The Economy
- Ma Huateng, founder and CEO of Tencent Holdings, will make five proposals at the National People's Congress annual session opening on Saturday, including those concerning development of the sharing economy, Internet-based medical services and security of the Internet ecosystem.
- China must prevent its economic growth from falling below 6.5 percent this year, leading economists said on Wednesday.
- China will support foreign participation in its drive to reform state-owned enterprises (SOEs), Spokesman of the Ministry of Commerce Shen Danyang said Wednesday.
- Construction began Wednesday on an Airbus facility in north China's Tianjin, where the company's A330 aircraft will be finished off and delivered to clients.
- China will lower the entry barrier for foreign investors and speed up the revision of relevant laws, said Spokesman for the Ministry of Commerce Shen Danyang on Wednesday.
- Airbus SAS expects its new China A330 completion center to deliver a jet per month starting in 2017, rising to two per month in the following two years, the firm's China head said on Tuesday.
- China's latest cut in its reserve requirement ratio (RRR) signalled more bold pro-growth measures on the horizon against rising economic headwinds.
- Beijing boasts the world's second-largest number of most valuable tech startups, showcasing its advance in the sector.
- The People's Bank of China, China's central bank, Monday announced that it will lower its reserve requirement ratio (RRR) for commercial banks by 0.5 percentage point, starting from Tuesday.
- Chinese provinces used to depend on mining and big smokestack industries are losing ground to peers with more diverse business structures.
- A recent central government guideline on urban planning has sparked heated debate among Internet users over opening up gated residential communities to public road system, with an online poll showing that a majority of participants oppose it.
- China's business system reform has boosted growth of new businesses and jobs, according to a senior official on Monday.
- Commerce officials say that the FTZ competition among local govts will probably continue throughout the nation's 13th Five-Year Plan (2016-20).
Highlights of the Sessions >>
- Full text: Work report of NPC Standing Committee
- Full text: Report on China's economic, social development plan
- Full text: Report on China's central, local budgets
- Full text: Report on the Work of the Government
- Highlights of work reports from SPC and SPP
- Xi orders breakthrough in military theory
