2018年CRI Horse-powered garbage hauler runs on city road

Horse-powered garbage hauler runs on city road A video out of Yunnan showing what appears to be a horse-driven garbage carriage has gone viral in China. The local sanitation department is denying the antiquated garbage hauling method. A local claimin

2018年CRI Innovation next stage of China's development: Cambridge Vice-Chancellor

Mr. Trump has very weak popularity ratings and I think he has to energize the people who voted for him in the first place to try to get them out to vote in the mid-term elections. So I'm hopeful that overtime that saner heads will prevail and in fact

2018年CRI China's landmarks go dark for 10th "Earth Hour" campaign

This is the 10th year that China has participated in the Earth Hour campaign. At 8:30 p.m. on Saturday, the lights were turned off at several landmark buildings to help raise awareness about energy conservation and environmental sustainability.

2018年CRI Senior Chinese official stresses high-quality development

A senior Chinese official has called for promoting high-quality development by pushing forward supply-side structural reform and accelerating the building of a modernized economy. CRI's Yu Yang has the story. Vice Premier Han Zheng made the remarks i

2018年CRI Tariffs to undermine world economic growth: former US diplomat

I think we have dangers in these kinds of policies. The Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act, prior to the Great Depression, is considered one of the causes of the Great Depression that started in 1929. So, if we're to follow these policies of tariffs, this is go

2018年CRI China's goods trade surplus shrinks in Q1: customs data

The latest customs data show that China's trade surplus shrunk, while imports grew faster than exports, in the first quarter of the year, demonstrating that China is seeing a better balance of trade. China's goods imports grew 11.7 percent in the fir

2018年CRI U.S. protectionist moves undermine int'l trade system: Nobel winner

A Nobel Prize-winning U.S. economist says the U.S. protectionist measures against China would harm its own economy and undermine a rule-based international trading system. Joseph Stiglitz spelt out his opinion in New York on Thursday at a gathering o

2018年CRI China's fund industry to grow fivefold by 2025: UBS

UBS is forecasting that China's mutual fund assets will multiply fivefold to reach 7.5 trillion US dollars by 2025. The Swiss bank says the growth could generate 42 billion dollars a year for fund managers. A mutual fund collects money from many inve

2018年CRI China's Q1 GDP grows 6.8 pct year on year

New figures show China's economy expanded 6.8% year on year through the first quarter, surpassing the full-year economic growth target of 6.5% for year. A number of observers say they believe the first-quarter stats lay a solid foundation for sound e

2018年CRI Jet makers looking to China's market for rapid growth

The Asian Business Aviation Conference Exhibition in Shanghai is focused on the future of autonomous passenger drones, in-flight digital security, carbon off-setting, and new routes through Asia. Aerospace companies from across the world are competin

2018年CRI China's top economic planner to lift restrictions on foreign investment

China's top economic planner is promising to ease more restrictions on foreign investment in key areas. Yan Pengcheng, spokesperson with the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC), says the national economic planner has been tasked with op

2018年CRI Trade protectionism unfavorable for U.S. innovation development: experts

As the United States has been taking various actions to restrict China's investment in high-technology sector, many insiders from the U.S. business and academic circles say those moves will be unfavorable for the country's own innovation development.

2018年CRI China to seek breakthroughs in core technologies: official

China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology says the country will further enhance its cooperation with other countries in relation to cutting-edge technologies, such as integrated circuits. Chen Yin, Chief Engineer at the ministry, says t

2018年CRI Electric cars unveiled at Beijing Motor Show

Automakers are rolling out their new electric vehicles at the 2018 Beijing Motor Show, the motor industry's biggest sales event this year. Carmakers expect new growth in China's market despite the looming threat of a trade war between China and the U

2018年CRI Media briefing on SCO Qingdao Summit

China's State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Monday briefed domestic and international media regarding the 18th Shanghai Cooperation Organization Summit, which is scheduled to be held in June in the coastal city Qingdao in Shandong Provinc

2018年CRI Xi Jinping addresses CASCF meeting

Chinese President Xi Jinping delivered a speech at the opening ceremony of the eighth ministerial meeting of China-Arab States Cooperation Forum in Beijing on Tuesday, July 10. Chinese State Councillor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi, along with Foreign

2018年CRI Media briefing on President Xi's upcoming overseas visits

President Xi Jinping will pay state visits to the United Arab Emirates, Senegal, Rwanda, and South Africa from July 19 to 24, before attending the 10th BRICS summit from July 25 to 27 in Johannesburg. President Xi will also visit Mauritius during his

2018年CRI Briefing on the Beijing Summit on China-Africa Co-op

Chinese President Xi Jinping is to chair the 2018 Beijing summit of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC), which is scheduled for September 3-4 in Beijing. Xi will also hold activities on the sidelines of the summit. The Chinese Ministry of F

2018年CRI Indigenous technology vital for China: expert

A Chinese expert says the recent ban by the United States on sales to a leading Chinese telecom equipment maker will get its own enterprises into trouble, and will also speed up China's push towards independence in its own technology industry. Earlie

2018年CRI Restored classic film "Yellow Earth" premieres in Beijing

A 4K restoration of the classic film Yellow Earth premiered this week in Beijing. The film marks China's first success in applying the technology of 4K restoration to classic films. Sun Xianghui is the head of the China Film Archive, which is behind