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　　Security Measures

　　Chinese authorities will launch special operations against domestic terrorists， according to a senior security official.

　　Law enforcement agencies will implement the leadership’s arrangement for counter-terrorism， said Meng Jianzhu， head of the Commission for Political and Legal Affairs of the Communist Party of China Central Committee， at a meeting of officials from law enforcement and judicial departments in Beijing on May 6.

　　Meng vowed that authorities will strike back against terrorists. Law enforcement agencies and judicial departments will deploy new technologies to detect and remove security threats.

　　On March 1， assailants killed 29 civilians and injured another 143 at a railway station in the southwestern city of Kunming in Yunnan Province. Three other people were killed and 79 more were injured in an attack at a railway station in Urumqi， capital of northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region， on April 30. The two incidents were both confirmed as terrorist attacks.

　　On May 6， a male suspect carrying a knife attacked people at a railway station in the southern metropolis of Guangzhou. The nature of this attack has not yet been confirmed.

　　Credibility System

　　China will soon release an outline for building a government-led national social credibility system to assess individuals and organizations on areas ranging from tax payment to judicial credibility.

　　On May 5， Economic Information Daily reported that the outline， the drafting of which was led by the National Development and Reform Commission and the People’s Bank of China， focuses on credibility building in four areas—administrative affairs， commercial activities， social behaviors and the judicial system.

　　According to the outline， China will also establish an integrated platform by 2017 to collect credibility information on financial， industrial， and commercial registration， taxes and social security payments， as well as traffic violations.

　　To facilitate the process， individuals and organizations will be coded based on identity card numbers or organization numbers.

　　Satellite Launch Drill

　　China’s new satellite launch center， located in south China’s Hainan Province， will conduct a drill in the second half of this year.

　　The drill at the Wenchang Satellite Launch Center aims to test the center’s functionality， a necessary step for future launch programs， according to a senior official in charge of the program.

　　The Wenchang Satellite Launch Center is the fourth such facility in China.

　　A satellite launched from Wenchang， which is located at a low latitude， is expected to enjoy longer service life as a result of the fuel saved by the shorter maneuver from transit orbit to geosynchronous orbit.

　　Adoption Restrictions

　　China’s religion watchdog has banned unregistered groups and persons from adopting orphans or abandoned infants in the name of their religion. It also laid out detailed rules on the proper adoption procedures.

　　“Only lawfully registered religious groups， venues and clergy as well as orphanages run by them are allowed to adopt orphans or abandoned infants. No other organizations or individuals should do so in the name of religion，” said a circular jointly released on May 5 by the Ministry of Civil Affairs and the State Administration for Religious Affairs.

　　The circular stressed that qualified religious groups should cooperate with civil affairs departments to strengthen their daily management， take good care of adopted children and conduct activities legally.

　　Groups wishing to run homes or orphanages independently should first apply for adoption approvals from civil affairs departments and sign agreement papers containing adoption responsibilities and instructions for attending to the adopted children， it said.

　　Cultural Coop

　　China is planning a program to promote cultural cooperation among countries along the ancient Silk Road， the Ministry of Culture said on May 5.

　　The program is aimed at improving cooperation in fields such as the entertainment business， tourism， protection of cultural heritage and sport， said a statement from the ministry.

　　The Silk Road， an ancient trade route， linked China with Europe through Central Asia for centuries. Chinese President Xi Jinping during his visit to Central Asia last September put forward the idea of a Silk Road economic belt.

　　The program will include an annual cultural forum， joint production of TV shows， films and animation， trade centers and exhibitions of cultural products as well as cultural events， according to the ministry.

　　China’s Central Government and provincial governments along the Silk Road will work out preferential policies， it added.

　　No Smoking

　　China’s TV channels at or above the provincial level， as well as major video websites， will have a one-month “intense run” of an anti-smoking commercial starting on May 5.

　　Titled “supporting the ban on public smoking for yourself and others，” the ad is part of a month-long anti-smoking campaign， according to a statement from the National Health and Family Planning Commission.

　　China is home to 320 million smokers， accounting for nearly one third of the world’s smoking population.

　　At least 740 million non-smokers are also subject to second-hand smoke， according to official statistics.

　　Subsidies in Xinjiang

　　Regional government subsidies for poor families in northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region increased 6.6 percent to 4.16 billion yuan ($668 million) in 2014.

　　As a key program to improve people’s living standards， the regional government earmarked 2.3 billion yuan ($369 million) and 1.8 billion yuan ($289 million) as living subsidies for urban and rural poor families respectively， according to Peng Gang， an official with the regional civil affairs department on May 2.

　　Xinjiang has 860，000 urban citizens and 1.3 million rural residents who enjoy subsidies for living expenses. The monthly per-capita subsidy is 277 yuan ($44.49) for urban families and 129 yuan ($20.72) for rural households.

　　In 2013， the regional government allocated 3.9 billion yuan ($626 million) as the minimum living allowances for the poor.

　　With a land area of 1.66 million square km， Xinjiang has a population of 22.6 million. Ethnic minority groups account for approximately 60 percent of the total population.

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