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President Jiang Meets US Justice Sandra Day O'Connor
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| The Sino-US ties have recently seen sound development, Chinese President Jiang Zemin said in a meeting with Sandra Day O'Connor, justice of the US Supreme Court, in Beijing Thursday. |
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Cleaner Huaihe River and Taihu Lake
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| Water quality in the Huaihe River and the Taihu Lake, two of the most polluted water areas in east China, improved in August this year compared with July 2002 and with the same month last year. |
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Two More Satellites Set to Launch in 2005
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| China will send two oceanic and meteorological satellites to the skies in 2005 in its run-up to building a sophisticated earth observation system, utility officials said yesterday in Beijing. |
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Toxic Air Pollutant Injures 90 Workers in Zhuhai
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| At least 90 workers are suspected to have inhaled unidentified toxic substance on Monday morning in a local Japanese-funded company of Zhuhai in Guangdong Province. Of the victims, 20 were seriously affected and are still in hospital receiving treatment while the other 70 have been sent home, according to a local public health official. |
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Cult Members Tried for Cable TV Hijacking
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| A group of 15 Falun Gong followers charged of sabotaging cable TV network equipment were put on trial Wednesday at the Intermediary People's Court in Changchun, Jilin Province, northeast China. |
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China Plans Oil Stockpile
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| China is pondering to speed up its stockpiling of strategic oil reserves, which will cost billions of US dollars and could take up to a decade to complete, as tension in the Middle East grows. |
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Information Industry Maintains Strong Momentum
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| China's information industry maintained its strong, steady growth in the first half of the year against the backdrop of global economic slowdown and the sluggish development of the world information industry. |
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UN Reports on FDI Flow
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| China regained its position as the largest foreign direct investment (FDI) recipient in both Asia and the developing world last year, according to the World Investment Report 2002 released by the UN Conference on Trade and Development. |
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Heavy Input to Create Jobs for Three Gorges Resettlers
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| The Chinese government will invest some 5 billion yuan (US$600 million) in the next few years to bolster the orange and animal husbandry industries at Three Gorges to create jobs for hundreds of thousands of resettled residents. |
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Sino-Australian Trade Ties Improved
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| Australian Prime Minister John Howard Monday praised the agreement between Australia and China on the former's supply of liquefied natural gas to China's southern province of Guangdong, during his meeting with China's top legislator Li Peng in Canberra. |
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China's Small, Medium-sized Banks Open to Private Shareholders
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| China's central bank said Monday it welcomes private and overseas investors in buying shares in the country's small and medium-sized commercial banks. |
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Food Poisoning Causes a Number of Deaths
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| Initial investigations in Nanjing point to a commonly used rat poison as the most likely cause of a serious food poisoning incident on September 14, which hit more than 200 people, causing an as yet undetermined number of fatalities. |
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Facts and Figures Show Rising Prosperity
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| The past 13 years have witnessed unprecedented improvement in the living standards of the overwhelming majority of China's 1.3 billion people, and in economic and social areas. |
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Chinese SOEs Reborn After Reform
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| Once a heavily-burdened enterprise, the Changchun-based First Automotive Works Group (FAW) recently merged with the Japanese joint venture Toyota, re-establishing itself as a giant Chinese corporation. The joining provides an example of how many struggling state-owned enterprises are being reborn after economic reforms. |
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