Cultural Consumption Boom

正Chinese people’s demand for cultural products is increasing A love story was sparked when Chen Linxiao and Ning Chengfang first met 36 years ago in the dusty corridors of a Beijing bookstore.The couple,born in the 1960s,had been searching for the same book throughout the city one day,but found more than what they had bargained for by the end of the day.Chen had just claimed the only copy of the book he was looking for at a store and was about to exit     

Another Curb for Government Car Consumption

正In February China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology issued a draft list of vehicles for government purchase.According to this draft,vehicles for official use must be chosen from domestic branded products,and even joint-venture brands are not included in the list. In China,government departments and institutions for public affairs have budgets to     

Baby Boom

THE Year of the Pig is upon us, and along with that chubby pink animal comes 12 months of good luck and fortune...nd plenty of babies too. Every so often a year comes along that is deemed so auspicious it sparks off a baby boom in the world's most populous country, and 2007 is one of them. Wu Jian and his wife feel especially lucky in this Year of the Pig. The couple's efforts to conceive had been for years hampered by Mrs. Wu's health problems. So, in June 2006, they moved to Beijing to be treated in the city with the best hospitals and fertility doctors in China. Their efforts-and expenses-soon paid off. Mrs. Wu     

Bond Boom

The Ministry of Finance recently kick-started a pilot program allowing local governments of Shanghai and Shenzhen, and Zhejiang and Guangdong provinces to issue bonds for the first time. How will the new policy affect fiscal capacities of local governments and the broader economy? What else should the country do to build a healthy bond market? Economists and experts discussed these issues in an interview with the ShanghaiSecuritiesJournal. Edited excerpts follow:     

Duty-Free Boom

正Hainan's new shopping policy adds power to dual circulation development The duty-free shop at Sun Moon Plaza in downtown Haikou,capital of Hainan Province in south China,is a bustlinglittle place,especially since it added new mobile phone and tablet counters,which are a magnet for visitors.He Jing is one of them.     

Unicorn Boom

正A tech startup company that reaches a $1-billion market value within 10 years is known as a unicorn,with such enterprises recently becoming a hot topic in China.Many domestic and international research institutes have analyzed Chinese unicorn companies to find out why they have experienced explosive growth in both number and scale within a short period of time.According to last year's China-U.S.Unicorn Research Report released by global     

FTZ Boom

正Seven more free trade zones aim to open up China’s markets further Jiulian E-commerce Co.is a cross-border online trading platform for imported wine.Though registered in Hong Kong to take advantage of the special administrative region’s preferential tax policies,it is actually located in Dalian in northeast China’s Liaoning Province.Jiulian’s senior executives made inspection tours of the pioneering free trade zones     

Tourism Boom

Corporate and governmental determination set on establishing solid foundation for economic comeback     

A Robotic Boom

<正>Industrial and service robots are in demand as China’s labor becomes more expensive By Tang Yuankai China’s importance in the global robotics industry is increasing,with more companies moving to develop industrial and service robots,along with artificial intel igence.Even some property tycoons are     

The Central Boom

After development strategies in Xiongan New Area,the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area and the Yangtze River Delta have all been put on track,another region in China is going to see a great upsurge.During a recent visit to Jiangxi Province,President Xi Jinping presided over a work symposium on May 21 on the rise of China's central region.     

Xinjiang's Tounsm Boom

Tourism is booming due to combined efforts of local government and individuals in Xinjiang sixty-year-old Niyaz Rehep never thought he could be more     

No Baby Boom

<正>Data show that nearly one year after the relaxation of China’s family planning policy,a baby boom has not appeared The policy allowing urban parents to have a second baby,so long as at least one of them is an only child,has been implemented in China for about a year.People worrying the policy might create a rapid population surge can exhale a collective sigh of relief.     

The IP Boom

Azeal for adapting works from other mediums is sweeping China's film industry.An"IP film"refers to a film adapted from an original work protected by intellectual property (IP) rights. Film adaptations are nothing new in China. Previously, the majority of adaptations had their roots in masterpieces of classical literature, stage plays or older films.     

Electronic Trade Boom

正China-ASEAN e-commerce collaboration expands China’s huge market and strong consumption power are"very attractive" to traders from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations(ASEAN),said Selina Eu,co-founder of e-commerce platform Monzter from Malaysia.Monzter participated in the China-ASEAN Expo(CAEXPO)from September 11 to 14     

The Qinggang Broom Boom

TRULY on-the-ball economic innovators spot the lucra-tive potential of everyday, household equipment as mundane as the humble broom. A case in point is Qinggang County, Heilongjiang Province in North-east China.     

Boom Times in Guangxi

GUANGXIZhuangAutonomousRegionislikeonebigconstructionsite,withtrucksmovingearthwhereveryoulook.Underwayisanewproject,theNBQF(anabbreviationtakenfromtheregion'sfourmajorcities─Nanning,Beihai,QinzhouandFangcheng)EconomicZone,expectedtotake30yearstobecompleted.GuangxiisonChina'ssouthernborderwithVietnamandtouchestheSouthChinaSea.Beihai,QinzhouandFangchengareportcitiesthathavealwaysbeenmajorstopsonsealanes,attractingthetradethathelpedthelocaleconomyprosper.Frequentwarfareintheregionthi…     

China's Teenage Writing Boom

AS the debate and attention surrounding China’s twentysomething writers has barely faded, the limelight of the nation’s publishing world is now shining on their even younger peers. The People’s Literature, the PRC’s first literature magazine and known as the cradle of Chinese writers, recently launched a writing competition for the post-1990, the generation born in the 1990s. Though the results will not be known until next April, the event has already attracted a     

Boom or Doom?

China's housing market continues to grow and expand alongside concerns of a potential asset bubble