Rare earths an important strategic resource: Xi

Rare-earth minerals are important strategic yet non-renewable resources, and efforts are needed to ramp up scientific and technological innovation for there to be increased added value in the sector, Chinese President Xi Jinping said while visiting a major rare-earth company in East China's Jiangxi Province, the Xinhua News Agency reported on Wednesday.

More officials take initiative to surrender as anti-graft drive intensifies

Voluntary confessions from officials suspected of violations prove the deterrent strength of China's anti-corruption system, observers said, after another official from Central China's Hunan Province turned himself in on Monday, a few days after the confession of the former head of China's securities watchdog.

China cuts software, IC taxes

China is cutting taxes on software and integrated circuits enterprises while the US imposes export controls that threaten to stifle Chinese IT companies, including Huawei, and industry observers said that if Chinese firms successfully replace foreign suppliers, US firms could lose.

Nation's nuclear power safe with tech breakthrough

The completion of the domestically developed CAP1400 nuclear technology will make China's nuclear power safe and break foreign restrictions on the this arena, analysts said.

US companies report 'clear negative impact of tariffs'

US companies in China are feeling the sting of the ongoing trade war and are generally concerned about the potential deterioration of the relationship between China and the US, according to a survey conducted by the American Chamber of Commerce in China (AmCham China).

Trade war might affect BDS application

Some business runners approached by the Global Times reporter at the CSNC expressed their concerns over the escalating China-US trade war.

China to send 6-8 BeiDou-3 navigation satellites by year-end: official

China will send another six to eight BeiDou-3 (BDS-3) navigation satellites before the end of 2019, and complete construction of the BDS-3 - the new generation global navigation satellite system - by 2020, a senior official said Wednesday.

Chinese hail nation's nuclear safety history

The HBO TV miniseries, Chernobyl, which depicts the 1986 nuclear disaster, has shed light on the safety of nuclear energy, with Chinese netizens saying China has a history of nuclear safety.

More Chinese airlines could seek compensation from Boeing amid trade war

After China Eastern Airlines became the first domestic carrier to seek compensation from Boeing Co for losses caused by the grounding of the US plane maker's flawed 737 MAX aircraft, more Chinese airlines could follow suit amid an escalating trade and technology battle between China and the US, according to industry insiders.