CAREER CEREMONY: Senior nurses at the People's Hospital of Pingliang, Gansu Province, give dovetail caps to their junior counterparts at a ceremony before International Nurses Day, which falls on May 12 (YANG XIN)

Anti-Terror Study

The People's Public Security University of China in Beijing will recruit 80 students across the country for its new anti-terrorism course.

The subject, set under the Department of Public Security Intelligence, will comprise classes on the research on terrorist organizations, international cooperation against terrorism, security risk assessment as well as reconnaissance and evidence collection of cybercrimes, according to Beijing Youth Daily.

Practical courses are also opened to enable students to master tactics and command to fight back against terrorist attacks.

Tibetan Medicine

Tibetan medical services have reached all counties in southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, local authorities said on May 12.

According to the regional health department, of Tibet's 74 counties, 22 have established Tibetan medicine hospitals, while the remaining have set up Tibetan medical treatment departments in county-level hospitals.

"Tibet has 33 Tibetan medical institutions, boasting 1,364 beds and 1,901 full-time Tibetan medicine doctors. Additionally, about 40 percent of village doctors can provide traditional medical care for people," said Phurbu Drolma, director of the department.

Satellite Navigation

China's independently developed Beidou differential navigation satellite system has achieved a positioning accuracy of within 1 meter, a major breakthrough for marine applications, according to its developer.

The Beidou Radio Beacon-Differential Navigation Satellite System is an augmentation system that provides improved positioning accuracy for the GPS-like Beidou Navigation Satellite System by broadcasting differential corrections to Beidou receivers in the medium frequency radio beacon band (285-325 khz), explained Wang Cheng, a senior engineer of the Beihai Navigation Safety Administration under the Ministry of Transport, on May 9.

The system has passed its evaluation after more than 130 days of test trials in north China's Tianjin Municipality. It can be applied to sailing, marine exploration and rescue, and maritime charting and monitoring.

After the system's completion, customers can receive free positioning services from Beidou and GPS with a dual-mode receiver.