People-first development will remain the priority

"Our people look forward to better education, a more stable job, a more satisfactory income... and expect their children to grow up, work and live better," Xi Jinping said in his first news conference after he was elected general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee in November 2012.

Lam highlights pragmatic solutions

On Wednesday, Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor presented her first policy address since taking office as chief executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region in July, making clear that her focus is on improving people's livelihoods.

Growing mountain of express delivery packaging needs reducing and reusing

THE TOTAL VOLUME of China's express delivery industry has been the largest in the world for three consecutive years, and it has contributed 40 percent of the growth in the global express delivery business, the State Post Bureau said on Monday. Legal Daily comments:

Deter drivers from misuse of emergency lanes

ON SUNDAY and Monday alone, police in Jiangsu province dealt with 4,874 cases of drivers illegally using the emergency lanes on expressways. Thepaper.cn comments:

Betrothal gifts are now an unbearable burden for many

A BRIDE in Handan, Hebei province, has caused a stir by refusing to solicit a betrothal gift from her husband. It is traditional for a man to offer money as a betrothal gift when asking a woman to marry him. Yanzhao Metropolis Daily commented on Wednesday:

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National information system for rural left-behind children

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Belt and Road building cultural bridges

One of China's biggest contributions to global governance in the past five years may be the China-proposed Belt and Road Initiative.

Efforts required to leverage city-led growth

Over the last decade, China has been working to shift from a manufacturing-led growth model fueled by low-cost labor to an innovation-led, higher value-added model underpinned by strong productivity gains. Urbanization is critical to facilitate this shift, not least by enabling economies of scale.

Why are there always shootings in the US?

The mass shooting in Las Vegas has prompted broad discussion, both in the United States and the rest of the world, on gun control.

Growing exchanges bringing US and China closer

Today, 14,000 US students come to China each year to study, according to US Education Secretary Betsy DeVos.

Five principles to leverage period of opportunity

Many Chinese aphorisms urge people to work hard. Few urge them to work smarter, but that, as the country's leadership has made clear, is what is needed now.