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UPDATED: November 4, 2013 NO. 45 NOVEMBER 7, 2013
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JEWELRY FEST: The 2013 China International Jewelry Fair is held in Beijing from October 31 to November 4. Gems, jewelry, gemological minerals, precious metal items and related products were displayed and sold at the fair (COURTESY OF GJTAC)

Deadly Attack

A car crash that occurred near downtown Beijing's Tiananmen Square on October 28 was a "carefully planned, organized and premeditated" terrorist attack, according to the Beijing police.

The three attackers died during the incident and a further five suspects have been detained, a police spokesman announced on October 30.

Usmen Hasan, his mother, Kuwanhan Reyim, and his wife, Gulkiz Gini, drove a jeep with a license plate belonging to northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region and intentionally crashed into a crowd of people, before setting gasoline inside the vehicle alight, the spokesman said.

Police found gasoline, equipment full of gasoline, two knives and steel sticks as well as a flag with extremist religious content in the jeep.

Police have also found knives and at least one "jihad" flag in the temporary residence of the five detained suspects.

The suspects caught in connection with the incident are Husanjan Wuxur, Gulnar Tuhtiniyaz, Yusup Umarniyaz, Bujanat Abdukadir and Yusup Ahmat. According to the police spokesman, they admitted that they knew Usmen Hasan and helped conspire the plan and carry out the attack.

Police said that the other two people killed in the attack were tourists—one Philippine woman and one man from south China's Guangdong Province.

A further 40 people were injured during the attack, including three other Philippine tourists and one from Japan. All of them are receiving treatment in hospital.

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying said on October 30 that China expresses its condolences to the victims, pledging to provide the necessary assistance to the relevant countries.

Further investigation into the case is under way.

Austerity Measures

The Communist Party of China has intensified efforts to fight waste and extravagance among Party and government departments with the approval of new regulations on thrift practices by the Political Bureau of the Party's Central Committee on October 29.

According to a statement from a Political Bureau meeting, the regulations aim to limit, supervise and punish various violations related to spending of public funds.

The regulations offer comprehensive stipulations that cover public fund management, domestic and overseas trips, business receptions, meetings and other official activities, the use of non-private vehicles and offices as well as resource savings.

According to the statement, departments at all levels should map out detailed measures under the framework of the regulations in accordance with the realities of their own work, ensuring strengthened supervision and harsher punishments for violators on a case-by-case basis.

Legislation Plan

China's top legislature plans to discuss 68 bills in the next five years, 11 of which are related to environmental issues.

The Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, the country's national legislature, announced a five-year legislation plan on October 30.

A total of 47 bills are to be discussed, including 33 draft amendments and 14 new laws, according to the plan.

There are also 21 bills being drafted that will be submitted for discussion when ready, the document said.

The bills on environmental issues include draft amendments to land management, environmental protection, air pollution and water pollution regulations as well as draft laws on soil pollution and nuclear facility safety measures.

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