DIFFERENT policies on different housing will support first-home buyers in China and curb speculation in 2018.
2017-12-25
CHINA has released new guidelines on the civilian unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) industry, expecting the market value of the industry to rise 40 percent year on year on average to 60 billion yuan (US$9.1 billion) by 2020.
The country will improve the long-term mechanisms to ensure stable and healthy development of the real estate market. Both home purchases and rentals will be encouraged.
2017-12-22
A COURT adjourned an arson trial Thursday after the defendant’s lawyer walked out of the courtroom when his objection to jurisdiction was denied by the judge.
A COURT in Beijing on Tuesday began a long-awaited hearing into whether a wildlife park was responsible for a tiger attack that killed one person and injured another.
2017-12-21
A CHINESE company that makes toilet paper, napkins and facial tissue has plans to make products from an unexpected raw material: panda poop.
CHINA’S biggest Internet security firm said yesterday it will permanently shut down its online live broadcast service following widespread allegations of public privacy infringement.
THE output of China’s biotechnology industry will rise to 8 to 10 trillion yuan (US$1.21 -1.51 trillion) by 2020.
2017-12-20
BEIJING traffic authorities have given the green light for road tests of self-driving cars in an effort to foster the use of artificial intelligence (AI) for mobility.
FOR his role in pushing forward the development of quantum communications, Chinese physicist Pan Jianwei has been included in Nature’s 10, the annual list of 10 people who mattered in science in 2017, which was released online Monday by the prestigious journal Nature.
CHINESE prosecutors nationwide indicted 22,268 people in 8,257 cases involving property violations via Internet or telecommunication in the first nine months of the year.
2017-12-18
THE Convention on Exchange of Overseas Talent, a recruitment fair to be held in Guangzhou City next week, is expected to attract more overseas talent to China.
A SECOND prototype of China’s large passenger jet C919 completed its maiden flight in Shanghai yesterday, which was marked as a step closer to China becoming a global aviation powerhouse.
A SUMMIT of Islamic countries held in Istanbul on Wednesday declared East Jerusalem the capital of the State of Palestine to counter a U.S. decision in favor of Israel.
2017-12-15
THE Immigration Department of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government said Thursday that self-service departure for visitors to Hong Kong (Smart Departure) is being extended to other control points.
CHINA has moved to bolster its 3-D printing sector with favorable policies from stronger fiscal support to easier financing as it counts on high-tech, emerging sectors to drive the economy.
POLICE in Guangdong Province announced 18 new policies Tuesday to facilitate the development of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area.
2017-12-14
A LOCAL district government in Guangdong Province plans to build more than 30,000 apartments to be sold or rented at low prices in the next five years to retain talent.
2017-12-13
THE smog-prone northern Chinese province of Hebei has reported fairly good air quality for 66 percent of days since Oct. 1, the best record in five years.
CHINA will establish a world-class national cybersecurity industrial park to cultivate a 100 billion yuan (US$15 billion) cybersecurity industry in Beijing by 2020.