In this wealthy eastern Chinese city known for its shrewd merchants, the owner of a factory that makes spectacles faces a difficult task: closing his money-losing business and dismissing his workers.
Beijing wants to attract international service industry convention and trade, and also showcase the city's service sector, Deputy Mayor Cheng Hong said Wednesday at the Forum on the Development of an International Business and Trade Center.
China's National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) released new guidelines for the nation’s coal contingency reserves on Wednesday, China Securities Journal reported.
Consumer spending in China is expected to nearly double by 2015 in the retail sector, according to a report released Wednesday by the Chinese Academy of Social Science (CASS).
The Ministry of Railways will publish a new national train schedule on July 1, which will add 195 routes and implement floating ticket prices for the China Railway High-Speed (CRH), the Beijing Youth Daily reported on Thursday.
The Ministry of Land and Resources has sent an investigation team to five southern provinces to check into rare earth sector consolidation there, Guangzhou-based 21st Century Business Herald reported Wednesday.
This year's Dragon Boat Festival will lack some of its usual festivities in Wagouzi village in Honghu city of Central China's Hubei province - they cannot hold dragon boat races as severe drought has dried up local rivers and lakes.
The Ministry of Civil Affairs will support private foundations by helping them with the registration, Xinhua News Agency reported on Wednesday, citing the Vice Minister Jiang Li.
Nearly 60 percent of primary and middle school students in Shanghai are nearsighted, Shanghai Evening Post reported on Wednesday.
China's industrial growth may slow due to increasingly difficult conditions, chinanews.com reported, citing a report released Tuesday.
Henan province is planning to develop a "Central China Economic Zone" to make itself one of the driving forces of China's economy.
China's anti-drug law enforcement departments cracked 89,000 cases of drug related crimes in 2010, with 101,000 suspects arrested, People's Daily said Wednesday citing a recent report.
