BEIJING -- Beijing municipal government approved a total investment of 28 billion yuan ($4.4 billion) in nine key projects dispersing non-capital functions last year.Nearly 60,000 staff and students, and 5,000 hospital beds are expected to be moved out of the city upon completion of the projects, according to the latest statistics by the Beijing Municipal Commission of Housing and Urban-Rural Development.Beijing plans to cap its population at 23 million by 2020 to address big city diseases, including traffic congestion and pollution.To meet the target, the local government has taken measures to move non-capital functions away from the city, such as relocating wholesale markets and closing polluting factories.Five colleges and universities, Beijing City University, Beijing Information Science and Technology University, Beijing Film Academy, Beijing Technology and Business University, and Renmin University of China, will either be relocated or have suburban campuses built.The key education projects are scheduled to be completed by 2020.Among the four hospitals, Beijing Tiantan Hospital is being relocated. New sites for the other three hospitals are under construction. embossed-wristbandfuck cancer braceletevent wristbandsdual-layer-wristbandrubber band braceletscolor-filled-wristband
BEIJING - China called for steadily advancing international cooperation on the Arctic in a white paper on its Arctic policy released on Friday.The country has worked to strengthen such cooperation under the Belt and Road Initiative according to the principle of extensive consultation, joint contribution and shared benefits and emphasized policy coordination, infrastructure connectivity, unimpeded trade, financial integration, and closer people-to-people ties, said the report issued by the State Council Information Office.Concrete cooperation includes coordinating development strategies with the Arctic States, encouraging joint efforts to build a blue economic passage linking China and Europe via the Arctic Ocean, enhancing Arctic digital connectivity, and building a global infrastructure network, it said.China called for a legally binding international agreement for managing fishery resources in the high seas portion of the Arctic, adding it should allow scientific research and exploratory fishing activities in the region, and protect the freedom of all States on the high seas in accordance with international law, said the paper.China also promotes practical cooperation in climate change, scientific expeditions, environmental protection, ecosystems, shipping routes, resource development, submarine fiber-optic cables, cultural exchanges, and capacity building in the Arctic.
