Toxic air, water and soil are responsible for the deaths of 9 million people worldwide each year, more than the number of people who succumb to war, malaria and AIDS combined, according to a study on the impact of pollution on global public health published in The Lancet on Friday.
Besides the examining of the Party's road map for the country and electing a new Central Committee and its Central Commission for Discipline Inspection, the 19th Communist Party of China National Congress concluded with a high-profile amendment to its Constitution that is nothing short of historic.
In the report he delivered to the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China on Oct 18, General Secretary Xi Jinping stressed the importance of developing city clusters, coordinated regional development and urbanization.
IN THE REPORT he delivered at the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China on Oct 18, General Secretary Xi Jinping said: "Advancing law-based governance in all fields is a profound revolution in China's governance. We must promote the rule of law and work to ensure sound lawmaking, strict law enforcement, impartial administration of justice and the observance of the law by everyone." Beijing Youth Daily comments:
TO PROTECT ITS NATURAL RESOURCES, China is to establish four national parks that cover about 215,000 square kilometers of land, or 2 percent of the country's territory, Yang Weimin, deputy head of the Office of the Central Leading Group on Finance and Economic Affairs, said on Monday. Beijing News commented on Tuesday:
A LOCAL COMPANY in Linfen, Shanxi province, reportedly pays its skilled workers more than 3 million yuan ($452,200) a year, four times the wage of the chief manager. Yanzhou Evening News comments:
The Communist Party of China has always advanced with the times, so has the Party Constitution. And the inclusion of "Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era" in the Party Constitution shows the political wisdom and strategic insight of the central leadership with General Secretary Xi Jinping as the core.
China's pursuit of modernization is aimed at establishing total harmony between human beings and nature, said General Secretary Xi Jinping in his holistic report at the opening of the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China on Oct 18.
Napoleon Bonaparte once said: "China is a sleeping giant. Let her sleep, for when she wakes she will move the world." China has woken up and shaken the world but not the way Napoleon or many others feared. Instead, it has injected vital energy into the world economy, staunchly defended globalization, and helped improve infrastructure in cooperation with other countries.
Before the start of the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, some European politicians, such as Luxembourg Prime Minister Xavier Bettel and former French prime minister Jean-Pierre Raffarin, told me that one typical strength of the Party leadership was its long-term vision of governance.
China under the leadership of the Communist Party of China has blazed a new trail for economic and social progress that has not only led the country to its own economic prosperity, but also shown a way in which the rest of the world can overcome the various stumbling blocks that are hindering the progress of both developed and developing countries.
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