Since June this year, the curtain of administrative division adjustment in 2020 has been opened. According to the statistics of The Paper, as of press time, five cities, including Chengdu, Changchun, Yantai, Xingtai and Wuhu, have completed expansion, and three counties, including Tongren County in Qinghai, longnan county County in Jiangxi and Wuhu County in Anhui, have completed the withdrawal of counties and the establishment of cities.

　　The so-called "urban expansion" is generally completed by "removing counties and setting up districts", that is, transforming counties or county-level cities into municipal districts, so that previously relatively independent counties can be brought under the jurisdiction of cities and develop as a whole.

　　The so-called "removing counties to set up cities" refers to turning counties into county-level cities, aiming at promoting new urbanization and promoting the urbanization of agricultural transfer population in situ and nearby.

　　Judging from the cities expanded this time, Chengdu, Sichuan and Changchun, Jilin are both provincial capitals, Wuhu ranks second in GDP in Anhui Province, and Yantai ranks third in GDP in Shandong Province. It can be seen that "removing counties and setting up districts" is generally a measure when the city develops to a certain stage and the next step of development and construction is facing constraints. For example, in 2001, Hangzhou announced the abolition of Xiaoshan City and Yuhang City and the establishment of Xiaoshan and Yuhang Districts.

　　Lin Tuo, a professor at the School of Urban and Regional Sciences of East China Normal University, told The Paper (www.thepaper.cn) that the above-mentioned series of urban expansion actions are aimed at making advantageous areas have more room for development and enhancing the comprehensive carrying capacity and optimal allocation of resources.

　　Chengdu, Sichuan: Xinjin County is divided into districts.

　　On June 19th, Sichuan Province announced the Reply of Sichuan Provincial People’s Government on Agreeing to Cancel Xinjin County and Establish Xinjin District in Chengdu. With the approval of the State Council, it agreed to cancel Xinjin County and establish Xinjin District in Chengdu. On June 30th, Xinjin District of Chengdu was officially listed.

　　The Sichuan Civil Affairs Department said that the establishment of Xinjin District in Chengdu is conducive to optimizing the spatial structure of Chengdu, enhancing the comprehensive carrying capacity and resource allocation capacity of the central city, and improving its radiation-driven role; It is conducive to accelerating the construction of the twin-city economic circle in Chengdu-Chongqing area and forming an important growth pole for high-quality development in the west; It is conducive to the in-depth implementation of the new urbanization strategy and the development strategy of "one stem and many branches" to promote the high-quality development of Sichuan Province; It is conducive to Chengdu to practice the new development concept, build a park city demonstration area, improve the quality of urban functions, and promote the modernization of the governance system and governance capacity of megacities.

　　Changchun, Jilin: Gongzhuling City is placed under the custody of Changchun City.

　　On June 19th, Jilin Province announced that with the approval of the State Council, the county-level Gongzhuling City, which was originally hosted by Siping City, will be hosted by Changchun City.

　　Bayin Chaolu, secretary of the Jilin Provincial Party Committee, said at the "Working Meeting on Changing the Hosting Relationship of Gongzhuling City" that it is necessary to take the opportunity of changing the hosting relationship of Gongzhuling City and adjusting administrative divisions to comprehensively promote the coordinated development of the urbanization of Gongzhuling in Changchun, accelerate the cultivation and make every effort to build a modern metropolitan area in Changchun, and promote the development of central urban agglomerations and central innovation and transformation core areas.

　　Bayin Chaolu also stressed that it is necessary to speed up the construction of "Great Changchun" through the coordinated development of Gongzhuling in Changchun, and strive to build Changchun into a core city of Harbin-Changzhou urban agglomeration and an international automobile city with international influence, effectively enhance its position in the whole Northeast plate, enhance its core competitiveness, and further highlight Changchun’s location advantage in the center of Northeast China.

　　Yantai, Shandong Province: Penglai City and Changdao County were abolished and Penglai District was established.

　　On June 22nd, Shandong Province announced the "Notice on Adjusting Some Administrative Divisions of Yantai City". With the approval of the State Council, Penglai City and Changdao County were abolished, and Penglai District of Yantai City was established, with the original administrative areas of Penglai City and Changdao County as the administrative areas of Penglai District.

　　The Paper (www.thepaper.cn) reporter noted that Long Island and Penglai play an extremely important role in Yantai’s future traffic planning and layout. In the planning of Bohai Bay cross-sea passage connecting Yantai, Shandong and Dalian, Liaoning, the starting point of Shandong side is Penglai-Long Island.

