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1. Former Chairman of Beijing Capital Airport Stands Trial

The case of Zhang Zhizhong (張志忠), the former chairman of Beijing's Capital Airport, began being heard at Hengshui City's intermediate People's Court in Hebei yesterday. The former executive is facing charges of corruption with prosecutors alleging that Zhang accepted over 4.7 million yuan in bribes between 1996 and 2010 when he served as the head of the Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) and General Manager of Capital Airports Holding Company. Zhang admitted to the alleged crimes but no sentence was announced.

2. Gutter Oil Found in Government Canteens

As part of a state-wide crack down on illegal workshops producing and selling fake food and drugs, illegal factories manufacturing and selling fake products, Shenzhen public security organs have revealed that gutter oil (地溝油), recycled oil from dubious sources that has been illegally reprocessed and introduced back into the cooking oil supply chain, was being used in some of the canteens located within government offices in the city.

3. Shanghai Issues First Local Government Bonds

Shanghai issued the country's first local government bonds in more than a decase yesterday, as part of a pilot project aimed to help financially-challenged local governments raise more funds. The government sold three-year fixed-rate bonds worth 3.6 billion yuan at a yield of 3.1 percent and five-year fixed-rate bonds worth 3.5 billion yuan at 3.3 percent. The three-year municipal bonds were 3.5 times subscribed while the five-year bonds were 3.1 times subscribed, driven by strong investment demand.

今天熱點(diǎn)新聞：PM2.5將出臺(tái) 空氣質(zhì)量已成社會(huì)關(guān)注焦點(diǎn)；央視專題調(diào)查電信聯(lián)通壟斷案；部分進(jìn)口豬肉因含瘦肉精被退貨銷毀

1、PM2.5將出臺(tái) 空氣質(zhì)量已成社會(huì)關(guān)注焦點(diǎn)

北方地區(qū)灰霾天氣頻發(fā)，其“元兇”是可吸入細(xì)顆粒物。大氣中PM2.5濃度的高低直接決定了灰霾天氣的多少，據(jù)此公眾可以簡(jiǎn)單判定空氣質(zhì)量的好壞。PM10所指的顆粒物，主要來(lái)自沙塵等機(jī)械過(guò)程，而PM2.5的顆粒物是指大氣中直徑小于等于2.5微米的顆粒物，也稱為可入肺顆粒物，大多來(lái)自燃料的燃燒，它含的有害物質(zhì)比來(lái)自機(jī)械過(guò)程的顆粒物要多得多。北京市環(huán)保局新聞發(fā)言人杜少中表示，北京有能力也有設(shè)備監(jiān)測(cè)PM2.5，并且也有監(jiān)測(cè)數(shù)據(jù)，但數(shù)據(jù)的公布得服從國(guó)家統(tǒng)一安排。

2、2011中國(guó)百大跨國(guó)公司:中石化石油中信列前三

中國(guó)企業(yè)聯(lián)合會(huì)、中國(guó)企業(yè)家協(xié)會(huì)日前發(fā)布了“2011中國(guó)100大跨國(guó)公司及跨國(guó)指數(shù)”，中國(guó)石油化工集團(tuán)公司、中國(guó)石油天然氣集團(tuán)公司和中國(guó)中信集團(tuán)公司名列2011中國(guó)100大跨國(guó)公司前三甲。名單中100家企業(yè)分布在38個(gè)行業(yè)，其中最多的3個(gè)行業(yè)為建筑業(yè)11家、黑色冶金和加工業(yè)10家、一般有色冶金加工業(yè)8家。

