Growth of retail sales of consumer goods in Beijing may slow down in 2011 as car retail sales may decrease by 60 billion yuan due to the license plate lottery, caijing.com reported, citing a preliminary estimation by the Beijing municipal commission of commerce.
According to the latest statistics released by the US Treasury Department, China's net selling of its holdings of long-term US agency bonds (including Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac's bonds) totaled $1.93 billion in December.
The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region's spokesman said the Chinese mainland's supplies of meat, fruits and vegetables to Hong Kong during the two weeks prior to the Chinese Spring Festival were not affected by rain and snow, the People's Daily Overseas Edition reported.
As a labor shortage sweeps across China's coastal cities after the Lunar New Year holiday, many migrant workers say their children, who were left behind in their hometowns, is the major reason they decided not to go back to the cities, Guangzhou Daily reported on Tuesday.
Seven people were found hiding in the luggage compartment of a passenger bus on the Yongjin Expressway in Jinhua city, East China’s Zhejiang province
Britain hopes to achieve a "closest possible partnership" with China, as the European country wishes to work with emerging powers to jointly tackle global challenges.
With the approval of the Shanghai municipal government, Ding Lei, vice president of the Shanghai Automotive Industrial Corporation (SAIC) and chief general manager of Shanghai GM, will leave Shanghai GM and step in as board chairman of the Shanghai Zhangjiang Hi-tech Park Development Company, the 21st Century Business Herald reported Tuesday.
New rare earth regulatory policies will be announced soon, the China Securities Journal reported Wednesday, citing sources familiar with the matter.
There seems indeed every reason to cheer for the snapshot campaign that rescued six abducted chldren and emboldened the public fever of participation so efficiently. But wait a minute.
Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region has requested its public security organs above county level to launch official micro blogs, in an attempt to strengthen communication with the public, chinanews.com reported Wednesday.
A budgetary investment of 382.6 billion yuan ($52.89 billion) by the central government this year has been approved by the State Council, China's Cabinet. That was slightly down from last year's 392.6 billion yuan, but the investment is more focused on people's livelihood, Shanghai Securities News reported Tuesday.
A total of 2.78 billion kilowatt-hours of power generated by China's wind farms was wasted in the first half of 2010, the Beijing Times reported, citing a report issued Monday by the State Electricity Regulatory Commission.