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Transparency And The Environment
2007-07-19 17:11:00 The environment is high on the government agenda, as President Hu Jintao made clear recently, but there is still much to be done. The FT notes an OECD report that has some scary conclusions: ?China?s air pollution will cause 20m people a year to fall ill with respiratory diseases, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development ... More About: Environment , General , Transparency , The Environment , Iron
FDI up 12% in First Half
2007-07-19 16:30:00 FDI just keeps on coming to China. Shanghai Daily reports that it was up 12% in the first half of 2007: ?FOREIGN direct investment in China, the world's fastest-growing major economy, climbed 12.2 percent in the first half from a year earlier. Spending rose to US$31.9 billion, the Ministry of Commerce said today on its Website. The ... More About: Economy , Investment , General , Half
A Hot First Half for 2007
2007-07-19 16:12:00 Recently the Sizzling Summer Stats and June trade figures were already causing concern. Now new figures on GDP, investment and inflation show that there is still plenty of heat in the economy (but also some welcome domestic demand). Figures reported in People?s Daily include: ? GDP: Up 11.5% in the first half of the year (and 11.9% ... More About: News , Economy , Investment , General , Half 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 |



