It's theft, not misuse of big data technology

QIAODA GROUP, a Beijing-based human resources company which claims to have the largest curriculum vitae database in China, has been reportedly selling the CVs illegally to headhunters and other companies. Zhou Xin, an associate researcher at the Institute of Software, Chinese Academy of Sciences, comments:

Parents who lost their only child deserve sympathy and better care

A SUB-DISTRICT OFFICE IN XIANGTAN, Hunan province, and the public health department of Xinzhou, Shanxi province, have listed families losing their only child as potential targets in their campaign against organized crimes. China Daily reporter Li Yang comments:

Work safety a high priority for qualitative development

That China Earthquake Networks Center said a quake measuring 2.2 degree with its focal point at Tianjiayi Chemical Co plant shook the Xiangshui county of Yancheng, Jiangsu province, at 2:48 pm on March 21 means the tremor, most probably, was caused by the explosion in the chemical plant that has claimed 78 lives and left 41 seriously injured.

Better serving investors to attract foreign capital

Foreign investors eyeing the Chinese market yet worried about the possible legal and policy restraints they might encounter in the country can draw comfort from the message that emanated from Boao, a coastal town in Hainan province, on Thursday.

Challenges on way to becoming an developed economy

Editor's note: The high and moderately high economic growth rate during four decades of reform and opening-up has made China the world's second-largest economy, propelling it toward the ranks of high-income economies. A comment published on the personal WeChat account of Qin Shuo, a former media practitioner, says:

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Visit shows EU seeks deeper cooperation

Editor's Note: President Xi Jinping visited Italy, Monaco and France from March 21 to 26. Why is the visit important for China-European Union relations? Two experts share their views on the issue with China Daily's Pan Yixuan. Excerpts follow:

Hainan free port to boost flow of people, capital

Since the building of a free trade port is a historical opportunity for Hainan's development, the island province should use the "window period" - the next two to three years - to transition from a pilot free trade zone to a free trade port by expediting free trade in services.

By countering reunification, Tsai shoots herself in the foot

President Xi Jinping delivered a speech on Jan 2 to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the Message to Taiwan Compatriots, which was widely welcomed by people on both sides of the Taiwan Straits. The emphasis of Xi's speech was on the integrated development of the Chinese mainland and the island, and the peaceful reunification of Taiwan with the motherland under the "one country, two systems" principle, which compatriots in Taiwan have supported.

China and EU should team up in BRI to propel connectivity

When the Italian government endorsed the Belt and Road Initiative last week, senior officials had hoped that Palermo, capital of Sicily, could one day become a major port for the rapidly expanding trade between China and Africa. That was at least my feeling during the interviews with Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte and Undersecretary of Economic Development Michele Geraci.

Tibet has undeniably changed for the better

The white paper issued by the State Council Information Office on Tibet on Wednesday provides an account of how development, progress and prosperity have transformed the once feudal region.

Joint efforts essential to fight global warming

Record low temperatures in winter and record high temperatures in summer in many parts of the world year after year and more frequent natural disasters caused by extreme weather events provide strong evidence that global warming is not just an alarmist theory as some claim.