The Chinese military has ceased most of its commercial activities, and is on target to end all such activities by the end of the year, according to Xinhua News Agency.By the end of last month, 100,000 out of 106,000 commercial programs undertaken by the People's Liberation Army had ended, marking an achievement in the PLA's decommercialization efforts, Xinhua reported on Wednesday.The report quoted a PLA department in charge of the work as saying that the Central Military Commission pays great attention to the decommercialization efforts, adding that 26 central government departments and nine commission agencies have been working together to push forward the objective.Plans for the remaining commercial activities, which are sophisticated or sensitive, are being made in accordance with related policies, while issues pertaining to legal affairs, employees, assets and debts have been properly handled according to agreed-upon schedules, the department added.It noted that inspectors will be sent to PLA units to examine whether commercial activities have ceased and whether employees have been adequately compensated. Members of the PLA or the public are also welcome to report concerns via a hotline or email, according to the report.The Chinese military started running its own businesses in the mid-1980s to offset a sharp decrease in the defense budget ordered by then-leader Deng Xiaoping.In 1992, the Central Military Commission officially approved commercial activities by the PLA and the People's Armed Police Force.In February 2016, the commission ordered the PLA and the Armed Police Force to eradicate all commercial activities within three years.Last month, the general offices of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, State Council and Central Military Commission jointly published the Guidelines on the Complete Halt of the Military's Commercial Activities, requesting that units of the PLA and the Armed People Force cease all commercial activities by year-end.The document also stipulates that all property, land and reception facilities owned by the military that have been used for commercial purposes will be directly administered and allocated by the Central Military Commission. glastonbury wristbandrubber wristbands24 hour wristbandscustom fidget
YANGON/SANLAN, Myanmar - The tally of retrieved bodies rose to 31 on Friday as Myanmar's hunt for a military transport plane that went missing over the Andaman Sea with 122 people on board stretched into a third day. Heavy rains and churning seas hampered search efforts for victims of Wednesday's incident. Eight navy ships and sonar systems had joined the search, along with 20 civilian boats in stormy weather off the southern coast, the military said. We have not received any information about survivors, said Phyu Phyu Win, a regional social welfare and relief official. Hopefully someone has survived. Scores of soldiers were poised to assist if more bodies are carried ashore in the fishing village of Sanlan, about 600 kilometers from Myanmar's largest city, Yangon. The bodies of 23 adults and eight children have been recovered from the Andaman Sea near the coastal town of Launglon since rescue efforts began on Wednesday, the military said. By morning, swelling waters covered Sanlan beach, where hundreds of people gathered on Thursday to watch the first bodies being brought to shore wrapped in plastic bags. Fisherman Min Oo said he helped carry the bodies in his boat from navy ships, which could not get close to the beach. I felt sorry when I saw the bags, he said. I have a family as well. Soldiers, family members and crew were on board when the weekly flight to Yangon went missing. The China-made Y-8F-200W transport plane lost contact 29 minutes after takeoff at an altitude of 5,500 meters over the Andaman Sea, about 70 km west of the town of Dawei, the military said. An aircraft wheel, two life jackets and some bags with clothes - believed to be from the missing plane - were found on Thursday. Some patches of oil were also spotted, the military said. The cause of the incident has yet to be confirmed. State-owned China National Aero-Technology Import & Export Corporation, maker of the plane, has said it would assist Myanmar authorities in the investigation into the crash. Survivors are unlikely more than 24 hours after the plane lost contact, despite warm sea temperatures, experts have said. Many bodies had fragmented into several pieces and no victim wearing a life jacket has yet been recovered, said a member of the emergency team. Aircraft accidents, involving both civilian and military planes, are not uncommon in Myanmar. A military helicopter crashed last June in central Myanmar, killing three military personnel. Five were killed in February last year when an air force aircraft crashed in the capital, Naypyitaw, media said. Reuters - Afp Soldiers carry dead bodies from a crashed military plane in Launglon, Myanmar, on Thursday.Soe Zeya Tun / Reuters (China Daily 06/10/2017 page8)
