Premier encourages political advisors to help map five-year plan

2015-11-07 09:44:52

Chinese Premier Li Keqiang on Friday encouraged political advisors to pool wisdom and suggestions while the country maps a new five-year plan.

Higher deficit ratio 'worth discussing'

2015-11-07 07:50:18

China's Vice-Finance Minister Zhu Guangyao said on Friday that it is worth discussing whether the fiscal deficit ratio should be fixed below the ceiling of 3 percent, indicating the possibility of a more proactive fiscal policy in 2016.

IPOs set to resume amid rebound

2015-11-07 07:50:18

China's securities regulator said on Friday that it will resume initial public offerings by companies after halting the fundraising mechanism since July to stem the dramatic market slide during the summer.

'Zombie' companies may receive help to shut down

2015-11-07 07:55:34

China is studying policies to help "zombie" companies withdraw from business in order to improve the efficiency of State-owned and private enterprises.

China lists, names five for judicial intervention

2015-11-06 13:23:17

The names of five officials and judicial personnel were made public on Friday as they had interfered in judicial cases.

Stern eye cast on low-level corruption

2015-11-06 07:51:17

Jail sentences were given to 197 officials at grassroots levels who were involved in 175 corruption cases over the past five years, prosecutors in Shanghai said on Thursday.

Nation to deepen Liberian cooperation

2015-11-06 07:51:17

China is willing to deepen pragmatic cooperation with Liberia and help it to develop and reduce poverty, Premier Li Keqiang said when meeting with Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf in Beijing on Thursday.

Taiwan talks 'a milestone'

2015-11-05 07:49:35

The scheduled meeting between leaders of both sides of the Taiwan Straits, Xi Jinping and Ma Yingjeou, will be "a milestone in nearly seven decades of cross-Straits relations", the mainland's Taiwan affairs chief said on Wednesday.

Freedom of navigation a 'nonissue'

2015-11-05 07:49:35

State Councilor and Minister of National Defense Chang Wanquan has said that the so-called freedom of navigation issue in the South China Sea is "a false proposition", and therefore it cannot be taken as "an excuse for provocations".

China to start 20 new major water conservation projects

2015-11-05 14:21:46

China plans to build 20 new major water conservation projects in 2016 amid efforts to boost investment and stabilize growth.

China to speed up restructuring of zombie SOEs

2015-11-05 06:57:50

A State Council meeting presided over by Premier Li Keqiang decides to speed up the restructuring of loss-making State-owned enterprises.

Success of Fox Hunt campaign continues

2015-11-05 07:51:33

A total of 627 fugitives have been captured since "Fox Hunt 2015" began in April, the Ministry of Public Security said on Wednesday.