Many industrial parks not paying their way

THE GOVERNMENT of Anhui province has formally approved a plan to merge the five development parks in the Anqing New Chemical Industrial Concentration Zone into other development zones. This is a good beginning to halt the irrational expansion of industrial parks and development zones. Beijing News comments:

Forcing tourists to shop is not a trivial matter

LI YUN, a tour guide, was sentenced to six months in prison because he forced tourists to buy things from a shop from which he received kick backs. Legal Daily comments:

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On the road to quality urbanization

Editor's note: Following are excerpts from the speeches delivered by four senior scholars at China Urban Forum 100 in early June, which focused on "Four decades of Chinese cities' reform and opening-up":

It is too early for Trump to brag about achievements

Aboard Air Force One on his way back to Washington after meeting with Democratic People's Republic of Korea leader Kim Jong-un in Singapore on June 12, US President Donald Trump thanked Kim on Twitter for "taking the first bold step toward a bright future for his people".

Threading tradition into the present day

Since her childhood, when she would watch her mother at work, Luo Jun has been pursuing her ambition to preserve the traditional embroidery of the Yi ethnic group and bring real benefits to her fellow embroiderers in Yunnan province.

Green dream dawns for a rainforest lost and regained

At the foot of Niuling Mountain in the southeast of Hainan island, lies a mysterious valley that is a palace of plants - from lowly weeds to the nobility of flowers.

CHEN ADDS GRACE TO CHINESE FASHION

Twenty years ago Grace Chen became the first student from the Chinese mainland to study fashion design in New York's Fashion Institute of Technology.

Meet Doreen Hynd, 92, tai chi chuan master

Balance is a word that you'll hear often from Doreen Hynd, a 92-year-old tai chi chuan master who has taught the martial art for almost 30 years both in the US and Canada.

US should not shun global trade system

China's central bank surprised expectations by leaving borrowing costs for interbank loans unchanged on Thursday despite the US Federal Reserve raising benchmark interest rates. A decision that has sparked fresh concerns about the state of the Chinese economy.

Law cannot condone violence

In the riot in Mong Kok, Hong Kong, on Chinese New Year in 2016, hundreds of people rushed into the streets and used sticks and tiles to "fight" with police. They burned cars, assaulted people and damaged public property. For two years, Hong Kong has been paying the bill for the riot.

Pension fund cake must be bigger so all regions get reasonable slice

THE STATE COUNCIL, China's Cabinet, will start to adjust the pension funds among provincial-level regions on July 1 to ensure the sustainability of the fund, particularly in the less-developed regions, and make the pension level more balanced among different regions, according to a notice issued recently. Beijing Youth Daily comments: