BEIJING, Jan. 17 (Xinhua) — The Ministry of Public Security confirmed early Sunday morning that a second body of eight Chinese peacekeeping police buried in the debris of Haitian earthquake was found just hours ago.

    The body was identified to be Zhong Jianqin, a public relations officer for anti-riot peacekeeping police of China in Haiti.



China’s rescue team finds one Chinese body in Haiti 

Chinese rescuers observe a moment of silence to pay last respects to a dead Chinese colleague in quake-hit Port-Au-Prince, Haiti, on Jan. 16, 2010. Chinese rescue team found one dead Chinese body from the rubbles Saturday.(Xinhua/Yuan Man)

    PORT-AU-PRINCE, Jan. 16 (Xinhua) — A Chinese body had been found among the rubble of a building here destroyed by Haiti’s massive earthquake, Chinese rescue team leader Huang Jianfa said here early Saturday morning.

    The body was found at 03:30 a.m. local time (0830 GMT) among the ruins of the collapsed building of the UN Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH). Full story

Rescue continues for 8 Chinese police officers buried under Haitian quake debris

   PORT-AU-PRINCE, Jan. 15 (Xinhua) — Chinese rescuers were still looking for eight Chinese police officers buried under the debris of the devastating Haitian quake, a Chinese official said on Friday.

Chinese peacekeepers work on the remains of a building in Port-au-Prince, capital of Haiti, Jan. 15, 2010. (Xinhua/Xing Guangli)

    A Chinese rescue team of over 60 members had been dispatched from home, and the Chinese peacekeeping police in Haiti were looking for the eight police officers buried under the local UN building, said Wang Shuping, Chinese business representative in Haiti. Full story

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    BEIJING, Jan. 16 (Xinhua) — Due to another cold front, most parts of China will see snow, rain and temperature drops up to 18 degrees Celsius in the next three days, the National Meteorological Center (NMC) said on Saturday.

    According to the forecast, a strong cold front will hit northern part of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region Sunday night and then move eastwards to China’s central and eastern regions, along with strong winds, temperature drops and snow.

    Temperatures might drop 8 to 12 degrees Celsius in Xinjiang, Gansu Province, northern part of Qinghai Province and western part of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, up to 14 to 18 degrees Celsius in certain areas.

    The cold front will bring rain to Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Guangdong Province, Sichuan basin, northern part of Guizhou Province and southern part of Yunnan Province, according to the forecast.

    BEIJING/TAIPEI, Jan. 16 (Xinhua) — A memorandum of understanding (MOU) signed by the financial regulatory authorities of the Chinese mainland and Taiwan took effect on Saturday, paving the way for financial cooperation across the Taiwan Strait.

    The MOU focuses on supervisory cooperation in fields of banking, securities, futures and insurance. It provides for thresholds and preferential policies for both sides to enter each other’s market.

    The MOU is expected to bring about new bank branches, stake subscription and acquisition chances for the two sides’ investors in each other’s market.

    Following the MOU, seven Taiwan bank offices in the mainland can be upgraded as branches. They have operated in the mainland for more than two years.

    Many mainland banks also expressed wishes to open branches in Taiwan, including the Bank of China (BOC), Industrial and Commercial Bank of China, China Construction Bank and China Merchants Bank, according to the Taiwan authorities.

    Zhao Rong, the BOC spokeswoman, said the bank had already completed the preparatory work for establishing its Taiwan branch.

    The bank would submit its application documents as soon as detailed regulations regarding financial cooperation between the mainland and Taiwan come out, Zhao said.

    The Taiwan authorities also relaxed requirements for mainlander to invest in Taiwan’s stock market.

    And for the initial stage, the aggregate ceiling capital for investments into Taiwan stock market by mainland’s qualified domestic institutional investors (QDII) should not exceed 500 million U.S. dollars, said the Taiwan authorities on Friday.

    SHANGHAI, Jan. 16 (Xinhua) — Shanghai World Expo coordinators are considering a plan to exhibit the changed landscape of Haitian capital Port-au-Prince before and after the earthquake, to make a stronger presence of the country to the world.

    ”We plan to present the views of the quake-devastated capital before and after the earthquake in the Haitian Hall to call for more attention and supports from the international community for its reconstruction,” said He Lihua, an exhibition official

    ”We have made initial agreement with Courtney Rattray, deputy representative of the Caribbean countries to the Expo, and we are soliciting opinions from the Haiti authorities,” He said.

    ”No answer has come yet,” He added.

    Member states of the Caribbean Community will have a joint participation in the Expo. The pavilion has been completed, in which Haitian hall covers about 250 square meters.

    ”We will guarantee the participation of Haiti at the Expo as originally planned,” said Zhou Jun, head of the exhibition department under the Bureau of Shanghai World Expo Coordination.



Chinese President calls on whole nation to support Shanghai World Expo

Hu Jintao (L front), general secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, Chinese president and chairman of the Central Military Commission, shakes hands with workers and personnel who work for the construction of the Shanghai World Expo park in Shanghai, east China, Jan. 15, 2010. Hu Jintao paid a visit here to inspect the preparation of Shanghai World Expo on Jan. 15. (Xinhua/Ju Peng)

    SHANGHAI, Jan. 15 (Xinhua) — Chinese President Hu Jintao Friday called on the Chinese people to pool their strength and resources to make sure the Shanghai World Expo a success.

    With just 106 days to go before the Expo opening on May 1, Hu visited the Expo site Friday during an inspection tour in Shanghai. Full story

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    BEIJING, Jan. 16 (Xinhua) — Being the only foreign rescue team to run medical-aid stations in quake-ravaged Haiti, Chinese rescuers are giving quake victims what they desperately need: medical assistance, team members told Xinhua via phone Saturday.

