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WTO China's Best Way to Expand Trade
Dec 12, 2016China will continue to push for globalization, and multilateral talks and promotion of trade, as it marked the 15th anniversary of joining the World Trade Organization on Sunday, according to Chinese trade officials and experts. China ...
Tags: WTO, trade promotion
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New Shell Scenarios Sharpen Focus on Future for Society, Energy
Dec 10, 2016The New Lens Scenarios, which look at trends in the economy, politics and energy as far ahead as 2100, underscore the critical role that government policies could play in shaping the future. “These scenarios show how the choices ...
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M&M'S Celebrates 75 Years With Events And Brand Focussed Activities
Mar 8, 2016M&M'S Milk Chocolate Candies are the people's chocolate. Since March 3, 1941, it is the fans who have made M&M'S the most popular chocolate candies on earth. To celebrate their anniversary, M&M'S is bringing the celebration to their fans - ...
Tags: M&M'S, Milk Chocolate Candies, Celebration
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China to Do More About People's Livelihoods: Report
Dec 29, 2015The Chinese government's leading think-tank has released a new study downplaying concerns about the level of debt being held by local governments, suggesting that more spending needs to take place to cope with social issues. On the heels ...
Tags: People's Livelihoods
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China to Lift 10 Mln Rural People out of Poverty in 2016
Dec 25, 2015China aims to lift over 10 million rural people out of poverty in 2016, so as to make a good start for the next five years, according to a poverty relief meeting on Thursday. The next year's work will integrate the central and local ...
Tags: Rural People, out of Poverty
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Royal DSM, UNWTF Extend Partnership to Tackle Worldwide Malnutrition
Dec 24, 2015Dutch nutrition company Royal DSM and United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) have entered into an agreement to prolong their partnership for three years in tackling hunger and malnutrition in developing nations. The partnership intends ...
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Innovation to Be The Focus of China's Economic Development in 2016
Dec 22, 2015A file photo shows a high-speed train, independently developed by China, departs from the Harbin West Station, NE China's Heilongjiang Province. Ways to keep the economy steady through structural reforms are said to be the focus as ...
Tags: Innovation, economy steady
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China Working on Poverty Reduction Appraisal Plan: Official
Dec 17, 2015Liu Yongfu, director of the State Council Leading Group Office of Poverty Alleviation and Development, briefs the media on China's plans to achieve the goal of poverty alleviation in the next five years on Tuesday, Dec.15, 2015. [Photo: ...
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The Nicaraguan Government Has Granted a Concession to a Mysterious Chinese Company
Feb 24, 2014The Nicaraguan government has granted a concession to a mysterious Chinese company owned by Jing Wang, a little-known Hong-Kong based businessman, to build an inter-oceanic canal. This would provide an alternative to the Panama Canal that, ...
Tags: Consumer Electronics, Construction
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Recent Weapon in The Battle Has Been a Disappointing Failure
Jan 8, 2014As the United States marks the 50th anniversary of the War on Poverty this month, a new report suggests one recent weapon in the battle has been a disappointing failure. The federal government has made marriage promotion among single ...
Tags: Marriage, Poverty Rates, Single Mothers
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The World Will Require All Forms of Energy to Meet Growing Demand
Dec 17, 2013The world will require all forms of energy over the next quarter century to meet a greater than one-third increase in demand that will be driven by population growth, improved living standards and expanded urbanization, according to ...
Tags: Oil and Gas News, Exxonmobil
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Retail Education Program with CPC & Parsons Were Be Launched by LVMH
Dec 16, 2013LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton, in partnership with the Chinese-American Planning Council (“CPC”) and Parsons The New School for Design (“Parsons”) announced the launch of LVMH Fundamentals in Luxury Retail: A ...
Tags: CPC&Parsons, Apparel
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NY Firm Announces The Commitment to Raise US$ 1 Billion to Help Bangladesh
Dec 9, 2013New York (NY) based investment firm Tau Investment Management Inc., has announced the commitment to raise US$ 1 billion to help Bangladesh and other garment-manufacturing nations in order to construct factories with better safety and ...
Tags: Tau Investment, investment, garment industry, raise money
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The Wages for Garment Workers Have Stagnated or Declined in 2001-11: Report
Jul 12, 2013In most of the leading apparel-exporting countries, the wages for garment workers have stagnated or declined over the past decade, says a latest report. Among the top four apparel exporters to the United States, prevailing wages in ...
Tags: Garment Workers, Wages
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Baosteel Wins "2012 China Charity Award Most Charitable Enterprise"
May 10, 2013The 8th China Charity Award results are announced recently. Baosteel wins "2012 China Charity Award ? most charitable enterprise". This is the fifth time that Baosteel is awarded "China Charity Award" and the second time that it is rated ...
Tags: Baosteel, steel, Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy