News
August-7-2014
- China to increase rural medical insurance coverage
- China will give all its rural residents access to medical insurance cover against serious diseases next year, health authorities said on Thursday.
August-28-2014
- Retired head of pricing detained for questioning
- The former head of the pricing division at China's top economic planning agency has been detained for questioning, caixin.com reported August 27, 2014.
August-27-2014
- New Guangzhou Party chief appointed
- Ren Xuefeng, vice mayor of the northern port city of Tianjin, had been appointed Party chief of Guangzhou City in south China's Guangdong Province to replace his sacked predecessor, local authorities announced on Wednesday.
August-27-2014
- Hundreds 'should be sent back to prison'
- The country's top prosecution body has suggested that more than 700 convicts, including 76 corrupt senior officials, whose sentences were commuted illegally, should be returned to prison.
August-26-2014
- 153 cases reported amid anti-bureaucracy campaign
- The disciplinary watchdog of the Communist Party of China (CPC) exposed 153 relating to breaches of the eight-point anti-bureaucracy and formalism guidelines from Aug. 18 to 24.
August-19-2014
- China targets high salaries at state firms
- China on Monday reviewed a plan to reform the payment system for executives at state firms under direct central government control.
August-19-2014
- China unveils policies to revitalize northeast
- The Chinese central government announced an action plan to assist the northeast region's staggering economy with a list of new measures.
August-18-2014
- Xi stresses innovation to drive economic transition
- Chinese President Xi Jinping on Monday said innovation should be the driving force behind development model transition and economic restructuring.
August-18-2014
- Xi pledges to modernize the media
- President Xi Jinping pledged on Monday to establish a modern communications system in China, the first time that he has spoken about integration in the media.
August-29-2014
- Xi stresses SCO's role in regional security, development
- China attaches great importance to the role of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization in promoting regional security and development, President Xi Jinping said when meeting with chiefs of general staff of SCO members.
• China hosts SCO live fire drill
