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Responding to both questions, Ma said the flight was part of the PLA's scheduled exercise this year.
Residents of smaller cities and rural areas are also more likely to be influenced by traditional concepts; for example, many believe that holding a baby in their arms is safer than strapping them into baby seats, according to the experts.
Reports said 400 makeshift toilets, over 200 drinking water kiosks, eight medical teams, 21 ambulances, disaster rescue force personnel and more than 100 CCTV cameras were set at the venue. Twenty-eight giant screens were installed for live telecast of the event.
Researchers used a collection of electronic sensors bobbed along the surface of the Monterey Bay, California, encased in a neon orange plastic shell, to record the data.
Regulators, led by then Vice-Premier Zhu Rongji (who later became China's Premier), stopped banks from extending loans to Hainan's real estate sector to prevent larger risks. Consequently, local property prices tumbled, leading to mass bank loan defaults.
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Ren said that with the efforts of China and ASEAN countries, the current situation in the area is generally improving. However, the acts by the United States to send vessels and planes to relevant areas have defied international law and international rules, jeopardizing the peace and stability in the region.
Regulatory reform has been tremendous in allowing pharmaceutical companies to develop drugs much faster than in the past, Tsai said, and examples would include timelines for clinical trial application, which used to take up to three years and is now as short as three months, similar to the main markets in the rest of the world.
Representatives of the museums passed a joint declaration at the conference, vowing solidarity and continued efforts to pass on the memories of "comfort women" to future generations.
Relevant government departments must coordinate government funding arrangements and support local authorities in the reconstruction of damaged homes and facilities, he said, adding that relief measures targeting poor households and hard-hit areas must be seen as a priority.