China Economic ReviewThe Ministry of Health says it plans to create a national database containing the records of every reported HIV/AIDS patient and promised free HIV tests in every province this year. State media also reported that a draft of China's first HIV/AIDS prevention regulation is nearing completion and is scheduled for discussion by the State Council […]
To develop its foreign exchange market, the China Foreign Exchange Trade System said it will soon select eight banks to act as market makers for its new products launching in May. The Bank of China was the first approved as the first market maker; other banks awaiting approval are another Chinese bank and seven foreign […]
The US State Department said it will not introduce a resolution condemning China this year at the UN Human Rights Commission due to the "important and significant steps" by China to improve its human rights record. Although China still has "persistent systemic problems", Beijing is doing more to increase religious freedoms and showing more leniency […]
Fast food operator KFC said it is pulling two items from its menu in China after Sudan I, a carcinogenic food coloring, was detected in a sauce, causing contamination fears. Sauce supplier Griffith Laboratories, according to a China Daily report, said the raw materials for the sauce were sourced from the Kunshan-based Hongfang Spice Company […]
Shanghai is China's most competitive city, while Beijing ranks no. 4 after Shenzhen and Guangzhou, according to an annual ranking by the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences. The competitiveness of Yangtze River Delta cities has improved, especially in the Zhejiang province, while that of Pearl River Delta cities is declining, said one of the study's […]