BREAKING! Turkish Restaurant in Xiaobei Was on Fire Last Night!

At around 19 o’clock last night, the Turkish restaurant Bosphorus in Zhaoqing Building(肇庆大厦), next to Guangzhou Xiaobei Subway Station burst into a fire

watch the video below BREAKING! Turkish Restaurant in Xiaobei Was on Fire Last Night!

 

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At 20:30 last night, the fire was extinguished, and the city road was unsealed in two directions, and the traffic basically returned to normal.

 

According to the report today, the fire was caused by the roaster flue on the first floor of the restaurant, and the billboard on the second floor of the restaurant was ignited. The burning area was about 10 square meters and there were no casualties. BREAKING! Turkish Restaurant in Xiaobei Was on Fire Last Night!

Scene of the fire

 

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It is easy to cause a fire 

in winter accidentally.

  • At 10:15 on November 17, a fire broke out at the ZARA store on the first floor of ONE LINK WALK Shopping Mall in Tianhe District, Guangzhou. The cause is a short circuit.

    BREAKING! Turkish Restaurant in Xiaobei Was on Fire Last Night!

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  • At 20 o’clock on the 13th of November, a fire broke out in the residential building on No. 12, Tianhe East Road, Tianhe District. The fire is caused by the  mosquito coil igniting the surrounding combustibles.

    BREAKING! Turkish Restaurant in Xiaobei Was on Fire Last Night!

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  • On the evening of November 1, a 6th floor of a residential building in Huangpu District caught fire. The fire was caused by the burning of the kitchen range hood pipe.

  • At 2 am on October 25, a fire broke out on the second floor of a 5-storey residential building in Baiyun District because of a circuit problem.

What should you do in China 

if there is a fire?

1. Always remember the Chinese fire alarm “119”

→These Numbers Can Save Your Life In A Crisis! Take Note!

2. If you live on the first floor, kneeling on the ground to escape from the house

3. If the fire is still not big, and to ensure your own safety, you can try to extinguish the fire. If you can’t control the fire, you need to find the fire exit quickly and run downstairs.

4. But if the door and the stairs are full of smoke and fire, the fire is too strong and it is not easy to escape. At this time, don’t rush down, but immediately close the door, block the smoke, wait for the rescue opportunity.

5.  Do not stay in the bathroom, because the bathroom door and ceiling are mostly made of plastic and glass, it is completely unable to withstand the smoke and high temperature.

How to use a fire extinguisher?

 

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  • Pull out the safety pin;

  • Pull down the hose and aim at the side rear of the fire point above 1.5 m (if the electrical appliance is on fire, it should be further away);

  • Press the pressure lever and align it with the fire point and move it horizontally.

If the store is on fire, 

who is the responsible person?

 

Due to the special nature of the fire damage compensation case, in addition to the owner, the staff sometimes have to be jointly and severally liable for compensation or to be solely responsible for compensation. 

# Mainly as follows

1. If the loss is not great, civil compensation.

2. If the customer is injured, the store will be liable for compensation

According to Article 92 of the Law of the P.R.C on Safe Production,

BREAKING! Turkish Restaurant in Xiaobei Was on Fire Last Night!

3. If it constitutes a crime of fire, the safety fire department will also pursue criminal responsibility.

These Chinese Cities Hold First-tier Place around the World!

Globalization and World Cities (GaWC), one of the world’s most authoritative institutions focusing on city studies, released their City Classification for 2018 on November 13th. 

These Chinese Cities Hold First-tier Place around the World!

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GaWC determines the location of a city in a world urban network by analysis based upon myriad relations between cities unlike other classifications largely based upon attributes of each city considered separately.

The cities are divided into Alpha, Beta, Gamma, and Sufficiency (+/-) with its unique perspective to show the location and integration of the city in a globalized economy.

2018 First-tier Cities around the World(55)

In 2018, a total of 55 cities in the world were included in the Alpha section, also known as first-tier cities.

