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Nanjing: lifts can be quickly positioned in case of emergency

The 96333 lift emergency-response center formally started operation on Apr 8. A total of 31,000 passenger lifts in Nanjing own their sole “identification codes”. When people in a lift dial 96333 in case of emergency, they can be quickly...

Nanjing cracks down on jay-walkers

Nanjing traffic control department launched a one-month-long campaign that focuses on punishing against “Chinese style crossing road” since Apr 8. The pedestrians and non-motorized vehicles drivers must pay a fine of 20 yuan if they cross road illegally, and...

Refuge system built for safer mining

Jiangsu province has completed the construction of an underground emergency refuge system that covers coal mines across the whole province ahead of schedule, said the Administration of Coal Mine Safety of Jiangsu Province on Apr 7. Jiangsu has invested...

Lost money returned in Nanjing

Apr 6 is an unusual day for Zhang Zhiquan and his family, who found their 300,000 yuan (US$48,400) within just 45 minutes after it was lost. Zhang and his family went to Sun Yat-sen Mausoleum for travel on the...

2nd Nanjing Yangtze River Bridge sees 100-plus traffic accidents in 12 hours

More than 100 traffic accidents happened at the Second Nanjing Yangtze River Bridge from 08:00 to 20:00 on Apr 6, more than 10 times of that during ordinary time. “A lot of focuses were put on the Nanjing Yangtze...

Nanjing bans live poultry trade over H7N9

The capital city of east China's H7N9 bird flu-afflicted Jiangsu Province ordered the suspension of all live poultry trade and the immediate shuttering of poultry markets on Saturday. The Nanjing government announced at a press conference that it has...

Nanjing bird flu patients remain in critical condition

Hospital sources in east China's Jiangsu Province said Wednesday that the five patients who have been diagnosed with the lesser-known H7N9 bird flu remain in critical condition. Four of the patients are locals from four cities in Jiangsu. Another...

Passing the baton of ‘life watchers’

The “bridge life watcher volunteer” Chen Si has persisted in patrolling bridges and saved 251 would-be suicides over the past decade. A recent report from a Nanjing newspaper encouraged more and more people to take part in this life-saving...

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