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Major Events in August
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| July 1: New Hong Kong Chief Executive sworn in |
| Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor was sworn in as the Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR), as Hong Kong marks the 20th anniversary of its return to China.
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| July 4: China, Russia pledge to play role of ballast stone for world peace |
| Chinese President Xi Jinping and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin pledged in Moscow on July 4 to build strong China-Russia ties into a ballast stone for world peace and stability as their two countries seek to coordinate even more closely for a better world.
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| July 5: China, Germany pledge to take bilateral ties to higher levels |
| Chinese President Xi Jinping and German Chancellor Angela Merkel charted a new blueprint, set new targets and mapped out new paths for the future development of the China-Germany comprehensive strategic partnership in Berlin on July 5.
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| July 7: Xi, Trump meet on ties, hotspot issues on G20 sidelines |
| Chinese President Xi Jinping and his U.S. counterpart, Donald Trump, met in Hanburg on July 8 on the sidelines of a Group of 20 (G20) summit. Xi told Trump that stronger China-U.S. ties are conducive to stability and prosperity and serve the interests of both peoples and the international community.
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| July 10: President Xi urges efforts to advance judicial reform |
| Chinese President Xi Jinping has urged efforts to unswervingly advance reform of the country's judicial system and follow the path of socialist rule of law with Chinese characteristics. Xi made the remarks in a written instruction conveyed to a national conference on judicial system reform, which was held on July 10 in the city of Guiyang in southwest China's Guizhou Province.
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| July 14: China eyes broader cooperation with CEE countries |
| Senior Communist Party of China (CPC) official Liu Yunshan said on July 14 that China and Central and Eastern European (CEE) countries should further broaden cooperation under the framework of the Belt and Road Initiative.
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| July 17: China's Industrial Output Speeds Up in H1 |
| China's value-added industrial output grew 6.9 percent year on year in the January-June period, an improvement on the 6.8 percent for the first quarter, and the 6 percent registered for the same period of 2016, data of the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) showed on July 17.
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| July 20: China announces import ban on 24 types of solid waste |
| China will ban imports of 24 types of solid waste by the end of 2017 in a fresh move to reduce environmental pollution, Ministry of Environmental Protection (MEP) official Guo Jing told a press conference on July 20.
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| July 24: Xi calls for united efforts to deepen military reform |
| Chinese President Xi Jinping has called for all-out efforts to push forward military reform with the support of the entire nation and the Communist Party of China (CPC). Xi made the remarks on July 24 at a group study attended by members of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee.
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