What is your notion of an astrologer? A woman wearing long medieval robe holding a leather - covered book? A balding middle - aged man with wispy beard?
Experts are calling for tougher regulation of the use of additives in food, but they also say there should be more public education on the substances, which actually play an important role in the country's food production industry.
China's Center for Food Safety Risk Assessment is to work with the US Pharmacopeial Convention, a global health organization that sets standards for medicines and food ingredients, on developing lab-based training courses for food safety.
The legal wrangle over packaging between two leading Chinese herbal tea makers, Hong Kong-based JDB Group and Guangzhou Pharmaceutical Holdings, has come to a halt, temporarily, with 150 million yuan ($24 million) in compensation granted to the Guangzhou company.
The State Intellectual Property Office announced a plan on Monday to implement the National IP Strategy Outline, with more emphasis on IP use and protection.
Globalization and new media require innovative ways of protecting intellectual property rights in China's cultural and creative businesses, said industry insiders at the sixth Forum on Chinese Ethnic Cultural Industry Development.
Editor's note: This year's economic expansion is widely expected to be the slowest in many years, and the central leadership envisions a "new normal" for the pace GDP growth and its structure going forward. What will unfold in 2015 - sustained, rapid expansion or an orderly transition to slower growth? China Daily asked a group of economists and analysts on their expectations for the economy in 2015.
The People's Bank of China, the central bank, will change rules on how it calculates the loan-to-deposit ratios of banks from next year, a move that is expected to make available more funds for lending.
The best-performing Chinese Internet stocks traded in the United States are set to extend their rallies in 2015, unfettered by forecasts for slower growth in the world's second-largest economy.
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