Since 2013, the State Council has approved 72-hour visa-free transit in 18 cities for eligible international travelers and later extended the period to 144 hours in a number of cities, including Beijing, Shanghai, Nanjing, Shijiazhuang and Shenyang.
Since 2012, the central government has renewed the push to combat poverty, calling for local officials to adopt the targeted relief approaches tailored to local conditions, and with much success. More than 80 million people shook off poverty in the six-year period that ended last year.
Simon Cortes, who owns the restaurant, says Hermond is "a super nice guy," who was always out in the community showing support when it worked to rebuild from flooding less than two years ago.
Shortly after its release, the video of the nearly 12-minute speech spread quickly on the two major Chinese social networks-Sina Weibo and WeChat.
Since 2006, China has maintained a peacekeeping force in southern Lebanon as a part of the UNIFIL, tasked with missions such as mine-sweeping, project construction, medical rescue and humanitarian assistance.
Since August, passengers have been able to pay with their mobiles to collect tickets at subway stations, and around 50 percent of passengers now choose mobile payment.
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Shi Zhengwen, director of the Center for Research in Fiscal and Tax Law at China University of Political Science and Law, said the 2 trillion yuan tax cut is part of a proactive fiscal policy. Facing downward pressure, the government needs to strengthen adjustments with proactive fiscal policy to boost market vitality and give enterprises more confidence, he said.
Shenzhen in South China's Guangdong province has become the most economically competitive city in the country, followed by Hong Kong and Shanghai, according to a report by the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS). Taipei, Guangzhou, Tianjin, Beijing, Macao, Suzhou and Wuhan were also on the list of top 10 most competitive cities in terms of economy, said the report by the CASS National Academy of Economic Strategy, which evaluated economic performance of 289 cities on Chinese mainland as well as Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan.
Shoppers at the QFC in Issaquah, Wash. had a chance to test “Scan, Bag, Go,” a new technology service from Kroger. (GeekWire Photo / Taylor Soper)
Shifting just part of global oil trade into the yuan is potentially huge. Oil is the world’s most traded commodity, with an annual trade value of around trillion, roughly equivalent to China’s gross domestic product last year.