TCM in Malta

Malta's national hospital of Mater Dei recently opened its first traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) clinic, also the first of its kind in a state hospital in any European country, says a Xinhua News Agency report.

Malta's Health Minister Louis Deguara and Chinese ambassador Chai Xi attended the ceremony. On behalf of the Chinese government, the Chinese ambassador donated some medicines and medical equipment to the hospital.

Cao Dianpeng, chief of China's medical team to Malta, said the move would promote the popularity of the TCM across Europe and open up possibilities for more exchanges between western medicine and the TCM.

New hi-tech bases

China has established 30 new State-level high-tech industrial bases, lifting the total number to 65. The 30 bases include six all-around ones and 24 that specialize in civil aviation, new energy resources, microelectronics, information and biology. They are based in 30 different cities, including Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Xi'an and Tianjin.

Last year, the industrial output of the high-tech sector reached 1.91 trillion yuan, 7.8 percent of China's gross domestic product.

Meanwhile, the new high-tech exports hit $347.8 billion, accounting for nearly 30 percent of the nation's total exports.

Industrial output and exports rose at average annual rates of 21.5 percent and 37.7 percent, respectively, during the past seven years to 2007.

Soap opera settlement

Zhejiang Taizhou Intermediate People's Court helped settle Beijing Netmovie Company's allegation of copyright infringement against a Taizhou website. The defendant agreed to pay 100,000 yuan for infringing on the network distribution rights of the Hong Kong-based broadcasting company TVB.

Netmovie is an authorized distributor of TVB's five soap operas, Semper Paratus, Tossing Rain and Turning Clouds, Revolving Door of Vengeance, Face to Fate and Glittering Days. The defendant offered online viewing of the five works at its site, which infringed on the network distribution rights of TVB. Representing TVB in this copyright dispute, Netmovie sought i220,000 yuan in damages.

After debating in court, the two parties showed their willingness to settle for 100,000 yuan.

Bullet train debut

The first homegrown bullet train CRH3, with a speed of up to 350 kph, will be launched on at the end of this month in Tangshan, a city of North China's Hebei province, and go into operation on the Beijing-Tianjin Intercity Railway soon.

CNR Tangshan Locomotive and Rolling Stock Works built the train with the support from other domestic enterprises. The local firm has mastered nine key technologies and produced a series of bullet train products with registered intellectual property rights.

The move means China has joined an elite world club with Japan, France and Germany to be also capable of producing the high-speed trains.

 

(China Daily 03/10/2008 page9)

2013-07-17