【新闻英语】 2014 Mar 7

CHINA DIALY Headline Beijing tightens supervision of gas stations Summary Beijing's environmental protection authorities are planning to tighten supervision over oil and gas providers to try to reduce pollution. As part of the Beijing Air Pollution Prevention Regulations that took effect on March 1st, heavier fines will be imposed on violators. Under the new regulations, fuel has to be added with oil cleaning agents. Violators will face fines ranging from 10-thousand to 100-thousand yuan. GLOBAL TIMES Headline Easier customs policies Summary The General Administration of Customs contends this country's relaxed customs policies have benefited about 330-thousand companies since March 1st of this year. GAC says the new policies have helped increase monthly freight volumes by nearly 6-percent. The new policies allow qualified enterprises to declare cargo where they were registered before port entry or departure, meaning they don't have to deal with customs officials here in China. SHANGHAI DAILY Headline Monthly car plate auction Summary The Shanghai International Commodity Auction company has announced a total of 8-thousand vehicle plates will be made available for auction this month, which is the same as last month. It includes 74-hundred for individual bidders and 600 for organizations. Authorities in Shanghai have an annual quota of 100-thousand plates. CHINA DIALY Headline Thousands more to gain power in Xinjiang Summary Power grid officials say a total of 460-thousand people in Xinjiang are expected to gain access to electricity this year. The plans in the western regions of Xinjiang will see the only group in the region without power get rid of candles and diesel engines, a year in advance of the scheduled date. BEIJING NEWS Headline No timetable on lifting the one-child policy Summary China's health department chief has suggested there is no timetable for allowing every couple to have second child. He says the government will closely monitor the demographic situation and improve the family planning policies based on the changes. This comes amid earlier suggestions by a CPPCC member that changes to the current family planning policies are under discussion. BEIJING MORNING POST Headline Apple agents sentenced for fraud Summary A local court in Shanghai has handed 5 former staffers of an Apple-authorized sales agent in the city of Wenzhou prison terms from 2 to 4-years for fraud for substituting iPhone accessories with knockoffs. The group reportedly cheated Apple customers out of 400-thousand yuan through the sale of knock-off Apple goods.