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Working together to make poverty history

Military-civilian integration a necessary step

Against the backdrop of the intensification and upgrading of competition among major countries, combining efforts to make the country prosperous with efforts to make the military strong, and making overall plans for development and security are essential to consolidate China's economic and national strength.

Belt and Road Initiative to benefit all

Over the past four decades since reform and opening-up was launched, China has made brilliant achievements in both economic construction and opening-up; its social productivity and comprehensive national strength have risen significantly, and its status and influence in regional and world affairs have increased remarkably.

It's always unwise to bet against Chinese economy

The Chinese economy's resilience, reflected by such factors as stable GDP growth, mild consumer inflation, increasing corporate profits and rising household incomes this year, will disappoint those doomsayers that have been consistently short on the world's second-largest economy for its high debt levels and new uncertainties as a result of its trade disputes with the United States.

DPRK's moves naturally have proviso: better safe than sorry

Unimaginable just a few months ago, Democratic People's Republic of Korea leader Kim Jong-un may soon shake hands with his US counterpart at a second summit meeting.

Media paint false picture proclaiming foreign investment pulling out of China

SOME OVERSEAS MEDIA outlets have been trying to hype the notion that foreign companies are "withdrawing" their investments out of China. Economic Daily comments:

Domestic product standards must be enforced

IN A SPEECH DELIVERED ON SUNDAY, which marked the annual World Standards Day, the State Administration for Market Regulation head Zhang Mao said that the agency will continue narrowing the gap between the standards for domestic consumption goods and exported ones. Beijing News comments:

Chinese people also have the right to live well

Editor's note: "They (Chinese people) lived too well for too long." That's what US President Donald Trump told Fox News on Thursday. A WeChat public account Martian Square comments:

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Foreign firms still betting on China

Editor's note: Once again, the judgment is being trotted out that China is experiencing an outflow of foreign capital based on the withdrawal of a few foreign companies. Is this really the case? Three experts share their views on the issue with China Daily's Liu Jianna. Excerpts follow: