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China launches new observation satellite

China launched a new satellite from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in Shanxi province on Saturday. The Gaofen-11 03 satellite was launched by a Long March 4B rocket at 9:51 am and entered its planned orbit successfully. Developed by the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation, the satellite will be mainly used for land surveys, city planning, land rights confirmation, road network design, crop yield estimation and disaster prevention and mitigation.

Monthlong job drive for college graduates

The Ministry of Education launched a monthlong recruiting program on Saturday to help the country's more than 10 million new college graduates next year secure jobs. Together with 12 major job-hunting agencies, the ministry will hold online recruitment activities and organize at least 10 large national job fairs for key regions, industries and groups. China is expected to see 10.8 million students graduate from its universities and colleges next year, 1.7 million more than this year.

Tibet sees growth in courier services

The courier sector in the Tibet autonomous region saw rapid growth in both parcels handled and business revenues in the first 10 months of the year, new data showed. Express delivery companies in the region handled 11.79 million parcels in the period, up 31.2 percent year-on-year, the regional post administration said. The number of intracity parcels saw the fastest growth of 42.6 percent to 2.8 million, it said. Combined revenues from the region's express services surged 41.2 percent to 401 million yuan ($62.8 million), the administration added. The increase in revenues outpaced the 20.7 percent rise for the sector nationwide during the same period.

Procedures issued for fostering legal talent

China has issued a set of pilot procedures on fostering rural legal talent to advance the rule of law in rural areas, the Ministry of Justice said. The talent-building effort should be made to meet people's legal demands and focus on addressing legal issues faced by rural people in their daily lives, a newly released document said. It said the effort should be integrated into the overall plan of building a rule-of-law society and the rural vitalization strategy. By 2025, each village should foster at least three people with adequate legal awareness and capabilities, and the system for fostering such talent should predominantly be established, the document added.

Xinhua