China to increase jobs after lowering growth target 2011-03-14 10:57:01

The Chinese government will make every effort to cope with the rising employment pressure after the country has decided to lower its annual economic growth target to seven percent for the next five years

Analogy between China, N African countries 'not right' 2011-03-14 10:50:14

Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao said Monday that China is concerned about the situation in west Asia and north Africa, and any comparison between China and those countries is not right.

No easy task to achieve 7% growth: Premier Wen 2011-03-14 10:42:30

Premier Wen Jiabao said on Monday that it is not easy to achieve a high-quality and efficient annual growth rate of seven percent during the 2011-2015 period.
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NPC adopts Five-Year Plan at closing meeting 2011-03-14 09:49:14

The National People's Congress (NPC), China's parliament, adopted a resolution to approve the 12th Five-Year Plan Monday morning.

Ties with Taiwan boon to Fujian 2011-03-14 08:31:29

Peaceful and stable cross-Straits ties will enable Fujian province to speed up its development, a senior official from the province said.

China 'not trying to surpass US' in Middle East 2011-03-14 07:38:49

China is not seeking to compete with the United States in influence in the Middle East but is confident about its ties to the region amid recent power transfers.

Official: Huge telescope on the agenda in SW China 2011-03-14 07:35:25

China will start construction on a 500-meter aperture spherical telescope, the largest in the world, in Southwest China's Guizhou province next month, said Yan Jun, head of the National Astronomical Observatories of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, on Friday.

Qingdao ambitious to be exemplary city 2011-03-14 07:31:36

Shandong province plans to invest 30 billion yuan ($4.6 billion) in Qingdao Port to double its throughput capacity to 600 million tons by 2015, according to Chang Dechuan, president of Qingdao Port (Group) Co Ltd.

Trademark violations on rise in China 2011-03-13 15:15:53

China investigated 56,000 trademark rights infringement cases in 2010, an increase of 9.78 percent year on year, an official said on Sunday.

Political advisers urge kitchen waste legislation 2011-03-13 11:26:19

Rotten potatoes and unwanted chicken wings represent a novel form of energy, otherwise they could risk food safety, said two Chinese political advisors who called for legislation against improper handling of kitchen waste.