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2 | Monday,February February 4­8, 2019 4, 2019 HONG KONG EDITION | CHINA DAILY NATION 48 officials People’s welfare focus of Li’s trip punished More measures to reduce taxes and fees over defective for small businesses expected this year vaccine case By HU YONGQI The premier also asked about A total of 48 officials have been [email protected] preschool education and elder care. punished following the discovery of He asked about which kindergar­ defective vaccines produced by Premier Li Keqiang called for fur­ ten local children are going to and Changchun Changsheng Life Scien­ ther improvement in people’s liveli­ how much they pay. He said the ces Ltd, said the Communist Party of hood, including employment, government will support all kinder­ China Central Commission for Disci­ education, heating and transport, gartens that offer good and afforda­ pline Inspection and the National during a two­day inspection tour to ble preschool education, no matter Supervisory Commission in a state­ Ulaanqab city in the Inner Mongo­ public or private. ment over the weekend. lia autonomous region on Friday The premier checked the Spring Wu Zhen, former deputy head of and Saturday. Festival travel rush at a railway sta­ the now defunct China Food and Li presented New Year gifts and tion in Jining district. He stepped Drug Administration and a former his best wishes to a poverty­strick­ into an old­fashioned green train member of the agency’s leading Party en family in the village of Shierzhou and asked some passengers wheth­ members’ group, was expelled from in Qahar Right Wing Front Banner. er they had received their wages the CPC and transferred to the proc­ He sat on a heatable brick bed with and their prospects of employment uratorate for investigation and pros­ local families and had some roasted after the festival. When hearing ecution for suspected duty crime. potatoes. that the train stops at 26 stations, Li Wu failed to follow important The premier spoke highly of the said that diverse demands should instructions made by the CPC Cen­ taste and encouraged the locals to be met by running the low­cost tral Committee regarding medical grow high­quality potatoes and trains and as well as bullet trains. security, according to an earlier help lift economically disadvan­ Local officials reported to Li on investigation. taged families out of poverty. Inner Mongolia’s plan to develop a Being “ruthless to the people”, Wu At a marketplace in downtown high­speed rail network. The pre­ allegedly abused his power in drug Ulaanqab, the premier stopped at mier urged relevant departments regulation, severely jeopardizing the booths selling couplets, bread and to offer their support to boost bal­ national supervision over drugs, the other products and talked with ven­ anced regional development and Premier Li Keqiang visits a poverty­stricken family in the village of Shierzhou on Saturday during statement said. dors. He asked about supplies, con­ improve people’s livelihood. a two­day inspection tour to Ulaanqab city in the Inner Mongolia autonomous region starting Friday. An investigation found him to sumption and food safety. Li said At the Wolongshan shantytown YAO DAWEI / XINHUA have appeared in private clubs, as the State Council had released sup­ in downtown Ulaanqab, locals well as at banquets and on trips portive measures to reduce bur­ expressed their willingness to move cozy and safe apartments as early At his last stop, Li visited the living in the north, and thanked offered by others, which may have dens for small businesses, and this into new buildings. Li said shanty­ as possible. Li also told local offi­ Jingning Thermal Power Compa­ workers on duty during the festival resulted in unfairness. year would move to further reduce town renovation should be acceler­ cials to ensure the basic necessities ny. He stressed that a heating sys­ for ensuring safe and stable heat­ The statement said Wu took taxes and fees. ated to relocate poor families to for all residents in the shantytown. tem is basic but key for people ing services. advantage of his position to help his relatives in recruitment, took bribes and benefited his relatives through FROM THE FRONTLINE business. INF: Ministry Wu was among six high­ranking officials who were fired or asked to calls withdrawal Taiwan residents dream of bridge to offshore islands resign as a result of the CCDI and National Supervisory Commission investigations. ‘regrettable’ By ZHANG YI in Xiamen, Fujian largest since the route’s inception ties, and proposed connecting Fu­ In August, a 28­kilometer pipe­ A total of 42 lower­level officials, and HU MEIDONG in Fuzhou in January 2001. jian to the islands of Jinmen and line — delivering 34,000 cubic who had worked with the CFDA, A total of 1,420 vessel trips are Matsu via water and gas pipelines, meters of water from Fujian to