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Commercial Aircraft Corp of China Ltd (COMAC), in charge of the C919 passenger airplane program, announced on Tuesday that its major task this year would be the preliminary design of the jumbo jets, the China News Agency reported.

The work would include a wind tunnel experiment with applied loads, draft design of the aircraft's cockpit model as well as the signing of a series of memorandums of understanding with systems suppliers.
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China's Minsheng Bank has no fundraising plans at present and will not cut loans for property developers this year, its chairman Dong Wenbiao told reporters on Thursday.

The medium-sized Chinese bank is aiming for lending growth of 23 percent this year and deposit growth of 30 percent, Dong said while attending the annual session of the CPPCC.
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As China's foreign trade recovers and the unemployment rate in the US and Europe remain high, trade remedy measures against China will increase this year, bringing bigger pressure on China, ambassador to the WTO Sun Zhenyu said Thursday.

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At Chinese New Year, children receive hong bao, money in red envelopes that has probably increased because of the family planning policy.

We in the West are led to believe that a generation of obese, spoilt little emperors are making their way through their Chinese childhoods with the granting of every wish and a road to adulthood paved with chocolate.
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Nearly half the proposals to the CPPCC, the annual meeting of China's top advisory body, were related to the real estate market, with the top topics being low-income housing, property taxes and mortgage loans, the China Securities Journal reported on Wednesday.
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Rural and urban citizens likely to have same proportion of deputies but clarity is needed on voting and vote-counting

As the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) National Committee and the National People's Congress (NPC) unveil their annual sessions, the public has again cast its spotlight on the long-anticipated amendment of the Law on Elections.
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WASHINGTON - Can't lose weight on a low-fat diet? Maybe you need to cut carbs instead, and a new genetic test may point the way, maker Interleukin Genetics Inc reported on Wednesday.

The small study of about 140 overweight or obese women showed that those on diets "appropriate" for their genetic makeup lost more weight than those on less appropriate diets, researchers told an American Heart Association meeting.
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BEIJING - The use of Taiwan question by certain country to interfere into China's internal affairs was "unacceptable", said Li Zhaoxing, spokesman of the annual session of China's top legislature, here Thursday.

Li made the remarks at a press conference at the Great Hall of the people in central Beijing, one day before the third session of the 11th National People's Congress (NPC) opens.
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Chinese mainland among world's top buyers of expensive goods

Beijing: A private jet will set you back $20 million, not including the nearly $2 million a year needed to maintain it, but the expense is not enough to stop China's super-rich from acquiring such a "luxurious toy" - along with a slew of other luxury items.
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People with chronic low-back pain can benefit from cognitive behavioral therapy, a new British report shows.

Low-back pain is one of the most costly and disabling health problems in developed countries, the researchers write in The Lancet, but so far effective treatment has been lacking.
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