的成功经验,寻优逐劣、总结规律,对于创新出监犯管理制度并展望未来发展方向具有重大意义。     

Old Days and New Life

SIXkilometersawayfromGyangzeCountyseatinTibetAutonomousRegionandlocatedonthesouthernbanksoftheNyangRiveratanaverageof4,000metersabovesealevel,NudoiVillageisanexampleofculturalandethicalprogressinChina.Itissaidthatthepeoplehereliveandworkinperfectharmonyandpeace,andhelpeachotherwithoutstealing,robbing,arguingandcheating.Withdoubtfulmindsandmorethanalittlecurious,wedrovetothevillageintheafternooninearlywinterThevillageissurroundedbyaring-likemountainandinfrontofitisaleveledplain.Oneafterano…     

Toxic Soil Gets New Life

South China’s Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region has one of the country’s biggest reserves of arsenic and lead, which are important resources for industry. Due to contamination by unre-     

New Life for Old Plastics

<正>Recycling joint venture utilizes innovative technology to reuse plastics Recycling,despite its green connotations,can be a messy business.In China,more than 400,000 companies are engaged in plastic recycling,but 70 percent of them are family enterprises,     

New Tastes for Life in the New Century

WALMART,thebiggestchainstoregroupintheUSandworldwide,recentlyannouncedthatitwouldopenmorebranchesinChina.HavingenteredtheChinesemarketin1996,WalmartnowhassevenshoppingmallsandonemainstoreinChina,allofwhichhaveproved.tobeverysuccessful.Meanwhile,Carrefour,theworld'ssecondlargestchainstore,hastakenthedecisiontocloseitsbranchinHongKongandtoincreaseitsinlandbusiness.Atfirst,onlyafewforeigndiplomats,businessmenandtouristswereregularcustomersofWalmartandCarrefour,whereasnowmostofthefacesonese…     

New Life for Time-Honored National Brands？

WHEN 45-year-old Yu Li was in her youthful prime in the 1980s, so was the Shanghai skincare brand Maxam. Nowadays Maxam resides at the lower end of a Chinese beauty market flooded with myriad brand names from around the world. For Yu Li though, the local brand is still her favorite. ＂The best is what fits you personally. I prefer to stick with a product I know and trust rather than venturing into a new product and risk impairing my skin.＂     

Life in the ‘New Normal'

<正>Slowdown-afflicted companies advised to stop resting on their laurels and to seek new growth By Deng YaqingAs China’s economic growth slows,Chinese enterprises are increasingly aware of the fact that they are confronted with a new round of opportunities and challenges as well as fiercer competition.     

A Second-Tier Life

Eating dry cornflakes with chopsticks.That's my strongest memory of Shenyang men.That was a view from la Home Inn hotel breakfast room on a wintry December morning in the capital of northeastern     

A Fruitful Life

<正>A Chilean businessman explores life and business opportunities in China As one Chilean proverb goes: Have patience to walk with short steps until you have wings to fly. This popular saying largely sums up Gonzalo Matamala’ s experience in China.Throughout the past 15 years,he has forged a unique bond with the country and helped open new markets for a variety of Chilean export products.     

New Life for the Old Industrial Bases

IT was at the beginning of the1950s that Chairman Mao Ze-dong decided to develop heavyindustry in China's northeasternprovinces of Jilin, Heilongjiangand Liaoning. Soon, with the guidanceand supervision of experts from theSoviet Union, a host of automobile,heavy-duty machinery, petrochemicaland other industrial giants were up andrunning in China. The next few decadessaw a prosperous Northeast, as state-owned enterprises provided millions ofjobs, as well as housing for employeesand schoolin…     

Life in Tianjin-Old and New

THE history of Tianjin, a port city near the Chinese capital Beijing, dates back some 600 years to 1404. The old city had a population of 80,000, and over the years, its people have borne witness to Tianjin's many changes. As time passed, the origi-nal city grew older, and a large concentration of traditional, single-story houses formed within the new city. In 1995, Tianjin began to renovate its run-down areas. Residents were relocated, and although happy to move into their brand-new apartments, when the day came, they were also a little sad at leaving their past behind.     

New Lease of Life for Living Fossils

正Corporate initiative to protect the endangered Chinese sturgeon On April 13, 700 Chinese sturgeons, known as"living fossils," were released into the Yangtze River in central China’s Hubei Province to give a fresh lease of life to one of the oldest extant species dating back to 140 million years ago and once coexisting with dinosaurs.     

Promising New Life of Former Tibetan Serfs

MEMORIES of the dark days in the serf-dom era come flooding back whenever Lobsang Dolma,79,passes through the entrance gate of her village.Some 60 years ago,hanging over the gate was a mace repre-senting the authority of the Soikang family,owner of the then Kesum Manor.[The mace]symbolized the misery of serfs' lives in Kesum Manor, said Lobsang recalling her abhor-rence of the Soikang family,self-styled as descen-dants of the fourth Dalai Lama.In 1959,Tibet's epoch-making democratic reform ending serfdom began in Kesum Village,which witnessed the founding of the first farmers' associa-tion and the first Communist Party of China (CPC)branch in rural areas of southwest Chinas Tibet Autonomous Region.     

Tribal Land Gets a New Lease of Life

LOCATED in Yunnan Province's Simao City, Zhenyuan Yi-Hani-Lahu Autonomous County is populated by 22 different ethnic groups. Its terrain of 4,137     

New Lease of Life for an Old Plant

CHINA'S Three GorgesWater Conservancy Project,with the huge amount ofhydropower it generates, istransforming some of thetraditionally tourist-oriented cities alongthe Yangtze River. Manufacturing isbooming, and Hubei's Yichang City hasseen the birth of a phoenix - the YichangChangjiang Machine Technology Co.,Ltd. (Changjiang Machine).Changjiang Machine rose from theashes of the now defunct ChangjiangMachine Tool Plant. The new company,with its advanced production facilities,occupies…