　　At this year’s two sessions of the National People’s Congress, Zhang Shuping, deputy to the National People’s Congress and secretary of Yantai Municipal Party Committee, suggested speeding up the construction of a direct express passage across the Bohai Strait to solve the land-sea connection problem between Shandong Peninsula and Liaodong Peninsula.

　　According to Shandong media reports, Penglai District of Yantai City will be officially listed in early September.

　　Xingtai, Hebei Province: Three counties were abolished and two districts were established.

　　On June 23, Hebei Province announced that the State Council approved Hebei Province to adjust some administrative divisions of Xingtai City. Qiaodong District was renamed Xiangdu District and qiaoxi district was renamed Xindu District. Revoke Xingtai County, and the township streets of Xingtai County were placed under the jurisdiction of Xiangdu District and Xindu District respectively; Revoke Renxian County and establish Renze District of Xingtai City; Nanhe County was abolished and Nanhe District of Xingtai City was established.

　　This time, Xingtai City cancelled three counties and set up two new districts in one fell swoop, and the adjustment of administrative divisions was quite large. The most obvious change in this expansion is the huge increase in the urban area of Xingtai City. After the adjustment, the urban area of Xingtai will be expanded from 162 square kilometers to 2,945 square kilometers, and the population will increase from 860,000 to 1.95 million.

　　It is understood that Xingtai City faced the embarrassment of "projects and other land" because the urban area was too small and counted down in Hebei Province. After this zoning adjustment, it will leave enough room for the sustainable construction of the city in the future, and effectively solve the constraints of the land "bottleneck" on the industrialization and urbanization development of Xingtai.

　　Huangnan Prefecture, Qinghai: Tongren County withdrew from the county to set up a city.

　　On June 29th, Qinghai Province announced that with the approval of the State Council, the Ministry of Civil Affairs officially approved to cancel Tongren County in Huangnan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture of Qinghai Province and set up Tongren City at the county level. Its affiliation, jurisdiction and government residence remain unchanged.

　　After Tongren County was removed from the county to set up a city, the administrative division of Huangnan Prefecture changed from the original four counties to one city and three counties.

　　Tongren County is located in the intersection of Qinghai, Gansu and Sichuan provinces. It is the residence of Huangnan Prefecture, the core area of national Regong cultural and ecological protection zone, and the only national historical and cultural city in Qinghai Province. The Regong Art and Huangnan Tibetan Opera originated here are listed in the representative list of human intangible cultural heritage.

　　Qinghai Province said that the withdrawal of Tongren County from the county to set up a city is an important measure to promote the development of the western region to form a new pattern, the construction of Lanxi urban agglomeration and other national strategies, and to deeply integrate into the "Belt and Road".

　　Ganzhou, Jiangxi Province: longnan county withdrew its county and set up a city.

　　On July 1st, Jiangxi Province announced that the State Council had agreed to cancel longnan county and set up Longnan City at the county level, which was directly under the jurisdiction of the province and managed by Ganzhou City.

　　Longnan, located at the southernmost tip of Jiangxi Province, is known as the "South Gate of Jiangxi". After the newly established county-level Longnan City became Ruijin, the "red old capital", it was the second county-level city managed by Ganzhou.

　　According to Jiangxi media reports, from the map, Longnan, located in the southwest of Ganzhou, and Ruijin, previously located in the northeast, together with the urban area in the northwest of Ganzhou, just constitute the "development triangle" of Ganzhou City.

　　Longnan and Ruijin are located at the left and right ends of Ganzhou city respectively, and they are more adjacent to the surrounding provinces — — Longnan is adjacent to Guangdong Province, while Ruijin is adjacent to Fujian Province, which is beneficial to stimulating investment and attracting talents.

　　Jingzhou, Hubei Province: Jianli County withdrew from the county to set up a city.

　　On July 6th, Hubei Province announced that, with the approval of the State Council, the Ministry of Civil Affairs approved the cancellation of Jianli County and the establishment of Jianli City at the county level in Hubei Province. Jianli City was directly under the jurisdiction of Hubei Province, and Jingzhou City was in charge.

　　Jianli is located in the south-central part of Hubei Province, at the southern end of Jianghan Plain and north of Dongting Lake. Its geographical position is special, not only in the strategic construction area of the national Yangtze River Economic Belt and the urban agglomeration in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River, but also in the "intersection area" of Dongting Lake Ecological Economic Zone and the Yangtze River Economic Belt, and the "radiation area" of Wuhan City Circle and Changsha-Zhuzhou-Xiangtan City Circle.

