Standing Committee consensus: Innovation will drive developmentThe Xiongan New Area should become a city of innovation and a role model to promote high-quality development across the country, according to an official release after a meeting on Thursday chaired by Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee.It was decided that a digital city should be planned and built simultaneously in Xiong-an, after the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee listened to briefings about the planning compilation of the new area.A slew of national-level innovation programs will be built as planned by the country to make the new area innovation-driven, according to the release.Highly efficient transportation networks should cover Xiongan, and a multilevel, people friendly network offering basic public services should be built there, the release said.China announced its plan in April 2017 to establish Xiongan New Area.Located about 100 kilometers southwest of Beijing, Xiongan geographically covers part of Hebei province's Xiongxian, Rongcheng and Anxin counties.According to the report of the 19th CPC National Congress delivered in October, the country aims to develop forward-looking plans and adopt high standards for building Xiongan New Area.Patience should be ensured during the city's construction, the statement said.Important progress has been made in the planning compilation of Xiongan as the plan has been reviewed and perfected through in-depth surveys, discussions and soliciting advice, it said.The planning and building of Xiongan, in pursuit of international standards and Chinese features, should fulfill the spirit of the 19th CPC National Congress and be under the guidance of Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era. In addition, measures should be deliberated upon and issued in the near future to support Xiong-an's gearing up its paces of reform and opening-up.A batch of fundamental major projects should be initiated at appropriate times to ensure a good start in the construction of the new area, the release said.Efforts to build Xiongan should respect natural laws and result in an organized urban layout, and Xiongan should integrate regional culture, natural landscapes and the New Era's requirement, it said. wristbands canadacustom silicone bracelets canadarubber bracelets canadasilicone bracelets canadasilicone wristbands canadacustom wristbands canadacanadian wristbandswristbands canada
Liu Jieyi, head of the Taiwan Work Office of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and the State Council Taiwan Affairs Office, is interviewed at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, March 5, 2019. [Photo/Xinhua] The two sides of the Taiwan Straits must and will be reunified, Liu Jieyi, head of the Taiwan Work Office of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and the State Council Taiwan Affairs Office, said on the sidelines of the ongoing two sessions. Over the years, exchanges and cooperation across the Taiwan Straits have become more extensive and the bonds of affection between the two sides have deepened, he said. Our compatriots in Taiwan now better understand that only when the cross-Straits relations become better, will they have a better future, he said, adding that We are increasingly capable of promoting the peaceful reunification of the country and bringing benefits to compatriots on both sides. Although the situation remains severe and complicated,we have always taken the initiative in maintaining the dominant role in the cross-Straits relations, Liu said. National reunification is a historical task and an irresistible historical trend and the fact that both sides belong to one country has never changed, and Taiwan is part of China, he said. Liu said the proposal of one country, two systems is to take into account the reality of the island and protect the interests and well-being of Taiwan compatriots. After peaceful reunification, their way of life and social system will be fully respected, he added. On the basis of recognizing the 1992 consensus with the one-China principle and opposing Taiwan independence, the mainland is ready to conduct democratic consultations with representatives of political parties and people from all walks of life in Taiwan, according to Liu. We will conduct extensive and in-depth discussions on cross-Straits relations and the future of the Chinese nation with them, and make institutional arrangements together for the peaceful development, he added. Taiwan independence advocates are only a minority on the island, and they are the common enemy for both sides. Opposing those separatists is in the common interest of all Chinese people, he said. The mainland will continue to deepen the integrative development of the two sides, share the development opportunities of the mainland with Taiwan residents, and gradually provide them with the same treatment as the mainland residents when they study, start businesses, find jobs and live on the mainland.
