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RCEP a positive signal for global trade

The 35th ASEAN meeting held in Bangkok declared on Monday that the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership negotiations had concluded after six years of negotiations.

Session ushers in new era of governance

Editor's Note: The Fourth Plenary Session of the 19th Communist Party of China Central Committee, which concluded last week, called for upholding and improving the system of socialism with Chinese characteristics, as well as modernizing the national governance system and governance capability. Two experts share their views on the issue with China Daily's Liu Jianna. Excerpts follow:

Forever the bully, US never gets tired of playing the 'Taiwan card'

Twenty departments including the State Council's Taiwan Affairs Office and the National Development and Reform Commission unveiled"26 measures" on Monday to further enhance cross-Straits economic and cultural exchanges.

Time for Washington to scale back tariffs to guarantee a done deal

Guess the place has become popular speculation since Chile suddenly withdrew as host for the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation meeting it was due to host in Santiago later this month. Yet the conjecture is not about where that meeting will now be held, but about where the presidents of China and the United States will put pen to paper on what the two countries have agreed to so far in their trade negotiations.

United stand puts common interests first

The Chinese government issued 4 billion euro-denominated sovereign bonds on Tuesday in Paris, the first time since 2004, to help the latter pursue its dream of becoming an international financial center.

HK judges must do duty, uphold the law

There was no missing the underlying message when Han Zheng, the top State leader in charge of Hong Kong affairs, categorically urged the executive, legislative and judicial organs of the special administrative region to shoulder their common responsibility to bring the current unrest to an end and restore order in the SAR as soon as possible.

New flexible ticket prices will put high-speed trains back on the rails

HIGH-SPEED TRAIN TICKET PRICES will change on Dec 1 with a flexible multi-tier pricing system being introduced based on different seasons, different time periods, different ticket classes and different operating regions. China Daily's Wang Yiqing comments:

Adverts are not why we buy TVs

MANY SMART TV manufacturers reportedly preinstall advertisements that consumers must watch for about one minute after switching on their TV. Having asked the enterprises to give viewers the option of whether to watch the adverts or not, Jiangsu Provincial Consumer Association announced on Tuesday that none of the seven manufacturers it had talked to had complied with its request, while LeTV lagged even further behind by putting preinstalled advertisements in mandatory consumer agreements. China Daily writer Zhang Zhouxiang comments:

Fresh incentive for trilateral trade deal

Editor's Note: This year marks the 20th anniversary of China-Japan-Republic of Korea cooperation and China will host the eighth trilateral cooperation meeting later this year, which Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will reportedly attend. Columnist Niutanqin comments in a WeChat post:

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From world's factory to world market

The rise of the China International Import Expo reflects China's huge transformation from world producer to world consumer and innovator. Speaking at the second China International Import Expo in Shanghai on Tuesday, President Xi Jinping pledged China will increase its imports, continue to broaden market access, foster a world-class business environment, explore new horizons of opening-up and promote cooperation at multilateral and bilateral levels.