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Vice Premier stresses job creation for farmers |
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Vice Premier Hui Liangyu said on Saturday that local government should seek every means to help migrant workers land jobs, calling it "a prominent and important task" in the current rural work agenda. |
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Heilongjiang holds growth target |
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Thanks to its low reliance on the export trade, Heilongjiang province could still record a decent economic growth this year despite the global financial crisis, a top official said. |
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Rule aims to put end to online manhunts |
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A regulation banning online manhunts has been passed in Xuzhou, Jiangsu province, the local people's congress said on its website yesterday. |
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Tibet sets 'Serfs Emancipation Day' |
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Tibetan legislators endorsed a bill Monday to designate March 28 as an annual Serfs Emancipation Day, to mark the date on which about 1 million serfs in the region were freed 50 years ago. |
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Shaanxi bids to boost tourism |
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Tourism officials here in the Shaanxi capital have launched an aggressive marketing campaign to combat the effects of the economic slowdown. |
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Baise banking on theme park to improve lives of rural people |
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Baise, a city close to the Vietnam border in the Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region, is building a theme park to mark the 80th anniversary of the Baise revolution, a top official said yesterday. |
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Add mental health to recovery plan: Official |
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Authorities should devise a plan to focus on the mental health of people caught up in the growing financial crisis, a political advisor suggested yesterday. |
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More help for private sector firms |
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Authorities in Zhejiang province will provide more fiscal and policy support for SMEs and the private sector in a bid to counter the effects of the financial crisis, a senior official said yesterday. |
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Bus, train fares will remain low |
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Beijing commuters who use public transportation will continue to enjoy low fares on trains and buses this year, according to an official at Beijing's annual legislative session. |
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Beijing on alert after bird flu death |
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Agriculture officials have issued an alert against bird flu after a 19-year-old woman died of the disease in Beijing. |
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Suspected bird flu patient in Beijing dies |
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A suspected bird flu patient in Beijing has died, local health bureau said Tuesday. |
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Mainland to promote cross-Straits development |
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A Chinese mainland official in charge of Taiwan affairs said on Thursday that the mainland would seize "current opportunities" to promote the peaceful development across the Taiwan Straits, firmly safeguard national sovereignty, territorial integrity and "fundamental interest of the Chinese nation." |
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Hu offers 6 proposals for cross-Straits relationship |
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President Hu Jintao offered six proposals to promote the peaceful development of the cross-Strait relationship in a speech to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the mainland's Message to Compatriots in Taiwan on Wednesday. |
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Mainland commemorates major policy change on Taiwan 30 years ago |
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The Chinese mainland commemorated the 30th anniversary of the announcement of Message to Compatriots in Taiwan in Beijing Wednesday with a ceremony attended by President Hu Jintao. |
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China stresses one-China principle on Taiwan-related issues |
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China stressed its adherence to the one-China principle in dealing with Taiwan-related issues, Foreign Ministry spokesman Qin Gang said here on Tuesday. |