Foreign-oriented Hengshui Carries out Opening Policy

Since ushering in the 1990s, Hengshui City has been taking advantage of its excellent geographical position to develop its foreign-oriented economy, with good results. Take last year for example, the city signed contracts for altogether 28 foreign-invested projects, with a total capital of US$19.37 million and contractual capital of US$ 5.73 million, 14 completed and constructing foreign-invested projects, of which six have been put into operation. The infrastructure is being further improved in the Hi-tech Industrial Park which includes 49 projects of a total investment of RMB 180 million. The Hengshui Lake Economic and Technology

CSHRS Carries Out Investigations and Study in Shandong Province

Aten-man investigation and study team from the China .Society for Human Rights Studies （CSHRS） toured Shandong University and its human rights （HR） study institute and Shandong Academy of Social Sciences from December 6-8, 2009. Headed by CSHRS president Luo Haocal, the team, which included CSHRS vice-president and secretarygeneral Dong Yunhu and vicesecretary general Chen Zhengong, heard a report by leaders of Shandong University and the Shandong Academy of Social Science on the progress of their HR research and inquired into the research contingent, orientation of study, research achievements and organizational setup.

The Council Carries out Credit Evaluation Work for Chinese Textile and Apparel Enterprises

On March 15th,in Beijing,the day of World Consumer Right,the China National Textile and Apparel Council (CNTAC) released the announcement

LM-2F Carries out Shenzhou 11 Mission Successfully

At 7：30 Beijing time on Ocotber17,2016,a LM-2F launch vehicle soared up from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center,successfully putting the Shenzhou 11 spaceship and its crew into space.Two astronauts,JING Haipeng and CHEN Dong will carry out the 6th manned spaceflight mission of the country.

基于FPGA的单光子时间数字转换器设计

针对单光子计数器对高速飞行光子时间测量的高分辨率要求,传统的TDC在时间测量上存在误差较大的不足。本文设计了一种利用FPGA内部逻辑延迟单元Carry4级联构建延迟链的TDC。该方法首先使用子链平均的方式进行数据采样,避免数据“气泡”。其次,结合码密度测试和bin-by-bin校准将各级延迟单元宽度校准至接近均匀宽度,提高系统的测量精度。最后,通过Vivado软件仿真并烧录至ZYNQ7000进行板级测试,实验结果表明,该TDC能够在3 ns的动态时间范围内实现时间分辨率10.91 ps,差分非线性(DNL)范围为[-0.75,1.01]LSB,积分非线性(INL)范围为[-1.74,2.19]LSB。

Clustering of voltage-gated ion channels as an evolutionary trigger of myelin formation

Neurons carry apical dendrites that perceive information and a basal axon that transmits the computed information towards its to rgets.The axon originates at the axon hillock which is followed by the axon initial segment.Here,action potentials are initiated that are based on millisecond long openings of specific voltagegated sodium and potassium channels that are conserved in all parahoxozoa(Placozoa,Cnidaria,Bilateria)(Li et al.,2015).

Shallow sub-lakes are essential for sustaining the successful wintering of waterbirds in Poyang Lake,China

For migratory waterbirds,the quality of wintering habitat is related to spring migration and successful breeding in the next year.The availability of food resources in the habitat is critical and varies within water levels.Although the water-level fluctuations in Poyang Lake have been extremely variable interannually in recent years,the wintering waterbird populations have remained relatively stable.Hence,the mechanism of maintaining the stability is worth exploring.This study aimed to compare the distribution of vegetation and herbivorous wa-terbirds in 2015-2016 and 2016-2017,focusing on three shallow sub-lakes and one main lake are.The results showed that the emergence of tubers and the growth of Carex spp.provided a continuous food supply and habitat for wintering waterbirds with a gradual decline in the water level.Shallow sub-lakes supported almost all of the tuber-eating waterbirds(1.42-1.62×10^(5))and most geese(1.34-1.53×10^(6)).However,the main lake area,covered with Persicaria hydropiper,did not provide adequate and accessible food.This resulted in almost no distribution of tuber-eating waterbirds,with only a few geese congregating in early winter.Our results demonstrated that the shallow sub-lakes under human control provided a different environment from the main lake and are key to sustaining the successful wintering of hundreds of thousands of migratory waterbirds in Poyang Lake.Therefore,we recommend refining the anthropogenic management of the shallow sub-lakes to regulate the water level to ensure the carrying capacity of Poyang Lake.

Experimental Exclusion of Guanaco Grazing Increases Cover, Diversity, Land Function and Plant Recruitment in Patagonia

Semiarid Patagonia represents 25%of the rangeland area in Argentina,and sheep overgrazing has degraded about a third of it in the past.In this century,depleted domestic stocks have mostly stabilized,but Guanaco populations have grown.These native camelids share habitat and diets with sheep,but their effect on vegetation is poorly understood and has long been debated.We set up an exclusion experiment in Monte León and Cañadón Vaca,a semiarid shrubland grassland in southern Patagonia,currently grazed only by guanacos.Vegetation baselines were studied in 2016 in twelve plots,and half of them were protected from guanaco grazing.Thirty-six plots were cleared to study revegetation.Vegetation was reassessed in 2021,and changes were evaluated using a paired t-test.Within protected plots,vegetation cover increased,bare soil diminished,and vegetated patches grew in size,but the density of the patch-interpatch arrangement did not change.Biodiversity,measured by richness and the Shan-non-Wiener(SW)index,grew significantly.Nutrient recycling increased,as did the Stability and Infiltration Land Function indexes,although these last differences were not significant.Vegetation cover under guanaco grazing also increased,mainly due to the growth of dwarf shrubs,a typical tendency in sheep grazing-induced transitions in the region.Vegetated patches under grazing fragmented,resulting in smaller patches and denser patch struc-tures,while diversity and land function indexes remained unchanged.Young plants established in cleared plots without guanacos showed higher cover density and individual size.These effects are similar to those observed in numerous experimental sheep exclosures.Guanaco grazing may thus prevent restoration and contribute to the generalized land degradation processes that overgrazing has been causing in Patagonia for over a century.

Carrying Capacity and Coupling Coordination of Water and Land Resources Systems in Arid and Semi-arid Areas: A Case Study of Yulin City, China

Quantitatively assessing the carrying capacity of water and land resources systems in arid and semi-arid areas is crucial for achieving the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals.In this work,taking Yulin City in China as a case study and employing the Criteria Importance Through Intercriteria Correlation(CRITIC)method,a modified model of coupling degree was developed to evaluate the car-rying capacity of water and land resources systems endowment and utilization,as well as their coupling coordination degree from 2013 to 2020.Our findings indicate that the water and land resources of Yulin are diminishing due to declines in agriculture,higher industrial water use,and wetland shrinkage.However,reallocating domestic water for ecological sustainability and reducing sloping farmland can mitigate this trend of decline.Temporally,as the coupling coordination between water and land resources system endowment in Yulin continuously improved,the coupling coordination between water and land resources system utilization first decreased and then in-creased with 2016 as the turning point.Spatially,the carrying capacity of water and land resources systems,the coupling coordination degree between water and land resources system endowment,and the coupling coordination degree between water and land resources system utilization in Yulin exhibited the same pattern of being higher in the six northern counties than in the six southern counties.Improving the water resources endowment is vital for the highly efficient use of water and land resources.

The carrying capacity for vegetation of forest land across China:Near real-time monitoring and short-term forecasting based on satellite observation

Ecological restoration projects implemented over the past 20 years have substantially increased forest coverage in China,but the high tree mortality of new afforestation forest remains a challenging but unsolved problem.It is still not clear how much vegetation can be sustained by the forest lands with given water,energy and soil conditions,i.e.,the carrying capacity for vegetation(CCV)of forest lands,which is the prerequisite for planning and implementing forest restoration projects.Here,we used a simplified method to evaluate the CCV across forest lands nationwide.Specifically,based on leaf area index(LAI)dataset,we use boosted regression tree and multiple linear regression model to analyze the CCV during 2001-2020 and 2021-2030 and explore the contribution of environmental factors.We find that there are three typical regions with lower CCV located in the Loess Plateau and the southern region of the Inner Mongolia Plateau,the Hengduan Mountain region,and the Tianshan Mountains.More importantly,the vegetation in the regions near the dry-wet climate transition zone show excess local carrying capacity for vegetation over the past two decades and they are more susceptible to potential climatic stress.In comparison,in the Greater Khingan Mountains and Hengduan Mountains,there is high potential to improve the forest growth.Temperature,precipitation and soil affects the CCV by shaping the vegetation in the optimal range.This indicates that more consideration should be given to restrictions of regional environmental constraints when planning afforestation and forest management.This study has important implications for guiding future forest scheme in China.

A NovelMethod for Determining Tourism Carrying Capacity in a Decision-Making Context Using q−Rung Orthopair Fuzzy Hypersoft Environment

Tourism is a popular activity that allows individuals to escape their daily routines and explore new destinations for various reasons,including leisure,pleasure,or business.A recent study has proposed a unique mathematical concept called a q−Rung orthopair fuzzy hypersoft set(q−ROFHS)to enhance the formal representation of human thought processes and evaluate tourism carrying capacity.This approach can capture the imprecision and ambiguity often present in human perception.With the advanced mathematical tools in this field,the study has also incorporated the Einstein aggregation operator and score function into the q−ROFHS values to supportmultiattribute decision-making algorithms.By implementing this technique,effective plans can be developed for social and economic development while avoiding detrimental effects such as overcrowding or environmental damage caused by tourism.A case study of selected tourism carrying capacity will demonstrate the proposed methodology.

