China will expand pilot areas for granting certificates for the contracted land to farmers next year, an official said Wednesday.
China's GDP growth rate is expected to hit 7.6% this year, slower than 2012's rate of 7.7 %, said the head of the country's top economic planner on Wednesday.
China will keep its property-market policy stable in 2014 and strengthen implementation in cities that are seeing soaring housing prices, a senior official said.
The Chinese Art Market Summit 2013 was held at the Asia Hotel in Beijing on Dec 23.
The magazine Wine in China recently released results of its 2013 Top 100 Wines Awards. This year's judging panel included wine experts from across the world, including Alun Griffiths and Rob Geddes, both Masters of Wine.
China Petrochemical Corp, or Sinopec, said on Tuesday it has helped its two subsidiaries to land a $3.5 billion syndicated loan.
The yuan may be more likely to depreciate than appreciate in the next two years amid China's economic growth and financial reforms.
China plans to build 6 million affordable housing units and complete the construction of 4.8 million units next year, a senior official said on Tuesday.
The Fuling district government in Chongqing municipality hopes to boost agricultural, tourism and industry by spicing up the pickle sector, local authorities said.
Chinese Minister of Commerce Gao Hucheng (middle) and Vice-Minister Wang Chao (right) meet Rahm Emanuel (left), mayor of Chicago, in Beijing, Dec 23, 2013.
Every year is an important year, but 2014 will be more so. Rarely has any year featured both growth and reform, much less a balance of the two "irreconcilable" goals, as some observers see them.
China's Commerce Minister Gao Hucheng vowed to bring more changes to trade and investment between China and the United States.
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