Centrally administered SOEs have contributed greatly to the country's economic growth in the past several decades. Today, the reform and restructuring of central SOEs have also been placed on top of the government agenda, aiming to boost their efficiency along with supply-side structural reform.
More foreigners are traveling, working and studying in China. Many are fascinated by the country's culture and impressed by its rapid development. Using smartphones, they share photos they have taken in China online, showing an innovative country and the prosperous lives of its people. The pictures here are from a collection called Forging ahead (2012-2017): Amazing China - A fresh perspective.
A poll recently conducted by Beijing Foreign Studies University showed that the speed and convenience offered by high-speed rail, online shopping, shared bikes and mobile phone-based payment apps are the four things young expats in China view most favorably.
The development of, and services offered by, new-generation bullet trains will benefit the government's promotion of the country's high-speed railway technology in the international market, according to officials at China Railway Corp.
Lu Gang recalls his first sighting of a colorful bee-eating bird eight years ago as his train pulled into Haikou station in tropical Hainan province.
A deliveryman who has become an online celebrity for sending his customers messages in English will soon have more opportunities to use the language.
At the memorial gallery of the late Chinese artist Zhang Leping, an entire wall at the exit is covered with messages left by admirers touched by the story of Sanmao, the comic character Zhang created.
Three cities map out their incentives as they vie to attract the people who will bring greater growth:
Nie Jing, 35, is a Wuhan native and CEO of wxiao, an app developer specializing in services for middle and primary schools. With a bachelor's degree from Huazhong University of Science and Technology and a master's degree from the University of York in the United Kingdom, he opted to work in Beijing in 2007 and then started his own business in the capital in 2010. He chose, however, to go back to Wuhan in 2015 because of the favorable conditions for entrepreneurship there:
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