Three projects from Shanxi province won second place in the State Scientific and Technological Progress Awards at the National Science and Technology Award Conference held in Beijing on Jan 8.
22-year-old Zhang Guodong of Yangquan, North China's Shanxi province, to prevail on Tuesday in the 27th World Memory Championships, where he received a certificate naming him "International Master of Memory".
Jia Weiping, 58, a performer of Jin Opera, has stayed home in Pingyao Old Town, Shanxi province, for most of his life. But he said he has been able to see the world through tourists thanks to Pingyao being named a UNESCO World Cultural Heritage in 1997.
A faculty member of Shanxi Normal University demonstrated how to put out a fire with a fire extinguisher during a drill held at the university on Dec 14.
