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Forbes: China's Ten Billionaires
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| Forbes published its list of China's 40 richest businesspeople yesterday and all the top ten were calculated to be US$-billionaires, up from three last year. In first place once again was Larry Rong Zhijian, 63-year old chairman of CITIC Pacific Group. |
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China, Russia Set for Future Cooperation
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| Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao and visiting Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Yefimovich Fradkov drew up a blueprint of goals for future bilateral cooperation in Beijing on Thursday, highlighting results already achieved. Wen described the current situation as being "the best development period in history." |
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Bribe-Givers to Be Blacklisted
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| The Supreme People's Procuratorate announced Tuesday that a scheme blacklisting bribe-givers that has been piloted in some provinces since last year will be extended nationally in January.
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Top Brands Sue Silk Market
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| Gucci, Chanel, Burberry, Prada and Louis Vuitton were in court Tuesday to sue the operator of Beijing's Silk Market and five stalls for selling fake goods. The operator said it had done what it could to prevent the violations, while the stallholders said products presented as evidence had not come from their booths. |
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Two Billion Yuan for Bird Flu Control
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| Premier Wen Jiabao presided over an executive meeting of the State Council, China's cabinet, on Wednesday to analyze and step up bird flu prevention and control. 12 measures were adopted at the meeting. |
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FM: New Round of Six-Party Talks Scheduled for Early November
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| The Foreign Ministry said yesterday that China has proposed a date for the next round of six-party talks on the Korean Peninsular nuclear issue. It said all the parties involved in the nuclear talks have agreed in principle that the new round of negotiations will be held in Beijing in early November. |
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Main Ingredient in KFC Soup Confirmed Toxic
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| "Tianluxiang" (Sauropus androgynus), the major ingredient in soup produced by KFC, was Monday confirmed to be poisonous by experts from the Food Safety Experts Committee under the Guangdong Food and Drug Administration. |
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Most Support Tax Change
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| Opinions on legislators' decision last Thursday to increase the minimum threshold for personal income tax were surveyed and results released yesterday, with three quarters supporting it, but almost half saying it would not help bridge the gap between rich and poor. |
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No Drastic Slowdown with Falling CPI
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| Zheng Jingping, spokesman for the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), has said falling consumer prices indices in China will not lead to a drastic economic slowdown because demand remains high. |
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Chinese President Meets Kim Yong Nam in Pyongyang
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| Chinese President Hu Jintao met in Pyongyang Saturday with Kim Yong Nam, president of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK). |
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