The meeting called for leveraging the strength of each city so as to make the economic circle an influential center, a key technological innovation hub, a shining example of reform and opening-up and a pleasant place to live.
The ministry will continue to encourage more regions to put pension fund into investment and at the same time strengthen risk management to secure long-term and stable investment return, he said.
The metropolis of 11 million people had expected busy traffic on Friday amid a convergence of the morning rush and the legions of students heading for their senior high school entrance exams.
The minister reiterated that although some patients who were in critical condition might have died during the blackout, "there has been no reported death as a direct result of the outage."
The ministry urged efforts to intensify management of the central subsidy fund, accelerate fund appropriation and use the funds more effectively.
The meeting, which closed on Tuesday afternoon, also adopted a decision to add the law to Annex III of the HKSAR Basic Law.
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The ministry said that at the invitation of the US, Wang Shouwen, vice-minister of commerce and China's deputy international trade representative, met with a team led by David Malpass, the US Treasury Department's undersecretary for international affairs.
The ministry said in a statement that Iran's decision is a consequence of contradictions accumulated within the agreement, but Russia is still "ready to continue working in order to achieve them" and urged other participants to do the same.
The meeting also comes when China's endeavor to build a moderately prosperous society in an all-round way has entered the decisive stage, said Xi, also general secretary of the CPC Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission.
The meeting also reviewed and adopted a plan to reform the setup of special organizations and public institutions under the State Council and administrations and bureaus under ministries and commissions. All departments should take an integrated approach to achieve economic and social progress while reforming institutions. Smooth transitions and the handover of responsibilities should be realized.