Written Speech by Vice-President of Bulgaria Iliana Iotova to the Civilisation Lecture

Distinguished organisers and guests of the Civilisation Lecture,I hereby extend my sincere congratulations to the Civilisation Lecture.In today's world of constant conflicts and intensified division,it is more important than ever to understand other civilisations,because only when we know each other can we deepen our understanding of each other to successfully cooperate.The most direct way to achieve these goals is to carry out civilisation dialogue,which is also the cornerstone of the sustainable development of Bulgaria-China relations.

Trip to China July 2024

I recently got the opportunity to visit China to attend a seminar organized by the China Counsel for the Promotion of International Trade(CCPIT),for participants from the Belt and Road Initiative(BRI)countries.The purpose of the seminar was to invite the delegates from BRI countries,and give them firsthand experience of the Chinese development miracle by introducing them to Chinese history,its governance methodology and how it has managed to carry out its significant progress in the last three decades,for example,by following policies that facilitated entrepreneurship,and providing businesses the right kind of platform.

Spatio-temporal evolution of the coordinated development of high-tech industry agglomeration and resource-environmental carrying capacity in the Yellow River Basin

Under the background of new infrastructure,the Yellow River Basin’s superior growth cannot be separated originating with the synergistic effect of scientific and technological inventiveness and ecological civilization construction.In light of the coupling coordination analysis of the coordination effect of provincial high-tech industry agglomeration and resource carrying capacity in the Yellow River Basin from 2009 to 2021,The evolution of the geographical and temporal pattern of development was investigated using the Moran index and kernel density estimation.The results show that the agglomeration of high-tech industries in the Yellow River Basin presents a development trend of seek improvement in stability,and there is a good coupling and coordination throughout the progression of scientific and technological innovation and the loading capacity of the resource,from the viewpoint of a time series.From the perspective of spatial pattern distribution,the whole basin aims at the lower reaches,accelerates the optimization of digital industry and promotes Yellow River Basin development of superior quality through innovation support and increase of input,and based on policy guidance.

The Quest for Haven in Sister Carrie

This essay analyses Theodore Dreiser’s Sister Carrie through the lens of cultural studies,examining the portrayal of domesticity and the quest for an ideal home in late-nineteenth-century America.It explores the complex relationships between the main characters,Carrie and Hurstwood,and their families,as well as their struggles with materialism and alienation.Through close analysis of societal context,the characters’familial backgrounds and emotional yearnings,the essay delves into the characters’longing for stability and belonging and their journey toward understanding the true essence of dwelling amidst the changing urban landscape.It argues that Dreiser’s novel critiques the superficial pursuit of material comforts and highlights the importance of introspection and self-discovery in finding lasting happiness amidst societal turmoil.Ultimately,through the prism of domesticity,the essay delves into broader themes of identity,belonging,and existential fulfillment in a heartless society marked by materialism and alienation.

Traveling Around China China Tourism Day 2024

May 19,2024 marked the 14th China Tourism Day.The Ministry of Culture and Tourism of the People's Republic of China took this opportunity to carry out a series of both online and offline promotion activities in the form of theme month,theme week and theme day throughout May,making the May 19 China Tourism Day shared by the whole people.

A Special Fund for the Protection of International Cultural Heritage:Wanli Tea Road

On January 22,the signing ceremony of the Wanli Tea Road Special Fund for the Protection of International Cultural Heritage jointly initiated by the Wanli Tea Collaboration of the Chinese Culture Promotion Association,and Hainan Asian Culture and Arts Foundation was held in Beijing.This fund will be used to organise activities featuring art,design and public welfare that are related to the Wanli Tea Road,including the Wanli Tea Road International Cultural Forum and the Wanli Tea Road International Artistic Creation Project,carry out preservation of the Wanli Tea Road international cultural heritage,and support the bidding of"Wanli Tea Road"for the World Cultural Heritage.

2024 ‘Happy Chinese New Year’ Tour Performance in 4 European Countries by China National Opera & Dance Drama Theater

During the Chinese New Year of 2024,China National Opera&Dance Drama Theater was invited to Hungary,Sweden,Denmark and Norway to carry out the 2024"Happy Chinese NewYear"tour performance.China National Opera&Dance Drama Theater sent a visiting team composed of 29 artists to touch the hearts of overseas audiences with the art of ethnic singing and dancing and the deep charm of the Chinese culture,and to spread the essence of the Chinese culture in the dialogue with the world.

A Raincoat or an Umbrella?

It's raining outside.Should you wear a raincoat or carry an umbrella?Raincoats are great.because they cover your whole body.When you wear a raincoat,your hands are free.You can use them for other things.You can wear a raincoat and ride a scooter in the rain.It's hard to ride a scooter with an umbrella.