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Fighting for our land |
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The 100-day crackdown on the illegal seizure of land ended on Monday, with 2,300 officials given disciplinary punishments, more than 2,700 people transferred to judicial departments for trials and more than 3,700 officials waiting to be disciplined. |
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Hukou should be scrapped: Experts |
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The household registration (hukou) system should be scrapped in three to five years so that farmers enjoy the same status as urbanities, a government-sponsored expert group has suggested. |
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Reform and opening up to be further carried on |
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On December 31, as the New Year drew near, President Hu Jintao delivered a New Year's speech via China Radio International (CRI), China National Radio (CNR) and China Central Television (CCTV). "For the Chinese people, 2008 will be an important year. We will grandly commemorate the 30th anniversary of China's reform and opening up. The reform and opening up that started in 1978 was a crucial choice for modern China and it has wrought historic changes to our socialist country," Hu said in his speech. |
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Curbing price hikes |
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While announcing price controls on a number of daily necessities, China's pricing authority explained the difference between the latest price intervention and an infringement of enterprises' pricing autonomy. |
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Battling corruption |
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The country's crusade against corruption has turned so expansive in recent years that reports of even public servants at the ministerial level being sacked for corruption no longer raises eyebrows. |
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Stamping out corruption |
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The current evaluation system of universities should be improved, says an article in Procuratorial Daily. |
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Mobile phone charges |
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Segmentation in the management of the phone industry is the reason for the difficulty in lowering mobile roaming fees, says an article in People's Daily. |
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Grassroot voices |
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The fact that migrant workers have been elected deputies to the local people's congresses nationwide signifies reform to include more voices from the grassroots, and effective supervision of the work of governments at all levels. |
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Cutting gov't expenditure |
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The streamlining of meetings can realize a double saving for the government, says an article in Dahe Daily. |
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Curbing polluters |
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Some multinational companies cause environmental pollution in China in the pursuit of huge profits, says an article in Guangzhou Daily. |
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Stopgap price control |
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The Chinese government is taking action to keep a firm lid on inflation as it has promised. |
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Expenditure on education |
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The growth of the government's educational expenditure should be ensured, says an article in Beijing News. |
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Call for open hearings |
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The official hearing into roaming fee charges for mobile phones should be broadcast live via television and radio for the public's benefit, says an article in Beijing News. |
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Plastic bag ban |
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The State Council issued a notice on Tuesday requiring all supermarkets, grocery stores and free markets to stop providing free plastic bags from June 1 this year, and called for people to use baskets or cloth bags for shopping. |
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Courage for speaking up commended |
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The detention of a school headmaster after an incident with a top local official about two weeks ago in Suide County, Shaanxi Province, has sparked widespread public and media criticism across the country over the abuse of power by the local administrative authorities. |