GD to Open Further to Hong Kong Service Industry
Guangdong will further open to Hong Kong's service industry, in a bid to optimize Guangdong's industrial structure and maintain Hong Kong's long term prosperity. Secretary of Guangdong CPC Committee Wangyang made the remark during a meeting with chairmen of the commercial commission of Hong Kong and USA yesterday (March 20).

Official Stresses Build a Water-efficient Society
Tomorrow (March 21) will mark World Water Day. Director with Guangdong Water Conservation Department Huang Baiqing said Guangdong will take different measures to control water consumption. Our journalist Zhangbin has more:
Huang introduced the key step in building a water-efficient society: 
"We will introduce an annual gross water consumption system and further amend and improve the quota management system, which is very important."

Car Crash Kills Two
A doubledecker sleeper bus traveling from Guangxis Nanning to Guangdongs Chaozhou collided with a large container truck near Foshans Sanshui district. The accident, which occurred around midnight this morning (March 21) claimed two lives and injured 30 others.

Large quake, Aftershocks Hit Xinjiang
A major earthquake and its aftershocks hit China's northwestern region of Xinjiang this morning (March 21), but there were no reports of casualties or damages. China Earthquake Administration said the initial quake, a 7.3 magnitude, occurred at 6:33 am local time. The epicenter was at 35.6 degrees north latitude and 81.6 degrees east longitude.