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Stricter Checks on Products Assured
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| Speaking on the annual World Consumer Rights Day on March 15, Vice-Minister Pu Changcheng of the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine urged yesterday for consumers to report cases of poor-quality goods to stop those involved doing harm. |
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World Cup Trophy - The Real McCoy
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| Chinese football fans had reason to celebrate yesterday when they set eyes for the first time on the real pure-gold World Cup Trophy. Previous "trophies" that made their rounds in China in 1998 and 2002 were, sadly, only replicas. |
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FM: Patience, Flexibility to Solve Iran Nuclear Issue
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| China hopes that all the relevant parties involved in the Iran nuclear issue will maintain patience and be flexible so as to avoid complicating the matter, Foreign Minister Li Zhaoxing said on Tuesday.
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Premier: China on the Road of Peaceful Development
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| China is on the road of peaceful development and can already count itself as a responsible member of the international community, said Premier Wen Jiabao while meeting the press on Tuesday after the conclusion of the Fourth Plenary Session of the 10th National People's Congress in Beijing. |
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EU Trade Officials Talk to Chinese Firms
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| Three EU trade officials on a three-day tour of booming Zhejiang Province in east China held a three-hour meeting on Sunday with five local enterprises and the Shoe and Leather Industry Association of Wenzhou City. |
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NPC Endorses Five-Year Economic and Social Plans
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| The National People's Congress, China's top legislature, on Tuesday voted in favor of Premier Wen Jiabao's government work report and the country's newest five-year development blueprint. The decision endorses China's new economic policies that relate primarily to rural development and sci-tech progress. |
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In Search of Lost Chinese Treasures
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| China's Lost Cultural Relics Recovery Fund, a non-governmental organization, will send a team of "treasure hunters" to various parts of the world in a bid to recover Chinese relics and treasures. The team sets off for Japan on May 3. |
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CPPCC Concludes Annual Session
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| The Fourth Session of the 10th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), attended by more than 2,000 advisors from across the country, concluded on Monday morning. |
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Demonstrations Against Taiwan Authority's Incompetence, Corruption
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| Approximately 100,000 people in Taiwan took to the streets of Taipei on Sunday to protest against the Taiwan authority's incompetence, corruption and "pro-independence" stance, local media reported. |
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Largest State Bank Selects IPO Underwriters
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| Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Ltd. (ICBC), China's biggest bank in terms of assets, has selected five underwriters for its planned initial public offering, the bank announced on March 10. |
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