Children aged 6-35 months who only had access to trivalent split influenza vaccine in previous years now have a new choice as the first tetravalent influenza vaccine is launched on the market this year. The later provides more extensive protection than the former as it prevents against an additional influenza virus subtype (Type B). The inoculation of the tetravalent influenza vaccine for children first started at Hangzhou Zhaohui Sub-district at 8:00 am on August 22.

Please note that adults only have to be shot one dose while children have to be shot two doses of the tetravalent influenza vaccine, with a spacing of one month between the two shots or a spacing of 14 days from other vaccinations required. Citizens may make appointment for the vaccination via “Zhejiang Government Affairs” App right now. The supply of the vaccines is ample at present.

As the period from October to March of the next year is high flu season, citizens are advised to complete the vaccination before the end of October.

With Sandun Interchange and the first section of No. 235 National Highway officially opening to traffic, as well as the completion of the northwest section of the ring road encircling Hangzhouxi Station, a complete inbound and outbound system that is convenient for travelling on foot and directly connects driving lanes with fast lanes has been developed to realize the integration of the city and the station and the systematic connection of the cities.

Two-way driving lanes are provided to ensure vehicles coming from east or west to withdraw by turnround lanes. Vehicles from Lin’an and Fuyang may access to the station by way of Yunxi Elevated Road. Liuxiang Fast Road is connected with Wenyi Fast Road (W) to realize long-distance transport.

The parking lot is within the station building, while the bus terminal is less than 300 m from the station to greatly shorten passengers’ travel distance. The taxi lanes are completely separated from the bus lanes, and the alternate parking of taxis diagonally in the form of “fish scale” is adopted to reduce the queuing cost for taxis to the maximum extent.

In addition, passengers may also reach the station by Metro Line 3 and airport express, and transfer at the brighter central part of the station. This indicates the ingenious design concept of “the architecture space leading the passengers”.

Besides the core concept of “entering the station at the center”, there are also some branch lanes provided for passengers on foot. Passengers may take elevators from the metro floor, or travel across 6m inter-layer and 31m corridor from the waiting floor. There are reserved passages leading to the south and north complexes, where photographic exhibitions will be held and museums will be established so that the station will also function as a tourist destination.

The main bridge and the ramp A of No. 320 National Highway Bridge across the newly excavated channel of Hangzhou Section of the Third-tier Channel Improvement Project for Zhejiang Section of Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal (“Second Channel of the Grand Canal” for short) have recently completed traffic dispersion improvement and have been officially open to traffic, as has been expected by the people of Linping and Haining.

Upon completion, the bridge can effectively relieve the traffic pressure of Hangzhou and Haining, and meet the traffic demands of surrounding cities. In addition, the bridge has left spacious channels to ensure navigation of thousand-tonnage ships through the second channel of the Grand Canal in the future.

Unlike most caregivers who work at hospitals or nursing homes, Yu Liya does her job in a refurbished RV equipped with a bathtub.

“I am a mobile bathing assistant,” the 40-year-old said. “We drive around and give baths to seniors who are incapacitated by age or illness.”

Teaming up with another professional bather and an experienced driver, Yu is more like a coordinator. After getting orders from clients, she takes note of their requests, adjusts the temperature, gives health assessments before the bath and even comforts those who are not used to being bathed by strangers.

“One bath usually takes 90 minutes,” Yu said. “We can serve four to six clients a day.”

Started in November 2020, the service is available in several residential communities in the Gongshu district of Hangzhou, Zhejiang province. More than 800 seniors have received the service, said project leader Li Ting. The service is provided by JiuJiu Zhu Lao, a local tech company dedicated to smart care for seniors.

A demanding job

Given the complex conditions and diverse needs of incapacitated seniors, providing bathing services is about far more than just cleaning bodies. For Yu, even though she is experienced in elder care, giving baths to seniors is still challenging.

“Bathing is a very private thing,” she said. “You need a good attitude and some strategies to help the elderly accept your service.”

One of the most difficult clients Yu has served is a paralyzed man. Because he couldn’t lift his feet to enter the RV, the bath was provided in his own house. “A bath in my own house costs 299 yuan!” she recalled him yelling repeatedly while glaring at the bathers.

Yu and her colleagues tried to soothe him. They called four assistants to lift him gently from his bed with a towel, laid him in an inflatable tub, helped him take off his clothes one piece at a time, covered his private parts as he requested and scooped warm water to rinse his body.

After replacing the bathwater four times, the job was done. Yu noticed tears in the old man’s eyes. “I understood why he was bad-tempered,” she said. “It’s his illness that made him moody, not us.”

