Li said small coal-fired boilers had almost been eradicated with heaters switching to gas or electricity, and most districts, including those in the city proper, had stopped coal use.
Like millions of working women in China, Tracy Liu too rides the subway home, but with a difference. While most of her peers are busy chatting on phones or engaging in conversation, the Beijing-based 25-year-old office worker spends her time reading English novels on Mint Reading, an English-reading program installed on the WeChat platform by Chengdu Chaoyouai Education Technology.
Liang was detained in April 2014 on suspicion of running a prostitution operation and destroying material evidence, according to the Dongguan public security bureau.
Like many other villagers in Laozhuang, Sun never expected to make a living from growing flowers. Generation after generation, his family would grow corn and other traditional crops on the barren land.
Li made the remarks in a meeting with Brigitte Zypries, Germany's minister for economics and energy, who was in Beijing as a special representative of Chancellor Angela Merkel at the Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation.
Lin Tao, a chengni ink slab master, shows a piece of his artworks. [Photo by GAO XINSHENG/FOR CHINA DAILY]
上海周围神经损伤的康复应
Liao made the remarks at JD Discovery, the company's largest tech event for the year, on Wednesday in Beijing. "We aim to decrease carbon emissions by 50 percent in 2030 compared with 2019, so as to promote sustainable consumption," Liao added.
Li said the China-Russia crude oil pipeline, together with the China-Myanmar oil pipeline and the China-Kazakhstan oil pipeline, will help diversify China's oil imports and ensure its energy security.
Lin Lin, deputy head of Hainan Justice Department office, speaks at Denton's Boao Forum. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn]
Lin Ji, deputy director of the forum's preparatory committee and deputy secretary-general of the Guangdong government, said this year's forum has four focuses - construction of the Belt and Road Initiative, construction of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, building up of increased international communication capacity, and development of media integration.