China will continue to exempt certain U.S. goods from additional tariffs until February 2025, the Customs Tariff Commission of the State Council said on Friday in a statement released on the website of the Ministry of Finance.
According to a previous statement issued on April 29, certain items from the United States were excluded from the tariff countermeasures against the U.S. Section 301 measures until Nov 30, 2024.
After the extension, the exemption will last until Feb 28, 2025, the commission said in the statement.
The covered U.S. products include rare earth metal ore, medical disinfectant, and heating resistors.
China extends tariff exemptions on certain US goods until Feb 28, 2025
China extends tariff exemptions on certain US goods until Feb 28, 2025
Chinese President Xi Jinping has called for greater efforts to adapt Marxism to the Chinese context and the requirement of the times.
Xi, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, made the requirement in an instruction on the project of studying and developing Marxist theory in the new era.
Xi said the project of studying and developing Marxist theory is a basic and strategic one for strengthening the Communist Party theoretically. Over the past 20 years, the project has achieved many high-quality results, and played an important role in aspects including studying and publicizing the Party's new theories and consolidating the guiding role of Marxism in the ideological domain.
Xi stressed efforts to uphold fundamental principles and break new ground on the new journey of the new era, focus on studying, publicizing and implementing the Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, deepen systematic research and interpretation that elevate practical experience and understanding into academic and theoretical knowledge, and help the people better embrace the Party's new theories with more targeted and effective study and publicity.
Xi urged endeavor to stick to adapting the basic tenets of Marxism to China's specific realities and its fine traditional culture, carry out in-depth study on the major questions discovered in the practice of building China into a great country and moving toward national rejuvenation on all fronts through Chinese modernization, speed up the building of a Chinese intellectual system in philosophy and social sciences, and train high-quality human resources for theoretical development, so as to make greater contributions to adapting Marxism to the Chinese context and the requirement of the times.
A work meeting on the project of studying and developing Marxist theory was held in Beijing on Friday.
The meeting conveyed Xi's instruction.
Cai Qi, a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and a member of the Secretariat of the CPC Central Committee, was present at the meeting and delivered a speech.
Cai called for efforts to deepen research on the basic tenets of Marxism for in-depth answers to China's specific and practical questions, and sum up original theories, while improving institutions and mechanisms and fostering a sound academic atmosphere in this regard.
Li Shulei, a member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and head of the Publicity Department of the CPC Central Committee, presided over the meeting.
State Councilor Shen Yiqin was present at the meeting.
Xi urges more efforts to adapt Marxism to Chinese context, requirement of times
