iPhone smuggling HUANGGANG Customs seized a total of 220 undeclared iPhone 8 Plus and iPhone XS mobile phones from a truck entering Shenzhen through Huanggang Checkpoint on Dec. 20. Customs officers used an X-ray detector to spot the smartphones hidden in a water tank of the truck. Charity donations SHENZHEN Charity Federation raised a total of 250 million yuan (US$36.23 million) in the first 10 months of the year, a meeting of the federation heard Monday. The funds will be used to support several targeted poverty alleviation programs. On Charity Day, which fell on Sept. 9 this year, the federation led all charity organizations in China by raising 6 million yuan. At the meeting, the federation launched the Shenzhen Charity-2020 Program, which is designed to help villagers sell agricultural products on the federation’s platform. Outer ring road THE outer ring road of Shiyan Subdistrict in Bao’an District, which runs 7 kilometers linking Beihuan Road and Huaning Road, will be completed before the 2019 Spring Festival. |