WASHINGTON Chi... Jones Jersey , Jan. 30 (Xinhua) -- China has taken effective actions to protect wetlands and wildlife along the coastline of the country, Science magazine on Tuesday praised the determination of the Chinese central government.


China's State Oceanic Administration (SOA) announced in its statement on Jan. 17 that it will dramatically curb commercial development of coastal wetlands, as well as nationalize already reclaimed wetlands that have not yet been built on.


"This represents a true 'sea change' in the official attitudes to the very large, and internationally shared, biodiversity values of the shorelines of China," Theunis Piersma Bob Uecker Jersey , an ecologist of the University of Groningen in the Netherlands told Science magazine.


Wildlife along the coastal areas also benefit from China's moves. Those wetlands particularly in the Yellow Sea are at the midpoint between East Asia and Australia, which are crucial for migratory birds between Siberia and Australia.


Ecologists also pointed that national wetlands protection laws are needed in China, and penalties for damaging these wetlands need to be strengthened.


It will be important to win over locals by demonstrating the benefits of tidal wetlands, including nature tourism and flood protection, said Nicola Crockford of the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds in Britain.


Early in 2015, China created a "red line" to protect 53 million hectares of wetlands Bobby Cox Jersey , and in 2016, SOA created 16 marine parks, bringing the total area with various levels of protection to about 124,000 square kilometers, according to the administration.




SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 1 (Xinhua) -- U.S. top hi-tech leader Apple said Thursday that it has achieved an all-time high revenue for its fiscal fourth quarter ended Sept. 30 Dale Murphy Jersey , 2017, with an increase of 12 percent.


The Silicon-Valley based hi-tech leader registered a quarterly revenue of 52.6 billion U.S. dollars, up 12 percent over the same period of the previous year, Apple said in a statement.


The record gains have pushed the company's quarterly earnings per diluted share (EPS) up 24 percent to reach 2.07 dollars.


"We're happy to report a very strong finish to a great fiscal 2017, with record fourth quarter revenue, year-over-year growth for all our product categories Babe Ruth Jersey ," said Apple CEO Tim Cook.


Apple's products sold well outside the U.S. as the company said its international sales accounted for 62 percent of the quarter's revenue.


Apple's Chief Financial Operator (CFO) Luca Maesti said the company has generated a strong operating cash flow of 15.7 billion dollars, of which 11 billion dollars went back to investors through its "capital return program."


Apple expects to generate about 84 billion to 87 billion dollars in revenue for its first fiscal quarter in 2018.



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