BEIJING, May 31 (Xinhua) -- Chinese authorities investigated a total of 89,000 drug-related crimes and arrested 101,000 criminal suspects last year, according to an annual report recently issued by China's National Narcotics Control Commission.
China's counter-narcotics law enforcers confiscated a total of 5.3 metric tons of heroin and one metric ton of opium in 2010, said the report, which covered the country's efforts to crack down on the sale and use of illicit drugs.
Of those arrested, more than 40 were key drug traffickers from both home and abroad, the report said.
China also created new regulations last year concerning the manufacture and marketing of chemicals that are known to be used in the production of illicit drugs, according to the report.
China also tightened regulations regarding the online availability of illicit drug "recipes" and busted 46 online drug rings last year, the report said.
Intervention programs were used to treat and rehabilitate
China investigated 89,000 drug-related crimes

XI'AN -- Yao Jiaxin, a university student who stabbed a young mother to death to cover up a hit-and-run accident, was executed on Tuesday in Xi'an, the capital of northwest China's Shaanxi Province, with the approval of the Supreme People's Court.
Yao, 21, a student at the Xi'an Conservatory of Music, was convicted of murdering Zhang Miao last October in Xi'an to prevent her from reporting an earlier incident in which Yao hit her with his car.
Yao was sentenced to death by the Xi'an Intermediate People's Court on April 22. He appealed his sentence after the trial.
The Shaanxi Provincial People's Procuratorate held that the facts of the case were clear and suggested rejecting the appeal and maintaining the court's judgment.
The Shaanxi Provincial Higher People's Court heard the case and rejected the appeal on May 20, sending the case to the Supreme People's Court for review.
The Supreme People's Court reviewed the case and held that Yao had committed the crime of intentional killing, based on the fact that Yao ran into the victim while driving his car and resorted to murder to silence her.
"Yao stabbed the victim's chest, stomach and back several times until she died. The motive was extremely despicable, the measures extremely cruel and the consequences extremely serious," said a statement provided by the Supreme People's Court.

A local lottery winner has until 4pm today to claim his 10 million yuan (US$1.4 million) prize.

The Shanghai Welfare Lottery Center said yesterday that the winning ticket was sold on Fengzhou Road in Jiading District in April.

Officials believe it was sold to a man.

On April 12, the number came up in the draw, but almost two months have since passed and the winner hasn't come forward, officials said.

"Usually a winner will come to claim the prize within 10 days of the draw," said Wang Yulin, an official with the center.

Under China's lottery management regulations, a prize must be claimed within 60 days of the winning number being drawn.

Officials said it is very unlikely that they would extend the deadline for the winner, unless there were special circumstances.

The 10 million yuan prize will be given to the social welfare fund if not claimed.

The buyer can contact the center officials at 3313-0629 or 139-167-439-87.

If the winner does not come forward, this would tie for the biggest unclaimed lottery prize in China.

Last year, a 10 million yuan prize was unclaimed in Kunshan, Jiangsu Province.

In Shanghai, to date, the biggest unclaimed lottery prize is 5.6 million yuan, in January 2009. That winning ticket was sold in Minhang District.

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