Today there are altogether 13 radio stations, broadcasting through a network of 7 AM transmitters and 63 FM transmitters plus relay stations in traffic tunnels. Broadcasting is regulated by the Communications Authority – CA (廣播事務管理局). Other radio stations in Hong Kong are privately owned by two companies. Founded in 1928 (GOW) Radio Television Hong Kong – RTHK (香港電台) is the public broadcaster of Hong Kong and currently operates seven radio channels. Radio broadcasting in Hong Kong began in 1921. Primary language on radio is Chinese, minority language stations in some regions.Īrea: 9 596 960 km² Population: 1.442 billion ITU country code: CHN callsign prefix: 3H~3U, B, XS DAB digital radio is available in main cities. Currently there are around 2900 AM stations and around 1600 FM radio stations, broadcasting through a network of 2700 AM and 9300 FM transmitters in the People's Republic of China. There is no privately owned radio stations in Mainland China. Broadcasting in the People's Republic of China is regulated on national level by the State Administration of Radio, Film and Television – SARFT (国家广播电影电视总局). Regional radio stations are operated by provincial and municipal broadcasting organisations and all of them are part of China Broadcasting Union – CBU (中国广播联盟). Foreign service China Radio International – CRI (中国国际广播电台) broadcasts on Shortwave in 63 languages worldwide. State-owned China National Radio – CNR (中央人民广播电台), founded in 1940 as XNCR or Yan'an New China Radio Station (延安新华广播电台), today is the main radio broadcasting station with ten national radio channels. Some 1,500 people were forced out of their homes.Radio broadcasting in China began in 1923 (XRO Shanghai). Mudslides and overflowing rivers late Thursday hit six villages in Datong county, according to earlier news reports. Meanwhile, other areas have suffered deadly flash floods.įlooding in the northwestern province of Qinghai killed at least 26 people and left five missing, state television reported Sunday, citing local authorities. The subway in Chengdu, the provincial capital, said it turned off thousands of lights in stations. Offices and shopping malls in Sichuan were ordered to turn off lights and air-conditioning. It earlier called on manufacturers to "leave power for the people." The provincial government says reservoirs are at half of normal water levels. Sichuan has been hardest hit by drought because it gets 80% of its power from hydroelectric dams. The Sichuan government said 819,000 people face a shortage of drinking water.
Hubei's government declared a drought emergency Saturday and said it would release disaster aid. The governments of Sichuan and neighboring Hubei province say thousands of hectares (acres) of crops are a total loss and millions have been damaged. said she had seen no notice about extending the shutdown. A woman who answered the phone at the Sichuan branch of the government-owned power utility State Grid Ltd.
Phone calls to the economic agency and provincial government weren't answered. It would boost demand for imports, adding to upward pressure on inflation in the United States and Europe that is running at multi-decade highs.Īlso Sunday, thousands of factories in Sichuan province that make solar panels, processor chips and other industrial goods waited for word on whether last week's six-day shutdown would be extended.Ī document that circulated on social media and said it was from the Sichuan Economic and Information Industry Department said the closure would be extended through Thursday, but there was no official confirmation. The disruption adds to challenges for the ruling Communist Party, which is trying to shore up sagging economic growth before a meeting in October or November when President Xi Jinping is expected to try to award himself a third five-year term as leader.Ī smaller Chinese grain harvest would have a potential global impact. It gave no details of where that would be done. Authorities will take emergency steps to "ensure the autumn grain harvest," which is 75% of China's annual total, Tang said Friday, according to the report.Īuthorities will "try to increase rain" by seeding clouds with chemicals and spraying crops with a "water retaining agent" to limit evaporation, Tang's ministry said on its website.
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