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3 SHENZHEN CONTACT US AT: 8351-9443, [email protected] Thursday June 4, 2020 Seafood market CONSTRUCTION of the super-sized Shenzhen Higreen Seafood City project has been completed. The project inside Higreen International Agricultural Pro- duce Logistics Park in Pinghu Subdistrict, Longgang District, will be put into operation in 2022. With an investment of 3 billion yuan (US$422 million), the project covers 100,000 square meters. The 430,000-square- meter facility will be divided into three areas for aquatic products: wholesale, seafood dining, shopping and leisure. Mercury appreciation ASTRONOMY fans will have the best time so far this year to observe Mercury after sunset at around 7:05 p.m. today, sources from Shenzhen Astro- nomical Observatory said. Mercury is often cited as the most mysterious planet in the solar system and hard to spot because it is too close to the sun and is invisible in the sun light most of the time. This evening, residents can spot Mercury with the help of a telescope in the light of the setting sun or with their naked eyes when it gets darker. At a Glance A WOMAN, identified to be the city’s first asymptomatic COVID-19 patient, gave birth to a baby boy at Shenzhen No. 3 People’s Hospital on Saturday. The woman recovered from the disease a month ago and was negative in six separate nucleic acid tests. The newborn was not infected with the virus, a release of Shenzhen No. 3 People’s Hos- pital said yesterday. The mother and baby were discharged from the hospital safe and sound yesterday. The mother, a resident of Shenzhen, visited relatives in Wuhan in Hubei Province with her husband in January. At the end of January, she had a fever and her maximum temperature reached 38.5 degrees Celsius. In early February, she tested positive and was quarantined at a hospital for 14 days. After testing negative, she was dis- charged. She and her husband also self-isolated at home until the end of March before taking a train to Shenzhen. In early April, the woman went to the hospital for prena- tal care. She tested positive for COVID-19 though she did not have the symptoms of fever and cough. The CT test showed no symp- toms of COVID-19 infection, so the hospital withheld medical treatment, but arranged two nurses to take care of her. The woman was discharged after 10 days in the hospital and tested negative six times in follow-up tests. On Saturday, she gave birth to a healthy baby boy, who tested negative. But tests of samples of placenta and embryo lemma showed they were acid posi- tive. “The mother should have passed the anti-virus capabil- ity to the baby. Placenta and embryo lemma are natural bar- riers to block the transmission of virus and bacteria,” said Xia Junxia, a doctor with Shenzhen No. 3 People’s Hospital. (Han Ximin) SHENZHEN adjusted its policy on endowment insurance and increased pensions for the elderly, according to a notice on endowment insurance for citizens in Guangdong released by Guangdong authorities. Over 65-year-old citizens who chose to collect their pen- sion on a monthly basis will have an additional 50 yuan (US$7) in their pension each month, and over 80-year-old residents will have an additional 100 yuan in their pension each month, according to the notice which will take effect June 11. The annual fees for endow- ment insurance will be adjusted to nine levels from the previ- ous 10 levels, defined by the insured. The municipal government will cover all fees for the city’s disadvantaged groups who chose the level of 180 yuan per year for the endowment insurance. For those who chose other levels, the Municipal govern- ment will grant 180 yuan. The remainder of fees will be covered by the insured. Endowment insurance includes basic pension, pen- sion in personal accounts, and funeral subsidies, said Shenzhen Economic Daily. The basic pension for those who have held Shenzhen resi- dency for less than eight years is 302 yuan each month while for those who have been a resident of Shenzhen for more than eight years, the pension is 453 yuan each month. A total of 5,000 yuan will be offered for the insured that passes away. (Wang Jingli) A RENOVATION project on the sewage pipe that runs between Fuqiang and Furong roads in Futian District is complete and has recently been put into use, Shenzhen Evening News reported. The project, which was man- aged by Shenzhen Water Group and China Petroleum Pipeline Engineering Co. Ltd., extended the pipe by 580 meters and has seven check stations to reduce impacts on the environment. A special team was established to ensure a highly efficient operation of the project amid the COVID-19 epidemic. The project has reduced the workload on the west sewage pipe of the Xinzhou River and improved the whole sewage pipe network on Xinzhou Road to boost economic development in the district. At present, the sewage pipe is in use and has shown normal readings in each index, said the report. (Wang Jingli) SHENZHEN police, in coop- eration with the local taxation authority as well as the police in Shanwei City of Guangdong Province, have recently detained 67 suspects after cracking a case involving epidemic-related fake invoices worth 3.33 million yuan (US$467,736) in a recent campaign, sznews.com reported yesterday. According to the investiga- tors, the criminal gang falsify general invoices involving epidemic prevention materials such as masks and alcohol by taking advantage of preferential policies on taxation. To provide support for industries and medium, small and micro-sized companies hit hard by the COVID-19 out- break, Shenzhen has reduced the value-added tax collection rate from 3 percent to 1 percent for small-scale taxpayers. Through a meticulous inves- tigation, it was found that the gang, led by a man surnamed Shen, started making fake invoices in Shenzhen late last year. After the city strengthened epidemic prevention and con- trol efforts, Shen worried that his identity would be exposed and so returned to Shenzhen after the Spring Festival and shipped his tools for the crimi- nal enterprise back to his home- town, Shanwei. According to the police, the case involved more than 600 businesses and over 5,800 value-added invoices. The fake general invoices related to epidemic prevention materials are worth 3.33 mil- lion yuan, including 2.51 mil- lion yuan of masks, 394,000 yuan of disinfection products, 147,000 yuan of protective clothing and 171,000 yuan of thermometers. (Zhang Yu) THE number of fintech unicorns in the city makes Shenzhen No. 2 in the list of major Chinese cities, follow- ing Beijing, according to a research report released by Bay Area International Fintech Lab, an independent think tank under Shenzhen Fintech Asso- ciation. The report was based on current lab data and research on historic ranking records made by organizations includ- ing KPMG, Zhongguancun and Tsinghua University, according to www.oeeee.com. A total of 27 fintech unicorns were selected for the analysis. The 27 enterprises mainly operate in cities featuring high-tech businesses like Beijing, Shanghai, Shenzhen, Hangzhou, Nanjing, Chengdu, Changsha and Guangzhou. The number of fintech unicorns headquartered in Beijing is nine, earning the top rank. Shenzhen has six fintech unicorns and is followed by Shanghai and Hangzhou, the report showed. Of the 27 enterprises, 19 enterprises apply AI and big data technologies. Four of them were evalu- ated at US$10 billion, 10 were priced between US$1 billion and US$10 billion while the remaining 13 were evaluated below US$1 billion. Established in November 2019, the lab has a pool of 70 experts and scholars and has released reports and made proposals on fintech develop- ment in the challenging period of COVID-19. It has also participated in policymaking relating to the fintech industry in several cities, has given guidance for resum- ing work and has also posted retainment and employment for fintech enterprises. (Han Ximin) SZ ranks No. � in �ntech unicorns Suspects held for making fake invoices Woman recovering from COVID-19 gives birth Project improves drainage capability Shenzhen raises old-age pension Escape attempt damages car A sedan is seen on Konggang Road 8 in Bao’an District on Tuesday. The driver of the sedan immediately started reversing his car when he saw law enforcement officers conducting inspections on the road near Shenzhen International Airport. While backing up, his car hit another car to his rear before he tried to break through the guardrails to escape. The car was seriously damaged in the escape attempt. Xiao Han Law enforcement officers examine items the suspects used in the invoice-related fraud. SD-Agencies
