Coke stresses product innovation in diverse Chinese beverage sector
2014-01-09 10:00:50
Coca-Cola is stepping up innovation of soft drinks in China, where market forces and increasingly sophisticated consumers are charting the future course of the beverage industry.
Raising corn output is food for thought
2014-01-07 07:37:41
Soybean imports have increased drastically in recent years to make up for the shortfall in domestic production and meet the ever-growing demand of the domestic market.
Restaurant gives away congee to mark special day
2014-01-09 09:50:17
Quanjude Peking Roast Duck Restaurant’s Hepingmen branch gave away “eight-treasure” congee to residents in nearby communities on the morning of Jan 8.
China to modernize agriculture in new reform bid
2014-01-06 11:16:10
China has produced a miracle in being able to feed 22 percent of the global population using only 7 percent of the world's farmland, and it is now ready to push forward a new round of agricultural reforms.
GM 'maize-rice' not ready for application
2014-01-06 11:09:10
A technique to produce high-yield rice genetically modified (GM) using a gene from maize is still under academic discussion and not ready for practical application.
Goose meat tests positive for H7N9 in Guangdong
2014-01-06 07:52:40
Samples of goose meat taken from a Guangzhou market in south China's Guangdong province have tested positive for H7N9 avian influenza.
Pride of place
2014-01-05 08:21:55
Austin Hu's kitchen is like a little museum of local seasonal specialties from all over China. There's caviar from the sturgeon of Qiandao Lake in Zhejiang province's Hangzhou, wagyu beef from Liaoning province's Dalian and sparkling water from a pristine lake in Heilongjiang province, to name just a few of the items he stocks.
China tightens rules for baby formula makers
2013-12-31 14:55:46
China is tightening rules for infant formula makers to improve food safety. China's Food and Drug Administration, or CFDA.
China to increase safety checks over food, pharmaceuticals
2013-12-31 14:48:48
China will increase safety checks on food products and crack down on shoddy pharmaceuticals next year as part of its stepped-up supervision over the food and drug sector.
Substantial incentives for farming are needed
2013-12-31 14:42:39
After decades since the great rural-to-urban migration began in the 1980s, the children of those first migrants are choosing to remain in the cities where they were born and raised.
Food security tops rural development tasks
2013-12-31 11:03:42
China has stressed the high priority of food security in its agricultural modernization and urged better arable land use and rural management.
China expects professional farmers to modernize agriculture
2013-12-31 10:47:35
In Tieshiya village, farming is mostly left to the over 60's as about a third of its population have gone to work in towns or cities.