Briefs

ENVIRONMENT

Severity of SW China Drought Worsens

It's predicted that one quarter of the total population of Yunnan will not have access to an adequate supply of drinking water by May.

Tang Xiangyang | 2010-03-19

INFLATION

China's CPI Up 2.7% in February

China's CPI rose 2.7 percent in February from a year earlier.

Liu Peng | 2010-03-11

POLITICS

NPC: Highlights of Government Work Report

The annual full session of China's National People's Congress (NPC), the country's top legislature, got under way in Beijing on Friday morning.

Liu Peng | 2010-03-05

POLITICS

What to Expect from This Year's NPC

Main items on the agenda include the consideration and discussion of work reports from the central government, the standing committee of the NPC and the Supreme People's Procuratorate.

Liu Peng | 2010-03-05

POLITICS

China's Political Consultative Session Opens in Beijing

China's top political advisory body opened its annual plenary session in Beijing on Wednesday afternoon.

Liu Peng | 2010-03-03

POLITICS

Economic Observer Reporters Cover the NPC and CPPCC

This year The Economic Observer will send four reporters to cover China's "Two Sessions," which get under way this week.

Tang Xiangyang | 2010-03-03

INTERNET

Premier Wen Chats with Chinese Web Users

In a rare online chat with China's increasingly vocal web users on Saturday afternoon, Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao stated that the coming year would be one of the most "complicated" years ever for the country.

Liu Peng | 2010-03-02