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By Gu Liping   China and other world economies share weal and woe together amid global economic slowdown, and it is unreasonable to put all the blames on the world’s second largest economy alone. With the annual sessions of China’s top legislature and political...

By Mo Hong’e The first round of this year’s car license-plate lottery in Beijing saw more than 12,200 applications for new energy plates, accounting for nearly one-fourth of the annual quota for the category, the Beijing Morning Post reported. Details on the first...

By Cai Muyuan   Airbus Group SE landed a $2.9 billion order for wide-body jets from Air China Ltd ahead of Wednesday’s groundbreaking ceremony for a finishing facility near Beijing for the same model. Air China Ltd, country’s third-largest carrier by passenger...

(China Daily) The ministry of environmental protection has published the air quality rankings for 74 cities. A People’s Daily opinion article reviewed the past promises made by several mayors to improve the air quality because their cities ranked bottom on previous lists,...

(China Daily)   The push for garbage classification has advanced sluggishly and mostly fruitlessly in much of China, but Beijing is adopting an innovative way to try and encourage the practice in the capital. At a recent news briefing, Beijing’s sanitation department...

(Xinhua)   WELLINGTON – The New Zealand government on Monday called for proposals and announced funding for three New Zealand-China Research Collaboration Centers to boost bilateral science cooperation. Science and Innovation Minister Steven Joyce said a total of 3.75...

“Building more high-speed railways” has been a hot topic at the annual sessions of China’s provincial legislatures and political advisory bodies intensively held in January. China has the world’s largest high-speed rail network, with the total operating...

China and the European Union (EU) on Monday signed a reciprocal short stay visa waiver agreement for holders of diplomatic passports. This agreement will allow visa free travel to the EU for citizens of China holding a diplomatic passport for stays up to 90 days (within any...

Beijing has replaced New York as the “Billionaire Capital of the world” for first time, said the latest Hurun Report. According to the report, 100 Hurun billionaires live in Beijing, up from 32 last year, followed by New York and Moscow with 95 and 66 respectively....

China has restarted nonperforming asset securitization after halting the business in 2009. Regulators held a meeting last week and confirmed six major commercial banks as the first batch of financial institutions to participate in a trial program for NPA securitization, reported...