Humen, a town in Guangdong province, southern China, known for manufacturing womenswear, is now gearing up to focus more on children’s wear, reports China Daily. In August this year, the Humen administration introduced ...
Tags: Garments Industry, Kidswear
The largest single investment to modernize main road street lighting in the Capital's history has been unveiled by the Mayor and Transport for London (TfL). A new energy-efficient lighting programme will lead to a 40 per cent reduction in ...
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Hebei said it eliminated 4.56 million metric tons of ironmaking capacity and 6.8 million tons of steelmaking capacity in three cities on Sunday, marking the start of the province's campaign to cut excess production capacity. On Sunday, a ...
Tags: Dismantles Iron, Steel
Guangdong, China's most populous province, is to launch a carbon permits market next month that will be the world's second biggest after the European Union, dwarfing those in Australia and California. China has pledged to reduce its ...
Tags: Carbon Market, Carbon Emissions
China's economic planners are taking an increasingly hawkish stance on the overcapacity issue, reportedly mulling a "white list" for the next campaign. Several central ministries, including the National Development and Reform Commission, ...
Tags: overcapacity, White List
The final approved documents for Part L have been published by the Department for Communities and Local Government with widely-anticipated amendments confirmed. As previously reported in Lighting, there are two major changes in the ...
Apple’s new glass plant in Arizona has finally received the official seal of approval from the local government and some newly released documents reveal that in order to lure the tech behemoth to the Valley of the Sun, the Arizona ...
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The series of reforms announced over the weekend in China could begin to change the way the country's local and regional governments (LRGs) operate, said Fitch Ratings, a London-based credit rating company, on Tuesday. If implemented ...
Tags: China's Reforms, Economy
The 2013 Capitol Christmas Tree began its cross-country journey this week from the Colville National Forest near Usk, Washington to the west lawn of the U.S. Capitol on a 2014 Mack Pinnacle Axle Back model. More than 300 people joined the ...
Tags: Mack, Christmas, Washington, D.C.
When the world was digesting news of Detroit’s bankruptcy in July, the biggest ever by a municipality in the US, attention in China turned to the highly indebted government of Jiangsu province. Provincial, city and county authorities ...
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China's central bank said on Tuesday that it will continue its hands-off stance on the money market, as it maintains a "stable" monetary policy that facilitates the nation's essential structural reforms. The central bank "will neither ...
Tags: Central Bank, Hands-off Policy
The Australian Trucking Association's new look Safety Truck has been unveiled, making its first public appearance at the Newcastle Road Transport Awareness Day. The truck is an upgrade of the ATA's Road Ahead safety exhibition, which has ...
Tags: Truck, Transportation
Local media said that Huawei Technologies has expressed disappointment to the decision of Australian government to still forbid the Chinese telecom equipment supplier to participate in building national broadband network (NBN). Huawei ...
Tags: 4G, Electrical, Electronics, Service
China's manufacturing sector is gradually gaining strength and paving the way for a steady economy, two surveys showed Friday, though mixed signals remain in areas including new orders. China's official Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) ...
China's independent teapot refineries in eastern Shandong province have significantly expanded their capacities in the last few years ahead of an end-2013 deadline set by the government to eliminate smaller plants. In an effort to cool ...
Tags: Teapot, Fuel Oil, Refineries