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Fri/Sat/Sun December 29~31, 2017 02 ❘ shenzhen At a Glance A 17-YEAR-OLD boy’s body and corneas were donated by his family after he died of vascular tumors at a Shenzhen hospital Wednesday, the Daily Sunshine reported Thursday. The boy, identified by his family name Ning, was diag- nosed with vascular tumors in 2013. He had undergone mul- tiple surgeries over the past four years, but his condition didn’t improve. Ning was brought to Shenzhen No. 3 People’s Hospital on Dec. 12 after experiencing intense pain in the left of his chest. His condition worsened as multiple vascular tumors were found in his body, and he passed away at around 4 a.m. Wednesday. Ning’s parents are employees at the hospital. His mother, Jiang Linju, is a nurse, and his father, Ning Xinzhong, is a cardiotho- racic surgeon. Ning’s teachers, classmates and many medical workers along with Ning’s parents gathered at the hospital to bid farewell to the teenager as his body was moved to an ambulance heading to Shenzhen University at around 10 a.m. Wednesday. According to Gao Min, a coor- dinator of the Shenzhen branch of the Red Cross Society of China, Ning’s body was donated to the medical school of Shenzhen Uni- versity, and his corneas would help two blind people restore their vision. The cornea trans- plant surgeries were performed at Shenzhen Eyes Hospital on Thursday. Ning was in his senior year at Hongling Senior High School. One of his teachers, surnamed Liao, said Ning was an optimis- tic boy who always brought joy and happiness to others. She said Ning’s academic performance A CLOTHING shop equipped with a face-recognition payment system was launched in a shop- ping mall in Luohu District. The clothing shop, located in 9 Square Shopping Center in Luohu District, is the first store to utilize a face-recognition pay- ment system in China. According to the report, customers can open a member- ship account for the shop via a WeChat mini-app and stand in front of the face-scanning screens in the shop to register their facial information with the system. Each subsequent time mem- bers stand in front of the face- scanning screens, the payment system — developed by WeChat Payment — will recognize them and recommend apparel. Customers can try on outfits in the shop or scan the code on the screen to buy the items online. When a customer is done shop- ping, the bill can be paid with WeChat Payment at a checkout counter via face-recognition without the need for a phone. The shop also provides after- sales service via its mini-app and official WeChat account. According to WeChat Pay- ment, the face-recognition payment system is an all-round upgrade of the smart retail solu- tion, which is aimed at providing smart retail by using cutting- edge technologies. (Zhang Yang) Monitoring cameras SHENZHEN traffic police have put a new batch of 361 sets of plate-recognition devices on roads to capture violations such as making phone calls while driving and failing to fasten safety belts, according to a release on the police’s official WeChat account. Talent recruitment THE Seventh Affiliated Hos- pital of Sun Yat-sen Univer- sity in Guangming New Area is set to recruit at least 500 scientific research talents from around the world in the next five years, with full-time researchers accounting for no less than 10 percent of the staff in the whole hospital. The hospital is a major livelihood project introduced by the municipal government. Funded by the Shenzhen city government and operated by Sun Yat-sen University, the hospital is scheduled to provide 4,000 beds by the end of 2020. Design week THE 11th International (Shenzhen) Industrial Design Week was inaugurated at Nanshan Cultural and Sports Center on Tuesday. A variety of activities, including forums and design exhibitions, will be held at six outdoor exhibition areas in the city. Company fraud A COMPANY in Shenzhen was fined 450,000 yuan (US$68,182) by the market supervision authority for promotion exaggeration and copyright infringement. The Shenzhen Deep Union Pay Investment Management Co., established in 2012, tried to win the trust of consumers with business promotions under the names of Union Pay and the commercial credit center. UnionPay is a well-known financial service corporation that provides bank card ser- vices in China. Founded on March 26, 2002, UnionPay is also the only interbank network in China that links all the ATMs of all banks throughout the country. The company registered an online lending platform and expanded the service to 50 online shops in a dozen provinces and autonomous regions. The market super- vision authority has ordered the company to change its name. A THREE-MONTH special oper- ation carried out by Shenzhen Customs seized more than 200,000 products for export that were suspected of having infringed on the intellectual property rights of well-known Chinese brands, according to the authority Wednesday. The value of all the infring- ing products added up to approximately 7.65 million yuan (US$1.17 million), sznews.com reported Thursday. The operation has also been carried out nationwide. Cases handled in Shenzhen made up 70 percent of all cases in China and the value of the products confis- cated in Shenzhen accounted for over half of the national figure. Shenzhen Customs officials said Wednesday that they gained key information about the suspected products through big data analysis. According to Yuan Qing, deputy director of the Shenzhen Customs’ policy and regulation section, the operation attached high value to protecting export- ing brands with recognized intel- lectual property rights. For instance, in Novem- ber officers at the Wenjindu Checkpoint seized 2,440 mobile phones with counterfeit Xiaomi logos. A staffer from the mobile phone maker later said that as Xiaomi is exploring global mar- kets, many have begun to copy their products and are attempt- ing to export the counterfeits. It has been disclosed that cur- rently most of the counterfeit products infringe on high tech- nology brands like DJI, Xiaomi and Netac. The operation was praised widely for its efforts to protect IPRs. (Zhang Qian) Teen’s body, corneas donated by family was among the best in the class and he always took part in school activities with his classmates. Liao organized a memorial meeting for Ning in her class Wednesday afternoon. Ning’s classmates wrote down what they wanted to say to Ning and his parents on paper and put them into a gift box, which will be given to his parents, according to the report. (Zhang Yang) Counterfeit exports seized in crackdown 1st shop with face-recognition payment system opens Couple confirmed to have abused daughter Shenzhen Customs check mobile phones with fake Xiaomi logos that they confiscated in an action. Tu Jingyu The teenage boy. SD-Agencies SHENZHEN police have con- firmed that a 9-year-old girl’s serious injuries were caused by her parents, who had abused her many times, the Daily Sunshine reported Thursday. According to a notice released by the police, the girl, identified by alias Xiaoyi, had suffered a series of physical punishments by her parents because she was “mischievous and often stirred up trouble.” The girl was discharged from Shenzhen Children’s Hospital Wednesday afternoon. It has been reported that local police, the women’s federation of Longhua New Area, Guanlan Subdistrict Office and social workers in the community where the family live, have intervened in the incident, offering psycho- logical assistance to the girl while educating the parents. The couple who had previ- ously denied abusing Xiaoyi said they have realized their educational methods were wrong. They promised to pay more attention to the means of educating their children and communicate with them more, adding that they will never abuse them again. While criticizing the parents, the staffer of the subdistrict office also encouraged the couple to work hard to overcome their current difficulties. In addition, a new water heater has been installed for the family. According to a previous report, the girl was unconscious when she was sent to the hospital Monday afternoon. She had burns all over her back, shoul- ders, thighs and hips, as well as multiple fractures to her head. (Zhang Yu)
