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China's livestock feed production may grow more slowly in 2010, the China National Grain & Oils Information Center said. Livestock feed output may increase 3.9 percent to 154 million metric tons from 148 million tons last year. Production expanded 8.4 percent in 2009, the State...
BEIJING: China is buying unprecedented amounts of uranium, signaling that prices are poised to rebound after three years of declines. The nation may purchase about 5,000 metric tons this year, more than twice as much as it consumes, building stockpiles for new reactors, according ...
SHANGHAI: Heated demand from international retailers jacked up the city's retail rents by 6.8 percent in the second quarter from a year earlier, and demand for prime retail space will remain robust particularly with the boost from the ongoing Expo, said analysts. Average prime ...
BEIJING: Banks in some major cities have relaxed restrictions on handing out mortgages to third-home buyers, arousing speculation over possible changes to the government's tight policy stance on the overheated real estate market. After banks in Shanghai, Nanjing and Hangzhou ...
SHENYANG - Trade unions across China have been urged by China's national union chairman to protect employee rights. Wang Zhaoguo, chairman of the All-China Federation of Trade Unions (ACFTU), made the remarks during a five-day inspection tour to northeast China's Liaoning ...
CPC, KMT leaders ready to embrace new economic stage BEIJING: Top Chinese mainland and Taiwan leaders have expressed their latest confidence in the peaceful development of cross-Straits ties, following the signing of a historic trade pact. Hu Jintao, general secretary of the ...
DALIAN - China's steel output in 2010 might hit a new high of 620 to 630 million tons, a 10 percent increase year-on-year, Minister of Industry and Information Technology Li Yizhong forecast at a forum Monday. China's steel output reached 269 million tons in the first five months ...
China is expecting a honey price hike as production has decreased substantially due largely to extreme weather conditions in the first half of this year, according to the China Bee Products Association. The association forecast that honey yields from jujube, black locust and rape ...
Chinese consumer prices may continue to drop in June from May as prices of agricultural products fall on sufficient supply, the Shanghai Securities News reported, citing an unidentified person with ties to the National Development and Reform Commission. China's June CPI may rise ...
Ruling signifies fresh bid to clamp down on corruption BEIJING - Officials at the deputy county level and above are required to report their family members' jobs, as well as their family's assets and investments, according to a new regulation that took effect on Sunday. The rule, ...
Chinese credit firm declares US worse risk than China in first report on government debt BEIJING - A Chinese firm that aims to compete with Western rating agencies declared Washington a worse credit risk than Beijing in its first report on government debt Sunday. Dagong ...
SHANGHAI - Banks in China's first-tier cities, including Shanghai and Shenzhen, have all resumed lending to third homes, the Securities Times reported on Monday. Banks in cities near Shanghai, such as Nanjing and Hangzhou, have also resumed such mortgage loans, the newspaper said...
The growth of China's government revenue is represented not only by the sharp increase of taxation and various extra-budgetary revenues, but also by the "gray income" or "hidden benefit" of government officials. Although the actual income of government officials is not that high, ...
BEIJING - China's exports rose 38.1 percent year on year to $145.52 billion in July, but the growth rate was down from a 43.9-percent surge in June, the General Administration of Customs said Tuesday. [China's trade surplus falls 21.2% in Jan-July July trade numbers hit record ...
NINGBO, Zhejiang - Mainland's second-largest port city of Ningbo plans to increase the competitiveness of its logistics industry by making it a more information-based port. Ningbo plans to build an information platform linking 5,000 logistic companies in the city in the next ...
BEIJING - A Chinese commerce official on Monday called for creating indigenous brands to reduce China's alarming trade deficit in intellectual property. At the Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) Forum in Beijing, Ministry of Commerce official Wu Guohua noted China spends a large ...
BEIJING - The Chinese spent more in July as inflationary pressures have eased with a fall in the food prices, according to the latest reading of an index that gauges the consumer confidence published Monday. The Bankcard Consumer Confidence Index (BCCI), compiled by Xinhua News ...
BEIJING - Baotou Steel Rare Earth High-Tech Co and Jiangxi Copper Corp are set to launch a unified pricing mechanism on light rare earth materials nationwide, a move that is expected to give China a bigger say in international markets over the valuable resource. China supplies ...
New home sales in Shanghai fell 11 percent in the week ended August 8 from the previous week to 137,000 square meters, property consultant Shanghai UWin Real Estate Information Services Co said in an e-mailed statement Monday. New home prices gained 10 percent to 23,242 yuan per ...
Big Chinese steelmakers are likely to raise their product prices in September after a rebound in the steel market over the last several weeks, the China Securities Journal said on Monday. The newspaper cited traders and analysts as saying that a pickup in market steel prices that ...
Chicago unveils Chinese New Year celebrations
Chicago unveils Chinese New Year celebrations
CHICAGO -- Chicago held a ceremony Friday at the landmark Daley Civic ...
UN chief, Syrian FM in verbal clash at conference
UN chief, Syrian FM in verbal clash at conference
The first day of the peace conference in Montreux, was marked by ...
Chaos on streets after three reported killed in Kiev
Chaos on streets after three reported killed in Kiev
Three people have reportedly been killed in Ukraine's capital Kiev ...
Panel to push financial reform in FTZ
Panel to push financial reform in FTZ
Financial reform in the China (Shanghai) Pilot Free Trade Zone will ...
Economist sees world economy strengthening in 2014
Economist sees world economy strengthening in 2014
NEW YORK, Jan. 24 (Xinhua) -- Global economy is likely to gain ...
China economic reform in focus at World Economic Forum
China economic reform in focus at World Economic Forum
There’s been much talk of China at the World Economic Forum-and a ...
China's banks must evolve or perish
China's banks must evolve or perish
As China's traditional banks raise interest rates to claw back lost ...
Court rejects Apple lawsuit over iPad name
Court rejects Apple lawsuit over iPad name
Shenzhen Municipal Intermediate People's Court has rejected a lawsuit ...
Chinese steelmakers see profits plunge
Chinese steelmakers see profits plunge
China's 77 major steel companies reported an average profit margin of ...
Injured star short-track skater Wang Meng left out of China's squad for Sochi
Injured star short-track skater Wang Meng left out of China's squad for Sochi Winter Games
Injured Olympic champion Wang Meng has been ruled out of the 139...
Yao's gift of sport for all
Yao's gift of sport for all
Chinese NBA player Yao Ming teaches a boy with special needs how to ...
Li Na wins French Open women's singles title
Li Na wins French Open women's singles title
History-making tennis legend Li Na notched the first-ever grand slam ...