BEIJING Women's Adam Shaheen Jersey , Sept. 18 (Xinhua) -- China and Gambia on Monday agreed to further parliamentary exchanges and cooperation.
China's top legislator Zhang Dejiang held talks with Speaker of the National Assembly of Gambia Mariam Jack Denton in Beijing.
Zhang, chairman of the National People's Congress (NPC) Standing Committee, said the resumption of diplomatic ties between the two countries started a new chapter in political mutual trust, economic and trade cooperation, as well as people-to-people exchanges.
China attaches great importance to its ties with Gambia, Zhang said Women's Mitchell Trubisky Jersey , noting that China supports Gambian new government's efforts to improve people's wellbeing and realize sustainable development.
Zhang said relations between legislatures of the two countries are an important part of bilateral ties, and China's NPC is willing to work with National Assembly of Gambia to contribute to the development of bilateral friendly and cooperative relations.
He suggested the two legislative bodies cement political mutual trust, enhance pragmatic cooperation and experience-sharing in state governance, legislation and supervision, boost people-to-people exchanges in parties, youth and sub-national level.
Zhang called on the two sides to firmly support each other on issues concerning their core interests.
China and Gambia have great cooperative potential in agriculture Women's Anthony Miller Jersey , fishery, infrastructure and tourism, Zhang said, expressing his hope that the two legislative bodies should provide legal protection and policy support for these pragmatic cooperation.
Denton said Gambia values its ties with China and firmly adheres to the one-China policy.
She said the National Assembly of Gambia is willing to communicate more with China's NPC, expressing hope for more cooperation with China.
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Beijing will nearly double its number of bicycles for rent, to 25,000 this year, with plans to add more, in an attempt to cut air pollution and traffic congestion in the city.
With private automobile ownership estimated to exceed 6 million by the end of 2016, Beijing is encouraging a higher use of two-wheeled transport to weaken Women's Roquan Smith Jersey , if not reverse, the dominance of automobiles in the capital, one cause of severe air pollution in many first-tier cities.
A woman rents a bicycle in the Sanyuanqiao area. Beijing now offers 14,000 bikes for rent and plans to nearly double the number this year to promote eco-friendly transportation. Provided to China Daily
The public rental bicycle project that started in 2011 in Beijing has proved popular, with initial success seeing many of the public taking to bicycles during its two-year trial period.
"The rental service as a public welfare project has to some extent encouraged the use of public transportation in the city so far," said Zhu Haiyan Hroniss Grasu Jersey , an employee of the Beijing Commission of Transport.
Like many other city dwellers, Lu Xingchi used to spend two hours daily commuting between his home and office.
What troubled him most was not the crowds and congestion he encountered each day on the subway, but the extra 2 kilometers between his home and the nearest subway station.
"It takes as much time to walk the 2 km as the 13 km riding the underground," said the 27-year-old software engineer.
The time Lu spends commuting has been cut by almost by a third with the greater allocation of public bicycles throughout the city, with one bicycle rental station in the community where Lu lives, in Chaoyang district. "Now I ride a rental bike from my community to Liangmaqiao subway station Jonathan Bullard Jersey , where I return the bike and take the subway," Lu said. "You can return the bike right away and don't need to worry it will be stolen."
As more public rental bicycle stations are set up throughout the city, Lu said his family sometimes rents a bicycle for grocery shopping as well. As long as he returns the bike within an hour, the use is free of charge.
The commission said the bikes are free to rent for the first hour, then are charged at 1 yuan (16 cents) for each additional hour. The maximum expense for a full day is no more than 10 yuan but people can only rent a bike for a maximum of three days each time.
People with an ID card or passport can register at designated places and deposit 200 yuan to allow them to use their regular transport card to access the service.
More than 20,000 residents of the capital have subscribed to the service Eddie Goldman Jersey , amounting to more than 36,000 individual rides each week, a weekly increase of 7 percent.
In Chaoyang district, the rental service has been well received, said Mu Liang, manager of GlobalNet Communication Technology Beijing Kevin White Jersey , the operator of the service in the district.
Nearly 12,000 local residents subscribe to the rental service and the district recorded more than 920,000 individual bike rentals since last June, Mu said.
The commission will double the more than 14,000 public bicycles currently dotted around the city by the end of this year and vows to supply riders with a total of 50,000 bicycles and 1 Cody Whitehair Jersey ,000 service stations covering major urban centers, transportation hubs and commercial areas by the end of 2015.
Making the service pay
The program is operated by businesses but funded by the government with policy support.
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