Outbound investment principles will ensure ventures are rational

ON THURSDAY, the Ministry of Commerce released data showing that China's outbound investment dropped by about 40 percent in the first eight months of 2017. The ministry said this shows irrational outbound investment has been further curbed. Beijing Youth Daily comments:

Micro blog content creators hold copyright

ON SATURDAY, Sina Weibo, China's equivalent to Twitter, sent all its users a notice that prohibits them from authorizing any third party to quote what they publish on a micro blog without written approval from Sina. The notice sparked fierce debate, which later prompted Sina to announce that users still held the copyright to the content of their micro blogs. Beijing News comments:

Smoking emojis not the focus of tobacco control

ON WEDNESDAY, some of China's social media deleted emojis representing a person smoking from their platforms, because there were concerns that it might mislead young people into linking being "cool" with smoking. Thepaper.cn comments:

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HK can learn national security from Macao

The election to the Legislative Council of the Macao Special Administrative Region on Sunday will ensure that "Macao people govern Macao" under the "one country, two systems" principle.

Have overseas degrees lost their value?

Editor's Note: During the past few decades, the social opinion on overseas education has changed. News reports about youths returning after studying abroad, which costs hundreds of thousands of dollars, but ending up with low-paying jobs have made people wonder whether it's still worth sending their children overseas for education. Two education experts share their views on the issue with China Daily's Wu Zheyu.

Born in China but good for the whole world

People today often emphasize differences, such as those between countries, races, cultures and social systems. It's the existence of such differences that has given rise to contradictions, conflicts and even wars.

Inspiring to see mutual interest of Chinese and Japanese people

I was surprised recently to find how closely Chinese internet surfers follow what happens in Japan. A short Japanese TV program about a middle school aired early this month has touched many a Chinese citizen's nerve. The school's principal encouraged his students to speak to their classmate crush.

Premier swears by innovation

China will intensify innovation-driven development and entrepreneurship, Premier Li Keqiang said on Friday.

CETC speeds reform efforts

China Electronics Technology Group Corp, a State-owned technology giant, will step up efforts to optimize corporate structure and encourage innovation amid the central government's deepening of State-owned enterprise reform.

M2 growth at record low

The growth of China's broad money supply or M2 slowed to a record-low of 8.9 percent in August, indicating a tightening regulation on off-balance sheet financing, aimed at preventing systemic risk, according to the central bank.

PBOC, CBRC ask banks to fund good firms

Chinese financial institutions should not use their role in serving the real economy as an excuse to help "zombie companies" and instead must help troubled firms with good fundamentals to ride out short-term difficulties, senior officials said.