BEIJING http://www.womensbootsireland.com/ , July 22 (Xinhua) -- China's total farmland area dropped slightly in 2016, while the amount of construction land went up, official data showed.
At the end of 2016, China had a total of 2.024 billion mu (about 1.349 million hectares) of farmland, down 1.153 million mu from the 2015 level ugg boots ireland black friday , according to a survey by the Ministry of Land and Resources (MLR).
Meanwhile, an extra 8.09 million mu of land was used for construction land in 2016, up 4.4 percent year on year, a large part of which has been set aside for infrastructure construction, said the ministry.
In 2016 ugg boots ireland sale , the amount of new land opened up for highway and railway construction rose 30.7 percent and 102.8 percent from a year ago, respectively, the MLR said.
China must retain at least 1.865 billion mu of farmland in 2020, under a new target set by the MLR in 2016, which is above a government red line of 1.8 billion mu.
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SHIJIAZHUANG, Aug. 3 (Xinhua) -- A thousand kilograms of overripe melons were sold out in less than 10 hours to honor a local hero and melon-farmer who was brutally stabbed to death in northern China's Hebei Province.
Cui Jingxiang, 47, was stabbed to death at a market fair in Anci district in Langfang city on July 23.
The murder was commited by a gang of thieves who killed Cui for warning others of the gangs whereabouts.
Police have arrested six suspects in connection with the case.
Cui was the head of a family of six, including his mother who has a mental disease ugg boots ireland , a wife in poor health and a daughter who just graduated from university.
A melon farm of 0.4 hectare was the major source of the family's income.
"After my father died, the melons were left on the farm and were going bad, so were hard to sell," said his son, Cui Quanzheng.
Cui Jingxiang was seen as hero for warning people at the fair about the gang.
The family's financial struggle was reported by a local newspaper on July 28 Womens UGG Classic Azalea Sheepskin Mini Boots 1005382 Chestnut Sale , and the report went viral on social networking app WeChat, followed by hundreds of residents buying the melons to help the family.
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Cui was well-known for being a helpful person, heroic even.
He has previously been beaten by thieves at a Beijing wholesale market as he had warned customers to watch out for the thieves.
Once he saved the life of a two-year-old child by rushing him to hospital after he was attacked by a dog.
Several years ago, he helped a taxi driver who had been robbed and injured.
However, locals have pitched into help with an array of activities. On July 30, an archery contest was held at Chongde Archery Club in the city. Instead of medals, winners were awarded melons.
As of July 31, more than 35,000 yuan had been donated to the family.
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CANBERRA, June 30 (Xinhua) -- Cycling fans will from this year be able to track their favorite Tour de France riders, after Australian scientists developed a revolutionary 3D interactive map of the grueling event's course.
Fans will be able to interact with the Doarama maps, developed by the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO), and experience every hill climb and sprint, while "virtually" taking in the surrounding landscapes that spread across France.
The CSIRO's Data61 Software Engineer and head of Doarama, Pete Field said the revolutionary 3D maps were changing how the average fan experiences endurance events, which are traditionally restricted in the amount of TV coverage they receive.
"Until now we've 'made do' with a 2D overhead map and a separate terrain profile," Field said in a statement released on Thursday.
"3D fly-through maps were only available to large media broadcasters, and even then, these maps were limited to a single point-of-view, and only made available for the largest races."
"With Doarama, sport routes can be made available online, and it is completely interactive."
Field said fans could change the perspective of the maps, while they could also skip ahead of the pack to preview the terrain up ahead.