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The destination for loans is consistent with China's macroeconomic and industrial policies. But banks should further enhance capability in lending to targeted business sectors to better serve the real economy."

Guo Tianyong, head of the China Banking Research Center at the Central University of Finance and Economics.

"The most important contacts of officials on the sidelines and at the venue - if there are any - will be those between the DPRK and the US."

Zhang Liangui, expert on Korean studies at the Party School of the Communist Party of China Central Committee. Diplomats from countries involved in the stalled Six-Party Talks on the Korean Peninsula nuclear issue are expected to soon convene in Beijing.

"More efforts will be made to develop advanced robots with higher automation to meet the needs of our deep-space exploration programs."

Tian Yulong, secretary-general of the China National Space Administration, speaking on the government's long-term plans for the development of robots to be used in space.

(China Daily Africa Weekly 06/24/2016 page2)