The retiree has had a lifelong connection with the Hanjiang River, which runs about 1,500 kilometers eastward from Shaanxi province to Hubei province, and got a close-up view of its present state during a 60-day swim along the length of the river in August and September.
The revision also will change how the agencies designate critical habitats for an endangered species, changes that the department argued are "designed to increase transparency and effectiveness and bring the administration of the act into the 21st century".
The rise of small-town youth is visible also in a string of popular apps from social commerce site Pinduoduo to short video site Kuaishou. By tapping into these emerging groups, Tmall reported its sales of beauty products jumped over 60 percent last year, surpassing the industry's average growth rate.
The resumption of indoor dining has also been postponed, and the city launched the Open Restaurants program earlier this month, allowing restaurants to serve customers on the city's Open Streets with no access to vehicles during weekends.
The rising price of display panels is giving internet TV companies, which subsidize hardware through paid content, a miserable time, according to Liu.
The resource productivity ratio should rise by 15 percent from the 2015 level, and the recycling utilization ratio of major waste should reach 54.6 percent by 2020, said the plan.
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The reports by some foreign media outlets that China has been virtually closing the door to economic and trade consultations with the US are both inaccurate and misleading.
The row with Washington has helped drive the lira to record lows, with the currency losing more than 40 percent of its value against the dollar this year, prompting central bank liquidity moves to support it.
The rescue mission to locate 14 other missing individuals is still ongoing.
The results of Melbourne University's Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia (HILDA) Survey also found that Australians are now making longer commutes than ever before.