The garbage collectors' low social status is one of his abiding memories. He recalled a discussion he once heard among a group of civil servants awaiting the arrival of a team of officials.
The government will further open up the market, make full use of the negative list system and attract more foreign investment, Yan said. A negative list shows areas where investment is prohibited for foreign investors.
The future is much murkier for another Baytown steel business, Borusan Mannesmann Pipe. Without a waiver, Borusan may face tariffs of million to million annually if it imports steel tubing and casing from its parent company in Turkey, according to information the company provided to the AP.
The government will adopt rigorous rules to control sea reclamation and coastline development projects. It will carry out environmental risks assessments and law enforcement inspections to wipe out major risks to the maritime environment.
The government has also asked the city's civil servants to join with volunteers in providing essential services to stranded passengers.
The free zone, home to more than 15,000 member companies with an average of seven new companies registering a day, forms a distinctive community for member companies to communicate and get useful information, according to her.
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The gap between the productive forces of computing between China and US is narrowing, Wang said.
The global financial crisis was a good example. Before the US subprime mortgage crisis in 2007, though the global economy was on a strong rise with steady inflation, skyrocketing stock markets and house prices sowed the seeds of the crisis.
The government is trying to address the inequality issue by lifting the supply of homes to enable more families to own an apartment — the asset that basically defines wealth in the land scarce city. It's seen as a battle the government cannot afford to lose.
The free and open trade and investment cannot be achieved overnight, Xi said at the 27th Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Economic Leaders' Meeting in Beijing via video link.