SCIENCE PROFESSOR WINS NATIONAL AWARD

　　Sun Zhimei， a professor and PhD supervisor at the School of Materials Science and Engineering， Beihang University， has received the National March 8 Red-Banner Holder award for her contribution to scientifi c research. The news was announced on October 24.
　　The National March 8 Red-Banner Pacesetters， Holders and Collectives awards， instituted by the All-China Women’s Federation， are titles given to individual women or organizations for outstanding contributions. The annual winners are from all walks of life， from athletes who have won some major events， to women who saved lives or public property and entrepreneurs.
　　Born in Shandong Province in east China in 1970， Sun is also a winner of the National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars and a distinguished professor of the Chang Jiang Scholars Program.
　　Sun received her doctor’s degree from the Institute of Metal Research， Chinese Academy of Sciences in 2002. She has published over 150 peerreviewed papers.

Protection of Minors

　　People.com.cn October 23
　　The top legislature recently passed the amended Law on Protection of Minors with a new chapter on Internet protection and updating some chapters.
　　The new chapter aims to safeguard minors in cyberspace. It includes some regulations that had been established already. For example， the rule that network game service providers shall not offer services to minors from 10 p.m. to 8 a.m. comes from the National Press and Publication Administration stipulation in 2019. Some provisions in the regulation on the protection of children’s personal information on online networks published by the Cyberspace Administration of China in 2019 have now been written into the law.
　　In the chapter on school protection， the revised law provides more details and clarifies schools’ liability. For instance， schools are prohibited from making underage students participate in commercial activities， asking them to take paid tutorial courses in cooperation with other education and training organizations， and having extra lessons during holidays.
　　With the progress of time， legal innovation and development will also keep pace with the changes.

Keeping Foreign Trade Buoyant

　　Cqnews.net October 26
　　Besides bringing the novel coronavirus disease（COVID-19） under control and ensuring socioeconomic development， China has stepped up macro policy response to ensure the stability of its foreign trade. A series of measures have been carried out to promote foreign trade， such as streamlining procedures at customs， expanding enterprises’ credit scale， enhancing the capacity of the China Railway Express to Europe that has become a major catalyst for China-Europe trade， and helping enterprises resume production.