Government Updates

2009-03-05 > All chapters

MIIT Vice Minister Xi Guohua meets President of the European Union Chamber of Commerce Joerg Wuttke

MIIT Vice Minister Xi Guohua meets President of the European Union Chamber of Commerce Joerg Wuttke

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2009-03-04 > All chapters

SFDA: Order of the President of the People’s Republic of China No.9

SFDA: Order of the President of the People’s Republic of China No.9
The Food Safety Law of the People’s Republic of China

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2009-03-04 > All chapters

China to stimulate growth in bank loans

China’s central bank said Tuesday it would ensure a “reasonable and steady” increase in bank loans this year to support the country’s economic growth amid the worsening global financial crisis.

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2009-03-04 > All chapters

Minister: Healthcare network to cover all

China aims to expand its medical insurance to cover all citizens and upgrade services through its new healthcare reform package, Health Ministry Chen Zhu said at the ongoing CPPCC session.

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2009-03-04 > All chapters

Chinese firms seek to invest in Europe

A high-level Chinese business delegation is set to travel to Europe this weekend to explore investment avenues-close on the heels of a trade team which returned to Beijing last weekend.

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2009-03-04 > All chapters

Overseas firms in South China see less profit in '09

About 76 percent of 551 overseas companies in South China said in a survey they were profitable last year but were beginning to see a slight slowdown in profitability.

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2009-03-03 > All chapters

Finland buys 1.4m-ton CO2 credits from China

Finland said Monday it has signed a contract with a Chinese company to purchase 1.4 millioin tones of carbon dioxide credits over ten years from 2009. The project is designed to promote the use of methane fermentation reactors and cooking utensils in a mountainous area in China’s south central Hunan Province. The reactor can convert organic waste materials such as livestock excrement to methane.

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2009-03-03 > All chapters

Land transfer may draw 'heated debate'

A recent landmark policy that allows rural land-use right transfers between farmers is expected to stir a heated debate at the National People’s Congress (NPC) and the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) meetings this week, experts said Monday.

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2009-03-03 > All chapters

Beijing plans to build more efficient heating facilities to cut pollution

Chinese capital Beijing will put into use 20 bigger and more efficient heating centers in the next two years in a bid to reduce pollution. Ten such centers were in operation and the city planned to increase the number to 20 in 2009 and 30 in 2010, an official with the Municipal Commission of Development and Reform said Monday.

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