A total of 839 controlled knives Guangzhou customs seized were destroyed in the Guangdong provincial capital on Thursday, demonstrating customs officers' determination to fight against the smuggling of controlled knives in the southern metropolis. The knives which included soldier's swords, spring knives, choppers and sabres might have posed a very serious threat to the lives and safety of local residents if they had been smuggled into the city, according to Wu Xiaobo, deputy director of the Anti-Smuggling Bureau with Guangzhou Customs. "The knives were seized while they were being brought into the city by lawbreakers and suspected smugglers, being smuggled into Guangdong province in its waters and being mailed via express mail service to Guangzhou since 2015," Wu said at a press conference in Guangzhou. She hinted at the possibility of increasing special operations to fight against smuggling involving controlled knives in the months ahead to ensure a good and sound social security for the city's economic construction. Customs in Guangzhou which is the southern gateway to the mainland have detained 10 suspects after cracking down on eight major knife smuggling cases since 2015. Customs officers in Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport seized a total of 193 controlled knives in an inspection on express mail coming from Nepal in May last year. The shortest reached 12.6 centimeters while the longest of the controlled knives came to 28.1 centimeters. And Dachan customs under the administration of Guangzhou customs also seized a large number of soldier's swords and daggers when they inspected two vessels in the waters at the mouth of the Pearl River in a recent anti-smuggling campaign. tyvek wristbandscustom printed wristbandslivestrong braceletcustomise fidget spinnercustom made rubber braceletscool wristbands
Beijing's top health authority will launch a mosquito-control campaign in mid-May to guard against the increasing risk of dengue fever, the Beijing Municipal Commission of Health and Family Planning said on Wednesday.During the campaign, which will run until August, health authorities will focus on cleaning public places to remove excessive water and prevent mosquitoes from breeding, Liu Zejun, a member of the commission in charge of disease control and prevention in the city, said at a news conference.Health authorities will mobilize the public to remove pools of water from places such as public restrooms, residential areas, parks, construction sites and garbage recycling stations, he said.Other steps to control mosquitoes include releasing mosquito-eating fish in lakes and ponds and applying pesticides in areas where removing water is difficult, such as underground sewage systems, he said.The Beijing Municipal Commission of Health and Family Planning has trained 16 professional mosquito elimination teams to help with the work, he said.Studies by disease control and prevention experts have found that the density of Aedes albopictus, a kind of mosquito that is the major medium for transmission of dengue fever, has been increasing in Beijing for several years, said Zeng Xiaopeng, deputy director of the Beijing Center for Disease Prevention and Control.In 2013, they accounted for 3.5 percent of all mosquitoes in Beijing, but the proportion rose to 14 percent last year. That means a higher risk of dengue fever, which can cause death in serious cases, he said.Dengue fever outbreaks have occurred in some areas of South China, but sporadic imported cases have been spotted in recent years in northern areas, including Beijing, due to the spread of the virus, Zeng said.Mosquitoes become more active with rising temperatures, and their density peaks in July and August in Beijing, he said.Health authorities are prepared for outbreaks of infectious diseases including dengue fever, and emergency plans are ready, he said.
