FAW-Volkswagen, the first foreign joint venture in China's automotive industry, reinforced its leadership by opening a new world-class manufacturing plant in South China recently.
Though far fewer vehicles were on the roads during the National Day vacation in Beijing, the city was still blanketed by dense smog on some days, prompting many to doubt the conventional wisdom that the capital's pollution mainly comes from cars.
In an effort to curb mercury pollution nationwide, an office under China's environmental watchdog has launched a series of research projects. Coal-fired power plants, boilers for industrial use, PVC production enterprises and mercury mines are major sources of mercury pollution in the country, according to research being conducted by the Foreign Economic Cooperation Office of the Ministry of Environmental Protection of China, as Xu Xiao reports:
Unlike some harmful materials that can be metabolized by the body, mercury continues to accumulate, causing a huge impact on human health and the ecosystem, experts say.
A pioneering zone in the Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region, the China-Malaysia (Qinzhou) Industrial Park will further deepen economic ties between China and ASEAN, local officials said.
On April 28, 2011, former premier Wen Jiabao and the Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak reached consensus to build the park.
Malaysia, ranked 25th of 144 economies in the Global Competitiveness Report 2012-2013, offers an excellent business environment for investors from all over the world.
Manchester City's home clash with Pep Guardiola's reigning European champion Bayern Munich will capture the imagination of most fans on Wednesday evening, while the pressure is on David Moyes as Manchester United faces Shakhtar Donetsk.
Marcello Lippi has pledged no let-up from a rampant Guangzhou Evergrande as the Chinese champion looks to sweep into its first AFC Champions League final on Wednesday.
The first person David Price looked for after pitching the Tampa Bay Rays into the playoffs was third baseman Evan Longoria.
Hello to everyone in China! I am Caroline Wozniacki from Denmark, and I am ranked No 8 in the world.
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