Xi urges development of marine economy

Chinese President Xi Jinping conducted an inspection tour in the cities of Qingdao and Weihai of Shandong province on Tuesday morning after attending the 18th SCO Summit in Qingdao.

Mr Xi first came to the Pilot National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology (Qingdao), to know more about major frontier sciences, the independent research and development of marine high-end equipment, as well as the promotion of military-civilian integration. He encouraged the research staff members to contribute more to the country.

Beijing:

The State Council, China’s cabinet, on Wednesday demanded more air pollution control efforts in pursuit of continuous air quality improvement.

Building on the air quality improvement in the past few years, the country should “further markedly reduce the density of fine particulate matter and the number of days of heavy air pollution within three years,” said a statement released after a State Council executive meeting presided over by Premier Li Keqiang. Efforts should be made to prevent and control air pollution from the sources.