He also said 402 of the river chiefs are provincial level officials and 59 of them are heads of their provinces. All but two of the provincial regions have also appointed 760,000 river chiefs at the village level.
He Defang, the ministry's law and regulation chief, said retractions are a normal way for academic journals to redress mistakes concerning questionable papers. But such a mass retraction "is abnormal and irresponsible", he said.
He also mentioned the fast electricity consumption growth in Central and West China, which outpaced the rate in the coastal areas in the first four months, is a reflection of increased infrastructure construction and other economic activities, as well as people's improving living standards in those areas, driven by programs such as the Belt and Road Initiative and the Yangtze River Economic Belt development strategy.
He added that the size of the market for foreign language education in China is expected to reach 600 billion yuan by 2020, and the market size of overseas study services might exceed 56 billion yuan.
Having the world's second-largest equity market and the third-largest bond market, China will likely usher in more international capital flows in the longer term, if the nation further liberalizes its financial system, she added.
Hawking's books have been popular in China and many readers fell in love with science after reading his books.
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He asked people around him to give him more space and performed CPR for around six minutes, during which time Wang started breathing again before an ambulance arrived to take him to a hospital.
He added that he was also impressed by the strict COVID-19 control and prevention measures during a recent trip to Xishuangbanna, Yunnan province. "I feel the control and prevention measures are in place everywhere, so people can be confident in traveling around the country."
He added that the US withdrawal will be deliberate and safe, and will take "weeks not days."
He also thanked Huawei for contributing to building the country's ICT talent, enabling the country's digital transformation and speeding up its modernization and development with the government.