China is expected to launch a stock connect scheme between the Shenzhen and Hong Kong bourses next year, said a senior official of the China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC) on Friday. The stock connect schemes allow investors to ...
Tags: Shenzhen-HK Stock
A fugitive who caught pneumonia because of Beijing's heavy smog recently gave himself up to the police in his hometown in Hunan Province. The fugitive, surnamed Long, is the main suspect of a burglary in Qidong County of Hunan Province. ...
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A draft amendment to the population and family planning law is being discussed by the top legislature. Along with the universal two-child policy, the amendment covers issues including illegal surrogacy and the cancellation of extended ...
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Japan's Cabinet has approved a record-high military budget for fiscal 2016. The 5 trillion yen, or 42 billion U.S. dollar plan marks the fourth consecutive year that Japan has increased its defense budget. This is the first defense ...
A new Chinese-made space-based telescope tasked with searching for signs of "dark matter" has formally begun its mission, beaming its first set of data to ground stations on Thursday. The Dark Matter Particle Explorer (DAMPE) Satellite, ...
Tags: Monkey King, Data Home
Shen Hao, former president of 21st Century Media Co. Ltd., was sentenced to four years in prison on Thursday for blackmailing companies by threatening negative coverage. Shen was convicted of extortion and forced transactions, among other ...
Chinese Premier Li Keqiang has called on secretary-generals and general office directors of government agencies to better serve the operation of governmental organs. Li made the remarks while meeting with participants of a national ...
Official stats show that China's civil aviation sector has seen record profits of 55 billion yuan, or more than 8 billion U.S. dollars, during the first eleven months of this year. The number is up three quarters compared to the same ...
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This year China has seen its customs undertaking reforms to facilitate trade across the border. Yu Guangzhou, head of the General Administration of Customs, said the customs clearance reform is in accordance with the annual economic work ...
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Chinese entrepreneurs are not as confident about the macro economy as they were in the previous quarter, said a quarterly survey by China's central bank Thursday. Based on a survey of over 5,000 industrial businessmen nationwide, the ...
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Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region has produced more than 30 billion cubic meters of natural gas this year, ranking second in the country following Shaanxi Province. According to the latest statistics from the region's ...
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The China Banking Regulatory Commission has revoked the private fund-manager licenses of 17 commercial banks. Media reports say the specific reason could be they had violated certain conditions under the Law on Commercial Banks, which ...
Tags: Fund-manager, Licenses
International industry experts say China's property market needs more government support if excess stock in the housing sector is to be reduced. Experts say much residential housing has left empty over the past few years, creating a major ...
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China is set to cut benchmark on-grid price of electricity generated by onshore wind power and photovoltaic power to promote a sound environment for the green-energy industry, the country’s top economic planner said on Thursday. The ...
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China has realized universal power access when the last remote group of 39,800 people became able to light their homes with electricity. The light came on Wednesday in Gomang and Changjiang villages in the northwestern Qinghai province, ...
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