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February 2012  
1.
 Arts exam cheats paint up a storm - SQW China Limited
A chief examiner has been suspended after more than 430 students were investigated for cheating in arts exams at the city's polytechnic. Of those students, 103 had hired substitutes to undertake the arts tests, said sources in the education examinations authority of Guangdong province on.........
29 Feb 2012
2.
 Clinics blamed for Hep C cases - SQW China Limited
Medical malpractice is suspected of having caused at least 200 reported cases of hepatitis C infection in a community in Guangdong province. The number infected in the township of Zicheng, Zijin county in Heyuan city, has not been confirmed by health authorities. Many recall having injections.........
29 Feb 2012
3.
 New ship to boost Arctic expeditions - SQW China Limited
China is accelerating its pace in exploring the North Pole with two Arctic expeditions planned before 2015, according to the Chinese Arctic and Antarctic Administration. Climate and environmental changes in the Arctic have a direct and immediate impact on China, so Chinese scientists pay a lot.........
29 Feb 2012
4.
 UK firms fined for waste exports - SQW China Limited
Two British businesses responsible for attempting to illegally export 259 tons of mixed waste to China were fined the maximum amount on Wednesday. The businesses disguised 10 containers of mixed waste as scrap metal for export but were discovered at Felixstowe, the largest British port, during.........
29 Feb 2012
5.
 Nation's scientists are getting closer to Nobel - SQW China Limited
Andreas Dress believes it won't be long before a person from China is awarded a Nobel Prize for science. "I am pretty sure Chinese people will get a Nobel Prize for work done in China within the next 10 years," said the 74-year-old German mathematician. He even has a candidate and specific.........
29 Feb 2012
6.
 Fish out the loan sharks - SQW China Limited
There is fundamental difference between private lending and loan-sharking, and we need to distinguish it. Unlike loan-sharking, where people exploit need and profit from the exorbitant interest on a loan, private lending, universal and growing stronger in China, seeks to merely make a.........
29 Feb 2012
7.
 Stock buyers pin their hopes on conferences for positive reforms - SQW China Limited
China's stock investors are looking forward to positive signals from the forthcoming annual conferences of national legislators and political advisers to boost their confidence, pinning their hope on regulators' far-reaching reforms amid the slowing economic expansion. A wide range of.........
29 Feb 2012
8.
 China vows closer cooperation with WB for global economic governance reform - SQW China Limited
Vice Premier Li Keqiang met with World Bank President Robert Zoellick in Beijing on Monday, vowing joint efforts to facilitate reforms on global economic governance and bridging the North-South gap. "The outbreak and spreading of the global financial crisis has revealed the drawbacks of the.........
29 Feb 2012
9.
 China injects 120.7 billion yuan in forestry - SQW China Limited
China injected 120.7 billion yuan (19.15 billion U.S. dollars) into the forestry sector in 2011, seeing a year-on-year growth of 27.3 percent, the Ministry of Finance (MOF) said Monday. The government significantly supported in 2011 to build ecosystems of forests, wet lands and deserts as well.........
29 Feb 2012
10.
 China to continue to improve rural medical services - SQW China Limited
China will continue to improve medical services in rural areas and annual subsidies provided by governments at all levels will reach 240 yuan (38 U.S. dollars) per person in 2012, the Ministry of Health (MOH) said at a press conference Monday. More than 95 percent of rural residents will be.........
29 Feb 2012
11.
 Shanghai to raise minimum wage by 13 percent - SQW China Limited
Shanghai said Monday that it will raise the monthly minimum wage for workers by 13 percent to 1,450 yuan (232 U.S. dollars), following pay hikes announced by several other cities in recent months to ease a labor shortage and buffer the impact of inflation. Shanghai's human resources and.........
29 Feb 2012
12.
 Financial innovations should serve China's real economy: official - SQW China Limited
Chinese banks should make financial innovations that can meet the needs of the country's real economy, the country's banking regulator said Monday. The China Banking Regulatory Commission (CBRC) said in a statement posted on its website that financial institutions should put financial.........
29 Feb 2012
13.
 China to monitor aquatic life in Songhua River - SQW China Limited
Authorities in northeast China's Heilongjiang Province plan to build several aquatic life monitoring stations in the Songhua River, the country's third largest, in a bid to acquire a better understanding of the river's water quality. Environmental authorities had previously monitor.........
29 Feb 2012
14.
 Electronics, information sectors' revenues up 20 percent - SQW China Limited
The sales revenues of China's electronics and information industries rose more than 20 percent to 9.3 trillion yuan (1.48 trillion U.S. dollars) in 2011, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) announced Monday. Enterprises with annual business revenues above 20 million yuan.........
29 Feb 2012
15.
 China to reinforce quality supervision - SQW China Limited
The head of China's quality authority said on Monday that it will enhance quality supervision this year to safeguard people's livelihoods. Zhi Shuping, director of the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine, told Xinhua that quality control has always.........
29 Feb 2012
16.
 Software, IT service industry revenues up 32.4 percent in 2011 - SQW China Limited
Revenues of China's software and information technology (IT) service industry rose 32.4 percent year-on-year to 1.84 trillion yuan (292.23 billion U.S. dollars) in 2011, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) said. The rise was 4.4 percentage points higher than the.........
29 Feb 2012
17.
 China targets 21 percent less energy use - SQW China Limited
China aims to cut its energy consumption per unit of industrial value-added output by 21 percent during the 12th Five-Year Plan period (2011-2015), the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology said Monday. China is expected to save the equivalent of 670 million tonnes of coal during the.........
29 Feb 2012
18.
 WB advices China to complete market-economy transition - SQW China Limited
China should complete its transition to a market economy in order to achieve its goal of becoming a high-income society, according to a report jointly issued by the Chinese government and the World Bank. The report said China should carry out enterprise, land, labor and financial reform as.........
29 Feb 2012
19.
 China's cement industry sets, as investment falls - SQW China Limited
Investment in China's cement industry dropped 8.3 percent year-on-year to 143.9 billion yuan (22.85 U.S. dollars) in 2011, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) said Monday. It was the first such drop in five years amid the government's suppressive policies to curb the.........
29 Feb 2012
20.
 Rising exports to China fail to keep New Zealand trade figures in black - SQW China Limited
The import of large aircraft pushed New Zealand's trade figures into the red in January despite a hefty increase in exports to China, the government statistics agency announced Monday. Milk powder, butter and cheese exports rose 25 percent last month compared with January 2011, while meat.........
29 Feb 2012