Hainan province in South China is looking to play a major role in the Silk Road Economic Belt and 21st Century Maritime Silk Road initiatives, its governor said. The provincial authorities are eying up opportunities to build a major sea transport and tourism hub in the region.
Achieving ecological civilization is atop the agenda of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, which, under the leadership of General Secretary Xi Jinping, has strived to enhance environmental qualities, Xinhua News Agency said on Tuesday.
The national environmental watchdog will tighten the reins on assessment agencies having close relationships with officials of the ministry, a move to fight corruption, the new minister of environmental protection said.
Thanks to ecological protection efforts by the local administrative committee, wild animals have returned to Changbai Mountain in Northeast China.
Statistics show the improvements that have been made in the quality and uses of the nation's air, land and water resources.
By growing cash crops, the amount of stony desert in Liupanshui, Guizhou province, has shrunk over the past decade, bringing its spread under control, Li Zaiyong, a National People's Congress deputy from Guizhou and Liupanshui's Party chief, said during the NPC's annual session.
More than 66,000 Chinese died in workplace accidents last year, a death toll that's "too high", a senior official in charge of the country's work safety issues said.
Five dozen luxury hotels in Beijing lost money in the past few years as tough policies and regulations took effect against government corruption and waste of public funds, an insider from the capital's tourism authority said during the annual legislative session.
The number of motions introduced by deputies to China's top legislature has risen this year, and they've focused heavily on economics and the environment, the secretarial department of the National People's Congress said.
The military should be more open to the public by releasing appropriate navy and air force equipment information in a timely manner and setting regular military open days, a political adviser and senior officer suggested.
Prosecutors in Guangdong province have conducted a thorough investigation of prisons and have improved their oversight to prevent prison escapes, as well as illegal paroles or commutations of sentences for convicted ex-officials or wealthy individuals, a senior officer from the Guangdong Provincial People's Procuratorate said.
The construction of a second airport at Chengdu, the capital of Sichuan province, will help to create an air Silk Road to Europe, a senior official said on Saturday.
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