The Ministry of Environmental Protection has released Guidelines for Listed Companies to Publicize Environmental Information requiring listed companies to publish temporary reports on sudden environment-related accidents on the day they occur. It also req
According to statistics released by China’s central bank, RMB loans have increased by 545.2 billion yuan in August, which is 134.8 billion yuan more than that of the same period of last year, statistics released by the central bank show. As of the end of
Statistics released by the capital's Bureau of Statistics yesterday and data presented on the city's Commission of Housing and Urban-Rural Development website devoted to monitoring real estate transactions, give conflicting accounts of the amount of new c
Some areas in Guangzhou are already requiring people who want to buy various kinds of large kitchen knives to provide their name, address, I.D number and additional information. According to this report, the requirenebt will gradually be rolled out across
Yesterday, the second trial for Guangzhou’s even-odd license plate system to keep cars off the road on alternate days began. This was the first time the trial took place during the workweek. Because the trial began relatively late in the morning, early mo
At the beginning of August, Huazhong University of Science and Technology Professor Zhou Guangli published the shocking results of his survey on the quality of China’s PhDs. 46% of PhD advisors have more than 7 PhD advisees, and one professor surveyed eve
The central government collected 561.93 billion yuan in fiscal revenue in August, up only 7.3% from the same period last year. This is the first time that the monthly growth rate of fiscal revenue has fallen to single digits.
China's CPI increased by 3.5% in Ausust, a 22-month high. But the country's one-year deposit rate is still locked in at 2.25%, making the actual deposit rate -1.25%. This is the seventh month in a row the rate of CPI growth has outpaced the annual deposit
People's Daily Online recently opened a channel that allows people to leave messages for the country's leaders. The name of the site translates roughly as "Direct Line to Zhongnanhai" (available here http://cpc.people.com.cn/GB/191862/191863/index.html) a
The Ministry of Railways is negotiating with banks to start an online booking system, a reporter from Guangzhou Daily learned from anonymous source. Online Booking may be piloted by a local line or a high-speed railway.
Zhang Chunjiang, the former party secertary and vice-chairman of China Mobile, has been expelled from the Communist Party of China after an investigation by the party's central Commission for Discipline Inspection discovered that he had abused his positio
According to the National Bureau of Statistics, housing prices in 70 large- and medium-sized cities increased by an average of 9.3% in August, compared to the same period last year. While the area of floor space sold and value of sales decreased by 10.1%
China will focus on the development of natural gas as a source of electrical power during the period of the 12th Five-Year Plan, says Li Junfeng, deputy director of the Energy Research Institute of the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC). He
China's Deputy Minister of Commerce Wang Chao, has said that acquisition activity led by private enterprises will become a "new highlight" of the way that China conducts foreign investment in the future. He made the remarks during a presentation at the Fo
Du Shunaghua, the former chairman of Shandong Rizhao Steel Group and star witness in last year's trial of four Rio Tinto employees, is said to have sold his 33% stake in the company to Shandong Steel Group and to be exiting the company. Shandong Steel Gro
The State Administration of Work Safety announced today that starting from October 7th this year, if leaders refuse to descend mine shafts with their workers and subsequently an accident occurs, they will be fined up to 5 million yuan and 80% of their ann
Wang Huayuan, the former party secretary of Zhejiang's Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection, the Communist Party body charged with monitoring the behaviour of high-level party officials, was sentenced to death, with a 2-year reprieve, by Zaozhu
A reporter from the People's Daily conducted an investigation into the lives of China's so-called "middle class." The reporter found that the Chinese "middle class" were living under intense pressure, with half of their income devoted toward paying off th
By 2015, China will see a significant decrease in the proportion of the working-age population, said Yang Yansui, director of the employment and social security research center of Tsinghua University, at the 21st Century Forum yesterday. Yang went on to s
To reach their annual carbon-emission reduction targets, many provinces, including Hebei, Guangxi, Guangdong, Jiangsu and Zhejiang have capped power supply to local steel mills. In Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, steel companies that do not meet current