　　In addition, Jianli is also the "first county of crayfish in China", with a total area of 1.08 million mu of shrimp and rice. In 2019, the output of crayfish was 150,000 tons, ranking first in the country.

　　It is worth noting that on July 3, Jianli just welcomed a "post-80 s" doctoral county party secretary. On the morning of July 3rd, Jianli held a meeting of leading cadres to convey the notice of the provincial party committee and the municipal party committee on the appointment of Comrade Han Xu as the secretary of the CPC Jianli County Committee, with the term of office starting from June 19th, 2020.

　　The public resume shows that Han Xu, male, Han nationality, born in Dengzhou, Henan Province, was born in January 1982, joined the work in July 2008, and joined the Communist Party of China (CPC) in June 2006 with a doctorate. Han Xu studied physical chemistry (including chemical physics) at China University of Science and Technology in his early years.

　　Wuhu, Anhui: Wuhu County and Fanchang County are divided into districts.

　　On July 6, Anhui Province announced that the State Council approved Anhui Province to cancel sanshan district and Yijiang District of Wuhu City and set up a new yijiang district; Cancel Wuhu County and establish Wuhu Bay Area; Fanchang County was abolished and Fanchang District of Wuhu City was established.

　　After this zoning adjustment, the jurisdiction of Wuhu City has been adjusted from the original 4 districts, 3 counties and 1 city to 5 districts, 1 county and 1 city (Jinghu District, Yijiang District, Jiujiang District, Bay Area, Fanchang District, Nanling County and Wuwei City).

　　In an interview with the local media, the person in charge of the relevant departments of the Anhui Provincial Civil Affairs Department said that the relocation of Wuhu County and Fanchang County into districts through zoning adjustment will play a very important role in further building the status of Wuhu as a regional central city, promoting the development of urban agglomerations in the Yangtze River Delta and the higher quality integrated development of the Yangtze River Delta.

　　The person in charge said that in recent years, the economic strength of Wuhu County and Fanchang County has been significantly enhanced, and the economic and social ties with the downtown area of Wuhu have become increasingly close. Residents’ commuting, communication, inter-district residence and employment consumption have become increasingly frequent, and the economy, transportation and urban facilities have gradually integrated with the downtown area. In this context, the withdrawal of counties from two counties to set up districts is conducive to breaking down the barriers of urban-rural integration, expanding the absorption of surrounding people into cities for employment, and promoting the urbanization of agricultural transfer population nearby.

　　BEIJING, Beijing, October 5 (Xinhua) China Railway Beijing Bureau Group Corporation (hereinafter referred to as "China Railway Beijing Bureau") introduced that on October 5, China Railway Beijing Bureau is expected to send 1.4 million passengers. In order to fully cope with the peak of return passenger flow, Beijing Railway Station coordinated measures such as subway delay, adding night buses and car ferry to reduce the waiting time for passengers to leave the station when large passenger flows arrive at night.

　　On October 4th, China Railway Beijing Bureau sent a total of 1,351,700 passengers, including 559,300 passengers in Beijing (Beijing Railway Station sent 69,300 passengers, Beijing West Railway Station sent 133,400 passengers, Beijing South Railway Station sent 207,900 passengers, Beijing North Railway Station sent 22,400 passengers, Qinghe Station sent 28,000 passengers, Beijing Chaoyang Station sent 32,000 passengers and Beijing Fengtai Station sent 46,900 passengers).

　　On October 5th, Beijing Bureau of China Railway is expected to send 1.4 million passengers, including 750,000 passengers in Beijing and 184,000 passengers in tianjin railway station and other stations under its jurisdiction.

　　In order to fully cope with the peak return passenger flow and pay close attention to the safety key, Beijing Railway Station uses diversion railings (belts) to set up a buffer zone outside the entrance during the peak pit stop, and arranges personnel to publicize and guide passengers to enter the station in an orderly manner.

　　According to the return passenger flow, Beijing West Railway Station has intensified the marking and control of platforms and exits, increased the manpower, answered passengers’ inquiries in time, ensured passengers’ safe boarding and disembarkation, and strengthened communication and coordination with the station management committee and data sharing. When large passenger flows arrive in a concentrated way at night, it has coordinated measures such as subway delay, adding night buses and car ferry to reduce the waiting time for passengers to leave the station.

