Water diversion project

THE eastern and middle routes of China’s South-to-North Water Diversion Project have benefited more than 150 million people, China South-to-North Water Diversion Co. Ltd. said Sunday. The project has transferred 62 billion cubic meters of water to the drought-prone north via the eastern and middle routes.

Pump track park

A WORLD-CLASS park featuring pump tracks opened to the public Sunday in Shenyang, capital of Northeast China’s Liaoning Province.

Pump tracks are playgrounds or sports facilities for bikers, skateboarders or scooter riders. Riders can pump their bikes, boards or scooters around the tracks consisting of jumps, rollers and banked turns.

Sci-fi awards

THE winners of the 14th Xingyun (Nebula) Awards for Chinese Science Fiction were announced Saturday in Sichuan Province. The awards were established in 2010 and have now become widely recognized high-level industry awards for global Chinese science fiction.