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

CCTV9英语新闻：藏历新年节恰逢春节

Tibetan New year, also known as Losar, is the most important festival in the Tibetan calendar. This year, Tibetan New Year's day coincides with the Spring Festival. Losar is celebrated for 15 days, but the first 3 days are most important. A series of

CCTV9英语新闻：广州知识产权法院首次开庭 庭审增加“案件承诺提示”环节

Patents, trademarks and designs. Standard copyright lawsuits now being heard in a specialist Intellectual Property court. The Guangzhou IP court opened on Wednesday. Sessions are being held in multiple hearing rooms, due to the large volume of cases.

CCTV9英语新闻：国际足联“腐败”,美国也能管?

Why is the United States the one pressing corruption charges against officials of soccer's world governing body? According to the Swiss Office of Justice, which carried out the arrests, the cases fall into US jurisdiction because these crimes were ag

CCTV9英语新闻：文件集锦主动防御策略

For more on China's new Defense White Paper, our reporter Han Bin interviewed Senior Colonel Zhou Bo from the Ministry of National Defense. Colonel Zhou is also the Director of the Center for International Security Cooperation. He says the new white

CCTV9英语新闻：卡梅伦开启欧洲之旅欲推动欧盟改革

PARIS, May 28 (Xinhua) -- French President Francois Hollande on Thursday received British Prime Minister David Cameron who started a European tour to build support for EU reforms before EU membership in-out referendum by the end of 2017. French Presi

CCTV9英语新闻：中国的环境问题有多么糟糕？

To talk more about China's environmental protection targets, we have Wu Changhua, the Greater China Director of the Climate Group. Q1: Give us more insights into these numbers. Just how bad are they? Q2: Now the plan is to have environmental protecti

CCTV9英语新闻：解决城市水资源短缺的基础

Water shortages are giving rise to the transformation of Chinese cities into what's called 'sponge cities,' where rain water is collected rather than allowed to run off. In April, the government announced that 16 cities will take part in the Sponge C

CCTV9英语新闻：印度高温热死超过1100人

The summer season has started in India with a ferocity not seen in recent years. More than 1,100 people have been killed as a heat wave sweeps across the country. Most of the fatalities have been reported from the southern states of Andhra Pradesh an

CCTV9英语新闻：美国驻韩大使在首尔遇袭受伤

US Ambassador to South Korea Mark Lippert is in a stable condition after a knife wielding attacker slashed his face and left wrist on Thursday. Lippert was attending a breakfast meeting at a performing arts Centre in central Seoul, when he was attack

CCTV9英语新闻：上海市政府召开新闻会议在新年夜

It's been more than two weeks since the Shanghai New Year's Eve stampede. The cause of the incident has not yet to be released. Shanghai's Municipal Government will soon hold a press conference to announce the investigation results. The tragedy happe

U.S., Mexican presidents discuss trade, immigration, Cuba

WASHINGTON, Jan. 6 (Xinhua) -- U.S. President Barack Obama on Tuesday met with his Mexican counterpart Enrique Pena Nieto at the White House over issues including security, immigration and Cuba. President Barack Obama and Mexican President Enrique Pe

CCTV9英语新闻：政府工作计划：2015年的战斗保存能源，减少排放

Speaking on environmental protection, Premier Li Keqiang called improving the environment a battle and listed the major targets for this year. We will fight to win the battle of conserving energy, reducing emissions. and improving the environment, Li

CCTV9英语新闻：中国赴南苏丹维和步兵营开始首次联合训练

China's first peacekeeping mission involving combat-ready troops has been deployed to South Sudan. It has held an inauguration ceremony for its headquarters in the capital Juba. This is the first time China has sent peacekeeping infantry to any task

CCTV9英语新闻：中国欧盟庆祝40年的关系

Leaders of China and the European Union exchanged congratulatory messages Wednesday to mark the 40th anniversary of the establishment of bilateral diplomatic ties. Chinese President Xi Jinping and Premier Li Keqiang mentioned the global challenges ov

CCTV9英语新闻：上海禁止领导干部家属经商办企业

Related reading: SHANGHAI, May 4 (Xinhua) -- Shanghai on Monday banned close family members of senior officials from running business. According to the regulation issued by the party committee of Shanghai, spouses of the city's leading officials are

CCTV9英语新闻：习主席的两年任期改革反贪污突出

Two years since the transition, the new leadership, headed by President Xi Jinping has done more than anyone could have imagined or asked for from tackling corruption, economic restructuring to getting a bigger say on the global stage. China's new le

CCTV9英语新闻：安徽取消市场限制，提高房地产贷款

China' Anhui, a province close to Shanghai, announced its latest property market policy guidance. The guidance calls off all existing market curbs. The province will provide better compensation of land for shanty town residents, and will halt new con

CCTV9英语新闻：印度巨型沙雕凸显气候变化的影响

As the death toll from the heat wave continues to rise...one Indian artist has carved a giant sand sculpture in the country's eastern city of Puri that highlights the dangerous effects of global warming. A simple but bold message...Act fast before it

CCTV9英语新闻：法国国民议会投票通过新情报工作法案 给予更多监控权

PARIS, May 5 (Xinhua) -- French lawmakers of the National Assembly passed Tuesday by 438 votes to 86 a controversial bill on expanding intelligence services' surveillance power. The bill, aimed to protect French from terrorist attacks, would give Fre