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NANCHANG Danielle Hunter Vikings Jersey , March 11 (Xinhua) -- Migratory birds this year chose to overwinter at Poyang Lake in the eastern province of Jiangxi.


Poyang, China's largest freshwater lake, is a seasonal destination for over a million birds. Although most leave for warmer regions like Australia in autumn, around 70,000 birds stayed last winter.


"In recent years Eric Kendricks Vikings Jersey , we have seen more migratory birds remain at Poyang," Li Chunru, who leads a bird rescue group near the lake, said. He added that the area now experienced warmer winters and its ecology had improved as a result of environmental protection efforts by the government.


At the end of 2009, the State Council approved construction of the Poyang ecological economic zone Trae Waynes Vikings Jersey , to explore development that followed a balanced path of ecology and economy.


The local government of Jiangxi also introduced measures that helped improve the environment in Poyang, such as the Jiangxi wet land protection regulation and the environmental protection of Poyang Lake ecological economic zone regulation, which were both issued in 2012.


The province no longer only uses gross domestic product (GDP) to evaluate local government performance, and since 2013 has incorporated factors such as emissions and air quality into its assessment system.


Jiangxi provincial authorities said there were further supporting laws, regulations and policies in the pipeline.


Besides Jiangxi Laquon Treadwell Vikings Jersey , other local governments have released laws and regulations to improve the environment.


The provincial legislature of Hubei in central China passed a regulation banning the practice of slashing and burning crops in February, which will take effect in May.


Burning straw is a major cause of PM 2.5. About 33 million tonnes of straw is burned annually in Hubei.


In Nanping City, in the eastern province of Fujian, 74.75 percent of its land is forested, and its air and water quality are high.


Mayor Lin Baojin said that seven of the city's 10 counties had stopped using GDP as an assessment criterion.


"This does not mean these areas will stop growing economically Ben Gedeon Vikings Jersey , as economic development is still key to poverty alleviation. We are just encouraging these counties to pursue high quality and sustainable development."


The city has also been focusing on developing new industries including biomedical, creative and modern logistics.


Registering average annual GDP growth of 45 percent over the past three years, the city's per capita annual income for rural residents has grown by 12 percent over the past two years.


Li lauded Nanping as an example of the success of balanced development."Good natural environment and affluence can be mutually beneficiary," he said.


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SEOUL, March 4 (Xinhua) -- South Korea's top economic policymaker on Wednesday stressed the need for a rapid minimum wage hike to boost the sluggish domestic demand. "Domestic demand cannot be survived without an adequate level of wage increase Dalvin Cook Vikings Jersey ," Finance Minister Choi Kyung-hwan said at a forum held in Seoul, citing the United States and Japan, where leaders made similar claims.


The Park Geun-hye government has raised minimum wages by an annualized rate of around 7 percent, Choi said, noting that it cannot help but lift minimum wages at a rapid pace this year as well.


Household income among those in their 20s and 30s posted a record-low increase in 2014 amid the record-high youth unemployment rate and surging debts.


Monthly average income of two-member households Anthony Barr Vikings Jersey , of which heads are aged 39 or less, edged up 0.7 percent in 2014 from a year earlier, marking the lowest increase since the related data began to be compiled in 2003.


The youth household income jumped 7.4 percent in 2013, rising 2. 9 percent even in 2009 when the economy was hit hard by the global financial crisis.


The household income adjusted for inflation actually declined last year, given the consumer price inflation posting 1.3 percent in 2014.


Last year's record-low increase came as the youth jobless rate hit a record high of 9 percent. In 2014 Everson Griffen Vikings Jersey , the number of those employed posted the highest increase in 12 years, but the growth was led by those in their 50s and 60s.


About one fifth of the youths employed last year got an irregular job, of which contract mature in less than a year, boosting worries about job insecurity.


As the noble prize winner Joseph Stiglitz said in his book"The Price of Inequality,"youths in South Korea faced a stark choice: remaining unemployed or receiving a job far below that for which they are qualified.


Caused by higher living costs and lower income Kyle Rudolph Vikings Jersey , debts among households in their 20s advanced 11.2 percent in 2014. Those in their 30s saw their debts increase 7 percent, but debts for households in their 40s and 50s fell 0.8 percent and 0.6 percent, respectively.


Gaps in income between youth and middle-aged households widened. Income growth among households in their 20s and 30s fell below 1 percent last year, but the figure for those in their 40s increased 2.9 percent. The reading for those aged 60 or older expanded 4.5 percent in 2014.


Concerns that the South Korean economy may fall into deflation escalated as recent economic indicators indicated a stagnant economy amid low headline inflation.


The country's consumer price inflation was 0.5 percent in February from a year earlier, staying below 1 percent for three months in a row. The figure marked the lowest in about 16 years Linval Joseph Vikings Jersey , statistical agency data showed Tuesday.


The government said it was mainly attributable to cheaper crude oil, which pulled down petroleum product prices by 24.3 percent in February from a year ago.


But the consumer price inflation actually posted a negative figure when excluding the effect of tobacco price hike, which raised the headline inflation by 0.58 percentage points last month. The government lifted a

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