It was 10 pm at Fragrant Hills Park in northwestern Beijing, formerly a hunting ground for emperors, and 20 boys and girls were having a summer adventure.
Editor's note: In the wake of new regulations to encourage trash sorting across Shanghai, this is the first of two stories focusing on the central government's efforts to introduce the practice in Beijing, before expanding it to other cities around the country.
Although Xu Yuanhong graduated from a military academy, the 34-year-old has never served as an army officer. Despite his training, he followed in the footsteps of his father, a garbage collector, but surpassed him by starting AiFenLei, a WeChat miniprogram that uses the internet to facilitate trash sorting, collection and recycling.
The State Council has stepped up efforts to remedy illegal fees levied on businesses, with experts calling for the establishment of long-term mechanisms targeting such charges.
Several ministry-level departments, including those responsible for veterans affairs, education and industry, have responded recently to issues of public concern.
Attendees of a conference on language teaching have issued a call to build a modern, world-class system of English-language education with Chinese characteristics by merging Chinese and international wisdom and experience, and by embracing current realities and future trends.
As English-language teaching penetrates China's smaller cities and rural areas, the role of technologies such as artificial intelligence and support from people in all walks of life are proving important and helpful, according to experts and educators at the 2019 Global English Education China Assembly in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province.
Deborah J. Short wrapped up the 2019 Global English Education China Assembly held in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, by quoting Irish poet W.B. Yeats, saying "Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire."
Technology-assisted education has enabled English learners in China across all age groups to access unprecedentedly rich resources, especially opportunities to talk with language teachers who are native speakers "face to face" across screens, according to experts.
The assembly has been terrific. The ability for Chinese teachers to share their knowledge and expertise with each other and for other experts from outside of China to come and learn from the Chinese context and to share their expertise as well is very important. The interaction, enthusiasm and excitement of all the teachers, and the thirst for knowledge and connection, are really important, and that's what I've really valued the most from this assembly.
China has expanded its role from a mere consumer market for English language education to an innovator and influencer on the global stage in the field, according to experts and educators from around the world at the 2019 Global English Education China Assembly, in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province.
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