Northeast China will undergo an industrial boom to compete with eastern provinces during the 13th Five-Year Plan (2016-20), senior officials said in Hainan province on Wednesday.
Delegates attending the Boao Forum for Asia Annual Conference have called for more dialogue among Asian civilizations, with a high-level conference on this issue expected to be held next year.
Industrial parks have been successful in kick-starting economic development, even in some of the world's most underdeveloped economies, according to former World Bank chief economist Justin Yifu Lin.
At least 34 people were killed in twin attacks on Brussels International Airport and a rush-hour subway train in the Belgian capital on Tuesday, triggering security alerts across Western Europe.
All enterprises registered in China, domestic and foreign, will get fair treatment, Premier Li Keqiang said on Monday.
China has taken a further step to fight the legal ivory trade by banning imports of ivory and carved-ivory items acquired before July 1, 1975, when the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora took effect.
In an unprecedented move, President Xi Jinping has asked all institutions in China to hire professional legal representatives and advisers.
With a tip of his fedora to the free hot dogs and beer, the late, great author and New York Post columnist Jimmy Cannon famously declared: "Sportswriters work in the toy department of human life."
Item from March 23, 1985, in China Daily: Young residents in Beijing's Chaoyang district plant trees last Sunday.
Many passengers complain about airline services, such as food and entertainment options, according to the latest industry surveys.