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Petrochemical complex prepares launch

Business | Energy
2009-11-4

AN 18.3-billion-yuan (US$2.7 billion) petrochemical complex in north China will start production by the first quarter of next year, top Asian refiner Sinopec Corp and Saudi Basic Industries Corp said yesterday. The...

Officials dismissed for babies' deadly infection

National
2009-3-31

TWO public health officials and three hospital employees in Tianjin Municipality have been removed from their posts after five babies died from hospital-acquired infections, according to the Beijing-based Website People.com.cn...

Hospital blamed for baby deaths

National
2009-3-27

FIVE newborn babies in north China's Tianjin Municipality died from hospital-acquired infections caused by substandard hygiene and flawed management, the Ministry of Health reported yesterday. Some parents said...

Mistress jailed for taking bribes

National
2008-10-23

THE mistress of the former chief prosecutor in Tianjin Municipality has been sentenced to six years in jail for taking bribes and tax evasion, Caijing Magazine reported yesterday. Wang Xiaomao, 46, former chairwoman...

China can influence global stability, premier tells forum

Business | Macro-economy and policy
2008-9-28

PREMIER Wen Jiabao expressed confidence yesterday in China's steady and relatively rapid development, though faced with the most difficult year for its economy. Wen said he believed China's growth would help...

Pudong cuts taxes to compete

Business | Accounting, auditing and taxation
2008-8-22

SHANGHAI'S Pudong New Area plans to offer tax incentives to overseas bankers, brokers and insurers to help it become a global financial center and head off challenges from Tianjin Municipality and Shenzhen, a city...

Ties up with Aramco in marketing

Business | Automobile
2008-7-15

SAUDI Basic Industries Corp will market petrochemical output for Saudi Aramco to be produced from a Chinese joint venture plant, according to a Saudi Aramco statement. SABIC will market 320,000 tons annually,...

Sinopec, SABIC sign China deal

Business | Energy
2008-6-23

SAUDI Basic Industries Corp has signed a deal with Sinopec to expand the scope of their partnership with a petrochemical complex in northern China that will cost more than US$2.5 billion. Under the new agreement,...

Tianjin goes green with ecological town

National
2008-5-8

THE government of Tianjin Municipality has said it may start building an ecological town in Binhai New Area as early as July, the China News Service reported yesterday. The government said in a notice on its...

Sabic to sign Sinopec plant deal

Business | Chemical industry
2008-4-14

SAUDI Basic Industries Corp plans to sign a final accord on a US$1.7-billion chemicals joint venture with Asia's biggest oil refiner by the end of this year to tap rising energy demand in China. Sabic, as the...