2017年CRI Beijing launches medical reform, separating hospital service from pharmacy

A flie photo of pharmacy [File photo: Chinanews.com] A new medical reform program is officially underway in Beijing as of this Saturday, with expectations the policy changes will end up giving patients more healthcare options and more access to the m

2017年CRI Q&A with Professor Xue Lan on China's role in governing global risks

With China acting more proactively in international affairs in recent years, more and more people are discussing China's potential role in governing global risks. Professor Xue Lan, dean of School of Public Policy and Management at Tsinghua Universit

2017年CRI Elderly care highlighted at the NPC session

Deputy Jia Weiping from east China's Shanghai [Photo: China Plus] China is ageing. The number of elderly people will reach 255 million, or 17.8 percent of the country's total population by 2020. How best to provide better care for seniors has been on

2017年CRI Foreign and domestic manufacturers equal under Made in China 2025 plan

Miao Wei, minister of industry and information technology, answers questions at a press conference for the fifth session of the 12th NPC in Beijing, capital of China, March 11, 2017. [Photo: Xinhua] Chinese authorities have reiterated that the countr

2017年CRI Political advisors propose exploring new industries to fight smog

This year's session of China's top political advisory body, the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, or CPPCC, is drawing to a close. One of the hot topics for this year has been environmentalism, and particularly how to tackle the smo

2017年CRI NPC deputies urge measures to develop "holistic tourism"

Li Jinzao, head of the China's National Tourism Administration, receives an interview before the 3rd plenary meeting of the 5th session of the 12th National People's Congress (NPC) at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on March 12, 2017. [Photo:

2017年CRI SF Holding net profit up 112.5 pct in 2016

SF Express, founded in 1993 in Guangdong Province, is one of the largest private express logistics firms in China. [Photo: sina.com.cn] Chinese delivery giant SF Holdings has posted a full-year profit increase of 112.5 percent through this past year.

2017年CRI Silicon Valley executives and investors confident in China's innovation drive

A citizen uses her cellphone to scan the QR code on a mobike in Beijing. [Photo: China Daily] Issues connected to innovation are being actively discussed by lawmakers at the annual political sessions here in Beijing, with observers suggesting the Chi

2017年CRI Efforts on restoration ecology at Jiaozhou Bay paid off

The Hongdao Economic Zone is on the northern bank of Jiaozhou Bay in Qingdao. The local fishermen became wealthy in the 90s off the back of their pond-farming of shrimp and fish. Unfortunately, the local river area has suffered; becoming increasingly

2017年CRI Rural tourism helps relieve poverty in China's central, western regions

Hua Quan, a deputy of the 5th annual session of the 12th National People's Congress (NPC). [Photo: China Plus/Sun Yang] Poverty alleviation has been one of the hot topics at the annual session of the National People's Congress (NPC). In China, most o

2017年CRI Enhanced IPR protection to facilitate Made in China 2025

The Chinese government has vowed to deepen efforts in protecting intellectual property rights in the country, with the aim of making it easier and cheaper for innovators to safeguard their inventions. The pledge is in tandem with the Made in China 20

2017年CRI BAIC launches European branch

BAIC Group is a Chinese state-owned enterprise and holding company of several automobile and machine manufacturers located in Beijing. [Photo: jxyscm.cn] BAIC Capital, a subsidiary of state-owned carmaker BAIC Group, has opened a new office in Frankf

2017年CRI Didi Labs opens its doors in the US

China's Didi Chuxing has officially opened its U.S.-based research lab, which will focus on artificial intelligence and intelligent driving technologies. [Photo: vsharing.com] Didi has opened up a new corporate research center in California. Didi Lab

2017年CRI China donates 30 tons of food to drought-hit Kenya

Camel herders scoop up water in plastic buckets from one of the few watering holes in the area, to water their animals near the drought-affected village of Bandarero, near Moyale town on the Ethiopian border, in northern Kenya, Friday, March 3, 2017.

2017年CRI Saudi King visits China, eyeing expanded cooperation beyond energy

Saudi King Salman bin Abdul-Aziz Al Saud was received on arrival at Beijing International Airport by Chinese State Counselor Yang Jiechi on March 16th, 2017. [Photo: SPA] Saudi King Salman is now on a four-day trip here to China, with various agreeme

2017年CRI Chinese bus manufacturer dominates in Venezuela, Kuwait

Yutong bus in Venezuela [Photo: Yutong.com] A leading Chinese bus manufacturer Yutong is being singled out for its ability to carve out a niche in Venezuela, as well as in some parts of the Middle East. Zhengzhou-based Yutong first entered the Venezu

2017年CRI UN Ocean Conference calls for sustainable development of oceans

The first UN Ocean Conference runs from June 5 to June 9. [Photo: UN Photo/Tsagris] The first UN Ocean Conference has begun at UN headquarters in New York, calling for actions across the world to save and preserve the world's oceans and ocean resourc

2017年CRI Trump to privatize air traffic control system

U.S. President Donald Trump (R) speaks before signing a decision memo and a letter to members of Congress outlining a plan for privatizing the nation's air traffic control system, in the East Room of the White House, in Washington DC, on June 5, 2017

2017年CRI Post-investment management key to Belt and Road Initiative: analysts

The Chinese government's Belt and Road initiative, as well as the country's financial policies, are the focus of a Global Finance Forum which kicked-off on Saturday at Tsinghua Univerity in Beijing. Hundreds of academics and industry leaders from bot

2017年CRI Premier Li urges EU to fulfill WTO obligations

Chinese Premier Li Keqiang (C), European Council President Donald Tusk (L) and European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker co-chair the 19th China-EU leaders' meeting in Brussels, Belgium, June 2, 2017. [Photo: Xinhua/Xie Huanchi] Chinese Premi