The Spring Festival peak travel season started on Sunday with tens of millions of passengers, mainly migrant workers and college students, on the move in the world's largest seasonal migration.
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China's major financial regulators highlighted the necessity to curb systemic risks and maintain financial stability by all means in 2012 on Sunday, one day after the National Financial Work Conference concluded.
China will maintain a prudent monetary policy this year with "timely and appropriate adjustment".
World Bank chief economist Lin Yifu believed China has the potential to maintain an annual economic growth rate of around 8 percent for the next 20 years.
A former top trade official has warned that the Chinese economy faces this year the most difficult situation since the global financial crisis.
The governor of the central bank outlines thoughts on thorny issue.
Regulator aiming to provide more security for investors in start-ups.
4,843 officials who held positions above the county level were punished in 2011 and that it continues to deal "seriously" with officials' violations.
Urbanization, upgrading the manufacturing sector and developing strategic industries are keys to boosting the country's domestic demand.
The government has created preferential procurement policies for small-and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) to boost their development.
The move will ensure bank liquidity ahead of the week-long Lunar New Year holiday in late January.