China plans to raise its defense budget by 7.5 percent in fiscal year 2019, slightly lower than last year's 8.1 percent hike, according to a draft budget report submitted to the national legislature on Tuesday.
Top legislators called for judicial authorities to exercise extreme caution when deciding what constitutes self-defense in order to safeguard the rights of people to defend themselves.
Beijing's Forbidden City, China's imperial palace from 1420 to 1911, is one of the most visited tourist attractions in the country.
Xiongan New Area in Hebei province is about to reach its full-scale construction stage after a series of plans were finalized over the past two years.
Continuing to deepen reform is critical for China to maintain sustainable economic growth domestically and make important contributions to global issues, a leading academic from the Institute of International Politics and Economics said.
Political adviser Zou Kai will welcome a baby soon. Although the former Olympic gymnastics champion has not decided whether to encourage his child to become a professional gymnast on the world stage, he knows what he has to do now - to promote the sport among more children as a member of the 13th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference.
While the economy has always been an important topic during the country's annual two sessions meetings, the topic seems even more crucial given the challenging international situation and big changes happening in China.
When the two sessions kicks off every year, it is also the time to show some of the latest technologies that could potentially change our lives in the near future.
Premier Li Keqiang called for steadfast support for development of the nonpublic economy, while offering equal treatment for all enterprises regardless of ownership.
A proposed new law on foreign investment would replace three existing ones and serve as the basic law for the field as the country continues to open up in the new era, an official of China's top legislature said.
A confrontational China-US relationship does not benefit anyone because the interests of the two countries are deeply interwoven, Zhang Yesui, spokesman for the annual session of the National People's Congress, said in Beijing on Monday.
China believes the Hanoi summit between Pyongyang and Washington was constructive and that such interaction will continue to be important in resolving the Korean Peninsula issue. China hopes Pyongyang and Washington, the key parties, will maintain good faith, remain patient and continue their dialogue in the right direction to achieve progress.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Copyright 1995 - . All rights reserved. The content (including but not limited to text, photo, multimedia information, etc) published in this site belongs to China Daily Information Co (CDIC). Without written authorization from CDIC, such content shall not be republished or used in any form. Note: Browsers with 1024*768 or higher resolution are suggested for this site.
License for publishing multimedia online 0108263 Registration Number: 20100000002731 
Raymond Zhou
Op Rana
Berlin Fang
Zhu Yuan
Huang Xiangyang
Chen Weihua
