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BEIJING

Strict action remains for financial crimes

Chinese procuratorates have been maintaining a strict approach to cracking down on crimes in economic and financial sectors, in a bid to forestall and defuse financial risks, the Supreme People's Procuratorate said on Tuesday. The SPP said in a statement that in the first quarter of this year, procuratorial agencies nationwide have been targeting tax-related crimes in some key industries and sectors such as entertainment and foreign trade, launching prosecutions against 1,842 people. In the area of illegal fundraising crimes using the guise of elderly care and online loans, a total of 3,808 people have been indicted over the first three months of the year, the SPP said.

Satellite obtains gravity field data

China's Tianqin 1 satellite has acquired global gravity field data during its in-orbit operation, according to Sun Yat-sen University in Guangdong province. The satellite was launched in December 2019 to test the technologies of the space-based gravitational wave detection program "Tianqin". The program Tianqin, meaning "harp in the sky", was initiated by the university in 2015. Gravity field data is of great significance to the national economy and people's livelihoods as it can aid geodesic surveying, geophysics, oil and gas exploration, and disaster prevention and mitigation.

HEILONGJIANG

Expelled student gets reinstated after error

The Suihua government of Heilongjiang province has repealed the education bureau's decision to expel a student from the city's No 2 Middle School, according to a statement released by the city's epidemic control and prevention headquarters on Tuesday. The Suihua education bureau said on Monday that the senior student had been expelled for failing to report to the school that a family member had returned from outside the city on April 11. The family member was then identified as a close contact of an infected person. Eight teachers and all the student's classmates and family members were quarantined, the bureau said. The bureau and the school did not have a correct understanding of the epidemic prevention and control policy and improperly punished the student, the statement said. The headquarters urged the school to correct the mistake and allow the student to return to campus immediately.

Xinhua - China Daily