The General Office of the State Council issued the 13th Five-Year Plan (2016-20) for rejuvenating border areas and boosting the livelihoods of residents. It has introduced measures to further help border areas prosper comprehensively. The plan stresses that the central government will give priority to supporting reform and innovation in the border areas and accelerating these regions' development, and will further provide preferential policies to the border areas.
At a time when large cities are still sucking in rural residents from across the nation, a major city in Central China is working hard to reverse the trend by encouraging people to move to the countryside.
Five years ago, retiree Chen E'xiang rented a house in Hanzishan village, a 90-minute drive from Wuhan, the capital Hubei province. He has lived in the village ever since.
1. When outsiders wish to rent empty house in villages, the agreement of local residents must be sought. If that agreement is forthcoming, the municipal government must ensure that all administrative approval procedures are completed within three working days.
Jayson Au had been cruising hassle-free in his Tesla Model S. He had turned on Autopilot, the car's driver assist feature, and was feeling relaxed as he passed through Hong Kong's Cross-Harbour Tunnel to pick up his family after a trip to Macao.
All of a sudden, the world's power balance is shifting, with China and to a lesser extent the European Union as the main beneficiaries. Most observers feel US President Donald Trump's rambling speech announcing the United States' withdrawal from the Paris climate change agreement marked a point at which he unwittingly yielded international influence to China, whose economy is steadily growing and is on track to become the largest in the world soon.
The Shanghai Cooperation Organization was expanded for the first time at the two-day summit in Astana, Kazakhstan, with the inclusion of India and Pakistan. The inclusion of the two major regional countries in the SCO demonstrates the organization's growing appeal.
That 15 big data companies, among which one is newly listed, are being investigated on the charge of selling customers' data exposes the lack of rule of law in the booming industry.
A diplomat, as once defined by US writer Caskie Stinnett, "is a person who can tell you to go to hell in such a way that you actually look forward to the trip". Stinnett was writing in the mid-20th century, when exchanges between governments still relied on cadres of professionals based in each other's capitals and communicating with home via telegram, or dispatches hand-carried by couriers and consigned to diplomatic bags.
Hong Kong and overseas companies have upped the stakes in the race for a slice of the Chinese mainland's robust life insurance market, while mainland clients continue to flock to the city to snap up insurance policies.
The expected launch later this year of the Bond Connect - the third securities trading link between Hong Kong and the Chinese mainland - represents a pleasing gift for the city, which is celebrating the 20th anniversary of its return to the motherland.
A fight over the use of a basketball court in Luoyang, Henan province, between young basketball players and a group of elderly dancers has highlighted problems that exist with urban management in Chinese cities.
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