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China's public organizations to open recruitment 2010-07-06 11:03:20

All public organizations’ recruitment in China will be open to the public by 2012, according to a special session in Qingdao, xinhuanet.com reported Tuesday.

Shaanxi fines three cities for polluting river 2010-07-06 08:16:25

Northwest China's Shaanxi province has fined the local governments of three cities for excessively discharging pollutants in the Weihe River, a major tributary of the country's second largest river, the Yellow River.

Enclosed management to limit migrants in Beijing 2010-07-06 07:56:59

Closed-off management, which has been implemented in some Beijing villages where migrant residents outnumber permanent residents, will be further promoted across the capital after the move received approval from both the country's top police official and the city's Party chief.

Red Ribbon Forum redoubles AIDS fighting bid 2010-07-06 07:22:47

The Chinese government and civil society have joined hands for the first time in responding to HIV/AIDS, as the high-profile China Red Ribbon Beijing Forum was launched on Monday to share information and pool resources in fighting the disease.

Land minister says housing prices 'to fall in Q4' 2010-07-06 06:57:26

Property prices are likely to start falling in the last quarter of the year as tightening measures for the sector continue, officials and analysts have said.
Housing transactions tumble in H1
The rise and fall of property prices in Beijing

Efforts to boost 'leapfrog development' in Xinjiang 2010-07-05 10:42:05

Authorities in different fields, as well as local governments around China, have been engaged in implementing the central authorities' strategic plans for the far western Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region to achieve what authorities have described as leapfrog development and lasting stability.

More pollution control for water diversion project 2010-07-05 09:55:47

Authorities will push ahead with pollution control along the eastern route of the South-to-North Water Diversion (SNWD) project, which has sparked widespread concerns over its poor water quality since construction kicked off eight years ago.

'Green indices' to evaluate officials 2010-07-05 09:06:39

China is mulling using environmental indices as a yardstick to evaluate the performances of local governments and officials as the country seeks to convert its development mode to a green one, experts said Sunday.

Economic policy faces rising challenges 2010-07-05 07:27:32

Premier Wen Jiabao has warned that China's macro-economic control policy is facing mounting difficulties, with the severity of the international financial crisis and the unpredictable nature of the global economic recovery.

China keeps promise to curb carbon emission 2010-07-04 13:14:43

Although it is not an easy task, China strives to put into practice the promise made last November before the Copenhagen Conference -- to cut its carbon dioxide emissions per unit of gross domestic product by 40 to 45 percent by 2020 compared with the level from 2005.