A wind turbine system generates energy in the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region. [Photo/Xinhua] President Xi Jinping has urged government officials to secure high-quality economic growth and boost innovation to meet people's increasing need for a better life. Xi, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, made the remark during a three-day inspection tour in Shandong province that ended on Thursday. He said the key to advancing high-quality development is to pursue supply-side structural reform, pushing for changes in quality, efficiency and drivers of economic growth. Solid efforts are needed to promote industrial transformation and upgrading as well as innovation-driven development, he added. Xi highlighted the importance of ensuring economic growth, advancing reforms, readjusting the economic structure, improving people's well-being as well as forestalling risks, saying continuous efforts are needed to win the three critical battles against potential risk, poverty and pollution. On Thursday, Xi visited an Inspur Group factory building high-end fault-tolerant computers in Jinan, the provincial capital. He inspected the production process and workflow and talked with employees. Pushing innovation-driven development and fostering new growth drivers are key to overcoming difficulties in the nation's development, Xi said. On Wednesday, when Xi visited Yantai, a coastal city in the province, he urged State-owned enterprises to press ahead for reforms, encouraging them to build capacity for independent innovation. Clinging to outmoded ideas or practices will lead nowhere, and reforms are needed to enable State-owned enterprises to modernize, he said. Representatives of Wanhua Chemical, a local shareholding company restructured from a State-owned enterprise, told Xi about the company's efforts to change from an enterprise with backward technologies into an industry flagship, highlighting their growing capabilities in technological innovation. Xi said he believes the company's success results from independent innovation. Nothing is impossible, but vigorous efforts are needed, he added. The 19th CPC National Congress called for further reform of State-owned enterprises and developing mixed-ownership economic entities to make them globally competitive. Xi also visited a base of Yantai China International Marine Containers Raffles, where he talked with worker representatives and learned more about company efforts to develop, design and manufacture high-end marine equipment through independent innovation. hospital wristbandcheap custom wristbandsblack rubber wristbandsprinted bracelets
BEIJING -- China's State Council has detailed rules for the enforcement of an upcoming environment protection tax law, which takes effect on Jan. 1, 2018.The regulation specifies taxation targets, the tax-setting basis, conditions for tax reduction and exemptions as well as tax collection management, according to a State Council decree signed by Premier Li Keqiang.The rules also make clear the taxation scope of solid waste and centralized sewage treatment areas.China has a regulation on collecting the "pollutant discharge fee." However, some local governments exploit loopholes and exempt enterprises which are otherwise big contributors to fiscal revenue. For years, regulators have suggested replacing the fee system with a law.After the new regulation becomes effective, the regulation on "pollutant discharge fee" will be abolished.The new regulation also offers a cooperation mechanism between tax and environmental protection authorities for sharing information.The discharge data filed by companies will be deemed "abnormal" if the figure is much lower than its figure the previous year or the amount of its peers without appropriate explanation, the regulation said.In this case the new law requires a review on abnormal data by environment protection authorities.Under the new law, which targets enterprises and public institutions that discharge listed pollutants directly into the environment, companies will pay taxes for producing noise, air and water pollutants as well as solid waste.Tackling pollution has been listed as one of "the three tough battles" that China aims to win in the next three years, according to the Central Economic Work Conference earlier this month.From January to November, China investigated over 35,600 violations of environmental protection laws and regulations, up more than 102 percent year on year.