Alpha++

London, New York

Alpha+

Hong Kong, Beijing, Singapore, Shanghai, Sydney, Paris, Dubai, Tokyo

Alpha

Milan, Chicago, Moscow, Toronto, Sao Paulo, Frankfurt, Los Angeles, Madrid, Mexico City, Kuala Lumpur, Seoul, Jakarta, Mumbai, Miami, Brussels, Taipei, Guangzhou, Buenos Aires, Zurich, Warsaw, Istanbul , Bangkok, Melbourne

Alpha-

Amsterdam, Stockholm, San Francisco, New Delhi, Santiago, Johannesburg, Dublin, Vienna, Montreal, Lisbon, Barcelona, Luxembourg City, Santa Fe Bogota, Manila, Washington, Prague, Munich, Rome, Riyadh, Budapest, Houston, Shenzhen

These Chinese Cities Hold First-tier Place around the World!

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This is the first time for Shenzhen to be entered in the Alpha- section, indicating that it has become one of the 55 first-tier cities in the world. Furthermore, Guangzhou also moved up to the Alpha section this year, with its ranking rising from 40th to 27th. 

Six cities in China are considered first-tier world cities: 

  • Hong Kong,

  • Beijing,

  • Shanghai,

  • Taipei,

  • Guangzhou,

  • Shenzhen.

China’s Beta-level Cities

Alpha++

None

Alpha+

  • Hong Kong, 

  • Beijing, 

  • Shanghai.

Alpha

  • Taipei, 

  • Guangzhou.

Alpha-

  • Shenzhen

Beta+

  • Chengdu, 

  • Hangzhou.

Beta

  • Tianjin, 

  • Nanjing, 

  • Wuhan.

Beta-

  • Chongqing, 

  • Suzhou, 

  • Dalian, 

  • Xiamen, 

  • Changsha, 

  • Shenyang, 

  • Qingdao, 

  • Jinan.

These Chinese Cities Hold First-tier Place around the World!

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China has been rapidly urbanizing in the past 18 years and still has potential in the future.

In the 18 years from 2000 to the present, China’s cities have undergone earth-shaking changes, and the urbanization process has advanced by leaps and bounds.

Emergent NOTICE! Your Original Passport Is Required to Verify!

Latest notice from Guangzhou Foreign Experts Bureau, from Nov 12th 2018, work permit and work permit extension applicants are required to submit original passports to the Guangzhou Foreign Experts Bureau for further verification after passing the pre-examination, otherwise the bureau will deny your application! 

接外国专家局通知,从2018年11月12日起,新办就业卡和延期就业卡,一级预审通过后,需要提供申请者护照原件与网报文件一起交到外国专家管理局核验方可办理业务,否则不予受理。

Emergent NOTICE! Your Original Passport Is Required to Verify!

First-time Work Permit Application

新办就业卡 

 

Applicants are advised to start the work permit application process immediately after entry, normally the passport verification will proceed within 5 work days

建议申请人入境后即刻办理就业卡申请,正常情况下,5个工作日后可以一级预审通过,即可提供护照核验;

Work Permit Extension 

延期就业卡

 

The bureau requires work permit extension applicants to begin their applications 30 days in advance while HACOS can do that for you 3 months in advance. It is recommended that the applicant arrange the time reasonably and cooperate with the officer to verify original passport in order to make the work permit extension successfully.

为确保就业卡延期工作的顺利进行,外国专家管理局要求需要提前30天延期,HACOS会为客户提前三个月开始延期工作。建议申请人合理安排时间,配合提供护照原件进行核验,以便就业卡工作延期的顺利完成。

Emergent NOTICE! Your Original Passport Is Required to Verify!

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Please Pay Attention

注意事项

 

Above-mentioned applicants must submit their original passports, any delay in applying for the work permit will negatively affect or even fail your work residence permit application.

就业卡申请完成后方能申请工作居留许可,如不能及时拿到就业卡,则会影响工作居留许可的申请,更严重者,则无法申请工作居留许可。

Emergent NOTICE! Your Original Passport Is Required to Verify!

