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Beijing

Top adviser meets Hungarian guest

China's top political adviser Yu Zhengsheng met with visiting Hungarian Parliament Speaker Laszlo Kover on Friday. Yu, chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, said the two countries should take the upgrading of bilateral relations as an opportunity to strengthen mutual trust and expand cooperation and exchanges under the Belt and Road Initiative.

Qinghai

Plateau to spend heavily on wetlands

The plateau province of Qinghai in northwest China plans to spend more than 175 million yuan ($25.7 million) to protect three major wetlands: Gyaring, Ngoring and Qinghai lakes. The work, which will take around two years, will cover over 150,000 hectares of wetland, with 75 million yuan spent this year, according to the Qinghai forestry department. The fund is aimed at restoring vegetation and protecting the habitat of birds and fish, as well as upgrading monitoring facilities, according to Ma Jianhai with the department.