Xinhua China News Digest at 16:00 GMT, Oct. 27

The following are China news stories moved by Xinhua News Agency as of 16:00 GMT, Oct. 27.

TOP STORIES:

* 1st Ld-Writethru: Six Chinese nurses win Florence Nightingale medal for outstanding contribution

BEIJING, Oct. 27 (Xinhua) -- Six Chinese nurses were awarded the Florence Nightingale medal on Tuesday for their prominent contributions to health care.

* Chinese Vice President urges efforts to strengthen Party building at grassroots organizations

BEIJING, Oct. 27 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping on Tuesday urged efforts to reinforce Party building at grassroots organizations so as to give full play to the Party's leading role in building civilized and harmonious neighborhood.

* China, DPRK vow to invigorate traditional friendly ties

BEIJING, Oct. 27 (Xinhua) -- China is ready to work with the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) to invigorate their traditional friendly ties, a senior official of the Communist Party of China (CPC) said here Tuesday.

* China's anti-graft chief urges efforts to build clean government, address people's complaints

BEIJING, Oct. 27 (Xinhua) -- China's anti-graft chief He Guoqiang on Tuesday urged discipline and supervision authorities to press ahead with the building of a clean government and strengthened efforts in corruption prevention.

* China's top political advisor meets Pakistani Senate deputy chairman

BEIJING, Oct. 27 (Xinhua) -- China's top political advisor Jia Qinglin meet here Tuesday with Jan Muhammad Khan Jamali, deputy chairman of the Senate of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan.

BUSINESS & FINANCE:

* China to spur private investment with stimulus package

BEIJING, Oct. 27 (Xinhua) -- China will take more measures to encourage private investment in the next stage of its 4 trillion yuan (585 billion U.S. dollars) stimulus package, an official with the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) said Tuesday.

FEATURES:

* China Exclusive: Fans flock to cinemas for Michael Jackson's movie for nostalgia, rediscovery

BEIJING, Oct. 27 (Xinhua) -- Hours before Michael Jackson's "This Is It", a concert film about late King of Pop's concert rehearsals screened in cinemas worldwide, fans in major Chinese cities had been thrilled by a premiere show on Tuesday.

* 1st Ld-Writethru-China Focus: Legislators discuss equal representation for rural, urban Chinese

BEIJING, Oct. 27 (Xinhua) -- China's top legislature Tuesday discussed granting equal representation in people's congresses to rural and urban people, according to a draft law amendment.

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