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Winemakers Call on China’s Top Legislative Body to Lower Taxes Luan Li Winemakers Call on China’s Top Legislative Body to Lower Taxes (Yicai Global) March 8 -- China’s wine producers have taken a battering in the past year as the Covid-19 pandemic hampers sales and imported wines continue to encroach on their market share. To support the industry, deputies to the National People’s Congress, currently in session at the Two Sessions in Beijing, have asked that taxes be reduced. Chinese...

08 marzo 2021 06:49 Fonte: Adnkronos #media-e-pubblicita BEIJING, March 8, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- As China enters a new development stage, different regions and sectors across the country are gearing up to improve the quality of development in the worlds second largest economy. Joining panel discussions during Chinas ongoing Two Sessions, President Xi Jinping underscored several key words crucial for the development in the coming years: new development paradigm, green transformation, people-cent...

China and Russia should work together to combat ‘colour revolutions’, says Chinese foreign minister Wang Yi, speaking on the NPC sidelines, said the two countries could work together to fight against mass protests in their region US President Biden may see colour revolutions as an opportunity to bring about change in foreign countries, says analyst

CHINA / SOCIETY By Global Times Published: Mar 08, 2021 02:36 PM Photo taken on Aug. 18, 2017 shows the statue of Zheng Chenggong, a naval general who forced Dutch invaders to leave Taiwan, on the Gulangyu island off the coast of Xiamen, a scenic city in the southeast Chinas Fujian Province. Photo: Xinhua A political advisor from Taiwan proposed commemorating in 2022 the 360th anniversary of the national hero Zheng Chenggongs recovery of the island as Chinas territory, which he believed wo...

Chairman of National People’s Congress Standing Committee Li Zhanshu makes remark while delivering his work report during annual parliamentary session.

CHINA / SOCIETY By Zhang Han Published: Mar 08, 2021 09:52 PM Employees of the martyrs cemetery in Luohe, Central Chinas Henan Province, on Sunday organize bouquets that local residents brought in honor of Wang Zhuoran, 24, who died in the Galwan Valley skirmish with India in June 2020. Photo: VCG The work reports of Chinas top court and procuratorate authorities have highlighted cases involving border clash martyrs and included vows to protect soldiers legal rights, which recognized heroe...

This is the first in a new three-part newsletter series – “Decoding China’s Two Sessions 2021”, with the first following Premier Li Keqiang delivering the annual government work report at the National People’s Congress (NPC) on Friday in Beijing.

The CPPCC is a consultative body that includes over 2,000 members from various aspects of Chinese society, ranging from business entrepreneurs to movie stars. The NPC is China’s top legislative body. The Two Sessions are always of interest to foreign investors, as it serves as a valuable window into China’s politics, reveals Beijing’s priorities for the coming year, and therefore the overall policy direction that the country will take. This year, the Two Sessions take on added importance ...

Press release content from Business Wire. The AP news staff was not involved in its creation. CGTN: Improving Hong Kong’s Electoral System: What’s at Stake? March 8, 2021 GMT BEIJING--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Mar 8, 2021-- China is mulling improving the electoral system of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) – but critics say it’s a plan to eliminate opposition forces in the city. Why are improvements imperative? When explaining the draft decision on improving the electoral syst...

Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Sunday expressed Chinas firm stance on topics of sovereignty and security, including Hong Kong, Taiwan, Xinjiang and the South China Sea, making the red line clear and sending an alarm to countries that have used Chinas core interests as leverage to jeopardize the nations development, analysts said.