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China drills disaster response on quake anniversary |
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China held contingency response drills Tuesday morning, as the country is marking the anniversary of last year's devastating May 12 earthquake. |
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Premier writes to students in devastated town |
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Premier Wen Jiabao has written to elementary and high school students in earthquake-devastated Dujiangyan City, Sichuan Province, on eve of the first anniversary of the May 12 disaster that left more than 80,000 people dead or missing and millions homeless. |
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Rebuilding the cities 'very complicated' job |
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Officials in Sichuan, the region devastated a year ago by a massive earthquake, admitted yesterday that the rebuilding effort is not progressing as quickly in urban areas as it is in rural regions.
New schools in quake zone to be quake-proof: official
China targets early completion of post-quake rebuilding
Sichuan receives 15.75bln yuan in quake donation |
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Sichuan receives 15.75bln yuan in quake donation |
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Sichuan Province, the epicenter of a magnitude-8.0 earthquake, has so far received about 15.75 billion yuan(about 2.31 billion U.S. dollars) in quake donation, according to an official with the provincial finance department on Thursday. |
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Post-quake schools will be 'safest' |
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The construction of schools must be safe, reliable and closely supervised, according to a State Council circular issued ahead of the one-year anniversary of the Sichuan earthquake. |
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Chengdu 'has spent 776m on earthquake relief' |
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The Chengdu municipal gov't has spent 776 million yuan of 1.068 billion raised in donations following the Wenchuan earthquake, city Finance Bureau Chief Li Jie said on May 4. |
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China develops new diagnostic reagent to test for A/H1N1 flu virus in pigs |
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China developed a new diagnostic reagent to test for A/H1N1 flu virus in pigs and the new method could provide test results in five hours, the Ministry of Agriculture said Sunday. |
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2 detained in Gansu over suspected food poisoning |
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Police in northwest China's Gansu Province on Thursday detained two people in connection with a food poisoning case that left 131 people ill. |
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Shanghai launches virus protection system |
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Shanghai has adopted emergency measures similar to those used in the 2003 SARS outbreak to guard against the possible arrival of swine flu and to protect residents if the virus does hit the city, according to Thursday's Shanghai Daily. |
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HK developing fast testing method for swine flu |
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Hong Kong Secretary for Food and Health York Chow said Tuesday that the government is working with the University of Hong Kong to shorten the testing methods for swine flu virus. |
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Macao discusses swine flu prevention with mainland, HK |
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Health officials of Macao Special Administrative Region (SAR) Tuesday held a video conference with their counterparts in the Chinese mainland and Hong Kong SAR, discussing measures of tackling the spreading threat of swine flu. |
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Wen calls for strengthened swine flu prevention |
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Premier Wen Jiabao on Tuesday called for enhanced swine flu prevention and control in a State Council, or Cabinet, meeting in the wake of an outbreak of swine flu in countries including Mexico. |
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Health Ministry on high alert for swine flu |
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China's Ministry of Health (MOH) is developing a diagnostic reagent for use in testing for swine flu, which has killed more than 100 people in Mexico, an MOH spokesman said Monday. |
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Food exports to be passed by quality watchdog |
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Foreign food producers who want to sell their products to China might have to register with China's inspection and quarantine authorities every four years, according to a new draft rule released yesterday to solicit public opinion. |
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China issues draft law on food safety |
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China's legislation office Thursday issued a draft law on the regulation of the implementation of the Food Safety Law in the country, soliciting public opinions at the same time. |