From China National News:
CHINA YOUTH DAILY
– CPC Central Committee and the State Council jointly hosted the Spring Festival group greeting meeting to entertain representatives from all circles in Beijing on February 7, 2005. Premier addressed the meeting, wishing Chinese people a happy new year.
– China’s Ministry of Civil Affairs recently rebuffed the saying that civil affair departments plan to introduce quota system for marriage registration as rumors. The ministry urges the public not to believe in superstition in deciding marriage dates. The upcoming Year of the Rooster is rumored to be a “widow year,” unlucky for couples to tie the knot.