Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao (2nd R Front) visits an exhibition marking the 60th anniversary of the founding of the Chinese Academy of Sciences in Beijing, capital of China, Nov. 2, 2009. (Xinhua/Liu Weibing)&$&$ Premier Wen Jiabao Monday visited an exhibition

The Union of Myanmar Federation of Chambers of Commerce and Industry (UMFCCI) has honored persons who contributed to the winning of some exhibition-related awards in the recent China-ASEAN Expo held in Nanning, capital of Southwest China' Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region,

China will announce further measures to promote substantial cooperation with Africa at the upcoming meeting between China and African nations, Vice Minister of Commerce Chen Jian said on Monday. "China will further promote cooperation with African nations on agriculture, food

A Chinese bio-technologist called for cooperation with companies to tap the market potential of the garments produced with colorful silk spun by the genetically modified silkworms. Professor Xiang Zhonghuai, a member of the Chinese Academy of Engineering and a renowned

China's top legislator Wu Bangguo on Monday pledged to work with Australia to enhance comprehensive cooperative relations. "We always attach great importance to promoting the ties with Australia," said Wu, chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress

Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping (R) meets with Foreign Minister of Finland Alexander Stubb in Beijing, China, Nov. 2, 2009. (Xinhua/Ma Zhancheng)&$&$ Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping met here Monday with visiting Finnish Foreign Minister Alexander Stubb, pledging to boost

China's top political advisor Jia Qinglin on Monday called for a thorough grasp of the essence of "The Art of War" -- an ancient Chinese book on military strategy, to promote lasting peace and common prosperity in the world. "How

Eleven Tibetan buddhists received the "Tho Ram Pa" degree, one of the highest academic degrees for the Tibetan Buddhism, here on Monday. The monks, from the Gelug and Nyingma sects of the Tibetan Buddhism, were granted the degree, which is

Individual behaviors unfriendly to the environment have become a real obstacle for tackling the climate change, experts said Monday at the China Energy and Environment Summit in Beijing. "Compared with developing clean energy, it will be more difficult to change

Nearly 70,000 students, teachers and medical personnel have been inoculated with the A/H1N1 flu vaccine in southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, the regional health authorities said Friday. The central government had sent 200,000 doses of vaccine to the regional capital,

The Chinese mainland Monday reported its seventh death from A/H1N1 flu in central Hunan Province. The patient, a 14-year-old middle school student in Changning City, died of cerebral hemorrhage, cerebral hernia and respiratory failure Saturday after nearly one month of

Farmers mulch plastic film in the field in Yongjing County of northwest China's Gansu Province, Nov. 1, 2009. Gansu Province has planned to spread the agricultural technique of plastic mulching in dry lands covering an area of 0.67 million hectares

The 13th World Lake Conference is held in Wuhan, capital of central China's Hubei Province, Nov. 2, 2009. More than 1,200 government officials and experts from 50 countries and regions attended the conference. (Xinhua/Cheng Min)&$

China is threatened by more than 400 invasive alien species, which has caused billions of yuan of economic losses, an agricultural official said Monday. "We have discovered more than 400 harmful species alien to the country so far," said Wan

U.S. search giant Google on Monday launched a Chinese version of its voice search service for mobile phones for a market with at least 700 million mobile users. The service is available for the Nokia S60 phone in China's mainland,

Slippery roads and driver's improper operation were to blame for a road accident which killed 14 people and injured 40 others in north China's Shanxi Province last week, local police said Monday. The accident happened Friday, when a bus with

Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi and visiting Finnish counterpart Alexander Stubb discussed bilateral ties and pledged further cooperation on Monday. Yang hailed the growth of China-Finland relations, which enjoyed firm political, economic and social bases, and cooperation on international and

Two Russian tourists missing in an avalanche in southwest China had "virtually zero" chance of survival after being buried for five days, but rescue efforts would continue, local authorities said Monday. The likelihood of the man and woman surviving the

The 13th World Lake Conference is held in Wuhan, capital of central China's Hubei Province, Nov. 2, 2009. More than 1,200 government officials and experts from 50 countries and regions attended the conference. (Xinhua/Cheng Min)&$&$ Chinese senior officials on Monday

The Kuomintang (KMT) on Monday decided to hold a by-election of its Central Standing Committee in mid November after committee members were either ousted or forced to turn in resignations following a vote-buying scandal. The by-election will be held on