The Economy
Vested interest groups obstruct further reform
A prominent Chinese economist said that lingering obstacles need to be solved as China deepens its current reforms.
Economic policy to dominate agendas
Maintaining a stable national economic policy is expected to be one of the major themes of the upcoming annual sessions of the country's top legislature and political advisory body, analysts said.
China's corporate debt sparks default fears
China's corporate debt has hit record levels and is likely to accelerate a wave of domestic restructuring and trigger more defaults, as credit repayment problems rise.
Chinese ethnic areas see 10-pct GDP growth in 2013
China's ethnic regions had a combined GDP of 6.45 trillion yuan (US$1.06 trillion) in 2013, up 10.7 percent year on year, the State Ethnic Affairs Commission said Tuesday.
Chinese incomes grew 8.1 pct last year
Per capita disposable income in China reached 18,311 yuan (2,993 U.S. dollars) in 2013, growing 8.1 percent in real terms, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) announced on Monday.
+ MoreHighlights of the Sessions
- Fiscal, tax, financial reforms high on agenda
- Premier Li calls for new progress in mainland-Taiwan ties
- China, U.S. should expand common interests: Premier Li
- China to better handle relations between govt, market
- Premier: GDP target flexible, stresses employment
- Deputies eye national anti-terrorism law
