A Republic of Singapore Navy frigate arrives in Dagang port in Qingdao of Shandong province on April 19, 2019. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn] A Republic of Singapore Navy frigate has arrived in Qingdao of Shandong province on Friday, becoming the first foreign warship to reach the coastal city ahead of a grand event to honor the 70th birthday of the People's Liberation Army Navy. The RSS Stalwart, a formidable-class stealth frigate, moored at the Dagang port at 10:25 am, the PLA Navy said in a statement. The PLA Navy will hold a series of multinational naval activities in and around Qingdao from Monday to Thursday to celebrate its founding anniversary. They will include a joint sea parade, high-level symposiums, public tours to ships, military music performances as well as other cultural exchanges. Naval delegations from more than 60 countries and ships from more than 10 foreign navies will take part in the events, said Senior Captain Zhong Kuirun, deputy head of the Navy's publicity bureau. The RSS Stalwart was commissioned in 2009 and has multiple weapons including missiles and torpedoes. It is capable of handling air, surface and underwater threats. Designed by French shipbuilder DCNS, the ship displaces 3,200 metric tons and has a length of 114.8 meters and a maximum speed of 50 kilometers per hour. It has 80 crew members, including the captain, Lieutenant-Colonel Aaron Li Jun Hong. silicone medical alert bracelets australiarubber band holder braceletplain black silicone wristbandsfigured-wristbandcolored rubber bands for bracelets
[Photo/Xinhua] SHANGHAI - China investigated a total of 412 criminal cases related to solid waste smuggling and arrested 576 suspects on such charges in the first ten months of this year, according to the General Administration of Customs (GAC) Tuesday. The GAC investigated a total of 1.46 million tonnes of solid waste during the January-October period, data shows. China also cooperated with other countries, regions as well as global and regional organizations, including the World Customs Organization, the United Nations Environment Programme and the International Criminal Police Organization, to curb solid waste smuggling in a global joint action plan between May 21 and July 23. It's a shared responsibility for all countries and regions to crack down on cross-border smuggling of solid waste, said Ni Yuefeng, head of the GAC, adding that the action plan demands long-term and continuous efforts. The Chinese government is also set to introduce a new and tightened ban on solid waste imports effective from Dec. 31, 2018, with 32 types of solid waste due to be banned. The newly-added products include hardware, ships, auto parts, waste, stainless steel scraps, titanium and wood. China's imports of solid waste slumped further in the first 10 months of 2018 as the government stepped up enforcement of a ban on solid waste imports. The country began importing solid waste as a source of raw materials in the 1980s and for years has been the world's largest importer, despite having a weak capacity in garbage disposal. But some companies began illegally bringing foreign waste into the country for profit, posing a threat to the environment and public health. Given increasing public awareness of environment issues and China's green development drive, the government last year decided to phase out and halt such imports by the end of 2019, except for those containing resources not substitutable. cartier rubber bracelet1 inch silicone wristbandscheap silicone wristbands for fundraisingctr silicone bracelets80s rubber bracelets<%2fcenter>
