Previous policies-which limited births to one child per family in most cases and encouraged delaying marriage-were scrapped in 2016 to counteract the aging population trend and shrinking workforce.
Profits at 26 of the 41 sectors surveyed rose compared with one year earlier, while 15 sectors saw their profits fall, according to the NBS.
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Property management companies should actively implement emergency plans and formulate detailed measures when emergencies occur, according to the draft regulation submitted to the Standing Committee of the Beijing People's Congress for second revision on Wednesday.
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Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said that wherever people were in New Zealand or around the world, it was an opportunity to stand alongside those who had lost loved ones in the tragedy.
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Profits at China's major industrial firms grew 16.5 percent in the first five months, quickening from the 15 percent expansion for the Jan-April period, according to the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS).
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has made "womenomics"-or boosting women's participation in the workplace and promoting women to senior positions-a priority, but the pace of progress has been slow.
Progressives argued their policies would excite voters and allow them to draw a distinct contrast to Trump.
Professor Roderick Boswell of ANU's Plasma Research Laboratory said that to have another launch site, in the Pacific, would be "very useful for the west Pacific Rim countries".