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China Development Bank has earmarked financing to support strategic emerging industries and advanced manufacturing The funding support for hi-tech innovation forms part of a state-orchestrated strategy to reduce China’s reliance on imported technologies

By ZHANG ZHOUXIANG | chinadaily.com.cn | Updated: 2021-03-03 13:26 Share CLOSE Pedestrians walk past a BBC logo at Broadcasting House in London, Britain, Jan 29, 2020. [Photo/Agencies] On Tuesday, the UK embassy released an article in Chinese on its official WeChat account attributed to Ambassador Caroline Wilson with the headline "Do foreign media hate China?". It said that some Chinese media were claiming that foreign media outlets cr...

BEIJING: China has refuted claims that it is using the Covid-19 vaccine to gain geopolitical influence.

As thousands of Chinas top legislators and political advisors prepare to convene in Beijing later this week for the annual two sessions, they are tasked to review and discuss various policy priorities and sweeping development plans designed to further lift the country to new milestones in the next 15 years: a modern socialist power with world-leading national strength and global influence.    The annual legislative and political consultative sessions are usually a window into policy agenda an...

China’s ‘two sessions’: Beijing set to signal post-coronavirus economic confidence China’s leaders are expected to use the plenary meetings of the legislature and its top political advisory body to tout achievements and ‘boost people’s confidence’ The annual gathering of high-ranking party delegates will also provide details on new economic targets for the next five years and China’s 2035 vision

Multiple representatives call for further loosening of family planning policy Cao Siqi and Li Qiao Published: Mar 03, 2021 09:08 PM Staff members bath babies in a postnatal confinement center in Hefei, capital of east Chinas Anhui Province, Dec. 1, 2017. About 17.23 million babies were born in 2017, of which 51 percent have an older sibling, according to the National Health and Family Planning Commission. However, the total number of births fell by about 630,000 compared with 2016 while perce...

China’s population could be surpassed by India’s as early as 2027 due to a declining birth rate, while Beijing is also increasingly concerned about its level of debt after it fought to offset the economic impact of the coronavirus.

The State Administration for Market Regulation accuses internet giants of price dumping in community group buying, its latest move to rein in China’s Big Tech.

A Beijing-based source, meanwhile, says the city’s delegates to the National People’s Congress will receive a ‘detailed proposal’ on the overhaul on Thursday.

SOURCE / GT VOICE By Global Times Published: Mar 03, 2021 07:53 PM The 13th Chinese Peoples Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) National Committee kicks off its annual meeting on Sunday at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, marking the start of this years two sessions - the annual meetings of the CPPCC and the National Peoples Congress, Chinas top legislature - the most important annual political event in China. Photo: VCGChinas annual two sessions, a key event on the countrys ...