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This is People's Daily Tonight, your news source from China.

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3,200 Beijing companies enters China-Singapore eco-city in Tianjin

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Under the coordinated development of Beijing, Tianjin and Hebei, over 3,200 Beijing enterprises have registered in the China-Singapore Tianjin eco-city over the past five years.

Located in Tianjin Binhai New Area, the eco-city is a cooperative program between the two countries and is designed to be a demonstration zone of green development.

Against the background of the national strategy of coordinated development of the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei (Jing-jin-ji) region, initiated in 2014, the eco-city has been attracting companies and technologies from nearby areas.

The 3,200 Beijing companies that entered the eco-city account for nearly half of the total number of enterprises registered there. (Xinhua)

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DPRK leader Kim Jong-un arrives in Vietnam

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DPRK top leader Kim Jong-un arrived in Vietnam's northern Lang Son province Tuesday morning by train for his first official visit to the country and the second summit with his US counterpart.

Kim was welcomed at the train station by Vietnamese officials and civilians. During the visit, the first by a sitting DPRK top leader in 55 years, Kim is expected to meet with Vietnamese leaders.

Kim, who left Pyongyang for Hanoi on Saturday afternoon, will also meet with US President Donald Trump for their second summit on Feb. 27-28 on bilateral relations and issues related to peace on and denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula. (People's Daily app)

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China busts 1,664 mafia-style fraudulent lending rings

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Chinese police have shut down 1,664 mafia-style groups involved in fraudulent lending and seized 16,349 suspects since a national campaign against organized crime was launched in early 2018, the Ministry of Public Security said Tuesday.

Since early 2018, police have cracked 21,624 fraud and extortion cases and sealed assets worth 3.53 billion yuan (527 million US dollars) related to such crimes, said Zeng Haiyan with the ministry at a press conference.

Under the guise of private lending, the criminal rings deceived victims into signing false contracts, then tried to put them in debt by forging evidence to make them breach their contract, and finally illegally possessed the victims' property through violent measures such as illegal detention and extortion, said the ministry. (Xinhua)

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Iranian FM seemingly announces resignation via social media

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Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif seemed to have announced his resignation unexpectedly on Monday through social media.

Media reports said a foreign ministry spokesman, Abbas Mousavi, confirmed minutes later that Zarif had resigned but gave no reason for his departure.

Zarif played a key role in Iran's negotiations with world powers that culminated in the landmark nuclear deal in 2015 under which Iran agreed to curb its nuclear program in return for the lifting of international financial sanctions. (Xinhua)

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China unveils national service center for veterans

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A national service center to provide better services and safeguard veteran's welfare formally started operation in Beijing Tuesday.

The service center is mainly responsible for helping veterans find jobs or start businesses, providing preferential treatment and assistance, as well as arranging visits to ex-servicemen, said an official with the Ministry of Veterans Affairs.

As a key component of the veterans' service and security system, it also undertakes work such as dealing with petition letters and visits of veterans, in addition to safeguarding their legitimate rights and interests.

Such service centers and stations at local levels will be established nationwide. (Xinhua)

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India carries out air strikes in Pakistan-controlled Kashmir

India carried out "non-military, pre-emptive" air strikes in Pakistan-controlled Kashmir killing "a very large number of terrorists," claimed Vijay Gokhale, Indian Foreign Secretary, at a press conference in New Delhi. 

India maintains that UN designated terror group Jaish-e-Mohammed was planning more attacks in the country after Pulwama attack that killed 41 Indian paramilitary personnel on February 14. 

However, Pakistani military spokesperson tweeted: "Pakistani air force jets were scrambled to respond, forcing the Indian aircraft to release [their] payload in haste while escaping."

Meanwhile, China has called for restraint from both sides. (CGTN)

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China sees fast expansion of NEVs charging infrastructure

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China has built 853,000 charging stations for new energy vehicles (NEVs) by the end of January, surging 80.1 percent from a year earlier, the Securities Times reported, quoting an industry report.

A total of 44,000 charging stations for NEVs were built nationwide in January alone, up 231.6 percent year on year, said the paper.

Charging stations in metropolitans like Beijing, Shanghai and Guangdong Province accounted for 76.4 percent of the national total. (Xinhua)

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And that's People's Daily Tonight. Thanks for joining us.

(Produced by Wang Zi)