BRICS has bright prospects

At the BRICS summit for finance ministers and central bankers in Germany's southwestern city of Baden-Baden on Friday, China promised to work with the other BRICS members to actively push forward their financial cooperation ahead of the group's ninth leaders' meeting, which will be held in the coastal city of Xiamen in East China's Fujian province in September.

E-commerce is real economy, also benefits the service sector

IS E-COMMERCE PART OF THE REAL ECONOMY? That has long been a question. On Sunday, People's Daily published an article on its front page, saying that the new, real economy is rising. Beijing Youth Daily comments:

Bike-hire services unlikely to go further

CHINESE BIKE-SHARING COMPANY OFO is running a trial to exempt users from paying a deposit in Shanghai, a move that will likely intensify the competition in the sector. Beijing News commented on Monday:

Businesses should not show any favor to civil servants

IN SOME AUDI 4S dealerships, different customers are treated differently. For instance, civil servants enjoy a 1 or 2 percent discount. This is a form of corruption, Beijing News commented on Monday:

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Troubled times both opportunity and test

The two months of Donald Trump's presidency in the United States have produced one surprise after another in its foreign policy, including its China policy. However, worries about the possible deterioration in China-US relations, especially economic ties, have been allayed, for now, because of some positive developments of late.

Li's Australia visit to deepen bilateral ties

On Wednesday, Chinese Premier Li Keqiang will begin a visit to Australia. He is the most senior Chinese official to visit Australia since President Xi Jinping visited in 2014.

Legal design for protection of women's rights

The ratio of career women to housewives in China, compared with many other countries, is high. Therefore, women in China need better protection in terms of maternity leave and other benefits, especially now that the government has allowed all couples to have two children.

Change of attitude needed to ensure EU's lasting success

On March 25, 1957, Belgium, West Germany, France, Italy, Luxembourg, and the Netherlands inked the treaty that established the European Economic Community in an ancient building on Capitoline Hill in Rome.

Possible to be good partners if things are straightened out

United States Secretary of State Rex Tillerson's first visit to China has two purposes among others that are equally important - arranging for a meeting between the Chinese and US presidents, and maneuvering further consensus on responding to the Democratic People's Republic of Korea's nuclear/missile stunts.

Curb rising land prices

The Beijing municipal government introduced new measures on Friday to cool the capital's red-hot real estate market.

Liaoning sets good example with its administrative reform efforts

NORTHEAST CHINA'S LIAONING PROVINCE has cut 10 percent of its administrative offices and 296 administrative jobs, of which 192 are officials at the vice-county level or above, since it commenced a new round of administrative reforms in the second half of 2016. Beijing News comments: