2015年CRI China Regulator Mulls Drafting Rules on Ride-hailing Services

It appears ride-hailing services that compete with taxis will soon have official approval in China. The country's transport regulator has released two first-of-their-kind draft regulations permitting such companies to operate. The two draft regulatio

2015年CRI Lang Lang in Concert to Mark the 500th Anniversary since the Founding of the Cuban Capital

Chinese piano virtuoso Lang Lang joined Cuban jazz legend, Chucho Valdes for an electrifying outdoor concert in the historic Cathedral corner in Old Havana on Friday to mark the 500th anniversary since the founding of one of the oldest cities in the

2015年CRI China Vows More Efforts to Address Mental Health Problems

The latest data from Chinese health authorities shows around 15-percent of the population in China, or as many as 200-million people in China, suffer from some form of mental health issues. Of them, more than 4-million are believed to be suffering fr

2015年CRI Smoking Set to Kill One in Three Young Men in China

Researchers from Oxford University, the Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, and the Chinese Centre for Disease Control conducted two large, nationally representative studies, fifteen years apart. They calculate the annual number of tobacco deaths ha

2015年CRI Documents of Nanjing Massacre Inscribed on Memory of World Register

The decision was made during a three day meeting of UNESCO from October 4 to 6 in Abu Dhabi, the United Arab Emirates, following a two-year process as part of the 2014-2015 nomination cycle during which 88 submissions from 61 countries were examined.

2015年CRI IELTS Authority Urged to Explain Cancelled Test Results

More than a thousand Chinese who took the International English Language Testing System test in July and August have been told their results would be delayed or permanently withheld. The cancellation affects examinees mainly based in Changsha, Hunan

2015年CRI More Trips and Spending During Chinese National Holiday

Data from Chinese bank card company UnionPay shows consumer spending on tourist-related activities during the National Holiday increased by nearly 45-percent compared to the same period last year. UnionPay claims its stats show spending on transporta

2015年CRI China Vows to Lift All People out of Poverty by 2020

The Chinese government plans to lift all of its people out of poverty by 2020, a top priority for its next five-year development plan. Guo Weimin, a senior official from the State Council, saidpoverty relief is a major goal for the next five years. P

2015年CRI Chinese Navy Fleet Touring in Poland

A 5-day stop-over by a group of Chinese naval vessels in Poland is coming to an end this Sunday. CRI's Wang Mengzhen has more. The flotilla of three Chinese naval vessels arrived at the Port of Gdynia on Wednesday to help mark the 66th anniversary of

2015年CRI China Foreign Minister Meets Top Aide to Syria's President

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi has met with a top aide to Syria's president here in Beijing. During the meeting, Wang Yi told Bouthaina Shaaban that China has three suggestions over the ongoing crisis in Syria. He calls on all the anti-terror measu

2015年CRI Hong Kong Students Take Internship in the Mainland

Wing Tan studies Geography at Hong Kong Baptist University. She spent a month at the Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources in Ning Xia in Northwest of China. She says she was fortunate to have the opportunity. I've traveled to some regions but I've

2015年CRI Construction of Longest, Tallest Glass-bottom Bridge in the World Ongoing in China

The bridge will be suspended across Zhangjiajie Grand Canyon in scenic Zhangjiajie National Park in central China's Hunan Province. When completed, project engineers say the bridge will be 300 meters above ground and 430 meters in length. The bridge

2015年CRI 新艺术作品展示了 在北京的东方艺术区

Reporter: Located at Beijing's 22 International Art Plaza, the Today Art Museum has an art window display project which was initiated in September 2013. Since then, the artworks shown in the window have been renewed once every month. And this month's

2015年CRI 载450余人客轮在长江倾覆 韩国出现2例MERS死亡病例

More than 30 people have reportedly been rescued after a passenger ship with more than 450 people on board capsized on the Yangtze River. The captain and the chief engineer are among those saved and both have claimed the ship sank quickly after being

2015年CRI 北京人欢迎新禁烟令

Today, a series of new stringent anti-smoking rules take effect in Beijing. Many citizens and smoking-control experts have showed their support for this action. I dislike the behavior of smoking in public areas. I think secondhand smoking does great

2015年CRI 最新官方数据显示,中国5月制造业活动持续改善

Latest official data shows China's manufacturing business activity continued to improve in May. The manufacturing purchasing managers' index (PMI), a key measure of factory activity in China, posted at 50.2 last month, up 0.1 percentage points from A

2015年CRI 中国和韩国在周一签署了自由贸易协议

China and South Korea signed the free trade agreement on Monday. Under the deal, tariffs on over 90 percent of the goods traded between the two countries will be removed in the next two decades. It covers 17 areas including trade in goods, services a

2015年CRI 俄罗斯在89年欧洲政客们施加了旅行禁令

The European Union is lashing out at the travel ban imposed by Russia on 89 European citizens, calling it totally arbitrary and unjustified. The formerly undisclosed list was revealed to European diplomats based in Moscow on Thursday. It includes the

2015年CRI 孙建国在香格里拉对话会上就南海问题做出回应 13名MERS密切接触者仍失联

A senior Chinese military official has again defended China's land reclamation work in the South China Sea. Speaking at the Shangri-la Dialogue in Singapore, Admiral Sun Jianguo says China's actions are legitimate and they do not threaten another cou

2015年CRI 中国驻联合国特使呼吁加强国际合作,打击恐怖主义

A Chinese envoy to the UN has urged enhanced international cooperation to fight terrorism. Liu Jieyi, China's permanent representative to the UN told a UN Security Council meeting on Friday that the increasing transnational flow of foreign terrorist