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China to scrap domestic data roaming charges
China will abolish domestic data roaming fees to cut cost for increasingly digital Chinese consumers, a government work report said Monday.
Premier Li: China has reduced army size by 300,000
China has basically completed the task of reducing the armed forces by 300,000 troops, Chinese Premier Li Keqiang said on Monday.
China to keep "surveyed urban unemployment rate" within 5.5 pct in 2018
China aims to keep the surveyed urban unemployment rate within 5.5 percent, according to a government work report available to the media Monday morning ahead of the annual parliamentary session.
Xi's thought to be codified in China's Constitution
The draft amendment to China's Constitution is scheduled to be submitted to the national legislature for deliberation Monday, which is expected to enshrine Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era in the fundamental law.
China to cut steel capacity by 30 mln tonnes, coal by 150 mln tonnes in 2018
China will cut ineffective steel capacity of 30 million tonnes and coal capacity of 150 million tonnes in 2018, according to a government work report available to media before the annual parliamentary session Monday morning.
China to actively expand imports in 2018: gov't work report
China will actively expand imports this year as it aims to further open up its market, said a government work report available to the media ahead of the annual parliamentary session Monday.
[Live Updates] China's top legislature opens annual session in Beijing
The National People's Congress, China's top legislature, opens its annual session at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on March 5, 2018. Chinese Premier Li Keqiang delivers a government work report at the opening session.
Highlights of Chinese Premier's government work report
Following are the highlights of a government work report distributed to media ahead of the annual session of the National People' s Congress (NPC) Monday morning.
China to increase 2018 defense budget by 8.1 percent
China will raise its defense budget by 8.1 percent in 2018, according to a budget report to be submitted to the national legislature Monday, up from last year's 7 percent.
China sets 2018 GDP growth target at around 6.5 pct
China has set its GDP growth target at around 6.5 percent for 2018, unchanged from that for 2017, according to a government work report released Monday.
China's party system is great contribution to political civilization: Xi
President Xi Jinping Sunday called the system of multiparty cooperation and political consultation led by the Communist Party of China (CPC) "a great contribution to political civilization of humanity."
China hopes for early DPRK-U.S. talks: spokesman
China hopes that talks between the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) and the United States would be held "as early as possible" and that the good momentum on the Korean Peninsula would be maintained.
New law to bring supervisory network against corruption
China's national legislature, scheduled to convene on March 5, will deliberate on a draft supervision law designed to lay a legal foundation for an upgraded anti-graft taskforce.
China not to export "Chinese model": spokesperson
China will neither import foreign models nor export a Chinese model of development, a spokesperson for the annual session of China's top legislature said Sunday.
Upcoming NPC annual session to open Monday
The first session of the 13th National People's Congress (NPC), China's national legislature, is set to open Monday and last 15 and a half days, a spokesperson said Sunday.
Zhang Yesui becomes NPC session spokesman
Zhang Yesui, executive vice-foreign minister since 2012, showed up as spokesman for the first session of China's 13th National People's Congress on Sunday.
China's top legislature vows to firmly implement spirit of key CPC meeting
The Leading Party Members' Group of the 12th National People's Congress (NPC) Standing Committee held a meeting Friday to study the spirit of the third plenary session of the 19th Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee.
"Sharp power" a new version of "China threat" rhetoric: spokesperson
Accusing China of showing "sharp power" by some western people is full of hype and bias, and is a new version of the "China threat" theory in nature, a spokesperson for the annual session of China's top political advisory body said Friday.
Favorable atmosphere needed for China-Japan high-level exchanges: spokesperson
China and Japan should restore bilateral ties to normality as early as possible so as to create a favorable ambience for high-level exchanges, said a spokesman for the annual session of China's top political advisory body Friday.
Top political advisory body's annual session to open on March 3
The first session of the 13th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) will be held at 3:00 p.m. on Saturday at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing.