Premier Li Keqiang said at the meeting that stabilizing commodity prices is a key factor in ensuring macroeconomic stability and highlighted the importance of adopting methods in keeping with market principles.
President Xi Jinping and US President Donald Trump are due to hold closely watched talks on the sidelines of the summit. "I hope that the US and China will move toward each other and work hard to achieve positive results," Gao said.
Populations are ageing, and non-communicable diseases – such as heart disease and diabetes – are already the leading cause of death and disability in the Western Pacific Region, he said.
President Xi Jinping and Vietnamese President Tran Dai Quang (center) visit the photo exhibition Vietnam in Chinese Photographers' Eyes in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Thursday. JU PENG/XINHUA
Poverty reduction chief Liu Yongfu urged officials on Monday to strengthen targeted relief measures in order for China to eradicate domestic poverty on schedule before 2021.
President Xi Jinping has encouraged officials to step up their study of theory, take the initiative in assuming responsibilities and stay loyal to the Communist Party of China and the people.
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President Xi Jinping and his wife, Peng Liyuan, stand with Portuguese President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa at Belem Palace, the official presidential residence in Lisbon, Portugal, on Dec 4, 2018. [Photo/Agencies]
President Xi Jinping and Laotian President Bounnhang Vorachith jointly attended a ceremony on Tuesday to start the project of modernizing a century-old hospital in Vientiane with Chinese assistance.
Premier Li Keqiang signed a State Council decree to publish the regulation.
Potential asset bubbles in the real estate sector were also contained thanks to tighter credit policies. Property loans to individual purchasers grew at a slower pace in the first half of the year, PBOC data showed.