China's centrally administered enterprises should gradually withdraw from sideline businesses, said Li Rongrong, chairman of the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission (SASAC) on Sunday, Shanghai Securities Journal reported.
South China's Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region and Vietnam have approved the framework agreement to establish a new cross-border economic zone in the latest effort to further boost the economic and trade cooperation between China and its Southeast Asian neighbor.
The New Brunswick province of Canada, which has been widely seen as the Atlantic gateway on commerce, is looking for business opportunities with China.
A trial program to launch margin trading and short selling business at selected security firms will have its preliminary evaluation by the Securities Association of China (SAC) completed by March.
Underground football gambling in China has netted about 1 trillion yuan (US$14.65 billion), according to a leading football figure cited by the Jinghua Times.
Melamine-tainted leftovers from the 2008 dairy scandal have been resold by five manufacturers, Chinese Health Minister Chen Zhu said at a national teleconference in Beijing on Saturday, Xinhua news agency reported.
A 13-year-old student has become the second person in Beijing to be hospitalized with mercury poisoning after drinking a can of Sprite, the Beijing News reported on Monday.
Investment for the 2010 Shanghai World Expo will be fully audited and open to public supervision, Shanghai mayor Han Zheng said at a government press conference, Xinhua reported Monday.
The second trial of Beijing lawyer Li Zhuang will be held at Chongqing No.1 Intermediate People's Court at 9:30 am on Feb 2, the Changjiang Daily reported Saturday.
Cell phones that send more than 300 lewd messages, junk messages and also those trying to sell illegal receipts might be banned in Guangdong, said an official of the Guangdong Provincial Communication Association, sina.com.cn reported Sunday.
For many Chinese, the US-led war on former Yugoslavia and its invasion into Iraq were long past history. Washington's sable rattling against Iran and threat of pre-emptive attacks against what it believes to be rogue nations are just bluffing.
Chinese military's chief of the general staff Chen Bingde will not visit US this year as scheduled.