Susan Rice, as the top foreign policy adviser to US president Barack Obama, is paying a two-day visit in China to meet with Chinese officials in preparation for President Xi Jinping's upcoming visit. It's my honor to be back in Beijing on behalf of P...
The National People's Congress Standing Committee on Saturday voted to change the conviction standards for the crime of corruption. The amendment says criminals convicted on serious corruption charges who have received a two-year suspended death sent...
The National People's Congress Standing Committee approved the resolution during its most recent bi-monthly session. President Xi Jinping signed off on the deal on Saturday. China first granted pardons to non-war criminals in 1959, while the first am...
The tourism industry, construction, and cultural communication are the main fields of cooperation. According to Wang Huiyao, director of the Center for China and Globalization, One Belt, One Road will focus more on exports than imports. India is seen...
Professor Gilbert Van Kerchhove from Belgium is the President and founder of a Beijing-based management consulting firm. He was deeply involved in the preparations of for the 2008 Olympics in Beijing. Van Kerchhove says one of the main issues leading...
The Supreme People's Procuratorate is investigating 11 officials and port executives for allegations of dereliction of duty and abuse of authority. Li Wensheng is heading the investigation. He says they've found numerous causes for possible prosecuti...
Reporter: The Chinese government says the move will boost investment returns for pension funds. Vice Finance Minister Yu Weiping says pension funds across the entire country hit the 3.5 trillion yuan mark late last year. At the end of 2014, the accum...
The report is meant to provide suggestions for Chinese central authorities putting together the 13th five-year plan. One of the over-riding themes in the research report is how to keep China's economy moving under the New Normal. This is the term bei...
A typical scenario when surfing the web in China is that, as you scroll down while reading a serious story on your computer, a sexually-inclined picture or stories with sensational headlines will appear somewhere on the screen. This even happens at s...
The inventory has been piling as financing for the industry has weakened. This has resulted in the closure of many automotive sales and service centers. Luo Lei, a vice secretary of China Automobile Dealers Association, says the profit decline has hu...
The policy now allows Chinese retirees who have obtained a U.S. green card to be covered under the Chinese pension plan. Chang Kai, a labor expert with Renmin University, says the policy decision is mostly about fairness. The pension benefits depends...
Reporter: The People's Bank of China says the economy is still facing downward pressure. Meanwhile, the global financial market has shown major fluctuations recently. Therefore, the central bank has concluded that it's necessary to apply flexible mon...
Over 27-hundred volunteers, dubbed the New Generation at the Bird's Nest, are activated among different posts at the IAAF Championships. Xie Junyan heads a group of 72 volunteers. His team is dealing with security. Our volunteers are here as an impor...
An amendment to the anti-air pollution laws has been submitted for vote at the ongoing session of the National People's Congress Standing Committee this week after driving ban provisions were removed. Lawmaker Hao Ruyu, arguing in support of the new...
The draft is said to be the first of its kind in China connected to domestic violence. It has been discussed at the bi-monthly meeting of the National People's Congress Standing Committee. Song Xiuyan with the State Council says the draft bill highli...
