Briefs, March 8, 2013
A top official ruled out the possibility of raising the threshold for personal income tax despite widespread calls from delegates attending the National People's Congress. Song Lan, State Administration of Taxation deputy commissioner, said it was impossible to raise the current threshold of 3,000 yuan.
A top official ruled out the possibility of raising the threshold for personal income tax despite widespread calls from delegates attending the National People's Congress. Song Lan, State Administration of Taxation deputy commissioner, said it was impossible to raise the current threshold of 3,000 yuan.
Chen Guoyin, party secretary of the Hebei provincial environment protection agency, suggested that the central government raise local administrations' share of the value-added tax derived from heavily polluting industries to help them to tackle pollution.
NPC delegates have taken more than 300 "toxic products" to Beijing in the hope of raising the issue of food safety, the reported. Zhu Zhangjin, a village party chief, showed how water turned black when he dropped in a peanut. Cary Huang
Justice Minister Wu Aiying said the government was "doing relevant work on reform of the re-education-through-labour system", but refused to comment on whether legislation was in the pipeline. Verna Yu
It is inevitable that genetically modified produce will be imported in the long term, says the director of the Communist Party's Central Rural Work Leading Group. Chen Xiwen said saying whether GM food was safe would take time. Mandy Zuo
Beijing municipal prosecutors formally approved the arrests of suspects in a gang rape, including the son of singer Li Shuangjiang , a dean at the People's Liberation Army Academy of Arts. Xinhua
