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Fog Continues to Blanket Much of China
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| Fog will continue to blanket much of China over the weekend, hampering transport, said the Chinese Central Meteorological Station. |
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Campaign Urges Textbook Recycling
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| A group of high school students in Zhuji City, east China's Zhejiang Province, have started a campaign to encourage fellow pupils across the country to take good care of their textbooks so the volumes can be reused. |
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China, US Vice-Ministerial Level Military Talks Resume
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| Senior Chinese and US military officials held their fifth round of talks on defense at the vice-defense ministerial level on Monday and Tuesday. Both sides agreed to maintain contact and consultation to further friendly bilateral military exchanges over the coming years. |
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Economic Goals Set for 2003
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| The economic reform in China will be deepened and the opening-up be furthered next year, top Chinese leaders agreed at a central economic working conference, jointly held by the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC) and the State Council. |
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Scientists Protect Dunhuang Grotto Frescos
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| After examining the behavioral patterns of insects, Chinese scientists have developed a series of techniques to prevent the little creatures from damaging the Dunhuang grotto frescos, solving one of the biggest difficulties in protecting the ancient cultural treasures in west China’s Gansu Province. |
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Domestic Industry Feels Impact of WTO Membership
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| China’s WTO entry in November 2001 is beginning to reveal its impact. Different sectors of industry have been affected in different ways. |
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China Issues White Paper on National Defense
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| The Information Office of the State Council issued, on December 9, a white paper titled China's National Defense in 2002, which gives an account of the country's national defense policy and progress in national defense over the past two years. |
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China, EU Cooperate to Reduce Vehicle Emissions
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| China's vehicle taxation system should be amended to better manage automobile emissions, experts from a China-EU project on emissions control said Monday. |
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WTO Admission Proves Out
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| China's foreign trade and overseas investment achieved "best" scores in years when the world economy slowed down, and as a new WTO member, China is a "best" player of the multilateral trade body, said Minister Shi Guangsheng of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation, on the eve of the first anniversary of China's WTO entry. |
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GDP Growth Set to Reach 8 Percent
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| Growth in China's gross domestic product (GDP) is predicted to surge to a year-on-year 8 percent in 2002, bolstered mainly by a vigorous private investment binge and robust household consumption in cars and housing. |
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