A man smoking an electronic cigarette in the bus station near a science and technology park in Shenzhen was fined(罚款)50 Yuan on Monday. It was the first e-cigarette fine in the Chinese mainland, the Beijing News reported.

The man was fined for breaking the new rules on smoking control in Shenzhen. He started smoking e-cigarettes over a month ago, and didn’t know e-cigarettes were not allowed in Shenzhen because he had just arrived from Guangzhou.

The new rules add two more types of nonsmoking places to the list. Places including within five meters of the entrance and exit of public transportation(交通), outdoor platforms and waiting areas for public transportation are nonsmoking areas.

According to the officials, the new rules also make the meaning of “smoking” and “tobacco(烟草)products” clear, electronic cigarettes are one of the tobacco products. An electronic cigarette is a kind of tobacco product. It has the same look, smoke, taste and feeling as a cigarette. The WHO(世界卫生组织)once did a research on e-cigarettes and got a clear conclusion: E-cigarettes are harmful to public health, and they are not a way of stopping people from smoking.

On March 15, 2019, the CCTV reported the teenagers who smoked e-cigarettes for along time have been addicted to nicotine(尼古丁). On August 23, 2019, health officials in the U.S. said a patient died of serious lung disease caused by e-cigarettes. The report suggests that if people stop smoking, they will be healthier.

Give your dead batteries a new life. Recycle them!

Batteries (电池) are used to power clocks, computers, tools and more. However, your batteries have some serious power when their lives are over.

Remember, batteries are harmful waste. This means we should properly throw them away. You may not think one little battery can cause that much pollution. But don’t think of it as just one battery—there can be millions. In Canada, each person uses about 20 single-use batteries every year. That’s about 700 million batteries! If all these batteries end up in landfills (垃圾填埋场), the heavy metals inside them can get into the water, land and air. It can be harmful to humans and wildlife.

By recycling single-use batteries instead of throwing them away, you can cut down pollution and also help save energy. All batteries are mainly made of plastic and valuable metals. Through recycling programs, dead batteries can be changed into something useful like steel products, or even new batteries!

Make a difference by starting to collect batteries at your home or school today.

You can prepare a box for battery collection and invite friends, family and classmates to bring in old batteries to be recycled.

For more information, visit https://ecokids.ca/batteries.

If you look at the map of China, you will find that the shape of Gansu is like a handle symbolizing the good luck of everything;if you look at the map of Lanzhou City, you will find that it is also a handle of good luck. Lanzhou is located in the middle of Gansu Province, jusk like a big Ruyi contains a small Ruyi, so many people call Lanzhou the place of Ruyi.

Lanzhou is a beautiful city, capital of Gansu Province, which was built over two thousand years ago in Northwest China’s Gansu Province. It is an important industrial city and a key transportation hub（交通枢纽）in Northwest China, as well as a famous site on the Silk Road Economic Belt（丝绸之路经济带）.

Lanzhou is located in the upper reached（上游）of the Yellow River. The Yellow River comes from the southwest to the northeast, crossing the whole city, and there are many bridges across the river here. The Zhongshan Bridge, built in 1909, is the oldest bridge in Lanzhou and the first real bridge over the Yellow River. Therefore, it is known as “the first bridge spanning（横跨）the Yellow River under Heaven”. At the same time, the Shen’an Bridge and Yuantong Bridge are modern bridges built in the 21st century. These three bridges not only bring convenience to traffic but are also three beautiful scenic spots over the Yellow River.

Lanzhou is famous for its traditional culture as well. Shehuo is from the sacrificial（祭祀的）ceremonies which were performed by northern Chinese cultures in the past. It is an old and widespread folk tradition. Since the 1980s, Shehuo performances have grown popular in the towns and counties of Lanzhou during the Spring Festival. People perform Shehuo in both the first and twelfh months of the Chinese lunar calendar, in order to avoid disasters, wish for good luck, and provide entertainment.

Lanzhou has very rich tourism and cultural resources. Come and visit the Gansu Provincial Museum, the Shen'an and Yuantong bridges, the Confucius Temple, Xinglong Mountain, and Yantan Park. And don’t miss the Lanzhou Beef Noodles!