Growth outlook good, despite headwinds

China's economy faces strong external headwinds, even though its contribution to world growth this year is likely to exceed that of the United States, the country's vice-finance minister said.

Satellite to better connect Silk Road

Nations in South and Southeast Asia as well as Oceania will soon benefit from a communications satellite China launched over the weekend for a Hong Kong-based operator, said project managers.

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New rail network set to boost 'cluster'

Wang Jingting, a native of Tangshan in Hebei province, lives and works in Beijing. On weekends and holidays, she either drives or takes a train back to Tangshan to relax or attend family functions.

Airports to help fuel traffic integration

As part of the transportation integration process in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei cluster, local authorities have strengthened efforts to improve the civil aviation network to enable it to meet customer demand.

Experts call for more private capital

Private investment should be encouraged to help fund the massive construction costs of the new intercity railway in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei cluster, according to experts.

Eliminating poverty by 2020 a challenge

Since it launched its reform and opening-up in the late 1970s, China has made great achievements in alleviation of poverty in the country. However, it still faces great challenges to achieve the goal of completely eliminating poverty and pulling the poor above the current standard set by the central government by 2020. More efforts are needed to support further reform and innovation to achieve this goal.

More, not fancier, public toilets in real need

Hopping onto the bandwagon of the national development strategy Internet Plus, the nation's capital Beijing is planning to build its own "public toilet plus".

Remedy needed to restore sick seas to health

Scroll down through the items on the Outcome List of President Xi Jinping's recent state visit to the United States, and right down at the bottom, after all the blurb on the two sides strengthening their practical cooperation in promoting a strong and open global economy, and their affirmations they will work together on various issues, you will come, at last, to item No 49.

US peddles its biased human rights views again despite own flaws

The US Congressional-Executive Commission on China issued a report on Oct 8, which pointed accusing fingers at an array of issues in China including human rights, the rule of law, and the situations in the Tibet and Xinjiang Uygur autonomous regions and the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region. Such an irresponsible practice could poison the good atmosphere that has been fostered in bilateral ties by Chinese President Xi Jinping's state visit to the United States and once again lays bare the US' penchant for interfering in another country's internal affairs.

TPP not start of an 'economic Cold War'

The heated discussion in China about whether the country should seek to join the Trans-Pacific Partnership indicates people's uncertainty about the prospects for China's rise and economic transformation.

Consumer rights must be better protected

For most hardworking Chinese people, the annual Golden Week holidays are usually an eagerly anticipated time to have a break or travel with other family members, relatives or friends. And every one who travels hopes to encounter hospitable local residents and honest and credible businesspeople in their destination.