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Fastest Computer
Developed by Chinese scientists， Tianhe-2 is the world’s fastest supercomputer， according to TOP500 on June 17. The TOP500 project is a biannual ranking of the 500 most powerful computer systems in the world.
Tianhe-2， or Milky Way-2， clocked 33.86 petaflops. According to the National University of Defense Technology， which built the supercomputer， the computer can perform 54.9 quadrillion operations per second at peak capacity.
Its predecessor， Tianhe-1A， was the world’s fastest supercomputer in 2010.
Education Campaign
Xi Jinping， General Secretary of the Communist Party of China （CPC） Central Committee， said on June 18 that the Party’s upcoming yearlong campaign will be a “thorough cleanup” of undesirable work styles such as formali， bureaucrati， hedoni and extragance.
The main task of the campaign focuses on building work styles to boost ties between CPC members and the people， Xi said at a highprofile deployment conference. The Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee decided in April to launch the campaign in the latter half of the
The campaign will focus on CPC organs and officials at or above county level who will be required to reflect on their own practices and correct any misconduct.
Xi said that a long-term mechani should be established to encourage Party members and officials to serve the people， be downto-earth， upright and corruption-free as “the issue of improper work styles is prone to relapse and stubborn in nature.”
The Party should take the campaign as an opportunity to introduce new rules， improve existing ones， and nullify outdated regulations， he said， vowing that no exception should be made when implementing the rules.
Healthcare Costs
The estimated total cost of healthcare services in China reached 2.89 trillion yuan （$473.5 billion） at the end of 2012， an 18.8-percent rise compared to the previous year， according to a statistics bulletin released on June 18 by the National Health and Family Planning Commission.
The country added 503，000 medical staff and 565，000 hospital beds in 2012， with respective totals hing reached 9.12 million and 5.16 million. The number of outpatient visits in 2012 also increased by 9.9 percent.
However， relative cost of services is still lower than in other developing countries. China’s total cost was only 5.15 percent of GDP in 2011， lower than that of Brazil （8.8 percent） and South Africa （9.2 percent）.PROUD DONOR
A man shows his certificate for donating blood at a collection station in Yinchuan， Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region， on June 14， World Blood Donor Day
Crimes Against Nature
China’s highest judicial and procuratorial organs jointly issued a new judicial interpretation on June 18 imposing criminal punishments on polluters.
With more precise criteria for convictions and sentencing， the document， which took effect on June 19， is expected to facilitate the work of judges and tighten punishments for polluters.
The document lists 14 activities that will be considered “crimes of impairing the protection of the environment and resources.”
Contaminating drinking water sources or nature reserves with radioactive， pathogenic or toxic waste is a crime. Activities that poison more than 30 people or force the evacuation of more than 5，000 are also designated as environmental crimes. The interpretation considers pollution near hospitals， schools and residential areas seriousoffenses.
According to the country’s Criminal Law， those convicted of such crimes will face a maximum prison term of seven years and be subjected to fines.
FOLK RHYME
Shanren Band from southwest China’s Yunnan Province performs at World Music Essence on June 14 in Hohhot， Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region
Military Recruitment
The military recruitment period in China has been moved and will now begin in August in a bid to attract more talented people， military sources said on June 14.
An online recruitment service run by the Ministry of National Defense is ready for applications， and recruiting procedures including physical examinations will begin on August 1.
Previously， recruitment began in October， and the change is the first in 23 years.
The Chinese military started recruiting college graduates in 2001. More than 130，000 People’s Liberation Army soldiers were college graduates at the end of 2009.
To help the military recruit more students， the country’s top legislature amended the Military Service Law in 2011， raising the maximum age for recruits to 24.
Private Adoptions Banned
Individuals and groups are banned from secretly adopting abandoned infants， a joint circular from multiple Chinese government departments has outlined.
“Adopting and handling abandoned infants by one’s own will is forbidden，” the circular says.
The circular comes after cases of children being abandoned or unsupervised in China， prompting questions over young Chinese people’s sense of guardianship as well as calls to better protect minors.
