The ministry added the move deviates from the consensus reached by the two sides and disappoints the international community.
The merger will create an energy behemoth with combined assets estimated to exceed 1.8 trillion yuan (1.5 billion) and the fourth-largest Chinese energy sector SOE-after China National Petroleum Corp, the country's largest oil and gas supplier and producer; China Petroleum and Chemical Corp, the world's biggest refiner; and State Grid Corp of China, the nation's electric power giant.
The ministry announced the launch of a yearlong intensified inspection program in the area's 28 major cities, starting on Wednesday. Up to 5,600 government workers will be transferred from across the nation to support the mission, making the campaign the largest-ever national operation in the field of environmental protection.
The meteoric rise of online reading was first fueled by changing demographics. Those born in the 1980s and after constitute the main consumers, and they are willing to pay for premium content, whether it is fantasy, heroes and martial arts, science fiction or romance, according to a report by the China Academy of Information and Communication Technology last year.
The meeting urged cutting the number of poor by another 10 million this year to lay a solid foundation for winning the final battle against poverty.
The meeting also decided to strengthen cross-department supervision, with compulsory national standards on service quality and firefighting facilities to be installed.
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The ministry made the remarks after the United States President Donald Trump made the decision last week to revoke the region's preferential trade status.
The meeting aims to share experience in delivering promises made at two meetings on gender equality — the Fourth World Conference on Women in 1995, and the Global Leaders' Meeting on Gender Equality and Women's Empowerment in 2015 — and in curbing female impoverishment.
The ministry said it will continue to focus on policy implementation and the inclusion of social forces in the future.
The meeting highlighted the importance of boosting market confidence, supporting the sustainable and healthy development of the economy and maintaining social stability this year, which is the 70th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China.