BEIJING - Chinese authorities have stressed that profit-making contract work conducted by the military is being phased out.A circular issued by the general offices of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, the State Council and the Central Military Commission said the move was a key part of military reform and a crucial decision in the building of powerful, world-class armed forces.The circular said that the gradual phasing out of profit-making services provided by the military had begun in 2016 and achieved significant progress, though there was still more work to be done.It said all such contract work should end by the end of 2018, and that programs should be closed down if they sought profit, deviated from the military's core responsibility or provided solely civilian services.Different strategies may be adopted to terminate existing programs deemed complex or sensitive. Some former military services can be absorbed by the military-civilian integration system. These include certain state programs suitable for the armed forces and those where the military has an advantage and is needed for state construction projects.After service termination, evacuated land and property will be managed by the Central Military Commission.The circular said terminating such services was the shared responsibility of the military as well as central and local authorities.Leading officials should take the lead, discipline be observed and a good work ethic enforced to ensure the task is accomplished in time and in full, it said. tyvek wristbands24hourwristbandsglow wristbandsrubber wristbands24 hour wristbands coupon
MACAO - The total population in China's Macao Special Administrative Region (SAR) reached 653,100 at the end of last year, with the female accounting for 53.0 percent of the total, the SAR's statistics service said on Tuesday.Information from the Statistics and Census Service indicated that the elderly population (aged 65 and over) made up 10.5 percent of the total, up by 0.7 percentage points year-on-year.Meanwhile, the proportion of adult population (aged 15-64) dropped by 1.0 percentage point to 76.7 percent. The ageing ratio rose by 4.1 percentage points year-on-year to 83.0 percent, indicating a continuous ageing of the population.In 2017, a total of 6,529 live births were delivered, down by 617 year-on-year. The sex ratio of newborns was 107.5, corresponding to 107.5 male babies per 100 female babies. The mortality decreased by 128 year-on-year to 2,120 in 2017.Non-resident workers totalled 179,456 at the end of 2017, up by 1,818 year-on-year. Following the completion of several large-scale entertainment facilities and residential projects, the number of non-resident workers in construction dropped by 12.8 percent year-on-year.
