Chinese vice premier calls for all-out efforts to stabilize employment: Xinhuanet
April 7, 2022
Chinese Vice Premier Hu Chunhua on Thursday called for all-out efforts to stabilize and expand employment. Hu, also a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, made the remarks while chairing a symposium on the employment situation. Click here to read…
China amends regulations to further cut red tape: Xinhuanet
April 7, 2022
Chinese Premier Li Keqiang has signed a State Council decree unveiling a set of revised administrative regulations to further cut the red tape and stimulate market players’ vitality. Click here to read…
Former deputy head of State Administration of Grain indicted for graft: Xinhuanet
April 7, 2022
Xu Ming, former deputy head of the State Administration of Grain, has been indicted on charges of taking bribery and abuse of power, the Supreme People’s Procuratorate (SPP) said Thursday. Click here to read…
Chinese premier stresses maneuvering monetary policy tools to bolster real economy: Xinhuanet
April 7, 2022
Chinese Premier Li Keqiang on Wednesday said that the country will maneuver monetary policy tools when appropriate to effectively support the real economy. Chairing a State Council executive meeting, Li also stressed the need for enterprises in strained industries to postpone the payment of pension insurance, as well as stabilize jobs and strengthen employment training. Click here to read…
China urges U.S. to revoke arms sale to Taiwan: Xinhuanet
April 8, 2022
A Chinese defense spokesperson on Thursday urged the United States to immediately revoke its plan to sell arms to Taiwan, and stop military ties with Taiwan to avoid causing further damage to China-U.S. relations and the relations between their militaries. Click here to read…
Chinese banks ease mortgage burden for epidemic-hit borrowers: Xinhuanet
April 8, 2022
China’s five major state-owned banks have adopted a slew of measures to ease the residential mortgage burden for individual borrowers affected by the COVID-19 epidemic.
These steps include postponing mortgage repayments, extending repayment periods, as well as deferring principal and interest repayments on housing loans, the banks told Xinhua. Click here to read…
China to crack down on illegal gold mining: Xinhuanet
April 7, 2022
Chinese authorities will launch a year-long special campaign to crack down on the illegal exploitation of abandoned gold mines, said a circular made public on Thursday. In 2021, illegal exploitations of abandoned gold mines caused deaths, and the extraction process brought heavy pollution to the soil and underground water, said the circular released by seven government bodies, including the Ministry of Natural Resources. Click here to read…
China issues new regulation for handling of public complaints: Xinhuanet
April 7, 2022
The Communist Party of China Central Committee and the State Council have issued a regulation for the handling of public complaint letters and visits. A circular issued alongside the regulation highlighted the significance of work to handle public complaints, saying it is an important window through which an understanding of society and the people’s opinions can be obtained. Click here to read…
Senior Qinghai provincial legislator under probe: Xinhuanet
April 7, 2022
Li Jiexiang, a vice chairman of the Standing Committee of Qinghai Provincial People’s Congress, is under investigation for suspected severe violations of party disciplines and laws, according to the top anti-graft agency on Thursday. Click here to read…
Over 17,000 confirmed COVID-19 cases in China’s Jilin discharged from hospital: Xinhuanet
April 7, 2022
By the end of Wednesday, a total of 17,859 confirmed COVID-19 cases had been discharged from hospital in northeast China’s Jilin Province, local health authorities said on Thursday. A total of 6,937 asymptomatic cases had also been released from medical observation. Click here to read…
China solicits opinions on draft financial stability law: Xinhuanet
April 7, 2022
China has unveiled a draft law on financial stability, which is open for public opinions starting from Wednesday, the central bank said. The draft, jointly compiled by the People’s Bank of China (PBOC) and other relevant authorities, clarified the responsibilities of the mechanism for coordinating national financial stability and development, the PBOC said. Click here to read…
China to defer old-age insurance contributions for industries in special difficulty, employ monetary policy tools to support real economy: Xinhuanet
April 7, 2022
China will adopt the policy of postponing payments of old-age insurance premiums on a time-limited basis for industries experiencing special difficulty, and channel more unemployment insurance funds to support enterprises in maintaining stable payrolls and providing training, according to a decision made at the State Council’s executive meeting chaired by Premier Li Keqiang on Wednesday. Click here to read…
Relief set for businesses in difficulties: China Daily
April 8, 2022
China will adopt the policy of postponing payments of old-age insurance premiums for a limited time for industries experiencing special difficulty, and it will channel more unemployment insurance funds to support enterprises in maintaining stable payrolls and providing training, according to a decision made at the State Council’s executive meeting chaired by Premier Li Keqiang on Wednesday. Click here to read…
VAT plan to help businesses, economy: China Daily
April 7, 2022
Program seeks to ensure tax refunds are processed more quickly for small, micro enterprises this year China’s large-scale value-added tax credit refund program is expected to help keep market operations stable, relieve the burden on businesses and contribute to employment stability, experts and business owners said. Click here to read…
China’s time-honored trade fair to go online amid COVID-19: People’s Daily
April 7, 2022
China’s time-honored trade fair, China Import and Export Fair, will hold its 131st event online from April 15 to April 24 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Ministry of Commerce said Thursday. Click here to read…
China to set up 27 more cross-border e-commerce pilot zones: People’s Daily
April 8, 2022
Twenty-seven more cities and regions in China were recently approved by the State Council to set up cross-border e-commerce pilot zones. It brought the overall tally of the pilot zones to 132, which cover foreign trade powerhouses and municipalities, as well as cities that see obvious advantages and prospering development in the foreign trade sector. Click here to read…
New China-ROK industrial park attracts investment worth nearly 30 bln USD: People’s Daily
April 8, 2022
