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• Senior CPC official urges leapfrog development in Inner Mongolia
• Chinese leaders send condolences over Ethiopian PM's death
• Senior official urges improvements in political consultative system
• Zhongwang's profits surge in first half
• 640 companies sign up for Shaanxi sourcing fair
• Leader stresses fair distribution of low-income homes
• Senior police officer under investigation
• Search for sex on police college website
• China further cuts administrative approval items
• China launches emergency response as Pacific storms approach
• China launches emergency response as typhoons approach
• 20 stand trial in China in 'gutter oil' case
• 7 Chinese nationals landing on Diaoyu Islands return to HK by boat
• China eases restriction on passport issuing
• 2 dead, 3 buried in construction site collapse
• Tibet Airline to put new aircraft into service
• Workers buried in NW China construction site collapse
• Film's golden duo lose their glow
• Shaanxi police arrest 37 for rapes, abductions
• China said to have tested DF-41 Missile

Senior CPC official urges leapfrog development in Inner Mongolia Posted: 22 Aug 2012 10:23 AM PDT Senior leader Li Changchun has urged the Inner Mongolia autonomous region to transform its growth pattern, foster innovation and enhance cultural construction so as to make "leapfrog development."

Chinese leaders send condolences over Ethiopian PM's death Posted: 22 Aug 2012 05:22 AM PDT Chinese President Hu Jintao and Premier Wen Jiabao sent messages of condolences Wednesday to Ethiopia over the death of that country's Prime Minister Meles Zenaw.

Senior official urges improvements in political consultative system Posted: 22 Aug 2012 05:20 AM PDT A senior official of the Communist Party of China (CPC) has urged local political consultative organizations to promote their successful experiences and use them in their daily work.

Zhongwang's profits surge in first half Posted: 22 Aug 2012 07:25 AM PDT China Zhongwang Holdings Limited, the second-largest industrial aluminum extrusion product manufacturer in the world, realized a net profit of 1.04 billion yuan ($165 million) in the first half, representing a 152 percent growth year-on-year, the company said on Wednesday. The company's revenue surged 60.9 percent to 6.88 billion yuan during the first six months. It continued to expand its client base, composed of mainly large-scale State-owned enterprises, which led to a sales volume growth of 51.2 percent year-on-year to 6.33 billion yuan in the domestic market. In the first half, the company sold 286,110 tons of aluminum extrusions, achieving more than 50 percent of its annual sales target of 500,000 tons. Against a background of slower economic growth and gloomy development in the aluminum industry, Zhongwang performed well compared to others because of its strategy of focusing on high value-added products. "The company continued to focus on the research and development of high value-added aluminum-processing products," said Lu Changqing, executive director and vice-president of the company. "China is still our primary market and the overseas market takes a supplementary role." Deep-processed aluminum extrusion products are key to reopening the overseas market, which can also help the company upgrade its products mix and avoid anti-dumping and countervailing duty restrictions on China-produced aluminum extrusion products. Zhongwang's export sales revenue increased by 524.3 percent to 551 million yuan in the first half. Aluminum Corporation of China, the biggest alumina and aluminum producer by output in the country, reported a net loss for the six months ending June 30 totaling 3.25 billion yuan, representing a reversal from a net profit of 413 million a year earlier. Analysts said falling aluminum prices, a slowing domestic economy and higher expenses were the main reasons for the losses.

640 companies sign up for Shaanxi sourcing fair Posted: 22 Aug 2012 07:25 AM PDT Updated: 2012-08-22 21:43 By Lu Hongyan and Ma Lie ( chinadaily.com.cn) About 640 purchasing agents and suppliers from 36 countries and regions have registered for the 1st Western China Multinational Sourcing Fair, which will be in Xi'an on Aug 31 to Sept 1, according to the Shaanxi provincial government. Among them are big names like Siemens AG and USA International Business Association, as well as qualified suppliers from western part of China. A government spokesman said at a news conference on Tuesday that 520 booths will show industrial products, energy and chemical products, consumer goods, agricultural products, pharmaceutical and healthcare products, tourism crafts, textile and clothing. Seminars will also take place during the two-day event to illustrate the qualifications to being a supplier to the United Nations. The fair is sponsored by the Shaanxi provincial government and the China International Trade Promotion Committee to boost trade in this western region.

Leader stresses fair distribution of low-income homes Posted: 22 Aug 2012 07:25 AM PDT   Vice Premier Li Keqiang visits low-income housing communities in Beijing, Aug 22, 2012. [Photo/Xinhua] BEIJING - Vice Premier Li Keqiang has called for local authorities to fairly distribute low-income housing units to those needy families in a transparent way, adding that tightening measures for the country's property market will remain in place. Li's remarks came during an inspection tour of low-income housing communities in Beijing on Tuesday. The vice premier said the country's goal of building low-income housing units this year must be fulfilled in time in order to benefit middle- and low-income households. While ensuring the quantity and quality of low-income housing, the government should also emphasize fair distribution, as fairly distributing affordable homes is the "lifeblood" of the housing program, Li said. He said the distribution of low-income housing units must be strictly regulated to prevent those who do not qualify to live in the homes from occupying them. The government vowed to start construction on more than 7 million low-income housing units this year as part of its plan to build 36 million such units between 2011 and 2015 to stabilize runaway property prices. The vice premier said nearly 100 million people have thus far benefited from low-income housing around the country, adding that construction on more than 70 percent of this year's low-income housing target has already begun. Li said the construction of low-income housing and the renovation of rundown urban areas must continue in order to curb excessively high property prices. He said local authorities should continue to implement property market tightening measures, as well as curb speculation and investment demand in the sector. The supply of ordinary commercial housing units should also be increased to promote the development of the real estate sector, he added.

Senior police officer under investigation Posted: 22 Aug 2012 07:25 AM PDT Updated: 2012-08-22 21:34 ( chinadaily.com.cn) The deputy director of the Quzhou City Public Security Bureau in Zhejiang province is being investigated by disciplinary authorities, a police officer from the bureau confirmed on Wednesday. Media reports said that Cai Jianming was taken away for questioning over his alleged involvement in illegal private lending activities relating to billions of yuan when he was director of the public security bureau in Jiangshan, the county under Quzhou, between 2006 and 2012. "We only can confirm that Cai has been taken away for investigation but there is no formal statement about what kind of case he is said to have been involved in," said Zhang Fei, an officer from the local police. Private lending activities were very popular in Jiangshan especially post-2006. As of the end of June, 114 illegal lenders were shut down by the local authority. Related Stories Private-loan court cases in Wenzhou on pace with 2011 2012-08-14 21:29 Emergency funds to aid capital-deprived SMEs 2012-08-03 11:26 Financial reform in Wenzhou comes to help 2012-07-19 10:21 Private lending disputes to increase 2012-07-13 09:29 Wenzhou's small firms still struggle to obtain loans 2012-07-07 14:17

Search for sex on police college website Posted: 22 Aug 2012 07:25 AM PDT Updated: 2012-08-22 21:34 ( chinadaily.com.cn) A college in East China has closed the online interaction system on its website following the appearance of numerous messages seeking prostitutes. The initial aim of the system was to answer inquiries from students who wanted to enroll at Jiangxi Police College, in Nanchang of Jiangxi province, the college said in a statement on Aug 21. However, the system was attacked by some people who used it to issue "illegal messages", according to the statement. However, some people still doubt how messages seeking prostitutes, which had kept appearing since Aug 8, could have passed verification by managers of the college's website, according to local media reports.

China further cuts administrative approval items Posted: 22 Aug 2012 05:16 AM PDT The State Council, China's Cabinet, has decided to remove or modify 314 administrative examination and approval items, in a bid to further clear systematic obstacles for its social and economic development and curb corruption.

China launches emergency response as Pacific storms approach Posted: 22 Aug 2012 03:06 AM PDT An emergency response to cope with two approaching tropical storms has been launched by the National Commission for Disaster Reduction (NCDR).

China launches emergency response as typhoons approach Posted: 22 Aug 2012 04:49 AM PDT An emergency response plan to cope with two approaching typhoons was launched by the National Commission for Disaster Reduction (NCDR) on Wednesday.

20 stand trial in China in 'gutter oil' case Posted: 22 Aug 2012 04:19 AM PDT A court in east China's Zhejiang Province on Wednesday began to hear a case involving 20 people suspected of turning a profit by manufacturing and selling "gutter oil."

7 Chinese nationals landing on Diaoyu Islands return to HK by boat Posted: 22 Aug 2012 03:38 AM PDT Seven Chinese people who were illegally detained by Japan after landing on the Diaoyu Islands reached Hong Kong Tsim Sha Tsui Ferry Pier by boat on Wednesday afternoon.

China eases restriction on passport issuing Posted: 22 Aug 2012 02:58 AM PDT China will ease a restriction covering the household registration that people must hold when applying for passports and travel passes in six big cities, the Ministry of Public Security announced Wednesday.

2 dead, 3 buried in construction site collapse Posted: 22 Aug 2012 01:40 AM PDT A collapse in a construction site in northwest China's Shaanxi Province on Wednesday has left two workers dead, local authorities have said.

Tibet Airline to put new aircraft into service Posted: 22 Aug 2012 12:34 AM PDT China's Tibet Airline is about to put its 4th airplane into operation on September 1, which will service a new route between Lhasa, capital city of Tibet and Shanghai.

Workers buried in NW China construction site collapse Posted: 21 Aug 2012 10:55 PM PDT A collapse in a construction site in northwest China buried an unidentified number of workers Wednesday, local authorities said. The rescue is underway.

Film's golden duo lose their glow Posted: 22 Aug 2012 02:55 AM PDT The golden filmmaking partnership between the two Zhangs appears to be irreparably damaged, according to recent interview with Zhang Weiping.

Shaanxi police arrest 37 for rapes, abductions Posted: 22 Aug 2012 01:59 AM PDT A 38-member gang that robbed, raped and sold women into prostitution has been busted by police in northwest China's Shaanxi Province with one member still at large.

China said to have tested DF-41 Missile Posted: 22 Aug 2012 01:19 AM PDT The photo widely disseminated on the Internet shows a missile said to be possibly China's intercontinental ballistic missile DF-41. According to a report published on freebeacon.com, China just tested the missile DF-41 on July 24, 2012. Details of the missile are still unknown.

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