The State Council published the opinions of 16 central government ministries in relation to the development of a system to handle the huge amount of rubbish that's produced by China's cities. The plan will encourage more recycling, a reduction in excessiv
Liu Tienan, the deputy director of the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) and director general of the National Energy Administration (NEA), said that he would not permit residential power to be cut as problems with the supply and demand of
Work officially began on sections of the central route of the ambitious South-to-North Water Transfer Project yesterday, the route is one of three proposed project, two of which will divert water from central China to the northern cities of Beijing and Ti
Yesterday afternoon, at a press conference organized by China Petroleum and Chemical Corporation (also known as Sinopec), the company announced that it had removed Lǔ Guǎngyú(鲁广余) from the position of CEO of Guangdong Petroluem, a subsidary of Sinopec. T
The Shanghai Development Reform Commission along with the Shanghai Urban Construction and Communications Commission and other related departments, released a document aimed at alleviating rising costs in China's shipping container transportation industry
On Saturday, the State Council issued a notice requiring government websites improve their level of openness and to communicate with and respond to public concerns. Government websites are being asked to make more information that is related to the intere
Draft amendments to the Personal Income Tax Law were not voted on by delegates to the 20th meeting of the 11th National People's Congress Standing Committee on Friday. Delegates instead choose to first make the draft amendments public and to seek feedback
Economic data from the first quarter of 2011 for China's 31 provinces, municipalities and autonomous regions are gradually being released, so far, of the 16 provincial-level entities that have released their first quarter figures, 14 have registered a dro
A source at China's Ministry of Environmental Protection has told the EO that the planned introduction of Diesel IV Emission Standards on July 1 this year will "perhaps be postponed 1-2 years." The EO has learned that the delay is due to domestically-refi
Since April, demand for vegetables like celery and cabbages in Shanghai, Zhejiang, Shandong, Shaanxi and other areas has declined. The subsequent drop in prices, which saw the price of some vegetables fall to 0.08 yuan per 500g, has put pressure on farmer
Yesterday, the Ministry of Finance published first quarter tax revenue figures that revealed that 2.344 trillion yuan in total tax revenue was collected in the first quarter of 2011, a 573.63 billion yuan or 32.4 percent increase on the amount collected i
Starting from this year, Beijing will conduct regular surveys of employment trends among the city's migrant worker population. The surveys will be conducted every 6 months and will ask 10,000 workers for details about their occupation, income, social secu
A 9.5 meter bronze statue of Confucius that was once located in front of the north entrance of the recently refurbished National Muesum of China, has been moved to a less conspicuos position in a "sculpture garden" by the west entrance of the museum. Acco
According to yesterday’s executive meeting of the State Council, in 2011, China will focus on promoting a shift in the development model, ensuring and improving people’s livelihood, furthering administrative and agricultural system reforms, and strengthen
The National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) is drafting a “large-scale wage-raising” project. In addition to raising the minimum income for personal income tax, the NDRC is planning to raise wages and housing subsidies and establish a mechanism
Private wholesale and retail gas stations are having difficulties purchasing from Sinopec and PetroChina. According Qi Fang, executive chairman of the oil federation under the National Association of Industry and Commerce, sourcing oil from local refineri
The National Audit Office of China has linked several listed companies, including key subsidiaries of several centrally-owned enterprise (COEs) such as China Construction Corporation, Offshore Engineering Corporation and China Datang Corporation, with irr
Documents leaked on the internet by an individual who identified themselves as a former employee, purportedly reveal that two subsidiaries of the Sany Heavy Industry Co.,, one of China’s leading private equipment manufacturers, gained orders by offering b
Foreign direct investment (FDI) into China has increased by 30.34 billion US dollars in the first quarter of 2011, up 29.4% on a year-on-year basis, according to statistics released by the Ministry of Commerce yesterday. In March 12.52 billion US dollars
Sinopec announced yesterday that it will temporarily suspend refined oil exports (excluding those to Hong Kong and Macao) for the purpose of ensuring domestic supply. As the journalist understands it, no firm date has been set for the length of the tempor