3、央視專題調(diào)查電信聯(lián)通壟斷案 采訪專家回應(yīng)質(zhì)疑

有關(guān)“寬帶接入”的反壟斷輿論戰(zhàn)的第二場(chǎng)戰(zhàn)役已經(jīng)打響。針對(duì)《人民郵電報(bào)》對(duì)央視有關(guān)報(bào)道的駁斥，央視官網(wǎng)推出專題，直接表示電信和聯(lián)通是“南北割據(jù)”，質(zhì)疑兩家企業(yè)“偽競(jìng)爭(zhēng)”，對(duì)接入服務(wù)商搞“黑名單”，導(dǎo)致“企業(yè)、消費(fèi)者皆被‘坑’”。之前的11月9日，國(guó)家發(fā)改委接受央視采訪時(shí)，披露發(fā)改委正在針對(duì)中國(guó)電信和中國(guó)聯(lián)通寬帶接入市場(chǎng)展開反壟斷調(diào)查。隨后工信部下屬的《人民郵電報(bào)》用頭版文章指責(zé)央視“混淆視聽、誤導(dǎo)公眾”，由此引發(fā)了輿論戰(zhàn)。

4、蘋果來(lái)華會(huì)見環(huán)保組織 確認(rèn)整改15家供應(yīng)商

“毒蘋果”事件又有了新進(jìn)展。11月15日上午，蘋果公司美國(guó)總部派出代表來(lái)到北京，和中國(guó)的5家環(huán)保組織進(jìn)行了長(zhǎng)達(dá)3小時(shí)的會(huì)談，討論怎樣改善供應(yīng)鏈的污染問(wèn)題。參與會(huì)談的公眾環(huán)境研究中心主任馬軍告訴記者，蘋果介紹了對(duì)供應(yīng)商的核查情況，但沒(méi)有披露污染企業(yè)的具體名單。

5、京滬高鐵被召回動(dòng)車將恢復(fù)運(yùn)營(yíng)

今年7月溫州動(dòng)車事故后，因安全問(wèn)題被召回的54列動(dòng)車經(jīng)過(guò)整改和反復(fù)測(cè)試，目前將要恢復(fù)運(yùn)營(yíng)。京滬高鐵被召回動(dòng)車中有六列將于周三恢復(fù)運(yùn)營(yíng)。如果一切按計(jì)劃進(jìn)行，剩余的動(dòng)車將在12月6日前恢復(fù)運(yùn)營(yíng)。溫州事故促使相關(guān)部門對(duì)高速鐵路系統(tǒng)的安全進(jìn)行全面評(píng)估，并對(duì)事故進(jìn)行了徹查，調(diào)查結(jié)果原本預(yù)計(jì)于9月中旬公布。

6、部分進(jìn)口豬肉因含瘦肉精被退貨銷毀

新華社消息，多批來(lái)自美國(guó)、加拿大等地的豬肉產(chǎn)品被我國(guó)檢驗(yàn)檢疫機(jī)構(gòu)檢出俗稱“瘦肉精”的萊克多巴胺，目前這些豬肉已經(jīng)被退貨或者銷毀，沒(méi)有在國(guó)內(nèi)市場(chǎng)銷售。據(jù)國(guó)家質(zhì)檢總局日前通報(bào)，這些問(wèn)題豬肉產(chǎn)品產(chǎn)地包括美國(guó)、加拿大和丹麥，這些產(chǎn)品都被檢測(cè)出萊克多巴胺，據(jù)了解，萊克多巴胺是一種醫(yī)藥原料，能提高肌肉組織生長(zhǎng)速度。我國(guó)禁止將其用于養(yǎng)殖業(yè)。

7、紐約警方深夜清場(chǎng)“占領(lǐng)華爾街”大本營(yíng)

新華社消息，美國(guó)紐約警方15日凌晨展開突擊行動(dòng)，對(duì)“占領(lǐng)華爾街”活動(dòng)的大本營(yíng)曼哈頓祖科蒂公園進(jìn)行徹底清場(chǎng)，這是近兩個(gè)月來(lái)“占領(lǐng)華爾街”活動(dòng)抗議者首次被強(qiáng)制驅(qū)逐。在清場(chǎng)過(guò)程中，約200名抗議者被警方逮捕。紐約市長(zhǎng)布隆伯格在15日早間舉行的新聞發(fā)布會(huì)上說(shuō)，清場(chǎng)行動(dòng)是因?yàn)槭就咴谧婵频俟珗@安營(yíng)扎寨，影響了周圍居民的正常生活，并帶來(lái)越來(lái)越多的健康和火災(zāi)隱患，所以政府下令對(duì)公園進(jìn)行清場(chǎng)。