BEIJING Women's Taco Charlton Jersey , Dec. 19 (Xinhua) -- China and the United States, both major powers of today's world, need to work together to address global challenges on many fronts. However, Washington seems to disagree.
The United States introduced its new national security strategy Monday, which referred to China and Russia as "revisionist powers" and listed them as "competitors" trying to alter the status quo that favors the United States.
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China's Foreign Ministry spokesperson Hua Chunying echoed this in Beijing, saying that maintaining healthy and stable bilateral ties is the correct choice for the welfare of the two peoples and the international community.
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According to a Chinese proverb, solidarity brings more power. China is willing and ready to take action with the rest of the world, including the United States.
One of the most evident signs of this is China's constant call for the building of a community with a shared future for mankind, which promotes win-win cooperation instead of zero-sum competition.
The U.S. move goes against consensus reached by leaders of the two countries to develop bilateral relations and the reality in which both countries share common interests in many areas.
Trade with China, the largest trade partner of the United States, helps each American family save 850 dollars every year. In 2015 Women's Dak Prescott Jersey , bilateral trade and mutual investment created 2.6 million jobs for the United States.
During the state visit by U.S. President Donald Trump to China last month, the two countries signed deals worth 253.5 billion U.S. dollars, consisting of 34 cooperation agreements and letters of intent.
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As spokesperson Hua said in her response, China and the United States, the world's largest developing country and developed country respectively, have important responsibilities in maintaining world peace and development.
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Graphics shows one in every four Chinese villages had e-commerce distribution sites by the end of 2016, according to results of the country's third national agriculture census. (XinhuaMeng Lijing)
BEIJING, Dec. 14 (Xinhua) -- One in every four Chinese villages had e-commerce distribution sites at the end of 2016, official data showed Thursday, reflecting an improved logistics network and new economic trends in rural areas.
By the end of 2016, 99.7 percent of villages had access to electricity Byron Jones Jersey , while 11.9 percent could use natural gas, according to results of the country's third national agricultural survey.
A total of 91.3 percent of rural towns had centralized water supply, and 90.8 percent had centralized garbage treatment, while 53.5 percent of villages had finished or partly finished toilet renovation projects.
In terms of public services, a majority of towns had libraries, kindergartens and healthcare institutions Maliek Collins Jersey , but relatively few had theaters and sports stadiums.
China's agricultural survey has been conducted every 10 years since 1996 to collect information on rural production, infrastructure, public services and living conditions for future policy guidance.
The third census involved 5 million interviewees, more than 200 million rural households, and over 3 million businesses and other market entities.
While living standards in cities have drastically improved with China's stellar economic growth, the living environment for the country's 600 million rural people still has huge room for change.
Thursday's results highlighted the weak links in China's rural development Jaylon Smith Jersey , including a low level of agricultural industrialization and a big urban-rural gap.
As of the end of 2016, there were 43.35 million rural Chinese living below the national poverty line.
To spur rural development, the Chinese government has looked to e-commerce, tourism and modern agriculture for opportunities.
The data showed that at the end of 2016, 4.9 percent of Chinese villages had started to tap their tourism potential, up 2.7 percentage points from 2006 Xavier Woods Jersey , and 51,000 rural businesses sold their farm produce through e-commerce platforms.
The State Council Wednesday called for more efforts to foster new types of agricultural business in the country.
Projects will be launched to support diverse business entities that integrate different industries and link to the Internet Plus strategy, said a statement released after a State Council meeting chaired by Premier Li Keqiang.
Training plans will be implemented to cultivate new types of professional farmers to spur entrepreneurship and innovation in rural areas and lift more people out of poverty, the statement said.
(Source: CGTN)
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