The program will not only raise the working and management efficiency on construction sites, but also make the sites safer and better protect the workers, said Wan Chun, an official with the commission.
The project will include soil improvement, construction of irrigation and water conservation facilities, renovation of rural roads, and the establishment of 60 regional seed breeding centers, the department said.
The program was initiated by the Shanghai human resources and social security bureau and the Shanghai science and technology commission in 2005 to attract talents who have studied abroad to work, perform research or start businesses in the city.
The president, when addressing the nation, made no reference to the national emergency he has threatened to declare if Democrats fail to provide money for funding his desired wall.
The project stretches for 55 kilometers, 20 times the length of San Francisco's Golden Gate Bridge, and it will shorten the four-hour drive from Hong Kong to Zhuhai to half an hour. Construction started in 2009. It is designed to withstand a magnitude 8 earthquake, a super typhoon with wind speeds of 184 to 202 kilometers per hour.
The project, which will start at the beginning of 2018, is set to be completed within two years. It is financed by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) and the European Investment Bank (EIB).
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The project, which started in June, has excavated 631,100 cubic meters of mud from a 12-km section of the Guihe River in Yanqing district in northern Beijing. The mud-clearing is part of ongoing efforts to improve the river's ecology. The government plans to grow reeds and lotuses in the river and build a wooden walkway for tourists in 2018.
The premier said he hoped the meeting will send a positive signal that the China-EU relationship remained stable and steadily improving, and that they can respond to the global uncertainties with stability of their cooperation.
The president and congressional Democrats are wrangling over .7 billion for Trump's signature wall along the US-Mexico border, one that Trump had pledged would be paid for by Mexico.
The president later canceled his own administration's plans to attend the World Economic Forum conference in Davos, Switzerland. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo had planned to attend after Trump canceled his own participation at Davos.