China outlines tasks to advance rural vitalization in 2022: Xinhuanet
February 23, 2022
China unveiled its "No. 1 central document" for 2022 on Tuesday, outlining key tasks to comprehensively push forward rural vitalization this year. As the first policy statement released by China's central authorities each year, the document is seen as an indicator of policy priorities. Work on agriculture and rural areas has been high on the agenda for 19 consecutive years since 2004. Click here to read...
Senior official urges efforts to advance whole-process people's democracy, rule of law: Xinhuanet
February 22, 2022
A senior Chinese official on Tuesday urged persistent efforts to develop whole-process people's democracy and advance the rule of law in China. Wang Chen, a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and chief of the China Law Society, made the remarks while delivering a keynote speech at a legal science forum. Click here to read...
China appoints special envoy for Horn of Africa affairs: Xinhuanet
February 22, 2022
China has appointed Xue Bing, former ambassador to Papua New Guinea, as the special envoy for the Horn of Africa affairs, Foreign Ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin announced on Tuesday. Click here to read...
Chinese FM holds phone conversation with U.S. secretary of state: Xinhuanet
February 23, 2022
Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Tuesday had a telephone conversation with U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken. Blinken congratulated China on the successful Beijing Winter Olympics and the Chinese athletes on their great achievements. Click here to read...
China to roll out supportive measures for SMEs: Xinhuanet
February 23, 2022
China will roll out targeted measures to help small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) tide over difficulties, a senior official with the Ministry of Finance said Tuesday. As a major impetus for economic and social development, SMEs play an irreplaceable role in increasing employment, improving people's livelihood and promoting entrepreneurship and innovation, Yu Weiping, vice finance minister, told a press conference. Click here to read...
Chinese authorities say commercial banks must offer cash services: Xinhuanet
February 23, 2022
Any commercial bank that has physical outlets must provide cash deposit and withdrawal services, two authorities said on Monday. Despite the generally good quality of cash services nationwide, cash refusal occurs occasionally in the society and some banking institutions have shown a decline in willingness to handle cash transactions, according to a meeting held by the People's Bank of China and the China Banking and Insurance Regulatory Commission. Click here to read...
China improves supervision of social insurance funds: Xinhuanet
February 23, 2022
China's Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security has rolled out measures for administrative supervision of social insurance funds and to crack down on insurance frauds. Click here to read...
Chinese authorities act to protect minors from e-cigarette: Xinhuanet
February 23, 2022
Chinese authorities including the Ministry of Public Security (MPS) and the national market regulator have jointly launched a campaign to crack down on selling electronic cigarettes to minors as well as related crimes. Click here to read...
Online functioning of people's courts in China to be streamlined: Xinhuanet
February 23, 2022
The online functioning of people's courts in China is expected to see improvements, as a new set of relevant regulations will come into effect on March 1. The regulations were released by the Supreme People's Court on Tuesday to support the people's courts to handle lawsuits and conduct mediation and other judicial activities online, so as to improve the efficiency and quality of their services. Click here to read...
China vows more fiscal support for firms, local govts to cope with downward pressure: Global Times
February 23, 2022
China will scale up cuts in taxes and fees in 2022 on top of the newly added cuts worth 1.1 trillion yuan ($174 billion) last year and increase allocation of fiscal revenue to local governments to help offset their slowing revenues, officials from the Ministry of Finance (MOF) said on Tuesday, as the country firmly implements proactive fiscal policies for precision and sustainability in stabilizing economic growth. Click here to read...
HK to test all residents three times for coronavirus in March: China Daily
February 23, 2022
Hong Kong will launch a massive program in March to test every resident three times for COVID-19 in an effort to ferret out any infections in the community after the special administrative region reported 6,211 confirmed infections and 39 deaths on Tuesday. Click here to read...
Nation to boost forest and grass industry: China Daily
February 23, 2022
China aims to boost the annual output of its forest and grass industry to 9 trillion yuan ($1.42 trillion) by 2025, according to a five-year plan released recently by the National Forestry and Grassland Administration. Click here to read...
Chinese vice premier stresses importance of national soil survey: China Daily
February 23, 2022
Chinese Vice Premier Hu Chunhua on Tuesday called for the successful completion of the third national soil survey to ensure food security. Hu, also a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, made the remarks at a meeting in Beijing specifying the tasks of the survey. Click here to read...
Robochefs whip up dishes in an instant: China Daily
February 23, 2022
At the canteen in the Main Media Center for the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympic Games, hamburgers are made in 20 seconds, and Cantonese clay pot rice is ready as soon as customers scan a QR code.
About 10 different intelligent cooking machines developed by the Qianxi Robotics Group from Guangdong province stand ready to serve hungry visitors from around the world. "The use of catering robots has helped diversify the variety of foods we can prepare and has greatly increased efficiency," said Zhong Zhanpeng, manager of the intelligent canteen. Click here to read...
China vows multiple measures to increase soybean, oilseeds production in 2022: Global Times
February 23, 2022
China will mull over multiple measures this year to increase production capacity of soybean and other oilseeds, including improving subsidy mechanism for soybean farmers, actively guiding farmers in Northeast China - a main production base - to expand soybean cultivation area and promoting advanced soybean-corn intercropping agricultural technology, Chinese agricultural officials said on Wednesday, after the release of the No.1 central document that focuses on food security. Click here to read...
Online collaboration systems win increasing popularity in China's workplace: People’s Daily
February 23, 2022
Online collaboration, which costs less and is more efficient than the traditional way of working, becomes a new trend in China with the progress of digitalization in various sectors. Click here to read...
China's child-rearing costs far outstrip U.S., Japan –research: Reuters
February 23, 2022
The cost of raising a child in China stands at nearly seven times its per capita GDP, far more than the United States and Japan, highlighting the challenges facing Chinese policymakers as they try to tackle rapidly declining birth rates, new research showed. Click here to read...
