President Hu held telephone talks Tuesday with Russian president-elect Vladimir Putin on bilateral ties and major international and regional issues.
Yuan Longping, a famous scientist in the field of hybrid rice and a member of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, revealed on March 2 his plan to raise rice production to more than 15,000 kilograms per hectare.
China's government debt amounts to about 17.5 trillion yuan ($2.78 trillion), about 43 percent of the country's gross domestic product.
Migrant workers living in China's cities will enjoy the same public services as those provided to city dwellers by the end of 2020.
China should recruit overseas talent to work as civil servants in departments where foreign expertise could help.
The US Senate voted Monday to empower the Department of Commerce to impose controversial countervailing duties (CVDs) on imports from China and Vietnam.
Vice Foreign Minister Xie Hangsheng on Monday urgently summoned Felix Ngoma, charge d'affaires of the Republic of Congo's embassy in China, after Chinese nationals were killed and injured in an arsenal blast in the country's capital.
South China's Shenzhen, Guangdong province, aims to develop into "a city of volunteers" by recruiting a force of 1.1 million by 2015.
Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi said Tuesday that maintianing sound relations between China and the United States is the common responsibility of both countries and complies with the overall interests of the international community.
Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi said Tuesday that China has kept close communication with the United States on the issues of Syria and Iran.
The priorities of China's diplomacy this year are to uphold peace and tackle thorny regional and international issues through dialogues.Sino-US ties
Iran
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Japan
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China's Xinjiang will spare no efforts to prevent and crack down upon sabotage activities of the three evil forces of separatism, extremism and terrorism to ensure social stability.