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Q&A

常见问题

Q1

Do you still need an original passport when applying for work permit?

申请就业许可的时候是否还需要护照原件呢?

A1: New applications for work permit, transfer to residence, work permit extensions and etc., all require proof of original passports when submitting materials. Otherwise, the Foreign Experts Bureau will not accept the applicant’s materials nor any supplementary materials.

新办就业卡,转居留,就业卡延期等申请,均需要在交材料时出示护照核查。否则外国专家管理局不接收申请人的材料,同时不接受资料后补。

Q2

How long does it take for the passport to be submitted to the Foreign Experts Bureau for verification?

护照交到外国专家管理局核验需要用多久?

A2: The passport will be checked and returned on the spot.

护照当场核查归还。

Q3

If the applicant is not in the country, can he/she send the courier to China for someone to do?

申请人不在国内,可以把护照快递寄到中国让人代办吗?

 

A3: In principle, as with the requirements for entry and exit, the applicant himself must go to the site of the Foreign Experts Bureau for application. If there are special circumstances, you can entrust others to do so.

原则上,与出入境的要求一样,申请人本人需到外专局现场进行进行办理。如有特殊情况,可委托他人代办。

New Visa-Free Policy in These 5 Chinese Cities!

You may have already heared about the 144 hour transit visa exemption policy and we have also introduced before. And starting from Jan 1, 2019, another five cities in China will carry out the 144-hour visa-free transit policy for foreign visitors from 53 countries, National Immigration Administration said on Thursday.

New Visa-Free Policy in These 5 Chinese Cities!

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The five cities are…

  • Xiamen of Fujian province, 

  • Qingdao of Shandong province, 

  • Wuhan of Hubei province, 

  • Chengdu of Sichuan province

  • Kunming of Yunnan province.

With valid international travel documents and tickets to a third country within 144 hours, foreigners can enjoy the visa-free access to China from the five cities and stay for up to 144 hours, according to the administration.

The visa-free period will be increased from the 72 hours in 2013 to 144 hours next year, aiming to provide more convenience for foreigners to enter and leave China for short-term tourism or business visits, it said.

New Visa-Free Policy in These 5 Chinese Cities!

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The transit visa-free policy applies to the list of countries:

Austria, Belgium, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and Monaco, Russia, the United Kingdom, Ireland, Cyprus, Bulgaria, Romania, Ukraine, Serbia and Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Macedonia, Albania, Belarus, the United States, Canada, Brazil, Mexico, Argentina, Chile, Australia, New Zealand, South Korea, Japan, Singapore, Brunei, the UAE, Qatar.

Procedure

❶To obtain a transit visa exemption, travelers should review eligibility requirements, and confirm their eligibility with their local Chinese embassy

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❷ After confirmation, travelers must communicate their intention to obtain a transit visa exemption to their airline prior to travel. 

New Visa-Free Policy in These 5 Chinese Cities!

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❸ The airline will liaise with border control officials, who grant transit visa exemptions to travelers that meet requirements after verification.

[Note] In most cases, the transit visa exemption only allows the traveler to visit the province of their arrival.

How to apply online in advance?

An applicant for 144-hour visa-exemption transit can apply via the E-application system by providing…

  • personal information, 

  • address in China, 

  • contact information, 

  • intended date of arrival and departure

  • flight/train/vessel number, 

  • etc. 

New Visa-Free Policy in These 5 Chinese Cities!

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At the end of the procedure,a QR code will be generated. Upon arriving at the 144-hour visa-exemption transit area at Pudong or Hongqiao International Airport in Shanghai, you can print the arrival card for temporary entry foreigners on a self-service device by scanning the QR code or your international travel document. 

Then to proceed to the specific channel with your arrival card, onward ticket, international travel document and other documents, and be interviewed by an immigration inspection officer.

New Visa-Free Policy in These 5 Chinese Cities!

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