When children hurt, all of society hurts.”
Tong Jianming, deputy procurator-general of the Supreme People’s Procuratorate (SPP), at a
ministry-level press conference during the two sessions about a proposed SPP plan to ask the Ministry of Education to enhance campus security
“Whether a brand is good or not should be determined by the market and consumers. When the government judged and awarded enterprises, it was distorting the relationship between the government and the market, destroying fair competition and misleading consumers.”
Zhang Mao, director of the State Administration for Market Regulation, opposing government endorsements of enterprises at a two sessions press conference on March 11
“Hong Kongers have to stop thinking of visiting another part of China as ‘going north.’ Instead, it’s an extension of our home... We have to emphasize the ‘one-hour community’ (distances reachable in an hour’s drive) and break the psychological barriers of ‘crossing borders’ and ‘clearing customs.’”
Kenneth Fok (Huo Qigang), CPPCC member and vice-president of the Henry Fok Ying Tung Group, encouraging Hong Kongers to seize opportunities from the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area at the CPPCC conference on March 10
“Because people don’t experience soil pollution as directly as air pollution, they are much less sensitive to it. But the truth is China is suffering from serious soil pollution, a problem even more difficult and costly to control than air pollution.”
Li Wei, CPPCC member and director of the Development Research Center of the State Council, warning against China’s increasing soil pollution from pesticides and chemical fertilizers, at a CPPCC conference on March 11
“They [the Trump administration] regard 5G technology as if it is the same as military hardware. 5G is not an atomic bomb... But now, these great figures [Donald Trump and Mike Pence] are all talking about 5G... And we’re becoming more influential and getting more contracts.”
Ren Zhengfei, founder and president of Huawei, during an interview with CBS on March 19
“We should not emphasize how much of a ‘different kind of country’ we are, because your very existence will be considered a danger, no matter how strong you are.”
Jia Qingguo, standing CPPCC member and professor at the School of International Studies, Peking University, suggesting that China refrain from overly emphasizing its differences in interests and values with the US when it comes to China-US relations at a 2019 two sessions roundtable conference hosted by financial portal Caixin
“The Double First Class Universities Plan is an open and highly efficient process, and the title should be mobile... Those that are not advancing should be removed from the list and replaced by those making progress.”
Xiong Sidong, NPC delegate and president of Soochow University, in Suzhou, Jiangsu Province, suggesting a fluid ranking for the Double First Class University Plan, a government program to develop elite Chinese universities and departments into world class institutions by 2050
“The time children spend playing sports plunges when they enter junior high school, meaning we lose a prime time to scout athletic talent... I believe most children love sports and hate giving it up, but the current education system does not encourage them to keep at it.”
Yang Yang, CPPCC member and China’s first Winter Olympic gold medalist, suggesting improvements to the country’s sports training system during the two sessions to help discover and foster new talent
“Our policy documents appear to be a consensus, but actually were made after all the conflicting ideas were removed from them. However, the deleted parts were crucial and precisely the difficult issues the reforms need to address... The documents seem comprehensive and thorough, but are often too ambiguous when it comes to the details of how to do it.”
Xu Zhong, director of the People’s Bank of China Research Bureau, appealing for more effective policymaking at the 2019 annual Chinese Economists 50 Forum
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