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- Following are the schedules for the third sessions of the 12th National People's Congress (NPC) and the 12th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) on Thursday.
Ambassador: China's reconciliation with Japan depends on Japanese gov't
Chinese Ambassador to Japan Cheng Yonghua said that he noticed German Chancellor Angela Merkel's visit to Japan, echoing her persuasion of the Japanese government to face the past.
- Han Deyun started his law career in 1994, the year when China began to allow private law firms to operate, after quitting his teaching job at a law university in Southwest China's Chongqing municipality.
- Prosecutors in Guangdong province have conducted a thorough investigation of prisons and have improved their oversight to prevent prison escapes, as well as illegal paroles or commutations of sentences for convicted ex-officials or wealthy individuals, a senior officer from the Guangdong Provincial People's Procuratorate said.
- The decision to take organ transplantations from death row prisoners was just a temporary solution due to the shortage of organ donations, according to Huang Jiefu, a member of the CPPCC standing committee.
- A senior CPPCC official has downplayed the Dalai Lama's recent international activity, saying it would "only disgrace" the separatist religious leader and his clique.
- "The task of Haier is to foster more and more makers," said Zhou Yunjie, rotating president of Haier and deputy to the National People's Congress (NPC), in an interview of China.org.cn.
- The national environmental watchdog will tighten the reins on assessment agencies having close relationships with officials of the ministry, a move to fight corruption, the new minister of environmental protection said.
- Following are the schedules for the third sessions of the 12th National People's Congress (NPC) and the 12th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) Wednesday.
Top party official: Xinjiang residents are joining IS
Zhang Chunxian, the Party chief of the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, said yesterday that an undisclosed number of people from the northwest China region who had joined the militant Islamic State group had planned terror activities after their return.
• Xinjiang remains stable despite terror attacks
• Top Islamic leader in Xinjiang on religious extremism
• Full coverage: NPC & CPPCC sessions 2015
- China's top work safety administrator warned the assembled media of dangers posed by stampedes and fire in surroundings such as conference rooms, when opening a press conference on Tuesday.
Highlights of the Sessions >>
- Full text: Report on China's central, local budgets
- Full text: Report on China's economic, social development plan
- Full text: Report on the Work of the Government (2015)
- Highlights of work report of Supreme People's Court
- Big data on China's rule of law
- China to speed up drafting anti-corruption law
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Zhou Mingwei: cultural differences cause misunderstanding
- Political advisor Zhou Mingwei told China.org.cn that cultural differences between China and foreign countries may cause misunderstandings in the international community, but China has to find a way to better explain itself.