The outline for China’s 13th five-year plan isn’t exactly summer beach reading: The 65,858-character document, which lays out in broad terms how China’s leaders want the country’s economy to develop between now and ...
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Ubisoft has revealed every change coming to The Division in its 1.4 update, which is now available for PS4, xBox One and PC players. To put it simply, it’s an absolutely massive update. The Division’s single player components ...
A symposium attended by Chinese companies operating in Europe was held by China's Ministry of Commerce in Paris, France on September 26. Zhang Dejiang, Chairman of the National People's Congress (NPC) Standing Committee, attended and ...
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Scheduled to launch in just over a week's time, Rise of Iron is the next big expansion heading to Destiny, and we've rounded up everything you need to know. The Taken King expansion that released back in 2015 managed to prove to newcomers ...
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At a ceremony at the UK Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) National Centre for Power Electronics Annual Conference 2016 in Nottingham, UK, a post-graduate team from Imperial College London received the £2000 ...
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The Chinese government is struggling to meet its annual fiscal targets, finance minister Lou Jiwei warned Wednesday. The central treasury received 2.968 trillion yuan (about 446.4 billion U.S. dollars) from January to May, a year-on-year ...
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“Night of Shandong Province” theme activity of 2016 China Development High-level Forum host by the provincial government of Shandong Province and Development and Research Center of State Council was held in Diaoyutai State ...
The recently concluded session of the 12th National People's Congress appraised and delineated China's 13th Five-Year Plan (2016-2020) which essentially encompasses the overall development of the country. The Five-Year Plan echoes China's ...
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"We will create an investment environment that is fairer, more transparent and more predictable. China must always be a land that attracts foreign investments," said Chinese Premier Li Keqiang on March 5, in his 2016 government work report ...
Greg Cameron Call for an “Upper Hunter Economic Development Corporation” (Newcastle Herald Editorial, March 9) were also made 20 years ago when the region wanted to participate in the benefits of a container terminal after ...
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The local NPC & CPPCC have shown their enthusiasm of putting forward their proposals about political issues when the central NPC & CPPCC were just started. The development of logistics industry has attracted great attention in NPC & CPPCC. ...
The Chinese government's leading think-tank has released a new study downplaying concerns about the level of debt being held by local governments, suggesting that more spending needs to take place to cope with social issues. On the heels ...
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Proposals raised by deputies of the National People's Congress (NPC) at the annual parliamentary session in March have been handled well, said the NPC Standing Committee Thursday. According to a report delivered to the NPC Standing ...
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Chinese legislators on Thursday urged intensified efforts to keep local government debt under control, warning against potential default in the future. Legislators made the comments when attending a panel discussion of the ongoing ...
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A draft amendment to the population and family planning law is being discussed by the top legislature. Along with the universal two-child policy, the amendment covers issues including illegal surrogacy and the cancellation of extended ...
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