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Updated: 2010-03-09 07:51
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Personal income tax
The government is studying the Personal Income Tax Law and considering raising the cutoff point to cater more to the interests of middle- and low-income groups, said Yang Zhiming, vice-minister of Human Resources and Social Security. "It will reduce the tax burden on more ordinary workers," he said.
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Fraudulent advertising
Celebrities acting as spokespersons for extremely exaggerated and fraudulent advertisements should be strictly prohibited, said Zhou Bohua, minister of the State Administration for Industry and Commerce. Zhou said the government is also drafting amendments to the Advertisements Law, and celebrities who violate the law will be punished.
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Equal retirement
Women should have the same retirement age as men, legislator Zhou Xiaoguang said. She said the government should promote gender equality and allow women to receive the same labor and social security rights as men.
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Clean energy vehicles
People will receive up to 60,000 yuan in subsidies from the government when they buy lower-emission vehicles including automobiles powered by cleaner fuels and electricity, said Li Yizhong, minister of industry and information technology. Since the cost of new energy vehicles is still high, such methods can allow more Chinese families to buy lower-emission vehicles, he said.
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Fair education
Early childhood education should be included in China's compulsory education system to guarantee fair education at the initial stages, CPPCC member Yan Qi proposed. Yan cited problems such as unequal kindergarten fees and charges for kindergarten sponsorship.
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Lower medicine costs
Medicine prices dropped by 25 to 50 percent in many provinces when the government applied the national basic medicine system to more than 30 percent of government-run healthcare facilities, Minister of Health Chen Zhu said. This year, 60 percent of government-run healthcare facilities will implement the system.
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Future housing prices
China will still face high housing price pressures in the next 20 years due to the contradiction between limited land supply and huge demand, a result of the country's urbanization and industrialization, said Jiang Weixin, Housing and Urban-Rural Development minister. However, the central government's determination to curb the housing prices is greater, he said.
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Keep China pavilion
The removal of temporary pavilions and the reuse of land were taken into consideration during the planning of the Shanghai 2010 Expo, CPPCC member Wan Jifei said. But the China pavilion will remain as one of Shanghai's tourist attractions.
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