Salt maker to step up reform pace

China National Salt Industry Group, or CNSIC, the country's biggest table salt manufacturer by production volume, will accelerate the pace of mixed-ownership reform by introducing new strategic investors and pushing one of its units to be listed in the stock markets in 2020, according to its top executive.

Demand rises for more emotional AI chatbots

Rising demand for artificial intelligence-powered chatbots with sentiment analysis is creating new growth opportunities for businesses in the area, experts said.

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Public State-owned assets good for people

Editor's Note: The State Council recently released a special report on national administrative and public State-owned assets, which shows that at the end of 2018 the scale of national administrative and public State-owned assets was 33.5 trillion yuan ($4.74 trillion), among which the scale of administrative organizations' State-owned assets was 10.1 trillion yuan, and that of public institutions' State-owned assets was 23.4 trillion yuan. Beijing Youth Daily comments:

Something to be desired in Facebook's values

Being unable to enter the Chinese market seems to have given Mark Zuckerberg, founder and chief executive officer of Facebook, a messiah complex.

Paralympian puts spotlight on euthanasia

MARIEKE VERVOORT, a paralympic gold medalist from Belgium, died by euthanasia on Tuesday at the age of 40, which aroused fierce discussion on both domestic and overseas social networks. China Daily writer Zhang Zhouxiang comments:

Business environment rises to higher level

Washington has tried to justify its trade war against China as a noble crusade to better improve the latter's business practices and business environment. But it has been unable to pull the wool over people's eyes, since it is clear that its tariffs are simply intended to blow China's doors open for a smash-and-grab.

Pompeo in his glass house should stop throwing stones

In traditional Chinese culture, a man of integrity is not supposed to speak ill of other people behind their backs. Only a mean person does that.

US corporate debt a threat to global financial stability

AT A RECENT FORUM HE ATTENDED, former deputy finance minister Zhu Guangyao said that negative interest rates around the world should be taken seriously, since bonds priced at negative interest rates pose a major challenge to global financial stability. 21st Century Business Herald comments:

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Economy resilient despite trade war

After China released its third-quarter data, The Wall Street Journal headline sounded a warning: "China's economic growth slowest in decades." CNN seconded: "China's economic growth drops to lowest level since 1992." Reuters extended the timeline: "China's GDP growth grinds to near 30-year low as tariffs hit production."

Traders step into sneakers to make money

Throughout the ages, few stories have been as thrilling and appealing as rags-to-riches tales. The reason: people across the social divide have since times immemorial wanted to ameliorate their condition, sooner rather than better. And such stories have rarely been in short supply.