Food Safety Detection Methods Applied to National Special Rectification of Product Quality and Food Safety

Afour-month period of national special rectification for product quality and food safety officially started on August 25, and was focused on eight fields, including those of agricultural products and processed foods.     

SCO Management System Certification Research Class Opens in Beijing

The Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Management System Certification Research Class formally opened in Beijing on September 6, 2007. The research class was attended by government officials and experts in the fields of industry, commerce,environmental protection,statistics, standardization,metrology, detection and certification from Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan and Tajikistan.     

WTO: IPRs Issues in Standardization (Beijing) International Symposium

On April 17th 2007, over 200participants, among them business leaders, IT engineers, the enterprise representatives and some standardization experts and scholars from all over the world gathered in Beijing to attend the International Seminar on "WTO: Intellectual Property Right Issues In Standardization"     

Announcement of Newly Approved National Standards of P. R. China 2006 No.11 (total No.98)

General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine of P.R. China and Standardization Administration of China have approved the following 220 national standards and publicize now.     

PetroChina Inks Bio-Fuel Deal with the State Forestry Administration

11 January 2007, Beijing - PetroChina Company Limited （PetroChina） signed a framework agreement with the State Forestry Administration （SFA） on the development of forest bin-fuel and officially kicked off the construction of the first batch of forest bio-fuel tree breeding bases in Yunnan and Sichuan, marking a substantial step forward in the cooperation of forest bio-fuel development between the two parties.     

China Holds Exercises of Oil Spills Emergency Control

Chinese emergency services carried out their largest ever exercise in early June to tackle an oil spill in the Bohai Sea to test their ability to protect the ocean environment. The drill involved a scenario in which a 10,000-ton oil tanker exploded and spilt 500 tons of oil. Soon after the oil tanker Tianpeng ＂exploded＂, a fireboat arrived to fight the fire and a helicopter hovered above to spread chemicals to control oil spill, followed by more vessels and another helicopter.     

2006香港公开模型大赛落下帷幕

本刊讯:2006年香港公开模型大赛2006年12月2日至3日在上环文娱中心举办.香港公开模型大赛始于1998年,至今已举办10届.此项赛事是香港地区颇具规模的模型比赛,其影响力已辐射至内地,不时有内地模友赴港参赛并取得佳绩.