QINGDAO -- A Chinese navy flotilla returned to Qingdao, east China's Shandong Province, on Sunday after completing its mission of escorting civilian vessels in the Gulf of Aden and waters off Somali.The 30th escort squad of the Chinese Navy, comprised of missile frigates Wuhu and Handan and supply ship Dongpinghu, escorted 59 Chinese and foreign ships during the mission. The fleet set sail from Qingdao on Aug 6, 2018, the People's Liberation Army Navy said in a statement.The fleet also participated in the naval parade marking the 60th anniversary of Tunisian Navy. And it visited Cambodia and the Philippines toward the end of its 175-day mission.China sent its first convoy fleet to Somali waters in December 2008. what are the thick rubber bracelets calledrheumatoid arthritis silicone braceletscoloured wristbands for eventsblue rubber bracelet meaningblank wristband
Thousands of oriental storks are now at the Momoge National Nature Reserve in Zhenlai town, Northeast China's Jilin province. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn] There are now 11,029 nature reserves in China, covering more than 18 percent of the country's land area, the head of the National Forestry and Grassland Administration told an international forum in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, on Monday. Last year, the reserves covered 14.88 percent of China's land area, according to data released by the administration at a news conference in April. Administration head Zhang Jianlong told the opening ceremony of the second World Forum on Ecosystem Governance that the improvement was the result of a ban on commercial logging, returning cultivated land to forest or pasture, restoration of grasslands and wetlands and control of desertification. Zhang vowed to curb land degradation and take other measures to promote better governance of the global ecosystem. Concerted efforts should be made to tackle climate change challenges, he said. And last, but not least, a new ecology governance system should be established, taking rules of different countries and regions into consideration. The forum, focusing on ecological assets and ecosystem services, is being hosted by the administration, the International Union for Conservation of Nature and Hangzhou's city government. More than 290 people from government agencies and research institutes in 33 countries and regions are taking part in the forum, which will end on Wednesday.
