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Chinese authorities will continue to streamline administration， delegate more powers to lower levels so as to give the market and society more play in economic development， and ease regulations for businesses，”

Zhang Mao， head of the State Administration for Industry and Commerce， told reporters at a press conference during the 2015 session of the National Peoples Congress. The minister said that China will this year further simplify the process for entrepreneurs to register or nullify their businesses， giving companies more decision-making power to choose their business scope.

“China will also press ahead with the reform of integrating the business license， the certificate of organization code and the certificate of taxation registration into one certificate to ease the registration procedure for companies，” Zhang said.

“A small number of terrorists carried out extremist and terrorist activities under the guise of ethnicity and religion which the Muslim public believes constituted a serious violation of Sharia， and a criminal act，”

Saimati Muhammat， a major general and deputy commander of the Xinjiang Military Area Command， told reporters during the 2015 session of the Chinese Peoples Political Consultative Conference （CPPCC）. Saimati said that Xinjiangs religious policies are formulated through soliciting the opinions of local religious figures， and that they are meant to protect legitimate religious activities and combat extremism.“Terrorists are the common enemy of all ethnic groups， and countering terrorism and safeguarding stability is the shared responsibility of all peace-loving peoples，” the Uygur general said.endprint