Event brings global profile to its host city

The ChinaSourcing Summit 2013, scheduled to be held from Wednesday to Friday in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, has propelled the host city into the limelight.

New ideas, not lower prices, will drive industry

Chinese IT service providers need to help clients locate new profit streams rather than just reducing costs, said a senior industry expert in outsourcing businesses.

Top Chinese IT providers spy new opportunities at business expo

As the ChinaSourcing Summit kicks off today in Hangzhou, executives of top Chinese IT service providers share with China Daily their expectations for the event and perspectives on the outsourcing sector.

Quotable

Rehab centers face obstacles

On June 20, Chen Fuda and his colleagues celebrated the 10th anniversary of his hospital. Jie, the Chinese character that means quit or stop, was printed large in bold black on the back of their white T-shirts, serving as a reminder the Shanghai Huashi Drug Recovery Hospital is no ordinary medical center.

Guangdong police crack down on drugged-driving

Guangdong police have launched a special campaign to fight drugged-driving as traffic accidents related to drug use increase.

Call for more training to detect traffickers at bus stations

Prosecutors have called on police to give more training and support to staff working at long-distance bus stations, to tackle drug trafficking via public transport.

Sanlitun a hot spot

Sanlitun, a bustling area in Beijing's Chaoyang district, has become the main area where foreign drug addicts and traffickers are arrested, according to the capital's No 2 People's Procuratorate.

Seafarers seek tax break

Many young mariners quit their jobs after working only five or six years

China's veteran of the sea

Editor's note: Guo Zhonghua, 52, a chief engineer of cargo ships working for the COSCO Ocean Shipping (Group) Company, was named one of the top 10 seamen in China last year.

Yangtze Delta region braces for week of heavy rains

Severe weather blamed for at least one death in Hangzhou

Experts say better child welfare law needed

Deaths of toddlers prompt calls for checks on 'dysfunctional' parents