RIO DE JANEIRO, Aug. 3 (Xinhua) -- The International Olympic Committee (IOC) Wednesday approved five new sports for the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games, including baseball and softball, karate, skateboard, sports climbing and surfing.
The decision by the 129th IOC Session in Rio de Janeiro underlined the top sports organization's effort to attract young people.
The IOC session voted unanimously in favor of the sports which were proposed by the 2020 organizers and will make a one-off appearance in the Games.
Under new rules, Olympic host cities can hand-pick sports they want in the Games to join the existing 28 core sports.
"Today's vote was the culmination of a two-year process that began with the unanimous approval of the IOC's strategic roadmap in 2014. The recommendation to give Organizing Committees the flexibility to propose new sports for their edition of the Games was intended to put even more focus on innovation, flexibility and youth in the development Olympic programme," said the IOC in a statement.
"We want to take sport to the youth... Tokyo 2020's balanced proposal fulfils all of the goals of the Olympic Agenda 2020 recommendation that allowed it. Taken together, the five sports are an innovative combination of established and emerging, youth-focused events that are popular in Japan and will add to the legacy of the Tokyo Games," said IOC President Thomas Bach.
The inclusion of the new sports will add 18 events and 474 athletes while the athlete or event quotas of existing Olympic sports will not be affected.
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Lin needed only 39 minutes to beat the Scottish 21-15, 21-10 at Glasgow's Emirates Arena.
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Merrilees, ranked 66th in the world, said he has too much respect to Lin, one of the most successful players the sport has ever seen.
"I think what is the most difficult part is that I have grown up watching Lin Dan, he has been the player I have aspired to play like. He has done everything and more in the sport
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"My legs were like jelly at the start, I could barely play. I have been training so hard before these championships, but when I saw his name in the draw my head went down a bit and I let it get to me. I was just lucky that he started messing around a bit at the start of the second set which allowed me to get back into it."
Lin, 34, also a twice Olympic champion in 2008 and 2012
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Fourth seed Shi Yuqi, who stunned his teammate Lin to enter the All England finals this year, fought off tenacious challenge from Ireland's Scott Evans before winning 23-22
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The 21-year-old Shi was too nervous in his first world championships but put the situation under control at the crucial moment.
World No. 1 Son Wan Ho of South Korea beat Kalle Koljonen of Finland 21-14, 21-16 while eighth seed Kidambi Srikanth of India defeated Sergey Sirant of Russia 21-13, 21-12.
Defending champion Chen Long will kick off his campaign on Tuesday against Georges Julien Paul of Mauritius and second seed Lee Chong-wei of Malaysia take on Brice Leverdez of France.
BEIJING, Aug. 16 (Xinhua) -- The State Council, China's cabinet
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China should make its foreign investment environment "more law-based, internationalized and convenient" to promote growth and raise the quality of foreign investment, according to a document from the State Council.
"[The country] should continue to reduce market access restrictions for foreign capital," the document said.
It will roll out nationwide a negative list for foreign investment that has been tested in pilot free-trade zones as soon as possible.
China will expand market access to allow foreign capital to enter sectors including new-energy vehicle manufacturing, ship design
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On July 28, China began to implement a revised foreign investment catalogue, which included a negative list as well as sectors and industries in which the government wants to encourage foreign companies to invest.
The government will also make fiscal and taxation support policies to encourage overseas investors to expand investment and make use of their role in optimizing the service trade structure, the document said.
China encourages multinationals to set up regional headquarters in the country and wants more investment into western areas and old northeastern industrial bases.
The investment environment in national-level development zones will be improved by giving the zones more authority in investment management and raising their ability to provide industrial services
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Foreigners will find it easier to get work permits as the government aims to facilitate the cross-border flow of professionals.
Before the end of this year, China will release detailed new rules for granting visas to foreign professionals including extending the validity period, the document said.
Efforts should also be stepped up to improve foreign capital-rel.