中国为小微企业减税

Small and micro-sized companies in China are seeing their corporate income tax cut by half. Chinese tax authorities have announced companies with annual incomes of less than 200-thousand yuan are going to see their rates cut down to 10-percent. The t

中国支持企业“走出去”

BEIJING, Dec. 24 (Xinhua) -- The government will increase financial support for Chinese companies investing and operating overseas, or going global, an official statement showed Wednesday. Better financing can make more use of excess production capac

中国对中小型企业提供更好的资金支持

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Mari Kiviniemi appointed new Finnish PM

HELSINKI, June 22 (Xinhua) -- Finnish President Tarja Halonen on Tuesday appointed（约定的,指定的） Mari Kiviniemi, new leader of the ruling Center Party, as the country's prime minister. Kiviniemi, 41, replaced her predecessor(前任) Matti

小企业主创造就业机会有限

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1月美国就业增长令人失望

1月美国就业增长令人失望 WASHINGTON, Feb. 7 (Xinhua) -- U.S. employers added fewer new jobs than expected in January, putting wrinkles on the economic outlook, although the jobless rate fell to a five-year low, the Department of Labor repor

2015年中国就业形势更严峻

中国人社部部长3月10日表示，在经济增速放缓的大背景下，2015年中国的就业形势将更加复杂，也将更为严峻。2015年城镇新成长劳动力大约有1500万人左右。其中高校毕业生749万，另外还有中专

美就业报告显示12月加息在即

WASHINGTON, Nov. 6 (Xinhua) -- The U.S. job market improved significantly in October, adding catalyst for the Federal Reserve to raise interest rates in December. The unemployment rate fell to five percent in October from 5.1 percent in the previous

中国预警全球经济 G20必须成为领导力量

China's commerce minister says the outlook for the global economy remains grim despite it having overcome the impact of the 2008 financial crisis. 据中国商务部部长表示，尽管已经克服了2008年金融危机的影响，但是全球经济的

Typhoon lashes Japan on landfall

A typhoon(台风) has made landfall in Japan for the first time in two years, causing widespread disruption. Two people have been killed and more than 40 injured in strong winds and heavy rains. Typhoon Melor struck south-west of Tokyo on the main isl

Typhoon Damrey lands in E China

JINAN, Aug. 2 (Xinhua) -- Typhoon Damrey made landfall in east China's Jiangsu province on Thursday night, bringing gales and rains to Jiangsu and its neighbouring Shandong province. Damrey, the tenth typhoon of the year, came ashore near the Chenjia

Typhoon Saola leaves 5 dead, 2 missing in Taiwan

TAIPEI, Aug. 2 (Xinhua) -- Inclement weather brought by Typhoon Saola since Wednesday has left five people dead, two missing and 16 more injured in Taiwan, the island's emergency operation center announced Thursday evening. Saola, which started headi

Dual typhoons lash coastal regions in east China

FUZHOU, Aug. 3 (Xinhua) -- Gales and rainstorms lashed coastal regions in east China when two typhoons made landfall in less than 10 hours from Thursday to Friday morning, forcing over 300,000 people to evacuate. Strong tropical storm Saola, weakenin

200,000 relocated in Shanghai as typhoon Haikui nears

SHANGHAI, Aug. 7 (Xinhua) -- China's commercial hub of Shanghai is rushing to relocate people in order to avoid risks presented by the approaching severe typhoon Haikui, authorities with the municipal flood control headquarters said Tuesday. It is es

Typhoon Haikui eases, affects 4 million in Zhejiang

HANGZHOU, Aug. 8 (Xinhua) -- Typhoon Haikui had been downgraded to a severe tropical storm as of 4 p.m. Wednesday in east China's Zhejiang province, the provincial flood control and draught relief headquarters said. Typhoon Haikui, which made landfal

Belarus to stop supply to Europe in "gas war" with

Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko told visiting Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov in Minsk Tuesday he had ordered the closure of the gas transit to Europe via Belarus, until Gazprom pays the debt（债务） for the transit.Until they pa

"Harry Potter" premieres for the last time in NYC

NEW YORK, July 11 (Xinhua) -- New York's Lincoln Center was crowded Monday with hundreds of fans who managed to grab a chance to view the premiere（首映式） of the final Harry Potter movie, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part Two. Some of

美国宇航局时隔两年找回失联太阳观测卫星

After losing communication with a space probe two years ago, NASA says it has reestablished contact. 在和一颗卫星失联长达两年之后，美国宇航局日前宣布，已和它重新取得了联系。 NASA said it lost contact with the Solar

我国首颗高分辨率雷达遥感卫星"高分三号"成功发射

China launched a new high-resolution Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) imaging satellite from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center last Wednesday. 上周三，在太原卫星发射中心，我国发射了一颗新型高分辨率合成孔径雷达成像卫星

加拿大研究人员开发雷达“隐身衣”

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