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HOHHOT-- North China's Inner Mongolia autonomous region has secured its first ever deal to export breeding pigs to the Republic of Mongolia, with a shipment of 60 animals set for August, the exporter announced Tuesday. The supply contract signed between Dexin Animal Breeding Co ...
The unexplained closure of the Simatai section of the Great Wall on Wednesday is worrying owners of nearby vacant restaurants, Beijing Youth Daily reported on Sunday. Little is known about the reason behind the closure, including the length of the measure, other than it will ...
BEIJING - The Chinese government has released a plan on the protection of drinking-water sources in urban areas to guarantee the safety of drinking water and protect people's health.The Urban Drinking Water Sources Protection Plan (2008-20), jointly issued by five ministries ...
TASHKENT: China and Uzbekistan on Wednesday agreed to boost bilateral cooperation in trade, energy, finance, transport and other areas, pledging to give priority to building stable trade ties. China and Uzbekistan "will continue to push forward bilateral economic and trade ...
China's centrally administered State-owned enterprises (SOEs) saw their total profits surge almost 60 percent year-on-year to nearly 543 billion yuan ($80 billion) in the first half of this year, the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission (SASAC) of the ...
HONG KONG - Hong Kong-based Morgan Stanley's chief Asia economist, Wang Qing said he was relatively optimistic about China's economic outlook and the world's third largest economy was expected to expand by more than 10 percent this year. In a recent interview with Xinhua, Wang ...
BEIJING - The Communist Party of China (CPC)'s discipline watchdog has ordered State-owned enterprises (SOEs) to improve their collective decision-making mechanisms to curb corruption and financial risk. The CPC Central Commission for Discipline Inspection (CCDI) and the Ministry ...
BEIJING - Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao said here Friday that the slowdown of China's economy in the second quarter was due to the government's "active regulation and control." [Special: June release of major economic data] He made the remarks when meeting with the press along with ...
BEIJING - Europe remains one of China's key investment markets of foreign exchange reserve, Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao told German Chancellor Angela Merkel here Friday. "It's well known that China has abundant foreign exchange reserve." said Wen at a press briefing after two-hour ...
BEIJING - For Wen Zhenhua, the biggest success of her career was the bulk sale of condoms on www.meituan.com, a newly-opened and flourishing group-buying website. Some 50,000 international brand condoms sold out within hours of going on sale, and to Wen's delight, many Chinese ...
FREETOWN, Sierra Leone - Sierra Leone Mineral Resources Minister Alpha Kanu on Friday welcomed a $1.5-billion investment in a major iron ore mine in the country, saying that it will boost the local economy and create thousands of jobs. The Shandong Iron and Steel Group Co, Ltd of ...
BEIJING - China's consumer price index (CPI), the main gauge of inflation, will be maintained at around 3 percent for the rest of the year, given the abundant food supplies and eased inflationary expectations, the country's top economic planner said Friday. The National ...
BEIJING - The number of China's outbound travelers is expected to reach 52 million this year, up 7 percent year-on-year, the China National Tourism Administration (CNTA) forecast in a report issued on Friday. From January to May this year, China's outbound travel tourists totaled ...
Beijing - The government's new requirement of collective decision-making in State-owned enterprises (SOEs) will play a significant role in preventing corruption, experts said on Thursday. In the long run, it may reduce the systematic risk of the Chinese economy, which relies ...
BEIJING - Profits at China's state-owned enterprises (SOEs) surged 57.1 percent from a year earlier in the first half of the year, the Ministry of Finance said Friday. Combined profits at China's SOEs totalled 927.59 billion yuan ($135.81 billion) in the January-June period. In ...
BEIJING - Average annual salaries in China's non-private sector rose 12 percent in 2009 to 32,736 yuan ($4,835), the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said on Friday. But the growth rate was 5.2 percentage points less than that in 2008, said a statement on the NBS website. The ...
Improved plan includes significant changes over earlier WTO proposal BEIJING - Senior World Trade Organization (WTO) experts on Friday welcomed China's improved offer to join the WTO government procurement agreement (GPA) and said it was a significant step that would improve the ...
Inflation in China will start to moderate after October and the consumer price index is likely to fluctuate around 3 percent in the second half of the year, the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) said. Imported inflation is easing and Chinese people's inflationary ...
China's finance ministry auctioned 23.2 billion yuan ($3.43 billion) of three-year bonds on behalf of seven regional governments at a yield of 2.33 percent, traders said on Friday. The result compares with a 2.77 percent yield on 28.6 billion yuan of bonds with the same tenor ...
As many as 1,371 families in Beijing had false or questionable information on their applications for affordable housing and their applications will be canceled, a government official said on Thursday. "We cooperated with other government departments, including the police, ...
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 ...