An investigation conducted by Sina yesterday shows that, among the 29,199 internet users surveyed, over 90% were opposed to the continued use of flour brightener. The Ministry of Health has been seeking public opinions on the use of flour brightener.
China will increase supervision over the property market, increase housing supply and curb property speculation during the upcoming 12th Five-Year Plan period, an official from the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development said yesterday.
The heads of 12 Chinese cities, including Weinan City in Shaanxi Province and Yuncheng City in Shanxi Province, met with the head of the Ministry of Land and Resources, Xu Shaoshi, yesterday. They were asked to report local cases of illegal land use and p
At a seminar on property tax held by Fudan University, an anonymous expert said that the Shanghai government may tax newly-purchased houses with an area over 200 square meters. Only the area exceeding the 200 square meter limit will be taxed.
The life satisfaction index for both urban and rural residents, especially people living in provincial areas, experienced a drop in 2010, according to the blue paper on social affairs released yesterday by the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences. The paper
A year after soliciting public opinions on the revised Expropriation and Compensation Rules on Houses on State-Owned Land, the law office under the State Council is once again seeking public opinion on new legislation. The new legislation will prevent loc
According to a survey conducted by the central bank, 45.2% of urban residents are willing to invest. For the first time, willingness to invest exceeded willingness to deposit, with property still the primary target for investment. The central bank first i
After initiating a heated price war with competitor Dangdang Net on December 14, Liu Qiangdong, CEO of Jingdong Online Shopping, complained on his microblog that Dangdang Net had barred publishers from selling books to Jingdong. Publishers dismissed the c
According to CCTV, an explosion occured in the Jiangdu Development Zone in Jiangsu Province's Yangzhou City this afternoon, wounding at least 30 people. The source of the explosion has not been reported. The injured have been sent to Jiangdu People's Hosp
The Legislative Affairs Commission under the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress released the opinions collected on the draft of the Law of Vehicle and Vessel Usage Tax yesterday. Among the nearly 100,000 public opinions collected, 54.6 p
Responding to a media report which stated the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission (SASAC) will list 40 centrally-owned enterprises (COEs) on the A-share market, the SASAC stated that, in fact, it was only promoting 16 COEs to be l
As of January 1, the import and export tax ratios of certain items will be adjusted since China's tariff reduction commitments for WTO entry expire in 2010. More than 600 products that are resource-intensive, concerning basic materials and key components
The National Audit Office will pilot a policy to audit CPC provincial committee secretaries (provincial level party chiefs) according to Sun Baohou, cheif auditor with the National Audit Office. Currently, only provincial governors are covered by the poli
At approximately 8.50am this morning, up to 23 people were injured when an escalator at the Guomao Station on Line 1 of Shenzhen's subway system malfunctioned, a pregnant woman was among those injured.
This year's "Chunyun" or peak passenger travel period, that occurs every year over the Spring Festival holiday when many people working in urban center return to their rural homes for the holiday, will officially begin on January 19, a reporter from the B
A chemical factory located in Toksun, a city about 170km south east of Urumuqi, the capital of the Xinjiang Autonomous Region, has been shut down by police after a media expose revealed that workers had been subjecting 8 mentally ill employees to inhumane
Yesterday, The Henan Yimei Coal Group either suspended from work or removed seven people from their positions due to their role in allowing a mining accident to occur in the county of Mianchi in Henan Province on December 7. Suo Yonggang, the owner of the
In response to a media reports about a possible cooking oil shortage, the National Development and Reform Commission has published an article on its website assuring the public that there will be enough cooking oil to meet increased demand over the New Ye
On December 2, the National Development and Reform Commission ordered the four largest domestic cooking oil producers to not raise the price of their products over the New Year and Spring Festival period. Due to pricing pressures that meant they would be