    The China International Search and Rescue Team, arriving in Port-au-Prince at 2 a.m. local time on Jan. 14, opened the first medical assistance station at 8 p.m. the next day, said captain Hou Shike.

    The station had been treating patients pulled out of debris and provided medical support to medical and security personnel, he said.

    China’s second station in the refugee camp near the office building of Haitian prime minister had treated and some 120 people, while giving hygiene tips and conducting epidemic prevention work in the camp.

    ”To prevent epidemics, we had sterilized an area of 300 square meters in the refugee camp crammed with thousands of quake victims,” Hou said.

    ”Confronted with severe wound infection, numerous refugees are in urgent need of professional medical treatment,” said Fan Haojun, deputy captain of the team.

    He said although local volunteers had done their best to offer basic treatment, but because of the lack of wound cleansing, infections among some of the wounded had deteriorated that even small operations costed more time and medicines than usual, said Fan.

    The Chinese rescue team of more than 60 people left Beijing for the Caribbean island Wednesday night along with 10 tonnes of food, equipment and medicines.

    The massive quake also left eight Chinese police officers, serving in China’s peacekeeping forces, buried. The body of one missing police officer had been found, said China’s public security ministry late Saturday night.



Second body of buried Chinese peacekeeping police in Haiti found 

   BEIJING, Jan. 17 (Xinhua) — The Ministry of Public Security confirmed early Sunday morning that a second body of eight Chinese peacekeeping police buried in the debris of Haitian earthquake was found just hours ago.

    The body was identified to be Zhong Jianqin, a public relations officer for anti-riot peacekeeping police of China in Haiti.Full story

China’s relief materials leave for quake-hit Haiti

   BEIJING, Jan. 16 (Xinhua) — A Boeing-747 jumbo jet carrying 90 tonnes of Chinese government’s emergency humanitarian relief materials took off from Beijing Capital International Airport to quake-hit Haiti at 12:22 p.m. on Saturday.

Emergency humanitarian aid cargo is seen before being loaded on a plane at the Beijing Capital International Airport in Beijing, Jan. 16, 2010. A Boeing-747 jumbo jet carrying 90 tonnes of Chinese government’s emergency humanitarian aid cargo took off from Beijing Capital International Airport to quake-hit Haiti at around 12:00 p.m. on Saturday, according to the Ministry of Commerce. (Xinhua/Chen Jianli)

    The 13 million yuan (1.9 million U.S. dollars) quake-relief materials, including tents, stretchers, food, medicines, clothing and water purification equipment, is China’s first batch of relief material to the Caribbean country. Full story

Chinese FM offers deep sympathy to victims in quake-hit Haiti 

    TOKYO, Jan. 16 (Xinhua) — Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechion Saturday extended condolences and deep sympathy to families of the victims in quake-hit Haiti.

Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi, is interviewed by Xinhua News Agency and China Central Television (CCTV) in Tokyo, capital of Japan, Jan. 16, 2010. Yang is in Japan for the Forum for East Asia-Latin America Cooperation (FEALAC). (Xinhua/Ren Zhenglai)

 
    “We feel great regret over the heavy casualties and enormous damage to properties caused by the major earthquakes in Haiti,” said Yang in an interview with Xinhua and China Central Television(CCTV). Full story


Chances slim for survival of 8 Chinese officers in Haiti 

   PORT-AU-PRINCE, Jan. 15 (Xinhua) — Hopes of survival are dwindling for eight Chinese police officers trapped under rubble in Port-au-Prince, chief of the Chinese rescue team said Friday.

  The Chinese rescue team was doing everything possible to speed up the search for the officers, hoping that miracles could happen, Huang Jianfa told Xinhua. Full story

Rescue continues for 8 Chinese police officers buried under Haitian quake debris

   PORT-AU-PRINCE, Jan. 15 (Xinhua) — Chinese rescuers were still looking for eight Chinese police officers buried under the debris of the devastating Haitian quake, a Chinese official said on Friday.

Chinese peacekeepers work on the remains of a building in Port-au-Prince, capital of Haiti, Jan. 15, 2010. (Xinhua/Xing Guangli)

    A Chinese rescue team of over 60 members had been dispatched from home, and the Chinese peacekeeping police in Haiti were looking for the eight police officers buried under the local UN building, said Wang Shuping, Chinese business representative in Haiti. Full story

Special Report: Strong Quake Rocks Haiti

Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao, who is also a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, talks with local residents at a supermarket during his inspection in Beijing, Jan. 16, 2010. (Xinhua/Yao Dawei)

    BEIJING, Jan. 16 (Xinhua) — Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao Saturday stressed food and heating supply as cold snap has driven up vegetable prices and strained coal and gas supplies in north China.

    Wen urged local government to pay attention to the produce, transport and storage of vegetables when visiting a produce wholesale market in the suburbs of Beijing.

    ”Only when food supply is enough and the prices are stable, will people feel at ease,” said Wen.

    Accompanied by Beijing’s Party chief Liu Qi, Wen also went to a heating plant in Fengtai District and inquired about emergency response heating plan in case of extremely cold weather.

    He asked local officials to secure the power, gas and coal supply to Beijing and said that energy supply should follow the principle of civil use first and industrial use second.

    Wen also visited several ordinary Beijing families, who just moved into new houses with government subsidy.

    Beijing municipal government has rebuilt and repaired nearly 500,000-square-meter old houses for 23,000 households.

    The municipal government planed to solve housing problems for about 280,000 low-income families in three years.