CHINA DAILY | HONG KONG EDITION Monday, March 11, 2019 | 3 TWO SESSIONS Premier calls on Jilin to upgrade industries Province asked to further reduce taxes, business environment and Jilin is one of the four provincial ment of the local economy, the prov­ province aims to promote innova­ strengthen the real economy, he regions listed in the revitalization ince should keep a cool head. tion and reform in new energy vehi­ fees, institutional costs for enterprises said. plan for old industrial bases in Jing Junhai, the provincial gover­ cles and domestic brand cars, while In the meantime, Li said rural Northeast China. As head of the nor, said new market entities regis­ furthering cooperation with Germa­ By HU YONGQI base, should further deepen vitalization should be carried out to State Council leading group for revi­ tered last year went up by 14 percent ny’s Volkswagen and Japan’s Toyota, [email protected] reform and opening­up, Li said at a develop modern agriculture and talizing old industrial bases in the in Jilin, and the province will fur­ according to Jing’s report on the panel discussion with National ensure food safety. region, Li paid two visits to Jilin aft­ ther streamline administrative pro­ provincial government’s work in Premier Li Keqiang has called on People’s Congress deputies from The premier said Jilin should er taking office in 2013. cedures, strengthen compliance January. Jilin province to upgrade its tradi­ the Jilin delegation on Saturday in also overcome key difficulties to In recent years, Northeast China oversight and guard against risks. Wang Run, chairman of CRRC tional industries, including the Beijing. help people improve their lives, has encountered much slower eco­ Meanwhile, the province will accel­ Changchun Railway Vehicles Co auto industry and agriculture in The government should do what including providing job opportuni­ nomic growth than before. Heavily erate the building of 55 towns fea­ Ltd, suggested that manufactur­ particular, to unleash the vitality of market entities expect, the pre­ ties, eldercare, education and dependent on traditional indus­ turing local industries and promote ers should continue innovation both State­owned and private mier said, calling on the province healthcare. The province should tries, Jilin’s GDP rose just 4.5 per­ the integration of agriculture with and master core technologies. enterprises. to further reduce taxes, fees and ensure timely and adequate distri­ cent last year, lower than the other sectors. Original innovation should be Traditional industries play a sig­ institutional costs for enterprises. bution of pensions, which should national average of 6.6 percent. The province will deepen reform strengthened, shifting from sim­ nificant role in Jilin’s economy, and The government should make increase at a reasonable pace, he Bayanqolu, Party secretary of Jilin, and opening­up to attract more for­ ply applying existing technolo­ the province, as a major industrial concerted efforts to improve the said. said that amid the gradual improve­ eign investment, Jing said. The gies, he said. Panel: Xi Making their way National quantum info says bases of lab construction urged revolution By ZHU LIXIN long­distance quantum communi­ [email protected] cations, and harnessing quantum laws to transmit information must not be To address the increasingly securely. But he said future devel­ fierce international competition in opment required more collabora­ the field of quantum information tion among scientists and left behind science, China should initiate the enterprises. building of a national laboratory With the support of the Chinese From page 1 as soon as possible to maintain its Academy of Sciences and Anhui competitiveness, according to a province, the Innovation Institute Xi told government authori­ top scientist. for Quantum Information and ties to listen to the voices of Tai­ Pan Jianwei, a quantum infor­ Quantum Science & Technology wan compatriots and put mation specialist from the Univer­ was founded in Hefei in 2017. forward policies to benefit the sity of Science and Technology of The institute has been function­ people as much as possible. China, made the remark during a ing at the standard of a national In his speech, the president news conference at the second ses­ laboratory to explore manage­ also emphasized poverty allevia­ sion of the 13th Chinese People’s ment experience, said Pan. tion work in the revolutionary Political Consultative Conference Infrastructure construction of a bases of Fujian province. Noting National Committee on Sunday. new location for the institute kick­ that this year marks the 70th The European Union, the Unit­ ed off in 2017 and is now progress­ anniversary of the founding of ed States and Britain have all ing smoothly, said Ling Yun, the People’s Republic of China, Members of the 13th National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference launched strategic planning for mayor of Hefei and an NPC depu­ Xi said the people in the revolu­ head to the third plenary meeting of the top political advisory body in Beijing on Sunday. quantum information science ty. tionary bases should not be for­ ZHU XINGXIN / CHINA DAILY development, said Pan, a member Once approved, the institute gotten. of the 13th CPPCC National Com­ will be replaced by the national He ordered local govern­ mittee. laboratory, according to Pan, add­ ments to take targeted poverty “International competition is ing that the main building of the reduction measures to ensure fierce,” Pan said, and he urged rap­ institute is almost completed. that no one in the revolutionary id construction of a national lab in Ling said the provincial capital bases is left behind in the proc­ Foreign investment law essential amid China to conduct research and had already allocated 200 hectares ess of building a moderately development in the field. of land in the Hefei National High­ prosperous society in all A draft plan of the proposed lab tech Industry Development Zone respects. changing times, says top legislature has been finished and submitted for the institute and will reserve He also stressed the impor­ for approval, he said. It’s expected another 330 hectares for its future tance of protecting the environ­ By CAO YIN law to national legislators. to the second session of the 13th to be located in Hefei, Anhui prov­ development. ment and enhancing Party [email protected] Following a strict process, the law NPC for a third review. ince. To date, 7 billion yuan ($1.04 bil­ building in the process of build­ was included in the five­year legisla­ Another reason for its being delib­ Quantum information technol­ lion) has been planned for the first ing up the economy in underde­ The formulation of the foreign tion agenda of the Standing Com­ erated at the full session of the NPC ogy, he said, is key to applications phase of the institute’s infrastruc­ veloped areas. investment law follows strict legisla­ mittee of the 13th NPC, which was is that with its adoption, the previ­ including ultra­secure communi­ ture construction, according to tive processes, is based on a suffi­ elected in March last year, and also ous three separate statutes concern­ cations, higher computing capa­ material provided by the local gov­ cient amount of public opinion and in its detailed work plan for 2018. ing foreign investment, which were bility and more precise ernment when construction represents a consensus, legal profes­ After thorough research and the adopted by NPC plenary sessions in measurements. began in 2017. Fujian: sionals said. solicitation of opinions, the State 1979, 1986 and 1988, will be abol­ Pan began putting together a The province will provide The law, which is undergoing Council — the nation’s Cabinet — ished. quantum science research team at another 10 billion yuan through a review by national legislators at the made a draft of the foreign invest­ In China, laws passed by the full the Hefei­based university in 2001. specific fund to promote quantum Companies ongoing session of the National Peo­ ment law and submitted it to the session of the NPC can only be abol­ He has been widely hailed for science industrial development, ple’s Congress, is expected to be put NPC Standing Committee for review ished by its full session, according to leading China to the forefront of said Ling. up for a vote on Friday. for the first time in December. the Legislative Affairs Commission. extend their If passed, it will serve as the fun­ After the deliberation, the top leg­ Regarding the relatively fast legis­ damental law covering foreign islature solicited opinions from the lation process, Zhang Yesui, spokes­ reach, see investment in China. And the three public and from foreign enterprises man for the second session of the existing laws on Chinese­foreign through various means such as hold­ 13th NPC, said that the three current equity joint ventures, wholly for­ ing seminars and releasing the full foreign investment­related laws are better sales eign­owned enterprises and Chi­ text of the draft online. A second draft lagging behind the nation’s new nese­foreign contractual joint version was formed and submitted to open economy and new challenges From page 1 ventures will be abolished, accord­ the NPC Standing Committee for a in foreign investment, indicating ing to the Legislative Affairs Com­ second review at the end of January. that a new law is urgently needed. Lan added that Mauritania’s mission of the NPC Standing China’s Legislation Law stipulates Kong Qingjiang, head of the Inter­ president has visited his com­ Committee. that a draft law usually goes through national Law School at the China Uni­ pany five times, indicating the Wang Chen, vice­chairman of the three reviews before being adopted, versity of Political Science and Law, government’s recognition of the NPC Standing Committee, said on and those that play pivotal roles in said the process shows strong antici­ company’s operations.