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China's top legislator meets Slovak president on relations

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China's top legislator meets Slovak president on relations

2026-07-29 20:16 Last Updated At:21:07

Zhao Leji, chairman of China's National People's Congress (NPC) Standing Committee, met with visiting Slovak President Peter Pellegrini in Beijing on Wednesday, to discuss relations between their two countries.

At the meeting, Zhao, also a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, said that China is willing to work with Slovakia to continuously enhance strategic mutual trust, deepen mutually beneficial cooperation in high-quality Belt and Road cooperation, economy and trade, artificial intelligence, new energy and other areas, promote people-to-people connectivity, and jointly push China-Slovakia relations to develop at a high level.

He added that the NPC is willing to maintain close friendly exchanges with Slovakia's National Council, carry out exchanges of experience in legislation, oversight and other work, and provide legal guarantees for the two countries' practical cooperation.

Pellegrini said that Slovakia and China have adhered to mutual respect, sovereign equality and continuous dialogue, laying a foundation for long-term and sound development of Slovakia-China relations.

Slovakia is willing to enhance exchanges with China's legislative body, increase understanding, deepen mutual trust and expand cooperation in areas such as artificial intelligence, he said.

China's top legislator meets Slovak president on relations

China's top legislator meets Slovak president on relations

China's top legislator meets Slovak president on relations

China's top legislator meets Slovak president on relations

About 2 million elderly people with disabilities in China have received government subsidies to purchase caregiving services so far this year, the country's Ministry of Civil Affairs announced Thursday at a press conference.

The subsidies are available to older individuals who have been assessed as having moderate or more severe disabilities, based on criteria that evaluate their ability to perform daily activities as well as their mental, sensory and cognitive functions.

The Chinese government rolled out this nationwide subsidy program at the beginning of this year, after several months of pilot in limited regions. So far, elderly care service providers across the country have recorded more than 6.5 billion yuan (about 957 million U.S. dollars) in service payments covered by the subsidies, according to the ministry.

The ministry estimated that the subsidy program has generated about 29 billion yuan in growth for the elderly care service sector.

2 mln elderly people receive caregiving service subsidies in China in 2026: ministry

2 mln elderly people receive caregiving service subsidies in China in 2026: ministry

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