UPON ATTENDING THE PANEL DISCUSSION of the Jiangxi provincial delegation at the ongoing session of the National People's Congress, China's top legislature, and hearing they achieved satisfactory economic results last year, top leader Xi Jinping noted that the anti-corruption campaign is a boost to sustainable economic prosperity instead of a drag on development. Comments:
MINISTER OF EDUCATION YUAN GUIREN said in a recent interview that all national-level bonus marks for the annual National College Entrance Exam, or gaokao, will be cancelled in 2015, while over 60 percent of the province-level bonuses will be cut. Bonus marks for students with special abilities, such as sporting prowess, have long been criticized for being unfair. Comments:
ONLY AROUND 68 percent of scheduled flights in the Chinese mainland arrived on time last year, which was 4 percent less than in 2013, said Li Jun, director of China Air Transport Association at a panel discussion of the 12th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference in Beijing on Sunday. Apart from changeable factors such as the weather, the poor management of the country's airspace is to blame for the increasing delays, Li added. Comments:
The rule of law and strictly regulating the Party are two of "Four Comprehensives" put forward by the top leader Xi Jinping recently as a blueprint for realizing the rejuvenation of the nation.
Smog is a hot topic at the Two Sessions with Premier Li Keqiang vowing to enforce environmental regulations in the Government Work Report.
Shaolin Temple has kicked up a storm with its plans to build a modern Buddhism practice center and a four-star hotel in Shoalhaven city, Australia at the cost of 360 million Australian dollars ($281.2 million).
With more than 16,000 kilometers of high-speed rail network so far, China has 60 percent of the world's total. Based on such a miracle, achieved within about ten years, Premier Li Keqiang has been going all-out to sell the country's high-speed railway capabilities around the world during his overseas trips.
Japan lost the war against the allied forces 70 years ago, but it should not lose its conscience on the question of the war 70 years later. This is what Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi told a Japanese reporter on Sunday at a sideline news conference of the annual session of the National People's Congress.
The changed emphases contained in the Government Work Report presented by Premier Li Keqiang to the ongoing session of the National People's Congress, China's top legislature, on Thursday, indicate that the economy still has the potential to be in good shape, says a People's Daily article.
HOWMUCH DOES THE GOVERNMENT SPEND a year on overseas travel by officials, their business cars and business banquets? Asked the question at the National People's Congress, Minister of Finance Lou Jiwei said there is no clear accounting, and he "roughly estimated" the spending as more than 40 billion yuan ($6.4 billion) dismissing the popular estimation of 300 billion yuan as "nonsense". Comments:
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