7/16/2008 2:08:00 PM
BEIJING, July 15 (Xinhua) -- China began its two-week-long bid to seek public advice on its draft regulations on the pricing hearing system, the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) said on its website on Tuesday. The pricing hearing should be in line with the principles of openness, fai…
7/16/2008 2:03:00 PM
Preliminary estimates peg June yarn output in China climbing to a new record of 2.0 million tons, a gain of 9.0% from twelve months earlier. This latest month marks the fortieth consecutive time that yarn production increased from year-earlier levels, a streak untouched elsewhere in the world. The Ju…
7/16/2008 1:58:00 PM
The podium dresses of Chinese delegation are published in Beijing, capital of China on July 15, 2008. The dresses, with the red and yellow colour as their basic tinges, features the "Xiangyun" patterns. (Xinhua Photo)
7/15/2008 11:54:00 AM
BEIJING, July 10 -- China´s trade surplus fell to 99.03 billion U.S. dollars in the first half of this year, down 11.8 percent from the same period last year, the General Administration of Customs said on Thursday. Analysts said the fall was partly a result of China´s policies to …
7/15/2008 11:46:00 AM
BEIJING, July 15 -- Although China is moving forward on the road to energy conservation, it still has a long journey ahead if it is to hit the five-year goal of reducing energy intensity by 20 percent, statistics reveal. Figures from the National Bureau of Statistics, National Development and Reform …
7/14/2008 11:50:00 AM
The Xinjiang Cotton Association and the Production and Construction Corps have recommended to the government that a support mechanism be established for Xinjiang cotton. The proposed plan would call for the China National Cotton Reserve Corps to step in and procure cotton when the free market procure…
7/14/2008 11:40:00 AM
China´s cotton growers have experienced a sharp increase in domestic input costs during the 2008 season, with total costs up 30 to 50 percent. This situation has farmers depending on a major increase in 2008/09 seed cotton prices to recover their costs and to ensure adequate returns. A rece…
7/10/2008 3:16:00 PM
Upward pressure on production costs has led to spinners raising yarn prices, which are small but appear to be holding. One factor helping to stabilize price is the closing down of an increasing number of small spinners who were forced to sell. The average price of the 100-percent cotton carded 32-cou…
7/9/2008 2:16:00 PM
The main gauge of China’s Keqiao Textile Index eased in the latest week, sliding to 95.51, its lowest point since mid-May. This latest week marks seven of the last ten weeks that the index has eroded. The measure is pulled lower by four of five components weakening from last week, including raw mate…
7/8/2008 10:39:00 AM
BEIJING, July 7 (Xinhua) -- Chinese economists are debating whether it should still be most important to curb inflation when the country faces a cooling economy at the same time. "The principal goal of macro-economic policies should not be to curb price rises only, but to achieve a proper balanc…
