BEIJING - The armed forces of China and Russia held their 20th round of strategic consultation in Beijing on Wednesday.The two sides exchanged views and reached broad consensus on current international and regional hotspot issues and on further deepening China-Russia military cooperation under the new circumstances.They pledged to firmly implement the important consensus reached by leaders of the two countries, boost bilateral military cooperation and make new contributions to pressing ahead with military strategic cooperation.Li Zuocheng, member of the Central Military Commission (CMC) and chief of staff of the CMC Joint Staff Department, met with the Russian delegation during the consultation. paper bracelet template24 wristbandscheap rubber wristbands
MACAO -- The general unemployment rate for August-October this year in China's Macao Special Administrative Region (SAR) went down to 1.9 percent compared with that of the previous period (July-September 2017), according to statistics released by the SAR government on Monday. Information from the Statistics and Census Service (DSEC) also indicated that the unemployment rate of local residents was 2.6 percent; meanwhile, the underemployment rate was 0.5 percent. All the three indicators dropped by 0.1 percentage point from the previous period. The total labor force was 387,200 and the labor force participation rate stood at 70.8 percent. Total employment was 379,800 and employed residents totalled 279,900, down by 1,400 and 1,300 respectively from the previous period. Analyzed by industry, employment in gaming and junket activities registered an increase, while that in hotels, restaurants and similar activities, wholesale and retail showed decreases, the DSEC said. The number of the unemployed was 7,400, down by 300 from the previous period. Fresh labor force entrants searching for their first job accounted for 14.8 percent of the total unemployed, the same proportion as in the previous period. In comparison with August-October last year, the unemployment rate stayed unchanged, while the labor force participation rate and the underemployment rate dropped by 1.5 and 0.2 percentage point respectively.
