Editor's note: The G7 summit to be held in the French seaside city of Biarritz Aug 24-26 will mainly focus on "fighting inequality" without perhaps going into the nitty-gritty of how to do so. How does the agenda reflect on the seven most industrialized countries in the world? Three experts share their views on the issue with China Daily's Pan Yixuan. Excerpts follow:
With a week to go before the United States imposes 10 percent tariffs on another $300 billion of Chinese goods, as threatened by the US leader on Aug 1, Washington must have been waiting for the other shoe to drop since on previous occasions China announced countermeasures soon after the US levied tariffs on Chinese imports.
Liu Yangshun was one of the more than 70,000 forestry workers laid off in 2013 when his hometown of Yichun, Heilongjiang province, decided to opt for green development and banned commercial logging.
The Harbin New Area has made impressive progress in the first half of this year, with GDP growing 10.3 percent, compared with the same period last year, local officials said.
Heilongjiang province reported 64.7 percent annual growth in its trade with Russia last year, according to the provincial Commerce Department. Its trade with Russia reached 122 billion yuan ($17.32 billion), ranking first among provincial-level regions in the country.
Editor's note: As the People's Republic of China prepares to celebrate its 70th anniversary on Oct 1, China Daily is featuring a series of stories on the role regions have played in the country's development and where they are today.
The Jilin 1 satellite has helped launch the province's advanced manufacturing drive, along the way providing precise data for firefighting and environmental protection. The first commercial remote sensing satellite system developed in China, Jilin 1 was sent into space in October 2015, said Jia Hongguang, deputy general manager of Chang Guang Satellite.
It lies at the point where China, Russia and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea meet, with the proximity of the three countries offering opportunities to tap major cross-border markets.
Liaoning province is speeding up cooperation with Central and Eastern European countries in the hope of breathing fresh life into its economic revitalization.
Innovative measures on customs auditing were launched recently in the Dalian section of the China (Liaoning) Pilot Free Trade Zone.
The Liaoning Port Group opened three new routes from Dalian to Indonesia, Vietnam and Thailand, and South Korea in the first half of this year. Its foreign trade route network now covers more than 300 ports in over 160 countries and regions.
Editor's note: As the People's Republic of China prepares to celebrate its 70th anniversary on Oct 1, China Daily is featuring a series of stories on the role regions have played in the country's development and where they are today.
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