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Thursday, October 24, 2013
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President Xi Jinping vowed here Friday to give an iron hand to any polluters in the smog-choked country.
Chinese finance minister Lou Jiwei and vice finance minister Liu Kun give a press conference for the third session of China's 12th National People's Congress (NPC) on fiscal and tax reform, in Beijing,capital of China, March 6, 2015.
Investment will continue to play a crucial role in driving China's slowing economy this year to offset domestic and global downturn pressures, but policymakers won't enact bold stimulus measures, the head of China's top economic planning agency said on Thursday.
President Xi Jinping vowed here Friday to give an iron hand to any polluters in the smog-choked country.
Students from over 98 high-schools across North America competed in 2015 VEX Robotics Competition at British Columbia Institute of Technology (BCIT) here on Friday.
The railway stations around the nation witnessed surging passenger flows on Friday as the Spring Festival came to end and people started to return to school and work.
Thousands of Chinese viewers illegally downloaded the new season of "House of Cards" after streaming site Sohu failed to release the American political drama when Netflix rolled out all 13 episodes in late February.
The registration-based system for initial public offerings is likely to be implemented this year and the Shanghai Stock Exchange is getting ready to handle the responsibility.
The South Sudan peace talks mediated by an East African bloc was suspended indefinitely on Friday without producing the necessary breakthrough.
A Beijing-based Web sensation releases an online short film in which he mimics accents of people from different parts of the world.
China's two-time Olympic flyweight champion Zou Shiming will face the reigning flyweight world champion Amnat Ruenroeng for his first professional world title match in Macao.
The search for the Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 that disappeared on March 8 last year will continue.
Carrefour SA, the world's second-largest retailer by revenue, is expected to open 15 new hypermarkets in China this year.
Fewer fireworks were set off as per regulations in the capital during this year's Chinese Lunar New Year holiday.
If you use a Mac running OS X Yosemite, you can now try out the latest preview build of Microsoft Office for free.
The stars of the new film "Chappie" have turned out in New York for the premiere of the new sci-fi action film.
A large winter storm reaching from Texas to southern New England, which prompted school closings and led to almost 2,300 flight cancellations, had dumped over a foot (30 cm) of snow on parts of the eastern United States by early Thursday morning.
Qatar's 2022 World Cup organizing committee chief has assured Qatar will be ready to deliver a World Cup no matter when it is played.
Tencent Holdings Ltd, one of China's largest Internet firms based on market value, is working on a barrier-free technology standard that will allow its Internet-related products on mobile devices to benefit disabled people and the elderly, a top company manager said.
China will quicken the pace of implementing the strategy of free trade zones (FTZs) and turn institutional innovation into a strong impetus for the country's development, President Xi Jinping said Thursday.
The target, as expected, was lowered to "around 7 percent," a level not seen since 2004 and 0.5 percentage points lower than that of 2014, in a government work report delivered by Premier Li Keqiang to the third session of the 12th National People's Congress.
Dan Stevens from Downton Abbey, is in negotiations to play the Beast in a movie adaptation of Disney's "Beauty and the Beast."
Britain's Prince William (R) poses for photos with Xi Zhinong from Wild China Film and his photo album during the "Wild China" photo exhibition held at Xishuangbanna National Nature Reserve in Xishuangbanna Dai Autonomous Region, southwest China's Yunnan Province
This February saw the first ever Asian Sky Running Championship race come to Hong Kong. The competition is one of the most physically demanding a runner can put their body through.
China's State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission has approved the merger of China's top train makers CNR and CSR.
Apart from the questions posed by journalists and information revealed at the press conference, the interpreters have never failed to be a limelight during the annual sessions of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) and the National People's Congress (NPC).
Chinese Super League side Beijing Guoan claimed their second consecutive win in the AFC Champions League as Dejan Damjanovic's winner in the second-half gave them a home victory over South Korea's Suwon Samsung Bluewings on Wednesday night.
The second-in-line to the British throne, Prince William, has arrived in Beijing to begin a four-day visit to China.
