IT, service key to quality growth

China's economy has reached a new phase of transformation, and now focuses on high-quality development instead of following the high-speed growth model. This transformation and upgrading of the Chinese economy will benefit both China and the world.

Thanks Beijing for clean air, smoother traffic

I am thinking about the advantages and benefits for cities that have twined with Beijing, an imperial city at the foot of the Great Wall and a city that has seen phenomenal growth.

Will Trump's tax cuts go the Reagan way?

Editor's Note: The Center for China and Globalization, a Beijing-based think tank, recently organized a seminar on the impact of the US tax reduction bill on other economies. Following are excerpts from the speeches delivered by three participants:

China no longer willing to be a dumping ground for US waste

There have been many stories in US news media lately about how China's ban on foreign waste has caused recycling chaos in their country.

Recalling Nanjing helps improve ties with Japan

It has been said that history is little more than the register of the crimes, follies and misfortunes of mankind. But there is a reason for that, since looking back it can usually be seen that, however complex or obscure their causes, the events are usually the result of similar fervors.

Washington and Pyongyang must back words with actions

US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson on Tuesday offered to start direct talks with Pyongyang without preconditions. "Let's just meet," Tillerson said in a speech in Washington, moving away from the stumbling block of the United States' previous demand that Pyongyang must first abandon its nuclear arsenal.

A-share market should encourage investors to take long-term view

LIU SHIYU, chairman of China Securities Regulatory Commission, said recently that building China into "a strong capital market" is an important task for the commission in the pursuit of national rejuvenation. Beijing News commented on Wednesday:

Coordinate efforts to protect village culture

A RESEARCH REPORT JOINTLY published by the Changsha-based Central South University and Guangming Daily indicates the protection of old villages is confronted with five problems: the lack of legal protection, over-development, shrinking populations, stereotyped buildings and the contradiction between protecting the appearance of the village and the need to improve residents' livelihoods. Beijing Youth Daily comments:

People have right to privacy even if in public places

IT HAS BEEN REVEALED that Shuidi, a livestreaming platform affiliated to Qihoo 360 Technology Co, has livestreamed content from public places such as restaurants and shopping malls without gaining the permission of customers. Beijing News commented on Wednesday:

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Strengthen Party to combat misconduct

Editor's note: President Xi Jinping, who is also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, has said in an article published by Xinhua News Agency that the mission to improve the Party's work styles is a long-term project and highlighted the need to combat new forms of misconduct. Two experts share their views with China Daily's Zhang Zhouxiang on how to achieve that goal. Excerpts follow:

New aircraft carrier to safeguard sovereignty

China's first totally domestically built aircraft carrier will reportedly start its sea trial soon, strengthening not only the country's naval power but also the overall national defense. If the Type 001 Liaoning, China's first aircraft carrier, was the path-breaker then the new aircraft carrier (Type 001A) will lead the scientific modernization of the defense sector. The as-yet unnamed 50,000-ton Type 001A aircraft carrier has a design similar to the 60,000-ton Liaoning, with a ski jump-style deck for taking off and a conventional oil-fueled steam turbine power plant.