Government Updates
China passes new medical reform plan
China's State Council, or Cabinet, passed a long awaited medical reform plan which promised to spend 850 billion yuan (123 billion U.S. dollars) by 2011 to provide universal medical service to the country's 1.3 billion population.
Read moreAirbus to set up joint venture for A350 in NE China
The Aviation Industry Corporation of China (AVIC) has sealed a deal with European aircraft maker Airbus to build a factory in northeast China to jointly produce composite material parts and components for the new wide-body A350 aircraft.
Read moreChinese tourists in another U.S. bus crash
Another tourist group from Shanghai has been involved in a bus accident in the United States, just days after six Chinese tourists were killed in a bus crash in Arizona.
Read more7 Chinese tourists confirmed dead in bus crash near Las Vegas: official
Seven Chinese tourists have been killed in a tour bus accident near the Hoover Dam in Arizona, with at least seven others seriously injured, a spokesman of the Chinese Consulate here confirmed Saturday.
Read moreChina moves to tap rural market potential
China on Sunday extended it rural subsidy scheme for home appliance purchases nationwide in an effort to boost rural consumption, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and the State Council announced in the first joint document this year.
Read moreChina's gov't warns 2009 to be "the toughest" year since 2000
China's government Sunday warned 2009 will be "possibly the toughest year" since the turn of the century in terms of securing economic development and consolidating the "sound development momentum" in agriculture and rural areas.
Read morePremier: China, Europe need to strengthen cooperation to deal with financial crisis
Visiting Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao said here on Monday that China and European countries should strengthen cooperation to deal with global financial crisis.
Read moreChina, EU vow to deepen cooperation
China and the European Union (EU) on Friday vowed to further enhance their partnership and deepen cooperation in various fields.
Read moreNew drugs help fight AIDS better
The Ministry of Health (HOH) has begun a nationwide program to distribute new drugs among AIDS patients, a senior official said Monday.
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