October 13 is the first Monday since Beijing implemented "to drive one day less each week" traffic management measures. Nearly 800,000 motor vehicles in Beijing stop. During Monday morning rush hour, the traffic was basically smoother and faster than before.
China and Russia held a ceremony at Heixiazi Island on Tuesday to unveil the boundary markers for eastern section of China-Russia boundary. &$ &$Chinese soldiers raise a national flag during a ceremony on the Heixiazi Island Oct. 14, 2008. China
With the successful closure of Beijing Olympic Games, the 2010 Shanghai World Expo will become the next focus of attention of the world. Internet-service provider Tencent and multi-media service provider Crystal CG Ltd will work together to hold the first
Shanghai Pudong Development Bank, partly owned by Citigroup Inc., forecast unaudited net profit will surge about 150 percent year-on-year in the first three quarters of 2008. In a statement to the Shanghai Stock Exchange on Tuesday, the mid-sized bank attributed
The Chinese Health Ministry sent experts Monday to eastern Fujian Province to investigate four deaths caused by anaesthesia at a local hospital. The Sanming City Health Department said Tuesday, four people died at the No. 2 Hospital of Sanming, between
With a looming global financial crisis aggravating the difficulties posed by a fierce job market, many consider the future for the country's fresh college graduates to be bleak. The number of job hunters from this group entering the market next
The number of returned Chinese studying overseas will be up to 50,000 in 2008, officials from China's Ministry of Education said that recently. Statistics from the Ministry of Education shows that in 2007, 144,000 Chinese went overseas to study, and
The 13th International Biotechnology Symposium & Exhibition (IBS) kicked off on October 13 2008 in Dalian, northeast China's Liaoning Province, with the theme of "biotechnology for the sustainable development of human society". Two Noble laureates, professors and scholars from 80
China's lowest inland point is the Ayding Lake in the Turpan depression of China's northwestern Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, 154.31 meters below sea level, according to the State Bureau of Surveying and Mapping (SBSM). Li Weisen, deputy director general of
The resettlement plan for Tibetan herders in Sichuan province was officially launched recently. According to this plan, Sichuan will invest 5 billion yuan in the next four years to carry out the building of pastoral new villages in Sichuan's Tibetan
The rising yuan along with escalating production costs, drove half of China's toy exporters out of the market in the first seven months of this year, the General Administration of Customs said in a report Monday. A total of 3,631
Beijing is striving to open one subway line in each of the next 5 years, and the total subway mileage is expected to reach 300 km by 2010, revealed vice director of Beijing Municipal Committee of Communications, Zhou Zhengyu. So
The four-wheeled three-axis lunar vehicle, a major engineering project for the moon exploration program, developed by Hunan University has received praises from domestic and foreign experts, according to report by Changsha Evening News. Based on the thought of "four-wheels three-axis",
China's central bank said on Tuesday that the country's foreign exchange reserves reached 1.9056 trillion U.S. dollars by September this year. &$&$Source:Xinhua&$&$ ...
Chinese shares plunged 2.71 percent on Tuesday despite early rise in the morning, as heavyweight shares weakened after previous rebounds. The benchmark Shanghai Composite Index declined 56.25 points to end at 2,017.32 points. The Shenzhen Component Index closed at 6,473.12
Capital Airports Holding Company (CAH), the mother company of Beijing Capital International Airport, will host the 15th World Routes Development Forum next year. It will be the first time the worldwide aviation forum will be held in China, taking place
Hong Kong stocks raised 520.72 points, or 3.19 percent, to close at 16,832.88 on Tuesday. Turnover moved up to 81.66 billion HK dollars (10.53 billion U.S. dollars from Monday's 72.59 billion HK dollars (9.32 billion U.S. dollars). &$&$Source: Xinhua&$&$ ...
Shougang Group, a Chinese iron and steel maker, announced Monday it would auction off most of its blast furnaces in western Beijing. The No. 5 furnace, the first large facility ever constructed for iron making by Shougang, will be the
China's government says state-owned enterprises (SOEs) should exercise prudence when investing in 2009 to prevent financial crisis as the global economy teeters on the brink of collapse. The State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission (SASAC) made the request in a
