The US Department of Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx has announced that the US government will invest nearly $4bn to support development of automated vehicles technology. US government will include the outlay in its budget ...
Tags: Autonomous Vehicle, pilot programs
Twenty-five members of China's top leadership criticized themselves and each other at a two-day meeting which ended on Tuesday. But unlike the attacks, defamation and even insult commonly seen in western political rivalries, the ...
Tags: CPC, Self-improvement
China's central bank released detailed regulations of online payment services by non-bank institutions on Monday in the latest effort to contain possible risks in the booming Internet finance industry. The new rules require real-name ...
Tags: China Central Bank, Online Payment
Chinese lawmakers on Sunday approved a State Council proposal for stock listing reform at the end of a bimonthly legislative session which began Monday in Beijing. The decision by the National People's Congress Standing Committee will ...
Tags: Stock Listing, Registration-based
Chinese legislators on Thursday urged intensified efforts to keep local government debt under control, warning against potential default in the future. Legislators made the comments when attending a panel discussion of the ongoing ...
Tags: Local Gov't Debt
The National Electrical Manufacturers Association (NEMA) called on the California Energy Commission (CEC) today to ensure that California consumers have access to the most efficient and cost-effective LED bulbs currently on the market. ...
A photo shows the household register of China. [Photo: cctv.com] There have been heated discussions over a planned points-based residence registration system in the Chinese capital that accommodates over eight million non-locals. The ...
Tags: household register, Non-Locals
Discussion of sovereignty over the Internet has long been a taboo, dismissed in Western media as violation of freedom. The time has come to drag the issue into the cold, hard light of day, and China, with an online population of 670 ...
Tags: Cyber Sovereignty, Taboo
A photo shows Chinese tourists travelling overseas. [Photo: sina.com] A new report suggests that 'clamor' - shouting and excessive noise - prompt the most complaints about Chinese tourists in foreign destinations. It reached locals from ...
Chinese President Xi Jinping laid out his vision for the future of the Internet while delivering a speech at the opening ceremony of the Second World Internet Conference (WIC2015) on Wednesday. Xi, as the leader of the country with the ...
Tags: Internet, cyber security, cyber sovereignty
Experts and insiders say with the industry booming in China, the country's plan to modernize its financial services may have just entered a golden era. [Photo: nipic.com] Internet finance has become a hot topic at the ongoing World ...
Bulgaria and the European Commission have agreed to establish a joint working group to support the development of a gas hub in Bulgaria designed to serve the whole Balkan region. Gas infrastructure in southeast Europe is poorly ...
China's drone producers are heading to the countryside as the government steps up restrictions on drone management in cities. A provisional regulation on operating light-duty civilian drones, which will ban small unmanned aerial vehicles ...
Tags: drone, agricultural products
Food ingredients company Frutarom Health BU is introducing a natural ingredients range with EFLA HyperPure, in response to the new EU regulations to prevent polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) and other contaminants in food supplements. ...
Canada's Alberta province Sunday announced a new "climate leadership" plan that includes a cap on greenhouse gas emissions by oil sands producers as it moves to overhaul its image and kick start export opportunities. The cap on emissions ...
Tags: greenhouse gas, oil sands, oil