1. Foreign diplomats in China visit Shihezi, a gobi city in Xinjiang
(TRAVEL/CITIES IN CHINA)

Tags: [Xinjiang, diplomat, development, city, invest]  ...

2. China to Build the Largest Wind Power Station
(BUSINESS & TECH/CHINESE ECONOMY)

Tags: [wind power, Jiuquan, air blowers, construction, development]  ...

3. BYD Boss Becomes the Richest Man in China
(BUSINESS & TECH/CHINESE ECONOMY)

... from US financial guru Warren Buffett. Forbes magazine pointed out that the cooperation between China's BYD and Buffett illustrates the potential for collaborative development between the two countries. ...

4. Qian Xuesen, Father of China's Rocketry Dead
(SOCIETY/People)

... development of Chinese aerospace. He played a leading role in the research, manufacturing and testing of carrier rockets, guided missiles and satellites. Due to research and development led by Qian, ...

5. Paintings on Tibet show in Rome
(ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT/Art)

...  The nine-day exhibition, held in the Venice Palace in downtown Rome, features 60 paintings depicting the extraordinary landscape of Tibet and the region's social and economic development. "The ...

6. Senior Chinese Military Officer to Visit U.S.
(SOCIETY/Politics)

... issues. The spokesman said currently the development of the relations between the two armies is facing an important opportunity and the two sides should look after each other's interests and concerns ...

7. China's GDP Expected to Grow 9 pct in Q3: Experts
(BUSINESS & TECH/CHINESE ECONOMY)

... stimulus plan has produced positive effects," said Zhao Jinping, a researcher with the Development Research Center of the State Council, or Cabinet. He expected the country's gross domestic product (GDP) ...

8. Chinese Premier gives top priority to education, teachers
(SOCIETY/Politics)

If education is the cornerstone for the nation's development, teachers are the cornerstone for education, said Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao in a speech during a visit to a high school in Beijing on Sept. ...

9. China Deal to Help Hummer Go Fuel Efficient
(BUSINESS & TECH/CHINESE ECONOMY)

...  "A series of fuel-efficient vehicles, including electric models have already been under development. Environment-friendly products will be introduced to the market soon," he said, without elaborating. ...

10. China Confident of Rejuvenation: Hu Jintao
(SOCIETY/Politics)

... groups "cannot be prouder of the development and progress of our great motherland," said Hu, addressing a grand rally at the Tian'anmen Square in downtown Beijing to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the ...

11. 2008 China's foreign exchange reserves rank first in world
(BUSINESS & TECH/CHINESE ECONOMY)

... this during a press briefing which was aimed at highlighting China's significant socio-economic development for the past 60 years. The People's Republic of China would be 60 years on Oct. 1, 2009 and ...

12. Taming the desert
(News/Newsflash)

... threats to sustainable development - not only to China, but also to the whole North East Asian region.   According to the latest reliable figures released by the government, a staggering 27-percent ...

13. China Now a Lower-middle-income Country
(BUSINESS & TECH/CHINESE ECONOMY)

... of Statistics (NBS).   The report, featuring the nation's 60-year development since 1949 when new China was founded, also said China has gradually become a large manufacturing country as it strengthened ...

14. Fuel Prices Raised in China
(BUSINESS & TECH/CHINESE ECONOMY)

China announced Tuesday that it will raise the benchmark retailing prices of gasoline and diesel by about 4 percent as of Sept 2. China's National Development and Reform Commission, the country's ...

15. China Drafts Plan to Restructure Rare Earths Industry
(BUSINESS & TECH/CHINESE ECONOMY)

China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology has drafted a six-year plan for rare earth industry that advocates centralized development in a bid to protect the environment and conserve the country's ...

16. Relationship between China and Russia on Market Closure
(BUSINESS & TECH/CHINESE ECONOMY)

...  During talks with Russian Economic Development Minister Elvira Nabiullina in Beijing, Chen called for more legal assistance and information services for Chinese merchants working in Russia. The Chinese ...

17. Australia's biggest investment bank forms China trust joint venture
(BUSINESS & TECH/CHINESE ECONOMY)

... Co Ltd (Sanjili), a state-owned power generation company, owns 60 percent of the joint venture while Beijing Rongda Investment Ltd owns 20.01 percent. Several State-owned firms including the State Development ...

18. World economists expect China to emerge 1st from downturn
(BUSINESS & TECH/CHINESE ECONOMY)

... five years. Ding Yifan, a Chinese scholar at the Development Research Center of the State Council, said the finding indicates that most economists are cautiously optimistic about the future economy. ...

19. Foreign diplomats in China visit Shihezi, a gobi city in Xinjiang
(TRAVEL/CITIES IN CHINA)

... in China on Thursday visited Shihezi city in northwest China' s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, voicing their appreciation to the development model of the city.   Shihezi city, some 150 km northwest ...

20. China Drafts Regulation on Monopoly Price
(SOCIETY/Law)

China's top economic planner, the National Development and Reform Commission, unveiled Wednesday a draft regulation on monopoly prices. The regulation applies to cases of monopoly prices both inside ...