As a delegation from the Washington State port city of Tacoma was visiting Zhuhai, typhoon cleanup aid came from an unexpected source. The Washington State Panda Foundation pledged 100,000 yuan ($15,140) on Aug 28 to help with post-typhoon recovery.
The Jinwan District government will allocate 200 million yuan ($30.3 million) to help certain industrial enterprises resume production in the wake of two recent typhoons, according to a measure passed on Aug 28.
The General Administration of Sports of China announced on Aug 28 that the Zhuhai Culture, Sports & Tourism Bureau and All Sports Federation, Qianshan Sub-district Office in Xiangzhou District, and Doumen Sports Bureau have been selected as National Advanced Units in Mass Sports Participation (2013-16).
Zhuhai Yinlong New Energy Industrial Park is among 45 local projects valued at 63.9 billion yuan ($9.6 billion) being signed at the Aug 28-30 Advanced Equipment Manufacturing Investment & Trade Symposium for the Western Pearl River Region in Foshan.
Beijing Normal University now has a satellite campus in Tangjiawan on par with that of the former Normal College of the Imperial University of Peking in Haidian District of the nation's capital.
The city government is planning a 26-sq-km Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge Economic Zone centering on Hengqin New Area and accommodating an 800,000-sq-m ZHM Cooperative Logistics Park.
A second round of rainstorms and fierce winds smacked the city on Sunday Aug 27, closing companies, government agencies, schools and public places, bridges, and bus and ferry operations, and canceling some flights at Zhuhai Airport.
It will take at least three months to resume construction of the 4-billion-yuan ($583 million) Honghe Bridge, according to the deputy general manager of the construction company, Liu Wei.
Enterprises or individuals having sustained significant losses from Typhoon Hato may apply for tax deductions at the Hengqin Local Taxation Bureau, the area's administrative committee has announced.