China will increase the number and types of candidates, as well as accepting women and applicants from universities and other institutions, when recruiting astronauts for future manned space missions.
Chinese Premier Li Keqiang held his annual press conference in Beijing on Wednesday, taking questions from Chinese and foreign journalists.
China's court system concluded 45,000 graft cases in 2016, implicating 63,000 people, a work report of the Supreme People's Court (SPC) said Sunday.
Chinese Premier Li Keqiang joins the discussions about the 2017 government work report with deputies to the 12th National People's Congress (NPC) from east China's Anhui Province during the fifth session of the 12th NPC in Beijing on March 10, 2017. [Photo: China Plus]
Premier Li discusses government work report with NPC deputies from Shaanxi
Chinese Premier Li Keqiang joins in discussions about the 2017 government work report with deputies to the 12th National People's Congress from south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region during the fifth session of the 12th NPC in Beijing, on March 8, 2017.
Premier Li joined in the deliberation of the 2017 government work report with NPC deputies from Tibet during the fifth session of the 12th NPC in Beijing.
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Chinese Premier Li Keqiang joins in the deliberation of the 2017 government work report with deputies to the 12th National People's Congress (NPC) from East China's Shandong province during the fifth session of the 12th NPC in Beijing, on March 6, 2017.
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International perspectives on Premier Li Keqiang's government work report delivered at the opening of the annual session of China's top legislature on March 5
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China has set its GDP growth target at around 6.5 percent for 2017, compared with a target range of 6.5-7 percent last year, a government work report said Sunday.
The National People's Congress (NPC), China's top legislature, will continue exchanges with the U.S. Congress this year to boost communication and understanding, a spokesperson for the NPC annual session said Saturday.
The annual session of China's top legislature, the National People's Congress (NPC), is scheduled to open Sunday morning in Beijing, a spokesperson told a press conference Saturday.
China's 2017 defense budget will expand by about 7 percent, a spokesperson for the annual session of the country's top legislature said Saturday.