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| Xi Jinping
Party General |
June 18 | Xi met with Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vicic in Belgrade, Serbia.
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| Secretary; PRC President; | Xi met with Serbian Parliament Speaker Maja Gojkovic in Belgrade, Serbia.
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| Chairman of Central Military Commission | June 17 | Xi and Serbian President Tomislav Nikolić held talks in Belgrade, Serbia.
The two countries lifted the bilateral relationship to a comprehensive strategic partnership.
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| Xi and Serbian President Tomislav Nikolić attended the groundbreaking ceremony of a Chinese culture center in Belgrade, Serbia.
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| Xi paid homage to Chinese martyrs killed in the NATO bombing of the former Chinese embassy in May 1999.
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| Xi traveled to Serbia.
Xi will also travel to Poland and Uzbekistan, and attend the Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit in Tashkent.
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| June 16 | Xi published an article in Serbian newspaper Politika entitled “Enduring Friendship and True Partnership” (full text in Chinese).
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| Li Keqiang
Premier |
June 17 | Li met with Czech Prime Minister Bohuslav Sobotka.
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| Li sent a letter of congratulations to the China – Central and Eastern European Countries regional leaders’ meeting in Tangshan, Hebei.
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| June 15 | Li chaired an executive meeting of the State Council.
The meeting decided to abolish 506 outdated policy documents, regulate deposits in construction projects and lower enterprise costs to create a fair market environment.
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| Zhang Dejiang
Chair of the National People’s Congress
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| Yu Zhengsheng
Chair of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference |
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| Liu Yunshan
Head of Party Secretariat; Head of Propaganda |
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| Wang Qishan
Secretary of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection |
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| Zhang Gaoli
Executive Vice Premier |
June 17-18 | Zhang went on an inspection tour in Liaoning province.
Met with officials from Inner Mongolia, Liaoning, Jilin and Heilongjiang provinces. In April, the State Council released a guideline for revitalizing the northeast rustbelt region through more reforms and economic restructuring.
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