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Society: Parking project for courier vehicles

Chongqing has piloted a new method of providing parking spaces for food delivery and courier vehicles in order to enhance city management. For vehicles providing special services, such as food and express deliveries, the new area will see specialized parking spaces. The municipal postal administration will issue stickers and purchase insurance for package delivery vehicles, while food delivery businesses will also have special stickers for their vehicles.

Culture: Oil painting village in Shenzhen

Dafen village in Shenzhen, Guangdong province, used to be famous for its reproduced oil masterpieces. Home to more than 1,200 art studios and over 8,000 painters, Dafen’s replica artworks are popular at home and abroad. With declining demand for replica works and an increasingly large market for originals, the village has shifted

its focus from reproduction to renovation. There are now some 300 artists working at the village focusing on original artwork.

Photos: Bookstore gets nominated for top prize

Bookstore chain Fang Suo Commune has been nominated for this year’s London Book Fair International Excellence Awards. The organizer announced the shortlist earlier this month on its official website, saying that 26 countries received nominations, with the United States leading the way with five. Fang Suo Commune will compete with the BOA Bookstore of Vietnam and Unity Books (Wellington) of New Zealand for the Bookstore of the Year Award. It is the only nomination China has received for this year’s shortlist, and the prizes will be announced in March.

Entertainment: BBC set for series partnership

BBC Studios and Beijing-based Phoenix Entertainment Group will coproduce a Mandarin version of the popular British science fiction television series Life

on Mars. The series follows a present-day police officer who mysteriously travels back in time to 1970s Manchester following a traffic accident. The audience follows the protagonist as he attempts to ascertain if he is dead, dreaming while in a coma, or has in fact time-traveled. The Mandarin version will be based in 1990s Beijing.