Beijing

Food quality info online

The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology launched an online food industry quality information platform on Monday.

The platform is a joint venture of various government departments and provides customers access to food industry information, including financial status, quality reports and a blacklist of companies with records of substandard products.

All 120 domestic infant milk powder companies are required to register and disclose required information on the online platform.

Draft law to help mentally ill

The State Council adopted a draft on Monday aimed at improving medical and social services for the mentally disabled.

The draft will ensure mentally disabled people from poor families can get timely treatment and it also prevents mentally disabled people from being able to hurt themselves or others because of poor management.

Business district raises a Goblet

A launch ceremony for a new skyscraper, the China Goblet, was held in Beijing's central business district on Monday.

It will be more than 500 meters high and will be one of Beijing's tallest buildings and an obvious landmark. The construction is expected to be complete within 5 years.

The top floor of the Goblet will be a sightseeing cafe, which will offer a panoramic view of the city. The platform will be lit at night and will be visible from anywhere in Beijing.

Zhejiang

Polluting plant partly closed

The operation of a solar panel plant in eastern Zhejiang province was partly suspended after hundreds of villagers protested over pollution, local environmental authorities said.

Some production lines of a factory of the Zhejiang Jinko Solar Co, located in the city of Haining, have halted work, according to a statement issued by the city's environmental protection bureau on Monday.

More than 500 people from Hongxiao village began to gather in front of the factory on Thursday night, demanding an explanation to the death of a large swath of fish in a nearby river last month.

Chen Hongming, a deputy head of the environmental protection bureau, said previously that the factory's waste disposal has failed pollution tests since April.

The environmental watchdog has warned the factory but not effectively controlled the pollution, Chen said.

China daily - Xinhua