China in Pictures
Gov't Action
- China completes reconstruction of all ice-havoced power grids
- Relief, rebuilding in wake of snow chaos
- China steps up snow relief work
- China to improve disaster insurance system
- Deadline fixed for recovery program
- China vows to house winter storm victims in 4 months
- Government working to rebuild infrastructure in disaster-hit areas
- Power suppliers given deadline for restoration
- 17 mln people getting help in disaster-hit areas
- Local governments helping people with home reconstruction
Government Reform More >>
- China: Launch of new combined "super ministry" announced
- Ministry of Environmental Protection unveiled
- China forms new Cabinet with five "super ministers"
- Institutional restructuring of gov´t revs up China´s overall reform
- NPC deputies praise institutional reform
- Highlights of China´s institutional restructuring plan
- China´s parliament adopts government reshuffle plan
- Planned gov´t reform to help fight corruption
- MOH will oversee food, drug safety
- Overseas media: institutional restructuring to help Chinese gov´t better meet social, economic challenges
Beijing Olympic Games
- Premier: Lhasa riot aimed to undermine Beijing Olympics
- Olympics should not be politicized
- SFDA vows to ensure food & drug safety and clean Olympic without doping
- Olympics food will be ´totally safe´
- China to use GPS to monitor transport, store of Olympic food
- Quarantine chief: No need to carry food to China for Olympics
- Traffic ban for Olympics may start in July
- No traffic ban before July: Official
- Olympics to start with future of humankind
- Beijing Olympics preparations going well
- Yao, doctors to decide whether he will participate in Olympics
People Livelihood
- Shanghai Spring Real Estate Exhibition indicates property prices still high
- Homes in China more expensive
- CPPCC member encourages protection of ethnic culture
- Rural education gap to be bridged
- Pelple´s livelihood prominent in proposals
- China works to help unemployed families find jobs
- Legislation sought to shield poor
- China to increase farmers´ income by 6% this year
- China advocates home care for an aging population
- Migrant worker deputies call for social security roll-overs
- Chinese have more ways to move about
Macro－economic Control More >>
- Central banker Zhou sees room to raise rates
- Shanghai Spring Real Estate Exhibition indicates property prices still high
- Homes in China more expensive
- CPI to remain high before easing in 2nd half
- Foreign investments, hot money come to China
- Restless hot money inflows may worsen China´s inflation risk, warns political advisor
- China´s economy to have rosy prospect in 2008 amid uncertainties
- HK´s economic integration with Mainland becomes stronger
- Lawmaker: Renminbi internationalization not on agenda
- CPPCC members concern about curbing CPI hikes
New Rural Development
- China to increase farmers´ income by 6% this year
- China boosts insurance for rural farmers
- More highly qualified teachers attracted to rural areas
- China to extend agricultural loans
- Rural children exempted from tuition
- China transforms arid land to ensure grain output
- China plans cooperative healthcare for all rural residents by 2010
- China bans city dwellers from buying farmhouses in bid to control land use
- China raises farm land use tax
- Monthly income of China´s migrant workers reaches 953 Yuan
- China´s agricultural tax to no longer exist
- Rural households benefit from micro loans
- China to better protect unattended rural children
Food Safety
Anti-corruption
- Graft war yields success, challenges
- Proposal: Sources of corruption be studied
- China makes breakthroughs in anti-corruption
- China shows no mercy at corruption
- China´s discipline watchdogs establish more websites for corruption report
- President Hu urges fight against corruption
- China issues class B warrants for bank corruption suspects
- CPC discipline watchdog vows to tighten crack down on corruption
Legislation
- Top legislator: People to have bigger say in laws
- Offical: Labor contract law needs to be implemented rather than amended
- Top legislature adopts Anti-Secession Law
- Anti-Secession Law of "important role, far-reaching impact"
- Top legislature adopts landmark property law
- Lawmaker: Property Law may serve as umbrella to farmers´ land
- Parliament adopts corporate income tax law
- Top legislature adopts amendment to Constitution