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China, France to jointly boost multilateralism

The many "firsts" of French President Emmanuel Macron's three-day state visit to China, which began on Monday, already speak of the importance that both countries attach to bilateral relations.

Be ready to address risks

In his remarks at the opening of a workshop attended by newly elected members and alternate members of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, as well as provincial-and ministerial-level officials on Friday, General Secretary Xi Jinping gave an in-depth analysis of the internal and external situations, and urged the attendees to increase their vigilance to prevent risks and challenges.

Lake chief system clarifies who has duty of protection

THE CENTRAL AUTHORITIES have vowed to establish a lake chief system before the end of this year to further strengthen the protection of the country's water resources. Guangming Daily commented on Monday:

Companies must respect workers' rights

AN ENTERPRISE IN ZHUHAI, South China's Guangdong province, was fined 190,500 yuan ($29,365) by the local labor department because it required 1,905 workers to work too many extra hours. Legal Daily comments:

Questions about flu drug's safety need answering

CHINESE DOCTORS often give children the immunostimulant pidotimod to fight flu in winter. However, recently several medical experts have pointed out that the effectiveness and safety of pidotimod are still unclear. Southern Metropolis Daily comments:

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Lancang-Mekong agency for shared future

Premier Li Keqiang's participation in the second Lancang-Mekong Cooperation Leaders' Meeting in Phnom Penh - after which he will pay an official visit to Cambodia from Wednesday to Thursday - will help establish a community of shared future in Asia. The Lancang-Mekong River Cooperation mechanism was established at the first LMC Leaders' Meeting held in Sanya, South China's Hainan province, in March 2016, to facilitate cooperation among China and Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, Myanmar and Thailand.

Time sharing economy lived up to its name

Perhaps there is no term as popular, yet controversial, as "sharing economy" to be the buzzword for 2017 in China. Just as the first sentence in A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens, "It was the best of times, it was the worst of times", for the sharing economy in 2017.

Pioneering green Arctic development

Economic development in any part of the world in the 21st century should go hand in hand with ecological responsibility, especially if it is in the Arctic where the cost of an anthropic mistake could have consequences for the whole planet.

China, France can become ideal market economies

French President Emmanuel Macron sent his special representative Jean-Pierre Raffarin, a veteran French politician, to attend the Belt and Road Initiative Forum for International Cooperation in Beijing in May, only a few days after winning the French election, signaling he would visit China at an appropriate time soon. In fact, he announced his intention of visiting China when he met with President Xi Jinping at the G20 Summit in Hamburg, Germany, in early July.

Important for local govts to stop cooking the books

To better coordinate government policies and predict and prevent risks, accurate information is indispensible. President Xi Jinping has stressed on many occasions that accurate statistics are the lifeline for the government's work and the truthfulness of data must be guaranteed.