People wait for a ferry to the Statue of Liberty during a partial US federal government shutdown. [DAVID DELGADO/REUTERS]
People who haven't reach adulthood but are ready to help should be encouraged to volunteer, which can be educational and instill the responsibility to serve society, said Mao Fang, one of the city's legislators.
Peng Huagang, secretary-general of the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission of the State Council, said the government will continue to encourage central SOEs and their subsidiaries with strong technological innovation capabilities and promising market prospects to go public, as well as support capable central SOEs to list on the Hong Kong stock exchange.
Perils have emerged, such as deepening conflicts and new dangers, while global concerns over nuclear weapons are at their highest since the Cold War, Guterres said.
People protest against tax reform on Capitol hill in Washington DC, the United States, on Dec 1, 2017. [Photo/Xinhua]
People will have an extra day off this year, as the National Day holiday coincides with Mid-Autumn Festival on Wednesday, Oct 4, bringing the total number of days off to eight.
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Pedestrians walk past the People's Bank of China (PBOC) headquarters in Beijing on Jan 18, 2016. [Photo/VCG]
Phelps, an economics professor and director of the Center on Capitalism and Society at Columbia University in New York, tells China Daily, "Having an interesting time at work, challenges, puzzles to solve, opportunities to succeed - succeeding at something is so important."
Peter Lobie, a medical professor at Tsinghua-Berkeley Shenzhen Institute, said: "China still has room to improve in terms of helping foreign experts settle in. But it is great to see China on the path of incrementally improving services for foreigners."
Peng said central SOEs will continue opening up to increase imports and expand cooperation with other firms.