Referee's bias kicks off storm of criticism

Editor's note: After a match between Shandong Luneng and Henan Jianye in the Chinese Super League on Saturday, the performance of the referee Fu Ming has been in the spotlight because of several decisions he gave in favor of the visiting team. China Daily reporter Li Yang comments:

Scientific endeavors must be creative and bold

Manned space flights and lunar probes, supercomputers and quantum communication - the list of achievements China has made in science and technology is long, and growing longer.

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Advancing rule of law to deepen reform

In the Government Work Report he presented to the national legislature on March 5, Premier Li Keqiang said that China would continue to thoroughly apply the basic strategy of rule of law in strict accordance with the Constitution. He stressed that all government activities would be brought in line with the rule of law through full implementation of the administrative accountability system.

End of INF Treaty won't change trend of peace

Editor's Note: On March 4, Russia officially suspended the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty, signed between Washington and Moscow in 1987 to eliminate the two sides' land-based ballistic missiles, cruise missiles and missile launchers in the short range (500-1,000 kilometers) and intermediate range (1,000-5,500 km), in response to the United States' announcement on Feb 2 that it would quit the treaty. Three experts share their views on the issue with China Daily's Pan Yixuan. Excerpts follow:

New hope for people who suffer from depression

The approval of the drug esketamine by the Food and Drug Administration in the United States will significantly advance the treatment of depression worldwide. Esketamine is particularly effective for those people who are resistant to conventional treatment, or who are at imminent risk of committing suicide.

New investment law suits this stage of development

The draft of the foreign investment law is to be presented to the country's top legislature for approval on Friday, and no one should underestimate its importance.

Anti-poverty efforts never end

With two years left before the 2020 deadline of China's poverty alleviation campaign, there are still 16.6 million people living in poverty in about 500 counties across the country.

Success of SpaceX's Crew Dragon mission heralds new era in space

ON FRIDAY, the capsule of Crew Dragon, a spacecraft designed by SpaceX for manned space flight, successfully splashed down in the Atlantic after finishing its debut unmanned test flight. Xu Luyuan, a postdoctoral researcher of planetary geology at Macao University of Science and Technology, comments:

Regulators must protect small investors

FAN YUN, a deputy to the National People's Congress, the nation's top legislature, asked Yi Huiman, chairman of the China Securities Regulatory Commission, to regulate the A-share market so that small investors do not fall prey to opportunistic capital. China Daily writer Zhang Zhouxiang comments:

Parents should be held responsible if their kids go off rails

Editor's note: At the ongoing two annual sessions of National People's Congress and the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference National Committee, actor Feng Yuanzheng, a member of the CPPCC National Committee, proposed that when those under the age of 18 commit crimes, their parents should be held partly responsible. Below is an excerpt of his interview online:

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