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'Made in China' policy boosted by manufacturing upgrade

[2017-02-21 07:33]

China is to further promote the manufacturing sector after recently releasing 11 guidelines to implement the "Made in China 2025" strategy, with a focus on areas such as smart manufacturing, high-end equipment, new materials and branding.

Central ministries respond to issues of HIV, industry

[2017-02-21 07:33]

Central government ministries and departments responded to public concerns in a series of areas, such as the HIV infection incident in Zhejiang and the development of industry and information technology.

Policy digest

[2017-02-21 07:33]

Plan to combat chronic diseases

Going downhill, but raising living standards

[2017-02-20 08:18]

Once regarded as a winter sports wilderness, Liupanshui, a city in Guizhou province, has overturned expectations and is building an industry based around high-altitude ski resorts to promote winter tourism and lift people out of poverty.

From potato planter to hotel proprietor

[2017-02-20 08:18]

For years, winter meant two long, tough months for Xiong Hongfang and her family of five as they "hibernated" at home with nothing to do and no income coming in.

Rural teacher wins high acclaim

[2017-02-20 08:18]

Few teachers are as devoted to their profession as 55-year-old Zhi Yueying, who has spent the best part of four decades educating children in remote villages in Jiangxi province.

Family can finally shower at home

[2017-02-20 08:18]

Every time Shi Wenliang takes a shower at home, he think back to the days when he had to trudge to the public bathhouse. Keeping yourself clean can be a complicated ritual when you live in a remote village in Northwest China's Ningxia Hui autonomous region.

Around China

[2017-02-20 08:18]

Jiangsu

How high-speed rail can boost economy

[2017-02-18 07:50]

The Hong Kong stock market has rarely charmed investors so much in the last couple of years. The Hang Seng index rose 9.8 percent from the beginning of the year to the end of last week, outperforming almost all the other markets in the world.

Border tax self-defeating dilemma for US

[2017-02-18 07:50]

The recent proposal of US House Republicans to impose a controversial border tax on imports will not only deal a blow to global trade rules and hurt the interests of the United States' trading partners, but also cost American consumers dearly and diminish Washington's global influence.

For the love and care of elderly parents

[2017-02-18 07:50]

I remember seeing a very impressive public service advertisement promoting filial piety. It asked people to draw a 30 by 30 grid on a sheet of paper, with each square representing one month of a person's life (considering the average life span is 75 years), to calculate how many more months or years they are likely to live. Those who work in cities far away from their hometowns can also calculate how much time of their adult life they have spent (or will spend) with their parents.

French election race already looks messy

[2017-02-18 07:50]

With still more than two months to go until the first round of France's presidential election, the contest is already looking messy. A financial scandal, online gossip about one candidate's sexual orientation and accusations of interference in the electoral process by a foreign power have enlivened the race to replace outgoing socialist President Francois Hollande.