Yu always tries to build good relationships with her clients. Many see her as a daughter. They remind Yu of her father’s situation. He has been bedridden since a car accident. “For me, the interaction with them is more precious than money,” Yu said.

Assisted bathing services for elders can also be found in cities such as Beijing, Shanghai, Nanjing and Chongqing.

A waitress serves dishes during the 12th China Food Festival (Hangzhou) on Aug 17. [Photo/Hangzhou Daily]

The 12th China Food Festival (Hangzhou), which was organized by the governments of Hangzhou and Changshan county in Quzhou, East China’s Zhejiang province, took place on Aug 17.

Hangzhou was assigned as the partner of Changshan county as part of Zhejiang’s “mountain and sea” cooperation program, which aims to support the development of the province’s mountainous and seaside areas.

Hangzhou currently has more than 300 restaurants that were set up by people from Changshan, and more than 10,000 Changshan people are working in the city’s catering industry.

The food festival aims to showcase local specialties and delicacies from Hangzhou and Changshan as this year marks the 20th anniversary of the implementation of the cooperation program.

A participant views oil-tea products showcased at the 12th China Food Festival (Hangzhou) on Aug 17. [Photo/Hangzhou Daily]

Changshan has long been known as the “birthplace of oil-tea in China”. The county has been planting oil-tea trees for about 2,000 years and it currently has 18,667 hectares of oil-tea plantations. In 2021, the county generated 7,500 tons of oil-tea seeds that were worth 1 billion yuan ($146.2 million) in revenue.

Hangzhou Oxygen Plant Group Co., ltd. (HangYang), established in 1950, supplies the world-class Air Separation Unit（ASU） and cryogenic petrochemical equipment,. HangYang is the pioneer and the leader of Chinese cryogenic industry.

HangYang has the design and manufacturing qualifications of international standards, such as ASME (American Standard), EN (European Standard), DIN (Germany), KGS (Korea Standard), DOSH (Malaysia), TRCU (Russia), etc., and obtains the ISO9001 certification of quality system and other series of international qualifications.

Besides, HangYang owns the most capable manufacturing base of ASU in the world, which has an annual production capacity of 1.8 million cubic meters. The largest single set of ASU is up to 150,000 cubic meters per hour.

Hangyang is the manufacturer of the first ASU in China. The output of large-scale and super large-scale ASU ranks the first in the world. Regarding as” The Pillars of a great power” by National Government, HangYang’s products have been exported to six continents, over 40 countries and regions including High-end market of Europe and America: like Germany Salzgitler Steel Company 32,000 ASU, Spain 16,000 ASU, Switzerland 12,000 ASU and Mexico AHMSA company 47,500 ASU, totally more than 30 sets, as for the projects along the “Belt and Road initiative”, like South Korea Daesung ASU for electron gas, Turkey 10,000 ASU and Malaysia 3sets of 20,000 ASU, totally over 40 sets.

Competing with international rivals like Linde, Air Liquide and AirProduct on Chinese market, HangYang enjoys a dominating market share of 60% on large-scale ASU. For Shenhua Ningmei 100,000 ASU project, HangYang and Linde “compete on the same stage”, and the two series run as equivalent, which attest that the technology of Hangyang has reached the world’s top level.

On the other hand, HangYang’s cryogenic petrochemical products such as ethylene cold box have a leading advantage in the domestic market, and the successful operation in the project of “R&D and industrial application of complete sets of ethylene with complex raw materials” is another milestone for Hangyang’s independent research and development of petrochemical process packages.

In the project of the world’s largest green petrochemical refining and chemical integration base in Zhoushan Archipelago, Zhejiang, 4 sets of 100,000-level cold box ASU(single set weight up to 1300T) developed by Hangyang have been successfully operated. The whole packaged is intricacy and complex, and the requirements for stress calculation and simulation are extremely accurate. HangYang adopts the most advanced design scheme, and at the same time, through the comprehensive extension of design, technology, manufacturing, transportation, quality control and safety management, HangYang strictly implement high-quality projects, which not only ensures the smooth operation of the equipment, but also opens up new path for large-scale ASU manufacturing projects.

Based on the design idea of modular assembly, most of the international projects reduces the period of onsite construction. It could only take 12 months from Contract to Production

HangYang establishes a hydrogen industry development center to exploit the technologies of hydrogen production, storage, liquefaction and other related technologies and units. By scoping out green energy technologies, HangYang is committed to create a low-carbon sustainable society and grow appreciatively together with our customers.