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A pedestrian takes a selfie opposite the Forbidden City on a heavily polluted day in Beijing on Tuesday. Schools in the capital were ordered to keep students indoors after record-breaking air pollution soared to up to 35 times the safety levels.  Andy Wong / Associated Press

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President Xi Jinping greets US President Barack Obama on the sidelines of the UN climate conference near Paris on Monday.     Evan Vucci / AP

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Domestic delivery
The first China-made regional jet, the ARJ21-700, is delivered to Chengdu Airlines at Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport on Sunday. The aircraft, made by Commercial Aircraft Corp of China, has passed 398 certification procedures in the past seven years. See more on page 6      Zhang Anchao / For China Daily

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President Xi Jinping and leaders from Poland, Serbia, the Czech Republic, Bulgaria and Slovakia applaud after witnessing the signing of memorandums of understanding on efforts by China and the five countries to advance the Belt and Road Initiative.  Xu Jingxing / China Daily

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Premier Li Keqiang and most of the leaders participating in the Fourth Summit of China and Central and Eastern European Countries (16+1) pose for a group photo on Wednesday in front of the high-speed train they took from Suzhou, Jiangsu province, to Shanghai.  Photos by Wu Zhiyi / China Daily

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Premier Li Keqiang checks the time on his way to a series of diplomatic meetings in Suzhou on Tuesday, just hours after he wrapped up a busy trip to Malaysia for the ASEAN annual meeting. Chinese media dubbed Li's diligent working style "Keqiang rhythm".  Wu Zhiyi / China Daily

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Premier Li Keqiang and Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak head for a meeting in Kuala Lumpur on Monday at which a number of agreements were reached, including deepening of infrastructure cooperation.     Li Tao / Xinhua

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Premier Li Keqiang and his wife Cheng Hong greet the public in front of a store selling specialized products during the couple's visit to Malacca on Sunday.   Liu Weibing / Xinhua

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Premier Li Keqiang and his wife, Cheng Hong, arrive on Friday in Kuala Lumpur, where Li will attend the 18th leaders' meeting between China and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, the 18th ASEAN-China, Japan and Republic of Korea leaders' meeting and the 10th East Asia Summit. The premier also will make his first official visit to Malaysia.  Liu Zhen / China News Service

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Hua Jiao, a 2-year-old female panda, was set free at the Liziping National Nature Reserve in Shimian county, Sichuan province, on Thursday afternoon.   He Haiyang / for China Daily

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President Xi Jinping addresses the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation CEO Summit, saying that China will step up reforms of the foreign investors management system and "substantially cut back" on market access restrictions for foreign investment. Li Xueren / Xinhua