BEIJING Air Jordan 6 Wheat Womens For Sale , Nov. 21 (Xinhua) -- "Lake chiefs" will be appointed in China to continue tackling water pollution, drawing on the successful experience of "river chiefs" introduced last year.
The first meeting of the Leading Group for Deepening Overall Reform of the 19th CPC Central Committee, held on Monday, approved the measure and other practical measures to deepen reform.
Lake chiefs have similar responsibilities to river chiefs, who are tasked with resource protection, pollution prevention and control Air Jordan 6 Wheat Mens For Sale , and ecological restoration.
Likewise, their performance will be assessed and they will be held accountable for environmental damage in bodies of water under their supervision.
The introduction of "lake chiefs" aims to address waters not covered by the "river chiefs." Early this year, central China's Hubei Province and east China's Zhejiang Province rolled out pilot programs.
Observers said the measure underscores the top leadership's determination to clean up the environment after decades of breakneck growth left much of China's waters seriously contaminated by factory waste and agricultural fertilizer.
China has appointed about 200,000 "river chiefs" at provincial, city, county and township levels to combat pollution Air Jordan 6 Retro Wheat Womens , Zu Leiming, head of the construction and management department of the Ministry of Water Resources, said at a press conference in August.
The effect is becoming clear. Zhejiang Province has basically eliminated black and odorous waters and it has vowed to deal with any water "below Grade V," the lowest level of China's water quality grading system.
According to the Ministry of Water Resources (MWR), some 73.4 percent of inland waters met national standards in 2016, up from 70.8 percent in 2015 and 67.5 percent in 2014 Air Jordan 6 Retro Wheat Mens , fulfilling the yearly target.
But the ministry said the task is still challenging in some regions.
Complaints still arise from worsening water quality in some areas, destruction of aquatic ecosystems, and substandard drinking water.
More than 70 percent of the water in seven major river valleys, including the Yangtze and Yellow rivers, should reach Grade III or higher by 2020, according to a 2015 action plan.
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This is an important move in the implementation of targeted poverty relief measures, following the Party's pledge to overcome poverty at its 19th national congress.
Poverty relief is always high on China's agenda. The country has vowed to eliminate poverty by 2020. Since the start of the reform and opening up, China has lifted more than 700 million people out of poverty.
More than 60 million people have been lifted out of poverty in the past five years in China, with the poverty rate dropping from 10.2 percent to less than 4 percent.
"Selecting capable and suitable officials to guide poverty relief at different levels is necessary to effectively deepen poverty relief and realize common prosperity," said Prof. Zuo Ting with China Agricultural University.
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TOKYO, Nov. 25 (Xinhua) -- Japan's government kept a relatively upbeat view of the nation's economy Tuesday despite the data released last week confirming the world's third-largest economy had slipped into a technical recession due to the April 1 consumption tax hike.
The Cabinet Office reiterated its stance this month that the" Japanese economy is on a moderate recovery," while adding that weakness can be seen in private consumption.
The government maintained, however, that despite the slightly altered wording from a month earlier, the assessment was neither a downward nor upward revision Air Jordan 6 Wheat Mens , although the Cabinet Office noted that the 3-percentage point tax increase to 8 percent in April is still taking a toll on the economy, particularly on domestic demand and consumption.
The latest report was released after Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Friday dissolved the lower house of parliament to call a snap election in a bid to garner support from the electorate for his unpopular and now delayed second sales tax hike to 10 percent from 8 percent.
Abe's move followed gross domestic product data for Japan last week surprisingly contracting an annualized real 1.6 percent in the three months through September, marking the second straight quarter of decrease following a revised 7.3 percent tumble in the April-June quarter.
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Housing construction showed signs of bottoming, the report said, with seasonally adjusted annualized housing starts standing at 880, 000 units in the recording period, up from 845,000 a month earlier.
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