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This is NEWS Plus Special English.
A 24-year-old man in Hangzhou, the capital of Zhejiang province, drove his car into the West Lake after accidentally stepping on the accelerator while searching for his phone in the vehicle.
The man said he had been playing a game on his phone while driving last month but suddenly dropped the handset.
The man escaped from the car through a window and swam back to shore.
The incident was just one example that has prompted traffic management authorities to warn that drivers risk death or injury if they use their smartphones while on the road.
Around 20 percent of drivers use their phones while driving to make calls, send text messages or check their social media accounts.
The bureau said that with the number of smartphone users in China estimated at around 500 million and rising, using phones while driving has become the second most popular bad habit among drivers after failing to wear safety belts.
Its warning was prompted by the obsession for using smartphones while ignoring the surrounding environment.
The traffic bureau of China's Public Security Ministry said that looking for mobile phones while driving increases the chances of a traffic accident nine folds, while sending a text message increases the chances 23 times.
You're listening to NEWS Plus Special English. I'm Mark Griffiths in Beijing.
During an event entitled "Wonderful Jiangsu Province Meets Cambridge", the first international digital museum of 600-year-old Chinese Kunqu Opera has been launched.
The first bi-lingual Kunqu Opera museum showcases digital images of comprehensive objects and papers about Kunqu Opera that have been collected from museums and libraries from both China and Britain.
Ten top artists of Kunqu Opera from the eastern Chinese province have been invited to Cambridge to give lectures and perform for students and local residents during the event.
Rob Wallach, the Vice Provost of King's College said this was the first time he has seen a live Kunqu Opera show, and he thought the artists' performance were wonderful.
He said he was glad such traditional and ancient Chinese opera forms could be seen at King's College, in the Year of China-UK Culture Exchange.
Li Hong-liang, a leading Kunqu Opera performing artist, has been in the profession for four decades now. Li said it was a great opportunity to show this ancient but vigorous art form for audience across the world.
Kunqu Opera is one of the oldest operatic forms in China. It originated and became popular in Kunshan, Jiangsu Province.
Kunqu Opera was listed as one of the Masterpieces of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity by UNESCO in 2001.
