NPR 2010-04-30

The Gulf Coast is bracing for the shoreline impact of the worst oil spill the region's ever faced. NPR's Debbie Elliott reports the growing oil slick threatens wildlife, fisheries and beaches from Louisiana to Florida. Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal

英闻天下——580 Children Welfare System Needs to be Established

A month-long nationwide inspection of orphanages run by individuals and private operators is carried out throughout China after a private orphanage fire in Henan Province claimed seven lives. China is struggling to upgrade children's welfare by estab

英闻天下——559 Improving CPPCC System for China's Well-being

National advisers have been seeking to improve the efficiency of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, or CPPCC, China's top political advisory body. CRI's Zhang Shuangfeng takes a closer look CPPCC members cover representatives fro

英语语法：178 How to Avoid Clichés

Grammar Girl here. Todays topic is taking care of clichs. Guest writer Sal Glynn writes, clichs can be a writers worst enemy, and the reader usually doesnt like clichs much either. Writers from Jonathan Swift to George Orwell have ranted against the

明年起网络表演者须实名注册 将建立警示名单

The Ministry of Culture is making it compulsory for presenters of online shows to register with their real names. 据报道，我国文化部将强制规定网络表演者必须实名注册。 The rules oblige operators of online shows to identify pr

英闻天下——387 Improving CPPCC System for China's Well-being

National advisers have been seeking to improve the efficiency of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, or CPPCC, China's top political advisory body. CRI's Zhang Shuangfeng takes a closer look CPPCC members cover representatives fro

英闻天下——402 NPC Adopts Cabinet Reshuffle Plan

The National People's Congress - that's the Chinese parliament, has adopted a cabinet reshuffle plan at a plenary meeting in Beijing to improve overall efficiency. The endorsement of the plan will bring down the number of ministries under the State C

2015年CRI Mainland and Macau Closer Economic Partnership Arrangement Signed

Mainland and Macau Closer Economic Partnership Arrangement Signed The CEPA process got underway in 2003 with the signing of an initial agreement. It came into full force a year later. That agreement has been augmented by a series of supplements, furt

China further cuts administrative approval items

BEIJING, Aug. 22 (Xinhua) -- The State Council, China's cabinet, has decided to remove or modify 314 administrative examination and approval items in order to further clear systematic obstacles for its social and economic development and curb corrupt

西班牙正走出经济危机

西班牙正走出经济危机 PANAMA CITY, Oct. 19 (Xinhua) -- Spain's Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy said here on Saturday that his country is beginning to get out of the serious economic crisis as a result of a deep plan of structural reforms to imp

2006年VOA标准英语-Malaysia Issues Alert in Malacca Strait as Haze

By Nancy-Amelia Collins Jakarta 09 October 2006 Malaysia has issued a hazard warning for ships sailing in the Malacca Strait because of a thick haze from bush fires in Indonesia that is blanketing parts of the region, and cutting visibility. Strait

China to expand food contaminant monitoring

BEIJING, Jan. 25 (Xinhua) -- China has set a goal of equipping at least half of the country's county-level administrative regions to monitor various contaminants and harmful ingredients in food by the end of 2013. A new work plan, released on Friday

Shanghai mulls blacklist mechanism amid food safety concerns

SHANGHAI, Dec. 26 (Xinhua) -- The municipal government of Shanghai is considering rolling out a mechanism that would blacklist enterprises involved in illegal conduct regarding food safety and impose harsh punishments on them, a senior official said

China subsidy mechanism drives rural projects construction

BEIJING, June 4 (Xinhua) -- China's central and local governments had invested 105 billion yuan (16.6 billion U.S. dollars) in its award and subsidy mechanism for village-level public projects by 2011, and around 985,000 public projects were built in

英闻天下——372 Lawmakers Call for Revised Air Pollution Control Law

Beijing and other parts of northern China have been battered by smog starting from the beginning of this year. The capital was blanketed by smog for 26 days in January, while eastern China's Jiangsu Province saw 13 days of heavy pollution in February

英闻天下——377 China to Reform Gasoline Pricing Mechanism

China's top economic planner says the country is studying a new fuel pricing scheme to make it reflect the global markets' oil price fluctuations more swiftly. Zhang Ping, the head of the National Development and Reform Commission or NDRC, says the c

2016年CRI China Promotes S. China Sea Law Enforcement Near Sansha

Established under the island province of Hainan, the city of Sansha was formally established 4-years ago. It's situated southeast of the province's main island. Covering the Xisha, Zhongsha and Nansha islands as well as the surrounding waters, the ci

Overthrowing Rulers is Not Enough

The president of the World Bank cautioned on Monday that much remains to be done to improve the economies in countries in the Middle East and North Africa where popular uprisings have removed repressive leaders. Regional experts at a conference(会议

CCTV9英语新闻：Current Administrative Procedure Law under fire for inefficiency

By CCTV reporter Liu Yang The Administrative Procedure Law is often used in cases involving the improper handling of land of local governments. Our reporter Liu Yang explains the loopholes in the current law and what the changes to the law would mean

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