Thirsty for More Financing Channels?

Accompanied by continually raining,over 300 financial experts and entrepreneurs gath- ered in Yianjin for"2008 Small and Medium-sized Enterprises Finance Summit & Tianjin Investment Finance Business Forum"on September 24,which was sponsored by the First Finance Daily, and organized by a professional invest- ment service institute Zonghengheli.

Clean River Water for Thirsty Beijing in Six Years

PLAGUED by frequent floods in its history,Beijing is now suffering a grave water short-age.

A Thirsty Nation

Since 1950, lake areas in China have shrunk by 15 percent, and marshes by more than 25 percent. Meanwhile, water consumption has increased 500 percent, with per-capita water consumption doubling. During 2000 and 2004, China's gross water resources fell 13 percent while the per-capita amount dropped from 2,194 cubic meters to 1,856 cubic meters, down 15 percent.

Thirsty Cities,Dirty Water

Rapid economic growth has taken a toll on water quality Houses lining up meandering rivers make Jiaxing in east China’s Zhejiang Province a famed water city.Yet the Venetian-style center is suffering from a water shortage.Jiaxing has a population of more than

Time to Water!

科技无非是让平民百姓对机器或者电子设备的依赖度越来越高。就拿Thirsty Light这个口渴的家伙来说吧，把它直接插到盆栽的土壤里便可以对植物水分含量进行分析，一旦发现有缺水现象便会第一时间让头顶上的LED灯不停闪烁，提示主人该给植物喝水了，使人完全不用动脑就能养花养草。