Auditing's role in supervision

Auditor-General Hu Zejun delivered an audit report on the accounts of 650,000 national entities to the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress on Tuesday, the first of its kind since the Audit Commission of the Communist Party of China Central Committee was established in May.

National real estate registration database will aid housing policies

THE REAL ESTATE REGISTRATION information management platforms operated by local governments have recently been merged into a unified national database, according to the Ministry of Natural Resources. Guangming Daily comments:

Be alert to fraud traps for elderly people

BY THE END OF JUNE, more than 2,500 senior residents had reported to the police in Hangzhou, East China's Zhejiang province, that a gang had swindled them out of hundreds of millions of yuan by inviting them to deposit their savings in a club called Aifujia, or home of love and blessing, with the promise they would be admitted by a nursing home for free and also enjoy interest on the money they deposited. Qianjiang Daily comments:

Much from China has gone to World Cup but not team

AS THE ONGOING 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia continues to attract viewers, a joke about the Chinese national soccer team has become popular online. Thepaper.cn comments:

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US move to militarize outer space vicious

By directing the Pentagon on Monday to create a special "Space Force" as an independent branch of the US military to ensure the safety of US spacecraft and astronauts, US President Donald Trump has sparked concerns that Washington would ignite an arms race in outer space. Since outer space is the common property of humankind, China has always advocated its peaceful use and objected to its weaponization. It also opposes attempts to turn outer space into a battlefield, and hopes all countries will make joint efforts to keep outer space peaceful.

Study tours abroad more hype than substance

Editor's note: Overseas study tours have become increasingly popular among Chinese students during the summer vacation. Two experts share their views on the issue with China Daily's Yao Yuxin. Excerpts follow:

Tax reform an index of social equity

The draft amendment to the Individual Income Tax Law submitted to the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress on June 19 for review is a welcome move, especially because it has been seven years since the personal income tax threshold was raised from 2,000 yuan ($309) to 3,500 yuan.

Trump and his trade hawks must be brought down to earth

If US President Donald Trump has finally come to his senses on Wednesday by signing an executive order to reverse his administration's inhuman practice of separating children from their parents illegally for crossing the southern US border, he should also be brought to his senses to stop the tariff war he has initiated with China, and, indeed, the whole world.

Fresh vitality of old bond holds great promise

Since the Democratic People's Republic of Korea first began showing its commitment to improving relations with the Republic of Korea earlier this year, Beijing has thrown its weight behind Pyongyang's efforts to ease tensions on the Korean Peninsula and seek reconciliation with Seoul and Washington.

US bias and self-focus reducing its influence

In yet another example of the go-it-alone stance embraced by the Donald Trump administration, the United States announced on Tuesday it was withdrawing from the United Nations Human Rights Council, which, since it was founded in 2006, has played an important role in promoting a variety of human rights issues.

Personal income tax reform is a barometer for social fairness

THE 13TH NATIONAL PEOPLE'S CONGRESS Standing Committee is now reviewing a draft amendment to the Personal Income Tax Law. Guangming Daily comments: