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- Government Denies Investigation into Foreign-owned...
- The Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development (MOHURD) has denied that it is conducting a reported investigation into the influence of foreign-owned water companies on recent rises in domestic water prices.
- The Beijing News | 2009-08-26
- RESOURCES
- Chinalco Not Aware of Rio Talks but Willing to Con...
- Xiong Weiping, the Chairman of the Aluminum Corp. of China (Chinalco), said he knew nothing about the rumored talks between Chinalco and Rio Tinto, but that the company would be willing to consider working with the global mining giant.
- The Beijing News | 2009-08-26
- HEALTH
- 10 Cities to Pilot Human Organ Donation Program
- The Chinese Red Cross Society and the Ministry of Health will establish an Organ Donation Commission which will begin working in 10 provinces and cities aropund China, including: Shanghai, Tianjin, Liaoning, Shandong, Zhejiang, Xiamen, Nanchang, Wuhan.
- Caijing | 2009-08-26
- TECHNOLOGY
- High-speed Broadband for 80% of Internet Users
- China Unicom revealed that it invested over 10 billion yuan across the country in order to upgrade broadband services. The company predicted that by the end of this year, 80% of broadband users in China will enjoy a speed of 2 megabits per second.
- The Beijing News | 2009-08-26
- INFLATION
- Rise in Price of Agricultural Food Products
- The monitoring data from the Ministry of Commerce shows, the price of the agricultural food products in 36 small and middle-sized cities rose by 0.4% last week over that of the previous week.
- The Beijing News | 2009-08-26
- RESOURCES
- Oil Prices Likely to Rise This Week
- The recent rise in the price of crude oil on international markets mean that China is likely to raise domestic oil prices by about 300 yuan per ton sometime this week.
- National Business Daily | 2009-08-25
- LAW
- China Revises Renewable Energy Legislation
- The government will subsidize projects that produce electricity via renewable energy sources, according to the draft amendments made to China's Law on Renewable Energy which has already been submitted to the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress for approval.
- China Business News | 2009-08-25
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