Chinese Premier Li Keqiang held talks with his Nepali counterpart K. P. Sharma Oli on Monday and they agreed to expand reciprocal cooperation between the two countries in pursuit of common development.
Against a backdrop of greater downward pressure on the economy, China will press ahead with value-added tax (VAT) reform to foster new momentum for sustainable growth.
At a time when the PLA Navy has become an indispensable force in safeguarding China's interests, the nation should further strengthen its maritime capabilities, a senior naval officer said.
More than 1,500 people received criminal sentences for causing environmental damage last year after intervention by the prosecution authorities, highlighting their supervision of China's efforts to better protect the environment, a new report has said.
China will step up supply-side structural reform in its 13th Five-Year Plan period, Vice Premier Zhang Gaoli said at the opening of the China Development Forum in Beijing on Sunday.
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China is making progress against wasteful government spending as it overhauls a rigid fiscal management system tied to GDP and revenue growth, Finance Minister Lou Jiwei said on Sunday.
President Xi Jinping on Friday urged new ideas to be implemented to ensure the 2022 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games "fantastic, extraordinary and excellent".
A record number of suggestions submitted by the nation's political advisers have been adopted in the final version of the Government Work Report, an official who participated in the drafting of the plan said on Friday.
The taxation burden of China's enterprises is estimated to be eased by more than 500 billion yuan ($77.2 billion) after the wider implementation of a pilot value-added tax reform.
Following is the full text of the Report on the Implementation of the 2015 Plan for National Economic and Social Development.