Stars not the lone success factor for films

A recent list of the top 100 Chinese mainland celebrities' pay for starring in a film or TV serial has left people open-mouthed, as their fees range from 5 million yuan ($750,000) to 80 million yuan for a film, and 50 million yuan to 100 million yuan for a TV serial. Which means even after paying the personal income tax, a celebrity can make a helluva lot of money, not counting his or her earnings from advertisements and other sources.

China-ROK trust provides boost for regional stability

Foreign Minister of the Republic of Korea Kang Kyung-wha is scheduled to visit Beijing on Tuesday to hold bilateral talks with her Chinese counterpart Wang Yi.

Stronger financial supervision

China's central bank and the banking, securities and foreign exchange regulators issued a draft guideline on Friday in order to manage the assets of financial institutions.

New energy vehicles gain ground thanks to govt's strong support

CHINA WILL ROLL OUT A NEW TYPE OF NUMBER PLATE for new energy vehicles nationwide next year. The Ministry of Public Security announced the move on Sunday. Beijing Youth Daily comments:

Subways risky way to stimulate growth

THE NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT and Reform Commission, the country's top economic planner, has strengthened its supervision of rail transportation projects. Beijing Youth Daily commented on Monday:

People should be encouraged to donate blood

JOURNALISTS FROM BEIJING NEWS found that in a hospital in Yanjiao, a town in Hebei province, there is an illegal network selling blood. Patients who need a blood transfusion have to pay agents. They then organize people to sell their blood to the patients. The newspaper comments:

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Transferring State assets to social security fund

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Realizing great dream via 'Four Greats'

In his report to the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China on Oct 18, General Secretary Xi Jinping devoted a large chapter to the "Four Greats": to experience the great struggle in the new era, construct the great project of Party building, and promote the great cause of socialism with Chinese characteristics, in order to realize China's great dream of national rejuvenation.

AI development carries inherent legal risks

In his report to the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China on Oct 18, General Secretary Xi Jinping said that China will work at a faster pace to build the country into a manufacturer of quality goods, develop the manufacturing sector, and promote the integration of artificial intelligence with the real economy.

Dated practice bane of Japan manufacturing

The reputation of "Made in Japan" products is at stake after a string of data-tampering scandals surrounding Kobe Steel, Nissan, Mitsubishi and other Japanese companies have come to light. The plight of Japanese manufacturers could worsen as the executives of some scandal-tainted companies have been equivocating over their misconducts.

Fijian dialogue process makes Bonn climate talks a 'success'

The United Nations Climate Change Conference in Bonn, Germany, which concluded over the weekend was no different from the other annual gatherings since 1995, when the world leaders decided to sit together to find ways to cope with climate change.