　　Beijing South Railway Station monitors the changes of arrival passenger flow in real time, unblocks all exit passages, increases the attention and control of key parts such as escalators, platforms and exits, promptly answers passengers’ inquiries, helps passengers to transfer and transfer conveniently, and guides passengers to travel safely and quickly.

　　Beijing North Railway Station strengthens road-ground linkage, and strengthens four mechanisms of daily information sharing, major situation reporting, emergency linkage and traffic connection coordination with key station management committees or transportation bureaus to ensure the smooth transfer of passengers.

　　Combined with the fact that the return passenger flow is gradually increasing, tianjin railway station strengthens the platform organization and completes the passenger boarding and disembarkation organization. Set up a "Youth Gang Commando", coordinate 50 young volunteers, go deep into the field to help the gang, focus on escalator care, platform organization, organize party members to charge ahead in the rush hour and key train organization, strengthen passenger patrol and publicity and guidance, and open all exit gates to ensure passengers’ safe and orderly exit.

　　Shijiazhuang Station organized special personnel to strengthen the patrol inspection of passenger transport equipment and facilities, focusing on toilets, self-service vending machines, waiting room lighting, passenger elevators, air conditioning and ventilation and other equipment and facilities, increasing the inspection frequency to ensure that the equipment and facilities are in good working condition and convenient for passengers to use normally.

　　Zhangjiakou Station organized cadres and workers to carry out emergency response study and drills, and optimized the streamline of passengers entering the station, including security inspection, real-name registration system, and opening double gates at the ticket gate to ensure smooth passengers entering the station. Party member Commando, composed of 15 employees, was set up to help shift work in key positions such as waiting room, service desk and comprehensive service center, to answer passengers’ doubts and guide key passengers to the station. Contact the station emergency material suppliers in advance, prepare enough drinking water and food, and ensure that the emergency food supply for passengers is in place in case of emergencies.

　　In view of the peak return passenger flow, Handan Station arranged personnel to open a ticket window, organized 22 volunteers to check the danger, the entrance and the ticket office to publicize and guide passengers to enter the station, and at the same time organized off-duty cadres and workers to help organize passengers to get on and off the platform to ensure the safety of passengers during peak hours.

　　In order to cope with the large passenger flow during the holiday return, Shijiazhuang Passenger Transport Section made a safety plan in advance, set up an emergency closing team to help organize boarding and disembarkation, and each station used an interactive machine to inquire about the passenger flow in advance, judge the risks, ensure safety, and prevent accidental boarding and landing and falling on the platform. The large passenger flow station will provide security for key passengers, and the cabin attendants will implement the "three mornings, three mornings and three unblocked" to protect the passengers’ safe and warm travel. (End)

From January 23rd to 24th, the Ministry of Ecology and Environment held the 2024 National Conference on Eco-environmental Protection in Beijing, summed up the eco-environmental protection work in 2023, analyzed the current situation, and arranged the deployment of key tasks in 2024.

The meeting decided to focus on the following eight key tasks in 2024:

First, actively promote the construction of the pioneer area of beautiful China. We will promote the establishment of the implementation system and mechanism for the construction of beautiful China, study and formulate the effectiveness evaluation index system and methods, and promote the local practice of the construction of beautiful China at different levels.

The second is to persistently fight the battle against pollution. Defend the blue sky, clear water and pure land with higher standards, and strengthen the treatment of solid waste and new pollutants.

The third is to actively promote green, low-carbon and high-quality development. Full service to support the sustained improvement of economic operation, and further promote the coordinated innovation of pollution reduction and carbon reduction in cities and industrial parks. Promote the implementation of major projects in the field of ecological environment. Actively respond to climate change, improve the national carbon trading market and strengthen the daily supervision of data quality in the carbon market.

The fourth is to strengthen the supervision of ecological protection and restoration. Strengthen the investigation and rectification of ecological damage, promote the implementation of major projects for biodiversity protection, and strengthen the prevention of ecological security risks.

The fifth is to ensure nuclear and radiation safety. Promote the establishment of a modern nuclear safety supervision system, strengthen the operation supervision and environmental supervision of nuclear power plants, research reactors and nuclear fuel cycle facilities, and strengthen the decommissioning and management of key nuclear facilities.

Sixth, strengthen the supervision and enforcement of ecological environment and risk prevention. We will further promote the central eco-environmental protection inspector, continuously improve the effectiveness of eco-environmental supervision and law enforcement, and strengthen the prevention and control of environmental risks and emergency response to environmental incidents.

