The cooperation between the two countries plays an increasingly significant role in safeguarding world peace, stability and promoting joint development, Xi told Merkel.
The construction project is currently underway in the mountainous area of the hinterland. It is only a few months before servers will be installed, Ma told a media briefing in Beijing over the weekend.
The concept was greeted enthusiastically by both Chinese and American participants at SXSW, a 10-day event (March 8-17) combining conferences on topics such as emerging technologies, film and music from the US and around the world.
The country has also been stepping up efforts in small hydropower development. Some 46,500 small hydropower stations had been built in rural areas by the end of last year, with an annual capacity of more than 230 billion kilowatt-hours and a complete standard system on planning, designing, construction and management, according to the Ministry of Water Resources.
The country will push forward the local government debt swap program - a way to repay the outstanding debt using money collected through issuing bonds. That will be the key measure to prevent an increase in hidden debt, experts said.
The conversations with Ma and his medical records didn't show any signs to prove he was unable to make good judgment, he added.
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The consumption transformation and upgrading will continue, and the consumer market is expected to maintain a steady and rapid growth, said Ling Tao, head of the Trade and Foreign Economic Statistics Department of the National Bureau of Statistics.
The country reported 68,000 HIV/AIDS cases this year, as of the end of June, an increase of 8.5 over the same period in 2016, Gao Fu, the center's director, said on Monday at the International Symposium on HIV Prevention and Control in China, organized by the National Health and Family Planning Commission.
The consumer price index, a key gauge of the prices for goods and services, rose 1.7 percent year-on-year in January, lower than the expectations of 1.9 percent growth, according to the National Bureau of Statistics. The CPI rose 1.9 percent in December.
The country has already made great progress in accelerating economic reforms and pushing for a sustainable model of economic growth.