The construction of charging facilities has not kept pace with NEV development, he said. By the end of 2017, the number of NEVs in the country was more than 1.7 million, while the number of public charging piles was only 214,000, far from the target of 4.8 million in 2020.
The country is scheduled to release its first-quarter economic data, including GDP growth, fixed asset investment, industrial output and retail sales, on April 17.
The conference is co-organized by several government agencies, including the National Development and Reform Commission, the Ministry of Science and Technology, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, and the National Internet Information Office.
The construction of the Xidong garbage disposal plant, located in Wuxi, was suspended for five years because of local objections. After a detailed assessment, many problems were resolved, and residents finally dropped their opposition.
The country will accelerate the opening up of the insurance industry, ease restrictions on the establishment of foreign financial institutions in China and expand their business scope, and open up more areas of cooperation between Chinese and foreign financial markets.
The country will also increase special-purpose bonds for local governments and step up preparation of projects to be funded by the bonds, with more support for construction of infrastructure and public service programs that will generate agreeable revenues, Liu said.
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The country has vowed to speed up the formulation and improvement of relevant standards for identifying counterfeiting, patent, trademark and copyright infringements, strengthen its campaign against intellectual protection right violations and impose heavy penalties on all types of breaches.
The country's A-share market and its currency will not be immune to the external volatility but China could be better positioned than other countries to weather the global financial turmoil as policymakers in Beijing have enough ammunition to maintain domestic market stability, they said.
The conversation was telling in that it revealed the spectrum of perspectives the candidates have on America’s technology industry.
The country's 22nd storm continues to blow away from the Philippines, packing maximum sustained winds of 65 km per hour with gusts of up to 80 km per hour, the state weather bureau said.