42 punished over cheating

    Authorities in Jiangxi Province announced on July 2 that they have punished 42 people, including 22 government officials, in connection with cheating on the recent National College Entrance Examination or gaokao.

    In a statement posted on its official website, the Jiangxi Provincial Department of Education said that 12 government officials have been removed from their posts, and three of them have been transferred to judicial* authorities for further investigation.

    Illegal stock trading probed

    Chinese police on July 9 joined the securities regulator to probe* clues related to “malicious* short selling” amid recent chaos in the stock market.

    Vice Minister of Public Security Meng Qingfeng led a team and visited the head office of the China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC) on July 9, a sign that authorities are keeping a close watch on illegal trading.

    Beijing plans 2nd center

    Beijing on Saturday announced that it would speed up construction on a “subsidiary* administrative center” while promising to limit its population to 23 million people.

    Li Shixiang, executive vice mayor of Beijing, said the “subsidiary administrative center” will be based in Tongzhou, a suburban district in the city’s southeast.

    The district is adjacent* to the commercial-heavy urban district of Chaoyang.

    China-DPRK trade zone

    A border trade zone between China and the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), located in Northeast China’s Liaoning Province, has been approved, the provincial government announced on Sunday.

    According to the city’s foreign trade bureau, the Guomenwan border trade zone covers 40,000 square meters of land in the border city of Dandong.

    It is expected to open in October.

    Residents living within 20 kilometers of the border will be able to exchange commodities with people from the DPRK.(SD-Agencies)