Third child

The government will support couples that wish to have a third child, according to a meeting of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee held on Monday.

Implementing the policy and its relevant supporting measures will help improve China’s population structure, actively respond to the aging population, and preserve the country’s human resource advantages, the meeting said. China in 2013 allowed couples to have a second child if either parent was an only child, and in 2016 allowed married couples to have two children, phasing out the one-child policy.

Tianzhou-2 spacecraft

China’s cargo spacecraft Tianzhou-2, carrying supplies, equipment and propellant, successfully docked with the space station core module Tianhe on Sunday, according to the China Manned Space Agency (CMSA).

At 5:01 a.m., Tianzhou-2 and Tianhe completed computer-orchestrated rendezvous and docking. The whole process took approximately eight hours, the CMSA said. The Long March-7 Y3 rocket, carrying Tianzhou-2, blasted off from the Wenchang Spacecraft Launch Site on the coast of the southern island province of Hainan at 8:55 p.m. on Saturday. Combined with Tianhe, Tianzhou-2 will replenish Tianhe’s propellant. Tests on space application project equipment will also be carried out as planned. China launched its space station core module Tianhe on April 29.

Employment rate

Over the last five years, about 90 percent of graduates from China’s higher vocational schools were able to secure a job within half a year of their graduation, according to a recent report.

The employment rate of vocational school graduates remained at a stable level in the past five years, and the average monthly pay they receive half a year after graduation has increased 7.37 percent between 2018 and 2019, China Education Daily reported last week, quoting the report compiled by the National Institute of Education Sciences. Over 93 percent of the graduates said they are satisfied with the education they received, the report said.

Nuclear power expert

Renowned Chinese nuclear power expert Peng Shilu, who passed away in March this year, was granted the title “Role Model of the Times” recently for his contribution to the country’s nuclear power industry.

The title was conferred by the Publicity Department of the Communist Party of China Central Committee. Born in Guangdong Province in 1925, Peng was a Party member and one of the founding members of China’s nuclear power industry. He dedicated himself to the design of the country’s first-generation nuclear submarine in the 1950s, and led the charge in the establishment of two major nuclear power stations in China. (SD-Agencies)