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China to Unveil State Assets Management Company in August

China's state-owned assets watchdog will unveil its new assets management firm to consolidate select

8月6日 18:02

Government-subsidized Housing to Use Public Housing Funds

The Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development has finally succeeded in using public housing funds to construct government-subsidized housing.

8月5日 17:22

Focus of Income Distribution Reform Shifts to Reducing Flow of Wealth to Governm

The Chinese government has expressed its intention to reform income distribution among all members of society

7月29日 14:34

Kashgar to become home to Xinjiang's own SEZ

Kashgar, a pivotal freight station in western Xinjiang, has been chosen as the home of a planned special economic zone (SEZ) modeled on the SEZ of Shenzhen.

7月23日 17:06

Changes to Budget Law May Result in Local Governments Being Allowed to Issue Bon

Chinese local governments may soon be allowed to issue local treasury bonds, according to proposed reforms to China's Budget Law.

6月8日 17:25

Ministry of Environmental Protection Takes Tougher Position on Emission Reductio

The Ministry of Environmental Protection (MEP) has held a national video conference announcing their decision to punish thirteen provincial governments and enterprises who have done an unsatisfactory job at environmental protection and emission reduction

5月21日 18:18

A Property Tax is Coming ... But Not as We Know It

The central government plans to trial a real estate tax this year, but details of which properties will be taxed remains unclear

5月1日 15:43

Beijing Representative Offices of Local Governments Prepare to Retreat

The central government announced that all Beijing government representative offices of or below county-level, were to be eliminated...

4月28日 14:31

NDRC Pledges to Bridge the Income Gap

Six years after income reform was first proposed, the target of redistributing income among Chinese households will finally begin

4月27日 11:40

New Rules Aimed at Reducing Risk of Local Government Bonds Ineffective

The notice forbids local governments and public institutions from providing direct or indirect guarantees for enterprises or local financing platforms.

4月14日 18:32

Who Bribed Stern Hu?

Most of those implicated in the Rio Tinto trial are senior managers at privately-run Chinese steel mills.

4月8日 14:56

Why Chinese Steel Mills Bribed Rio Tinto Employees

Many small-sized private steel mills are in a disadvantaged position when it comes to access to imported iron ore.

4月7日 15:25

COEs Required to Draw Up Exit Strategy from Real Estate Market

78 (COEs) have been ordered to formulate a plan for their withdrawal from the real estate market

4月1日 17:49

Health Care Reform to Cut Spending by Over 60 Billion Yuan

The high cost of medicine, which has been widely criticized among Chinese citizens for a long time, is going to be curbed this year.

4月1日 10:46

Environmental Tax Delayed

The Ministry of Environmental Protection submitted a report advocating the introduction of a new environmental tax to the State Council.

3月29日 15:32

Li Zhuang Retracts Admission of Guilt Following Reduced Sentence

Beijing lawyer Li Zhuang was sentenced to one and a half years in prison at an appeal hearing in Chongqing earlier today.

2月9日 17:20

China Concludes Investigation Stage of Rio Tinto Bribery Case

Chinese authorities have concluded their investigations into four employees of Anglo-Australian mining giant Rio Tinto.

1月12日 18:04

Billionaire Gome Founder to Face Beijing Court

Huang Guangyu, the man who just last year was considered China's richest person, is to be charged with offering bribes and engaging in insider trading.

12月16日 12:57

China to Establish New National Energy Commission

China is set to officially announce the establishment of a new powerful government agency to act as the highest office in charge of the country's energy issues.

12月15日 18:11

Ministry of Finance Takes Aim at Tax Dodge Among China's High Earners

The MOF has issued new regulations that take aim at tax avoidance among high-income earners at China's SOEs.

12月2日 18:42