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Thursday February 8, 2018

At a Glance

Disposable incomeTHE average disposable income per capita for Shenzhen residents in 2017 was 52,938 yuan (US$8,403), a nominal increase of 8.7 per-cent from the previous year, according to the Shenzhen offi ce of the national statis-tics bureau. Although the nominal increase was 0.4 percentage points lower than that of 2016, the actual increase was 0.7 percentage point higher than that of 2016. Average spending per capita in 2017 was 38,320.12 yuan, 5 percent higher than the previous year.House fi reTHREE children who were locked at home alone by their father who went out to buy food in Pingshan District burned their apartment while playing with fi re. Neighbors called a fi re engine to put out the fi re. More than 20 fi re-fi ghters saved the children from the fi re. The children are out of danger after emergency treatment.Water quality THE water quality of Shenzhen has improved and the pollution of the Mao-zhou River has been cleared, according to the quarterly report for September through December by the city’s envi-ronment administration.

The report showed the city’s air quality remained at a fairly good level with AQI ranging between 25 and 120. The city reported 31 days during which air quality reached Grade I, the clearest level, and 54 days during which quality reached Grade II, a fairly good level.Travel reminderSHENZHEN tourism associa-tion issued a notice Tuesday suggesting travelers to cancel trips to the Maldives in light of the situation in the country. The Maldives Government declared a 15-day state of emergency late Monday.100-km hikeTHE Shenzhen 100-km Hike, an annual event initi-ated in 2000, will be held in April. The organizer, www.doyouhike.net, sets a quota of 20,000 people for the event.

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THE peak for vehicles leaving the city for the Spring Festival holidays is expected to arrive tomorrow.

The city’s roads will see con-gestion from around 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. tomorrow, and conges-tion is expected to continue from Saturday to Feb. 14 at the Humen Bridge section on Guanfo Expressway, the Shiba-Reshui section of Huihe

Expressway, and the Baiyunzai and Houmen sections of Shen-shan Expressway, according to an announcement by the city’s transport commission.

The commission advised drivers to the Chaoshan area and Fujian Province to use Guangshan Road or Yongguan Expressway to avoid the con-gested Baiyunzai and Houmen sections of Shenshan Express-way.

Drivers to Huizhou, Heyuan and Meizhou can use Shanshen

Road to avoid the congested Shiba-Reshui section of Huihe Expressway.

Drivers to Shaoguan, Qing-yuan in northern Guangdong Province are advised to avoid the congested Chang’an-Tai-ping section of the Guangzhou-Shenzhen Expressway by using S358, Fuhai Road and Guangzhou-Shenzhen Riverside Expressway.

As the Humen Bridge is easily congested, drivers are recom-mended to use Guangzhou-

Shenzhen Expressway and Guangzhou-Shenzhen Riverside Expressway and Guangzhou North Second Ring Express-way.

The peak for vehicles returning to Shenzhen after the holidays is expected to arrive with the Lantern Festival, which marks the end of the Spring Festival period.

The expressway will be toll free between Feb. 15 and Feb. 21 for light passenger vehicles with less than seven seats.

Holiday exodus peak starts Friday

DOCTORS at the Shenzhen Hospital of Southern Medical University used 3-D printed titanium mesh implants to help a patient repair a bone defect in her pelvis and acetabulum, according to sznews.com.

The patient, surnamed Huang, has had pain in her pelvis and left hip since October last year. Doc-tors at the Shenzhen Hospital of Southern Medical University found a giant-cell tumor of the bone on the left side of Huang’s pelvis. The fast-growing tumor was very invasive, causing mul-tiple complications and leading to a large area of her pelvis and acetabulum defected.

According to the report, replac-ing half of her pelvis poses a danger to the patient’s life since there are many important organs housed in the pelvis, such as the bladder, urethra, uterus and ovaries.

After rounds of discussions, doctors decided to use 3-D printed titanium mesh implants to repair Huang’s bone defect.

Wang Chengtao, a professor from the Shanghai Jiao Tong University, worked together with engineers from a medical equip-ment company and spent over 10 days designing and making the implants and customized titanium alloy steel plates for Huang with a 3-D printer.

Following joint efforts by doctors from multiple medical departments, Huang underwent a successful surgery. She made good recovery and was able to walk by herself four days after the surgery. She won’t have to remove the titanium mesh implants from her body for the rest of her life.

According to the report, giant-cell tumors of the bone are more likely to be found in women than in men, and most patients develop the tumors between 20 and 50 years of age. Patients are advised to get timely treatment after being diagnosed with giant-cell tumors of the bone.

(Zhang Yang)

3-D printed implants help repair bone defect

THANKS to a remote video chat system launched recently, three inmates at Shenzhen Prison saw their families remotely Monday, 10 days before the Chinese New Year, sznews.com reported.

Chen was one of the fi rst inmates to meet his family via the video chat system. His wife con-tacted Shenzhen Prison several days ago, asking the jail police to help her child who has begun get-ting scared at night and suffers from epilepsy after not seeing his father for a long time.

The mother asked if the jail police could help her arrange a meeting for Chen and his sick son in an attempt to give the

boy comfort. Chen’s family lives far away from the prison, which makes a face-to-face meeting infeasible in such a short time.

The prison authority contacted the judiciary department in the city where the wife and son were living and arranged for a remote video meeting for them.

Chen had a video chat with his son Monday afternoon. Chen was so thrilled to see his son in the video that he kept shedding tears. The inmate had not seen his child since he was put behind bars.

The prison has adopted mul-tiple ways to inform prisoners’ family members — many of whom are poor, unemployed or

live far away — of the regulations and application process.

The application procedure is simple. The prisoners’ families can lodge their application through http://ychj.gdsf.gov.cn or on the public WeChat accounts of Guangdong’s judi-ciary system and Shenzhen Prison: “广东司法行政” and “深圳监狱.” Applications can also be made in person at judiciary departments of all levels.

However, the video meetings can only be arranged within Guangdong Province for now.

Also, one remote video meeting will count as one face-to-face visit. Families who are going to meet

the inmates are required to reg-ister with local judiciary depart-ments with valid documents and certifi cates before application.

Those who are late for or fail to attend the arranged meetings will not be able to have another video meeting arranged for the same month. Also, prisoners will be banned from using the distant video system for three to six months if they commit any form of violation during the meetings.

(Zhang Qian)

Jail launches distant video chat service for inmates

THE city’s human resources and social security bureau said it hasn’t entrusted or authorized any intermediary agency to certify high-level professional talents in Shenzhen, the Shenzhen Evening News reported yesterday.

According to the bureau, individuals can apply for being certifi ed as high-level profes-sional talents by submitting their applications directly to the

bureau after getting approval from their employers. There is no need to submit the applica-tion via other intermediary agencies.

The bureau encourages applicants and their employers to submit the application docu-ments to the bureau themselves. Other agencies or individuals who are entrusted to submit the documents should provide

authorization certifi cates issued by the applicants and their employers.

The bureau will disqualify those who provide counterfeit documentation and those who have been involved in criminal practices will be investigated by judicial organizations. The bureau will perform checks on applications at random, accord-ing to the report. (Zhang Yang)

No intermediary entrusted to certify talents

A railway police offi cer shows a boy the functions of a police robot in the waiting hall of Shenzhen North Railway Station yesterday. Twenty police robots were put into service at the train station and the nearby long-distance bus terminal to help police offi cers maintain the order and safety of travelers during the Spring Festival transport season. Wu Shangzhang

Police robots put on duty