HONG KONG, March 19 (Xinhua) — The Legislative Council (LegCo) of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) on Tuesday passed the safeguarding national security bill, a milestone by the HKS
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HKSAR gov\’t cancels all property cooling measures
HONG KONG, Feb. 28 (Xinhua) — China\’s Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) government decided to cancel all demand-side management measures for residential properties with immediate effect
China adopts revised Law on Guarding State Secrets
BEIJING, Feb. 27 (Xinhua) — Chinese lawmakers on Tuesday voted to adopt a revised Law on Guarding State Secrets.
The law, which was passed at a session of the National People\’s Congress (NPC) Standin
China\’s thriving outbound tourism contributes to global economic recovery
The past Chinese New Year holiday just witnessed a surge in China\’s outbound tourism. According to statistics released by China\’s Ministry of Culture and Tourism, around 3.6 million overseas trips wer
24 Solar Terms: 9 things you may not know about Start of Spring
The traditional Chinese solar calendar divides the year into 24 solar terms. Start of Spring (Chinese: 立春), the first solar term of the year, begins this year on Feb 4 and ends on Feb 18.
Start of Spr
China regulates unified medicine procurement platforms
BEIJING, Feb. 2 (Xinhua) — China is eyeing to improve the unified medicine procurement platforms with a new standard rolled out to ensure more regulated and professional platform services.
Launched b
China\’s Shenzhen releases first local standard for dark sky community
SHENZHEN, Feb. 1 (Xinhua) — Southern Chinese metropolis Shenzhen has rolled out the first local standard on light environment for dark sky community.
The standard, according to local authorities, is
China ups protection of GI products
BEIJING, Jan. 31 (Xinhua) — China will put in place a set of new measures to regulate the use of geographical indications (GI) and protect GI products.
The measures, rolled out by the China National
Indian gov\’t slashes import duty on key mobile phones\’ components
NEW DELHI, Jan. 31 (Xinhua) — The Indian government has announced a cut in customs duty on imports of key components of mobile phones from 15 percent to 10 percent, a senior federal government offici
China to regulate railway passenger safety inspection
BEIJING, Jan. 31 (Xinhua) — China will strengthen and regulate passenger safety inspection at railway stations, according to a new regulation issued by the authorities.
The regulation, which is set t