2016年CRI China's Pollution Efforts Showing Results: Minister

Minister of Environmental Protection Chen Jining says China's efforts to tackle environmental pollution over the past year have been successful. Our efforts have resulted in an obvious trend of improvement in air quality. For example, last year in th

2016年CRI China Seeks Growth Point through Tech Innovation: Official

Minister of Science and Technology Wan Gang says China will create legislation to step up efforts to convert research findings into industrial applications. He says the top legislature has started reviewing an amendment to the Law on Promoting the Co

2016年CRI Political Advisers Call for Open-mind on GMO

When it comes to the subject of GM foods, the public have a lot to say. As consumers, we can't tell the differences between GMO and non-GMO. Some food we eat daily must contain GMO. Many say that cherry tomatoes and purple sweet potatoes have both be

2016年CRI China's Hukou Reform Highlighted at the NPC Session

Song Ying is a white-collar worker living in Shanghai. She moved there two years ago from Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region. After some serious efforts, she acquired a local hukou. Life has since become much easier for her. First, it is far more convenie

2016年CRI Deputies Discuss Uneven Home Market Recovery

Reducing housing inventories has been set as one of the five main goals of the supply-side structural reform program established at this year's Central Economic Work Conference. Deputies attending this year's National People's Congress have been reco

2016年CRI E-commerce Improves Living Standards in Rural China: Political Advisers

Mr. Zhang is a farmer living in northeast Beijing's Pinggu District. Farming in the past was mostly weather-dependent. After harvest, the only thing I could do was just wait for buyers. Sometimes I grew too much, and the vegetables rotted in the fiel

2016年CRI New Five-year Plan Draws Attention

Addressing the opening of the annual gathering of the National People's Congress, Premier Li Keqiang has set China's GDP growth target for this year at between 6.5 to 7 percent. He has also unveiled the draft of the much-anticipated 13th Five Year Pl

2016年CRI Xi's Speech on Taiwan Well Received

Speaking to a group of lawmakers from Shanghai on Saturday, Xi Jinping says any suggestion of 'Taiwan independence' will be contained resolutely. In making the statement, he says the mainland's policy toward Taiwan is not going to change, regardless

2016年CRI Expanding Training Opportunities for Migrant Workers Highlighted at NPC Session

Xie Liying, an NPC deputy and a worker who has been employed in a ceramics factory for over 24 years, says training opportunities are vital for migrant workers. Most migrant workers come from rural and poor areas; they have inferior education levels.

2016年CRI Hard Landing Fallacy ＂No Way＂ in China: Economic Regulator

Xu Shaoshi head of National Development and Reform Commissionsays despite the slower pace of economic growth, China is not in for a hard-landing. But even with a growth rate of 6.9 percent (last year), it still proved that the economy operated within

2016年CRI Two-Child Policy Highlighted at the NPC Session

Song Qiuxia is a white-collar worker living in Guangdong province. She and her husband just had their little girl last year, and she is not enthusiastic about the new policy. I won't even consider having a second child! Raising a kid can be very expe

2016年CRI China Sets Flexible GDP Target to Gain Steam for Structural Reform

In his annual government work report at the NPC session, Premier Li Keqiang announced a flexible GDP target, calling it a reasonable growth range as China is gearing up its structural reforms. The main development targets for 2016 are as follows: GDP

2016年CRI China Announces 7.6-pct Defense Budget Rise, Lowest in Six Years

According to the budget report delivered at the national legislature annual session, Beijing plans to raise the 2016 defense budget by 7.6 percent to 954 billion yuan, or about 146 billion U.S. dollars. Chen Zhou is a deputy to the top legislature, a

2016年CRI Deliberation on Fundamental Law Highlights NPC Annual Session : Spokesperson

Fu Ying, the spokesperson for the annual session of the legislative body, says China is drafting a fundamental Civil Code and the general rules of the draft are expected to be submitted to the top legislature in June. A two-step approach will be take

2016年CRI Tech Breakthrough on EVs Needs Unified Efforts: Political Adviser

After failing in Beijing's license plate lottery system for some three years, Qin Xiaofei finally made his decision in January to buy a battery-driven car to chauffeur his wife who has recently become pregnant. But, he says, one of the biggest concer

2016年CRI World's First Chinese-language TV Station to Shut Down

The provisional liquidators, the accounting firm Deloitte, is proceeding with plans to shutter the station and sack the remaining staff, as the $8 million HK dollar cash injection needed to keep the broadcaster running for the rest of the month has n

2016年CRI Good Story-telling Key to Chinese Movies' Going abroad: Political Advisers

Laws to regulate China's film industry date back to the early 1980s. After decades of discussion and rapid growth in the sector, a draft of the China Film Industry Promotion Law officially entered the legislative process late last year. Once approved

2016年CRI Economic Issues Top Political Advisors' Concerns

Chinese government's growth target, as well as details of plans to shore up the economy, is being closely watched for at this year's CPPCC sessions. CPPCC National Committee member Liu Shijin says economic growth is a leading concern among the public

2016年CRI Thai Tourism Authority Hopes to Woo More Chinese in 2016

Representatives from a total of 61 Thai hotels, travel companies, airline companies, theme parks and other recreational venues have gathered in Beijing for a consultation titled amazing Thailand. They aim to promote four tourism products to Chinese t

2016年CRI Today Marks China's 17th ＂Ear Care Day＂

Statistics show that China has over 2 million hearing-impaired children and the number is growing faster than ever. To draw more attention on this Ear Health Day, various educational activities have been held across China. A charity concert was organ