The soaring number patent applications links with preferential government policies, such as rewarding scientists for successful patents and cutting taxes for enterprises that foster them. The policy encourages enterprises to raise investment in patents. Some enterprises bought a few hundred and even a thousand patents in a year or two, Zhang said.
The special counsel, however, did not draw any conclusions on whether Trump obstructed justice.
The statues are part of the National Statuary Hall Collection, created in 1864 with a law that allows states to select two statues of deceased individuals to be displayed in the Capitol.
The stand of Huawei Technologies Co Ltd at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain, on Feb 26, 2018.[Photo/Agencies]
The state treats all religions fairly and equally, and does not exercise administrative power to encourage or ban any religion. No religion is given preferential treatment above other religions to enjoy special legal privileges. The state manages religious affairs involving national and social public interests in accordance with the law but does not interfere in the internal affairs of religions. The state protects citizens' right to freedom of religious belief, normal religious activities and the lawful rights and interests of religious groups, bans illegal religious activities, prohibits the dissemination of extremist thought and engagement in extremist activities in the name of religion, resists the infiltration of hostile foreign forces taking advantage of religion, and fights against illegal and criminal activities under the guise of religion. Believers should abide by the Constitution, laws, rules and regulations of the country. Religious activities should be carried out within the bounds of the law. No religion should interfere in the implementation of administrative, judicial and educational functions of the state. No abolished religious and feudal privileges should be resumed. No activities which employ religion to endanger social stability, national unity and state security are allowed to be carried out.
The state, home to 100 million people, is facing its worst-ever heat wave this summer, complicating the situation.
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The snow and ice sports sector has also been seeing momentum in the run-up to the Beijing Winter Olympics in 2022. China is expected to see more than 300 million people being involved in winter sports by 2022, according to the Ministry of Culture and Tourism.
The special regulations, which took effect in 2012 and were formulated by the State Council, China's Cabinet, stipulate that organizations "shall prevent sexual harassment of female workers", and the women's act of 2005 states that women can report harassment to "relevant institutions".
The spokesperson said that after six months of unrest on the city's streets, people want to get their lives back to normal. Now people, whose livelihoods were threatened by riots, are threatened again by the COVID-19 pandemic.
The status of the land is key to determining who has regulatory authority — a point not delineated in the Supreme Court's decision.