China is allowing foreign-owned businesses to play a greater role in defining the standards of industries within the country, a move experts said demonstrates Beijing's determination to ensure product quality and reassure consumers both here and abroad.
Last week's visit to the United States by officers of the Chinese navy will deepen mutual understanding and help reduce misunderstandings and misjudgments at sea, delegation members told China Daily.
The Chinese military is gearing up for a sweeping audit of its income and expenditures over the past two years in a search for financial irregularities.
More than 700 designers, cultural researchers, officials, overseas visitors and journalists gathered at the Great Hall of the People on Wednesday to witness the unveiling of the newly designated Spring Festival Symbol - a Chinese knot in the shape of the character chun, meaning spring, embedded with another character, fu, meaning blessing.
China's anti-corruption authority reprimanded two central government ministries on Tuesday for poor management and bad behavior among their staff members.
Hosting soccer's World Cup on home soil has long been a dream not only for Chinese fans, but also top leaders.
Whether the request was for a treadmill on Air Force One, an elliptical trainer by the White House pool, or a rower next to the Lincoln bedroom, when the Oval Office called, fitness trainer Ted Vickey answered.
President Xi Jinping called on Tuesday for the establishment of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank to be sped up and for "concrete investment plans" under China's $40 billion Silk Road Fund.
It was an excellent score sheet, with straights A's in all major subjects, but notable room for improvement in others. That is the annual report card given by top foreign experts gathered for a pre-Lunar New Year meeting and dinner with Premier Li Keqiang on Tuesday at the Great Hall of the People.
Item from Feb 11, 1998, in China Daily: The latest statistics suggest the number of mobile phone subscribers in the Chinese capital had reached 700,000 by the end of January.
Budgets for Spring Festival celebrations nation-wide have been cut amid growing security concerns and the crackdown on corruption.
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