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China's self-sufficiency in crude oil is expected to be 45 percent in 2010, the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC), the nation's top economic planner, said Tuesday. The country imported 218 million tonnes of crude oil in the first 11 months, a rise of 19.8 percent ...
Offenders of China's new regulations on waste electronic equipment could face fines up to 500,000 yuan (75,450 U.S. dollar), after it becomes effective on Saturday. The regulations could be regarded as the country's latest effort to promote comprehensive utilization of resources ...
China will enhance regulating its property market in 2011 and strengthen implementation of the tightening measures already unveiled by the government, a senior official said Wednesday. Jiang Weixin, minister of Housing and Urban-Rural Development, said at a national work ...
by Xinhua writers Ming Jinwei, Xu Duo As China becomes a major global economic powerhouse, the following paradox-like phenomena also seem to become more apparent. They range from the huge foreign reserves it has versus the huge foreign investment it attracts, the robust exports ...
China's State Administration of Foreign Exchange (SAFE) Thursday issued new guidelines on foreign exchange market makers and classified them into three types in a move aimed at increasing liquidity on China's foreign exchange market and boosting its development. Market makers are ...
China approved another 15 foreign agencies' applications to publish financial information in China this year, bringing the total number to 25, the State Council Information Office (SCIO) said Thursday. Wang Chen, director of the SCIO, told a press conference that leading global ...
The centrally-administered state-owned enterprises (SOEs) were ordered to hand over 5 percent more of their after-tax profits to the central government beginning 2011, according to a statement by the Ministry of Finance (MOF) on Thursday. According to the MOF statement on its ...
China will implement a prudent monetary policy in 2011 and ensure consumer prices stay "basically stable," the central bank governor Zhou Xiaochuan said Friday. The People's Bank of China, the central bank, will strive to make the monetary policy more targeted, flexible and ...
Overseas visitors can now claim tax refunds on purchases in south China's island province of Hainan as the rebate plan went into effect on Saturday. Deputy governor of Hainan Tan Li announced the inauguration of the tax refund scheme on Saturday morning at Shengsheng Department ...
Measuring global trade in line with the principle of "the country of origin" fails to reflect the complexities of global commerce where the design, manufacturing and assembly of products involves several countries, experts said. "It is not always true that goods exported by a ...
China's 2010 economic growth is estimated to reach about 10 percent, according to central bank governor Zhou Xiaochuan. In a speech published Tuesday by the People's Bank of China on its website, Zhou said he was not quite confident that the nation's economy has returned to ...
China's competition law enforcement authorities Tuesday published new regulations to crack down on anticompetitive, monopolistic-type behavior, amid the country's efforts to ensure competitive markets. The regulations against monopolistic-pricing will take effect from Feb. 1, a ...
China's General Administration of Press and Publication (GAPP) announced Tuesday that 147 state-run publishing houses have been corporatized to become self-financing enterprises. The reform to convert 148 publishing houses into market players has come to an end, with one closed ...
Sales of home appliances in rural areas of China surged 170 percent year on year in 2010, driven by a government subsidy, the Ministry of Commerce said Wednesday. Sales reached 173.23 billion yuan (US$26.13 billion) last year, the ministry said in a statement on its website. Home ...
The fourth Asian Financial Forum will kick off in Hong Kong on January 17 with Asia's growing role in the global economy being a key topic of discussion, the organizer said on Wednesday during a press conference. Jointly organized by the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region ...
The World Bank's first yuan-denominated bond offered investors the chance to diversify their currency holdings and promotes the internationalization of the Chinese currency, the yuan, or RMB, economists said. The World Bank China Office said Wednesday the World Bank has priced ...
Sales of home appliances in rural areas of China surged 170 percent year on year in 2010, driven by a government subsidy, the Ministry of Commerce (MOC) said Wednesday. Sales reached 173.23 billion yuan (26.13 billion U.S. dollars) last year, the MOC said in a statement on its ...
China said Thursday it could basically meet its goal of reducing energy consumption per unit of gross domestic product (GDP) by around 20 percent from 2005 levels by the end of 2010. Zhang Ping, director of the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC), China's economic ...
The Chinese government handed out 6.41 billion yuan (972.9 million U.S. dollars) in subsidies to new car buyers under the old-for-new trade-in auto program in 2010, the Ministry of Commerce said Wednesday. Sales of 459,000 vehicles were subsidized last year as part of the subsidy ...
Deputy Governor of the People's Bank of China Yi Gang said China will take further steps to improve the exchange rate formation mechanism of the country's currency, the yuan. To promote the sound development of its financial market, China will also steadily promote the market...
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