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Based on whether the 'One River, One Policy' is implemented or not, this paper used the questionnaire data of village (community) river chiefs in nine districts and counties under the jurisdiction of Jinhua City, Zhejiang Province, and used the Difference-In-Differences Model to carry out an empirical analysis. The findings are threefold. Firstly, the 'One River, One Policy' implemented by primary river chiefs can improve the water quality of the river reaches in their charge. Secondly, annual river patrol times and public support can improve the water quality of the river reaches in charge of primary river chiefs. Thirdly, the River Chief System (RCS) can promote the treatment of river pollution under 'Responsibility Contracting', but for primary river chiefs, there is still a suspicion of whitewash pollution control behavior, so whether to establish a longterm mechanism of the RCS is still uncertain. The purpose of this paper is to provide empirical support and decision-making reference for constructing the positive incentive mechanism of the behavior of primary river chiefs in the reconstruction of the RCS, which has important practical significance for effectively improving the RCS and comprehensively promoting the Chinese experiences of river pollution control. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The Anji Biota is a unique deposit with exceptionally preserved sponges and other organisms in deep-water, uppermost Ordovician mudstone of Zhejiang Province, China. The sponge fossils preserve remarkable details including carbonaceous preservation of soft tissues and axial filaments of spicules, but the taphonomy of the deposit has not previously been documented in detail. This paper documents the complex taphonomic processes responsible for preservation of sponges in the Anji Biota. The most unusual element is a rapid switch from initial pyrite framboid growth throughout the soft tissues, to subsequent rapid silicification of the carbonaceous soft tissue remains, and re-dissolution of the pyrite. This combination implies transiently anoxic post-burial conditions, subsequently becoming rapidly re-oxygenated. Uranium/thorium data confirm an oscillating redox environment. This taphonomic model may apply more widely, as the fossils show striking similarities to published observations of the Cambrian sponge-dominated Hetang Biota; however, it differs from most described modes of exceptional preservation, and represents a new variation on the preservation of pyritized soft tissue. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Presents a photograph depicting folk artist Zhu Cong cutting paper in Wenling City, Zhejian Province in China.

Reports on the offering of a traditional rural paper-making tour in Fuyang in Zhejiang Province, China.

Abstract: Power suppliers with market power intend to bid high-price to obtain excessive profit when intensions in the balance of electricity supply and demand emerge. New index is thus necessary to be defined to assess the economic withholding behavior associated with both bidding prices and corresponding bidding capacity. Stages of low price section, economic withholding section and reasonable adventure section were classified in this paper. Based on bidding prices and capacity, absolute index and relative index were proposed to measure the economic withholding degree, with the former used for estimation of the total power system while the latter for comparisons amongst different units. A case study on Zhejiang electricity market indicated that these two proposed indices can accurately assess the economic withholding behavior in the electricity market. Finally, upper limit was suggested to be set for the relative index to suppress the behavior of excessive bidding prices in short of capacity. [Copyright &y& Elsevier]

Abstract: The study on probability density function and distribution function of electricity prices contributes to the power suppliers and purchasers to estimate their own management accurately, and helps the regulator monitor the periods deviating from normal distribution. Based on the assumption of normal distribution load and non-linear characteristic of the aggregate supply curve, this paper has derived the distribution of electricity prices as the function of random variable of load. The conclusion has been validated with the electricity price data of Zhejiang market. The results show that electricity prices obey normal distribution approximately only when supply-demand relationship is loose, whereas the prices deviate from normal distribution and present strong right-skewness characteristic. Finally, the real electricity markets also display the narrow-peak characteristic when undersupply occurs. [Copyright &y& Elsevier]

This article focuses on several news published in Chinese new papers. As per People's Daily, short messages sent by cell phones to fiends and relatives have become a popular way to express good wishes, especially during holidays. The Beijing News says that a stampede during the Lantern Festival celebration claimed 37 lives in Beijing's suburban Miyun County on February 5, 2004. One spectator stumbled on a bridge resulting in a stampede that caused many others to fall aid be trampled. As per Xinhua News Agency, beginning in 2004, Zhejiang, China Province has taken the initiative to open to the public the Zhejiang Provincial Museum and China SiIk Museum in its provincial capital of Hangzhou, China free of charge.

Reports that third-phase construction of a large cardboard production center in Ningbo in east China's Zhejiang Province. Cost of the project; Production capacity of the center.

The article discusses the guiding regulations of environmental permissions issued by the Zhejiang Provincial Environmental Protection Bureau (ZEPB) for three industrial sectors in China. These sectors include the chemical active pharmaceutical ingredients (API), papermaking from wastepaper and dyeing/printing sectors in Zhejiang. The standardization in site selection in the chemical API sector, emphasis on production scale in waste paper sector and process technology in dyeing sector are cited.