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- During the ongoing two sessions, China Daily talked with some of the local legislators to see how their regions are connected with the Belt and Road Initiative.
- The misuse of halal labels in the Ningxia Hui autonomous region, though not yet widespread, must be curbed, the region's top official said.
- China's State-owned enterprises should avoid irrational investments and trade financing activities for achieving scale, said the head of the country's SOE regulatory body on Monday.
- China's top political advisory body concluded its annual session on Monday, with more than 2,000 members participating in the 11-day session having provided 5,210 proposals for policymakers.
- A national political advisor believes the Belt and Road Initiative is a new model for joint efforts as Chinese enterprises explore collaborative opportunities abroad.
- Chen Kangping, a deputy to the National People's Congress and CEO of JinkoSolar Holding Co, has called on the central government to expand solar power generation in rural areas to tackle rural poverty.
- City-specific measures will continue to be used to help stabilize the healthy development of the housing market in cities at all levels, striking a balance between deleveraging purchases in key cities and reducing inventories in others, according to analysts.
- Huang Youyi, a member of China's top political advisor body, has told China.org.cn that it is important to explain the Belt and Road Initiative in languages understood by other cultures.
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Create good investment environment for overseas Chinese: CPPCC member
Sun Ping, a national political advisor and Peking Opera master, said in Beijing she hoped Chinese authorities could create a better investment environment for overseas Chinese to do business in their original motherland.
- Rural entrepreneur Pei Chunliang from Henan Province now dedicates all his efforts to helping the impoverished in the village and surrounding areas.
- The Chinese government will continue to build mutually beneficial and complementary economic and trade relations with the United States, with a goal to generate more benefits for both peoples, the minister of commerce said on Saturday.
- Chinese enterprises hired some 1.5 million foreigners overseas in 2016 amid their rapid global expansion, China's commerce minister said Saturday.
- Vice Minister of Commerce Wang Shouwen said Saturday he is confident about holding foreign direct investment (FDI) at a steady level in 2017.
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China-US trade war brings nothing but harm: commerce minister
A trade war between China and the United States is not in line with the interests of the two countries and will bring nothing but harm, China's Commerce Minister Zhong Shan said Saturday.
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E-commerce no safe haven for shoddy goods: regulator
- Chinese authorities are beefing up quality supervision for goods sold online amid increasing e-commerce activities in the country, said an official from the quality and inspection regulator in Beijing on March. 14.