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THIS WEEK> THIS WEEK NO. 38, 2012> SOCIETY
UPDATED: September 14, 2012 NO. 38 SEPTEMBER 20, 2012
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"Europe is China's biggest export market. Reduced orders have added more pressure to some export-oriented enterprises, thus reducing the economic growth rate. But China is making adjustments to counter that. In the long run, China is still very likely to keep its economic growth rate at 8 percent for another 20 years."

Justin Yifu Lin, a professor with Peking University and former chief economist with the World Bank, at the 2012 Tianjin Summer Davos Forum on September 11

"Our country's traditional Chinese medicine service coverage is not wide enough, and the service quality is not very high yet. Increasing investments and policies should be focused on grassroots levels in order to push forward the healthy development of traditional Chinese medicine work."

Wang Guoqiang, Chinese Vice Minister of Health, revealing a national campaign to promote Chinese medicine services at the grassroots level at a meeting in Beijing on September 11

"The oversupply of TV series in our country is alarming. Just at such a seasonal trade fair, there are a total of 15,000 episodes on sale."

Wang Weiping, Deputy Director of the TV Drama Management Department under the State Administration of Radio, Film and TV, saying that domestically produced TV series should reduce output and ensure better quality, at the 2012 Spring Capital TV Program Promotion in Beijing on September 10

"It is urgent to end the relationship between the performance at Math Olympics and recruitment by schools. For math geniuses, they can choose to attend the training for Math Olympics on their own free will. It is time to let Math Olympics return to being a hobby for math lovers."

Liu Wei, a middle school math teacher in Shenzhen, south China's Guangdong Province, commenting on the recent ban by the Beijing Municipal Government on Math Olympics training in the capital



 
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