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The number of visitors to the Shanghai World Expo 2010 topped 70 million Sunday, reaching the expectation of the Expo Bureau before its opening on May 1, according to the official Expo website on Sunday. Some 451,200 visitors entered into the Expo site by 11 a.m. Sunday, bring ...
The families of 19 Chinese mainland tourists missing in the Typhoon Megi-triggered landslides in Taiwan are coming to the island, with a hope of miracles of life, sources with the mainland travel agencies said. The 19 tourists from south China's Zhuhai city, lost contact at 10:00 ...
The 7th China-ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations) Expo has helped forge closer ties between China and ASEAN nations and promote the operation of China-ASEAN free trade area (CAFTA), an official with the organizing committee said. The six-day event, which closed Sunday ...
China's top legislature Monday began reviewing for the first time a draft law on vehicle and vessel taxation, as a bimonthly legislative session began. The draft law sets out provisions for reducing taxes on energy-saving and clean energy-powered vehicles while imposing more ...
China and Africa celebrated the tenth anniversary of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) in Beijing Monday, outlining future efforts for greater development of the new type of strategic partnership. Addressing a reception marking the anniversary, Jia Qinglin, top ...
China's top legislature began its bimonthly session Monday, discussing bills including Vice President Xi Jinping's appointment as vice chairman of the Central Military Commission (CMC) of the Communist Party of China (CPC). According to the bill, Xi was nominated by President Hu ...
China's central bank head said Saturday he supported the G20's decision on the International Monetary Fund (IMF) quota reform and called on the Fund to complete the reform before the upcoming G20 Seoul Summit in November. "China supports the IMF quota reform, through which ...
China on Monday was re-elected to the UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), one of the six principal UN organs tasked to coordinate the economic, social and related work of the United Nations and its specialized agencies and institutions -- known as the United Nations family ...
The high-speed railway linking eastern China's metropolis of Shanghai and Hangzhou, capital of neighboring Zhejiang Province, began operating Tuesday. The new route brings the length of China's high-speed railways in operation to 7,431 kilometers -- the longest in the world, said ...
The Chinese Government has been working to bridge the wide "digital divide" between urban and rural areas caused by imbalances in the Internet access and information literacy. In China's underdeveloped countryside, the lack of popularity of the Internet, which has long been ...
Olympic champions Liu Xiang and Lin Dan will lead China's assault to win the most medals at the Asian Games for the eighth straight time as China unveiled on Tuesday a 1,454-member delegation, the largest ever in history, for next month's Asiad. A total of 35 Olympic gold ...
China has formally begun its manned space station program, aiming to complete construction of a "relatively large" manned space laboratory around 2020, said a spokesman for the national manned space program. China was aiming to develop and launch the first part of a space ...
Chinese scientists maneuvered the country's second lunar probe Chang'e 2 to an experimental orbit Tuesday evening, making preparations for taking pictures of the Moon's Sinus Iridum, or Bay of Rainbows. Scientists successfully activated four attitude control engines on Chang'e 2 ...
Premier Wen Jiabao will travel to Hanoi on Thursday, hoping to reaffirm China's commitment to the East Asian cooperation through an upcoming series of leadership summits. The meetings include the 13th summit between China and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), ...
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has added a last-minute stop in Hainan Province to her 13-day Asia-Pacific tour, the Foreign Ministry confirmed on Wednesday, after the U.S. State Department announced the news earlier. She is scheduled to meet State Councilor Dai Bingguo ...
China's Tianhe-1 has overtaken Nebulae to regain top spot as China's fastest computer according to a new list of China's Top 100 supercomputers released Thursday. On the biannual world TOP 500 list published in June, China's Nebulae machine took the second spot only after the U.S...
China's top legislature Wednesday examined reports delivered by chief procurator and chief justice, and decided to submit a series of bills including the draft law on social insurance for voting at Thursday's close of the bimonthly session. Chief Procurator Cao Jianming told the ...
UPDATED: November 4, 2010 China to Improve Disaster Readiness Focus in loss prevention and control in the future will be to closely watch the major geological disasters and the areas with high human concentrations A senior Chinese government official said Wednesday that major ...
The 17th Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Summit opened in Hanoi on Thursday, as leaders from the member countries gathered to discuss the building of the ASEAN Community and other related topics. Being the second ASEAN summit hosted by Vietnam as ASEAN Chair 2010, ...
China's top legislature Thursday adopted a decision to appoint Vice President Xi Jinping as vice chairman of the Central Military Commission (CMC) of the People's Republic of China. Born in 1953, Xi was appointed by the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China on October ...
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China's reform leading group holds first meeting
China's reform leading group holds first meeting
BEIJING, Jan. 22 (Xinhua) -- China's leading group for overall reform ...
Xinhua Exclusive: China advised to highlight community healthcare in addressing
Xinhua Exclusive: China advised to highlight community healthcare in addressing aging issue: WHO official
GENEVA, Jan. 23 (Xinhua) -- China should shift its focus from ...
Bill Gates talks nuclear
Bill Gates talks nuclear
Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates confirmed on Wednesday that he is ...
China cuts retail oil prices
China cuts retail oil prices
BEIJING, Jan. 24 (Xinhua) -- China's top economic planner announced on ...
Wall Street slumps following global sell off
Wall Street slumps following global sell off
NEW YORK, Jan. 24 (Xinhua) -- U.S. stocks dropped sharply Friday, with ...
IMF chief warns of risks to recovery
IMF chief warns of risks to recovery
DAVOS, Switzerland, Jan. 25 (Xinhua) -- The International Monetary ...
HK Disneyland Gets Toy Story Land
HK Disneyland Gets Toy Story Land
A general view of Toy Story Land at Hong Kong Disneyland is taken ...
Malaysia to allow foreign companies make small hybrid cars
Malaysia to allow foreign companies make small hybrid cars
Foreign companies will be allowed to make small hybrid cars in ...
Retailer's Net Profit Falls 3%
Retailer's Net Profit Falls 3%
A Wal-Mart store is seen in Stratford, Connecticut, the United States. ...
AMR files for bankruptcy protection
AMR files for bankruptcy protection
American Airlines' parent company AMR Corp. filed for bankruptcy ...
Argentina's trade surplus falls 27 percent in 2013
Argentina's trade surplus falls 27 percent in 2013
BUENOS AIRES, Jan. 23 (Xinhua) -- Argentina's trade surplus in ...
Logistics industry faces reshuffle
Logistics industry faces reshuffle
Every day at 7 a.m., Xiao Lin, a Shentong Express courier in Hangzhou, ...