China aims to build a world-class utility tunnel network by 2020 to improve urban planning and achieve quality growth, according to the State Council, China's cabinet. The tunnels will help solve the problems of "road zippers" and ...
Tags: tunnel network, heating cables
The Chinese central government released a guideline to make agriculture more intensive and environmentally friendly on Friday, as they seek to ensure adequate and safe food supply. The guideline, issued by the State Council, or China's ...
Tags: fertilizer, pesticide
A guideline for China's Internet finance drafted by the central bank and other financial regulators will soon be released, said a central bank official on Sunday at a Shanghai forum. The guideline seeks to "promote the healthy development ...
The Australia and New Zealand Ministerial Forum on Food Regulation (the Forum) met in Hobart today and considered a range of food regulation matters. The Forum comprises all Australian and New Zealand Ministers responsible for food ...
Tags: food regulation, food safety
The Hohenstein Institute has developed a model specifically for predicting the lifespan and period of use for cotton textiles, so that uniform providers can work out their costs for replacing worn out materials. “The weakness of ...
Tags: Hohenstein Institute, textiles
Area rugs are versatile. They can create cozy conversation areas, allow you to embrace a bold print or provide a neutral anchor to a room. Area rugs come in a variety of shapes and sizes. To find an area rug that fits in your room, decide ...
China is pushing for exports of industrial capacity, a new economic dynamic. Chinese Premier Li Keqiang will witness the signing of several deals on industrial capacity cooperation in Brazil, the first leg of his Latin America tour, said ...
A new research by the University of Surrey has revealed that front labelling on food packaging can be more effective in persuading consumers to make healthier food choices. The research was recently published in the British Journal of ...
Tags: Front Food Labelling, Food Label
Last week, the developing crop weather story in the Midwest was one of dry soils and their potential for impeding early spring fieldwork and planting. As this week begins, it looks like Mother Nature's going to bring some much-needed ...
Before you start kicking up dust this spring as planting gets rolling, make sure you're not only doing everything right but also avoiding the things you shouldn't be doing, whether it be small-scale agronomic matters or farmwide management ...
Tags: Soil test, Segments of the production equation, Agriculture
China's central bank is entitled to impose restrictive examinations on gold and gold production, according to a guideline issued Thursday. In accordance with macro control, the People's Bank of China (PBOC) demands that all the gold and ...
Tags: Gold Import, Gold Export
The number of new energy vehicles to hit China's roads by 2020 will reach 300,000 as the country aims to save energy and combat pollution, the transportation authority announced Wednesday. China will create a favorable environment to ...
Tags: New Energy Vehicles, Electric Car
Foreign direct investment (FDI) in the Chinese mainland jumped 17 percent year on year in the first two months of 2015, settling at 22.48 billion U.S. dollars, the Ministry of Commerce (MOC) announced Tuesday. The pace slowed from a 29.4 ...
Tags: China's FDI, service sector
China's two largest trainmakers, CSR Corp and CNR Corp, inched one step closer to their impending merger after getting necessary approvals from overseas antitrust authorities, according to company announcements on Wednesday. The merger ...
Tags: CSR Corp, CNR Corp, trainmakers
China plans to draw up a guideline to help its equipment makers, particularly railway and nuclear companies, to expand exports, the country's top economic planning body said on Friday. Formulation of the guideline has just begun, and it ...