15 teams tasked with examining business, government entitiesFifteen inspection teams tasked with enforcing Party discipline have been sent to examine 30 provincial-level regions, ministry-level agencies and State-owned enterprises, China's top anti-graft watchdog announced over the weekend.The assignments mark the start of the first round of inspections conducted by the 19th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection said in a statement on its website.The teams will inspect Party organizations in 14 provincial-level regions, including Hebei and Guangdong provinces; eight ministry-level entities, such as the Ministry of Commerce and the General Administration of Customs; and eight State-owned enterprises, including China National Nuclear Corp.Ten cities, including Dalian and Shenyang in Liaoning province; Nanjing, Jiangsu province; and Shenzhen, Guangdong province, will also be visited by inspectors.The inspectors have arrived at Party organizations and will stay until late May - longer than previous inspections, which have typically lasted about two months.The teams expect to receive tipoffs about suspected conduct violations by leading officials. Also, the teams are required to focus their inspections on key officials and official units, the CCDI said.Chen Yanling, leader of the inspection team dispatched to Hunan province and the Ningxia Hui autonomous region, said earlier that the team has been planning to make unannounced visits to places receiving the most public complaints in order to address as many grievances as possible.Chen made the remarks after a meeting on Feb 2 addressing how to carry out the latest round of inspections more effectively. It is Chen's ninth time leading an inspection team. He had been involved in all 12 rounds of inspections conducted during the term of the 18th CPC Central Committee.Times have changed and China is facing a new situation, Yang Hongyong, deputy head of the inspection team sent to China General Technology and China Post, said after the meeting, adding that inspection methods need to be innovated to adapt to the ever-developing situation.Starting from the first inspection in May 2013, Party organizations of 277 units and institutions have been inspected, and 16 provincial-level regions have been re-examined.According to the CCDI, more than 50 percent of investigations into centrally administered officials were triggered by information uncovered by Party discipline inspectors since the 18th CPC National Congress in 2012.One of the major tasks of the CCDI in 2018 is to build on the overwhelming momentum of the anti-graft campaign, addressing corruption that occurs on the people's doorsteps and implementing in earnest full and strict governance over the Party, Zhao Leji, head of the commission, said in [email protected]? dual layer wristbandplastic rubber band braceletscustom photo braceletbeing human wristbands buy onlinerubber band bracelets
Night view of Taipei 101, Taipei, Taiwan. [Photo/VCG] TAIPEI -- An increasing number of companies in Taiwan consider the Chinese mainland the most important market for their growth in 2019, according to the results of a survey released Wednesday by PwC Taiwan. Three-quarters of surveyed CEOs of Taiwan enterprises said the Chinese mainland remains the most important market in 2019, up from 72 percent last year, revealed PwC Taiwan. As part of PwC's annual global CEO survey of 1,378 CEOs, the PwC Taiwan conducted interviews with 245 CEOs from sectors of technology, telecom, consumption, manufacturing, industrial, health, energy and public resources, and finance services during October-December 2018. Among the interviewed chief executives of Taiwan enterprises, 52 percent viewed the United States as the most important market for growth this year, down from 59 percent in 2018, while 23 percent, 18 percent and 14 percent of Taiwan CEOs considered Japan, Vietnam and Germany, respectively, as their most important market. When asked about the global economic outlook this year, Taiwan CEOs were the most pessimistic among their peers from major economies, as 47 percent of respondents in Taiwan predicted a decline in global economic growth, compared with 8 percent last year. The proportion marked the highest level since 2013 in Taiwan, well above the 29 percent shared among global CEOs. Only 27 percent of Taiwan CEOs projected higher global economic growth in 2019, compared with 42 percent globally. In terms of revenue growth for their own companies this year, only 19 percent of Taiwan CEOs said they are very confident, compared with 35 percent of global CEOs. The proportion touched the lowest revenue confidence level since 2016, according to the PwC survey. This sends a very bad signal, said PwC Taiwan CEO Chou Chien-hung, who led the survey. For Taiwan CEOs, 2019 will be the most stressful year with the fiercest competition. According to the survey results, Taiwan CEOs viewed trade conflicts, geopolitical uncertainty and policy uncertainty as the potential threats they are most worried about, while other CEOs considered unstable exchange rates, protectionism and uncertainty in economic growth to be the most prominent threats. About 40 percent of the surveyed CEOs were from companies with an annual business turnover between 100 million U.S. dollars to 999 million U.S. dollars, while 39 percent represented those with annual revenues below 100 million U.S. dollars.
