President Xi Jinping presents China's top science award to aircraft designer Gu Songfen (R) and nuclear expert Wang Dazhong (L) at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Nov 3, 2021. [Photo/Xinhua]
>Nation honors top scientists
顾诵芬、王大中获国家最高科学技术奖
Two scientists, aircraft designer Gu Songfen and nuclear expert Wang Dazhong, won the State Preeminent Science and Technology Award on Wednesday for their outstanding contributions to scientific and technological innovation.
11月3日，飞机设计大师顾诵芬和核能科学家王大中因在科学技术创新中的突出贡献荣获国家最高科学技术奖。
Gu, born in 1930 in Jiangsu province, is a renowned aircraft designer.
顾诵芬，1930年出生于江苏，我国著名飞机设计大师。
He was in charge of the aerodynamic design of the Shenyang JJ-1, the Nanchang CJ-6, and the Shenyang J-8 and J-8-II, laying the foundations of subsonic and supersonic aircraft design in the country.
他主持了歼教1、初教6、歼8、歼8Ⅱ飞机气动布局设计，奠定了我国亚音速飞机和超音速飞机气动力设计的基石。
Wang, born in 1935 in Hebei province, is an internationally renowned nuclear energy scientist and educator.
王大中，1935年出生于河北，国际著名的核能科学家、教育家。
Wang has worked in nuclear energy technology for decades, presiding over the research, design, construction and operation of China's first 5 mW Low Temperature Nuclear Heating Reactor (NHR-5) and the nation's first 10 mW High Temperature Gas-Cooled Reactor (HTR-10).
他在先进核能技术研发领域几十年耕耘，主持研究、设计、建造、运行成功我国第一座5MW壳式一体化低温核供热堆以及第一座10MW模块式球床高温气冷实验堆。
Farmers at the Jianshan Farm in Heihe, Heilongjiang province, harvest soybean with the help of reaping machines. [Photo/For China Daily]
>China's grain reserves sufficient, supply secure
我国粮食库存充足、口粮绝对安全
China's total grain reserves are currently sufficient, and stocks of wheat and rice, the two major grains, continue to increase, an official said on Wednesday.
国家粮食和物资储备局粮食储备司司长秦玉云11月3日表示，当前我国粮食库存充足，小麦和稻谷两大口粮品种库存持续增加，国内粮食市场供应完全有保障。
Supply in the domestic grain market is fully guaranteed, said Qin Yuyun, from the National Food and Strategic Reserves Administration, adding that China's annual grain output in 2021 is projected to exceed 650 billion kilograms for the seventh consecutive year.
秦玉云说，今年粮食丰收已成定局，产量将连续7年保持在1.3万亿斤以上。
Noting that China's current grain reserves are at a historically high level, Qin said that with several bumper harvests, the country's growing wheat stocks are sufficient to meet consumer demand for a year and a half. Mounting grain reserves can ensure China is "basically self-sufficient in grain, with the supply of staple food absolutely safe," the official said.
秦玉云表示，当前我国粮食库存处于历史高位，以小麦为例，在连年丰收形势下，库存持续增加，目前可满足1年半消费需求，确保"谷物基本自给、口粮绝对安全"。
Officials and business executives attend signing of agreements during the China-ASEAN Expo on Sept 11. [Photo/China Daily]
>RCEP to go into force on Jan 1
RCEP将于明年1月1日生效
The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Secretariat announced on Tuesday that the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) agreement, the world's largest trade deal so far, would go into force on Jan 1, 2022. The Secretariat has received instruments of ratification from six ASEAN countries, namely Brunei, Cambodia, Laos, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam, as well as from the four non-ASEAN signatory states of Australia, China, Japan, and New Zealand.
东盟秘书处11月2日发布通知，宣布文莱、柬埔寨、老挝、新加坡、泰国、越南等6个东盟成员国和澳大利亚、中国、日本、新西兰等4个非东盟成员国已向东盟秘书长正式提交核准书，《区域全面经济伙伴关系协定》(RCEP)将于2022年1月1日对上述十国开始生效。RCEP是目前世界上最大的自由贸易协定。
Implementation of the agreement will provide a tremendous boost to post-COVID-19 economic recovery efforts, said the Secretary-General of ASEAN, Dato Lim Jock Hoi.
东盟秘书处秘书长林玉辉强调，RCEP的生效将极大地推动新冠肺炎疫情后的经济复苏。
RCEP agreement was reached in November 2020 by the 10 member countries of ASEAN and five of their partner countries.
2020年11月，东盟10国和5个对话伙伴国正式签署该协定。
According to the agreement, implementation of RCEP will begin 60 days after ratification by at least six ASEAN and at least three non-ASEAN countries.
根据协定，RCEP将在至少6个东盟成员国和至少3个非东盟成员国批准后60天生效。
National Jewish Health registered nurse Lindsay Waldman, right, administers a pediatric COVID-19 vaccine to Coco Peikin, 6, on Nov 3, 2021 in Denver, Colorado. [Photo/Agencies]
>Greene accrues $48K in fines
美众议员拒戴口罩被罚款
Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia has been fined $48,000 for not wearing a mask on the House floor. The House Ethics Committee publicly disclosed on Monday that Greene has been fined 20 times for not wearing a mask.
美国众议院道德委员会11月1日发布通知称，美国佐治亚州共和党籍众议员玛乔丽•泰勒•格林因屡次拒绝在众议院佩戴口罩，被罚款20次，累计被罚款4.8万美元。
After receiving an initial warning in May, Greene was fined $500 for her first offense, and $2,500 for each subsequent offense, which is in line with House rules. The fines come from Greene's salary.
今年5月格林首次因未佩戴口罩收到警告。按照众议院的规定，第一次的违规罚款为500美元，之后每次违规都会被罚款2500美元，罚款将直接从众议员的工资中扣除。
Mask mandates were first adopted in the House in July 2020 following Texas Rep. Louie Gohmert's positive COVID-19 test.
2020年7月，德克萨斯州共和党籍众议员路易•戈默特新冠病毒检测呈阳性后，众议院颁布"口罩令"。
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said that masks will be required for members and staff on the floor of the House until they were all fully vaccinated.
众议院议长佩洛西表示，在所有议员和工作人员都完成疫苗接种之前，"口罩令"不会解除。
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