Shandong became only the second province to reach a GDP of over 3 trillion yuan in 2008. While most of the economies across the world are suffering from the current financial uncertainties, Shandong, the eastern coastal province, impressed all by a 2008 GDP of 3.11 trillion yuan—a growth of nearly 12.1 percent, achieving an accomplishment previously only matched by China’s traditionally most prosperous province—Guangdong.
According to a more in-depth analysis of the figures, it was also Shandong’s Read more…
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The People’s Republic of China has received the grant from the Global Environmental Facility (GEF) for implementation of Demonstration of Alternatives to Chlordane and Mirex in Termite Control Project. Anhui, as one of the demonstration provinces, intends to apply part of the grant to support Review and Revision of Policies, Regulations and Technical Standards of Termite Control in Anhui province. The duration of the assignment is from the third quarter of 2009 to third quarter of 2010. The consultant should be a consulting firm, Read more…
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Over half of almost 800 wealthy Chinese who have been surveyed hold the opinion that the growing financial disparity between the rich and the poor also leads to the appearance of an upper class in the country.
Best Life, a life style magazine, carried out the survey, interviewing 792 wealthy Chinese in 62 cities from 27 provinces with the help of local chambers of commerce. The interviewed people were private entrepreneurs possessing property of over 10 million Yuan, i.e. 1.4 million dollars. The magazine said in June, over Read more…
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In a news release the day before yesterday, the China Atomic Energy Authority (CAEA) said that at least nine nuclear power plants will be established over the next two years.
In response to the publication of the release, CAEA official Song Gongbao dais, with the four NPP projects currently under construction, the scale of building nuclear power plants in China is “large and unprecedented.” Read more…
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Shandong became only the second province to reach a GDP of over 3 trillion yuan in 2008. While most of the economies across the world are suffering from the current financial uncertainties, Shandong, the eastern coastal province, impressed all by a 2008 GDP of 3.11 trillion yuan—a growth of nearly 12.1 percent, achieving an accomplishment previously only matched by China’s traditionally most prosperous province—Guangdong. 
