Is China Ready for Bird Flu?

Besides a clear plan to deal with bird flu, a leading epidemic expert warns the biggest challenge is raising public awareness Premier Wen Jiabao said in his government work report, presented March 5 at the annual session of the National People's Congress, China's top legislature, that the country is attaching great attention to the prevention and control of     

Is China Ready for Home Schools?

<正>The new semester has begun and students have gradually returned to their schools. However, the end of the summer holiday doesn’t mean a return to school for some children. Today, a growing number of children in China are staying at home, not because they are giving up education but because their parents think they will actually receive a better education at home.     

Is China Ready for Environmental Tax?

On February 9, Zhang Lijun, Vice Minister of Environmental Protection, said that his ministry, along with the Ministry of Finance and the General Administration of Taxation,     

Ready for Skype?

China's telecom operators face fresh competition from the Internet Forget your telephone and turn to the computer for long-distance calls with the free and easy Skype software. It was a trend among millions of Chinese neti-zens in recent months. But it's still not realistic in principle due to policy restrictions. "Sweden-based Skype Technologies S.A. plans to launch its SkypeOut VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol) service in China and is holding talks with major operators, including China Telecom and China     

Ready for Robots?

正Despite rapid growth,the industrial robot market needs to hone its technologyIn the first five months this year,China's output of industrial robots grew by 50.4 percent over a year ago,according to the latest figures from the National Bureau of Statistics(NBS).As China's demographic dividend—a rapid increase in the proportion of working-age population—vanishes and industrial upgrading advances,labor-intensive human jobs are being taken over by robots in the Yangtze River Delta and the Pearl River Delta.Given the     

Is China Headed for a Debt Crisis?

正AS local government debts pile up,there are concerns about the effects on the Chinese and world economy.To evaluate the risk posed by such debts,the State Council in 2011 and 2013 instructed the National Audit Off ice to comprehensively examine the debt status of regional government bodies.The two audits–one     

Fast Yuan Rise Hurts China

Chinese currency,the yuan,broke the 7 mark against the U.S.dollar on April 10.Till then, it had appreciated over 15.5 percent since China de-pegged the yuan from the U.S.dollar in July 2005.Its pace has picked up abruptly especially this year,and has risen about 4.27 percent since the beginning of this year.While calls for further appreciation continue from overseas,Deng Yuwen, a senior editor with Study Times affiliated to the Party School of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China,shows his concern over its impact on the Chinese economy.     

Flying for One Yuan

If 1-yuan tickets cannot help discount airlines, what can?Back in December 2006, local travelers had an interesting choice to make.With 1 yuan, they could have opted to travel 12 km by bus in Beijing.Or with the same cost, they could have taken a plane from Shanghai to Jinan, hundreds of km away, made possible by Spring Airlines.     

Are Chinese Banks Ready for Foreigners?

Banking reform is crucial to China, as banks dominate the country's financial system. The banking sector is dominated by four state-owned commercial banks-the ICBC, the CCB, the BOC, and the Agricultural Bank of China (ABC). The listing of the Bank of Communications (BOCOM), China's fifth     

Ready for Action

The curtains are being lifted on Beijing's Olympic venues as preparations for the sports gala next year reach their final stages     

Is Yuan Appreciation Reall the Cure？

On March 11,2010, in his speech to the Import-Export Bank＇s annual conference, U.S. President Barack Obama urged the Chinese government to allow the RMB （yuan） to rise against the U.S. dollar, it was the second time this year that the U.S. has exerted pressure on this issue, following President Obama＇s call in February for China to allow the RMB to strengthen.     

Why Is China Supposed to Be Responsible for the World?

People's Daily: The point of China's responsibilities is to describe China as the original cause of world economic imbalances, blaming China's inaction in stimulating global economic recovery.What do you think about it?     

Are Farmers Ready for the Stock Market?

Recently, the China Securities Regulatory Commission conducted a survey on rural residents’ demand for investment through securities companies. Items covered by the survey are the depth of the farmers’ desire     

Is China Short of Labor?

Most people believe the last thing China is lacking is labor. However, while extensive human resources remain untapped, many working-age employees are being laid-off and a large number of college graduates are having difficulty finding jobs. Some experts claim that China's demographic dividend will soon be exhausted. So, what is the real situation in China? People's Daily Overseas Edition spoke to Cai Fang, Director of the Institute of Population and Labor Economics under the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, on this issue. Excerpts follow:     

ICBC Ready for Landmark IPO

China's largest state-owned commercial bank has been approved to list its stocks by the banking regulatory authority. But will the IPO flourish or flounder? The Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC) is preparing to make a splash in the stock market, but hopefully not a tidal wave. The China Banking Regulatory Commission (CBRC) recently approved ICBC's application for issuing A shares (mainland market)     

Chinese Astronauts Ready for Spaceflight

Hardware reliable China now has en-joyed the reliable hardwaresuch as rockets, spaceshipand retrievable cabin andwill be able to realize the ideal of launch-ing a manned spaceship. The successful launch and return ofthe unmanned "Shenzhou Ⅲ" gave thefull confidence in a manned mission intospace in the near future. On April 2, TheShenzhou Ⅲ spacecraft's returning mod-ule was carried back to Beijingl. Aftersome initial examinations, experts saidthat the returning module is in goodcondition.     

Beijing Ready for the Olympics

August 8,2008 will see the grand opening of the XXIX Olym- pic Games in Beijing,when athleles from over 200 countries and regions will gather in the capital.     

Are You Ready?

August 8 marks the one-year countdown to the 29th Olympic Games in Beijing.The Chinese nation has been preparing for this exciting moment for over six years.