Briefs
Guangdong standing committee take posts
Thirteen members of the Communist Party's Guangdong standing committee took up their positions yesterday after the province wrapped up its five-day 11th party congress. Provincial Governor Zhu Xiaodan and deputy head Zhu Mingguo retained their positions as the second- and third-ranked standing committee members in Guangdong, behind secretary Wang Yang. He Huifeng
Best treatment vowed for heroic teacher
Health Minister Chen Zhu vowed that a 29-year-old middle school teacher in the northeastern province of Heilongjiang, who was run over and lost both of her legs after pushing two students out of the way of an oncoming van on Tuesday, would receive the best treatment possible, CCTV reports. Zhang Lili, a teacher at the No.19 Middle School in Jiamusi, has received an outpouring of support since the incident. Five students were also hurt. He Huifeng
