China's national political advisors meet to elect new leadership

15:50, March 14, 2018

• 

  China Focus: Wang Yang elected chairman of China's top political advisory body

  Wang Yang is elected chairman of the 13th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) at the fourth plenary meeting of the first session of the 13th CPPCC National Committee in Beijing, capital of China, March 14, 2018. (Photo:Xinhua)Wang Yang was elected chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), the top

• 

  China needs to invest more in supercomputer race

  (Photo:Global Times)This year or next, China may lose its global supercomputer leadership, and how to respond will be a challenge. Wu Lixin, an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and a deputy to the 13th National People's Congress, expressed this concern during this year's two sessions.It's a reasonable concern. The window for leadership of China-US supercomputing is 2020. With

• 

  Proposals from energy sector delegates at two sessions highlight pressing issues

  A worker checks a voltage transformer in Taizhou, East China's Jiangsu Province in January 2018.(Photo: IC)The array of proposals and statements by lawmakers and political advisors from the energy circle at the ongoing "two sessions" is connected to a series of national campaigns, including supply-side structural reforms, poverty alleviation and environmental protection, which all rest with the central government to