国务院宣布刺激消费新措施

At Wednesday's regular government meeting, Chinese Premier Li Keqiang called for more reforms and innovation to boost domestic consumption. As part of a raft of policies, the Chinese cabinet has promised to speed up reforms on the household registrat

国务院正式成立非法疫苗案件联合调查小组

The government vowed on Monday to thoroughly investigate the recently exposed scandal involving vaccines worth 570 million yuan ($88 million). 中国政府于本周一郑重宣称，将会彻查最近曝光的涉案金额5.7亿元（折合8800万美元

国务院通过长三角城市群规划 要建具全球影响力世界级城市群

The Yangtze River Delta is set to build a global reputation for its cluster of cities by 2030 by focusing on high-end equipment manufacturing and modern services, the State Council said on last Wednesday. 国务院上周三表示，将以高端装备制

国务院发布十三五国家科技创新规划

China expects knowledge-intensive services to contribute 20 percent of its gross domestic product (GDP) in 2020, up from 15.6 percent in 2015, according to the five-year plan for the country's scientific and technological progress by 2020. 根据《十

Battery-tainted fertilizer marks latest China food scandal

GUANGZHOU, Dec. 27 (Xinhua) -- Fertilizer contaminated with used batteries and other toxic waste has resulted in another food safety scandal in China, the latest in a long string of such incidents. Jiang Xicheng, chairman of the environmental protect

专家指出颜值高的人赚得更多的3大原因

While we like to think that people get ahead because of some magical combination of effort, talent, and knowing the right people, research shows that success is partly skin deep. 尽管我们都愿意认为人们之所以取得成功，是因为努力、

Federer ousted from Wimbledon quarterfinals

LONDON, June 29 (Xinhua) -- Swiss legend Roger Federer was ousted from the Wimbledon Championships after losing to Frenchman Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 6-3, 7-6 (3), 4-6, 4-6, 4-6 on Wednesday. The six-time Wimbledon champion Federer suddenly lost his sharpn

Federer pulls out of Shanghai Masters to rest

SHANGHAI, Sept. 24 (Xinhua) -- Roger Federer has pulled out of next month's Shanghai Masters to rest, event organizers confirmed on Saturday. The 30-year-old Swiss star wrote in a letter to the organizing committee in Shanghai that he needs necessary

Federer wins Swiss Indoors tennis title

GENEVA, Nov. 6 (Xinhua) -- Roger Federer savored his fifth title at his Swiss Indoors home tournament on Sunday, beating Japanese wild card Kei Nishikori 6-1, 6-3 in just over an hour. The world number four Swiss has appeared in eight Basle finals in

Federer into last eight at Paris Masters

PARIS, Nov. 10 (Xinhua) -- Swiss mogul Roger Federer closed on a first ever Paris Masters final when he beat Richard Gasquet to reach the quarterfinals on Thursday. Federer, the third seed, broke the home favorite in the opening service game and secu

Federer defeats Berdych into Paris Masters final

PARIS, Nov. 12 (Xinhua) -- Roger Federer defeated Tomas Berdych 6-4, 6-3 on Saturday to reach the Paris Masters final for the first time in his career. The 30-year-old Swiss holder of 16 Grand Slam titles will play on Sunday the winner between 2008 t

Federer beats Del Potro to capture second title in Rotterdam

THE HAGUE, Feb. 19 (Xinhua) -- Roger Federer grabbed his second title at the ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament in Rotterdam after beating Juan Martin Del Potro 6-1, 6-4 in the final on Sunday in Rotterdam. The match was a replay of the 2009 US Open fi

Federer takes on Haas in Halle final

BERLIN, June 16 (Xinhua) -- Roger Federer will vie for his sixth ATP Halle grasscourt title when he faces German Tommy Haas in Sunday's final. Second seed Federer barely sweated in his 6-1, 6-4 semifinal win over unseeded Russian Mikhail Youzhny on S

Federer says Olympics tougher than grand slam

LONDON, July 26 (Xinhua) -- World No. 1 Roger Federer said here on Thursday that winning the Olympic Games could be even harder than winning a grand slam title. Federer, who made history three weeks ago by winning his seventh Wimbledon title, said th

Lindsay Lohan checks into rehab

BEIJING, Sept. 29 (Xinhuanet) -- Hollywood troubled actress Lindsay Lohan has checked into rehab（修复） to seek treatment in a live-in facility in Southern California, according to TMZ reports on Wednesday. The source said that she made the deci

全球变暖 北极生态系统面临挑战

Northeast Arctic cod, usually found in the Barents Seas, have been traveling up to the archipelago of Svalbard for the past three years. Off the coast of Longyearbyen, a Norwegian city located just 1,300 kilometers from the North Pole, scientists are

北极异常升温让科学家不解

Scientists are struggling to understand why a burst of scary warming at the North Pole has pushed Arctic temperatures nearly 20C higher than normal for this time of year. 科学家们感到费解，北极突然出现的可怕变暖为何会导致北极

NASA's twin probes reach lunar orbit

WASHINGTON, Jan. 1 (Xinhua) -- Twin U.S. spacecraft to study the moon from crust to core put themselves into the lunar orbit on New Year's Eve and New Year's Day, the country's space agency said. The second Gravity Recovery And Interior Laboratory, o

AC Milan signs Mark Van Bommel from Bayern Munich

MILAN, Jan. 25 (Xinhua) -- AC Milan announced on Tuesday that they have signed a six-month contract with Netherlands captain Mark van Bommel on a free transfer. The 34-year-old midfielder asked to be released from his contract at Bayern after being s

U.S. law enforcement sued for illegally detaining foreign nationals

U.S. law enforcement sued for illegally detaining foreign nationals LOS ANGELES, Oct. 19 (Xinhua) -- The illegal detention of foreign nationals in the United States have angered civil rights groups to file a lawsuit against the law enforcement. Six p