The ministry said the pilot program aims to help Chinese residents cultivate cruise leisure consumption concepts, promote the construction of the Sanya cruise home port, and support the development of Hainan International Tourism Consumption Center, one of the four strategic goals set for the China (Hainan) Pilot Free Trade Zone, the largest in the country.
The measures will not only help banks increase their presence in China but are a boon to many other foreign businesses, analysts said.
The ministry said it plans to work with the National Forestry and Grassland Administration to research legislative possibilities for banning animal cruelty and to improve regulations and protocols related to animal protection, adding that it will be an "arduous and extended" work that requires systematic planning and efforts from the whole society.
The ministry pledged to ramp up pressure to rein in local government debt this year.
The meeting via video link was co-chaired by President Xi Jinping, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, whose country currently holds the EU's rotating presidency, European Council President Charles Michel and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen.
The markets were generally undisturbed by rating agency Moody's move to lower China's credit rating in May.
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The ministry said it would step up efforts to implement a series of prevention work including enhancing flood research and reservoir operation to strengthen flood control of the Yellow River.
The massive illegal sit-in at the Hong Kong International Airport, which started Friday, left thousands of travelers stranded inside the airport's departure area as the Airport Authority cancelled all departure flights on Monday and Tuesday.
The military sent 12,000 troops, about 600 land and naval weapons, and nearly 130 aircraft to participate in the parade, the first in the PLA's history to celebrate its birthday, which falls on Tuesday. The event was organized by the PLA Central Theater Command on orders of the Central Military Commission.
The ministry blamed the worsening air quality in Xi'an and Xianyang last year - with both added to the severely polluted list - on weak controls over coal consumption and other poorly implemented pollution control policies.