In a warning to World Trade Organization protesters not to cause disturbances, the leaders of the Hong Kong Hotels Association said this week that privacy concerns will not be important to security if criminal evidence suggests hotel guests are threatened by demonstrators.
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Xinhua reports that Guangdong province will implement a special system to disclose those employers who violate labour laws starting next month, sources with the provincial labour and social security authority said.
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Xinhua reports that the election of secretaries of village committee sof the CPC will no longer be an internal affair of the Communist Party of China (CPC), as non-Party people have been allowed to attend CPC's grassroots election.
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China's strategy of tapping new oil reserves in some countries, blacklisted by the United States as troublesome, is meeting increasing political resistance from Washington.
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Beijing's New Otani Chang Fu Gong hotel has been investigated by city inspectors who have taken action against the hotel for its poor quality mooncakes.
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The Natural National Science Foundation of China (NSFC) has admonished three scientists for misconduct. NSFC published the name of the men on the foundation's website.
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Starbucks Coffee Company has announced the establishment of the Starbucks China Education Project, a US$5 million commitment to support educational programs in China.
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To strengthen the partnership with Hong Kong's private sector and support its contribution to poverty alleviation programmes in China, a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) was signed September 18th in Beijing between the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the Peace and Development Foundation (PDF), a charity based in Hong Kong.
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Sheraton Suzhou Hotel and Towers held an Annual Charity Event, the 4th Sheraton Family Fair, this past weekend. The proceeds of RMB110,750 have been donated to the Suzhou Deaf and Blind School.
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The Chinese government has signed an order to purchase 305 million condoms for distribution throughout the country's hotels, China's largest condom manufacturer announced last week.
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The management of Taiding (Tianjin) Sci-tech Environment Protection Company has begun taking shape in the Tianjin Economic-Technological Development Area (TEDA) Industrial Chemical Zone. Upon completion, the company will house an electronic waste processing and recycling base with the largest capacity in northern China.
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Government leaders have joined the heads of major United Nations agencies, civil society and the travel industry in a call for the integration of tourism in development plans for countries like China.
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The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) will publish its first ever Economic Survey of China, including special studies on developing the private business sector and reforming the financial system, on September 16.
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A Chinese cosmetics company is supposedly using skin harvested from the corpses of executed convicts to develop beauty products for sale in Europe, an investigation by the UK-based Guardian newspaper has discovered.
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A ceremony to mark the achievements of the Daming Palace Hanyuan Hall Project will take place in Xi’an, China on today. Among those in attendance will be representatives from the governments of China and Japan, the Xi’an Cultural Relics Bureau, the Xi’an Conservation Institute of Daming Palace and UNESCO Office Beijing.
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