The traditional performance dates back to the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) when toddlers sat on the shoulders of adults to watch the festivities during the Lantern Festival, which falls on the 15th day of the first lunar month, marking the end of Spring Festival.
The two sides vowed to push forward projects on communications technology, open innovation centers, high-tech industrial parks and technology transfer centers, and strengthen cooperation in digital economy, smart cities and other fields. They agreed to jointly build a Digital Silk Road.
The two sessions are considered to be the country's biggest annual political event, as about 3,000 national legislators and 2,200 national political advisers gather in Beijing to review work reports from the central government, as well as the nation's highest court and procuratorate, the budget and the national economic and social development plan. In some years, they also deliberate on key bills or elect State leaders.
The typhoon was reduced to a tropical storm after making landfall, packing maximum wind of 23 meters per second at its eye.
The two earlier rehearsals ended on Sept 8 and Sept 16. This last one went through six parts of the celebrations and involved 300,000 people including audience members, performers and support service providers.
The two countries hold that the territorial integrity of Syria should be safeguarded and its sovereignty should be respected.
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The trial of a Hangzhou nanny accused of killing four people in an arson attack was suspended on Thursday when the defendant's lawyer walked out after failing to have the hearing moved to another court.
The two sides also decided to establish a hotline between the Indian external affairs minister and the US secretary of state, and another between the Indian defence minister and the US defence secretary.
The turnaround came in 1981, when Piao and two other villagers became the first residents to rent land from the brigade, which still administered the village.
The two sides also reached "important consensus" in areas such as energy, interconnectivity and infrastructure cooperation, Liu revealed.