National Medical Products Adminis­ From page 1 For years, Taiwan resident Wu scheduled between Xiamen and an electricity grid and road bridge. Jinmen — went into operation to tration, drug administration agen­ Chia­ying has hoped to see a bridge Jinmen during this year’s Spring Wu said that Taiwan compatriots alleviate a water shortage on Jin­ cies of various levels in Jilin province, Less than a day after the US connecting the bustling mainland Festival travel rush, transporting are hoping that these proposals men. Changchun city government and announcement, Russian President to Jinmen, an islet attached to Tai­ 180,000 passengers, up 4.7 percent could get realized “because they Yu said the province is explor­ Changchun high­tech industries Vladimir Putin expressed Russia’s wan but lying off the coast of Xia­ year­on­year, local authorities have really benefit our lives”. ing the potential for better cross­ development area, were also pun­ strong reaction in a televised men, Fujian province. estimated. A bridge will make up for the Straits connectivity in trade, ished. meeting with his foreign and “When the weather is fine, stand­ However, although boats come deficiencies of water transport, infrastructure, resources and Among the 42 were three duty defense ministers. “The US part­ ing on the seaside of Xiamen, you back and forth every day, the but also promote the economic industry standards. He hoped crime suspects who formerly served ners have declared that they sus­ can even see every inch of Jinmen, waterway traffic is often suspend­ development of Jinmen and ena­ that with joint efforts, a flow of with the Jilin Provincial Medical pend their participation in the as if you could reach the other side ed once typhoons and fog occur, ble Taiwan compatriots to fully electricity and gas, as well as a Products Administration and were deal, we suspend it as well,” Putin by lifting your foot,” said the said Wu, who is also president of enjoy the dividends of the main­ bridge to Jinmen and Matsu from expelled from the CPC and trans­ said, according to a Reuters 56­year­old, who started a trading the Taiwan Businessmen Associa­ land’s development, he said. Fujian, could be realized as soon ferred to procuratorial agencies for report. business in Xiamen 20 years ago. tion in Xiamen. From Jan 27 to 30, a Jinmen as possible. investigation and prosecution for Putin said Russia will start work Xiamen and Jinmen — separated “It greatly affects people’s com­ delegation led by county head “Building a bridge has been the suspected duty crimes. on creating new missiles, includ­ by a narrow stretch of water — muting and also restricts the devel­ Yang Cheng­wu paid a visit to wishes of generations of Taiwan ing hypersonic ones, and told min­ share geographical ties, dialect and opment of Jinmen and exchanges Fujian to discuss the potential businessmen,” Wu said, “It will XINHUA — CHINA DAILY isters not to initiate disarmament customs. “Residents feel at home between the two places,” said Wu, a cooperation with the mainland. not only shorten the distance talks with Washington, accusing when visiting the other city,” he frequent commuter due to business. Fujian’s Party chief Yu Weiguo between the two cities, but also the US of being slow to respond to said. While addressing a gathering in said at a meeting with the delega­ bring the hearts of compatriots Briefly such moves. Shipping is now the only mode of Beijing to commemorate the 40th tion that Fujian aspires to con­ on both sides closer.” “We have repeatedly, during a transportation between them. In anniversary of the Message to Com­ tribute to peaceful cross­Straits number of years, and constantly 2018, passengers made 1.75 million patriots in Taiwan, President Xi Jin­ reunification by leveraging its Contact the writers at BEIJING raised a question about substanti­ trips between the two places, the ping called for closer cross­Straits unique advantages with Taiwan. [email protected] Institute established to ative talks on the disarmament issue,” Putin said. “We see that in prevent financial risk the past few years the partners Ready to go China’s central bank has set up an have not supported our initia­ institute to improve financial regu­ tives.” lation and risk prevention, the office The INF Treaty was signed in Staff at a restaurant in Suz­ of public sectors reform commission 1987 by US president Ronald Rea­ hou, Jiangsu province, are said in a statement on Saturday. gan and Soviet leader Mikhail Gor­ busy packing semi­prepared The People’s Bank of China has bachev. It bans the development meals on Sunday so they can established a macro­prudential and deployment of ground­ be delivered to families management bureau to replace the launched nuclear missiles with around the city that wish to previous foreign exchange depart­ ranges of 500 to 5,500 kilometers.

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