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The All China Federation of Trade Unions (ACFTU) on Friday urged the country's educational, scientific, cultural, health and sports trade unions at all levels to foster professionals in their fields for swift and sound development of the Chinese economy.
The Hong Kong tour guide known as "Ah Zhen" had her qualification certificate revoked on Saturday after her "verbal abuse" to tourists who refused to shop was released on the Internet and sparkled anger and complaints across the country.
Jiang Jie and Wang Lin, enumerators in charge of some 200 households of the Dongdaqiao community, finished their first interview within 10 minutes at about 3:30 pm on August 23, 2010, as the preliminary phase of the nationwide population census that was launched on Aug 15.
Most Chinese people think of the needs of their families when buying things, market research firm Synovate's study, Media Atlas China, shows.
Although smoking scenes are still widespread in Chinese films and TV programs, the number of tobacco-free works showed a marked increase from 2008, according to 2009 statistics recently announced by the Chinese Association on Tobacco Control at a press conference in Beijing.
Chongqing government launched a new regulation that says unmarried couples who have a baby would each be charged 3,000 yuan ($441) in social compensation fees, Chongqing Economic Times reported.
A-list film star Jackie Chan has failed to keep his promise to donate to a school in quake-hit Beichuan, in Southwest China's Sichuan province, Shanghai Overseas Chinese News reported Thursday.
Chinese government plans to investigate the housing vacancy rate at some selected cities before the new statistical methods can be applied into more cities amid China's booming real easte industry.
The Chinese government is trying to improve statistics on housing price and a draft of the statistics reform will be published before Oct 1.
Russia will supply about 70 percent of oil at market prices for a proposed joint refinery between Rosneft and China National Petroleum Corp (CNPC), Reuters said Thursday, citing a Russian news agency. The two companies signed an initial deal for the multi-billion-dollar Tianjin refinery more than four years ago, Reuters said.
A ban on book discounts of more than 15 percent has been abolished in the amended Regulation on Trade in Book Business, China News Service reported.
China's Ministry of Finance will sell two batches of local government bonds worth of 35.8 billion yuan ($5.25 bilion) on behalf of twelve provinces, municipalities and autonomous regions, starting next Monday, the Oriental Morning Post reported.
