Economic  Law & Politics 

Proposal: Let Rural Land-use Rights be Transferable

A proposed law amendment calls for allowing farmers to transer, rent, and mortage their land-use rights for rural property, and this may pave the way for urban residents to access rural property.

10月7日 18:57

Beijing Ups Fuel Prices For Going Green

Beijing has introduced green fuel with less pollutant emission, and that comes at a higher price.

10月7日 16:13

Central Audit Reveals Billions in Misused Funds

A report released by the government's central auditing bureau has blown the top off of billions in mis-managed, embezzled, and otherwise squandered funds.

8月28日 19:38

Report Cards Bite Chinese Officials

A county in Anhui province is trying out a new system to grade government agencies and drop those that score poorly. But is it fair and partial?

8月26日 11:24

Green Tax on Big Cars in China

Buying big cars in China will cost more after September 1 when the vehicle excise tax will go up by 40% for high engine capacity cars to discourage fuel consumption and carbon dioxide emmission.

8月13日 19:50

Attacks in China's Xinjiang Killed 16 Police

Sixteen border patrol policemen died and 16 others injured following an explosive attack in western China's Xinjiang province on Monday.

8月4日 14:55

China's Price-fixing Catalog for Review

The Chinese government is evaluating the possibilty of loosening price controls for certain items listed on the official price-fixing catalog, yet inflationary pressure poses challenges.

7月29日 16:30

Missing Funds Spark Probe of Bank Vice President

Missing funds from a developmental loan are thought to be leads in a corruption probe of a major Chinese policy bank's vice president.

6月27日 11:35

Shenzhen Lays Ambitious Plans for Democratic Politics

After being crowned as a pioneer in China's economic reform and opening-up, Shenzhen now eyes to be the first in political reforms.

6月19日 11:22

Special Bankruptcy Out for SOE's Coming to an End

Hundreds of billions of yuan later, a special-treatment program by which state-owned Chinese businesses could declare bankruptcy and repay employees first will end with 2008.

6月13日 18:18

Statistics Bureau Chief to Head Cabinet Think Tank

After taking over the helm of the National Statistics Bureau from a disgraced official for 19 months, Xie Fuzhan is moving again to head the think tank for Chinese State Council.

6月2日 17:18

Preventing a Potential Second-Wave Disaster in Sichuan

The Chinese State Council has issued a strict directive on preventing a potential second-wave disaster arising from endangered dams and landslide-dammed lakes in earthquake-hit Sichuan.

5月21日 20:42

Leveling the Peak to Fill the Valley, for Balanced Salaries

A plan to stadardize public sector allowances is likely to impact some eight million public servents, for better or worse.

5月14日 17:07

Trade Deadlock: By the Numbers, or by the Rules?

China has insisted on excluding state-owned enterprises and local governments' purchases from open competition by WTO members to avoid what it says would be unbalanced market liberalization.

5月9日 16:24

China Tax Reform: Two Speeches, One Story

Chinese officials are striding forward with schemes that would channel more taxes into the central government, with implications for the country's wealth gap and growth-driven environmental damage.

5月7日 17:29

A Party Outsider, a Public Election

A party-sponsored, televised election of candidates for directorships in Nanjing leads to a party outsider's rising to the top.

4月18日 16:32

China To Raise Poverty Line

A poverty relief document being drafted proposes to raise China's poverty line, which would potentially double the amount of Chinese below it to 80 million.

4月17日 15:39

State Council Diet Continues

The trimming down of China's State Council hits an important landmark as over 25 project groups are dissolved.

4月11日 16:54

One Minister, Ten Deputies

One minister and ten deputy ministers will be taking helm of the newly established "super ministry" of Human Resources and Social Security.

3月26日 13:45

Zhejiang Reps Dive into Open Budgets

After participatory budget reforms in a handful of Zhejiang towns, local representatives are seizing upon their newfound right to vet budget proposals.

3月25日 17:10