Premier Wen Jiabao called for greater efforts to support growth, through more monetary fine-tuning and fiscal incentives, amid signs of the economy further cooling.
The development of Central China will be a pillar of the nation's economic growth amid the slowly recovering global economy and China's cooling GDP expansion, with key industries such as agriculture, energy and machinery being promoted, officials said on Friday.
Shi Junfang may appear similar to most young, Chinese single women in her 30s. She is hard working, loves chatting and telling jokes and exudes charm with a quick smile.
US President Barack Obama and his Republican rival Mitt Romney waged a war of words in a bid to court women's votes that soon turned into a heated exchange among mothers. During an interview, Democratic pundit Hilary Rosen attacked Mitt Romney for saying his wife is his advisor on women's economic issues, saying Ann Romney "has actually never worked a day in her life".
A great deal of strange behavior occurs when hard-working students try to relieve the mounting pressure of preparing for the national college entrance examination, says an article in People's Daily.
A laid-off worker in Wuhan successfully tested his homemade submarine on Tuesday, hoping it could attract attention from the local aquatic product breeding industry.
More than 200 citizens living in one small community has called on the local authorities to fell poplar trees because the cotton like fluff, which comes from bursting seed pods, is causing a nuisance.