Seventh, vigorously promote scientific and technological innovation in the field of ecological environment. Strengthen the construction of ecological environment science and technology platform, build strategic scientific and technological strength in the field of ecological environment, promote the transformation of scientific and technological achievements in ecological environment, and expand the application of digital technology.

Eighth, speed up the improvement of the modern environmental governance system. Deepen the reform in the field of ecological environment, improve the laws, regulations, policies and standards of ecological environment, accelerate the establishment of a modern ecological environment monitoring system, promote the national action of ecological environment protection, and deepen international dialogue and cooperation in the field of ecological environment and climate.

　　Reporter Cai Jikang

　　The tornado disaster in Yancheng, Jiangsu Province on the afternoon of the 13th caused widespread concern. So, how did tornadoes form? Where and when are tornadoes prone to occur? How should the public respond? Xiao Cai, a meteorologist of Zhejiang Voice, interviewed Lou Maoyuan, the chief expert of science popularization of Zhejiang Meteorological Bureau today.

　　A sudden tornado in Yancheng, Jiangsu Province caused 2 deaths and 15 injuries.

　　Witnesses: The roofs are flying with them.

　　At about 4: 15 pm on the 13th, a tornado disaster occurred in some towns in Dafeng District, Yancheng City, Jiangsu Province. According to experts’ appraisal, the tornado is rated as EF2, with medium strength. From the video shot by witnesses on the scene, I saw a huge wind column, like a white dragon, rolling up a huge funnel-shaped vortex and heading straight for the sky. At the crossing point of the tornado, piles of ruins were left, roofs of houses were lifted off and trees were destroyed. The tornado disaster killed 2 people, injured 15 people and damaged 283 farm houses.

　　What wind is a tornado?

　　Lou Maoyuan, chief expert of science popularization of the Provincial Meteorological Bureau, said that tornado is a strong destructive convective weather and a small-scale air vortex generated under strong unstable weather conditions.

　　"Tornadoes are actually produced in thunderstorm clouds. We call them cumulonimbus clouds in meteorology, and the atmospheric environment is often very unstable. Inside this cumulonimbus cloud, there is an updraft and downward flow. When this updraft is stronger than downward flow, it will form a rotating thing, just like when we rub noodles, when one end falls to the ground, it forms a tornado. "

　　Tornadoes occur and disappear in a short time, often accompanied by strong convective weather systems such as thunderstorms, hail and heavy rain. The central wind power can reach 50-150 m/s, and the diameter is generally between several meters and hundreds of meters. Tornado intensity is divided into six grades: EF0 to EF5. The highest level of EF5 tornado has a wind speed of over 89.4m/s, which can instantly destroy houses and blow cars.

　　Where do tornadoes "prefer"?

　　Global tornadoes mainly occur in mid-latitude areas, and tornadoes occur every year in North America, Europe, Russian Federation, China, Japanese and Australian, especially in the United States, which produces an average of 1,141 tornadoes every year. In China, there are more tornadoes in Jiangsu, Guangdong, Hubei, Anhui and other provinces, among which Jiangsu and Guangdong have the most tornadoes, with an average of 4 tornadoes per year. Northern Jiangsu is a high-incidence area of tornadoes because of its low-lying and flat terrain, interwoven rivers and lakes, and the climate transition zone between subtropical zone and warm temperate zone, which is easy to accumulate unstable energy. Spring and summer are tornado-prone seasons in China, with July accounting for the highest proportion. Tornadoes often appear in the afternoon, and tornadoes that occur between 12: 00 and 20: 00 account for 70%.

　　Lou Maoyuan said: "From our point of view in Zhejiang, the average tornado is less than once a year. Because tornado is a kind of strong convective weather with small scale, sudden and strong destructive power, the forecast of tornado is always a difficult point in weather forecast from a global perspective. "

　　What can we do in the event of a tornado?

　　One word: escape!

　　Lou Maoyuan said that in case of a tornado, we should flee in the opposite direction of the tornado. If it is too late to escape, we can choose the basement or semi-basement to escape.

　　"Tornado-prone areas, if the weather forecast has a strong thunderstorm tomorrow, then you should pay attention to it, there may be tornadoes, and pay special attention to the sky from the afternoon to the evening of this day. If there is such a tornado in the distance, then the personnel should quickly avoid it from its path in time.