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TIANJIN

1 dead, 7 injured in plant explosion

One person was killed and seven others injured in a gas explosion at an auto parts plant in Tianjin on Thursday, local authorities said. The rescue operation ended at about 3:30 pm, and no people were found trapped in the plant, according to the fire department in the Tianjin Port bonded area. An investigation into the cause is underway.

BEIJING

Online litigation service platform launched

The Supreme People's Court and the Ministry of Justice on Thursday launched an online litigation platform for lawyers. The platform provides 35 online litigation services, which are also available on a mini-program on WeChat, according to a news conference. Users can file cases online, arrange for document delivery and authentication and participate in court trials online, according to the conference. Against the backdrop of the COVID-19 outbreak, the SPC mobilized courts at all levels to move services online last February.

HUBEI

Ancient copper workshop discovered

Archaeologists have discovered a large copper workshop dating back to the Shang Dynasty (c.16th century-11th century BC) in Hubei province. The discovery of the Guoyuanzui relic site in the Huangpi district of Wuhan has offered a glimpse into the complete process of bronze making, from crafting molds to melting alloy, that was practiced some 3,000 years ago, researchers said. Archaeologists started unearthing the site in 2019 and have so far revealed a 1,100-square-meter platform on which various steps in the bronze making process were carried out. Hu Gang, an archaeologist with the province's institute of cultural relics and archaeology, said they had found 15 stove foundations, over 200 pieces of crucibles and pottery molds and 105 stone and copper tools.

SHANGHAI

New CPC memorial to be revealed on July 1

The Memorial for the Site of the First National Congress of the Communist Party of China in Shanghai will be open to the public on July 1, when the CPC celebrates the 100th anniversary of its founding, the municipal government announced at a news briefing on Thursday. The renovation of the site and the construction of the memorial, which is being built next to the site where 13 Chinese delegates and two foreign delegates from the Communist International convened the First CPC National Congress in July 1921, will be completed by May. The memorial will then begin trial operations for two months before its official opening on July 1, said the municipal government. Hundreds of exhibits illustrating the history of the founding of the Party will be on display in the new memorial, which will feature an exhibition area of close to 4,000 square meters, almost quadruple that of the site that had been serving as a memorial itself since 1952.

Xinhua - China Daily