>Personal information law comes into effect
個人信息保護(hù)法正式實施

China's law on personal information protection went into effect on Nov 1. The law, adopted at the 30th session of the 13th National People's Congress Standing Committee in August, has detailed provisions to strengthen the protection of personal information, especially online platform users.
十三屆全國人大常委會第三十次會議于2021年8月表決通過《中華人民共和國個人信息保護(hù)法》，自2021年11月1日起施行。該法對加強個人信息保護(hù)，特別是網(wǎng)絡(luò)平臺用戶個人信息保護(hù)作出詳細(xì)規(guī)定。

Activities such as collection, application, processing and trading of personal information will be strictly monitored, and any infringements will be punished.
按照法律規(guī)定，個人信息的收集、應(yīng)用、處理和交易活動將受到嚴(yán)格監(jiān)管，相關(guān)侵權(quán)行為將予以懲處。

When gathering data for the purpose of business decisions, data collectors are forbidden from engaging in discriminatory practices that harm the interests of consumers, such as differentiating prices through user profiling.
在利用個人信息大數(shù)據(jù)分析進(jìn)行商業(yè)決策時，禁止個人信息處理者采取損害消費者利益的歧視性做法，不得對個人在交易價格等交易條件上實行不合理的差別待遇。

>World Laureates Forum begins
世界頂尖科學(xué)家論壇開幕

The 4th World Laureates Forum kicked off Monday in Shanghai, gathering more than 130 decorated scientists, including 68 Nobel Prize winners, for the three-day forum.
第四屆世界頂尖科學(xué)家論壇11月1日在上海開幕，包括68位諾貝爾獎得主在內(nèi)的130多位世界頂尖科學(xué)獎項獲得者等代表參會。

With a focus on "Open science," this year's forum will host nearly 100 conferences and activities in 14 sections, covering a number of basic disciplines such as chemistry, physics, life sciences and mathematics.
論壇年度主題為"開放科學(xué)：構(gòu)建開放創(chuàng)新生態(tài)"。為期三天的會期內(nèi)，將有14個板塊近100場會議及活動舉辦，涵蓋化學(xué)、物理、生命科學(xué)和數(shù)學(xué)等基礎(chǔ)學(xué)科。

The organizers also announced the establishment of the WLA Prize, which will be officially launched in 2022, with two individual awards each having a 10 million yuan ($1.56 million) prize.
主辦方宣布創(chuàng)設(shè)"世界頂尖科學(xué)家協(xié)會獎"，將于2022年正式啟動評選和頒獎，首設(shè)兩個單項獎，每個單項獎獎勵金額為1000萬元人民幣。

The prize will focus on supporting original basic research and encouraging scientists to better participate in and serve the common well-being of all humankind, according to Roger Kornberg, WLA chairman and a 2006 Nobel Prize laureate in chemistry.
世界頂尖科學(xué)家協(xié)會主席、2006年諾貝爾化學(xué)獎得主羅杰?科恩伯格說，世界頂尖科學(xué)家協(xié)會獎側(cè)重支持原創(chuàng)性基礎(chǔ)研究，鼓勵科技人員更好投身和服務(wù)于全人類的共同福祉。

>Train tickets may be priced based on age
鐵路兒童票擬以年齡劃分

The national railway regulator recently released a draft guideline to set new standards for its child discount ticket policy by age instead of height.
國家鐵路局近日發(fā)布《鐵路旅客運輸規(guī)程（征求意見稿）》，鐵路客票兒童票購票標(biāo)準(zhǔn)擬以年齡劃分。

The draft, released by the National Railway Administration, said all children under 6 can ride trains free of charge.
根據(jù)意見稿，購買實名制車票時，6歲以下兒童可免費乘車；

Children between 6 and 14 who purchase tickets in a real-name-based ticket system are eligible for discount tickets, and those above 14 are required to pay full price.
年滿6周歲且未滿14周歲的兒童可以購買兒童優(yōu)惠票；年滿14周歲的兒童，應(yīng)購買全價票。

The draft will solicit opinions from the public until Nov 27.
意見反饋截止時間為11月27日。

Currently, China's railway system only offers children discounted tickets in accordance with their height, a regulation that has been criticized for being too rigid and outdated.
我國鐵路兒童票劃分一直是按身高標(biāo)準(zhǔn)，近年來這一規(guī)定被批評過于僵化和過時。

>Global COVID-19 death toll tops 5M
全球新冠死亡病例超500萬

The global COVID-19 death toll reached the 5 million milestone on Monday, according to data from Johns Hopkins University.
據(jù)美國約翰斯?霍普金斯大學(xué)發(fā)布的新冠疫情最新統(tǒng)計數(shù)據(jù)，截至美國東部時間11月1日，全球累計新冠死亡病例超過500萬例。

The United States remains the worst-hit country with about 46 million cases and about 746,000 deaths, accounting for more than 18 percent of the global caseload and nearly 15 percent of the global death toll.
數(shù)據(jù)還顯示，美國仍然是全球范圍內(nèi)疫情最嚴(yán)重的國家，累計新冠確診病例約4600萬例，占全球確診病例的18%，累計死亡病例數(shù)約74.6萬例，占全球死亡病例的近15%。

Brazil recorded the world's second-highest death toll at about 608,000, followed by India with about 458,000 deaths.
巴西累計死亡病例數(shù)（約60.8萬人）居全球第二，印度累計死亡病例數(shù)（約45.8萬人）居全球第三。

Other countries with over 130,000 fatalities are Mexico, Russia, Peru, Britain and Italy, according to the university.
墨西哥、俄羅斯、秘魯、英國和意大利的累計新冠死亡病例數(shù)也都超過了13萬例。

Global COVID-19 deaths topped 1 million on Sept 28, 2020, hit 2 million on Jan 15, exceeded 3 million on April 17 and crossed 4 million on July 7.
2020年9月28日，全球累計新冠死亡病例數(shù)超過100萬例，2021年1月15日達(dá)到200萬例，4月17日超過300萬例，7月7日超過400萬例。

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