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Meeting Held to Promote E-government
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| The Chinese government has adopted a special program to promote social and economic development through the wider use of information technology, and a guideline on handling government affairs online. |
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Reservoir Water to Flush Out Silt Build-up
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| A 10-day silt clearance campaign for the middle and lower reaches of the Yellow River begins at 8:30 Thursday morning at the Xiaolangdi Reservoir in central China's Henan Province. The campaign aims to clear long-deposited silt in Henan, Shanxi and Shandong provinces, with powerful water flow sent out from the reservoir. |
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Equal Treatment in Stock Market
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| Foreign securities institutions will get equal treatment with their counterparts in China as the country opens up its stock market. As a major step in this regard, the Securities Association of China, a non-government watchdog of the country's securities industry, has given the greenlight for foreign securities institutions to become its members. |
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President Jiang Meets Nigerian Vice-president
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| Chinese President Jiang Zemin met Wednesday with visiting Nigerian Vice-President Atiku Abubakar. Jiang said that the two countries had supported and cooperated with each other in both domestic construction and international affairs since the establishment of diplomatic relations 31 years ago.
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A Sigh from Business After World Cup
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| For Chinese businessmen, there hasn’t been any other World Cup like the most recent one in arousing so much expectation for profits. However, with the World Cup tournament finally ending on Sunday, Chinese businessmen had difficulty expressing their own feelings after checking the outcome of their business campaign during the one-month World Cup finals. The result reminds them that, in a sports event like the World Cup, they have to recognize accurately the business rules as well as the art of business marketing. |
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What Kind of Books Do Modern Chinese Like to Read?
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| The second National Survey on Reading and Book Purchases covering cities and rural areas in 15 regions across China has found some specialties in modern people’s reading and book purchases. Comprehensive books are most popular, and gender differences exist in selection of reading materials, according to the survey. |
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More Input in R&D to Upgrade Processing Technology
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| The Ministry of Science and Technology yesterday decided to pour 150 million yuan (US$18 million) by 2005 into the research and development of agricultural product processing technology as a part of its action plan to push forward the nation's arduous agriculture restructuring. Other ministerial departments, including economic planning, trade and agriculture, are going to join in the plan. The technology used in processing soybean, corn, rapeseed and apple top the joint action's development list. |
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Preparations Made for Worst Floods
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| Authorities responsible for areas along major flood-prone rivers, particularly the rain-swollen Yangtze, have been urged to prepare for the year's worst floods as China enters its major rainy season this month. |
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Beijing on Fast Track to Solve Traffic Woes
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| Beijing is mobilizing think tanks to solve its traffic congestion ahead of the 2008 Olympic Games. A total of 19 leading transport experts from across the country gathered in the capital last week to discuss the traffic problems at the invitation of the Ministry of Science and Technology.
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Communist Party's 81st Birthday Marked in China
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| A wide range of celebration activities are being held across the country to mark the 81st anniversary of the founding of Communist Party of China (CPC) on Monday. |
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Foreign Giants Take Gas Pipeline Stake
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| Oil giants Royal/Dutch Shell, ExxonMobil and Russia's Gazprom have agreed to take 15 percent stakes each in China's US$5.6 billion natural gas pipeline project, clearing away the final obstacle blocking the kick-off of the repeatedly delayed project.
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Jiang Zemin Meets with Tung Chee Hwa
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| Chinese President Jiang Zemin met in Hong Kong Sunday afternoon with Tung Chee Hwa, chief executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) at the Grand Hyatt Hotel. |
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Accounts Easier for Foreigners
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| China's State Administration of Foreign Exchange (SAFE) announced Friday that starting from July 1, overseas investors can settle capital stock accounts directly with authorized local banks. |
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President Jiang Meets Romanian Prime Minister
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| China is willing to strengthen coordination and cooperation with Romania and all other countries and work to realize sustainable world peace and prosperity, Chinese President Jiang said in his meeting with Romanian Prime Minister Adrian Nastase Friday. |
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Blind Students Allowed to Sit for College Entrance Exam
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| Four blind students in Shanghai will be the first in China to sit for the national university entrance examination after they wrote to the municipal government, expressing their long-held aspirations to study at university. |
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Equal Treatment in Education
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| National legislators are considering giving non-public schools equal treatment with those funded by the government to attract more private investment to education, where demand still exceeds supply. |
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Multinational Greater Mekong Program Gears up
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| China and its neighbors -- Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Cambodia and Vietnam -- have restarted their multinational program in the Greater Mekong Sub-region (GMS) after a five-year break. The GMS is an important corridor linking China with Southeast Asia and South Asia. It will serve as a model for a future China and ASEAN free economic zone. |
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May Environmental Concerns Cook Peking Duck's Goose?
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| The cooking method of Beijing Quanjude Roast Duck, having long enjoyed a great reputation in the capital city and all over the world, is facing imminent change to meet environmental standards. And the question arises whether the public will accept ducks cooked by a new method as the same product. |
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