Spring Festival boosts tourism in Dalian

2012-02-01 15:38:46

Dalian's tourism pocketed 1.04 billion yuan ($165.5 million) during the week-long Spring Festival holiday, up 18.7 percent from the previous year.

Guangdong to construct 1st offshore wind farm

2012-01-31 11:22:38

South China's Guangdong province will construct a 198-megawatt (mw) offshore wind farm this year and connect it to the grid in 2014.

Services and talent attract logistics firms to Tianfu

2012-01-30 19:43:58

Chengdu's efficient local government and the city's qualified workers are attracting top international companies to Tianfu New Area.

Plans for massive 'new Chengdu'

2012-01-30 19:43:21

In the new round of China’s strategy to develop its western regions, the Tianfu New Area, which is located in Chengdu, Southwest China's Sichuan province and aimed to build a "new Chengdu", began construction on December 25, 2011.

A Japanese teacher's dedication to China

2012-01-28 17:27:01

Shan Tianmao, a 77-year-old Japanese, who came to Xi'an, a northwestern Chinese city, to help students study Japanese for free after his retirement 10 years ago, was diagnosed advanced intestinal cancer recently.

Sina to build R&D center in Sichuan

2012-01-25 23:36:40

China's Sina Corporation has reached an agreement with Chengdu Hi-tech Zone to set up its wireless application R&D center.

Snowstorms affect 256,000 in Central China

2012-01-25 04:25:43

Days of snow and freezing weather have affected 256,000 people in the remote mountainous regions in Hunan Province

Jiangsu launches English-language portal

2012-01-19 14:57:13

The launch ceremony for Jiangsu International Online and the English channel of jschina.com was held in Nanjing on January 18.

Chengdu eyes fast transportation system

2012-01-17 16:05:27

Chengdu, the provincial capital of Sichuan province, will carry out a "Half-Hour Transportation Plan" in the next few years. According to the plan, the travel time between the Chengdu downtown and outskirt county will take no more than 30 minutes.

Arid capital to get water from key project

2012-01-14 07:35:53

A large part of Beijing's water will be supplied by the middle route of the South-to-North Water Diversion project when it is completed in 2014.

Chengdu International Automobile Town in the Tianfu

2012-01-12 10:51:34

As one of the two industrial bases with estimated annual sales revenues of one trillion yuan in the Tianfu New Area, the Chengdu Economic and Development Industrial Zone prioritizes automobile research, development and manufacturing.

African countries learning from China's SEZs

2012-01-11 13:42:52

A delegation of African government officials, experts and entrepreneurs gathered in Shenzhen on Monday for a China-Africa poverty reduction and development seminar, organized by the International Poverty Reduction Center in China, United Nations Development Program and China Center for Special Economic Zones Research of Shenzhen University.