The China-ROK (Huizhou) Industrial Park in Huizhou City, south China’s Guangdong Province, has seen project deals with a total investment of over 190.2 billion yuan (about 30 billion U.S. dollars), local authorities said Thursday. Click here to read…
Unmanned aerial vehicles used to bolster supply of food, medicine: China Daily
April 8, 2022
Two drones carrying 20 kilograms of rice and vegetables took off from a distribution warehouse in Shanghai’s Jinshan district on Thursday. Five minutes later, the drones landed in an open space in the village of Baowei three kilometers away. The supplies carried by the drones were donated by Hebei province. Click here to read…
India’s power grid might have been hacked by China: Taipei Times
April 8, 2022
Suspected state-sponsored Chinese hackers have targeted the power sector in India in the past few months as part of an apparent cyberespionage campaign, the threat intelligence firm Recorded Future Inc said in a report published on Wednesday. Click here to read…
Shanghai officials dismissed for poor efforts in COVID-19 battle: Global Times
April 7, 2022
A state enterprise official and a hospital director in Shanghai have been dismissed from their administrative posts and positions within the Communist Party of China (CCP) for shirking responsibility and performing badly in fighting the COVID-19 outbreak. Click here to read…
Shanghai vows to ensure daily supplies, solve delivery difficulties as local infections exceed 100k: Global Times
April 7, 2022
As Shanghai has entered a crucial stage to fight the Omicron outbreak, with cumulative local positive cases exceeding 100,000, city authorities on Thursday vowed to ensure daily supplies for 25 million residents and solve delivery problems during lockdown. Click here to read…
5 people under investigation for deliberately concealing information, risking COVID-19 transmission: Global Times
April 8, 2022
At least five people are being investigated by the police for hiding information that would have disturbed pandemic control work in Hangzhou, East China’s Zhejiang Province. Three of them, surnamed Guang, Zhang and Zhou, were placed under investigation on Thursday for allegedly obstructing the prevention and control of infectious diseases. Zhang was later detected as a COVID-19 asymptomatic patient after deliberately hiding some information on Tuesday while knowing he might get infected by COVID-19 and cause transmission. Click here to read…
Cluster infections reported in E China port city, 17 of 18 crew members of a fishing boat tested positive: Global Times
April 7, 2022
Two crew members of a fishing boat tested positive for COVID-19 at a centralized isolation site on Wednesday, raising the number of infected crew members to 17, said a statement issued by Yancheng, East China’s Jiangsu Province. Click here to read…
Shanghai assures supply of daily necessities to 25 million, vows to solve ‘last 100-meter’ problem: Global Times
April 7, 2022
Shanghai has vowed to assure the supply of daily necessities to all its 25 million people by solving the “last 100-meter” problem on Thursday. With over 20,000 local new infections, including 322 confirmed cases and 19,660 asymptomatic carriers recorded on Wednesday, Shanghai sees no sign of easing its lockdown and the supply of foods and daily necessities has become a priority for the publicClick here to read…
Pelosi ‘tests positive, postpones Asia trip’ after China warns resolute, forceful measures over reported Taiwan visit: Global Times
April 8, 2022
If US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi visits the island of Taiwan, as some media have reported, China will definitely respond with “resolute and forceful measures,” the Chinese Foreign Ministry said on Thursday. Chinese experts said China will and must retaliate; otherwise the US will make more provocations in the future, and the consequences that could be caused by the potential visit would bring a “disruptive impact” on the foundation of China-US relationsClick here to read…
China’s cyberspace regulator to inspect and eliminate algorithm security risks: Global Times
April 8, 2022
China’s top cyberspace regulator vowed to make on-site inspections on some internet companies and eliminate algorithm security risks, a campaign to safeguard the legitimate rights and interests of netizens. Click here to read…
China launches guidelines in a push for green transformation of petrochemical industry: Global Times
April 7, 2022
China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) launched a set of guidelines on Thursday for the development of the petrochemical industry, unveiling a slew of measures, including restrictions on exports of carbon-intensive products, to significantly reduce emissions through technology. The latest effort demonstrates the country is on the way of realizing its green promise regardless of external uncertaintiesClick here to read…
Chinese national sentenced to U.S. prison after pleading guilty to stealing trade secrets: Reuters
April 8, 2022
A Chinese national has been sentenced to 29 months in prison after pleading guilty in January to conspiring to steal trade secrets from agricultural company Monsanto to benefit the Chinese government, the U.S. Justice Department said on Thursday. Click here to read…
Beijing city authorities tighten Covid controls in effort to stop Omicron surge reaching Chinese capital: South China Morning Post
April 8, 2022
Beijing city has introduced its strictest Covid controls since the early stages of the pandemic as it seeks to stop the explosion of Omicron cases in other parts of China reaching the capital. Quarantine rules for residential areas have been tightened, affecting indirect contacts of positive cases as well as close contacts, while more people, including schoolchildren and care home residents, will have to take regular mass tests. There are also stricter controls on those entering or leaving the city. Foreign visitors and people from areas of China deemed high-risk already had to undergo a lengthy quarantine when entering the city, but now the rules have been tightened for those entering from lower-risk areas too. Click here to read…
Chinese Communist Party mobilises 300,000 members and tells them to ‘dare to show our swords’ in Shanghai Covid fight: South China Morning Post
April 7, 2022
The Chinese Communist Party has mobilised more than 300,000 rank-and-file members to contain the Covid-19 outbreak in Shanghai, as China’s financial hub continues to see record infection rates despite a strict lockdown over the past week. Describing the disease’s spread in the city as “serious and complicated”, the party’s Shanghai municipal committee wrote to its members late on Wednesday, calling on them to stand up at “the most critical juncture” to serve people’s needs and fight “behaviour that obstructs Covid control”. Click here to read…