Reliable Helping Hands

The creation of a further sovereign wealth enterprise is expected to accelerate restructuring of China’s central state-owned enterprises     

Hands Together

正China is trying more ways to connect NGOs with public foundations In March 2011,Liang Shuxin,a marketing planner at online community Tianya.cn and founder of Micro Foundation in Guangzhou,south China's Guangdong Province,started an online fundraising program to sponsor students in Hongban Primary School in Qianxi County,southwestern Guizhou Province     

Lending a Helping Hand to SMEs

Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) play an integral role in China’s economy.About 99 percent of Chinese enterprises are SMEs which provide nearly 80 percent of job opportunities in urban areas and contribute 60 percent of the country’s GDP.Access of funds has long been a problem for Chinese SMEs as they are often considered too risky and banks prefer to lend to big companies,particularly reputable stateowned enterprises.But banks can do more to support SMEs,said Som Subroto,global head of SME Banking at Standard Chartered Bank in an article for Beijing Review.Edited excerpts follow.     

Wang Jinfeng:Helping Others to Work

AT 9 am as usual,the 42-year-old Wang Jinfeng starts her work day at the Pingguoyuan Neighborhood Offices in Shijinshan District in Beijing.She is a labor security assistant of the neighborhood committee.Her husband Wang Chengguang is a fitter at Shougang Group,a steelmaker recently relocated from the capital to Caofeidian,Hebei Province.Their 12-year-old son will enter junior middle school this summer.     

Love and Health to Shangri-La

<正>At nine o’clock, May 16, Shangri-La People’s Hopital, a group of people waited outside the consulting room to see the doctor. Some lived in the Shangri-La co...     

Love for Love

A Shanghai doctor gives back to herdsmen by serving them in Tibet The drain in Zhou Jian’s bathroom is clogged with hair again. The 48-year-old has a buzz cut and lives alone, but he said the drain blocks twice a month.It never happened when I was in Shanghai. I’m losing my hair much faster on the plateau, Zhou, Vice President of the Xigaze People’s Hospital in Tibet Autonomous Region, southwest China, told Beijing Review.     

Helping Charity

<正>At five and a half years old, Heungkong Charitable Foundation is China’s oldest private foundation. It was formally launched in 2005 by Zhai Meiqing with a 50-million-yuan donation ($7.26 million) from her company, Heungkong Group.     

All Hands on Deck

After a month of control measures,regions outside Hubei Province in central China have begun to report fewer or even zero novel coronavirus infections while the number of cured patients discharged from hospitals is increasing.Businesses and other organizations are restarting work in an orderly and secured way amid strengthened epidemic control.Even in Hubei,the most affected province during the outbreak,the number of newly confirmed and suspected cases is decreasing.     

Employment Aid: Key to Helping Disadvantaged Groups

<正>Employment is the bedrock of people’s livelihood. at the beginning of this year,the Communist Party of China (CPC) and the Chinese government paid close attention to the issue of employment, which is related to the vital interests of millions of people. hu Jintao recently emphasized at the 13th group study session of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the CPC that we should implement a more     

Joining Hands in Communication

<正>China and Russia strengthen their media ties The China-Russia Media Forum was convened in St.Petersburg,Russia,on June 25,resulting in several major Chinese and Russian media organizations signing a number of cooperation     

Joining Hands Northand South

<正>The signing of China-Australia FTA deal ushers in a new era for Asia-Pacific trade The final signing of the Free Trade Agreement(FTA) between Australia and China on June 18 marks the end of discussions and negotiations that have been ongoing since the mid-2000s.While nowhere near as epic as the 14-year period during which China was working on entering the World Trade Organization up to the time of its entry in 2001,     

A Helping Hand

The mainland's favorable policies offer a shelter forTaiwan businesses during the economic downturn The first and largest yet     

A Helping Hand

<正>Soothing the financial woes for smaller businesses in China proves challenging when banks refuse to loan Embattled small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) should be able to find their way out of the current financial quagmire as long as they receive sufficient financial support, said a recent report     

Helping the Poor

On March 19,the State Council’s Leading Group Office of Poverty Alleviation and Development (LGOPAD),China’s task force for poverty alleviation,unveiled an updated list of national-level poverty-stricken counties on its official website, with 592 counties listed as being in severe destitution.These counties will be the central loca-     

A Helping Hand

When she was a third-grader, Su Mingjuan, a poor girl whose schooling was subsidized by a Chinese charity, sent 900 yuan ($132) of her educational aid to another girl in Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region who Su thought needed the money more than she did.     

A Helping Hand

正The cultural sectors of both the mainland and Taiwan are highly complementary,and deeper cooperation between both sides is in the making This was the fifth time that Frances Chen,the Taiwanese founder of Franz Collection Inc.,attended the CrossStraits Cultural Industries Fair(CSCIF),an annual event held in Xiamen,southeast China's coastal Fujian Province.