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China hopes to reach BIT with U.S., EU soon
China to allow in more foreign investment in service, manufacturing
National guideline issued to improve medical, pharma industry
China concludes 1.42 mln private lending cases in 2015: court
No Discussion of Presidential Election at Geneva Talks: Syrian FM
Syrian Rebel Militants Shoot Down Warplane near Hama
7 Killed After Coal Mine Collapses in Northwest Pakistan
Floods and mudslides kill 20 in Brazil
Cuba Welcomes 1 Mln Foreign Visitors to Date in 2016
Minister of Commerce Gao Hucheng says China hopes to achieve bilateral investment treaties with the United States and the European Union as early as possible.
Negotiation between China and the United States began in 2008.
It has come to what's described as a "substantive negotiation stage" after 24 rounds of talks, and the two sides are discussing a negative list.
The minister says rapid progress has also been made on negotiations between China and the EU.
He says the treaties will create a better environment for China to open wider to the outside world.
Meanwhile, Gao Hucheng says China is to further ease access to the service and high-end manufacturing sectors for foreign investors.
He says finance, education, and logistics will be opened wider to foreign capital.
In addition, restrictions on high-end manufacturing will be relaxed.
Gao Hucheng adds that he hopes foreign investment can help China's state-owned enterprises innovate and upgrade.
China attracted nearly 130 billion U.S. dollars of foreign capital in 2015, up 6 percent over the previous year.
Service and high-end manufacturing sectors attracted over 70 percent of the total.
A new guideline on improving the competitiveness of China's medical and pharmaceutical industries has been submitted.
The document from the State Council has identified quality and standardization as priorities.
Intelligent factories and digitalized plants should be established, and the Traditional Chinese Medicine sector should undergo modernization.
Medical and pharmaceutical firms are encouraged to align their production systems and certification practices with international standards.
Courts in China handled more than 1.4 million cases involving private lending in 2015.
Supreme People's Court President Zhou Qiang made the remark on Sunday at the annual session of national legislature.
Zhou said the cases involve a combined 820 billion yuan or 126 billion US dollars, and the courts concluded 58-thousand cases involving illegal fund-raising and financial fraud.
He added that Chinese courts have regulated the behaviors of private lending, in a bid to satisfy the demands of small and medium-sized companies for investment and financing.
At the same time, Zhou Qiang also pointed out that Chinese courts convicted over 14-hundred criminals of harming state security, including taking part in terrorist attacks and secessionist activities, last year.
The Syrian government has rejected any discussion of presidential elections at the Syrian peace talks in Geneva next week.
Syrian Foreign Minister Walid al-Moualen on Saturday confirmed his government's participation in the UN-sponsored talks.
The foreign minister also rejected the idea of a federalized Syria, another proposed agenda at the peace talks.
The peace talks come weeks after a US-Russia initiated ceasefire.
The Syrian military has confirmed that an armed militant groups has shot down a fighter jet in the central province of Hama.
The military accused the militants of violating the ceasefire.
Opposition activists say the rebels downed the warplane near a military airbase under government control.
They added that the airplane was striking rebel positions in Kafar Nabodeh in the Hama countryside.
At least 7 laborers have been killed and 10 others injured after a coal mine collapsed in northwest Pakistan.
45 others remain trapped in the mine which caved in due to a heavy downpour.
The injured laborers have been moved to a nearby hospital.
Officials predict more deaths are likely, as the area is not well developed, and rescuers lack enough machinery to recover the trapped people from the debris.
Darkness and rainy weather might also hinder the rescue process.
Heavy rains have been lashing various parts of Pakistan over the last 24 hours, with more than 20 people reportedly killed and scores of others injured so far.
Two days of downpours have caused heavy flooding and mudslides that have killed at least 20 people in the state of Sao Paulo, Brazil.
The fire department says 18 of the victims were killed in mudslides and the other two drowned in the floodwaters that hit more than 10 cities on the outskirts of the Sao Paulo metropolitan area.
At least five people have been reported missing following the heavy rains that began late Thursday and continued Friday.
The rains shut down Sao Paulo's International airport for six hours on Thursday and halted commuter train service for several hours.
Cuba's tourism authority says the country has received 1 million foreign tourists so far this year.
The country has witnessed an increase in the number of tourists from countries including the U.S., Germany and France.
Companies in the tourism sector are raising the quality of services and increasing hotel capacity to better accommodate foreign visitors.
Tourism is Cuba's second main source of foreign revenue after the export of professional services.
Last year, the country set a new record by receiving over 3.5 million visitors.
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