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BEIJING, May 30 --The government's move to temporarily reduce import taxes on 26 commodities, including food items, medical products and cotton, will help reduce inflationary p...

A proposed inter-city subway line could soon allow Jiangsu province residents to commute conveniently to work in Shanghai. Xie Ming, mayor of Taicang, Jiangsu province, revealed...

The reconstruction of Qianmen Street in central Beijing was formally completed on Tuesday. And the street will open to tourists before the opening of the Beijing Olympic Games. ...

China's Foreign Ministry on Wednesday quashed rumors it had stopped issuing multiple-entry visas to foreigners, saying the country had never controlled the number of visas issu...

The People's Bank of China, the central bank, said Wednesday the financial market remained stable in the first four months with bond issuance up 43.7 percent year-on-year. ...

The total assets of Chinese insurance companies reached 3.03 trillion yuan (436.4 billion U.S. dollars) by the end of April this year, said Thursday's Shanghai Securities News,...

Commerce minister Chen Deming said on Thursday that the 8.0-magnitude earthquake had no major impact on exports or movement of commodities, except some disaster relief materials su...

As Macao's economy is undergoing a rapid development, many Australians saw "significant opportunities" in the Special Administrative Region (SAR), said Les Luck, Austra...

China's trade regime has continued liberalizing since 2006, the World Trade Organization (WTO) said, expressing concerns about imbalances in and adjustments to the country'...

BEIJING, Oct. 26 (Xinhua) -- The International Olympic Committee (IOC) officially awarded China's Xinhua News Agency the Host News Agency of the 29th Olympic Games in Beijing o...

HAVANA, May 20 (Xinhua) -- The Cuban delegation for the Olympic Games of Beijing-2008 will identify itself with the song 'A Goal is Possible" that won a contest, official d...

JIAXING, Southeast China, May 22 (Xinhua) -- Former Olympic table tennis champion Lu Lin, the last torchbearer in the Olympic torch relay in southeast China's Zhejiang province...

CHENGDU, May 23 (Xinhua) -- Li Xuemei, the fastest woman in Asia, has been a volunteer worker setting up tents for and handing out food to the quake victims since the 8.0-magnitude...

BEIJING, May 22 (Xinhua) -- President Hu Jintao visited two tent manufacturers in east China's Zhejiang Province on Thursday, urging them to produce as many as possible to meet...

Dually listed Ping An Insurance (Group) Co of China Ltd was crowned the best corporate governance performer among the top 100 Chinese listed companies in a rating released in Beiji...

Food prices have remained stable throughout China despite the devastation of the 8-magnitude earthquake that jolted Sichuan province on May 12, official figures show. Statistics...

Macao's six gaming concessionaires and sub-concessionaires Wednesday sat face-to-face for the first time to discuss gaming market regulations in a special meeting initiated by ...

The People's Bank of China, the central bank, said Wednesday the financial market remained stable in the first four months with bond issuance up 43.7 percent year-on-year. ...

Trade between the Chinese mainland and Taiwan reached 43.91 billion U.S. dollars in the first four months of this year, up 21.7 percent year-on-year, according to the Ministry of C...

Trade between the Chinese mainland and the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) reached 62.98 billion U.S. dollars in the first four months of 2008, up 9.3 percent year-...

Trade between China's mainland and the Macao Special Administrative Region (MSAR) reached 630 million U.S. dollars in the first quarter of 2008, a 2-percent rise year-on-year, ...

BEIJING, May 21 (Xinhua) -- Premier Wen Jiabao announced here on Wednesday the central government will allocate 70 billion yuan (10.14 billion U.S. dollars) this year for a reconst...

MANAMA, May 21 (Xinhua) -- The third ministerial meeting of China-Arab Cooperation Forum ended Wednesday evening and adopted a communique, an action plan for 2008 to 2010 and two c...

CHENGDU, May 20 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Vice Premier Li Keqiang ordered on Tuesday the production and supply of more tents and makeshift houses to shelter millions of homeless quake vi...

MILAN - AC Milan will not allow World Player of the Year Kaka to play as an over-age player for Brazil at August's Beijing Olympics, the Serie A club said on Sunday. Inter...

BEIJING - Olympic champion Xing Huina will not defend her women's 10,000 metres title on home soil at the Beijing Olympics in August because of a leg injury, the Chinese Athlet...

The Chinese government is grappling with the next urgent task in the aftermath of last week's 8.0-magnitude deadly earthquake -- how to shelter up to 5 million residents in Sic...

Monday morning in Beijing was different. State networks broadcasted news bulletins with black backgrounds, while KTV parlors and nightclubs closed for the night before midnight. Ev...

CHENGDU -- A total of eight pandas selected to entertain tourists at the Olympic Games period, are expected to leave for Beijing on May 24 as scheduled, despite the quake hitting t...

Local residents mourn the dead in the killer earthquake at the Hongshan Square, Wuhan, Central China's Hubei Province on May 17, 2008. [Xinhua] BEIJING -- Flags are to ...