Chinese-developed drug treatment holds promise of cure for Alzheimer's

ON SATURDAY, the National Medical Products Administration approved a new medicine co-developed by several Chinese teams, which will provide new treatment options for Alzheimer's disease patients. Tu Ewen and Zhou Jian, two senior doctors on brain science at the Brain Hospital of Hunan province, comment:

Old heating rules should be changed

ON NOV 1, North China's Tianjin began delivering its annual central heating service to its residents, two weeks ahead of the national schedule. China Daily writer Zhang Zhouxiang comments:

Three key areas for next wave of innovation

Editor's Note: In a recent interview with 21st Century Business Herald, Yossi Vardi, a renowned Israeli high-tech entrepreneur, spoke highly of China's endogenous technologies. China Daily summarizes his main ideas from the Chinese-language report:

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Foreign trade vital to boosting economy

That China is holding the 2nd China International Import Expo shows it is committed to promoting shared prosperity and mutual benefit.

Setting tech standards comes with rewards

The commercial use of 5G technology started in China on Friday with mobile carriers offering 5G mobile services.

China and France set to strengthen cooperation and boost economies

French President Emmanuel Macron will pay a state visit to China from Monday to Thursday and attend the opening ceremony of the 2nd China International Import Expo in Shanghai on Tuesday.

Manufacturing gains help bolster confidence

Mixed signals emanating from the latest purchasing manager's index have indicated the "fragile" beginning of a potential major recovery of China's manufacturing sector, analysts said on Friday.

BOC boosts financial services for cross-border e-commerce

Bank of China Ltd launched a new version of its integrated financial services plan for cross-border e-commerce on Friday to better meet the demand for financial services driven by fast growing cross-border e-commerce amid China's economic restructuring and transition.

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Plenum displays CPC's resolve to strengthen law-based governance

Like each of its kind in the past, the Fourth Plenary Session of the 19th Communist Party of China Central Committee came crowned with a series of fresh intra-Party consensuses on the identified priorities for the Party and the country.

Fed move reflects concern at uncertainties

The US Federal Reserve on Wednesday announced its decision to cut its key overnight lending rate by a quarter of a percentage point to a target range of between 1.50 percent and 1.75 percent. The reduction is a sign of caution by the US monetary policymakers given the continuing economic uncertainties both in the United States and worldwide.