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Hangzhou new airport terminal to start trial operations

Interior of the newly-completed Terminal 4 of the Hangzhou International Airport in East China’s Zhejiang province. [Photo/xsnet.cn]

Terminal 4 of the Hangzhou International Airport in East China’s Zhejiang province, a key building of the airport’s phrase-three project, will start trial operations for domestic flights on Sept 8 and international flights two days later, local media outlets reported.

If running smoothly, the airport will officially open in mid-September. It will become the largest airport in Zhejiang province and the second largest in East China.

The new terminal, covering a total construction area of about 720,000 square meters, is much larger than the 98,000-sq-m T1, 96,000-sq-m T2, and 168,000-sq-m T3. It will accommodate more passengers in a more spacious area.

The maintenance team of the airport has arranged 350 staff members on Sept 1 for a thorough clean-up of the airport and a fire drill, which by ejecting artificial smoke, will test whether sensors in the building can detect the smoke in a timely manner and turn on the purging system automatically, and ground evacuation signs, escape stairs, radio broadcasts, and sound and light alarms can remind passengers to evacuate as soon as possible.

A smoke evacuation test is carried out at the airport, which will start trial operations for domestic flights on Sept 8 and international flights on Sept 10. [Photo/xsnet.cn]

Hangzhou accredits 53 new rural (community) museums

In order to record and preserve regional civilization, Zhejiang Provincial Cultural Heritage Administration issued documents to support extensive construction of modern rural museums that have rich cultural deposits and distinctive local features. Hangzhou has recently added 53 accredited rural (community) museums which will be open to the public for free. This indicates that all the tasks of provincial and municipal level people-centered practical projects have been completed in advance.

Featured by local rural culture, these museums help to boost self-confidence of rural areas for their culture. For example, Shunan Exhibition Center of Qiantang District falls into seven units, including “Liangzhu Culture”, and “Shang & Zhou Culture”, to clearly narrate the historical and cultural venation of Shunan Village. Fuyang Yuan-era Book Paper Culture Exhibition Center in Fuyang District displays the complicated procedures for the production of the papers of books in the Yuan Dynasty and promotes the image of Fuyang as the “China Hometown of Bamboo Paper”.

One of the features of Hangzhou’s rural (community) museums is that they are  characteristic celebrity culture museums based on the locality to serve the community. For example, Chen Duoru Exhibition Center of Xiaoshan District displays the history of business development of bankers during the period of the Republic of China, demonstrating the rich cultural deposits and strong commercial atmosphere in Linpu, where the museum is located.

In addition, museums are combined to present theme exhibitions. They also invite the local cultural bureau and medias to jointly publicize and display the distinguished cultures of respective districts and provide the museum maps for the public’ s quick references to the distinguished cultures of the museum.

The Asian Games goes with public welfare

September 5 is the Charity Day of China. In order to stage a people-centered pageant Asian Games that is participated and shared by all, Hangzhou Asian Games goes with public welfare to establish Hangzhou Asian Games Public Welfare System with the large-scale public action of “seeking for 2022 Asian Games aspirations” as the focus. Such combination will enrich material heritages, and accelerate Hangzhou’s process in building an international metropolis.

The Asian Games sports work with the Asian Games public welfare to realize public sharing and common prosperity. The activity has donated 2022 schools with “Asian Games Football Dream” to enable children to pursue their football dream. Olympic champions give PE lessons at rural primary schools. Schools for impaired students and nursing centers for the impaired have received sports facilities specially made for the impaired.

Sports contribute to the harmonious development of people, while public welfare focuses on humanistic feelings. Hangzhou Asian Games Public Welfare has reached over 30 provinces in China, as well as Japan, Malaysia and other countries to promote the exchange of civilizations and highlight the Olympic spirit.

In addition, public welfare is backed up by the Asian Games sponsors and helps to promote the enterprise brand, Asian Games brand and city brand. The core technologies of the enterprises refresh the depth, extent and caring intensity of the Asian Games Public Welfare to enable people-centered sports.

Visual feast of various gymnastics skills

“Exciting Hangzhou” ICBC Cup National Gymnastics Championships 2022 officially kicked off at Huanglong Sports Center Gymnasium in Zhejiang on September 4, and 224 athletes from 21 teams across the country will compete for 6 straight days here.

