Promoting a 'save and grow' approach to agriculture
2011-07-01 13:16:01
Given the current and future challenges to our food supply and to the environment, sustainable intensification of agricultural production is emerging as a major priority for policymakers and international development partners.
D-day for social security
2011-07-01 13:14:48
On July 1, China's long awaited Social Insurance Law will come into force. The United Kingdom passed its first National Insurance Act 100 years ago and the United States started issuing social security numbers as a key to its New Deal legislation 75 years ago. Will China's law have the same momentous impact or will it prove something of a false dawn?
Report: CEO turnover rate low
2011-07-01 11:32:10
China had the lowest turnover rate for chief executive officers in 2010, according to a report by the consulting firm Booz & Co.
Fast forward new high-speed rail
2011-07-01 11:28:06
The Beijing-Shanghai High-speed Rail is not just a proud showcase of Chinese civil engineering, it will also break physical barriers between north and south by bringing the two cities a lot closer, much faster. China Daily spotlights the hopes, aspirations and expectations of the people and cities along the 1,318-km track, which will blaze open a corridor of opportunities along the Chinese coast.
Scout Beijing-Shanghai high-speed trains
2011-07-01 11:24:22
In the early morning half-light, two trains prepare to pull out of the stations at each end of the Beijing-Shanghai High-speed Rail line. There are no passengers, and the trains will travel at a stately speed of a mere 200 km per hour, or just 60 percent of full speed.
Greek measures boost equity markets
2011-07-01 11:19:30
Stocks on the Chinese mainland rose, paring the benchmark index's first quarterly loss in a year, after Greece passed austerity measures.
Online fraudsters grab $6.6m through Alibaba
2011-07-01 11:06:02
Police have rounded up 36 suspects who are believed to be from seven fraud gangs after officers were tipped off by the world's largest business-to-business e-commerce company.
Green-energy communities sprouting up
2011-07-01 11:03:55
As many as 100 cities powered by alter-native energy sources, 200 counties that get energy through unconventional means, 1,000 places demonstrating new energy uses and 10,000 towns relying on "green" energy are to exist in China by 2015, said Qian Zhimin, deputy director of the National Energy Administration.
Problems are growing at SMIC
2011-07-01 10:47:27
Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp (SMIC), China's biggest chipmaker, said its chairman died, the chief executive officer was voted off the board and the company asked for a stock trading halt.
BYD surges in Shenzhen debut
2011-07-01 10:36:16
BYD Co, the Chinese automaker part- owned by Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc, surged on its trading debut in Shenzhen on Thursday amid speculation it may benefit from government funding for electric-vehicle development.
'Discriminatory' govt procurement rules scrapped
2011-07-01 10:15:41
Three key rules on indigenous innovation for government procurement, which have come under fire from foreign companies for being discriminatory, were scrapped on Friday.
60m people exempt from paying tax after amendment
2011-07-01 10:02:00
The number of people who have to pay personal income tax will reduce from 84 million to 24 million after China raised the monthly personal income tax threshold. Tax threshold in surprise increase