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HAINAN

Space station rocket arrives at launch site

The Long March 7 Y3 rocket that will launch a cargo craft for China's space station has arrived at its launch site in Hainan province. The rocket and the Tianzhou 2 cargo craft, which was previously transported to the Wenchang Spacecraft Launch Site, will be assembled and tested at the launch site, the China Manned Space Engineering Office said on Monday. It said the facilities and equipment are in good condition and preparations are on schedule.

FUJIAN

'Dinosaur dance floor' discovered in county

A team of Chinese researchers has found a massive concentration of dinosaur footprints it likened to a "dinosaur dance floor "in Shanghang county, Fujian province. The "dance floor" excavation site measures 100 square meters and approximately 200 dinosaur footprints have been identified there, said Xing Lida, a paleontologist at the China University of Geosciences and a member of the research team. The concentration of footprints indicates that it could have been a pathway for dinosaurs roaming the area in the Late Cretaceous, he added. Footprints were first spotted at a wider dinosaur track site, which covers about 1,600 square meters, in November, when over 240 fossilized dinosaur footprints were identified. Another 364, including those on the dance floor, were found there early this month. The site is in the county's Longxiang village.

JIANGXI

Former legislator held in corruption case

The Supreme People's Procuratorate has ordered the arrest of Shi Wenqing, former vice-chairman of the Standing Committee of the Jiangxi Provincial People's Congress, for suspected bribe-taking. Shi's case was transferred to procuratorial authorities for prosecution following the conclusion of an investigation by the National Supervisory Commission, the top procuratorate said on Monday.

Xinhua