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Lack of candidates clears way for Lamy to remain at WTO
No candidates have come forward to challenge the reappointment of Pascal Lamy as director-general of the World Trade Organisation when his term of office expires this year.
Read moreChina in push to prop up local carmakers
The Chinese government plans to support the car industry, the second-largest in the world, with the aim of ensuring sales growth of about 10 per cent in 2009.
Read moreGrowth of fiscal income to slow down
The fiscal income growth is projected to slow further this year, adding further pressure to the State exchequer, the finance minister said yesterday.
Read moreAdditional stimulus in the pipeline
The nation's economic stimulus measures will go beyond the announced 4-trillion-yuan package as more industry-specific policies are rolled out, Premier Wen Jiabao said on Friday.
Read moreGlobal manufacturing slows, optimism in markets
Factories from India to Europe, the United States and China slashed output and jobs in December, but investors seemed determined on Friday to start the new year on a positive note, pushing stocks higher.
Read moreFuel tax reform an energy milestone
The Chinese government has finally decided to start a fuel tax plan beginning January 1.
Read moreChina knocked off IPOs top slot
Chinese stock exchanges raised just $22bn in initial public offerings in 2008. The slowdown means China will not finish the year as the leading centre for IPOs, falling behind New York for the first time since 2005.
Read moreChina drafts first law on social insurance
China's top legislature made public Sunday a draft law on social insurance, the first of its kind in the country.
Read moreChina's state sector urged to boost economy
Senior government officials have publicly called on China's state-owned sector to increase its dominance in the economy in response to rapidly cooling growth and plummeting profits.
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