CCTV9英语新闻：中国零售企业现金的季节性消费

By CCTV correspondent Grace Brown Christmas may not be a traditional time for celebrations in China, but that doesnt get in the way of its commercial opportunity. With many young people there looking to let off steam - and shopping the main therapy -

CCTV9英语新闻：曼德拉铜雕像耳中藏只顽兔

A sculpture of a buuny has been discovered in the ear of a nine-meter bronze statue of Nelson Mandela. Artists say they added the rabbit as a personal stamp after the South African government stopped them from engraving their signatures on the statue

CCTV9英语新闻：十余艘中国货船被扣印尼要求每船缴30万美元

Chinese cargo ships have been caught up in Indonesias mineral ore export ban, which has just gone into effect. Many Chinese companies rushed to complete the required customs procedures before the date to ship raw ore to China, but more than twenty sh

CCTV9英语新闻：北京车展2014

The automobile culture has been a driving force around the world for decades, but not so in China, where car ownership has only become relatively common over the past ten years. Can investing in auto events like auto racing pay off? Just looking arou

CCTV9英语新闻11月：中国解决气候变化的年度报告

By CCTV reporter Tang Bo China issued its annual report on climate change on a smoggy Tuesday in Beijing. The report shows the progress China made in 2012 in combating environmental pollution and coping with climate change. But the air pollution stil

CCTV9英语新闻：来自32个国家的卫生官员出席埃博拉病毒会议

Health officials from 32 nations have met in Cuba to discuss plans to contain the Ebola epidemic. The meeting was organized by ALBA, a nine-nation bloc led by socialist allies Venezuela and Cuba. They held a summit in Havana last week in which presid

CCTV9英语新闻：中国股票下跌

Q1. The mainland markets tested the key psychological level of 2000 today, why was the sentiment so low? Q2. As the Federal Reserve tampers, investors also watch closely on the Chinese yuan, what's the outlook?

CCTV9英语新闻：广东惠州澳大利亚产品展悉尼开幕

Manufacturers from southern Chinese city of Huizhou are displaying their products in Australia, hoping to increase visibility and business. They're a big part of a Chinese contingent in Sydney helping to promote China's renewed push towards manufactu

CCTV9英语新闻：云南鲁甸6.5级地震 已有410人遇难 2300多人受伤

The death toll of magnitude-6.5 earthquake that rocked the city of Zhaotong in Southwest Chinas Yunnan Province has now climbed to 410, 12 are confirmed as missing and more than two thousand and three hundred people were injured. Over one million peo

CCTV9英语新闻：联合国官员称赞中国与非洲的合作

China has been Africa's largest trade partner for five consecutive years. More than 2,500 Chinese companies have invested on the continent, and the total indirect investment has reached 25 billion US dollars. Our correspondent Girum Chala has spoken

CCTV9英语新闻12月：蓝色多瑙河开始圣诞季

A familiar tune that makes you want to tap your feet or dance during the Christmas season is the Blue Danube Waltz by Johann Strauss. It is traditionally played on New Years Day, and has become the unofficial Austrian national anthem. At this time of

CCTV9英语新闻：雪龙号破冰船已驶出乱冰区 进入清水区航行

China's research vessel and icebreaker Xuelong, or Snow Dragon has entered an area of clear water, after more than ten hours spent breaking through the Antarctic ice. The vessel had been trapped in the area since Friday. Last Thursday, its helicopter

CCTV9英语新闻：武警巡逻重点领域在中国的安全问题

More armed police officers are being deployed nationwide to conduct regular patrols amid rising concerns over public security. The police will be armed with handguns as they patrol city streets in key areas with large numbers of people such as railwa

CCTV9英语新闻：壳牌石油公司德国厂区爆炸起火

A factory plant belonging to the Shell Oil Company in the German city of Cologne has reported explosions, covering the plant in dense smoke. The number of casualties and the cause of the blast still remains unknown.

CCTV9英语新闻：北京民众潭柘寺争喝腊八粥

By CCTV reporter Qi Wei Wednesday is the traditional Chinese Laba Festival, celebrated on the 8th day of the last month of the Chinese lunar calendar. The event reminds people that the Spring Festival is just around the corner and is a day when eatin

CCTV9英语新闻：最后一站旨在促进中国-智利的关系

Let's talk about this more now with Mr. Jia Xiudong, Senior Research Fellow from the China Institute of International Studies. Q1: Let's start with the multi-billion-U.S.-dollar currency swap pact between China and Chile. How will this pact benefit b

CCTV9英语新闻：普京会见中国国务委员杨洁篪

Russian President Vladimir Putin has met China's State Councillor Yang Jiechi in Moscow. Yang Jiechi is attending a high-ranking security meeting of BRICS nations. Putin spoke highly about President Xi Jinping's visit to Moscow earlier this month. He

CCTV9英语新闻：智利与中国的贸易推动

Trade between Chile and China has grown dramatically in recent years, since the signing of the Free Trade Agreement in 2005. That's been mainly driven by copper exports, But Chile's agricultural exports are also now a major factor in the equation. As

演播室访谈：在中国灵活的退休年龄成可能？

On Thursday, Chinas Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security called for calm, until more details are released over a fiercely debated government plan to raise the retirement age. Earlier we spoke to Du Peng, Director of the Center for Aging St

CCTV9英语新闻：中国将取消绝大多数药品政府定价

BEIJING, May 5 (Xinhua) -- China will lift price controls on most medicines starting from June 1, the country's economic planner said on Tuesday. Medicine prices will be decided by the market, said the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC