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China needs more experts in intellectual property rights |
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2007/10/24 15:54 (Beijing - China) |
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| China is facing a damaging shortfall in the numbers of professionals working in the field of intellectual property rights, leading academics claim. |
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Senior Chinese economist recommends action on housing prices |
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2007/10/24 15:52 (Beijing - China) |
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| A senior economist with China's top planning agency is recommending the government provide incentives for the country's home buyers and raise its warning level on a key inflation indicator with a prediction of further steep price rises next year |
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Grocery markets hit by tight new regulations |
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2007/10/23 11:07 (Beijing - China) |
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| Tight new regulations are being enforced on grocery wholesale and retail markets in Shanghai ensuring that food standards are maintained at the highest level. |
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Garbage incinerator to power more Guangzhou homes |
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2007/10/23 10:45 (Beijing - China) |
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| Construction is expected to start by the end of the year on a massive below-ground garbage incinerator plant that will also generate electricity for Guangzhou, the capital of South China's Guangdong Province. |
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Core competency powers leading truck maker ahead |
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2007/10/23 10:42 (Beijing - China) |
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| China National Heavy-Duty Truck Group Co Ltd (CNHTC) has achieved dramatic growth in recent years. |
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World Bank to work with China to fight global poverty |
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2007/10/23 10:14 (Beijing - China) |
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| World Bank President Robert Zoellick on Sunday spoke highly of China's investment in Africa, saying the bank will work with China to fight global poverty. |
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Bear Stearns, China's CITIC strike alliance |
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2007/10/23 10:10
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| Bear Stearns, the U.S. investment bank battered by slumping mortgage markets, and China's CITIC Securities have agreed to swap stakes in each other and form a broad alliance, the firms said on Monday. |
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Equal treatment for all economic sectors |
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2007/10/22 13:23 (Beijing - China) |
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| All previous Party congresses in the past 30 years have given a new understanding of the non-public sector economy. There have been three major breakthroughs in the theoretical understanding of the non-public economy. |
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China's registered SMEs surpass 4.3 mln |
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2007/10/22 13:17 (Beijing - China) |
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| China's registered small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) have exceeded 4.3 million and contributed to 58.5 percent of gross domestic production, according to the SMEs association. |
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Buyers confident of China-made products |
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2007/10/22 14:54 (Beijing - China) |
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| Chinese products are favored by global buyers at a major important and export fair in Guangzhou, capital of south China’s Guangdong province, despite a few product recalls of Chinese products since this summer. |
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Small commodities fair to lure 110,000 businessmen |
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2007/10/22 14:55 (Beijing - China) |
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| Over 110,000 domestic and foreign business people from 130 countries and regions will display and sell products during a trade fair from Monday to Friday to in Yiwu City, east China’s Zhejiang Province. |
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China sets up first index system for textile industry |
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2007/10/22 13:12 (Beijing - China) |
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| China's Ministry of Commerce (MOC) announced on Sunday the establishment of the country's first-ever textile index system, to better reflect the development of the textile industry and its market. |
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Grain price hikes set to continue |
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2007/10/22 13:10 (Beijing - China) |
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| Grain prices will continue to edge upwards next year despite a turbulent 12 months in which costs soared, according to a leading agricultural policy maker. |
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China welcomes New Zealand's judgement on clothing exports |
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2007/10/19 09:32 (Beijing - China) |
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| China on Thursday welcomed New Zealand's impartial test results on its clothing exports and expressed appreciation for its publicizing of the results. |
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Market to determine exchange rate - PBOC |
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2007/10/22 14:56 (Beijing - China) |
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| The market will play a bigger role in determining the exchange rate of the yuan and eventually make it fully convertible, the country’s top banker said Thursday. |
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Industry park to bring investment and jobs to Henan Province |
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2007/10/19 09:24 (Beijing - China) |
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| As the latest and most quickly developed of the 27 provincial industry parks, 118 enterprises have settled here, including 12 with an investment of over one billion yuan. |
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Agriculture foundation needs strengthening |
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2007/10/22 14:58 (Beijing - China) |
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| The reform on rural tax and administrative fees was carried out to reduce the burden on farmers. When the agricultural tax was abolished last year, a total of 125 billion yuan ($16.6 billion) was cut annually, with more 140 yuan per capita. |
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Mortgage policy hits property investors hard |
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2007/10/19 09:19 (Beijing - China) |
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| Yang Ping, a 30-year-old business reporter, hasn't slept well since September 27, when the central bank raised the down payment for mortgages to 40 percent for second apartments. |
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Leading Chinese insurer unveils premiums in first 3 quarters |
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2007/10/19 09:17 (Beijing - China) |
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| China Ping An, one of the country's leading insurance company, announced Thursday that its premiums amounted to 76.02 billion yuan in the first three quarters of this year. |
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General aviation sector reaches for sky |
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2007/10/17 14:14 (Beijing - China) |
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| Xi'an: China will focus more attention to the development of its general aviation sector to meet the growing requirements of the market. |
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