Like violent conflict, organized crime "destabilizes countries, undermines socioeconomic development and erodes the rule of law," according to UNODC, while Fedotov insisted that unless the international community takes decisive steps, targets under Sustainable Development Goal 16 of the UN 2030 Agenda -- to significantly reduce all forms of violence and related death rates by 2030 -- will not be met.
Li said the government will step up employment-driven poverty alleviation work as the fight to eliminate absolute poverty by the end of the year nears the finish line.
Like many new settlers before it, Amazon is rebranding the D.C. suburb in Northern Virginia where it plans to plant its flag. The collection of neighborhoods in the area will be given a new name: National Landing.?The D.C. operation puts Amazon in an advantageous position to work more closely with the federal government.
Li said Shanghai will pull down 50 sq km of buildings this year.
Li notes that there is a lack of waste-sorting equipment in the domestic market, and such products developed by other countries are prohibitively expensive-a single unit could cost up to 10 million yuan (.4 million). Maintenance costs are high as well.
Lieutenant General Shao Yuanming delivers a speech at the annual Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore, June 1, 2019. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn]
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Li said the Chinese government has attached great importance to the protection of intellectual property rights (IPR) and continued to take new measures including greatly improving the upper limit of legal compensation for IPR infringement and intensifying law enforcement.
Liang Hong, chief economist with China International Capital Corp, said that with the fundamentals of the Chinese economy improving and investment returns increasing, the yuan could strengthen further this year.
Li made the remarks when he was attending the Second Lancang-Mekong Cooperation (LMC) Leaders' Meeting in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, late on Wednesday. The meeting agreed a Five-year Action Plan that charted the course for LMC development from 2018 to 2022.
Li made his remarks after police in the southern province, one of the country's economic powerhouses, had detained more than 21,000 individuals suspected of stealing personal data in the previous year.