China to Allow Social Capital in Railway Sector

The central government here in China has outlined how it intends to allow social investment into the railway sector. CRI's He Fei has more. A guideline has issued by the central government on how to innovate railway funding and speed up railway const

VOA标准英语2009年-Al-Shabab Militants Divided over Tacti

A rising dispute between militants in Somalia may have split the country's al-Qaida-linked al-Shabab group into two factions. Reports say the suicide bombing at a Mogadishu hotel earlier this month deepened divisions between an al-Shabab leader close

Private Sector in Ivory Coast Blames Government, Army for Lo

By Nico Colombant Leaders of the private sector in Ivory Coast have blamed the government for the widespread looting against their businesses earlier this month. They accused the government of encoura

VOA常速英语2007-New World Bank President Lays Out Private Sector

By Barry Wood Washington 18 October 2007 World Bank President Robert Zoellick, three months into the job, said Thursday his vision for the development lender is to partner with the private sector to promote growth in developing countries. VOA's Barry

VOA慢速英语2010年-IN THE NEWS - For 33 Rescued Miners in

This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. (SOUND) Rescue workers at the San Jose gold and copper mine in northern Chile had reason to sing this week. A small hole drilled into the earth became a passage to freedom for thirty-three trapped miners. T

VOA标准英语2010年-Focus on the Little Guy Could Boost Is

Indonesia's central bank has recently embraced new regulations for Islamic banking, which it sees as key to building on last year's strong economic growth. In a country that is home to more than 200 million Muslims, the potential for expansion is eno

VOA标准英语2011--Natural Spectacle Blooms in Texas

Spring has just sprung in the Northern Hemisphere, and that means an annual natural spectacular is just a couple of weeks away, deep in the heart of Texas. There are no other natural wonders in the rugged Texas Hill Country. No awe-inspiring canyons,

VOA标准英语2010年-UN Wants Security Sector Reform Before

The United Nations says there must be reforms to Liberia's young, post-war security sector to guarantee peaceful elections next year. Liberian police do not carry weapons because principle responsibility for security still rests with United Nations p

VOA标准英语2013--War in Syria Hurts Lebanese Tourism Sector

War in Syria Hurts Lebanese Tourism Sector The nickname of the once popular Lebanese mountain town Aley is Arous el Masayif - the bride of touristic places. But the picturesque village outside Beirut that once attracted many Saudis and other Gulf nat

2006年VOA标准英语-Women's Health an Obstacle to Reducing Poverty

By Jordan Davis Dakar 17 October 2006 Nomad woman stand in a food line at a village near the small town of Dakoro, Niger As the international community marks World Poverty Day Tuesday, health experts say one of the keys to reducing poverty is improv

China to reform prices in energy sector

BEIJING, Feb. 28 (Xinhua) -- China will reform its energy and resource pricing system this year, but will time it to minimize impacts on consumer prices, the country's price regulator said Tuesday. The move is aimed at letting the market play a role

China approves foreign firms in growing sector

China approves foreign firms in growing sector BEIJING, Oct. 26 (Xinhuanet) -- China will allow foreign investment in its burgeoning shale gas industry, in the hope that the foreign companies' technical expertise can help extract the resource.? Openi

Banking sector causes collapse of Spanish stocks

MADRID, June 29 (Xinhua) -- The Spanish stock market suffered this year's third major downfall on Tuesday (-5.45 percent) as a result of the banking sector's liquidity problems. Fears of a double dip world recession grew sharply ahead of U.S. jobs re

2007年VOA标准英语-Scientists Face Obstacles in Vaccine Developmen

By Ernest Leong Washington 19 March 2007 watch Vaccine report Some U.S. state lawmakers are fighting a mandate requiring certain vaccinations for children, saying it encourages undesirable behavior. Getting vaccinated has become a more complicated pr

China to speed up service sector development

China to speed up service sector development BEIJING, Sept. 26 (Xinhua) -- The State Council, China's Cabinet, on Wednesday announced multiple tasks for accelerating the development of the country's service sector in the 2011-2015 period. Developing

VOA标准英语2009-UN Prosecutors Seek to Limit Taylor's Contac

By Scott Stearns Dakar 11 November 2009 Liberian President Charles Taylor in court (file photo) U.N. prosecutors at the war crimes trial of former Liberian president Charles Taylor want to limit his access to defense lawyers during cross-examination

2018年CRI Measures to further open up China's financial sector underway

Measures announced earlier last month to further open up China's financial sector are now underway, with a number of foreign investors now taking part. China's top securities watchdog is reviewing an application by UBS for a majority shareholding in

2018年CRI China to open service sector wider: official

New steps are being taken in China to open up this country's service sector to more investment through new reform projects. China's State Council has approved a plan proposed by the Ministry of Commerce to deepen pilot projects for the innovative dev

CCTV9英语新闻：Ongoing reform in agricultural sector

CPPCC Standing committee member Chen Xiwen -- who is overseeing China's agricultural reform -- gave us more details on how the country will deal with the supply-side issue in the sector. There are three major areas where we can push forward supply-si

学个词 Learn a Word-VOA英语教学 2369 private sector

今天我们要学的词是 private sector. Private sector 私有部门。India has named private sector managers to oversee reforms of some state-controlled banks. 印度政府任命一些私有部门高管，负责监管某些国家控股银行的改