Saihanba National Forest Park, China's largest man-made woodland, in Weichang Manchu and Mongolian autonomous county in Chengde, Hebei province. [Photo/Xinhua] China will release by the end of the year regional rankings in the green development index, which will encourage local governments to give more attention to environmental protection in national economic development, the head of the National Bureau of Statistics said on Saturday. The index is a system that evaluates economic performance taking account of various environmental indicators rather than merely the speed of growth. Based on the index, the government will roll out new statistical methods to better promote high-quality growth, Ning Jizhe, head of the National Bureau of Statistics, said during the annual conference of the China Center for International Economic Exchanges. China has switched from pursuing high-speed growth to aiming for high-quality growth, and local economic performance evaluation systems should be adjusted to better support China in achieving the new goals, Ning said. The index, which was introduced late last year, measures economic development based on indicators such as total energy consumption, carbon emissions per unit of gross domestic product and total water consumption. Yang Weimin, deputy director of the Office of the Central Leading Group on Financial and Economic Affairs, said China will not pursue sheer GDP growth in its economic development. The country does not have the conditions to pursue high-speed growth due to its consumption upgrading, reduction of the labor force and financial risks, as well as resource and environmental restraints, Yang said. If we blindly pursue rapid growth, the risk entailed will be greater than the GDP growth, Yang said. The country has now adopted a development path focusing on addressing people's concerns, instead of sheer GDP growth, he said. The Communist Party of China has incorporated the Beautiful China ecological and environmental concepts into its two-stage development plan for building a great modern socialist country by the mid-21st century, according to the report General Secretary Xi Jinping delivered at the 19th CPC National Congress in October. In addition to creating more material and cultural wealth to meet people's ever-increasing needs for a better life, China must also provide more quality ecological goods to meet people's ever-growing demands for a beautiful environment, the report said. Han Xiaoping, chief information officer of China Energy Net Consulting, said many enterprises have increased their investment in upgrading their equipment to reduce polluting emissions, and the money is well-spent, since it significantly increased their energy efficiency, he said. Contact the writer at [email protected]personalized silicone bracelets202mm to inchescustom sweatbands no minimumrubber bracelet makerlivestrong bracelet
In China, 18,000 IP addresses attacked, and universities among the hardest hit TOKYO - Global cyber chaos was spreading on Monday as companies booted up computers at work following the weekend's worldwide ransomware cyberattack. The extortion scheme created chaos in 150 countries and could wreak even greater havoc as more malicious variations appear. The initial attack, known as "WannaCry", paralyzed computers running the United Kingdom's hospital network, Germany's national railway and scores of other companies and government agencies around the world. As a loose global network of cybersecurity experts fought the ransomware hackers, Chinese media said 29,372 institutions had been infected along with hundreds of thousands of devices. The Japan Computer Emergency Response Team Coordination Center, a nonprofit providing support for computer attacks, said 2,000 computers at 600 locations in Japan were reported affected so far. Government agencies said they were unaffected. Companies such as Hitachi and Nissan Motor reported problems they said had not seriously affected their business operations. In China, about 18,000 IP addresses in China have been confirmed as infected with the "WannaCry" ransomware. Universities and other educational institutions were among the hardest hit, Xinhua reported. That may be because schools tend to have old computers and be slow about updates of operating systems and security, said Fang Xingdong, founder of ChinaLabs, an internet strategy think tank. Railway stations, mail delivery, gas stations, hospitals, office buildings, shopping malls and government services also were affected, Xinhua said, citing Qihoo 360, a Chinese internet security services company. But the spread of the ransomware is ongoing, but is slowing down, the Cyberspace Administration of China said in a statement. Elsewhere in Asia, officials in Japan and the Republic of Korea said they believed security updates had helped ward off the worst of the impact. The most public damage in the ROK was to cinema chain CJ CGV Co. It was restoring its advertising servers at dozens of theaters after the attack left the company unable to display trailers of upcoming movies. The attack was disrupting computers that run factories, banks, government agencies and transport systems in scores of countries, including Russia, Ukraine, Brazil, Spain, India and Japan, among others. Russia's Interior Ministry and companies including Spain's Telefonica, FedEx in the United States and French carmaker Renault all reported troubles. Experts were urging organizations and companies to immediately update older Microsoft operating systems, such as Windows XP, with a patch released by Microsoft to limit vulnerability to a more powerful version of the malware or to future versions that can't be stopped. Paying the ransom will not ensure any fix, said Eiichi Moriya, a cybersecurity expert and professor at Meiji University. "You are dealing with a criminal," he said. "It's like after a robber enters your home. You can change the locks but what has happened cannot be undone. If someone kidnaps your child, you may pay your ransom but there is no guarantee your child will return." Xinhua-AP-AFP-Reuters
