A candidate prepares herself ahead of the national judicial examination at a test center in Nanjing, Jiangsu province, Sept 24, 2016. [Photo/IC] BEIJING -- A total of 4,329 people from Taiwan have taken the national judicial examination and the unified qualification exam for legal professionals on the mainland, with 415 of them having passed the exams, according to the Ministry of Justice (MOJ) Sunday. And 5,164 and 601 residents from Hong Kong and Macao have also sat the exams since 2004, with 440 Hong Kong examinees and 42 Macao examinees passing the exams. China held its first unified qualification exam for legal professionals in September last year as a result of a reform of the former national judicial examination, which was held annually from 2002 to 2017. In last year's exam, 174 examinees from Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan passed the exam, some of whom received their qualification certificates at presentation ceremonies Saturday and Sunday in the southern cities of Shenzhen and Xiamen. Administrative organs in justice will continue to implement and improve the system for the qualification exam for legal professionals, and provide people from Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan with more convenience and quality services for signing up for the exam, said MOJ. cheap wristbands for eventsanti bullying silicone braceletscustom mantra braceletspersonalized gold cuff braceletcustom made bracelets uk
A post stamp featuring the Chinese paddlefish. [File photo] Chinese paddlefish, a flagship species in the Yangtze River, may have become extinct, said a fishery expert. It is probable that the Chinese paddlefish are now extinct, a situation which experts are reviewing, Wei Qiwei, the chief scientist with the Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences, told ThePaper on Sunday. The fish has not been seen in the wild since 2003, nor do artificially bred individuals exist, said Wei at a forum on the protection of biological resources in the Yangtze held in Wuhan, Hubei province. The Chinese paddlefish is one of the world's largest freshwater fish, which can grow up to 7 meters long. It is an endemic species in China under first-level national protection. The ancestors of the Chinese paddlefish date back to the Cretaceous period more than 100 million years ago. Thus it is sometimes referred to as the Giant Panda of the Rivers because of its rarity. From the middle of last century the population of the Chinese paddlefish has declined rapidly due to overfishing, habitat degradation, and pollution. The construction of Gezhouba dam in 1981 on the Yangtze River also created a barrier to the migrating fish, contributing to its sharp decline, said Wei. To save the species, a research team led by him is experimenting on modern reproduction methods such as using surrogates to rear the fish in captivity. Other techniques include preserving genetic materials and cloning. The team has also completed the genome sequencing of the Chinese paddlefish and is researching the data. Related: Authorities join hands to protect Yangtze where can i find wristbandssilicone wristband usb flash driverubber bracelet bandscustom wristbands torontorainbow rubber bracelets<%2fcenter>
