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"I am confident we can achieve the annual growth target [of around 7.5 percent]."
Li Pumin, spokesman for the National Development and Reform Commission, China's top economic planner, stressing at a press conference on October 14 that the country's economic growth will remain within a proper range in the fourth quarter as government policies to stimulate consumption and stabilize investment gradually filter through
"A market economy should not be a corrupt economy, and China's economic growth is not achieved through opportunities created by corruption."
Xin Ming, a professor at the Party School of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China
"We hope that people in rural areas can enjoy the same consumption choices as in cities and that entrepreneurs can set up businesses in rural areas."
Zhang Yong, Chief Operating Officer of New York-listed Alibaba Group, China's leading e-commerce platform provider, announcing a new business expansion plan on October 14
"Violators have to pay a much higher price than before."
Zhong Chonglei, chief of the Beijing Environmental Monitoring Team, on local authorities' plan to adopt a special and strict air pollution control plan for APEC meetings scheduled for next month in the city | |
"I am confident we can achieve the annual growth target [of around 7.5 percent]."
Li Pumin, spokesman for the National Development and Reform Commission, China's top economic planner, stressing at a press conference on October 14 that the country's economic growth will remain within a proper range in the fourth quarter as government policies to stimulate consumption and stabilize investment gradually filter through
"A market economy should not be a corrupt economy, and China's economic growth is not achieved through opportunities created by corruption."
Xin Ming, a professor at the Party School of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China
"We hope that people in rural areas can enjoy the same consumption choices as in cities and that entrepreneurs can set up businesses in rural areas."
Zhang Yong, Chief Operating Officer of New York-listed Alibaba Group, China's leading e-commerce platform provider, announcing a new business expansion plan on October 14
"Violators have to pay a much higher price than before."
Zhong Chonglei, chief of the Beijing Environmental Monitoring Team, on local authorities' plan to adopt a special and strict air pollution control plan for APEC meetings scheduled for next month in the city | |
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Beijing's Waste Headache
Oriental Outlook
October 16
According to a report by local environmental protection authorities, Beijing generated more than 6 million tons of waste in 2013, the highest in the previous five years.
As Beijing's population grows rapidly, people in the city are throwing away more and more expensive items, such as household electrical appliances. In 2013, the weight of TV sets discarded by Beijingers reached 24,000 tons.
Currently, both private companies and environmental protection departments are involved in waste transportation and processing in Beijing.
Care at Home Deserves Support
Xinhua Daily Telegraph
October 14
The capital city of east China's Jiangsu Province, Nanjing, which has 1.2 million senior residents but only 43,000 certified nurse aides for the elderly, has taken an incentive approach to filling the gap. According to a new regulation, the government will pay grown-up children of five categories of senior citizens, including the disabled and half-disabled, up to 400 yuan ($65.32) a month for looking after their parents at home. | |
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