MAY FOURTH MEDAL WINNER

Zhong Ying， founder and CEO of an agricultural technology company in Yueyang， central Chinas Hunan Province， was awarded the May Fourth Medal.

The Central Committee of the Communist Youth League and the All-China Youth Federation released the list of winners on April 27.

Twenty-nine other young people and 13 groups from various fi elds across the country， including scientists， soldiers and teachers， were also given the medal.

Born in 1981， Zhong started her own business in 2009 and has helped local farmers increase grain output by over 80，000 tons. She has created jobs for over 3，600 rural residents and assisted over 1，000 impoverished households. Every year， she donates several hundred thousand yuan to households hit by natural disasters and povertystricken people.

The award was established in honor of the May Fourth Movement of 1919 led by young Chinese intellectuals and participated by people from all walks of life， a great patriotic and revolutionary campaign fi ghting against imperialism and feudalism.

Telemedicine System

Peoples Daily April 26

With a computer and camera， patients living in remote areas can now have access to toplevel doctors without traveling long distances.

With guidance from three relevant documents released by the National Health Commission in 2018， the system has been implemented in Grade 3A hospitals nationwide. Its service covers hospitals in each county and is expanding to villages in those poverty-stricken areas.

Through the telemedicine platform， experts in top-level hospitals can treat patients with common and chronic diseases online， avoiding the need for people to rush back and forth to big hospitals.

It also offers a valuable opportunity for local doctors to enhance their professional ability. Seeing doctors from their homes can save patients money and time， and can provide a higher ratio of medical insurance reimbursement.

From a broader perspective， experts can design a diagnosis and treatment plan according to local conditions such as health facilities. This transformation marks remarkable progress in establishing a hierarchy with regards to access to healthcare.

The combination of medical services and the Internet is still a new pattern in the industry. The quality of services will need to be emphasized during the development.

Reform in Hainan

China Newsweek April 22

In south Chinas Hainan Province， there is a new tropical rainforest national park which covers an area of more than 4，400 square km， accounting for one seventh of the land area of the island. It is one of the 12 pilot projects announced in 2018， regarding the basic security， industry and ecological civilization in the province.

In order to solve the problem of overdependence on real estate， Hainan has formulated a strict system of land conservation. The province shifted the emphasis of work to infrastructure promotion and the construction of ports and free trade zones. It also imposed restrictions on the purchase of houses by non-local residents， making room for the development of other industries.

New methods have been adopted to attract investment by building a website and introducing third-party organizations to bring in Fortune 500 companies. It also set explicit thresholds for companies and projects allowed， mostly in environmentallyfriendly， low-carbon industries such as tourism， modern services and the hi-tech sectors.

This industrial restructuring brought challenges to Hainans economic development， a GDP growth of 5.8 percent in 2018， lower than the national average. However， it is of great signifi cance for the provinces high-quality development in the long run.

To create an optimized business environment， Hainan has proposed 40 measures in 11 aspects such as building a service-oriented government with reference to the indicators made by the World Bank.

Hainans experimental reform also features institutional innovation. The key is to create an atmosphere that allows for trial and error. As a special economic zone， Hainan has formulated more than 40 regulations， which have provided valuable experience for national legislation while serving as legal assurance for Hainans social and economic development.

This year will mark the implementation of policies for deepening reform in Hainan， which is striving to optimize the ecological structure， promote infrastructure construction and coordinate regional development.

Consumer Protection

Beijing Youth Daily April 26

Automatic renewal is a common trick used by some app operators. When customers purchase services， automatic renewal， which is often checked as a default， is not always prominent， and if users want to cancel it， the process is often troublesome.

To regulate business activities， the E-Commerce Law went into effect on January 1. According to the law， operators should clearly point out tie-in sales to consumers. Violators will be ordered to rectify their actions within a limited time， the illegal income will be confi scated and a corresponding fi ne will be imposed.

However， some operators continue to make profi ts with this trick regardless of the laws requirements.

As of the end of May 2018， there were 4.15 million mobile apps in the Chinese market， making it barely possible for the government to discover all the violations and take timely action.

Furthermore， many consumers often give up complaining or defending their rights， since the money they lost through automatic renewal is usually not that much.

In order to eliminate the problem of automatic renewal， supervision should be enhanced and customer associations at all levels should play their role in protecting consumers.

NEW TABLE TENNIS QUEEN

Liu Shiwen won the womens singles title at the World Table Tennis Championships on April 27 in Budapest， Hungary.

An all fi red-up Liu， who didnt concede a point in one set of her semifi nal against her more heralded teammate Ding Ning， beat fellow Chinese Chen Meng.

It was Lius second gold medal in Budapest following her mixed doubles victory with Xu Xin on April 26. Chinese National Table Tennis Team bagged fi ve champions during this world championships.

Although Liu has four Table Tennis World Cup singles titles to her name， she had never won the singles title at the World Championships or the Olympic Games.

“This is my sixth world championships and third singles final，” said the 28-year-old. “If I would have lost this time， I may not have another chance.”

Born in northeast Chinas Liaoning Province in 1991， Liu started to play table tennis at the age of 5 and went to Guangzhou to play table tennis at the age of 7.

“China has been actively participating in multilateral affairs under WTO and World Intellectual Property Organization frameworks， and promoting the improvement of international rules concerning intellectual property rights.”

Shen Changyu， head of the National Intellectual Property Administration， at a press conference on April 28

“Positions that require fluent spoken and written Mandarin tend to pay more than the same jobs without the language requirement.”

Yang Jiayin， project manager of the Foreign Talent Research Center， at a job fair organized by the center and the State Administration of Foreign Experts Affairs on April 21

“All countries， through participation in the exhibition and business events， can display their brand image， promote their best products and gardening technologies， get more opportunities for commercial cooperation and expand the market.”

Nurbek Murashev， Kyrgyzstans Minister of Agriculture， commenting on the International Horticultural Exhibition 2019 ahead of its opening in Beijing on April 29

“In Dongguan and Shenzhen， I found that the Chinese mainland not only offers funds for young people from Taiwan to start their own businesses， but also helps them adapt to mainland society.”

James Soong Chu-yu， Chairman of the Taiwan-based People First Party， commenting on his recent visit to the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area