The dust storm that has enshrouded the Chinese capital since Wednesday night won't disperse until Sunday, the city's environmental watchdog said.
Both sides of the Taiwan Straits should cherish the current situation of peaceful development and keep enhancing cooperation, Premier Li Keqiang said.
Shanghai is requiring an additional 400,000 households to sort their garbage and is opening 2,000 electronic waste recycling centers this year as part of efforts to reduce the amount of garbage produced in the city.
Zhang Jianguo, head of the State Administration of Foreign Experts Affairs, pledged on Wednesday to introduce more flexible immigration policies to attract top foreign talent to China. At a seminar in the capital to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the administration's establishment, he said it will also work to improve the treatment of overseas Chinese. About 610,000 foreign experts worked in or visited China in 2013, according to the administration's statistics.
"The consequences will be terrible if pills that are past their expiry date get into the hands of drug traffickers and re-enter the market."
China and Australia pledged to ramp up efforts to complete their nearly decadelong work on a free trade agreement, Premier Li Keqiang and Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott said on Wednesday.
Premier Li Keqiang praised Australia's efforts in the search for missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370, and he said China appreciates the country's assistance.
With Tianjin and Hebei, capital to reprise measures from 2008 Games
The country's environmental watchdog has vowed to tighten its supervision of polluting enterprises nationwide to further improve air quality.
Chinese authorities unveiled a package of healthcare measures on Wednesday that consist of relaxing price controls covering non-public hospital services and encouraging the private sector to build health institutions.
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