Officials and experts attend a news conference on origin-tracing of the COVID-19 virus on July 22, 2021. [Photo by Zhu Xingxin/chinadaily.com.cn]
>Virus probe political and biased
China opposes the politicization of COVID-19 traceability
China cannot accept the current version of the second phase investigation into the origins of the COVID-19 virus launched by the World Health Organization, as the plan has been compromised by political manipulation and disrespect of scientific facts, Zeng Yixin, deputy head of the National Health Commission, said at a news briefing on Thursday.
Zeng Yixin, deputy director of the National Health Commission, said at a press conference on July 22 that China could not accept the second phase of the WHO's new crown virus traceability plan because it was the product of political manipulation and did not respect scientific facts.
Zeng said the plan has listed the hypothesis that China had violated lab regulations and leaked the virus as one of the major research objectives, and he was "very shocked" after reading the proposal.
Mr. Zeng said he was "surprised" to see the WHO's phase II traceability program, which included the hypothesis that "China violated laboratory protocols and caused virus leakage" as one of the key points of his research.
Zeng said Chinese experts have voiced their suggestions for improving the investigation plan to WHO.
Zeng Yixin said that the Chinese expert group has proposed to the WHO to revise the second phase of the traceability plan.
"We hope WHO can carefully consider the advice by Chinese scientists, take investigating the origin of the COVID-19 virus as a scientific question free from political interference, and proactively and properly conduct sustained investigations into the origin of the virus in various countries across the world," he said.
"We hope that WHO can seriously consider the considerations and suggestions put forward by Chinese experts, truly regard the traceability of the new crown virus as a scientific issue, get rid of political interference, and actively and steadily promote the continuous traceability of the new crown virus in many countries and places around the world."
Graduates take selfies with Wang Chen (center), president of Peking Union Medical College, on July 3, 2021, when graduates take group photos before a graduation ceremony to be held in Beijing on July 4. [Photo by Zhu Xingxin/chinadaily.com.cn]
>China's talent dividend grows the transformation of China's demographic dividend to talent dividend
China's workforce has seen significant quality improvement as it has dwindled in size over the past two decades, an official said on Wednesday. Yu Xuejun, deputy head of the National Health Commission, said the country's "population dividend" is waning but the "talent dividend" is growing. This is the base for our high-quality development and one of the most important foundations of China's economic and social development, Yu said during a news conference in Beijing.
At a press conference in Beijing on July 21, Yu Xuejun, deputy director of the National Health Commission, said that China's labor force has been slowly decreasing over the past 20 years, but the quality of the labor force has improved significantly. Our demographic dividend is gradually weakening, but the talent dividend will become more and more obvious. This is the support for China's high-quality development and one of the most important foundations for China's economic and social development.
Citing figures from China's once-a-decade census, Yu said the number Chinese workers holding college degrees reached 218 million last year, compared with just 46 million in 2000 and 120 million in 2010.
Yu Xuejun cited data from China's census to say that China conducted national censuses in 2000, 2010 and 2020 respectively, and the population with university education level was 0.46 billion, 120 million and 218 million, respectively.
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> Over 42m malware attacks detected the detection of over 42 million malware samples
More than 42 million malware attacks were detected in China in 2020, said a cybersecurity report released Wednesday.
According to a report released by the National Internet Emergency Response Center on July 21, the number of malicious program samples captured exceeded 42 million in 2020.
The United States and India are the leading sources of foreign malware attacks against China in 2020, according to the report released by the National Computer Network Emergency Response Technical Team/Coordination Center of China (CNCERT/CC). The number of malware attacks from the United States accounted for 53.1% of the total foreign attacks, and 7.2% of the foreign attacks were from India, said the report.
The overseas sources of malicious program samples are mainly the United States (53.1%), India (7.2%), etc. The U.S. ranks first in the number of computer malware control servers located abroad that launch cyberattacks against China, the report said.
The US is also the leader in the number of servers controlled by foreign malware that launched cyber attacks against China, the report said, adding that the US had 19,000 such servers in 2020, followed by the Netherlands with 2,083 servers, and Germany with 1,923 servers.
Control servers in the United States, the Netherlands and Germany are approximately 19,000, 2,083 and 1,923, respectively.
The center started compiling the annual cybersecurity report in 2008.
Since 2008, the National Internet Emergency Response Center has continued to compile and publish annual reports on China's Internet network security.
The Honourable Annastacia Palaszczuk MP, Premier of Queensland and Minister for Trade (L), and Thomas Bach hold up copies of the Host Agreement after Brisbane was announced as the 2032 Summer Olympics host city in Tokyo on July 21, 2021. [Photo/Xinhua]
> Brisbane to host 2032 Summer Olympics Brisbane was awarded the right to host the 2032 Olympic Games
The Australian city of Brisbane won the right to host the 2032 Summer Olympics in a vote at the 138th session of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) in Tokyo on Wednesday, two days before the opening ceremony of Tokyo 2020.
The 138th Plenum of the International Olympic Committee was held in Tokyo on July 21, and Brisbane, Australia, was awarded the right to host the 2032 Olympic Games. The Tokyo Olympics will open on July 23.
Australia has already hosted the Olympics twice, in Melbourne in 1956 and Sydney in 2000.
Australia has hosted the Olympics twice, melbourne in 1956 and Sydney in 2000.
In 2017, IOC awarded the 2024 Games to Paris and the 2028 Olympics to Los Angeles.
In 2017, the IOC announced that Paris and Los Angeles would host the 2024 and 2028 Olympic Games, respectively.
In February 2021, IOC said that Brisbane was the preferred candidate to host the 2032 Games.
In February 2021, the International Olympic Committee announced brisbane, Australia, as the "city of choice" for the 2032 Summer Olympics.
On June 10, IOC's executive board approved Brisbane as the single candidate for election.
On 10 June, the IOC Executive Board approved Brisbane as the only candidate city.
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