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Landslide Survivor under Treatment in Hospital
The survivor pulled out of the debris from a landslide at an industrial park in Shenzhen is said to be in stable condition after receiving a surgery.
The survivor's identity has been confirmed as 19-year-old Tian Zeming, a migrant worker from Chongqing Municipality in southwestern China.
Tian was rescued early Wednesday morning.
So far the bodies of four victims have also been recovered from the site.
More than 5, 000 rescuers are still searching for around 70 others who are still missing after the massive landslide on Sunday.
Despite the difficulties, the rescue efforts are still underway and the excavation has been expanded.
China's cabinet has set up an investigation team to look into the causes of the landslide.
Paris Agreement Implementation Could Help China to Reduce Smog: Envoy
China's air pollution needs to be reduced by 42%, if it is to reach the goals set out by the Paris climate change agreement.
China's Special Representative on Climate Change at the Paris conference Xie Zhenghua made the statement during a news conference on Wednesday.
Xie praised the Paris agreement for the global participation to fund development and battle climate change.
To realize the goal, Xie Zhenhua is also calling on China to upgrade its industrial and energy consumption structures, in addition to exploring new energy sources.
China's central bank extends forex trading hours
China's central bank says the country's foreign exchange market will extend trading hours by 7 hours starting from January 4 next year.
Trading hours for the yuan in the Shanghai-based exchange will last till 11:30 pm local time.
The People's Bank of China, along with the forex regulator, said in a statement that they will also allow more overseas banks to enter the interbank forex market.
The move is seen as a way of helping the country's aim to encourage the yuan's international use and support its entry to the IMF's currency basket.
Lingering smog prompts more northern cities to issue "red alert"
The National Meteorological Center has warned that lingering smog, which reached a peak this morning, is affecting a large area of northern China today.
This has prompted Hebei Province to issue its first-ever "red alert" for smog.
8 out of the 11 cities rolled out strict measures on Wednesday including limits on the number of vehicles on roads.
The neighboring Tianjin municipality also issued its first red alert for smog, which will run through Thursday.
100 million farmers to be urbanites: official
An official from China's top economic planning agency has revealed that China is planing to turn 100 million farmers into registered urban residents.
The measure is meant to encourage more people to buy real estate in cities so as to alleviate the massive housing glut.
Xu Shaoshi, head of the National Development and Reform Commission, says the plan will be carried out from next year.
However, Xu has not specified when the plan would be completed.
China's housing market took a downturn since 2014 due to weak demand and oversupply.
Boat sinks off Greek island, 11 drowned
It's reported eleven people drowned after a boat carrying migrants capsized en route from Turkey to the Greek island of Farmakonissi.
Greek authorities say 15 people were rescued, with two still missing.
Five children were among the 11 people who lost their lives.
The latest UN report suggests the number of refugees and migrants who fled to Europe in 2015 has surpassed 1 million.
Roughly half of them were Syrians fleeing the ongoing war in their country.
Meanwhile, over 3,600 people have drowned or went missing while making the journey this year.
7 more bodies recovered, 64 still missing after boat sinks in Indonesia
Rescuers have found seven more bodies after a boat carrying 118 people capsized in eastern Indonesia on Saturday.
This has raised the death toll to 14 as the search for those missing enters its fifth day on Wednesday.
So far 40 people have been rescued and 64 others remain missing.
The ill-fated ferry was heading to the Siwa seaport of South Sulawesi from Kolaka in the southeast when it was reported missing on Saturday.
1 killed, 1 wounded in Istanbul airport blast
One member of cleaning staff has been killed and another wounded after a blast occured on a plane at Istanbul's Sabiha Gokcen airport.
Turkish Pegasus Airlines say the blast occurred at around 2 am local time on Wednesday as the plane was parked. There were no passengers aboard.
It is still unknown what caused the explosion.
Armed police have tightened security at the airport after the blast.
Special armed units, backed up by helicopters have been searching vehicles in the area.
National new area approved in Harbin, NE China
The state council, China's Cabinet, has approved the establishment of a new national zone in Harbin, northeast China's Heilongjiang province.
The Harbin New Area will be the first of its kind in China to focus on China-Russia cooperation.
Heilongjiang shares a 3,000-km border with Russia.
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