" BEIJING Sean Mannion Jersey , Oct. 22 (Xinhua) -- China's national weather observatory on Sunday forecast cloud cover and rain in southwestern areas for the next three days.
While the rainfall will mainly be light to medium, parts of Yunnan and Sichuan and southeastern Tibet will see much heavier precipitation with even rainstorms on the cards, according to the National Meteorological Center (NMC).
Tibet can also expect snow in central and eastern parts.
Other areas including Inner Mongolia, Hebei and Gansu are also likely to be affected by a rain belt which will gradually weaken as it moves northward.
The NMC cautioned against geological disasters caused by torrential rain in Tibet and Yunnan and disruption to transport.
Gales up to scale 12 are expected in the East China Sea, the Bohai Sea and the Yellow sea, as well as waters near Taiwan. A yellow alert has been issued Pharoh Cooper Jersey , the second least serious in a four-tier system.
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BEIJING, Oct. 17 (Xinhua) -- The presidium of the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC) held its first meeting on Tuesday afternoon, approving a report on the examination of delegates' qualifications by the delegate credentials committee.
The delegates elected are in general outstanding Party members with high ideological and political quality John Kelly Jersey , good style in conduct, strong capability in discussing political affairs, and good professional performance, and they are highly representative, the report said.
Xi Jinping was present and delivered a speech.
Presided over by the congress' secretary-general Liu Yunshan, the meeting approved a list of the presidium's 42-member Standing Committee including Xi.
Liu Qibao John Franklin-Myers Jersey , Meng Jianzhu, Zhao Leji and Li Zhanshu were approved as deputy secretaries-general of the congress.
According to the examination report, 2,287 delegates were elected from electoral units across the country and the list had been published with the approval of the CPC Central Committee. After examination, qualifications of 2,280 were confirmed valid Brian Allen Jersey , putting the actual number of delegates attending the congress at 2,280.
The election began in November last year, the report said, noting that almost all primary CPC organizations and up to 99.2 percent of more than 89 million Party members took part in the election, up from 98 percent five years ago.
It stressed that the election was a competitive one, and more than 15 percent of the preliminary nominees had been eliminated in each electoral unit during the process Joseph Noteboom Jersey , except Tibet and Xinjiang, which had been approved to exercise non-competitive election.
The report said that in light of the practice of the 18th CPC National Congress, the CPC Central Committee specially invited 74 delegates to attend the 19th congress and they would enjoy equal rights as elected delegates.
Xi Jinping is present at the first meeting of the presidium of the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC) at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, capital of China, Oct. 17 Jamon Brown Rams Jersey , 2017. (XinhuaLan Hongguang) The presidium of the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC) holds its first meeting at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, capital of China, Oct. 17, 2017. Xi Jinping was present and delivered a speech. (XinhuaLan Hongguang) The presidium of the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC) holds its first meeting at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, capital of China, Oct. 17 Rob Havenstein Rams Jersey , 2017. Xi Jinping was present and delivered a speech. (XinhuaJu Peng)
A draft electoral method of the 19th CPC National Congress was approved at the meeting and was handed over to each delegation for deliberation.
The CPC Central Committee decided to invite relevant leading Party officials and a group of non-Communist figures to attend the congress as non-voting participants.
The non-voting participants, totaling 405, include non-delegate members and alternate members of the 18th CPC Central Committee and non-delegate members of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection, non-delegates nor specially invited delegates but former members of the Central Advisory Commission, among others.
In addition, 149 guests were invited to attend the opening and closing sessions of the congress.
The twice-a-decade congress will open Wednesday at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing Tyler Higbee Rams Jersey , and last till Oct. 24.
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BEIJING, Dec. 27 (Xinhua) -- China will allot revenue from the environmental protection tax to local governments to motivate participation in the fight against pollution.
China's Environment Tax Law will be effective on Jan. 1, 2018, according to a decree by the State Council signed by Premier Li Keqiang.
China has collected a "pollutant discharge fee" since 1979. However, some local governments exploit loopholes and exempt enterprises which are otherwise big contributors to fiscal revenue. For years, regulators have suggested replacing the fee system with a law.
Under the new law Jared Goff Rams Jersey , which targets enterprises and public institutions that discharge listed pollutants directly into the environment, companies will pay taxes for producing noise, air and water pollutants as well as solid waste.