Police departments should make efforts to find the biological parents or other guardians of an abandoned infant， according to the circular. If the police fail to find the guardians they must provide official proof and traner the child to a government-sanctioned nursing home for temporary care.
Language Program
China International Publishing Group （CIPG） and Yale University jointly launched a multimedia Chinese language teaching program on June 14.
The program， Encounters， targets foreign high school and university students and others interested in learning Chinese.
It contains an array of multimedia learning materials. Centered around a 20-episode theatrical- quality TV series， the program also includes books， DVDs， a website， podcasts and rap songs.
In a congratulatory letter written for the launch ceremony， Richard C. Levin， President of Yale University， said Encounters will prove to be a powerful Chinese language- and culture-learning tool for thousands of students.
“Its presentation of teaching materials in innovative and interactive ways marks a milestone in the advancement of learning foreign languages and cultures，” wrote Levin.
According to Zhou Mingwei， President of CIPG， Encounters has received positive feedback since being tested in high schools and universities in the United States.
Rural Rest Homes
The Chinese Government will raise 3 billion yuan （$489 million） in lottery funds to support the construction of 100，000 rural nursing homes over the next three years.
Thenursing homes will be managed by local villager committees， providing rural senior citizens with accommodation， the Ministry of
China has nearly 50 million senior citizens in rural areas who need physical and mental care. As of 2012， there had been 33，000 institutions offering services to rural senior citizens， according to the ministry.
Heat Wes
Pedestrians bre the heat in Shanghai as temperatures reach 36 degrees Celsius on June 17.
Many parts of China experienced the first heat we of the summer in mid-June， seeing the highest temperature hitting 37 degrees Celsius on June 19.
Southwest China’s Chongqing Municipality， under the influence of subtropical highpressure belts， experienced heat so fierce that a red warning was issued. Red is the hottest color on China’s four-color heat we warning system.
Developed by Chinese scientists， Tianhe-2 is the world’s fastest supercomputer， according to TOP500 on June 17. The TOP500 project is a biannual ranking of the 500 most powerful computer systems in the world.
Tianhe-2， or Milky Way-2， clocked 33.86 petaflops. According to the National University of Defense Technology， which built the supercomputer， the computer can perform 54.9 quadrillion operations per second at peak capacity.
Its predecessor， Tianhe-1A， was the world’s fastest supercomputer in 2010.
Education Campaign
Xi Jinping， General Secretary of the Communist Party of China （CPC） Central Committee， said on June 18 that the Party’s upcoming yearlong campaign will be a “thorough cleanup” of undesirable work styles such as formali， bureaucrati， hedoni and extragance.
The main task of the campaign focuses on building work styles to boost ties between CPC members and the people， Xi said at a highprofile deployment conference. The Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee decided in April to launch the campaign in the latter half of the
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year.The campaign will focus on CPC organs and officials at or above county level who will be required to reflect on their own practices and correct any misconduct.
Xi said that a long-term mechani should be established to encourage Party members and officials to serve the people， be downto-earth， upright and corruption-free as “the issue of improper work styles is prone to relapse and stubborn in nature.”
The Party should take the campaign as an opportunity to introduce new rules， improve existing ones， and nullify outdated regulations， he said， vowing that no exception should be made when implementing the rules.
Healthcare Costs
The estimated total cost of healthcare services in China reached 2.89 trillion yuan （$473.5 billion） at the end of 2012， an 18.8-percent rise compared to the previous year， according to a statistics bulletin released on June 18 by the National Health and Family Planning Commission.
The country added 503，000 medical staff and 565，000 hospital beds in 2012， with respective totals hing reached 9.12 million and 5.16 million. The number of outpatient visits in 2012 also increased by 9.9 percent.
However， relative cost of services is still lower than in other developing countries. China’s total cost was only 5.15 percent of GDP in 2011， lower than that of Brazil （8.8 percent） and South Africa （9.2 percent）.PROUD DONOR
A man shows his certificate for donating blood at a collection station in Yinchuan， Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region， on June 14， World Blood Donor Day
Crimes Against Nature
China’s highest judicial and procuratorial organs jointly issued a new judicial interpretation on June 18 imposing criminal punishments on polluters.
