The two sessions reflect a bigger picture

During the ongoing annual sessions of the National People's Congress and the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference National Committee, China watchers scrutinize them all - the official speeches, press conferences, policy announcements, sideline comments, personnel positioning or actions.

Lotte may harm itself by yielding to THAAD

"No THAAD! Lotte out of China!" This is what was written on the banner held by a group of protesters in front of a Lotte-invested supermarket in the city of Qidong, East China's Jiangsu province, on Thursday.

Dairy industry must focus on the basics to win trust

The year 2020 is critical to the 13th Five-Year Plan (2016-20), as the country's leadership has pledged to build a well-off society in an all-round way by then. Almost every industry has its individual (as well as collective) five-year plan with specific objectives and ways to implement it. And unlike many others, the dairy industry has a qualitative-oriented, rather than quantity-oriented, five-year plan.

China will show how to tackle things differently

Most of the world's hopes for the outcome of the annual sessions of the National People's Congress and the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference National Committee can be summed up in three words: stability, stability, stability.

Video shows that terrorism knows no national borders

A sensational video purportedly by the Islamic State terrorist group, featuring an ethnic Uygur militant threatening to "shed blood like rivers" in attacks on Chinese targets, may or may not be what it was meant and believed to be, though some experts do see it as the "first", "direct" threat the terrorist organization has leveled against China.

Securing the Belt and Road

Since they were first proposed in 2013 by Chinese President Xi Jinping, the Silk Road Economic Belt and the 21st Maritime Silk Road have captured the imagination of people around the world. And appreciable progress has been made in advancing them with various countries and regions.

True value of trust in newly listed SF Express remains to be seen

THE DOMESTIC EXPRESS DELIVERY COMPANY SF EXPRESS was listed on the Shenzhen Stock Exchange last Thursday. On each of the first four trading days, its stock had risen by the daily limit, thus making the company's founder and chairperson Wang Wei extremely wealthy. Beijing News on Thursday comments:

No justification for seizing legally parked bikes

AFTER A VIDEO SHOWING LOCAL URBAN PATROL OFFICERS in Shanghai removing legally parked bikes of bike-sharing company Mobike was posted online, it was reported that more than 4,000 bikes, about 3,500 of which are owned by Mobike, have been impounded in the city. Beijing Youth Daily commented on Thursday:

Teacher chose wrong way to stop phone use

A TEACHER in a middle school in Deyang, in southwestern China's Sichuan province, told a student to smash his smartphone after discovering the student playing with the phone in class. Beijing News commented on Thursday:

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Role of top political advisors in policymaking

All members of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference National Committee, the country's top political advisory body, expect their proposals to play a role in policymaking. Over the past two decades, proposals from members of the National Committee of the CPPCC have tripled. Back in 1993, when the first session of the 8th CPPCC National Committee was held, the members submitted about 2,000 proposals; the figure increased to 5,000 in 2008 and has remained steady at around 6,000 since 2013.

Streamlining the rental property market

The rental property market in Beijing has been warming up with the return of migrant workers after the Spring Festival holiday. The increase in house rent in the post-Spring Festival period is more than 10 percent this year, compared with 3 percent in the same period last year. The period immediately after Spring Festival in Beijing sees an increase not only in owner-tenant agreements but also house rent.