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BEIJING - China's consumer price index (CPI), a major gauge of inflation, is expected to rise 3.2 percent in 2010, a leading government think tank reported on Tuesday. "The inflationary pressure is building up and excess liquidity would be the major factor driving the CPI up in ...
BEIJING - China aims to break the world high-speed rail record in a trial run next year, Chinese manufacturing sources said here Tuesday. China hopes to break the 574.8 km per hour speed record set by France's TGV high-speed train in April 2007, the sources said. China's high...
BEIJING - China is operating a high-speed railway network with a combined length totaling 7,531 kilometers, the world's longest, said Chinese Railways Minister Liu Zhijun Tuesday. He made the remarks in Beijing at the 7th World Congress on High Speed Rail, the first time the ...
China wants to pay in roubles for Russian timber, coking coal and seafood, as the two countries seek to boost trade in national currencies and reduce reliance on the dollar, Reuters reported on Dec 6, citing a Russian central bank official. Russia's MICEX exchange will start ...
China's central bank may raise interest rates this weekend to enshrine its shift to a "prudent" monetary policy in the face of rising inflation, Reuters reported on Dec 7, citing the China Securities Journal. The paper said that this weekend offered a "sensitive window" for a ...
ZHENGZHOU - A two-month drought is plaguing China's major wheat production areas, according to local agricultural and drought relief authorities. The four drought-hit provinces of Henan, Anhui, Shandong and Hebei produce more than half of the country's summer grain, 90 percent of ...
BEIJING - A well-known economist said Monday that the biggest problem in China is not inflation, but shifting its economic structure to maintain sustainable growth. "The biggest challenge faced by China is economic restructuring in order to shift the economy to a more balanced ...
BEIJING - China's State Council, or the Cabinet, pledged Monday to further upgrade the funding system for the country's medical institutions in small townships and cities. To ensure low income-earners can afford essential medications, the government will provide additional ...
The reported plan that China will invest 10 trillion yuan ($1.5 trillion) in seven strategic industries over the next five years is still under discussion, and the support for these industries will also include a package of policies, the China Business News (CBN) reported Monday, ...
The proposal for nonferrous metals in the 12th Five-Year Plan has been submitted, Shang Fushan, vice chairman of the China Nonferrous Metals Industry Association, said on Dec 4, Shanghai Securities News reported on Monday. According to the proposal, during the 12th Five-Year Plan...
China's commercial banks have been told that for those central enterprises which are involved in the real estate business, only 16 are entitled to property development loans. The latest regulation is designed to force reluctant central enterprises out of the real estate sector by ...
The consumer price index (CPI) in December will not exceed 5 percent year-on-year and will be lower than in November, Zhou Wangjun, vice director of the Price Department of the National Development and Reform Commission, said in a CCTV interview. China's CPI, a main gauge of ...
GUANGZHOU - The outbound tourism sector in Guangdong province is enjoying a busy winter season but tourists may have to shorten their shopping lists due to tougher customs regulations. Although the Christmas-New Year shopping bargains available in overseas destinations are still ...
China is set to become the world's most important center for innovation by 2020, overtaking both the United States and Japan, according to a public opinion survey to be published on Dec 6. China is already the world's second-largest economy, after establishing itself as the ...
BEIJING - China is encouraging more supermarkets to buy direct from food producers so to cut out the middlemen and benefit consumers and growers, a government official said Saturday. The government wants supermarkets to buy 30 percent, compared with the current 15 percent, of ...
URUMQI - On a frosty Sunday morning, Wang Jinjian joined residents of Huocheng county in far West China's Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region to clear streets blanketed by heavy snow. Wang, who just arrived in Huocheng two weeks ago after being appointed the head of the county ...
WENCHANG, Hainan - China is building a science theme park in the middle of its newest spaceport to promote space science among the country's younger generation. The theme park, covering an area of 1,800 mu (120 hectares) in Wenchang city, southern Hainan province, is located at ...
BEIJING -- China's central government pledged on Friday to support the northeastern region by boosting its development of modern agriculture. A guideline, mapped out by the National Development and Reform Commission and the Ministry of Agriculture, was publicized by the General ...
BEIJING -- China's Ministry of Commerce (MOC) Friday welcomed ruling from the World Trade Organization (WTO) that the European Union (EU) anti-dumping duties on Chinese screws and bolts were discriminatory and are in violation of global commerce rules. For a long time, the EU has ...
BEIJING - Security experts said China should establish a cross-ministry identity-management system in order to better protect privacy and fight high-technology crimes. Wu Jing, an analyst from the China Academy of Telecommunication Research under the Ministry of Industry and ...
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 ...