The pair of cartoon characters, in green and blue and named Xiaoshan (Little Hill) and Xiaoshui (Little Water), respectively, were unveiled at a national event held in Beijing, with the Ministry of Ecology and Environment as one of the sponsors for observing the Day in China. World Environment Day is held on June 5 each year.
The origins of the HCCH go back to 1893. In September that year, Tobias Asser, a Dutch statesman, politician, lawyer and scholar, opened the first HCCH conference, followed by a number of similar conferences. After World War II, the Netherlands suggested providing the organization with a statute and a secretariat (called the permanent bureau), making it a permanent, intergovernmental organization.
The overall residential property price index expanded by 8.7 percent year-on-year compared with the same period last year, with the index for existing residential units and pre-sale residential units rising by 10.0 percent and 10.8 percent respectively year-on-year.
The online retailer is adopting strong measures to unearth vendors of fake items, as Guo Ying and Zhao Wanwei report for Xinhua China Features.
The opening measures will offset part of the negative impacts of trade friction on economic recovery, and enable China to reach its GDP growth target of above 6 percent this year, they said.
The overall winners will be announced on Oct 15 at an awards ceremony in the museum's iconic Hintze Hall. Winning images are selected for their creativity, originality and technical excellence. This year's competition attracted almost 50,000 entries from professionals and amateurs across 100 countries.
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The opening ceremony of the 11th China-ASEAN Youth Camp and fourth China-ASEAN Youth Summit was held in Beijing on Wednesday.
The opening ceremony of the 19th National Science and Technology Week was held Sunday at the Military Museum of the Chinese People's Revolution in Beijing. China's major achievements in many fields since 2014, such as space and artificial intelligence, will be on display.
The original billboard, circa 1971.
The outbreak of the novel coronavirus epidemic, which has resulted in a temporary standstill for many industries in China, prompted Jiang Xue, a 31-year-old lodging service operator in Shanghai, to make up her mind to wind down her business.