上海成为全球最大国际贸易口岸城市

Official figures are suggesting Shanghai is now the world's largest international trading city due to the government's measures to encourage and upgrade trade. 官方数据显示，得益于政府鼓励和促进贸易的措施，上海目前已经成为

股价飙升 中国多了41个亿万富翁

China has 41 brand new billionaires thanks to a surge in share prices. 股价的飙升让中国新增了41位亿万富翁。 The recent surge in share prices on the mainland has created at least 41 new super-rich people in the nation whose individual

China to spend massively on farmland improvement

China to spend massively on farmland improvement BEIJING, Sept. 6 (Xinhua) -- The government will spend 37.36 billion yuan(about 5.93 billion U.S. dollars) to improve the quality of farmland this year, the Ministry of Finance said Thursday. The fund,

China cuts its reserve ratio again

BEIJING, May 13 (Xinhuanet) - China's central bank announced on Saturday it would lower the reserve requirement for commercial lenders by 50 basis points, the second time it has taken such action this year to inject more market liquidity and shore up

China's drug retail sales hit 188 bln yuan

China's drug retail sales hit 188 bln yuan BEIJING, Sept. 26 (Xinhua) -- China's drug retail sales reached 188.5 billion yuan (about 29.9 billion U.S. dollars) in 2011, according to figures released by the China Medical Pharmaceutical Material Associ

2014年券商利润大增

BEIJING, Feb. 22 (Xinhua) -- Chinese brokerage firms saw surging profits in 2014 boosted by easing measures from policymakers, the Securities Association of China (SAC) said. Combined net profits of 120 brokerage firms totaled 96.55 billion yuan (15.

中国养老保险基金将投资股市

Amid worries about the pension fund's low investment return over the past years, the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security (MHRSS) released a draft guideline that allows the fund to be invested in the stock market. Ministry spokesperson Li

广电总局将严厉整治票房造假

China's film watchdog said on Friday it will take further action against box office fraud. 中国电影监管机构在周五表示，他们将会采取进一步的措施来抵制票房造假现象 The State Administration of Press, Publication, Radio

万达电影院线上市IPO

China's biggest movie theatre operator, Wanda Cinema Line, is reportedly going to scale back its IPO, scheduled to take place on the Shenzhen Stock Exchange later this week. Reports say Wanda will seek to raise about 1.2 billion yuan or 203 million U

575 bln yuan of central budget goes to social security

BEIJING, March 1 (Xinhua) -- The expenditure in China's central budget on social insurance and job security totaled 575.37 billion yuan (91.62 billion U.S. dollars) in 2012, the Ministry of Finance (MOF) announced Friday. The central government also

China stocks close up Friday

China stocks（股票） close up Friday BEIJING - Chinese shares higher Friday with the benchmark Shanghai Composite Index（财政综合指数） up 1.07 percent, or 30.09, to end at 2,841.04. The Shenzhen Component Index closed up 0.87 percent, or

我国财政部安排千亿资金去产能

China's Ministry of Finance said last Wednesday it has earmarked a special fund of 100 billion yuan (15.33 billion U.S. dollars) to subsidize local governments and state-owned enterprises (SOEs) in reducing steel and coal overcapacity. 我国财政部上

China earmarked 4.5 bln yuan for rural teachers in 2012

BEIJING, Jan. 5 (Xinhua) -- China allocated 4.5 billion yuan (715.5 million U.S. dollars) to teachers in rural areas working for compulsory education in 2012, the Ministry of Finance (MOF) said on Saturday. The money subsidizes teachers that serve in

Haikui causes over 3 billion yuan economic loss in Anhui

Haikui causes over 3 billion yuan economic loss in Anhui HEFEI, Aug. 11 (Xinhua) -- East China's Anhui Province has recorded an economic loss of 3.28 billion yuan (515.69 million U.S.dollars) since severe tropical storm Haikui entered the province on

2016年中国电影票房总额有望再创新高

China's 2016 office box sales are expected to exceed the 2015 total of 44 billion yuan (6.8 billion U.S. dollars), the country's film watchdog said. 据中国电影监察机构日前表示，2016年中国票房总额有望超过2015年的440亿元人民

商务部长:中国经济增长已转为消费驱动

China has successfully made the transformation from an economy whose growth is mainly driven by investment and foreign trade to one that is powered by domestic demand, especially consumption, said Gao Hucheng, minister of commerce, during a press con

英闻天下——96 China December Trade Surplus Rises Sharply to $31.6 Billion

Trade surplus here in China has risen sharply through December. The trade surplus through this past month has come in at 31.6 billion yuan, led by strong exports. That's up about 12 billion yuan from November. The General Administration of Customs sa

China government 2011 procurement totals 1.13 trln yuan

BEIJING, June 29 (Xinhua) -- China's government procurement amounted to 1.13 trillion yuan (179.37 billion U.S. dollars) in 2011, or 11 percent of the country's fiscal expenditure, the Ministry of Finance announced on Friday. The figure showed a huge

阿里巴巴双11的九个惊人数据

Jack Ma astonished the world again with the jaw-dropping 24-hour sales record on 2015 Tmall Global Shopping Festival on Nov 11, after the e-commerce behemoth's debut on the New York Stock Exchange as the largest IPO in US history last year. 自去年阿

托福阅读：2015两会热点双语材料

2015年3月5日上午9时，十二届全国人大三次会议在人民大会堂举行开幕会，听取国务院总理李克强作政府工作报告，审查计划报告和预算报告。 稳中有进 China has, overall, achieved a stable performance