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Japanese officials are considering cutting the county's financial aid to China after China's GDP has overtaken Japan to become the world's second largest, Japanese media reported Wednesday.
China will encourage banks to lend more to companies with registered capital lower than 5 million yuan ($761,000), caijing.com.cn reported late Wednesday, citing Liu Mingkang, chairman of the China Banking Regulatory Commission (CBRC).
The State Council approved plans for the Chengdu-Chongqing economic zone, Guangzhou Daily reported Thursday.
Twelve public venues and five individuals in Shanghai have been fined a total of 25,000 yuan ($3,800) for violating a smoking ban in public places under Smoking Control Laws brought in a year ago.
Two Chinese students, who were studying at the TransPac Aviation Academy of the US, died in an air crash during their pilot training on Feb 26 (Beijing time), 2011, in Arizona.
Chongqing Satellite TV has stopped commercial advertisements and will use the airtime to broadcast promotional films and public service announcements.
The trading volume in both Beijing and Shanghai's property markets sagged in February, Chinese media reported Wednesday.
Soldiers serving in China's army have been given a pay rise, the third since July 2006, with increases ranging from 5 to 40 percent.
China will loosen its limits on businesses' overseas investments, the Economic Information Daily reported Wednesday.
With short sentences, pictures, and videos for a micro blog post using a cell-phone, the Twitter-like service creates a new wave of online activity, including participants from primary school students to government officials.
A "significant" increase in "the proportion of direct financing" may be written into the draft of the 12th Five-Year Plan (2011-2015), as one of the targets for developing China's capital market in the next five years, Shanghai Securities News reported Tuesday.
Baoshan Iron & Steel Co Ltd (Baosteel), China's largest listed steelmaker, signed a long-term coal-import agreement with the Australian mining company Rio Tinto Group, China Business News reported Tuesday.
