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BEIJING

Murder suspect to be sent back to Taiwan

A murder suspect who fled to the Chinese mainland after allegedly gunning down a man in Taiwan will be sent back to the island after finishing quarantine at a mainland hotel, a mainland spokesman said on Tuesday. The suspect, a Taiwan resident surnamed Huang, allegedly shot a man dead in New Taipei City on the island on Nov 22. He took a flight from Taiwan to Xiamen, Fujian province, that day and is now staying in a quarantine hotel, Taiwan media reported. Ma Xiaoguang, a spokesman for the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council, said police in Xiamen had launched an investigation and the suspect had confessed to the shooting. To crack down on violent crimes, safeguard the lives and property of people on both sides of the Taiwan Straits and maintain cross-Straits relations, Xiamen police decided to send the suspect back to Taiwan, he said.

ZHEJIANG

Hangzhou reports two new COVID-19 cases

Hangzhou, the capital of East China's Zhejiang province, reported two new locally transmitted confirmed cases of COVID-19 on Tuesday, local authorities said. One was a close contact of a previously reported COVID-19 patient outside the city. It is the first batch of confirmed cases registered in Hangzhou since autumn amid a resurgence of the novel coronavirus. One of the city's patients visited other cities on Dec 1 and Dec 2 and the other patient was living with that patient in Hangzhou. Both of them tested positive for the virus on Tuesday afternoon and were diagnosed as mild cases.

SHANGHAI

Measures to support female sci-tech talent

Shanghai has rolled out a series of measures to support female talent in playing a greater role in scientific and technological innovation. Launched by 17 local departments, the measures include recommending female talent to work in international sci-tech organizations, raising their retirement age and allowing them to have deadline delays during pregnancy and nursing periods. The measures particularly support female scientists to make achievements in the fields of integrated circuits, biomedicine and artificial intelligence.

China Daily - Xinhua