The Macao Special Administrative Region is standing at a critical juncture in transforming from a gaming hub into a world-leading tourism and leisure center with a diversified economy, a senior Macao official said at a meeting with deputies to the National People's Congress on Thursday.
It was unusual to hear Internet buzzwords from a top Chinese official.
It might take China a decade to tackle its notorious smog problem, said Zhong Nanshan, a deputy of the National People's Congress and a renowned respiratory expert specializing in pandemics.
I am honored to be here and honored to be invited to attend this Congress. The United States and China are working very closely together. We always hope that the country is doing well, we always hope that the country has a good, robust GDP, always hope that a lot of people have good paid jobs.
The Chinese government has noted the austere circumstances of the economy and will overcome difficulties with more pro-growth policy, Premier Li Keqiang said on Wednesday, ahead of a keynote speech to give the economic outlook for the year ahead.
China will raise its defense budget by around 10 percent this year to support its military modernization, a senior official said on Wednesday.
Developments discussed at the news conference by Fu Ying, spokeswoman for the annual session of the 12th National People's Congress, included:
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While most of his classmates are busy trying to secure job interviews, Yuan Bozhi, a computer science graduate-student at Tsinghua University, has already been offered several well-paid posts in the Internet industry.
Wang Yahui started his first business in 2008, as a 17-year-old middle school student hoping to cash in on the growing popularity of social networking sites.
"Students are allowed to suspend their courses to do business. I think that's good, but we must treat it rationally. As an angel investor, I'm invited to view graduates' startup projects every day. Speaking frankly, 95 percent of them are not innovative, just copycats, but that's normal, even in the United States. I think we should move forward by identifying really innovative projects and then supporting them with preferential policies".
The decision on Hong Kong's constitutional reform made on Aug 31 by the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress is "unshakable", Fu Ying, the NPC's spokeswoman, said on Wednesday.
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