Ctrip.com, China's largest online travel service, and the Nielsen Company, the global leading market research company, jointly issued the list of national popular tourist cities during the National Day Golden Week on October 5. The top ten cities with the
The Communist Party of China (CPC) made a major policy decision on reform and opening-up at the Third Plenum of its 11 CPC Central Committee held in late 1978 and opened a new historical period for China's reform and opening-up.
Travel volume grew steadily during the National Holiday golden week, the first long holiday in 2008 after the implementation of new holiday system, according to report released on the evening of October 5 by National Holiday Tourism Work Leading Group
Chinese shares fall in the morning session Monday, after big losses on Wall Street. The Shanghai Composite Index dropped 80.7 points, or 3.52 percent, to 2,213.08. The Shenzhen Component Index fell 263.62 points, or 3.49 percent, to 7,295.65. Banking shares
Three decades after the advent of its reforms and opening up, China has become another engine driving the world economy in addition to the United States, UN Under-Secretary-General Sha Zukang has said. China has enjoyed 30 years of continuous and
China National Offshore Oil Company Limited (CNOOC Ltd.) announced Monday it had found a new oil and gas well in east China's Bohai Bay. The well, named Bozhong (BZ) 35-2-2, is located to the east of the Yellow River mouth.
A large field containing rich deposits of rare molybdenum has been found in south China's island province of Hainan, local authorities said here. Molybdenum is a hard, silvery mineral mainly used in toughening alloy steels and softening tungsten alloys. It
In recent days, the large-scale survey "China in the eyes of the world " was released in Beijing. The main recipients of the survey are foreigners who came to China during the Olympic Games. A detailed questionnaire on their impression
I will produce a movie depicting the great changes in China over the past 30 years," said Ryoko Nakano in an exclusive interview with Xinhua. Nakano, who acted the part of "Mayumi" in "Kimi yo fundo no kawa o watare"
Hong Kong stocks nose-dived 878. 64 points, or 4.97 percent, to close below the 17,000 mark on Monday, as the passage of the 700-billion U.S. dollar bailout plan failed to lift the market sentiments around the world. The benchmark Hang
China National Chemical Corporation(ChemChina) announced Monday that China Bluestar (Group) Co. Ltd., its joint venture in Beijing with the Blackstone Group, has officially launched. Bluestar, one of ChemChina's subsidiary company groups, will be transformed into a Sino-foreign joint venture. U.S.-based
Four people have gone on trial here for smuggling more than 100,000 kg of silver from Hong Kong into the Chinese mainland and evading nearly 55 million yuan in taxes (about 8 million U.S. dollars), a court source said on
China's capital readopted a program on Monday allowing car owners to have personalized license plates, but clamping down on the flashy and crude picks such as "UFO", "SEX 001" and "FBI 007" produced by some people six years ago. A
This autumn was a season of revelry and national pride for the Chinese. Not yet recovered from the spectacular summer Olympics in August, the whole nation had something else to celebrate as its first taikonaut waved a Chinese flag in
A man killed three people and injured four others during a family dispute in Shenzhen Monday. The man was captured on site by police who received reports of the attack, said an officer with the local police bureau. He stabbed
Tibet's tourist arrivals plunged 36 percent year-on-year during China's recent National Day holiday when 257,000 people visited the "Roof of the world." Only 110,900 tourists stayed overnight in Tibet, a drop of 41.5 percent from a year ago; one-day tourists
A 6.6-magnitude earthquake jolted Damxung County in Lhasa, the Tibet Autonomous Region capital, at 4:30 p.m. Monday, the State Seismological Bureau (SSB) said. The epicenter was at 29.8 degrees north and 90.3 degrees east, 82 km away from Lhasa. Tremors
