Xinhua reported that the Central Office of the Party and the General Office of the State Council jointly issued an opinion on policies to further improve the ability to manage the funding for scientific projects. The article stated that the new policies were introduced in order to provide incentives to the research associates to improve their creativity and to give extended administrative power over funding management. The policies include simplifying budgetary categories, increasing funding for rewards and recognition, allowing the carry-over of the unused funding to the following year, lowering travel or conference approval requirements, and providing accounting assistants with funding management. Meanwhile the article also stressed the importance of fraud prevention to ensure proper, safe, and effective use of funding.

Source: Xinhua, July 31, 2016
http://news.xinhuanet.com/2016-07/31/c_1119311330.htm

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Guangming Daily reported that a number of popular websites including Sina, Sohu, 163, and ifeng, received warnings from the Beijing Internet Information Office for carrying illegal unauthorized news contents. According to the article, these websites violated article number 16 of the recent news reporting regulation that the State Internet Information Office issued. It requires that "all media outlets must only report the news from authorized news channels, must disclose the news source, and must not alter the contents." The article pointed out, “These websites published a large number of news reports which they sourced and edited themselves.” It continued, “These websites were ordered to pay a fine and must take corrective actions immediately.”

Source: Guangming Daily, July 25 2016
http://politics.gmw.cn/2016-07/25/content_21112601.htm