Top athletes assembled at the Asian Games Venue which was well recognized for its advanced facilities. It is the first national event staged here since the renovation of Huanglong Sports Centre. The championships has not only witnessed the vigorous images of many champions, but has also fully tested the quality of the venue. Athletes sung high praise of the facilities of the Asian Games Venue and looked forward to making new breakthroughs in the upcoming Asian Games.

Citizens may watch the championships by buying tickets. The spectators of the Championships include elders and newborns. They are all grateful to have the chance of seeing the champions in person and are amazed at the seamless funnel-shaped LED screen and other advanced facilities. All the details in sporting services enable audiences to have a better view of the competition from all directions and enjoy it. For example, the venue provides strollers, wheelchairs and other dedicated facilities to serve the vulnerable group.

Students are inspired by informative sports activities in Hangzhou

Hangzhou is growing into a happy hunting ground for the 19th Asian Games, with residents flocking to enjoy sports activities highlighting the sportsmanship of this great event. In a new semester, various activities are held in the campus of Hangzhou to greet the Asian Games.

By integrating the sports elements of the Asian Games, Hangzhou Shibanqiao Kindergarten has carried out the Asian Games touring activity, so that cute children can participate in the related games, such as “Parkour Brave”, “Ball League” and “Sports Expert”.

During the activity, children can understand and greet the Asian Games as a little host, which improves their health and cultivates the sportsmanship of sunshine and perseverance.

At the Opening Ceremony of Hangzhou Wenlan Primary School, Shao Yiwen, the swimming champion of the 16th Asian Games, was invited to tell her own story of the Asian Games to children. In the activity, the Asian Games Torch was relayed from Shao Yiwen to Principal Zhou Xiaoting, teacher representative, and young pioneer representative, which symbolized the inheritance.

Shao Yiwen enriches the children’s knowledge of the Asian Games, passes on the tenacious and persistent spirit of the Asian Games to students, and encourages them learn how to live and study and how to find self-value.

Ice hockey competition as a new try officially kicked off at the Games of Zhejiang Province

On September 4, the Ice Hockey Competition of the 17th Games of Zhejiang Province officially kicked off in Hangzhou Century Star Ice Arena. This is the first time that the Games of Zhejiang Province has included winter sports.

In recent years, the Sport Bureau of Zhejiang Province has innovated the model that “the provincial team was held by the city”, successively set up the team of winter sports including short track speed skating and ski jumping, and provided the excellent blueprints for the cultivation of Zhejiang ice & snow sports talents. Four athletes from Zhejiang attended Beijing Olympic Winter Games to achieve the historical breakthrough in Zhejiang’s participation in the Olympics.

This event set up ice hockey, figure skating, short track speed skating and other winter sports, to further boost the development of ice & snow sports in Zhejiang. It also invited three international judges and two national judges who were the judges of the Olympic Winter Games Beijing 2022.

Zheng Dandan, the deputy director of the Sports Department of the Sport Bureau of Zhejiang Province, stated: “Although this competition has a small range, it is hoped that more young people can participate in winter sports through continuous development to lay a foundation for the integration of sports and education in winter sports events.”

Next, Zhejiang Province will carry out the in-depth implementation of the cross-border & cross-event talent selection and the cultivation of reserve talents for ice and snow events, promote the preparation and participation of “Summer & Winter Olympic Games”, and strive to create the gold business card of Zhejiang “Dream Team” that is able to win more gold and silver medals. Looking forward to the Olympic Winter Games Milan 2026, Zhejiang Ice & Snow Sports is expected to have a stronger performance.

Hangzhou Metro Line 19 will open soon

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Hangzhou Metro Line 19, which has a total length of 59.14 km, will open soon. The line starts from Tiaoxi Station and ends in Yongsheng Road Station, connecting key transportation junctions such as Hangzhoudong Railway Station, Hangzhouxi Railway Station, and Hangzhou International Airport.

China’s Zhejiang braces for stormy weather as typhoon nears

East China’s Zhejiang province has issued alerts for Typhoon Hinnamnor, ordering fishing boats back to port and evacuating people in areas exposed to danger.

The provincial flood control and typhoon and drought relief headquarters upgraded the typhoon emergency response to Level II, the second-highest, on Saturday.

According to the provincial department of agriculture and rural affairs, all fishing boats in Zhejiang, numbering more than 11,600, had returned to port as of Sunday afternoon, while over 1,600 people involved in mariculture had gone ashore.

