Pop singer Jolin Tsai attends a charity event to raise fund for the aged in Taipei city, China, December 12, 2017. [Photo/IC]
Powell said people at the lower end of the economic scale have been hit hardest in the downturn. He said the Fed, unlike Congress, lacks the ability to make direct cash payments to those hit hardest.
President Xi Jinping had announced the eight major initiatives to enhance cooperation with African countries at the 2018 FOCAC Beijing Summit. The initiatives cover such fields as industrial promotion, infrastructure connectivity, trade facilitation and green development.
Premiums reached 1.59 trillion yuan (0 billion) from January to March, said the China Insurance Regulatory Commission (CIRC).
Prayer flags, the rectangular, colored cloth carrying messages of blessing, are found everywhere in the Tibet autonomous region-strung on the roofs of houses, in trees and along riversides and mountain ridges.
Preparation is well underway for the third China International Import Expo, which is scheduled to be held from Nov 5-10 in Shanghai. [Photo provided to China Daily]
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Praising that the opening of China's financial market has been "very robust", Ahern believes the integration of China's equity and fixed-income markets into global benchmarks has a far-reaching impact and China will "benefit in the long run" from investors' insights.
President Xi Jinping presided over a meeting of senior officials on deepening reform on Wednesday. At the meeting he called for decisive results to be achieved in reform over key areas by 2020 and said China will continue to fight tough battles and take on the "hardest tasks".
Premier Li Keqiang addresses an economic forum attended by 16 Central and Eastern European leaders on Monday in Budapest. Hungarian Prime Minister Orban Viktor (center) and Bulgarian Premier Boyko Borisov also spoke. ATTILA KISBENEDEK / AFP
Premier Li Keqiang said the central government supports Shanghai's bid for the 46th WorldSkills Competition in 2021 when he met with Simon Bartley, president of WorldSkills International, in Beijing.