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Chinese premier stresses clean governance |
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Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao Tuesday urged tougher prevention and punishment of corruption, saying China faced the toughest year in its economic development since the turn of the century. |
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Health officials fired for loose work |
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Two health officials have been fired for mismanagement in the reporting of hand, foot-and-mouth disease and investigators are looking into a possible cover-up, state media said yesterday. |
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Lung health warning |
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Policymakers need to step up efforts to cut smoking rates in Asia to prevent an "epidemic" of tobacco-related lung disease, medical experts have said at a conference in Mumbai. |
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Expert: Fiscal stimulus plans to spur revenue growth |
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Jing Linbo, a Beijing-based economist, told Xinhua Sunday that although China's revenues declined in the first two months, the government's stimulus package can be conducive to revenue growth. |
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Full Text: Report on the Work of the Government |
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Full Text: Report on China's Economic and Social Development Plan |
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Full Text: Report on China's central, local budgets |
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Hefty stimulus plan draws concerns over corruption |
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What people hate most is that local governments usually sing a different tune from central policies during implementation. |
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Lack of fiscal transparency to blame for corruption |
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The lack of essential fiscal information available to the public is posing a serous threat to China's bid for a harmonious society and is to blame for the widespread corruption, a Chinese scholar of public policy said Monday. |
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China strives to weed out judicial corruption |
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China's top judge Wang Shengjun said Tuesday that the Supreme People's Court will "improve education of work ethics" to judges as a way to weed out judicial corruption. |
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Tibet to spend 450 mln yuan on environmental protection |
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The Tibet Autonomous Regional Government has decided to spend 450 million yuan on environmental protection following the central government's approval of 20-billion-yuan investment in building an ecological safety shelter on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. |
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Tibetans observe traditions in New Year |
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Padma Chosphel fetched two buckets of water at moments that coincided with the dawn of the first day of the new year. |
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Older Tibetans haunted by memories of serfdom |
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Five decades after the democratic reform, older Tibetans are still haunted by painful memories of the old, feudal society. |
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Tibetan officials optimistic about economy |
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Tibetan economic officials are generally optimistic about regional economic development this year, even though last year's Lhasa riot and the global economic downturn have caused an immediate or indirect impact on the far western autonomous region. |
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Indoor fires linked to lung disease |
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Exposure to burning solid fuel indoors for heat and cooking may cause the lung ailment known as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, a study of more than 20,000 people in China has shown. |