BEIJING -- China will invest a total of 40.5 billion yuan (6.4 billion) in rural power grid upgrades in 26 central and western regions this year, according to an energy official.Of the investment, 12 billion yuan will come from the central budget, said Liu Baohua, deputy head of the National Energy Administration.To address problems like low voltage and insufficient supply, China started a round of electricity power grid upgrades in rural areas in 2016 to ensure stable nationwide coverage by 2020.At the end of 2017, China had upgraded power grids in 78,533 villages, according to Liu.To vitalize the rural areas, China pledged to improve the infrastructure for supplying water, power, and information, and build or upgrade 200,000 kilometers of rural roads this year. wristbands canadacustom silicone bracelets canadarubber bracelets canadasilicone bracelets canadasilicone wristbands canadacustom wristbands canadacanadian wristbandswristbands canada
Inheritor of Chinese woodblock printing technique teaches the technique to students attending a cross-Straits cultural exchange activity in Hangzhou, East China's Zhejiang province, July 29, 2018. [Photo/Xinhua] A spokesperson of the Chinese Embassy in Germany has refuted a report by the Sueddeutsche Zeitung over the Taiwan question, saying it violated the one-China principle and supported the Taiwan independence secessionists. The spokesperson said China resolutely opposed the report, which deliberately defied the one-China principle pursued by the German federal government and the international community and provided the Taiwan independence secessionists with media access. The influential Sueddeutsche Zeitung on Friday carried a report about an interview with Joseph Wu from Taiwan. The spokesperson said the Taiwan question is not about the so-called democracy. It is concerning the national interest of China. If some people try to gain sympathy by cloaking themselves in the image of international orphan and to pursue secessionist policies in disguise of human rights, they are destined to fail. The spokesperson said Taiwan is an indispensable part of China and maintaining national unity is the bottom line of all sovereign states including Germany. China's national sovereignty and territorial integrity must not be challenged. The spokesperson said China always supports the national unity of Germany, thereby it hopes Germany to take the same attitude to China. Germany needs to realize that the Taiwan independence secessionist activities on its soil would disrupt and harm China-Germany bilateral relations and regional stability. China expects that German people can place themselves in China's position, and better understand Chinese people's pursuit for national unity, the spokesperson concluded.
