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"We will make an overall assessment of the weather conditions and all related factors, and according to the actual circumstances complete construction plans for the Donglang area."

HUA CHUNYING, Foreign Ministry spokeswoman, saying China will plan the construction of infrastructure in Donglang as "actual circumstances" allow.

"We are keeping high pressure against graft ... and the strict governance of the Party is always ongoing."

YANG XIAODU, minister of supervision and deputy head of the Communist Party of China's Central Commission for Discipline Inspection.

"The successful practices adopted in Saihanba have provided experience for remote and sparsely populated regions to increase green coverage."

HE LIFENG, director of China's National Development and Reform Commission, said on Aug 28 at a seminar in Beijing that focused on learning from the Saihanba reforestation experience.

(China Daily European Weekly 09/01/2017 page2)