Guests attend BRICS Health Ministers Meeting and High Level Meeting on Traditional Medicine in Tianjin, July 6, 2017. [Photo/Xinhua] TIANJIN - President Xi Jinping Thursday sent a congratulatory letter to a meeting of BRICS countries' health ministers, calling for enhanced exchanges and cooperation. He called on relevant parties to study work in the field of traditional medicine and make joint efforts to tackle public health challenges. Noting that BRICS countries have already established a high-level dialogue to cope with public health challenges, Xi said he believed the meeting, which opened Thursday, would promote exchanges and build consensus in relevant fields among BRICS and other countries. It is our common good vision that everyone enjoys good health, Xi said in the letter. The meeting will also discuss traditional medicine, which the president said is an important aspect of traditional culture. Xi said traditional Chinese medicine is a prominent representative of traditional medicine. Chinese Vice Premier Liu Yandong read Xi's letter at the opening ceremony. The meeting is attended by ministers of health and traditional medicine and senior representatives from BRICS countries as well as representatives from the World Health Organization and other international organizations. personalized wristbandswellies and wristbandsdebossed wristbandmake rubber braceletsrubber wristbands custom cheap
NANJING - A new regulation on the environment protection of Yangtze River bank will go into effect on April 10 in the city of Nanjing, capital of East China's Jiangsu province.According to the regulation, the Nanjing government will ban water-consuming factories in certain areas along the river. It also bans sewage outlets in areas where aquatic resources need to be conserved.Destruction of wetlands will be severely punished, according to the regulation. The Nanjing government will send staff to repair damaged water areas along the river bank during the annual fishing ban period.The regulation marks certain areas for economic development, but stipulates that these economic activities must have the least possible impact on flood prevention, water safety and the river's ecological environment.Yangtze River is China's longest, at 6,300 kilometers long, with a drainage area of 1.8 million square kilometers. About 97 kilometers of the river flows through Nanjing. Nanjing is home to 8 million people.
