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A cooling economy may cause both a regional slowdown and plunging commodity prices, as the State Council vowed to ensure steady growth.
China's capital will spend 118 million yuan ($18.66 million) by the end of the year to improve the quality of drinking water drawn from wells.
About 55 percent of Chinese college students choose to work in second-tier cities after graduation, according to the results of a survey.
Construction companies in Beijing will need to keep a close eye on emissions of dust and other forms of pollution at their existing construction sites if they want to bid on new projects.
Hong Kong's composite Consumer Price Index rose 4.7 percent in April from a year earlier, easing from 4.9 percent growth in March.
The western region of China has an economy that is underdeveloped, but it is becoming a magnet for foreign investors.
A special area in Lianyungang city of Jiangsu province aims to play an exemplary role in the province's coastal development.
China's western region, with its lower land and labor costs, is becoming a new hot spot for foreign investment.
Central government departments should continue to buy made-in-China products when implementing the government procurement policy, the MOF said Tuesday.
China Jiangsu Export Commodities Exhibition 2012 opened in Osaka, western Japan Tuesday, with more than 200 firms from the Chinese coastal province attending the event.
Vice-Premier Li Keqiang called for the expansion of domestic market demand through projects such as affordable housing and medical system reform.
China should not worry too much about the slowing FDI growth rate, but should focus on restructuring its economy and improving the investment environment.