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New missiles in show of strength

National
2009-9-28

THE 108 missiles to be paraded on Thursday's National Day parade in Beijing will feature previously undisclosed technologies, a senior army commander revealed yesterday...

Economic boost for cross-strait relations

National
2009-5-29

THE Chinese mainland will take further measures to boost economic cooperation with Taiwan in a joint effort to cope with the global economic downturn, a senior official said yesterday. The comment came from Wang...

City joins trial to settle trade in yuan

Business | Macro-economy and policy
2009-4-9

CHINA'S State Council yesterday approved a trial plan that allows Shanghai and four other mainland cities to use yuan to settle overseas trade transactions. The move makes Shanghai a participant in currency innovation...

Support plan focuses on metals, logistics

Business | Macro-economy and policy
2009-2-26

CHINA yesterday unveiled a plan to increase support for nonferrous metals firms and logistics companies, the last in a series of sector-specific measures designed to help 10 top industries weather the financial downturn. ...

Light industry, petrochems get boost

Business | Macro-economy and policy
2009-2-20

CHINA'S State Council yesterday approved special stimulus packages for light industry and petrochemicals, promising tax incentives and additional loan support in its latest series of moves targeting specific sectors...

Action called to boost rural areas in 'toughest year'

Business
2009-2-2

CHINA'S government warned yesterday that 2009 will be "possibly the toughest year" since the turn of the century in terms of securing economic development and consolidating the "sound development momentum" in agriculture...

Cabinet plan targets core industries: autos, steel

Business | Macro-economy and policy
2009-1-15

CHINA yesterday approved tax cuts, subsidies, research and development funding and other measures to help two core industries - autos and steel - survive the economic downturn and do their part to stimulate a flagging...

Reform for teachers' pay system

National
2008-12-22

CHINA is to adopt a new payment system for teachers in compulsory education to ensure they are paid according to their performance, while their average pay will not be lower than that of civil servants. At a recent...

Huge rise in farm machinery subsidies

Business | Machinery manufacturing
2008-12-12

CHINA'S State Council said yesterday that the central government would allocate 10 billion yuan (US$1.46 billion) in subsidies for agricultural machinery purchases next year to help farmers and returning migrants. ...

Fuel price reform plan seeks opinion

Business | Energy
2008-11-27

CHINA'S Cabinet will solicit public opinions on a proposal to reform the nation's refined fuel pricing and tax, the central government said yesterday. But it gave no details on the proposal by press time. A State...