China must continue economic reforms to unleash potential and become a more consistent player on the global stage, said Richard Graham, a British politician who chairs the All Party Parliamentary China Group.
The movement of Chinese citizens from farms to cities over the past 30 years is the largest and fastest urbanization in the history of the world, by far. Getting this process right - planning cities over the next three decades that are productive, livable and environmentally friendly - is crucial.
In 1998, when Sheng Xiaoyun debuted the first Suzhou Pingtan performance in Taiwan from a Chinese mainland troupe since 1949, she was dubbed by some local media as "the most beautiful voice in the country".
Clicking camera shutters and photographers' flashes usually begin bombarding VIPs the moment they enter a media event venue, and then again every time they make a hand or body gesture, with the cacophony and light show simmering down a bit when the subject is quiet and motionless on the dais.
The first China International Import Expo, one of the country's concrete measures to further open up, would facilitate economic globalization and trade liberalization, Minister of Commerce Zhong Shan said on Sunday.
Deputies from the Shanghai delegation to the National People's Congress said they expected new measures to facilitate the entry of exhibits from overseas for the China International Import Expo in Shanghai in November.
China will quicken the pace of building more public kindergartens and inclusive private kindergartens to ensure that children obtain better and cheaper preschool education, Liu Limin, former vice-minister of education, said on Saturday.
The nation's top leadership has said the resolution and prevention of financial risks and the promotion of economic deleveraging will be key tasks this year, as many experts had predicted.
Strengthening the regulatory framework will remain a key focus for China's banking sector this year, according to economists and analysts, who believe more specific rules will be introduced to place greater emphasis on enforcement.
As China's only provincial region with land and sea links with members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, the Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region has promoted an open economy to build a key gateway for the Belt and Road Initiative, according to a senior official.
The country also plans to soon publish a guideline and detailed regulations on AI development and breakthroughs in critical technologies, he said.
China will conduct equity diversification at the group level in selected centrally administered State-owned enterprises and advance mixed ownership reform for SOEs in sectors that are fully competitive this year, the head of a top regulator said.
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