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Wednesday June 6, 2018

Graduate employmentHALF of the graduates from Harbin Institute of Technol-ogy (Shenzhen) choose to stay in Shenzhen for employment, statistics showed.

Among the postgraduates, 57 percent chose high-tech enterprises, 13 percent chose research institutes and 11 per-

cent chose to continue their studies.

In 16 years, 8,000 students have graduated from the school, 70 percent of whom have gone on to work at high-tech enter-prises and research institutes.Metro rail overhaulSERVICE on Metro Line 1 between Taoyuan Station and

Qianhaiwan Station will be stopped at 9:40 p.m. Satur-day, about two hours ahead of schedule, to allow for a rail overhaul.

The operator will arrange for buses to run between Xin’an and Shenda stations for com-muters.

The service on the affected sec-tion will be resumed Sunday.

At a Glance

Middle school students learn about environmental protection at the Donghu air quality monitoring station Monday, the day before World Environment Day. Yang Zhiguang

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A FORUM focusing on exploring ways for volunteers to engage in managing rivers was held at the Youth Square in Futian District yesterday, World Environment Day.

Water treatment experts, and representatives from govern-ment departments, social orga-nizations, research institutes and volunteers attended and shared their suggestions at the forum.

Volunteers in Shenzhen have enjoyed a national reputation for their efforts, and the city is now exploring more effi cient ways for volunteers to be involved in work that protects and treats rivers in Shenzhen.

The forum was co-hosted by the Shenzhen Municipal Committee of the Communist Youth League of China, the China River Chief Think Tank Research Institute, the Shenzhen Municipal Water Affairs Bureau and Shenzhen’s environment commission.

Wang Hao, an academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering and director of the China Research Council for Sustainable Development, said that Shenzhen has applied the river chief system and achieved signifi cant results with the help of volunteers. Shenzhen com-bines the regulation of rivers with the governance of the city and invested about 20 billion yuan (US$3.12 billion) to treat

polluted water in 2017.Wang also pointed out that the

condition of the rivers, in terms of water volume and water qual-ity, in Shenzhen is not ideal, so the application of the river chief system still needs more efforts from volunteers and related departments.

A Canadian expert, Asit Biswas, was also invited to give advice on the city’s water affairs. Biswas was a winner of the Stockholm Water Prize in 2006 and is currently a guest professor at National University of Singapore.

According to Biswas’ observa-tions and research, Shenzhen is now facing three major water problems: limited water resources, extensive discharge of used water and fl ooding in rainy seasons.

“The fi rst question I think Shenzhen should ask herself is how much water does one Shenzhen resident need on a daily basis, because I have not found any data on this yet,” Biswas posed as a challenge at the beginning of his speech.

The average amount of water consumed every day by residents in the eight major Chinese cities is 135 liters, while many large cities in other countries use much less. For instance, the amount of water that allows residents to lead a healthy and productive life is 75 liters in Singapore, 102 liters in Denmark and 90 liters in the Czech Republic.

“Shenzhen needs to fi nd out

how much water is needed to ensure a healthy life for its resi-dents, so as not to waste water resources,” said the professor. “If the water to be consumed is saved, then the city will also have much less used water to treat afterwards.”

Also, Biswas suggested that Shenzhen use modern technology to recycle used water or to purify polluted water. “Polluted water can be used as a resource as long as it is properly discharged and treated,” said the professor.

The experts later joined a round-table discussion to probe the feasibility of and methods for involving the general public in promoting the water environ-ment.

Before attending the forum in the afternoon, the experts and some volunteers visited a U-Station in Shahe in Nanshan District that safeguards the water environment in the region. The U-Station was established over a year ago.

Apart from government offi -cials, many volunteers from all walks of life in Shenzhen have committed themselves to water treatment. The city now has 702 voluntary river chiefs and nearly 160,000 volunteers devoted to assisting with the work on the water environment.

