Over the course of this year’s Two Sessions, domestic and international audiences continued to hear a persuasive story coming from China, stating the country will unrelentingly adhere to its principles as it acknowledges the opportunities and challenges the future holds.
BEIJING REVIEW China & The World Mar 16, 2022
Making agriculture a cornerstone of policymaking is directly connected to all-round rural revitalization in China.
CHINA TODAY ChinAfrica China & The World Economy Mar 9, 2022
While the Chinese ship of state will be traversing choppy waters in the coming year, it is clear from the government work report that there is a firm hand on the ship’s rudder which will maintain a steady course whatever heavy winds may come its way.
CHINA TODAY China & The World Economy Mar 8, 2022
For outsiders, the annual Two Sessions offer a good opportunity to observe China’s development and see democracy and rule of law at work in China’s political system.
BEIJING REVIEW China & The World Mar 4, 2022
The recently announced Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area is an ambitious initiative to link different cities in the Pearl River Delta region into a dynamic financial and innovative powerhouse. As a prominent part of China’s national strategic plan, the proposed link involves 11 cities with a combined GDP twice that of San Francisco’s Big Bay and close to the similar scheme of New York. The region also has combined trade of US$1.5 trillion, more than three times that of the Tokyo Bay Area. In fact, the combined economic size of the Chinese Bay Area is comparable to Canada as the world’s tenth largest economy. A new vision for Hong Kong’s role in the regional cooperation is necessary to achieve mutual benefits and maintain overall competitiveness. As part of the integration plan, a series of large-scale infrastructure and transport projects, in particular the 26-km Guangzhou-Shenzhen-Hong Kong Express Rail Link (Hong Kong Section) and the 55-km Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge, both opened in the second half of 2018, are vital links to facilitate the flow of people, goods, services, and capital. This in turn allows the concept of a “one-hour living circle” embedded in the Greater Bay Area project to be thoroughly realized. All these infrastructure developments are indeed highly effective in reducing the time and cost of overall integration. Hong Kong could […]
CHINA.ORG.CN Economy Mar 2, 2019
A new foreign investment law is on the cards.
CHINA.ORG.CN ECONOMY WATCH Mar 2, 2019
I realized these days were gone when I first set foot in China. The infrastructure was impressive – even better than in the United States in most cases.
Politics Mar 26, 2018
President Xi Jinping delivered a keynote speech at the closing meeting of the country’s top legislative session in Beijing on Tuesday. Here are the highlights.
Politics Mar 20, 2018
The world is currently watching decisions being made at the “Two Sessions” in Beijing in the hope they will strengthen China’s determination and capacity to also be a global leader , especially regarding trade.
Politics Mar 20, 2018
Xi Jinping was elected Chinese president by a unanimous vote Saturday morning at the ongoing session of the 13th National People’s Congress.
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President Xi Jinping joins panel discussions with deputies from Guangdong and Shandong Provinces, during which Xi made an important speech on the issue of rural revitalization and urbanization.
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How should we analyze the recent constitutional amendment and its 21 revisions? Professor Zhang Weiwei, professor of Fudan university responds to these questions as follows.
China & The World Politics Mar 14, 2018