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Yuan strengthens to 6.7147 against dollar

The central parity rate of the yuan strengthened 18 pips to 6.7147 against the US dollar on Thursday, said the China Foreign Exchange Trade System. In China's spot foreign exchange market, the yuan is allowed to rise or fall by 2 percent from the central parity rate each trading day.

Eco-farming creates jobs for farmers

Amid the country's drive to expand rural feature industries, new forms of eco-farming are benefiting farmers with job creation. As winter arrives, ecological circular agriculture demonstration park in Zhangji town of Kangbao county, Hebei province, is bustling with its aquaponics farming. In its smart greenhouses, rows of fish-filled ponds are neatly arranged, while in the cultivation area, cucumbers, watermelons and various hydroponic vegetables thrive. The fish-crops ecological mode delivers benefits to villagers, who busily tend to the fruits and vegetables.

XINHUA-CHINA DAILY