In the National Security Strategy report released in December, US President Donald Trump announced that the United States will launch a $1 trillion infrastructure building plan in 2018, which, if implemented, will be the largest US infrastructure expansion and upgrading campaign since the 1950s.
Editor's note: One year after the United States withdrew from the Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement, the remaining 11 members have decided to revive it. The trade agreement will now be called Comprehensive and Progressive Trans-Pacific Partnership, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said last week. Two experts share their views on the future of the CPTPP with China Daily's Pan Yixuan. Excerpts follow:
Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era is a combination of Marxism and cosmopolitan ideas for solutions to global problems which President Xi Jinping has articulated after conducting a comprehensive study into China as a leading contributor to and member of the world in the past several decades, particularly since 2013 when he fully took office.
In an obvious attempt to assuage the concerns of an elite global audience worried about his protectionist, isolationist "America First" strategy, United States President Donald Trump told attendees at the World Economic Forum in Davos on Friday that "America is open for business".
As Foreign Minister Wang Yi said during a meeting with his Japanese counterpart on Sunday, ties between China and Japan are like a boat trying to make its way against the current, and the two countries need to overcome the turbulence and obstacles that stand in their way if they are to make any progress in improving their relations.
ON THE NIGHT of Jan 19, 1,500 workers in Longyan city, East China's Fujian province, joined three existing railways to a new railway linking Nanping and Longyan within nine hours, which attracted the attention and applause of Western media outlets. Zhongguowangshi.com, a website affiliated to Xinhua News Agency, comments:
ON WEDNESDAY, the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine and the standardization administration jointly released a national guideline on personal information protection, which will come into effect on May 1. Beijing News comments:
AN 11-YEAR-OLD GIRL in Biyang, Central China's Henan province, has reportedly been sexually abused by a member of staff at her primary school for at least two years and is now five months pregnant. Gmw.cn comments:
High-quality economic growth is an important element of "Xi Jinping Thought on Socialist Economy with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era". As socialism with Chinese characteristics has stepped into a new era, so has China's economic development, transitioning from high-speed growth to high-quality growth, which in turn will lead to a series of drastic changes including those in the development model and evaluation index.
According to the World Bank, high-income economies (with per capita gross national income of $12,236 or more) include the United States, Western Europe and Japan, while upper middle-income economies (per capita gross national income between $3,956 and $12,235) include Turkey, Russia, Brazil and China.
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