Plans issued

Two development plans on the country’s education were made public on Saturday, outlining blueprints for the sector’s modernization* and development by 2035.

One of the plans set the goals and tasks for 2035, while the other one detailed the facilitation* of the education modernization drive from 2018 to 2022. Eight goals were proposed in the education modernization plan 2035, which was released by the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and the State Council, highlighting the accessibility of quality education from preschool to higher education stages, and from vocational training to special schooling for the disabled.

High tech

Over 30 hospitals in Beijing have installed face recognition systems to identify registration scalpers*, the municipal health authorities said.

The system noticed over 2,100 “suspected scalpers” who frequently come to make appointments at registration desks and sell the appointments to patients in need. Over 900 such scalpers were detained last year during a citywide crackdown campaign. The municipal health commission has cooperated with the city’s police to further identify suspected scalpers, and now an alarm will be triggered once scalpers enter hospitals.

Bay area

Officials from Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao on Thursday pledged to capitalize on their advantages to contribute to the Greater Bay Area development at a symposium on the Outline Development Plan for the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area.

Carrie Lam, chief executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, said that the Greater Bay Area is an enormous market with a population of 70 million and a gross domestic product of US$1.5 trillion.

New guideline

Shanghai has published a new guideline to prevent bullying and ensure safety at kindergartens, and primary and secondary schools across the city.

The Shanghai government ordered its educational authorities to prevent, promptly discover and effectively handle school bullying, including cyberbullying.(SD-Agencies)