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- ELECTION
- Mayor of Taiyuan Dismissed for Disturbing Election - Other Officials Warned
- Zhang Bingsheng, the mayor of Taiyuan, a city in Shanxi, has been removed from his position for actions he took in an attempt to be nominated as the vice-governor of the province in the lead up to a vote for provincial-level positions in January this year. Zhang's removal was announced by the communist party's Organization Department and the Commission for Discipline Inspection of the Central Comm...
- Oriental Morning Post | 2011-04-12
- LAND
- Demand for Land Exceeds Planned Supply
- The Ministry of Land and Resources has learned that the entire demand of land of the country's 31 provinces and municipalities amounted to 16.16 million mu (a Chinese measure of land area equal to approximately 667 square meters) this year, far in excess of the planned supply of 6.7 million mu. The disparity will increase the risk of illegal land use.
- Shanghai Securities Journal | 2011-04-11
- LAW
- Further Revisions to Land Expropriation and Compensation Law on the Agenda
- The State Council is said to be revising the current Land Management Law concerning the expropriation and compensation for collectively-owned land, a reporter with China National Radio learned from an unnamed source. It's said that the revised version will be submitted by the State Council to the Standing Committee of National People's Congress soon.
- China National Radio | 2011-04-11
- CITY
- NDRC to Prevent Excessive Expansion of Large Cities
- Yang Weimin, general secretary of the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC), said at a forum in Shanghai yesterday that over the next 5 years, Chinese authorities would attempt to set reasonable limits on the growth of cities and prevent the excessive expansion of the country's largest cities. Mr. Yang also said that the NDRC would research and implement a special plan to guide the dev...
- China Radio International | 2011-04-11
- PROJECT
- China to Stop Approving Electrolytic Aluminum Projects
- As problems with overcapacity continue to plague the country's electrolytic aluminum sector, the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC), along with eight other ministerial agencies, will issue a notice announcing a temporary halt to the approval of electrolytic aluminum projects, Su Bo, deputy director of the NDRC told a reporter with the Economic Information Daily. According to an insi...
- Economic Information Daily | 2011-04-11
- OIL
- Sinopec and CNOOC Switch Executives
- Following the appointment of Sinopec chairman Su Shulin to the position of deputy party secretary of Fujian province, the Organization Department of the Central Committee of the CPC today announced his replacement to employees of Sinopec. The new chairman of Sinopec will be Fu Chengyu, who is currently chairman of CNOOC and led that state-owned company's failed bid to takeover Unocal in 2005. Wang...
- Economic Observer Online | 2011-04-08
- HOUSING PRICE
- State Council Sends Inspection Teams to Monitor Implementation of Housing Polici...
- The State Council is sending eight investigation teams to 16 provinces and cities, including Beijing, Liaoning and Shanghai, to inspect and evaluate the performance of local governments in implementing central government's policies aimed at curbing the rate of housing price increases.
- China Securities Journal | 2011-04-08
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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
- Plan to Lift Beijing Taxi Prices Was No Rumor - But Now Suspended
- Industry sources claim that the Beijing government was planning to raise taxi fares, despite claims by the city's Development and Reform Commission
- Source:Economic Observer Online
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