Xinhua China news advisory -- May 18

Following are news items about China to be covered or pursued by Xinhua on Thursday:

Wire Service:

-- Feature: Students commemorate late returnee scientist

-- Seminar on Sino-U.S. economic, bilateral relations

-- College students better understand society as part-time courier: survey

-- Economic Watch: China facilitates smart manufacturing amid innovation drive

-- News Analysis: China unveils precise measures to reduce corporate costs

-- National Bureau of Statistics releases housing price figures

-- Across China: Meet Zhang Peng: a volunteer devoted to museum for 15 years

-- China Focus: Preserving a Chinese icon: Great Wall needs rescue

-- Museums thrive across China

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