FLIGHT ATTENDANT REWARDED

Zhou Chenfei， Chief Attendant of the Shenzhen Airlines flight ZH 9648 from Taizhou， east Chinas Zhejiang Province， to Guangzhou， south Chinas Guangdong Province， has recently been granted a cash award of 300，000 yuan （$46，890） along with her colleagues and two passengers for their courage in foiling an arson attempt on the aforementioned flight on July 26.

When a passenger set a fire in the first-class cabin of the plane， Zhou and other crew members worked together to extinguish the flames and contain the suspect. The plane successfully landed in Guangzhou on the same day. After the landing， the airport went into emergency response mode， evacuating 97 passengers and nine crew members.

“The emergency response training organized by my company has paid off. As flight attendants， we have the responsibility and the means to protect our passengers，” said Zhou.

Hard Times for Ocean Equipment Makers

Oriental Outlook August 13

When the shipbuilding industry faced a declining number of orders and reduced prices amid the global economic recession in 2010， many Chinese shipbuilding companies sought to shift toward ocean engineering equipment to survive. As a result， the proportion of orders Chinese ocean engineering equipment companies received soared from 5 percent of the global total in 2010 to 35 percent in the first nine months of 2014， placing the industry at No.1 in the world.

As ocean engineering equipment is mainly used for energy exploitation， the demand for this kind of equipment has shrunk since the global oil price plunged last year. This year has been the most difficult yet for ocean engineering equipment companies. Aside from state-owned enterprises and a few of their private counterparts， most small and medium-sized private enterprises engaged in this business are facing breaks in capital chains or in some cases， are ven going bankrupt.

Most Chinese companies can build only the basic frameworks of ocean engineering equipment and are therefore at the low end of the industrial chain. They rely heavily on imports for their support equipment. As a result of a hi-tech threshold and the huge risks present， responsibility for boosting the development of this industry will be shouldered mainly by a select few large state-owned enterprises and the industry is expected to stage a recovery in 2017.

Chinese Enterprises In Pakistan

China Report August 5

As the second largest country in South Asia with a population second only to India on the sub-continent， Pakistans economy is developing slowly owing to a lack of natural resources， technology and funds. Whats more， its large population has put the country under huge strain employment-wise. Under such circumstances， Chinese enterprises have offered to lend a helping hand.

As of the end of February， these enterprises had signed contracts for construction projects worth $33.64 billion with Pakistan. More than 7，000 Chinese employees are currently working in Pakistan. With the implementation of the $46-billion China-Pakistan Economic Corridor initiative， economic cooperation between the two countries continues to expand.

Roads， railways and other infrastructure construction projects are being undertaken in Pakistan by large Chinese enterprises such as the China Railway Construction Corp. Ltd. and the China Railway Group Ltd. The China Communications Construction Co. Ltd. is building a new airport in the port city of Gwadar at a cost of 1.7 billion yuan （$266 million）. As Pakistani Ambassador to China Masood Khalid has said， the ChinaPakistan Economic Corridor will directly benefit 3 billion people.

Poverty to Be Blamed For Fled Mothers

Yangcheng Evening News August 10

According to recent media reports， there are over 100 children whose mothers have left them in Huangjing Township， Shaoyang County of central Chinas Hunan Province. The mothers have fled not only because of poverty， but also owing to domestic violence and lack of support from husbands.

Many of these mothers had been transported to Huangjing by human traffickers. These women had been abducted， removed to an unfamiliar and impoverished place and married off to nonchalant husbands who constantly beat them. It is understandable that they would wish to escape such a hellish existence.

Therefore， it is not the mothers who should take responsibility. However， should their husbands be blamed？ Perhaps not. The behavior of these men can be attributed to deep poverty and a lack of education. It is futile to question whether the women or the men are in the wrong. The only way out is to take measures to eradicate poverty. For example， the men there could be encouraged to go to nearby cities to seek jobs and investment could be introduced into the area.

In order to allow the children in Huangjing to have a complete family， its important to improve and enforce laws and regulations on violence in the home and human trafficking. However， an even more pressing need is the reduction of poverty， which enables people to see hope in their futures.

NEW BISHOP ORDAINED

Zhang Yinlin， 44， was ordained coadjutor bishop of the Anyang diocese in central Chinas Henan Province in early August at a ceremony attended by more than 1，500 people， including 75 priests and 120 nuns.

Zhang has become the countrys first Catholic bishop recognized by both the countrys religious authorities and the Roman Catholic Church in more than three years. The Anyang diocese has some 50，000 followers.

Born into a family of Catholics， Zhang was baptized as a child. He graduated from the Beijing-based National Seminary of the Catholic Church in China in 1996 and was ordained as a priest in August of the same year. He was elected a member of the Henan Provincial Committee of the Chinese Peoples Political Consultative Conference， the provincial political advisory body， in 2013.

“Such measures can help employees use their vacation time to travel more flexibly， thus easing the pressure on transportation， tourism and catering sectors.”

Wu Wenxue， deputy head of the China National Tourism Administration， responding to the State Councils suggestion that employees should be given more flexibility in summer to take half-day vacations on Fridays on August 11

“Chinas air passenger numbers have been growing at an unparalleled rate over the years， so a lot needs to be done to increase punctuality.”

Li Lei， an analyst with Minzu Securities， commenting on a report from the Civil Aviation Data Analysis， a Chinese organization that tracks on-time performances， which says that in July， Chinas three leading carriers were rated 86th or worse among the 103 major global carriers， on August 11

“The blacklist will serve as a reference for websites to ensure their content is legal and it will be regularly updated.”

Liu Qiang， an official in charge of the cultural marketplace with the Ministry of Culture， in response to a blacklist of 120 songs that “trumpeted obscenity， violence and crime or harmed social morality” released by the ministry on August 10

“In a sense， both Chinese and UK education systems are trying to cultivate things among students that their societies hold as virtues.”

Sun Jin， an associate professor of international and comparative education studies at Beijing Normal University， commenting on the BBC documentary， Are Our Kids Tough Enough？ Chinese School， which follows the travails of five Chinese teachers who spent a month working with 50 teenagers at a British school