"It signals that the human rights cause has become a major theme of China´s national construction and social development, and has been ushered into a new phase of planned, all-round development."
The government´s stimulus measures had produced positive results and the first-quarter performance was better than expected.
The consumer price index fell 1.2 percent year on year in March, compared with a decline of 1.6 percent in February, the first monthly fall since December 2002.
"Positive changes have occurred in our economic situation. The overall performance is better than previously expected."
The Beidou navigation system is a project by China to develop an independent satellite navigation system. The country launched three satellites between 2000 and 2003 creating an experimental navigation system, which has limited coverage.
"The successful launch of the geostationary Earth orbit satellite was of great importance as it was the second one of the country´s satellite navigation system independent from foreign technology."
The sound of hawkers conjures up images of old Beijing. The Beijing Flavor Street, in the downtown Wangfujing area, will help visitors experience the old Beijing.
The 14th Zhongshan Park Tulip and Spring Flower Exhibition opened on Thursday and an exhibition of 73 species of about 300, 000 tulips would be shown to the public from April 16 to early May.
The construction of 10 major infrastructure projects will begin this month in Beijing, with investment mostly focused on southwestern downtown Beijing and projects for ecological conservation.
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