Professor emphasizes the need for China to support the international trade body
Running a chicken farm in Central China's Hubei province, Song Qingli has made himself known through multiple identities: an army veteran; a farmer; a young entrepreneur who managed to expand his business through livestreaming; and a caring person who helped his fellow villagers shake off poverty by running farms.
As the annual two sessions opens in Beijing, the nation will be treated to a ritual that has become as perennial and as predictable as the Spring Festival travel rush.
While checking my family's online spending records in the past year, I found that we spent a large amount on intelligent products. A wireless vacuum robot, smartwatch, electric rice cooker and a blood-pressure-monitoring machine - all of which can be controlled through apps.
The Supervision Law and an amendment to the Constitution adopted by the first session of the 13th National People's Congress in March last year laid a solid legal foundation for an upgraded anti-graft task force, with the National Commission of Supervision and its local branches set up across the country in the past year.
China will beef up efforts to prevent the proceeds of corruption being sent overseas and to confiscate the ill-gotten funds of corrupt fugitives who have fled the country, according to the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection of the Communist Party of China and the National Commission of Supervision.
Last year, the State Administration for Market Regulation uncovered 774 cases of illegal advertising, fraud and counterfeiting in the healthcare products sector, with fines of 159 million yuan ($23.7 million) imposed on violators. The campaigns helped prevent and recover economic losses of 33.59 million yuan among consumers.
Celebrations will be held this year to mark the 70th anniversary of the founding of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, a spokesman for the national political advisory body said on Saturday.
Editor's Note: This is the seventh, and also the last, in a series of previews focusing on major issues expected to be discussed at the two sessions. The nation's top body of political advisers will convene on Sunday, while the session of the nation's top legislature, the National People's Congress, will begin on Tuesday.
Agricultural experts have called for upgrading pig breeding methods and tightening biosecurity after the ongoing African swine fever has exposed irregularities in the pig industry.
China is committed to expanding e-commerce in rural areas to promote agricultural products and increase farmers' incomes, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs said.
Tintin has ventured again to Shanghai with the opening of the country's first flagship shop themed on the classic Belgian cartoon character, much welcomed by its Chinese fans spanning several generations.
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