Premier Li Keqiang inspects a robot company in Henan province. [Photo/gov.cn]
Preschool education has received a great deal of attention from the public in recent months, after a number of child abuse allegations were reported in kindergartens across the country. In one case, a female teacher, surnamed Liu, from RYB Education New World Kindergarten in Beijing, was arrested in December after the procuratorate of Beijing's Chaoyang district accused her of using needles to "discipline" children.
Pork prices in China have soared as the African swine fever battered the country's pork industry, driving up consumer inflation. Prices began to stabilize after the country rolled out multiple measures, such as increasing subsidies to restore hog production, releasing frozen pork reserves and expanding imports.
President Xi Jinping hosts a grand welcoming ceremony for visiting US President Donald Trump in front of the East Gate of the Great Hall of the People.
President Xi Jinping said on Tuesday that China will significantly lower import tariffs on automobiles and reduce tariffs on other products people need this year.
President Xi Jinping reaffirmed on Wednesday China's stance toward Russia of supporting each other, opposing external interference and safeguarding both countries' national sovereignty, security and development interests.
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President Xi Jinping said China will strive to provide the world with better products and services in a congratulatory letter to the China Quality Conference, which opened on Friday in Shanghai.
President Xi Jinping shakes hands with Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor after she was sworn in as the fifth-term Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre on Saturday. [Photo by XU JINGXING/CHINA DAILY]
Premier Li pointed out that countries need to seize the opportunities presented by the latest round of technological and industrial revolution, make institutional innovations, relax market controls and promote fair competition to boost productivity and encourage entrepreneurship and creativity. Vigorous efforts should be made to restructure the economy by developing emerging sectors. While paying careful attention to the protection of intellectual property rights, we should put a premium on technology transfers and diffusion to make the most of innovations for the benefit of more people.
President Xi Jinping called for more efforts to promote the rule of law and the development of high-quality legal talent during a visit to the China University of Political Science and Law on Wednesday.