Regulations refine duties of discipline inspection commissions, improving leadership system: Xinhuanet
January 5, 2022
The Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee has released the first comprehensive set of regulations for the work of the Party’s discipline inspection commissions. The document, which was made public on Tuesday, consists of 59 articles in eight chapters, and makes comprehensive provisions for the leadership system, establishment, operations, duties and self-construction of the commissions.Click here to read…
Chinese premier stresses intensified implementation of tax, fee cuts: Xinhuanet
January 5, 2022
Chinese Premier Li Keqiang on Wednesday stressed intensifying tax and fee cuts to provide relief to businesses and revitalize the market. Li, also a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, made the remarks at a symposium on the implementation of tax and fee reductions.Click here to read…
Tibet beefs up investment during 14th five-year plan: Xinhuanet
January 5, 2022
Southwest China’s Tibet Autonomous Region plans to invest 601.5 billion yuan (about 94.3 billion U.S. dollars) during its 14th Five-Year Plan period (2021-2025), according to local authorities. The number sees a growth rate of 58 percent, compared with that during the 13th Five-Year Plan (2016-2020), said the fifth session of the 11th People’s Congress of Tibet Autonomous Region.Click here to read…
Chinese scientists use telecom optical fiber to monitor aftershocks: Xinhuanet
January 5, 2022
Chinese scientists have developed a new way to monitor aftershocks by using telecom optical fiber with less deployment time and cost, the China Science Daily reported Wednesday. A research team from the Innovation Academy for Precision Measurement Science and Technology, affiliated with the Chinese Academy of Sciences, used distributed optical fiber seismic-sensing technology to turn an urban telecom optical fiber network into an ultra-dense seismic monitoring array for a rapid post-quake response.Click here to read…
Law prompts parents to educate kids properly: China Daily
January 6, 2022
Chinese parents are being encouraged to educate their children properly－morally, physically and psychologically－as a new law on family education came into effect on Jan 1. The new law became a trending topic on Sina Weibo on Monday, with the hashtag “Chinese parents now have to raise children in accordance with the law” being read more than 300 million times as of Tuesday afternoon.Click here to read…
China handles 62,000 cybercrime cases in 2021: China Daily
January 6, 2022
Amid a targeted national campaign, Chinese police in 2021 investigated and handled 62,000 cybercrime cases including personal information infringement and hacking, according to the Ministry of Public Security. A total of 103,000 individuals suspected of involvement in these cases were captured, with over 27,000 internet enterprises and institutions receiving administrative penalties, said the ministry.Click here to read…
Chinese lab achieves major achievement in wireless communication: Global Times
January 5, 2022
A high-tech laboratory in Nanjing, capital of East China’s Jiangsu Province, has announced a major achievement related to 6G-oriented terahertz 100/200Gbps (gigabits per second) real-time wireless communication, with a transmission rate 10-20 times higher than 5G networks.Click here to read…
Honda China JV announces 120,000 units-a-year EV factory: Reuters
January 6, 2022
Honda Motor Co (7267.T) and its Chinese joint venture partner Dongfeng Motor (0489.HK) said on Thursday they would build a new factory in Wuhan to exclusively manufacture electric vehicles (EVs) from 2024. The factory would have a production capacity of 120,000 vehicles a year, Honda said in a statement.Click here to read…
China may delay its much-feared property tax amid price slump in nation’s real estate industry: South China Morning Post
January 6, 2022
China’s property tax could be another casualty of the slump in the housing market, with analysts expecting the government to hold off on expanding trials of the levy because of a real estate-led economic slowdown. In October last year, China’s parliament authorised the limited property tax in Shanghai and Chongqing be expanded to more cities, with some analysts forecasting that it could begin by the end of 2021. However, the rapid deterioration of the real-estate sector and the lack of any detailed implementation plan from the State Council is fanning speculation that the government is waiting for a market uptick before it starts the tax.Click here to read…
Chinese scientists build factory robot that can read minds on the assembly line: South China Morning Post
January 6, 2022
Researchers in China say they have developed an industrial robot that can read a human co-worker’s mind with 96 per cent accuracy. The robot not only monitored the worker’s brain waves, but also collected electric signals from muscles, as it worked seamlessly together to assemble a complex product, according to its developers at China Three Gorges University’s Intelligent Manufacturing Innovation Technology Centre.Click here to read…