Piglets are held in pens at a modern pig farm in Beijing on April 30, 2018. [Photo by Wu Bo/For China Daily] African swine flu has been found in Xushui district of Baoding, North China's Hebei province, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs announced on Sunday. To date, the top 10 swine producing provinces, including Southwest China's Sichuan, Central China's Henan and Shandong in East China, have reported outbreaks, of which Hebei is the most recent, according to industry analysts. There are now 5,600 pigs affected at a pig farm in Baoding's Xushui district. The deaths of the infected pigs have been confirmed. Local authorities said quarantine and sterilization measures to control the outbreak and spread of the virus have been taken and it has been contained. China reported its first-ever African swine fever outbreak on Aug 1 in the northeastern city of Shenyang, Liaoning province, where 47 pigs died after becoming infected. Huang Chen contributed to this story wristbands with a messagegreen rubber bracelet meaning24 hour wristbandssilicone wristband manufacturerbig rubber bracelets
BEIJING - People on both sides of the Taiwan Strait should jointly work for the peaceful development of cross-Straits relations and advance the process toward the peaceful reunification of China, a spokesperson said Wednesday.The one-China principle is the political foundation of cross-Straits relations, said Ma Xiaoguang, a spokesperson for the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council, at a press conference.He stressed that realizing China's complete reunification is the shared aspiration of all Chinese people and is in the fundamental interests of the Chinese nation.Many policies and propositions raised in a Message to Taiwan Compatriots, which was issued 40 years ago, have become a reality, Ma said.The statement was issued by the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress on the first day of 1979, proclaiming major policies and principles of the peaceful reunification of China.The meeting between leaders from across the Taiwan Strait in 2015 was a landmark that consolidated and deepened the political foundation of cross-Strait relations, Ma said.He called on people on both sides of the Strait to uphold the 1992 Consensus and oppose Taiwan independence under current situation.
