China may surpass the US as the worlds largest seed market next year as commercialization in the seed industry accelerates. These comments come from the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences just before the World Seed Congress kicks off in Beijing on Mo...
Full coverage: Chinese Premier Li Keqiang Visits Africa Chinese Premier Li Keqiang has arrived in the Kenyan capital Nairobi, on the last leg of his first African tour. The Chinese Premier is scheduled to hold talks with President Uhuru Kenyatta on s...
According to the National Statistic Bureau, by 2020, there will be 30 million more men of marriageable age than women. That means roughly one-fifth of available men could find themselves single. And the effects of this gender imbalance are already be...
Now for more in-depth analysis on the issue, we are joined in the studio by Mr Chen Jiahe, an equity strategy analyst at Cinda Securities. Q1: Mr. Chen, the countrys CPI rose 2.6 percent in 2013, far below the government target. But many ordinary cit...
For more in-depth analysis, were joined in the studio by Professor Wang Yiwei from the School of International Studies, at Renmin University of China. Q1: Can you tell us about the potential impact Japans National Security Bureau could have on its ne...
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...
The Central Economic Work Conference has opened in Beijing. The meeting is expected to draw a detailed reform roadmap for the countrys economic development in 2014. For more analysis, we're joined in the studio by Ding Yifan, deputy director of the I...
Public health services for Chinas mobile population have been the focus of the National Health and Family Planning Commission media briefing. Also addressed were the family planning policy violations of film director Zhang Yimou. For more on that, we...
The Central Economic Work Conference has opened in Beijing. Were expecting reform details and a to do list for 2014. The usual prelude to the conference--last weeks politburo meeting had set the tone--China would seek development while ensuring stabi...
The growth of CPI, a main gauge of inflation, slightly slowed in November. It grew 3 percent year on year, down from the 3.2 percent recorded in October. Food prices, especially that of vegetables, were the main driver. For more insight, joining us n...
