Leonard Mlodinow, a US theoretical physicist and co-author with Stephen Hawking on best-selling books such as A Briefer History of Time and The Grand Design, said Chinese science and science fiction writing has become more creative in recent years, but good translators are essential to convey the full beauty of the work to a foreign audience.
Li emphasized that this reform is part of a broader push to force domestic firms to upgrade as they face foreign competition. "Further opening to foreign investors, we are not just providing them with opportunities to enter the Chinese market. We are also providing opportunities for the financial sector to upgrade and to improve its quality on a level playing field," Li said.
Li Ziyue, an analyst with BloombergNEF, said the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region relies on pipeline imports from the Shaanxi-Beijing natural gas pipeline and Yulin-Jinan natural gas pipeline, and is complemented by LNG imports from four terminals.
Li Yingfu, vice dean of the College of History and Culture of Sichuan University, said the iron-smelting techniques in the Han Dynasty not only greatly promoted production in ancient China, but also contributed to the development of metallurgy in Southeast Asia and beyond.
Li Chenyang, assistant to the director at Shanghai Putuo District Notary Public Office, said that the office has handled more than 10 applications from LGBT partners to have each other as their appointed guardians.
Li Yining, a leading economist at Peking University, said that the reform needed to be implemented to avoid path dependence, which had occurred in many developing countries and kept them stuck in poverty.
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Li Keyi, a farmer in Dingxi, said that in the past an irregularly shaped potato could not fetch a good price, and would be used to feed livestock or even discarded.
Li Ning, president of Windecker (China) Limited, said the company signed a deal with the Zhoushan city government to invest 5.5 billion yuan in building a manufacturing and training base at the Zhoushan aviation industry park, which will have a maximum annual capacity of 400 seaplanes.
Li Yingqing and Chen Yuehua contributed to this story.
Li Xi (center left), Party secretary of Guangdong province, and Yi Huiman (center right), chairman of the China Securities Regulatory Commission, strike a bell as the first registration-based initial public offerings debut at the Shenzhen Stock Exchange on Monday. [Photo by Shi Li/for China Daily]