No tariffs on targeted cancer drugs will reduce the price pain for patients

PREMIER LI KEQIANG promises zero tariff rates for targeted cancer drugs at a news conference after the two sessions in Beijing on Tuesday. Thepaper.cn comments:

Personal assets data key to difficult reforms

CHINA IS TO ESTABLISH an information system for personal income and assets, according to the 35th meeting of the Central Leading Group for Comprehensive Deepening of Reform, a top reform policy generator, in Beijing on Tuesday. Legal Daily comments:

Self-driving cars will arrive despite pedestrian's death

ON MONDAY, a female pedestrian died after being hit by a self-driving car operated by Uber in Arizona. The woman is reportedly the first pedestrian killed by an autonomous vehicle on public roads. Thepaper.cn comments:

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Trump's act of fatuity hurts Sino-US ties

Not a single inch of Chinese territory can be separated from China, and any attempt to divide the nation will be crushed, President Xi Jinping said at the closing of the first session of the 13th National People's Congress, China's top legislature, on Tuesday.

Better IPR protection to boost innovation

Addressing a news conference on Tuesday, Premier Li Keqiang echoed the resolve in the Government Work Report, which he presented at the annual sessions of China's top legislature and top political advisory body on March 5, and reiterated the importance of better protecting intellectual property rights (IPR).

China-DPRK ties remain as solid as ever

The Democratic People's Republic of Korea's top leader Kim Jong-un, who is also chairman of the country's State Affairs Commission, congratulated Xi Jinping for being unanimously re-elected the president of China on Saturday.

We can only hope Mother Nature comes to save us from destruction

Sudan is dead. The last male northern white rhinoceros was euthanized in Kenya's Ol Pejeta conservancy on Monday to relieve it from the incurable pain from a degenerative illness. It was 45 years old.

Xi offers insights for building shared future

Delivering a speech at the closing of the first session of the 13th National People's Congress on Tuesday, President Xi Jinping, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, said that China will never seek development at the expense of other countries.

Thaw in Sino-Japanese ties can benefit whole region

This year marks the 40th anniversary of the signing of the China-Japan Treaty of Peace and Friendship, and as there has been a thawing of bilateral relations recently, Premier Li Keqiang said on Tuesday that he will consider paying an official visit to Japan while attending the China-Japan-ROK leaders' meeting planned for the first half of this year.

Audit office can ensure there are no supervisory blind spots

THE AUDITS OF PARTY and government departments must act as a sharp sword in the battle against corruption, said Hu Zejun, auditor general of the National Audit Office, on Monday. Thepaper.cn comments: