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　　Graft Clampdown

　　Prosecutors in China have investigated 10，840 people suspected of involvement in bribery， corruption and embezzlement between January and March of this year， the Supreme People’s Procuratorate (SPP) revealed at a press conference on May 15.

　　A total of 6，759 people were investigated for embezzling more than 100，000 yuan ($16，050) or taking bribes worth more than 50，000 yuan ($8，025)， accounting for 82.2 percent of all cases.

　　Some 661 people involved in corruption cases were officials at county-level or above， accounting for 6.1 percent of all cases， according to the SPP.

　　Xu Jinhui， Director of the SPP’s Anti-Corruption Bureau， said that the number of corruption cases in the first quarter of this year had risen 24 percent compared with last year and the number of suspects involved in these cases had risen 19.8 percent.

　　Xu added that the number of cases involving officials at county-level or above had seen a 46.9-percent rise in the same period. The number of cases in which bribes exceeded 50，000 yuan or embezzlement reached 100，000 yuan had seen a rise of 26.9 percent.

　　The Communist Party of China launched a nationwide campaign， which is still ongoing， to crack down on corruption at the end of 2012.

　　Employment Incentives

　　Preferential policies will be granted to encourage college graduates to work at the community level or start businesses in a move to boost employment， the State Council， China’s cabinet， announced on May 13.

　　Graduates that decide to work for the government at a community level will be provided with tuition compensation or a reduction in their student loan， the State Council said in a statement.

　　Small-sum guaranteed loans or subsidies will be given to new graduates to open online shops， it said. Small and micro-sized technology businesses will benefit from similar policies once they recruit a certain amount of college graduates.

　　Figures from the Ministry of Education show 7.27 million university students will enter the job market this year， mostly in June and July. The number is 280，000 more than last year.

　　Nuclear Safety

　　China is working to form a 300-member state-level rescue team specialized in nuclear emergencies， a senior official revealed on May 12.

　　This team will respond to “serious nuclear accidents in complicated circumstances，” said Yao Bin， head of the Nuclear Emergency and Security Division under the State Administration of Science， Technology and Industry for National Defense (SASTIND).

　　They will be tasked with supporting the operators of nuclear facilities to handle contingencies， such as cordoning off radioactive sources during and after nuclear accidents， rescuing trapped people， as well as controlling the spread of contamination and minimizing the damage， said Yao， also deputy head of a national nuclear emergency response office.

　　The fast-response team will be equipped with the latest devices， and the country will also build a training base for the team.

　　The SASTIND and the General Staff Headquarters of the People’s Liberation Army are working together on the program， which is set to be finished by 2015， according to Yao.

　　Yao also said that China will hold a national-level nuclear security exercise next year.

　　Code-named Shield 2015， the exercise will simulate a nuclear material handling process and will be conducted in south China’s Guangdong Province due to its long history in civilian nuclear power use， according to a preliminary plan.

　　It will be the second national-level nuclear security exercise since Shield 2009， which was held in November 2009 at Tianwan Nuclear Power Plant in east China’s Jiangsu Province.

　　Anti-Terror Study

　　The People’s Public Security University of China in Beijing will recruit 80 students across the country for its new anti-terrorism course.

　　The subject， set under the Department of Public Security Intelligence， will comprise classes on the research on terrorist organizations， international cooperation against terrorism， security risk assessment as well as reconnaissance and evidence collection of cybercrimes， according to Beijing Youth Daily.

　　Practical courses are also opened to enable students to master tactics and command to fight back against terrorist attacks.

　　Tibetan Medicine

　　Tibetan medical services have reached all counties in southwest China’s Tibet Autonomous Region， local authorities said on May 12.

　　According to the regional health department， of Tibet’s 74 counties， 22 have established Tibetan medicine hospitals， while the remaining have set up Tibetan medical treatment departments in county-level hospitals.

　　“Tibet has 33 Tibetan medical institutions， boasting 1，364 beds and 1，901 full-time Tibetan medicine doctors. Additionally， about 40 percent of village doctors can provide traditional medical care for people，” said Phurbu Drolma， director of the department.

　　Satellite Navigation

　　China’s independently developed Beidou differential navigation satellite system has achieved a positioning accuracy of within 1 meter， a major breakthrough for marine applications， according to its developer.

　　The Beidou Radio Beacon-Differential Navigation Satellite System is an augmentation system that provides improved positioning accuracy for the GPS-like Beidou Navigation Satellite System by broadcasting differential corrections to Beidou receivers in the medium frequency radio beacon band (285-325 khz)， explained Wang Cheng， a senior engineer of the Beihai Navigation Safety Administration under the Ministry of Transport， on May 9.

　　The system has passed its evaluation after more than 130 days of test trials in north China’s Tianjin Municipality. It can be applied to sailing， marine exploration and rescue， and maritime charting and monitoring.

　　After the system’s completion， customers can receive free positioning services from Beidou and GPS with a dual-mode receiver.

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