Media given limit for reports on province leaders
2013-01-09 18:42:48
News reports on provincial leaders should be less than 1,500 characters, according to a new regulation released by authorities in North China’s Shanxi province in an effort to improve working style.
China to publish polysilicon ruling on Feb 20
2013-01-09 16:58:45
China's Ministry of Commerce will issue a preliminary ruling on its anti-dumping and anti-subsidy investigations into imported polysilicon from the United States, the European Union and South Korea on Feb 20.
Lack of taxis at rush hour in large cities
2013-01-09 16:57:25
Many taxi drivers charge higher fees or refuse passengers during rush hour in some tier one and tier two cities, Beijing Youth Daily reported on Wednesday.
Restaurant admits serving tourists with leftovers
2013-01-09 16:34:37
A famous restaurant in Taiwan has been revealed to be serving leftover dishes to mainland tourist groups.
8 more Jilin travel agencies to run DPRK tours
2013-01-09 15:43:57
The National Tourism Administration has allowed eight travel agencies to run tours from Jilin province to the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea.
Pudong to launch free-trade zone later this year
2013-01-08 16:45:10
Shanghai is planning to set up a free-trade zone in the Pudong New Area later this year, the China Securities Journal reported on Tuesday.
BYD gets EU license to sell electric buses
2013-01-08 16:15:32
BYD Co Ltd, a Chinese maker of electric cars and batteries, said that it has received permission from the European Union to sell electric buses in all of bloc's member countries.
Big four banks issue 164b yuan of credit in Dec
2013-01-08 16:07:24
China's big four banks issued 164 billion yuan ($26.3 billion) of new credit in December, Economic Information.
Top land authority urges overhaul of land use
2013-01-08 16:06:45
The Ministry of Land and Resources on Monday urged local land authorities to overhaul the reporting system of land uses, the Shanghai Securities Daily reported.
Academy president sentenced to death for rapes
2013-01-07 20:25:33
The president of a painting academy was sentenced to death by a court in East China’s Anhui province on Sunday for raping 23 females, including five underage girls.
Police officers who set honey trap jailed
2013-01-07 19:53:22
Four police officers in Xi'an, capital of Shaanxi province in Northwest China, have been sentenced to prison after they were caught running a racket where they would use prostitutes as a honey trap to unlawfully fine the prostitutes’ clients and keep the money.
New central SOEs merger deal announced
2013-01-07 16:51:15
China may speed up its pace of integrating central State-owned enterprises as it announced it will merge two central SOEs, reducing the total number of such companies to 116.