REPRESENTING THE PEOPLE

正The annual sessions of the National People’s Congress(NPC)and the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference(CPPCC)National Committee,China’s top legislature and political advisory body, respectively, are a major part of China’s political calendar.During the Two Sessions, deputies to the NPC and members of the CPPCC National Committee gather in Beijing.     

FOR THE PEOPLE

Wang Yongnian,an 87-yearold resident in the Jiaxinglu Community in Hongkou District,Shanghai,receives day-time care from a community elderly care center at a resident service station,which also has an activity room,a healthcare center and a dining hall.He is satisfied with the services provided by the station.There are five such stations in the community,and 35 in the entire district.     

LISTENING TO THE PEOPLE

<正>Citizens get more involved in the decision-making process at the community level Zhang Si,a 24-year-old village assistant in Zhouliang village,Baodi District in the northern port city of Tianjin,gathers opinions from villagers every day.She began her current job in September last year.     

POWER TO THE PEOPLE

<正>Hydropower changes lives in Equatorial GuineaBefore the Djiploho Hydropower Station(DHS)was built,Djiploho was a secluded forest village in Equatorial Guinea.The change has shone a spotlight on the Wele River,now quite literally the center of power.Liu Bao,chief supervisor of the DHS project,said the power plant satisfies more than 90     

PEOPLE OF THE GRASSLAND

正Four seasons in the Nalati Grassland Kazak herder Zhalyn Rakhymzhan returned to his home in the Nalati Grassland even though this meant giving up admission to a university in Urumqi, capital of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, about 10 years ago. Life is too fast in Urumqi, Zhalyn Rakhymzhan told Beijing Review, I'm glad that I came back! We live a very simple life here.     

VOICES FROM THE PEOPLE

Minsheng, or people’s well-being, has become the catchword during sessions of the 11th National People’s Congress (NPC), China’s top legislature, and the 11th National Committee of the Chinese People’s     

SCALING UP THE STRATEGY

<正>Biotech company explores the new material industry’s bigger picture Following a stint at his uncle’s farm in China’s Qinghai Province in 2018,seeing the amount of milk,milk products and all dairy-processing wastes,Robert Luo began contemplating how to manage these surpluses.And so,that same year,he co-founded Mi Terro in the U.S.,a company that originally intended to use milk waste for the creation of degradable textile fibers to make clothes.     

FIRING UP THE GROWTH ENGINES

Beijing Review,“We need to deliver the products in time as well as explore new markets.”That same day,in the capital of Beijing,Du Peifan,founder of ZhiqingFin,an artificial intelligence(AI)company focusing on smart speech services,is doing his routine work taking his employees through a checklist in service of their bank clients.     

AMBITION UP IN THE AIR

正Public animosity hinders American-EU deal During his visit to Europe in April,U.S.President Barack Obama and German Chancellor Angela Merkel appealed in Hannover for the negotiations on the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership CTTIP)to be concluded this year.The TTIP is a proposed free trade agreement between the     

LET THE YOUTH SPEAK UP

<正>Program calls for wisdom and power of youth for global development After three years in China,Anna Dotsenko from Russia feels there is a shortage of channels for broadcasting information from China to the outside world.An innovation-led manufacturing miracle has unfolded in China over the past half century,said the project manager with an international innovation research institute in Huangpu District of Guangzhou,Guangdong Province.     

MICRO-BLOGS FIRE UP THE NET

正Broadcasting short items on the Internet is emerging as a phenomenal trend On the evening of December 23, a post on the micro-blog of Hunan Communications Radio caught the     

MEET FOUR PEOPLE BORN IN THE YEAR OF THE SNAKE

Before the 2013 Spring Festival,Beijing Review reporter Ji Jing interviewed four people born in the Year of the Snake,each with their own unique stories representing a different generation.They shared their life experiences during the past 12 years(the Chinese zodiac is based on a 12-year cycle) and their hopes for the future.Although their life trajectories differ,they share one thing in common:When asked whether they possess the indomitable personality of the snake,they all said yes.     

UP,UP AND AWAY

There's a new bunch of sightseers in town - and they're ready to spend. TOURIST traffic at China's bustling airports is becoming increasingly two-way. The usual groups of bespectacled pensioners and red-eyed backpackers throng the inbound terminals, catapulting China into 5th place in the international league of most popular destinations. Crowding the departure lounges, meanwhile, are growing legions of upwardly mobile Chinese holidaymakers, headed for Rome's Coliseum, Sydney Harbor, or even the Safaris of Kenya.     

PEOPLE

正"Although New Year’s concerts should help create a happy atmosphere,we wanted to bring something new to the audience.Fore xample,Strauss’ An der Schonen Blauen Donau can be     

PEOPLE

"The weakness in high-income countries is dampening developing-country growth,but strong domestic demand and growing South-South economic linkages have underpinned developing-country resilience." Hans Timmer, Director of Development Prospects at the World Bank, after the Washington-based     

PEOPLE

"A huge number of Chinese computers,Chinese companies and Chinese government agencies have also been attacked by hackers.Maybe some of them,or even most of them, would come from the United States.     

PEOPLE

正"Reading books gives you access to the knowledge and culture of the people of different countries.The main problem facing China and Turkey in the field of literature is the lack of translated books."Chinese writer and Nobel laureate Mo Yan,calling for more translated literature works at a news briefing in Istanbul on February 22     

PEOPLE

Ambitious New Soccer Boss Wei Di, the newly appointed chief of the Chinese Football Association (CFA), pledged to lead the scandal-tainted sport back to top level in     

PEOPLE

"Authorities should do more to enforce no-smoking regulations and curb smoking scenes in films and TV." Yang Gonghuan, a tobacco control expert at the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, on June 21. According to a Chinese Association on Tobacco Control study this year, of 70 movies and TV dramas, only nine TV shows and 11 movies did not include smoking     

PEOPLE

"Some foreign brands are high in price,but inferior in quality."Qiu Baochang head of the legal team at China Consumers’Association,on July 28.Nearly two thirds of the complaints the association received