Swedish volunteer Joins in Volunteer Activities of Hang Network, Who Believes the more Volunteers, the Better

By Lan Zhen with www.hangzhou.com.cn

 Oscar, the Swedish volunteer, is watching the elderly Fun Games in the crowd.

On the morning of March 31, volunteers from Hangzhou Network Volunteer Branch walked into the community to launch Fun Games and Green Carnival activities with the elderly in the community. These fun activities such as threading the needle, holding jumping balls, crossing obstacles and so on, attracted the elderly in the community to participate in. At the scene of  activities, the reporter saw a special face, who was happily watching the fun games of volunteers from Hangzhou Network, exchanging with the staff around from time to time.

The foreigner is named Oscar, a teacher of the University of Uppsala, Sweden, who is on a business trip to Hangzhou this time. He learned that there was an activity organized by Hangzhou Network volunteers Branch in Liucuijing Roadway, and specially came over to participate.

The Water Transparency of West Lake Doubles in Ten Years
by Xu Bo with www.hangzhou.com.cn

The water of West Lake is the lung of Hangzhou. The water transparency of main area of Xihu Lake water was 43.2cm in 2002, while that of 2012 rose to 82.8cm, which almost doubled than that of 10 years ago. The "lung" of Hangzhou is more healthy.

"The whole water-changing cycle of the West Lake in theory before was more than  a month, now it can be reduced to 24.5 days, with a decrease of over 30%." said Chen Lin, with Waters Administration of West Lake Scenic Area.  Now the replacement speed of West Lake water becomes faster, which is equivalent to the accelerated "detox" of water body, and the body is of course more healthy.

Spring April on Earth,  Drizzling Rain in Qingming Festival

 by Zhang Wenhua with Morning Express

 
The spring April fails to welcome sunny days and all ares in Zhejiang Province  will be transferred to rainwater channels this afternoon. The Western Zhejiang takes the lead from sunny to rain, and the rain will also sweep Northern Zhejiang too.

April is the month with fastest increase in temperature all along a year, hinders no rain, but it does not affect the rain at its ease to shower.

The rain will bring rains to all the regions. What we are most concerned about is the Qingming Festival. On the day of Qingming Day, it will also have showers or thunderstorms.