美国国家公共电台 NPR Calls For Widespread Change Challenge Incoming Head Of U.S. Olympic Committee

NOEL KING, HOST: The new leader of the U.S. Olympic Committee, Sarah Hirshland, starts work on Monday. That organization has been criticized for how it has dealt or not dealt with sexual abuse. As Alexandra Starr reports, some advocates say that to c

Nobel laureate, former NBA player elected nat'l political advisors

BEIJING, Feb. 2 (Xinhua) -- Mo Yan, the 2012 Nobel Laureate in Literature, and Yao Ming, a former NBA star with the Houston Rockets, have been listed among China's national political advisors. The Standing Committee of the 11th Chinese People's Polit

习近平任命崔天凯为驻美利坚合众国大使

BEIJING, April 9 (Xinhua) -- Cui Tiankai has been appointed as China's new ambassador to the United States. President Xi Jinping made the appointment in line with a decision made by the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, China's to

China's legislature ends bimonthly session

BEIJING, Feb. 25 (Xinhua) -- China's top legislature on Friday ended its bimonthly session（会议）, adopting a series of bills including a law on vehicle and vessel taxation, which is aimed at standardizing taxation and promoting environmental aw

全国政协会议昨日结束（双语）

Chinas top political advisory body, the Chinese Peoples Political Consultative Conference, has concluded the First session of its 12th National Committee. 中国最高级别政治会议全国人民政治协商会议第12届一次会议已于昨日结束

China's top legislature opens bimonthly session

BEIJING, Dec. 24 (Xinhua) -- China's top legislature on Monday started to review nine draft laws, law amendments and revisions, including a new draft decision on Internet management. At a bimonthly session of the National People's Congress (NPC) Stan

China to amend law to curb land expropriation

BEIJING, Dec. 14 (Xinhua) -- China's top legislature will deliberate on draft amendments to laws on land management and trademarks during its bimonthly session, it was decided on Friday. It will also discuss a draft decision to strengthen Internet in

Drama honoring military archivist staged in Beijing

BEIJING, June 26 (Xinhua) -- A drama honoring an archivist who had devoted himself to the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA)'s archive work was staged Saturday evening in Beijing. The drama, Sheng Ming Dang An, or Archives of Life, tells the life

China to check implementation of agriculture law

BEIJING, Aug. 26 (Xinhua) -- China's top legislature will start a new wave of inspections on the implementation of its Law on Agriculture in September. Five inspection teams, organized by the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress (NPC)

Top lawmaker calls for greater environmental awareness

Top lawmaker calls for greater environmental awareness

China mulls new green production laws

BEIJING, Feb. 27 (Xinhua) -- Senior Chinese legislators on Monday started their second deliberation on a draft amendment to the country's Law on the Promotion of Clean Production. At the three-day bimonthly session of the Standing Committee of the Na

resident Hu greets Chinese Olympians

BEIJING, Aug. 17 (Xinhua) -- President Hu Jintao on Friday greeted the Chinese mainland's delegation to the London Olympic Games and called for more efforts in promoting scientific development of sport. Hu extended congratulations to the athletes, co

China, Colombia vow to boost cooperation

BOGOTA, April 23 (Xinhua) -- China and Colombia on Monday vowed to improve bilateral cooperation and strengthen coordination in global issues. Both China and Colombia are developing countries. We would like to work together with Colombia and treat ou

Senior leader stresses innovations in aerospace science

BEIJING, June 8 (Xinhua) -- Senior Chinese leader Jia Qinglin has urged the country's aerospace science workers to strive for more breakthroughs in core technologies by taking an independent innovative approach. Jia, a member of the Standing Committe

Publicity personnel urged to better serve the people

BEIJING, Aug. 17 (Xinhua) -- Senior Chinese leader Li Changchun on Friday called on publicity personnel to learn from a model publicity cadre and carry forward the spirit of serving the people. Li, a member of the Standing Committee of the Political

CCTV9英语新闻：NPC Standing Committee to deliver work report

Now we are now joined in our studio by our current affairs commentator Victor Gao, to help us understand the work of the NPC Standing Committee. Q1. First of all, tell us about the work of the NPC Standing Committee, and how they perform their duties

停用死囚器官不会造成器官短缺

China's ban on the harvesting of organs from executed prisoners for transplant will not cause the shortage of donated organs, an expert said on Wednesday. Huang Jiefu, head of the country's human organ donation and transplant committee, made the rema

韩国朝鲜签署协议

SEOUL - Republic of Korea and the Democratic People' s Republic of Korea officially signed an agreement on forming a joint committee to run the Kaesong industrial complex, Seoul's Unification Ministry said Thursday. Under the agreement, Seoul and Pyo

托福词汇之政治

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National advisory body prepares for session

BEIJING, Feb. 26 (Xinhua) -- The Standing Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) National Committee approved a decision on Sunday to convene the Fifth Session of the 11th National Committee of the CPPCC. In its th