This year's Christmas holiday in Hong Kong arrived right after the weekend.
Those at the meeting highlighted the need to advance work in what were identified as the "six priorities" of safeguarding employment, people's livelihoods, the development of market entities, food and energy security, the stable operation of industrial and supply chains, and the smooth functioning of society.
This undated photo shows an aerial view of downtown Hong Kong and Victoria Harbor. [Photo/Xinhua]
Thomas Yuen Wai-Kee, economics professor at Hong Kong Shue Yan University, said new measures are likely to target the tourism and retail sectors which have borne the brunt of prolonged violent protests.
Those at the meeting on Wednesday decided on measures to refine the bad-faith deterrent mechanism to promote orderly and healthy development of the social credit system.
This year's first officially organized group of Indian pilgrims enters China through the Nathu La Pass in the Tibet autonomous region on Wednesday. LIU DONGJUN/XINHUA
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This unique method of making noodles dates back to 1504, according to Chinese records.
Thomas Modly, a Naval Academy graduate and former helicopter pilot, resigned on the same day that three states — New York, New Jersey and Louisiana — reported their highest daily death tolls from the COVID-19 outbreak.
This version of Riverside Scene at Qingming Festival, 28 meters in length and 1.3 meters in width, was made with pieces of more than 6,000 metal cans by Gao Baoan in Linfen city, Shanxi province. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn]
Though China has the world's largest number of people who have received higher education or acquired professional skills-170 million-Li noted that there is still a big gap between China and developed countries in terms of the capacity of talent in science and technology.