Instead of letting cranes and trucks swarm blindly into China's booming marine economic zones, the country's sea watchdog is requiring the development be sustainable.
With more than 450 million Internet users in China, which is about 50 percent more than the entire population of the United States, discussion regarding e-commerce development was certain to come up during the annual sessions of the National People's Congress (NPC) and the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) National Committee.
China's top political advisory body, the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), concluded its annual meeting in Beijing on Sunday.
For the second year in a row, legislator Wang Longde has put forward a proposal during the annual session of the National People's Congress (NPC) urging the central government to take substantial action on control of smoking and tobacco.
China is not seeking to compete with the United States in influence in the Middle East but is confident about its ties to the region amid recent power transfers.
China will start construction on a 500-meter aperture spherical telescope, the largest in the world, in Southwest China's Guizhou province next month, said Yan Jun, head of the National Astronomical Observatories of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, on Friday.
Shandong province plans to invest 30 billion yuan ($4.6 billion) in Qingdao Port to double its throughput capacity to 600 million tons by 2015, according to Chang Dechuan, president of Qingdao Port (Group) Co Ltd.