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Market-driven pricing |
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In the draft of China's long-awaited energy law that was recently published to seek public opinion, a market-led pricing system has been proposed to assume a major role in the energy sector. |
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Ensuring drug safety |
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Medicine can be as important as food. So its safety can never be over-emphasized. |
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A monitor of taxpayers |
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The supervision of budgetary enforcement could be more effective if it is open to all taxpayers, say an article in Oriental Morning Post. |
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Change of functions |
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Government departments should shift their functions from direct management to regulation and supervision, says an editorial in Southern Metropolis Daily. |
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Presence of top CPC officials at other parties' congresses shows a greater will towards multi-party cooperation |
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Top Communist Party of China (CPC) officials have shown up at recent national congresses of other political parties and delivered congratulatory messages, which observers say demonstrates "a greater will of the CPC towards multi-party cooperation". |
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Promoting honesty |
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The government should do more to promote honesty in the society, says an article in People's Daily. |
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More income, lower taxes |
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Evidence shows that China will enter an era of "wage increase and tax reduction", says a signed article in the Beijing News. |
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Laws need better understanding |
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When a pregnant woman suffering from dystocia needed a Caesarean section to save her life, her husband refused to sign the "operation agreement". The doctors and nurses could not carry out the operation and had to take protective measures to ease the woman's agony as much as possible. |
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More than GDP growth |
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It is necessary to examine the position of our country in the world beyond simply looking at the GDP figure, says an article in Oriental Morning Post. |
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Increase land supply |
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To rein in soaring house prices in many Chinese cities, an increase in the supply of land and houses is as important as measures to control demand either for improving living conditions or for speculation. |
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Healthcare challenge |
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Many Chinese people have been over taxing their health in the past two decades and the consequences are becoming apparent, a health expert warned at a health care forum over the weekend. |
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Local barriers hit progress |
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The administrative barriers among different regions should be eliminated as soon as possible to boost economic growth in all parts of the country, says an editorial in Beijing Youth Daily. |
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Check investment boom |
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Accelerated investment growth is what Chinese policymakers least want now. As the government tries very hard to prevent the national economy from overheating, such a pick-up in investment will only complicate the task of macroeconomic control. |
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Experts interpret the new political restructuring plan |
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The 17th National Congress of the Communist Party of China report sketched the outline for political restructuring. The objective is to deep the process of political restructuring, and a recent Xinhua interview with several authoritative experts will provide some insight into how this will be finalized. |
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Target development |
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China will focus on sustainable economic development instead of concentrating just on economic growth numbers, says a signed article in the overseas edition of People's Daily. The following is an excerpt: |