The quality of water delivered to Beijing through the first phase of the South-to-North Water Diversion Project's central route will be guaranteed, environmental officials have said, as a two-month water delivery test on the section in Henan province started early this month.
Zhangjiakou in Hebei province is making preparations as it joins Beijing in a bid for the right to host the 2022 Winter Olympics.
From China losing its first Olympic bid in 1993 to successfully hosting the 2008 Beijing Olympics in spectacular style, Wei Jizhong has witnessed the country rising from obscurity to prominence in the international Olympic community.
"The underdevelopment of China's winter sports, especially some snow events, is actually giving us an edge because many of the international winter sports federations will see China as a huge untapped market and thus support the joint bid of Beijing and Zhangjiakou to explore the potential of their respective events."
Renowned Chinese winter sports figures hailed the joint bid of Beijing and Zhangjiakou for the 2022 Olympic Winter Games as a strong boost to sports in China, especially in the southern region.
The Chinese capital is attempting to speed up the reduction of fine-particulate pollutants, with the aim of reaching the internationally recognized safe level, as it bids to be host for the 2022 Winter Olympics, authorities have said.
The city plans to give soccer tests to primary and middle schools students every year in an effort to improve their physical fitness, a local education official told the Beijing News. The plan has been reported to education authorities, who are expected to approve the tests this year, said Ma Ling, director of the PE education institute with Beijing Academy of Educational Sciences. Under current rules, primary and middle school students have to pass tests in running and the standing long jump every year.
"I would like to reiterate that we firmly object to any outside forces' interference in Hong Kong's internal affairs and nobody should make irresponsible comments on Hong Kong's political reform again."
Chancellor says area must focus on long-term development
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