The Chinese military will stop all of its commercial activities before the end of the year, under a new guideline unveiled on Monday.The guideline, released by the general offices of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, State Council and Central Military Commission, said that stopping all of the military's commercial activities is a strategically important decision made by the Party, the Central Military Commission and Xi Jinping, general secretary of the CPC Central Committee, and is a significant part of the ongoing reform of national defense and the military.It said the work has entered a crucial stage that requires determination, planning and cooperation between the military, local governments and Party committees.Units of the People's Liberation Army and the Armed Police Force must ensure that their commercial activities are halted before year's end and their assets be maintained at their current value during the process, the document said.Contracts between the military and civilian entities that will not conclude by year's end should be terminated by that time through negotiation or legal procedures, it said, adding that compensation will be given for economic losses.Under the guideline, commercial activities with sophisticated situations should be dealt with in a flexible manner such as entrusting civilian entities to manage them.It urged government and military departments to make policies to regulate nonmilitary programs assigned by the central government in the future.The document said all properties, land and reception facilities owned by the military and used for commercial purposes will be administered and allocated by the Central Military Commission.The Chinese military started running its own businesses in the mid-1980s to offset a defense budget decrease.In 1992, the Central Military Commission approved commercial activities by the PLA and the Armed Police Force. In February 2016, the Central Military Commission ordered the PLA and Armed Police Force to halt commercial activities within three years.Many corruption cases involving senior officers were closely connected to the military's commercial activities, and the military's involvement in commercial sectors aroused public concerns, said Senior Colonel Gong Fangbin, a political education researcher at PLA National Defense University. festival wristband claspcustom fidgetcustom sweatbands no minimum24hourwristbandsballer bands
Police in Guangdong province seized more than 5.1 metric tons of narcotics in the first five months of the year, it was revealed on Tuesday. The authorities handled 5,080 cases related to drugs, detained 6,250 suspected drug traffickers and investigated 48,900 drug addicts, according to Guo Shaobo, deputy director of the Guangdong Public Security Department. "The continuous efforts made in the fight against drug-related crime in the southern province have achieved significant results," Guo told a news conference in Guangzhou. "There has been a large drop in the number of drug production dens, and Guangdong is slowly shedding its status as a major drug distribution hub," he said. "The prices of crystal meth and K-powder (ketamine) have reportedly risen due to our crackdown." However, Guo said combating such crime is a tough task in Guangdong, the focus of China's anti-drug campaign for many years. The province has more than 654,000 registered drug addicts, about one-sixth of the national total. Drug traffickers from home and abroad have continued to use Guangdong, which borders Hong Kong and Macao, as a drug distribution hub, smuggling illegal substances in and out of the province. Guangzhou police detained 19 people, including 11 foreigners, in May on suspicion of smuggling drugs and selling them to students in the city. Two secret drug warehouses and two packaging locations were raided and large amounts of illegal substances were seized, police said. Meanwhile, Guangdong Customs officials have seized another 1.14 tons of narcotics while investigating 134 smuggling cases this year, according Zhou Jijun, deputy director of the authority's anti-smuggling bureau. Some 72 suspects were detained.
