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Army Day 　　Officers and soldiers line up to form the number “89” on the Chinese missile destroyer Xi’an to celebrate the 89th anniversary of the establishment of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army （PLA） on August 1. 　　The warship was part of a Chinese fleet participating in the Rim of the Pacific multinational naval exercises in the area of the Hawaiian sea. 　　Maritime Jurisdiction 　　The Supreme People’s Court（SPC） on August 2 issued a judicial interpretation to clarify China’s jurisdiction over its territorial seas. 　　The document， which took effect on August 2， is based on China’s laws， the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea and judicial practices. It states that Chinese citizens and foreigners will be pursued for criminal liability if they engage in illegal hunting or fishing or killing endangered wildlife in China’s jurisdictional seas. 　　According to the interpretation， jurisdictional seas not only include inland waters and territorial seas， but also cover regions including contiguous zones， exclusive economic zones and continental shelves. 　　It also addresses Chinese citizens or organizations operating in fishing zones or the open sea under co-management between China and other countries according to signed agreements. 　　The interpretation specifies the standards of conviction and punishment for illegal marine fishing： Those who illegally enter Chinese territorial waters and refuse to leave after being driven away， or who re-enter after being driven away or being fined in the past year， will be considered to have committed “serious” criminal acts and will be fined and sentenced to less than a year of imprisonment， detention or surveillance. 　　This penalty also applies to those who illegally enter China’s territorial seas to fish but do not engage in “illegal fishing” under the law， it says. 　　Poverty Relief 　　Around 1，000 technical schools in China will provide free technical training to impoverished people from 2016 to 2020， according to a c