BEIJING, Oct. 23, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — A report from Global Times: The 2024 World Science and Technology Development Forum, organized by the China Association for Science and Technology (CAST), opened on October 22. With the theme “Science and Technology for the Future,” the forum will feature thematic sessions, round-table discussions, and various exchange activities.

Following the opening ceremony in the afternoon, participants visited the exhibition titled “Liu Hui: A Leading Founder of Classical Chinese Mathematical Theories.”

The forum will host over 350 guests from 33 countries and regions, including 14 Nobel, Turing, and Lasker Prize laureates; 27 leaders of international scientific organizations; 41 domestic and international academicians; and more than 200 experts and scholars from top universities, research institutions, and enterprises. The event will conclude in Beijing on October 30. 

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LifeVac donates $10 to UBCF for every Pink LifeVac anti-choking kit sold in October

HUNTINGTON STATION, N.Y., Oct. 23, 2024 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ — United Breast Cancer Foundation (UBCF) is proud to announce their collaboration with LifeVac this October to celebrate and support Breast Cancer Awareness Month. LifeVac is a choking rescue device produced in the USA and designed to save lives. Portable and non-invasive, LifeVac helps people respond quickly and effectively to choking emergencies.

Through October 31, 2024, for every Pink LifeVac Travel kit or Pink bundle purchased, $10 will be donated directly to UBCF to help provide support to breast cancer patients, survivors, and their families. The Pink LifeVac kit would make a great baby shower gift or simply to have on-hand for your family, especially during the holidays.

LifeVac is a patented, FDA registered Class II medical device, and the Pink LifeVac kit can be found online at http://www.LifeVac.net. Make sure to select the Pink Bundle or the Pink Travel Kit to receive this amazing life-saving device and support United Breast Cancer Foundation. There’s no prescription needed, and LifeVac is covered by HSA/FSA accounts.

“UBCF and LifeVac are two organizations interested in helping people and saving lives. Through our work together, we are educating the community and raising awareness for our important causes,” said Stephanie Mastroianni, Executive Director of UBCF. “By purchasing a Pink LifeVac device, you’re not only protecting your family, you’re helping others directly impacted by breast cancer. Thank you for your purchase this October!”

According to ACS, one in eight women will be diagnosed with breast cancer in their lifetime, and when detected early and localized, breast cancer has a 99% 5-year survival rate. This October, and all year round, UBCF encourages women and men to know their bodies and learn the self-breast exam to help recognize any changes.

For more information about this and other events sponsored by UBCF, please visit (website or link). To make a donation and help support UBCF’s mission, please visit ubcf.org.

Go online and make your Pink LifeVac kit purchase today. One kit covers an entire family for life. In the event the device is used to save a life, LifeVac will replace it for free.

About UBCF:
United Breast Cancer Foundation is a non-profit founded in 2000 with a mission to make a positive difference in the lives of those impacted by breast cancer. UBCF is committed to gifting helpful and supportive donated items and funding breast health and wellness services focused on education, screening, treatment, recovery, and wellness. The platinum rated, 4-star charity offers numerous life-supporting patient and family programs available to women, men, and families nationwide. Tax-deductible contributions (consult your tax advisor) may be made towards UBCF’s programs. UBCF accepts contributions through Donor Advised Funds and vehicle and real estate donations as well. Combined Federal Campaign #77934.

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Beth Reichart, United Breast Cancer Foundation, 877-822-4287, Beth@ubcf.org, UBCF.org

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WEIFANG, China, Oct. 23, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — On October 15, China Classification Society Quality Certification Co., Ltd. issued the “Carbon Neutral Evaluation Certificate” to Shandong Bohai Bay Port Group Weifang Port, marking that Weifang has built the country’s first “zero carbon port”.

As early as the beginning of the wind power project, the staff of Weifang Power Supply Company of the State Grid took the initiative to carry out personalized and differentiated services. As the project is the first onshore decentralized wind power project in the province, in order to solve a series of problems such as operation mode and grid-connected scheduling, State Grid Weifang Power Supply Company pioneered a set of decentralized wind power project whole-process management service mode, specialized in deployment development, scheduling, digitalization and marketing, and set up the strongest technical team stationed in Weifang Port to re-optimize the design drawings. The automation, communication equipment to re-coordinate, joint test, the implementation of other technical solutions for “one to one” guidance, after three months of concentrated research, one hidden danger all cleared, one problem all solved, to ensure that the wind power project in September 30 this year successfully connected to the grid, 15 months ahead of the planned grid connection time.

It is estimated that the annual power generation of the wind power project is about 69.15 million KWH, which can not only meet the electricity demand of the entire port terminal equipment and ship shore power of 35 million KWH, but also the remaining power can be connected to the Internet to create income for Weifang Port. In addition, compared with conventional coal-fired thermal power units with the same power generation, it can save 21,000 tons of standard coal and reduce carbon dioxide emissions by 57,000 tons per year, which plays an important role in protecting the ecological environment.

In the next step, State Grid Weifang Power Supply Company will continue to give full play to its professional advantages to help Shandong Bohai Bay Port Group Weifang Port build a smart carbon tube control platform, build a green electricity management system, comprehensively improve the level of green electricity consumption, and help build a new ecology of green, low-carbon and high-quality development.

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