Archive for July, 2009
China’s long road to realizing fair employment
The Ministry of Education recently announced that the employment rate of college graduates was as high as 68 percent. According to official figures, out of 6.11 million recent graduates, 4.15 million had secured jobs by July 1. ... Read More
Brazil to host China, Portuguese-speaking countries business meeting
Brazil will host the Forum on Economic and Trade Cooperation between China and Portuguese-speaking Countries in August, the Brazilian Trade and Investment Promotion Agency (Apex-Brazil) said Thursday. Apart from Brazil and ... Read More
Beijing tightens vehicle exhaust
As of Oct 1, motor vehicles registered outside Beijing that fail to meet exhaust emissions standards will be banned from entering the capital. The Ministry of Environmental Protection said Thursday that gasoline-powered ... Read More
Govt may wield green axe on more small coal power plants
China’s ongoing efforts to close down small thermal power units will not hurt the country’s power supply and economic development, a senior energy official said yesterday. With the shut-down of small thermal power ... Read More
Poor areas to get free legal aid
A volunteer group of 30 lawyers and 70 law school graduates left Beijing Thursday bound for 70 counties without lawyers in remote western areas to offer legal aid services. They will work there for one to three years. This is ... Read More
Govt taken to court over pollution
China is set to see its first lawsuit by an environmental interest group against a government department within a month, a local judge said Thursday. On Tuesday, Qingzhen municipal people’s court in Guizhou province ... Read More
Villagers protest chemical plant in C. China
Villagers took to the streets again Thursday in Zhentou township, Hunan province, to protest detentions during the previous day’s demonstrations against pollution problems caused by a chemical plant. The protests were at ... Read More
China a major target of trade protectionism: Official
China can expect to be a major target of rising trade protectionism - particularly from the United States and India - as the world struggles to recover from the global financial crisis, the Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) said ... Read More
Small Coal Power Plants Closed ahead of Schedule
China shut down small coal-fuelled power plants with a total generating capacity of 54.07 million kilowatts from 2006 China shut down small coal-fuelled power plants with a total generating capacity of 54.07 million kilowatts ... Read More
China’s Monetary Policy Dilemma
China’s central bank has found itself stuck in a dilemma as to what to do in regard to current monetary policy. Last week, Caijing, a well-known financial magazine, reported that the People’s Bank of China (PBoC) ... Read More
Chinese Embassy donates text books to university of Ghana
The Chinese Embassy on Friday donated about 600 textbooks to the faculty of Arts and the Balme Library of University of Ghana to assist in the teaching of Chinese. This follows the signing of a memorandum of understanding ... Read More
China’s long road to realizing fair employment
The Ministry of Education recently announced that the employment rate of college graduates was as high as 68 percent. According to official figures, out of 6.11 million recent graduates, 4.15 million had secured jobs by July 1. ... Read More
China deserves status of market economy
In the US-China Strategic and Economic Dialogue that ended on Tuesday, Chinese Vice Premier Wang Qishan urged the US, among other things, to recognize China’s status as a market economy. The status of market economy is ... Read More