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GOVERNMENT: China Issues Draft Regulations Strengthening Government Transparency; Government bodies that fail to, or refuse to, publicize information that is legally required to be made public, may be pursued in court, if draft regulations issued by the Supreme People' s Court (SPC) yesterday are passed.; The Beijing News | 2009-11-03

POLITICS: China's Minister of Education Removed From Office; At the conclusion of the 11th meeting of the Standing Committee of the Eleventh National People's Congress, it was announced that a decision had been made to dismiss the Minister of Education Zhou Ji. His deputy, Yuan Guiren, was appointed as the new minister.; Beijing Times | 2009-11-02

REAL ESTATE: 70 million New Houses to be Built in China Over Next 10 Years; An official from the Housing and Urban-Rural Construction Policy Research Center yesterday said that over the next 10 years, 70 to 80 million new houses would be constructed in the country and that two thirds of China's households will be living in a newly-constructed homes.SourceThe Beijing News Google Translate; The Beijing News | 2009-11-02

ENVIRONMENT: Shipping Accident Causes 100 Tons of Acid to be Dumped in Yangtze; Early Sunday morning, a container ship sank carrying 100 tons of hydrochloric acid sank in the Yangtze river after being involved in an accident. The accident took place in Ezhou County, downstream from Wuhan, and officials from the Hubei Province Environmental Protection Office were sent to help local authorities manage the clean up.; Chongqing Evening News | 2009-11-02

HOUSING: First House Buyer Discount Policy Remains Unchanged; The Press Office of the People's Bank of China announced yesterday that there is still no official plan to bring to an end the ongoing preferential policy which allows people buying their first home to enjoy a 30% discount on the current mortgage rate.; Beijing News | 2009-10-30

HOUSING: Central Government Investment in Low-income Housing Falls Short; Only 23.6% of the central government's planned investment in low-income housing for this year had been completed as of the end of August. Only 39.49 billion yuan of the budgeted total of 167.6 billion yuan had been invested, according to a report from the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress.; Economic Observer | 2009-10-30

TRADE: US and China Meet to Discuss Trade; Officials from the United States and China pledged their willingness to rein in trade protectionism and promote energy cooperation at the China-US Joint Commission on Commerce and Trade that opened in Hangzhou yesterday. Officials from both countries also reached consensus on problems related to environmental protection, tourism and agriculture.; China News | 2009-10-30

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China's Tax Revenue Up 2.2% in First 9 Months: China's tax revenue rose 2.2 percent to nearly 4.51 trillion yuan (660.5 billion US dollars) in the first nine months of this year.; Source:Ministry of Finance

Central Government Approval for Shanghai Disneyland: The NDRC has granted approval to the construction of a Disneyland theme park in Shanghai.; Source:Shanghai Municipal Government

NATIONALISATION: Advance of the State; A look at the recent growth in the role of government and state-owned enterprises in a ran...