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BEIJING, May 9 — Senior Chinese leader Zhou Yongkang has urged other domestic regions to step up their support of northwestern Xinjiang’s development in the new round of “pairing assistance” projects.The round, unveiled by the Chinese

CHENGDU, May 9 — Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao said the post-quake reconstruction effort in Sichuan Province has achieved its goals and registered a “decisive victory” during a recent inspection tour in the province.Wen made the remark

CHENGDU, May 8 — Chinese top political advisor Jia Qinglin has urged southwest China’s Sichuan Province to speed up environmentally friendly economic development and improve the people’s livelihood during an inspection tour in the province.In the

FUZHOU, May 8 — Chinese Vice Premier Li Keqiang has underscored the importance of reforms and innovation in the country’s economic transformation during an inspection tour of China’s eastern Fujian Province.In the three-day trip which ended

BEIJING, May 7 — China started elections of lawmakers at the county- and township-levels on Saturday, which granted, for the first time, equal representation in legislative bodies to rural and urban citizens.More than two million lawmakers

BEIJING, May 6 — The Chinese government has announced to implement a subsidy and reward program for the country’s herdsmen over the coming years in order to reverse and prevent damage that has been done to

CHENGDU, May 6 — China’s top political advisor, Jia Qinglin, on Friday urged for efforts from both the mainland and Taiwan to further the continuous and steady development of the cross-Strait relations.Jia, a member of the

CHENGDU, May 7 — The Cross-Strait Economic, Trade and Culture Forum, a regular forum between the Chinese mainland and Taiwan, opened Saturday in Chengdu, capital of southwest China’s Sichuan Province.Jia Qinglin, member of the Standing Committee

BEIJING, May 4 — The State Council, or China’s Cabinet, on Wednesday pledged to increase both the depth and scope of Party and government financial information released to the public in a bid to enhance transparency.“The

BEIJING, May 4 — The Standing Committee of China’s National People’s Congress (NPC), the country’s top legislature, launched national inspections Wednesday to ensure the interests and rights of the elderly are protected properly in accordance with