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- A more efficient and fairer justice system has improved human rights protection in China with many wrongful convictions corrected, court proceeding streamlined and better protection of lawyers' rights.
- China's judicial authorities said Sunday the country had maintained "high pressure" on corruption to press on with an anti-graft drive lasting more than three years.
China to build int'l maritime judicial center
China will establish an international maritime judicial center in its latest bid to protect national sovereignty and maritime rights.
•China's int'l manhunt for fleeing corrupt officials nabs 124
China's int'l manhunt for fleeing corrupt officials nabs 124
Chinese authorities managed to return to the country 124 corruption suspects previously on the run in a 17-month international manhunt that started in October 2014, a report said Sunday.
- China does not intend to push a privatization as what Margaret Thatcher did in the 1980s, but its pledge to shore up the non-public sector seems clear.
- China's securities regulator chief said Saturday that it is too early to talk about when China Securities Finance Corporation Limited (CSF) will exit from the market.
- China will press ahead with IPO registration system reform in a gradual manner as it takes time to work out related reform, the country's securities regulator said Saturday.
- China will not experience another upsurge in layoffs like the one seen in the 1990s during the ongoing reform to revitalize inefficient and overstaffed state-owned enterprises (SOE), a senior official said Saturday.
- A top Chinese Peking Opera artist argues that promoting the traditional opera genre overseas is the best way to introduce China to the world and could improve the nation's image in the hearts of Westerners.
- Despite sluggish foreign trade, there is no need for China to resort to special measures to improve competitiveness of the country's exports, central bank governor said Saturday.
- The Chinese currency renminbi, or the yuan, has started to return to its normal and reasonable level after volatility, central bank governor said Saturday.
China able to meet growth targets without big stimulus
The growth targets China has set for this year and the 13th Five-Year Plan period can be realized through improving domestic demand, consumption and innovation, without big stimulus, central bank governor said Saturday.
• Full coverage: NPC & CPPCC sessions
Political advisor calls to weed out 'pernicious vestiges' of graft
A Chinese political advisor on Friday called on the country to eliminate "pernicious vestiges" left by corrupt officials in the oil industry as the country presses ahead with its anti-corruption drive.
Highlights of the Sessions >>
- Full text: Work report of NPC Standing Committee
- Full text: Report on China's economic, social development plan
- Full text: Report on China's central, local budgets
- Full text: Report on the Work of the Government
- Highlights of work reports from SPC and SPP
- Xi orders breakthrough in military theory
