HK-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge

The Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge is to officially open to traffic at 9 a.m. today (October 24), said the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge Authority.

The 55-kilometer-long bridge, situated in the Lingdingyang waters of the Pearl River Estuary, will be the world’s longest sea bridge. The construction began on December 15, 2009. It will slash the travel time between Hong Kong and Zhuhai from three hours to just 30 minutes, further integrating the cities in the Pearl River Delta.

Travel review website

Travel review website Mafengwo is under fire after it was accused of copying users’ comments from online travel operators or lifestyle services platforms by a Wechat public account.

The account, citing a data company called Hurui, said 18 million out of 21 million comments about Mafengwo were plagiarized* from industry competitors such as Ctrip and dianping.com. It said the data company sampled a third of the 1.16 million restaurants listed on Mafengwo, and found 7,454 copying accounts, each copying several thousand comments from websites such as Ctrip, Meituan, Agoda, Yelp and eLong.

China-built AG600

The country’s independently developed large amphibious* aircraft AG600 completed its first water takeoff and landing in the city of Jingmen in the central province of Hubei on Saturday.

President Xi Jinping on Saturday sent a congratulatory message for the successful takeoff and landing, commending all participating institutions and individuals who valiantly* overcame many difficulties and forged ahead for a key breakthrough in the project.

Coal mine accident

Two people have died and 20 remain trapped following a rock burst* on Saturday night at a coal mine in Yuncheng County, East China’s Shandong Province.

The burst happened at around 11 p.m. and destroyed part of a water drainage* tunnel in the coal mine. At that time, 334 people were working underground, of which 312 were later lifted to safety, according to Zhai Minghua, an expert with Shandong Energy Group Co., which owns the coal mine. Rescue work started immediately after the accident. (SD-Agencies)