KUNMING -- Southwest China's Yunnan province bordering the notorious opium-producing Golden Triangle is still the country's front line in the battle against drugs, with the capture in the province hitting a new high of 23.6 tonnes in 2016. On Monday, to coincide with International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking, the province's narcotics control agencies held their annual anti-drug event, which was attended by over 2,500 people from all walks of life. Zhang Taiyuan, head of the political and legal affairs commission of the Communist Party of China Yunnan Provincial Committee, said at the ceremony that 23.6 tonnes of drugs were seized in Yunnan last year, including 7.75 tonnes of heroin, 12.27 tonnes of Methamphetamine tablets and 3.15 tonnes of opium, which respectively accounted for 86.5 percent, 93.7 percent and 96.8 percent of the country's total. On Monday, 5.6 tonnes of drugs were destroyed publicly in Mangshi city, Dehong Dai and Jingpo autonomous prefecture. Border police and soldiers guarding China's 3,500 km border in Yunnan tackled more than 1,200 drug trafficking cases in the first half of this year, catching 1,100 suspects, seizing four tonnes of drugs and 380 tonnes of precursor chemicals. Zhang Taiyuan said that the anti-drug campaign in Yunnan remained arduous, as trafficking is still a problem. More than 80 percent of heroin and 95 percent of Methamphetamine tablets in the domestic market were trafficked by way of Yunnan from the Golden Triangle. The border public security department has begun to use high-tech devices in its work. High-precision video cameras and portable X-ray cargo inspection systems have been installed at border stations in Yunnan. Dong Hai, captain of Yunnan public security frontier corps, said they used drones for border patrols in eight prefectures. In March, images sent by the drones helped police seize eight kg of drugs from traffickers with links to Ruili city. silicone bracelets cheapmotivational wristbands for athletesprinted wristbandspersonalised rubber bracelets ukcustom silicone bandscustom wristbands uktrio spinnerscustom printed wristbands202mm to inches
An underwater glider developed by Chinese scientists has set records for the country, working continuously for the longest time and completing the longest journey in a single mission. Haiyi1000, developed by the Chinese Academy of Sciences' Shenyang Institute of Automation, was recently plucked out of the South China Sea after completing its underwater mission to collect ocean data on a journey of 1,884 kilometers over 91 days. The new endurance mark doubled past Chinese gliders and makes China the only country besides the United States with the ability to conduct ocean monitoring and surveillance lasting more than three months in a single mission, according to a report by China Central Television on Sunday. The successful mission of Haiyi1000 suggests that China can create a new-generation network for monitoring the ocean's environment, the report said. The glider was launched in the northeastern South China Sea by a scientific research vessel on July 14. After completing missions with 11 other gliders, it alone remained in the water to provide researchers with a real-world endurance test. During the 91 days, the glider successfully coped with treacherous conditions brought by five typhoons, proving its reliability and stability, the report said. Yu Jiancheng, a researcher at the institute, which is in Shenyang, Liaoning province, told CCTV that underwater gliders differ from traditional underwater robots in that they do not have propellers. Instead, they are equipped with devices that function similar to an air bladder in some species of fish, which helps them rise or sink and enables them to move forward with less energy consumption. Another underwater glider, Haiyi, also developed by the Shenyang Institute, reached a depth of 6,329 meters in March, breaking the previous record of 6,003 meters held by a US device, the CAS said in March. With its ability to reach 6,000 meters, Haiyi allows Chinese scientists to explore 97 percent of the maritime space, the science academy said. [email protected]
