Chiang Pin-kung. [Photo/IC] TAIPEI - Chiang Pin-kung, former vice chairman of the Chinese Kuomintang (KMT) party, passed away Monday in Taipei, the KMT said in a statement. Chiang was also the former chairman of the Taiwan-based Straits Exchange Foundation (SEF) and former vice president of the Taiwan-based council of the summit for entrepreneurs across the Taiwan Strait. Born in 1932, he was elected vice chairman of the KMT party and SEF chairman in 2003 and 2008 respectively. Founded in 1991 and 1990, the Chinese mainland-based Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Straits (ARATS) and SEF are authorized by the mainland and Taiwan to handle cross-Strait affairs. Chiang led a KMT delegation to visit the mainland in March 2005, and in June 2008 he led an SEF delegation to hold talks with ARATS in the mainland. Heads of the ARATS and SEF conducted eight talks and signed 18 agreements to develop cross-Strait relations when Chiang served as SEF chairman. He resigned from the post as SEF chairman in September 2012. silicone wristbands size chartdual layer wristbandsilicone rubber braceletscolored rubber bands for braceletspretty little liars bracelet custom
[Photo/VCG] China will add Fentanyl-related substances into the supplementary list of controlled narcotics with non-medical use starting May 1, government agencies said on Monday. Fentanyl-related substances are defined as substances that have similar chemical structures to Fentanyl, according to a joint announcement made by the Ministry of Public Security, the National Health Commission and the National Medical Products Administration. The new rule will be effective on May 1, they added. Fentanyl is a powerful synthetic opioid, similar to morphine but 50 to 100 times more potent. It can be prescribed to treat patients with severe chronic pain, according to the National Institute of Drug Abuse However, doctors have been extremely cautious over its use, since fentanyl drugs can form addictions and lead to deadly overdoses if abused, it said.
