Shanghai has launched a reform plan to improve the provision of medical services. It is the start of China’s most radical urban healthcare shake-up in the past 20 years.
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A series of new slot-sharing agreements have been put together between China Shipping (CSCL) and Zim Israel. The new agreements include the entry of Zim Israel into the Far East/Europe trade, the introduction of a new trans-Pacific service and the demise of CSCL's own Mediterranean/US east coast service. All the new initiatives were in place […]
The target economic growth rate for 2002 is 7%, Zeng Peiyan minister of the State Development Planning Commission told the National People's Congress in March. China recorded a 7.3% increase in gross domestic product in 2001, according to the final official figure released in February. This was down from 8% in 2000. The rate for […]
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Statistics found to be flawed
Officers at the National Bureau of Statistics uncovered at least 60,000 violations of China's statistical laws during an investigation conducted between May and October last year, said Xiong Zhennan, director of the bureau's policy and regulations department. About 20,000 of these violations have resulted in prosecutions and some Yn30m has been collected in fines so […]
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Port shifts focus
The construction of several new container berths at Tianjin port will boost throughput and help local manufacturers reach foreign markets.