“Signals & Signposts” updates our thinking by taking into account the impact of the global economic and financial crisis. Over the next four decades, the world’s energy system will see profound developments. Heightened ...
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The Communist Party of China (CPC) Friday specified major tasks for the economic work in 2017, including further advancing supply-side structural reform. The country should push forward reforms in key sectors, including state-owned ...
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Toyota has broken ground on Toyota Motor Manufacturing de Guanajuato (TMMGT), its fifteenth manufacturing facility in North America. TMMGT will produce Corolla, the top selling car in the world, beginning in 2019, and will employ ...
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The General Office of the State Council has recently published a guideline to improve the fitness and leisure industry. The guideline identified the fitness industry as an area that could help boost consumption and a new engine to prompt ...
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The transition of China's economy will become an important driver of world economic growth, according to Chi Fulin, director of the China Institute for Reform and Development. Addressing the China reform forum that opened on Saturday, Chi ...
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A Taiwan think tank Chung-Hua Institution for Economic Research (CIER) raised its forecast for Taiwan's annual economic growth for 2016 to reflect improvement of demand inside the island. The island's gross domestic product (GDP) is ...
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Though the Chinese currency renminbi, or the yuan, weakened to a six-year low against the U.S. dollar Friday, analysts said a sharp drop is unlikely despite persistent depreciation pressure. The central parity rate of the yuan retreated ...
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Consumption is the major economic driver, showing the nation's success in rebalancing the economy, but more efforts are needed to sustain growth, with heightened pressure in sectors with overcapacity, economists said. "China is on the ...
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On August 25, Liu Zhenya, Chairman of Global Energy Interconnection Development and Cooperation Organization (GEIDCO) and Chairman of China Electricity Council (CEC) held talks with Mongolian State Great Hural Chairman (Speaker) Enkhbold ...
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China's top economic planner announced Tuesday it has approved feasibility reports for two railway projects with total investment of 79.47 billion yuan (11.84 billion U.S. dollars). The two projects would be located in the country's ...
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The Chinese government will further streamline approval procedures for foreign investment across the country to better attract overseas investment and improve China's business environment. A new legislative guideline was approved during ...
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China set up an industry alliance for virtual reality (VR) on Thursday, in a move to accelerate the application of VR in entertainment, education and manufacturing. The Industry of Virtual Reality Alliance includes more than 170 ...
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Editor: On October 5, the article “It’s about Time to Construct Global ‘Electricity High-speed Network’” written by a Xinhua correspondent was published on the third page of Guangming Daily. The article ...
On August 25, Liu Zhenya, Chairman of Global Energy Interconnection Development and Cooperation Organization (GEIDCO) and Chairman of China Electricity Council (CEC) held talks with Mongolian State Great Hural Chairman (Speaker) Enkhbold ...
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Saudi Arabian Oil Company ("Saudi Aramco") through its wholly owned Saudi Refining Inc. ("SRI") subsidiary and Royal Dutch Shell plc ("Shell"), through its U.S. downstream affiliate, announce today they have signed a non-binding Letter of ...
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