BEIJING, Dec. 25 (Xinhua) -- The following is a selection of the latest China-related news published by Xinhua News Agency.

Chinese Premier Li Keqiang holds talks with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in Chengdu, southwest China's Sichuan Province, Dec. 25, 2019. (Xinhua/Wang Ye)
Chinese premier holds talks with Japanese prime minister
CHENGDU -- Chinese Premier Li Keqiang held talks with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe Wednesday in Chengdu, southwest China's Sichuan Province. xhne.ws/l6viq

A staff member serves a meal to the elderly at a nursing home in Qianjin Village of Nanchang County in Nanchang City, capital of east China's Jiangxi Province, Oct. 6, 2019. (Xinhua/Peng Zhaozhi)
China spends 80 bln USD on people in need since 2016
BEIJING -- China's central fiscal allocated 561.8 billion yuan (about 80 billion U.S. dollars) to help people in need from 2016 to 2019, the Ministry of Civil Affairs said in a report on Wednesday. xhne.ws/USC0z

Staff members of tax service help a financial staff of a company (R) to print out a list of her company's tax cuts and fee reductions in Fuzhou, capital of southeast China's Fujian Province, Aug. 21, 2019. (Xinhua/Wei Peiquan)
China's tax and fee cuts reach 1.97 trln yuan in Jan.-Oct.
BEIJING -- China's massive tax and fee cut measures saved enterprises and individuals nearly 1.97 trillion yuan (about 280.73 billion U.S. dollars) in the first 10 months of the year, an official said Wednesday. xhne.ws/pQvwc ■


