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Jiangsu’s 1st distributed PV power generator gets subsidy

Jiangsu gave its first subsidies for distributed photovoltaic (PV) power generation to a villager in Yangzhou city on Jan 28. The beneficiary named Zhu Qijie in Zhoudun Village, Jiangdu District of Yangzhou, got the subsidies worth 1,223.04 yuan (US$202)....

UK genomic research center’s China branch to be launched in Suzhou

Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, a British genomic research center and leader in the Human Genome Project, will establish an Asia-Pacific resource center at Soochow University in east China's Jiangsu Province, local authorities said Wednesday. Suzhou Industrial Park and Soochow...

Jiangsu’s 1st e-visa for shipping issued in Lianyungang

Lianyungang Maritime Safety Administration (MSA) issued the first electronic shipping visa in Jiangsu on Jan 24. The remote visa was given to ship “Hengrong 7”. "It used to take us at least two hours to get examined and approved....

Confucius Temple overhaul before Spring Festival

Nanjing has aimed to complete the overhaul of the Confucius Temple scenic area before the Spring Festival. This is the first major repair after the Confucius Temple was reconstructed 30 years ago. The overhaul mainly focuses on Gongyuan Street,...

17-year-old boy writes song for YOG

A song titled “Dream of Youth” created by Chen Kunlun, a student of Nanjing Teachers' College of Pre-school Education, has stood out of 1,000 applicants in the theme song collection activity of Nanjing 2014 Youth Olympic Games (YOG). 17-year...

Jiangsu H7N9 patient dies in Taiwan

A H7N9 avian flu patient from China's Jiangsu province died on Monday in Taipei, Taiwan's disease control authority said on Tuesday. The 86-year-old man from Changzhou City in Jiangsu tested positive for the H7N9 virus during a trip to...

First cross-river metro line of Nanjing in pilot run

A test run of Nanjing Metro Line 10 was successful staged on Jan 21. Line 10 is the first cross-river metro line in Nanjing and will be officially put into service in August of 2014. Line 10 connects region...

Nanjing Library launches mobile reading

The new “mobile library” service launched by Nanjing Library attracted attention of deputies to Jiangsu Provincial People’s Congress and Jiangsu Provincial Committee of CPPCC, and is expected to be promoted to outside Nanjing. When Tang Jiangpeng, principal of Wuxi...

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China’s Brain Banks Need Donors as Human Tissue Reveals Dementia Clues

China’s human brain banks are still struggling to attract donors more than a decade after the first facilities opened,...

Car-Bed Campers Turn Hotel Car Parks into Free Showers and Toilets

Chinese road trippers are swapping hotel rooms for the back seats of their own cars, folding them flat into...

China’s Metro Map Grows by Almost 65km Ahead of National Day

China’s National Day holiday has arrived with three cities adding new metro links. Nanjing, Qingdao and Changchun have opened...

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