Many fishing boats are moored in the harbor to shelter from the typhoon in Lianyungang, East China’s Jiangsu province, Sept 4, 2022. [Photo/Xinhua]

More than 2,300 people have been evacuated to 170 relocation sites in the province.

As of 2 pm Sunday, Hinnamnor was identified as being around 395 km to the southeast of Zhujiajian Island, Zhejiang, and is forecast to move northwestward at a speed of 15 km per hour, said the provincial meteorological department.

“Although the likelihood of Hinnamnor making landfall in Zhejiang has been basically excluded, we should guard against the strong gusts and intense downpours brought by it, as well as secondary disasters,” said Zhou Lingli, a forecaster with Zhejiang provincial meteorological observatory.

Intense downpours and rainstorms have lashed many parts of Zhejiang, including the cities of Ningbo, Shaoxing and Jiaxing, since Saturday. From Saturday morning to Sunday morning, the precipitation in 11 townships and subdistricts exceeded 100

The 5th World Oil Merchants Conference opened in Zhoushan

The 5th World Oil Merchants Conference opened in Zhoushan on August 31. With the theme of “Discussing Oil and Gas, Sharing Opportunities, and Seeking Common Development,” this conference brought together well-known companies, well-known experts, and authoritative institutions in the whole global oil and gas industry chain to jointly discuss the oil and gas industry “offline and online” and strive to inject strong momentum into the transformation and innovation of the global oil and gas industry in the future. Governor Wang Hao attended the opening ceremony and delivered a speech.

Ke Liangdong, Vice President of China Council for the Promotion of International Trade, and relevant officials from the Ministry of Commerce, General Administration of Customs, and China Petroleum and Chemical Industry Federation delivered speeches at the opening ceremony. Lu Shan presided over this meeting.

On behalf of the Zhejiang Provincial Committee of the CPC and the People’s Government of Zhejiang Province, Wang Hao first welcomed the guests and expressed his gratitude to the leaders, entrepreneurs, and people from all walks of life who have long cared about and supported Zhejiang’s economic and social development. He pointed out that energy cooperation is an important part of global economic and trade cooperation. Since the first World Oil Merchants Conference was held in 2017, Zhejiang has focused on the construction of “one center, three bases, and one demonstration zone,” including an international oil and gas trading center, an international green petrochemical base, an international oil and gas storage and transportation base, an international maritime service base, and an international demonstration zone for cross-border trade in bulk commodities, attracting and cultivating nearly 10,000 oil and gas enterprises, fully promoting the construction of a number of major oil and gas storage and transportation projects, accelerating the creation of the entire oil and gas industry chain, actively integrating into the new global oil and gas pattern, and creating a different development path.

Wang Hao pointed out that the glorious mission entrusted by the Party Central Committee to Zhejiang for high-quality development and the construction of a demonstration zone for common prosperity has brought unprecedented opportunities for Zhejiang’s reform and development, as well as the open development and industrial upgrading of oil and gas cooperation. And new opportunities for market demand. Only by embracing the world can we embrace tomorrow; only by working together can we achieve steady progress. Zhejiang is willing to work with you to continue to promote the liberalization and facilitation of trade and investment, accelerate the planning and promotion of multiple major platforms, major industries, and major projects, continue to deepen cooperation in the fields of oil and gas storage and transportation, processing, and services, and promote the development of the entire oil and gas industry chain. New and greater contributions to the development of the global oil and gas industry and energy economy.

On the 31st, Wang Hao took a boat to Liuheng Island in Putuo District, and Jintang Island and Cezi Island in Dinghai District to inspect the construction progress of the Liuheng Bridge Project, the Xiaoguoju Reclamation Block Project, the Yongzhou Railway Project, and the Jintang New Material Project. He emphasized that major projects and good projects are scarce resources and an important support for stabilizing the economic market. Governments at all levels must resolutely implement the decisions and deployments of the central and provincial Party committees, seize the policy “window period” to focus on implementing a number of major infrastructure and industrial projects that lay the foundation and work in the long run, earnestly focus on the three links of quality, safety, and progress, and allow the projects to be completed as soon as possible to achieve benefits and provide strong support for the steady progress and quality of the province’s economy. It is necessary to do a good job in the overall planning of island development, utilization, and protection, strengthen planning guidance, plan and layout with advanced vision and first-class standards, be down-to-earth and work hard, and strive to draw a beautiful blueprint for the construction of a powerful marine province.