Law & Politics
- IRON ORE
- A New Approach to Iron Ore Negotiations?
- China's central government maybe have lifted the contentious issue of iron ore pricing to one of national strategic significance
- Zhang Xiangdong, Zheng Yi | 2011-04-20
- COMMENTARY
- Considered Opinion: The Wu Ying Case
- China's editorial pages and online forums have been buzzing with discussions about capital punishment in recent weeks.
- Tang Xiangyang, Ruoji Tang | 2011-04-19
- GOVERNANCE
- NDRC to Revise System for Evaluating Performance of Local Officials
- Foreign institutions will be invited to evaluate the performance of government officials
- Zhang Xiangdong, Zheng Yi | 2011-04-01
- TRANSPARENCY
- Beijing Pilot Project Evaluates Planned Government Spending
- The Beijing government has piloted a project to conduct a preliminary evaluation of government spending projects. Beijing earned over 230 billion yuan in fiscal revenue in 2010 and plans to spend 113.5 billion yuan this year.
- Song Fuli | 2011-02-11
- 12TH FIVE YEAR PLAN
- Special Feature: The Regional "Two Sessions"
- A look at development plans for the next five years for Beijing, Shanghai, Chongqing, Shenzhen, and Central China
- English Edition Staff | 2011-01-27
- GOVERNMENT
- China's Budget for 2011
- In 2011, China will invest more into five sectors: education, rural and urban basic health insurance, healthcare institutions, social security, policy-based housing and water conservation facilities.
- Xi Si | 2011-01-06
- TAX
- 12th Five-Year Plan Promises Big Tax Cuts
- The government will reduce the tax burdens of individuals and companies. The reform will not raise the tax floor as previously expected, but will reduce number of income tax levels to six or seven.
- Xi Si | 2010-12-16
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Briefs
- China's GDP Grew 9.7% in the First Quarter - March CPI up 5.4%
- Inflation in China jumped to a 32-month high of 5.4% in March, while growth slowed compared to the pace registered in the first quarter of last year.
- Source:National Bureau of Statistics
- New Social Finance Indicator Released as Part of Quarterly Financial R...
- The social finance indicator is an attempt to measure the actual financing capability that exists in the real economy and to provide a better gauge on the amount of liquidity in the financial system.
- Source:People's Bank of China
- BOOK REVIEW
- March 2011 Issue of EO's Book Review
- Highlights from this month's issue of EO's Book Review
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