Many Chinese tourists go overseas to buy cold medicines, cosmetics and even toilet lids, showing that China's consumer environment needs further attention and that the supply chain needs to be improved, the head of the country's top economic planning body said.
A more relaxed population policy is unlikely to boost the nation's birthrate, while other policies, such as encouraging women and seniors to work, are critical to curb the problems of an aging society, according to the International Monetary Fund.
Some companies in China are preparing to roll out additional welfare for employees who give birth to a second child, following the central government's announcement last week of a policy revision universally allowing two children.
The rapid development of regional aviation in China will speed fulfillment of the Belt and Road Initiative, but many obstacles still need to be overcome, industry insiders said.
About 100 kilometers south of Hami, a prefecture in the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, is an area known as "The Demon's Castle", named after the striking sand dunes and weird structures formed by the winds that have battered this barely populated, seemingly endless stretch of the Gobi Desert for millennia.
Editor's note: Hubei province has been a regional industrial, transport and cultural center in Central China since late 19th century. It's set to continue to champion the rise and urbanization of the region. China Daily talked with Li Hongzhong, the Party chief and top legislator of Hubei, to find out more.
Beijing is set to be more open toward Seoul in telecom, finance and other service sectors, Premier Li Keqiang told business leaders from the Republic of Korea during a luncheon address on Sunday in Seoul.
The Republic of Korea's China Tourism Year-in which efforts were made to promote Chinese attractions to ROK tourists - came to an end on Sunday, with senior officials from both countries pledging to promote tourism cooperation at high levels of government.
At least one thing in life is not subject to choice: You can't choose your parents.
Premier Li Keqiang has called for strengthened cooperation among China, Japan and the Republic of Korea at the fifth China-Japan-ROK Business Summit.
The first one-on-one talk between Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Republic of Korea President Park Geun-hye on Monday - the first Japan-ROK summit since May 2012 - is expected to result in little of substance, but will have a large symbolic impact by signaling the start of reconciliation in East Asia, an Japanese observer said.
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