22 Jan 2021
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On Thursday, Vice Premier Liu He presided over a meeting of the State Council Leading Small Group for Promoting the Development of Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs).
Hot tip: Those in the know call the body the SCLSGfPtDoSaMsE for short.
The meeting emphasized the importance of S...
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