With more precise criteria for convictions and sentencing， the document， which took effect on June 19， is expected to facilitate the work of judges and tighten punishments for polluters.
The document lists 14 activities that will be considered “crimes of impairing the protection of the environment and resources.”
Contaminating drinking water sources or nature reserves with radioactive， pathogenic or toxic waste is a crime. Activities that poison more than 30 people or force the evacuation of more than 5，000 are also designated as environmental crimes. The interpretation considers pollution near hospitals， schools and residential areas seriousoffenses.
According to the country’s Criminal Law， those convicted of such crimes will face a maximum prison term of seven years and be subjected to fines.
FOLK RHYME
Shanren Band from southwest China’s Yunnan Province performs at World Music Essence on June 14 in Hohhot， Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region
Military Recruitment
The military recruitment period in China has been moved and will now begin in August in a bid to attract more talented people， military sources said on June 14.
An online recruitment service run by the Ministry of National Defense is ready for applications， and recruiting procedures including physical examinations will begin on August 1.
Previously， recruitment began in October， and the change is the first in 23 years.
The Chinese military started recruiting college graduates in 2001. More than 130，000 People’s Liberation Army soldiers were college graduates at the end of 2009.
To help the military recruit more students， the country’s top legislature amended the Military Service Law in 2011， raising the maximum age for recruits to 24.
Private Adoptions Banned
Individuals and groups are banned from secretly adopting abandoned infants， a joint circular from multiple Chinese government departments has outlined.
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The circular， with specific instructions on tranerring， settling and treating abandoned infants， requires immediate notification of local residential committees and police organs if such a child is found， according to the Ministry of Civil Affairs， one of seven ministerial departments issuing the document.“Adopting and handling abandoned infants by one’s own will is forbidden，” the circular says.
The circular comes after cases of children being abandoned or unsupervised in China， prompting questions over young Chinese people’s sense of guardianship as well as calls to better protect minors.
Police departments should make efforts to find the biological parents or other guardians of an abandoned infant， according to the circular. If the police fail to find the guardians they must provide official proof and traner the child to a government-sanctioned nursing home for temporary care.
Language Program
China International Publishing Group （CIPG） and Yale University jointly launched a multimedia Chinese language teaching program on June 14.
The program， Encounters， targets foreign high school and university students and others interested in learning Chinese.
It contains an array of multimedia learning materials. Centered around a 20-episode theatrical- quality TV series， the program also includes books， DVDs， a website， podcasts and rap songs.
In a congratulatory letter written for the launch ceremony， Richard C. Levin， President of Yale University， said Encounters will prove to be a powerful Chinese language- and culture-learning tool for thousands of students.
“Its presentation of teaching materials in innovative and interactive ways marks a milestone in the advancement of learning foreign languages and cultures，” wrote Levin.
According to Zhou Mingwei， President of CIPG， Encounters has received positive feedback since being tested in high schools and universities in the United States.
Rural Rest Homes
The Chinese Government will raise 3 billion yuan （$489 million） in lottery funds to support the construction of 100，000 rural nursing homes over the next three years.
Thenursing homes will be managed by local villager committees， providing rural senior citizens with accommodation， the Ministry of
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Civil Affairs said on June 13.China has nearly 50 million senior citizens in rural areas who need physical and mental care. As of 2012， there had been 33，000 institutions offering services to rural senior citizens， according to the ministry.
Heat Wes
Pedestrians bre the heat in Shanghai as temperatures reach 36 degrees Celsius on June 17.
Many parts of China experienced the first heat we of the summer in mid-June， seeing the highest temperature hitting 37 degrees Celsius on June 19.
Southwest China’s Chongqing Municipality， under the influence of subtropical highpressure belts， experienced heat so fierce that a red warning was issued. Red is the hottest color on China’s four-color heat we warning system.