Move to improve tax rule means business
2011-03-15 08:02:51
In the second straight year of heated discussions on raising the threshold for individual income tax, national legislators and political advisers this time appeared to mean business.
Public subsidies going to house Tibetans
2011-03-15 07:50:18
Dawa, a 48-year-old peasant in a small village in the Tibet autonomous region, has seen many recent changes in both his house and life.
All survivors sheltered in quake-hit county
2011-03-14 09:58:37
Local authorities said all earthquake victims had found shelter after nearly 9,000 tents were set up in the earthquake-hit Yingjiang County in southwest China.
Protect ethnic groups' education
2011-03-14 08:17:09
China's national legislators from Guizhou province, where ethnic groups account for about 40 percent of the population, have proposed a new law to improve the education of ethnic groups to facilitate their development and address social problems.
Qingdao ambitious to be exemplary city
2011-03-14 07:31:36
Shandong province plans to invest 30 billion yuan ($4.6 billion) in Qingdao Port to double its throughput capacity to 600 million tons by 2015, according to Chang Dechuan, president of Qingdao Port (Group) Co Ltd.
Forage plant fire raging for 22 hours
2011-03-13 11:47:00
Fire-fighters on Sunday are continuing their efforts to contain a fire that has been raging for more than 22 hours in a forage plant in Tongliao city, North China's Inner Mongolia autonomous region.
Cold front to sweep China
2011-03-13 12:32:53
A cold front will sweep across most parts of China, from west to east, over the next three days, and will bring rains and sandstorms, Sunday's weather forecast said.
At least 20 killed as coach plunges in Xinjiang
2011-03-11 16:15:26
At least 20 were killed and 16 others injured after a coach bus fell off the road and plunged into a ravine Friday morning in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, local rescuers said.
Govt eyes nuclear energy as oil price rises
2011-03-11 08:14:46
A senior energy official has warned the government to be "fully aware" of the risk of imported inflation as spreading uncertainty in the oil-rich Middle East and North Africa keeps driving up the global oil price.
New Beijing-Tibet expressway project approved
2011-03-10 15:57:18
An expressway project to ease traffic congestion on a section of the Beijing-Tibet expressway has been given the green light.
Chongqing leads the way in affordable housing
2011-03-10 08:16:00
The average property price in December in Beijing reached 26,599 yuan per square meter, according to figures released by the Beijing municipal commission of housing and urban-rural development.
Xinjiang still faces severe tests on stability
2011-03-08 13:22:10
Xinjiang is on the whole safe and stable, but facing severe challenges in maintaining social stability as its social management foundation is still weak, the head of Xinjiang government said Tuesday.