NEWLY ENTHRONED CHESS QUEEN

The 22-year-old player Hou Yifan was crowned the new world champion on March 14 after winning the Womens World Chess Championship final match in Lviv， Ukraine.

In Game 9， Hou defeated reigning world champion Maria Muzychuk from Ukraine， gaining 1 point to surpass the winning margin of 5.5 points， and ended the 10-game match ahead of schedule.

This is the fourth time Hou has won the title after being crowned in 2010， 2011 and 2013. The victory also cemented Hous position as the No.1 female player in the rankings by the World Chess Federation.

Hou started playing chess at the age of 5 and entered the national chess team in 2003. She was the youngest female chess player in world history to earn the grandmaster title at the age of 14. In her second world record， she became the youngest title holder ever in the Womens World Chess Championship in 2010. She currently studies international relations at Peking University and will graduate this summer.

Traditional Media Irreplaceable

Peoples Daily March 15

New media have grown rapidly in recent years and boast faster information dissemination， closer interaction with readers and customized services. An increasing number of readers have grown accustomed to them. However， traditional media such as newspapers， radio and TV still have their advantages.

First of all， traditional media sources are more trustworthy. Various surveys in China showed that while new media constitute the primary source of information for around 70 percent of readers， still 70 percent of people regard traditional media as the most trustworthy information source. Compared with new media that prioritize speed， traditional media attach more importance to the truthfulness and objectivity of reports and possess a large number of experienced journalists and editors who are able to provide high-quality news and information services.

In addition， traditional media are more conducive to comprehensive and systematic reading. A large number of new media channels only provide fragmented and simple information that lacks in-depth thinking and analysis and is often glossed over by readers， while most traditional media enable readers to accumulate more knowledge and improve the ability of thinking.

Nevertheless， emphasizing the vitality of traditional media is in no way meant to resist new media. Traditional and new media are not contradictory—on the contrary， traditional media can gain more popularity by fusing with new media. At present， many traditional media outlets have opened their official micro-blogging accounts and launched mobile apps and their readership is expanding as a result.

Breaking the Growth Bottleneck

China Newsweek March 14

The Government Work Report—delivered by Premier Li Keqiang at the opening of this years full session of the National Peoples Congress on March 5—has prescribed structural reform， especially on the supply side， as a solution to the challenges facing the economy. The report has also set forth replacing old growth engines with new ones as an important measure to boost the economy over the next five years. Li said that China will be able to surmount the current difficulties and create miracles again if it can accomplish this task.

Supply-side structural reform is the mostwatched highlight of this years report. The measure was put forward with an eye on the incompatible supply and demand in China at present： On the one hand， industries such as steel， cement， coal， electrolytic aluminum， photovoltaic and wind power are plagued by overcapacity； on the other hand， Chinas production and supply cannot satisfy its consumers increasing demand for mediumand high-end products.

The Central Government has unveiled a slew of measures to implement the supply-side structural reform this year， including earmarking 100 billion yuan （$15.3 billion） to help workers who are made redundant in the process to address overcapacity in the steel and coal sectors.

However， it will take a long time for the supplyside structural reform to have an effect. The government has therefore employed fiscal and monetary tools to deal with the challenges of the economy. Li said in his report that the government will adopt a more proactive fiscal policy. This years budget deficit increases to 2.18 trillion yuan （$335 billion）， 560 billion yuan （$86 billion） more than last year and the deficit-to-GDP ratio is raised to 3 percent， up from 2.3 percent last year.

In the meantime， the monetary policy has not been relaxed. According to the report， the growth of this years M2—a broad measure of money supply that covers cash in circulation and all deposits—has been set at around 13 percent， almost the same as last years 13.3 percent.

Compared with countries such as Japan， which adopted ultra-low or even negative interest rates to cope with the sagging economy， the Chinese Government has resorted to expanding fiscal spending to stabilize the economy rather than loosening monetary policies. This indicates that China still has plenty of policy tools at its disposal to confront the downward economic pressure.

Embracing Mass Tourism

Henan Daily March 9

China will welcome an era of mass tourism by enabling people to take paid leave， improving transportation infrastructure and facilities at tourist spots and regulating the tourism market， according to this years Government Work Report.

The tourism industry has been booming in China in recent years. In 2015， Chinese residents made more than 4 billion domestic trips， and the overall revenue from tourism was more than 4 trillion yuan （$615 billion）.

However， scandals concerning the industry， such as forced consumption and price scams at restaurants， have been frequently exposed by the media. All these scandals were widely circulated on the Internet and have seriously tarnished the reputation of some of the tourist destinations in question. Many people have since lost confidence in the domestic tourism industry. This will only delay the coming of the era of mass tourism.

As Chinas economic growth shifts gears and changes driving engines， the tourism industry is of particular importance for boosting domestic consumption. However， ensuring the industrys healthy development requires the government to strengthen regulation.

Meanwhile， the Internet should be used to promote tourism products and offer more ticket sale channels for tourist spots.

LAWMAKER FROM THE PRIMARY LEVEL

Xie Zhibo， a native from Hunan Province who works as a sanitation worker in Fuzhou， capital of southeast Chinas Fujian Province， had been elected into the presidium of the annual national legislative session for four consecutive years since the 12th National Peoples Congress （NPC） started its five-year term in 2013.

The presidium， which has 170 members this year including President Xi Jinping， takes charge of the procedures of the annual NPC session. Its members sit on the rostrum during plenary meetings of lawmakers.

Xie became a sanitation worker in Fuzhou in 1998. Fifteen years later， he was elected as an NPC deputy in 2013， who is the only representative of migrant workers in Fujian. Since then， Xie has spent much of his time doing surveys and research on environmental safeguards and protection of migrant workers rights and interests.

He has suggested greater efforts to popularize laws among migrant workers and help them solve labor disputes and safeguard their rights in a legal way. He also advocates for more job opportunities for older migrant workers.

“We are going to work with educational departments to encourage more universities to open their social work programs and recruit more students.”

Huang Shengwei， Deputy Director General of the Department of Social Work at the Ministry of Civil Affairs， on the training of social work professionals in China ahead of World Social Work Day on March 15

“A significant difference exists between rural and urban children in many aspects， ranging from their economic situation to psychological wellbeing， which needs to be addressed.”

Chen Lijun， a senior researcher at the University of Chicagos Chapin Hall Research Center， telling the media when revealing the preliminary findings of a child development study jointly conducted by his center and Peking University in China on March 14

“The United States regards human rights as a political and diplomatic tool to realize its own purposes， as it did with the Soviet Union after World War II.”

Chang Jian， Director of the Human Rights Research Center， at the Tianjin-based Nankai University， in response to U.S.-led groundless accusations of Chinas human rights situations at the 31st Session of the UN Human Rights Council

“The property market in China will continue to experience steady and healthy development thanks to sound economic fundamentals and enormous housing demand.”

Minister of Housing and Urban-Rural Development Chen Zhenggao at a press conference in Beijing on March 15