Zhang said the working-age population will remain above 800 million until 2035, compared with more than 900 million in 2017.
Zhang, the Shenzhen University professor, said countries such as the US aim to level false allegations that the "one country, two systems" has failed and that China is betraying policy commitments it has made, Zhang said.
Zhang's excellence as a music student was also recognized by renowned Croatian composer Sanda Majurec, who invited her to record Pebbles and Ripples, the first piece in a recently-published album of the composer's latest works. The young guitarist was honored and particularly excited as a "published artist."
Zhang said he was referring to the mistaken idea that the NPC Standing Committee's decision undermines Hong Kong's judicial independence or that requiring civil servants to pledge allegiance to the city violates the political neutrality of civil servants. Other examples, he said, were the illegal "Occupy Central" movement in 2011 and the prolonged street violence over the now-withdrawn extradition bill in 2019.
Zheng Yongnian, a professor and director of the East Asian Institute of National University of Singapore, spoke highly of Xi's proposal.
Zhao Xiaogang, deputy head of the institute, said one of the tomb groups was believed to belong to noblemen of the Khitan ethnic group.
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Zheng Yuliang, who received aid from Fang, said that "Fang taught us to be a good person and help the society."
Zhang said the practice aims to become the world No 1 in terms of the number of operations treating varicose veins performed annually within three years.
Zhang, who is a deputy to the National People's Congress, the nation's top legislative body, went to Guangdong as a migrant worker after finishing middle school.
Zhejiang, among the wealthiest provinces, is home to Alipay. It is keen to embrace digital channels so that citizens do not have to run an errand "for no more than once", said Chen Guangsheng, the provincial government's vice-secretary-general.