The River Chief System was enacted nationwide as a mecha-nism for supervising efforts to treat polluted rivers, lakes and seas in China at the end of 2016.

SCIENTISTS and researchers working in the city can apply to enter the 2018 Shenzhen Science and Technology Awards online, sources from Shenzhen’s science and innovation commission said. The deadline to apply is Aug. 3.

The awards cover seven categories, including mayor’s awards, science awards, tech-nology and invention awards, science advancement awards, youth science and technology awards, and patent awards, the commission said.

The winners of the mayor’s awards will each get a 3-mil-lion-yuan (US$467,700) prize, while the top-prize winners in the science awards, technol-ogy and invention awards, and science advancement awards, will get a 1-million-yuan prize. The second-prize winners in these three categories will get 500,000 yuan.

Applicants for the mayor’s awards should be leading sci-entists who have made break-throughs in science researches or by creating economic and social benefi ts by applying sci-ence and technologies to indus-tries. The candidates should be recommended and nominated by city and district government agencies.

Applicants for the natural sci-ence awards should have made major scientifi c discoveries in basic researches or applied basic researches. The theses and dis-sertations on the scientifi c achievements of the applicants should have been published at least two years ago.

The applicants for technology awards should be inventors who have applied science and tech-nologies in making products, techniques and materials. Appli-cants for science and technology advancement awards should be scientists and researchers who promote science and technolo-gies and have completed major science engineering projects, according to the commission.

The Shenzhen Mayor’s Award was instituted in 2004. It is the top science and technology award in the city. So far, 20 people have won the award. They include Zhang Xuebin, former president of Skyworth-GGB Electronics Co. Ltd., Ma Huateng, co-founder of Ten-cent, Gao Yunfeng, chairman of Shenzhen Han’s Laser S&T Co. Ltd., Fan Jianping, president of Shenzhen Institute of Advanced Technologies, and Wang Tao, chairman of DJ-Innovations.

(Richard Han)

Technology award application starts

Forum on river chief system held

UNDER a government-led reno-vation, a wet market that enjoys a history of several decades has taken on a new look and is being billed as the most beautiful wet market in Shenzhen by some residents.

Located on Leyuan Road in Luohu District, the wet market is the fi rst market to undergo a renovation since the district launched the project to upgrade farm produce markets.

Speaking of the market, many local residents living in the dis-trict are very familiar with it, as it refl ects the street life of the city. But as times passed, the dis-advantages of its environment and layout became increasingly conspicuous, leaving people with sordid and messy impressions.

After a thorough investigation of the market’s interior, sur-roundings and local residents’ shopping habits, the district decided to adopt an architectural

form typical to Lingnan culture for the market, in a bid to make every stall owner and customer feel at home.

Within a few months, the dirty and crowded scenes of the market are now all but gone. Every sec-tion is well-organized and the interior creates a feeling of cozi-ness. In addition, the aisles are more spacious and the restrooms have had clear signs added.

It is noteworthy that every stall is equipped with a standard scale, which makes weighing and pric-ing more transparent. Regular residents can also buy food with a membership card. Moreover, the market has adopted uni-fi ed information management. Customers can see the list of products on sale each day on the display screen installed at the top of each stall.

Another 22 markets in Luohu are also in the process of transfor-mation. (Zhang Yu)

A WOMAN from Hong Kong was recently detained for 10 days for cheating more than 20 passen-gers, each for around 300-400 yuan (US$46-62), at Shenzhen North Railway Station.

The 43-year-old woman sur-named Su had lost her Hong Kong ID card and travel permit in March and started borrowing money and seeking help from passengers to get her permits

renewed by promising to pay them back.

She turned the scam into a profession, as it was easy money and she couldn’t fi nd work in Hong Kong. Su would block those who lent her money via WeChat after she received the money.

Police detained Su on June 1 at Shenzhen North Railway Station. (Richard Han)

Wet market renovated

Cheating becomes profession