He said he wanted to use his journey to highlight conservation projects by partnering with the World Wide Fund for Nature, Green Development Foundation, and Water to Go.
He said foreign countries can either work with China in the development of some equipment installed inside the station, or place their own devices within. Chinese engineers also designed adapters on the station that can dock with foreign spacecraft, he added.
He said lower labor costs had invigorated businesses, enabling them to buy insurance for more employees, which meant more people contributed to the fund.
He said it's a huge mistake to think of trade as competition with one side winning and one side losing. "That's not true at all,'' Sant said.
He said "extensive consultation, joint contribution and shared benefits" are the right path to tackling the deficit in global digital governance.
He said Singapore adheres to the one-China policy, objects to Taiwan "independence" and expects to see a stable and prosperous China play a bigger role in international affairs.
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He recalled that his family of seven, as well as their pigs, chickens and cattle, crowded into a thatched adobe house during his childhood and they led a meager life growing rice and corn. He had to walk for five hours on difficult mountain roads to attend primary school.
He said now with the plantation base in place, he got to earn an extra 70 yuan per day by working in the orchard, which helped add around 10,000 yuan of income per year besides his original work of mud crafting. His son-in-law, whom his daughter married in 2016, also brought another tens of thousands of yuan to the family.
He said that China will give another 13 billion yuan ( billion) to local governments for education. The decision was made during the State Council's executive meeting on Wednesday. He said the money will mainly be given to schools in remote and poverty-stricken areas, and another 10,000 teachers will be sent to these areas.
He reiterated China's firm opposition to official contacts between the US and Taiwan, urging the US to cautiously and appropriately handle Taiwan-related issues to avoid harming China-US relations and peace and stability in the Taiwan Straits.