Employment Remains Strong

According to the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security, 13.5 million urban jobs were created in 2017, marking the fifth straight year when the number of new employees exceeded 13 million. Registered unemployment rate in Chinese cities and towns fell to 3.9 percent at the end of 2017, the lowest in recent years.

支护结构全过程温度分布变化全过程见图4，内外温差过程图见图5，运行期水温仅对支护结构运行期温度分布和温差分布产生影响。在5℃运行水温条件下，支护结构在全过程中的内外最大温差39.4℃，截面中心和表面的最大温差23.95℃，发生在76.07 d(运行期第1天)；在10℃运行水温条件下，支护结构在全过程中的内外最大温差38.45℃，发生在13.90 d；截面中心和表面的最大温差21.97℃，发生在76.02 d(运行期第1天)。

“In the past five years, more than 66 million urban jobs have been created; both registered and surveyed unemployment rates stayed at low levels; the average employment rate for college graduates remained above 90 percent; and 1.1 million workers affected by the national initiative to cut overcapacity have been outplaced through various channels,” said Minister Yin Weimin. These are no small feats for a country facing lower economic growth, intensi fied economic restructuring, a strong labor supply and salient structural problems in employment.

“谁都想要一个温暖的家，谁都想住宽敞的房子，可这不是通过掠夺别人而得来的？妈，我原来租的房子，你不是没去过，我是如何的省吃俭用、如何的含辛茹苦，才买了这么一个小房子的？！就凭您一个转不开身就要我把自己的房子让出去？”

Building Big Data Network to Study Earth

China is building a global big data network to study Earth and support research on climate change, as well as predict and mitigate natural disasters. The project will include more than 1,200 scientists at 130 institutions worldwide and cover more than a dozen subjects, ranging from oceanology to meteorology, according to Guo Huadong,who is leading the project for the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS).

Although industries such as finance and real estate have already incorporated big data into their operations, Guo said academia has struggled to keep up due to shortages in resources and research methods, inaccurate data, and a lack of datasharing mechanisms between institutions and countries.

The network will be the centerpiece of CAS Earth, a fiveyear, RMB 1.76 billion (US $279 million) project to create a robust international environmental research network that will serve scientists and officials in China as well as countries and regions involved in the Belt and Road Initiative. Such information has become a strategic resource for countries, alongside natural and human resources.

“The new network aims to overcome these issues by creating an interdisciplinary research platform open to the world,” he said. “It will not only support China’s goal of building a sustainable and green society,but also help other countries better understand and protect their environment, and maintain ecological security.”

241 Million

保健目标：预防母猪产前、产后无名高热及仔猪10日龄内腹泻；减少母猪无乳或少乳现象；减少母猪乳房炎与产道炎症的发生；提高母猪体质，减少应激；改善断奶母猪发情。

Bike Sharing Good for Economy and Environment

Over 260,000 enterprises and other entities start paying an environment tax in April,as China moves to protect the environment and cut pollutants.

The report says that bike sharing saved the nation 1.41 million tons of petrol last year, which amounted to one percent of the national output.This means a reduction of 4.22 million tons in the discharge of carbon dioxide and a drop of 3.22 million tons of PM 2.5 emissions.

水闸一般是在低水头情况下泄流，跃前断面的佛汝德数低，所以普通的消力池往往消能效果不够理想，尽管增加了辅助消能工，消能率还较低。另外，采用辅助消能工如消能墩后，水闸泄流时容易在消能墩处产生空化现象，严重的会发生消能结构破坏。因此，为了提高水闸的消能率，又不至于因产生空化而破坏消能结构，有效的方法可以采用复式消力池，即多级消力池，常用的是二级消力池。复式消力池消能已得到了广泛应用。

Chinese people aged 60 and above stood at 241 million at the end of 2017, accounting for 17.3 percent of the national population.

Environmental Protection Tax Sets in This Month

A report jointly released by the China Academy of Information and Communications Technology and Guanghua School of Management of Peking University claims that bike sharing brought RMB 221.3 billion worth of social and economic bene fits in 2017, created 390,000 jobs, and generated RMB 10.1 billion in information consumption. In the past two years, 23 million shared bikes have been put on the street and used in over 17 billion rides.Daily use was 70 million at the peak.

The Environmental Protection Tax Law took effect on January 1, and taxpayers have to file for taxation each quarter.The first environmental protection tax declaration period starts on April 1 this year. The introduction of the tax called an end to the “pollutant discharge fee,” which China had been collecting for nearly 40 years.

Under the Environmental Protection Tax Law, which targets enterprises and public institutions that discharge listed pollutants directly into the environment, companies will pay taxes for producing noise,air and water pollutants, as well as solid waste.

Individuals do not need to pay the tax, as it is applicable only to enterprises, public institutions, and other business operators.

This is China’s first tax clearly designed for environmental protection, which will help establish a green financial and taxation system and promote pollution control and treatment of pollutants.