The Chinese government has approved the establishment of the China Railway Corporation to perform the business functions of the defunct Ministry of Railways (MOR) as part of the country's cabinet restructuring plan.
The State Council plans to transform government functions at the ministerial level to reduce administrative intervention in the market and on social issues, State Councilor Ma Kai said in a report to the parliament's annual session on Sunday.
The powerful Railways Ministry will be dissolved, and several other departments and agencies will be reorganized, according to a plan submitted to the national legislative session on Sunday.
Although the situation of women in the post-Taliban Afghanistan has been improving, it still has a long way to go in gender equality and empowering women in society, according to Public Health Minister Suraya Dalil. "The Afghan women situation is improving over the last decade. The reduction in maternal mortality rate in a society is a sign of the advancement of a society and Afghanistan has already made significant improvement in reducing birth-related deaths among mothers,"Dalil told Xinhua in an interview.
China included farmers' property rights into its government report for the first time on Tuesday - which could give them more protection against land grabs in the countryside.
Amid the public's calls for the government to stabilize housing prices, Premier Wen Jiabao said China will "firmly rein in" speculative and investment-driven housing demand.
Premier Wen Jiabao delivered a government work report at the opening session of 12th National People's Congress (NPC), highlighting his government's past achievements and future work ahead.
Jacob Lew was confirmed on Wednesday by the U.S. Senate as Treasury Secretary, as Democrats and Republicans are haggling over the looming government spending cuts.
A stampede that caused the deaths of four students in central China's Hubei province on Wednesday was attributed to dereliction of duty, according to local officials.
Japan's government has tapped Asian Development Bank (ADB) President Haruhiko Kuroda, 68, to succeed Masaaki Shirakawa as the Bank of Japan's (BOJ) governor, government sources stated Monday.
China will strictly implement and improve housing market tightening measures and ensure that the policies remain steady, the State Council said Wednesday at the last executive meeting of the incumbent government.
Back from his weekend Florida golf getaway, U.S. President Barack Obama on Tuesday sounded an alarm on harms to be caused by the looming government spending cuts, but offered no concrete and long-term plan to put U.S. fiscal house in order.
Back from his weekend Florida golf getaway, U.S. President Barack Obama on Tuesday sounded an alarm on harms to be caused by the looming government spending cuts, but offered no concrete and long-term plan to put U.S. fiscal house in order.
Agriculture has supported China's development for thousands of years. Yet, the recent years have seen factory workers' wages outpacing farmers' and expanding Gini coefficient index between rural and urban population, calling for more efforts to boost the development of rural areas.
The French government on Monday decided to partially renew the operating licence of processing-meat firm Spanghero that was implicated in the horsemeat scandal.
Authorities in several regions of China have issued regulations to restrict inquiries into individuals' house registrations, a move that has aroused controversy after a slew of online exposes of corrupt government officials owning large amounts of property.
Libya commemorated Sunday the second anniversary of a political upheaval that toppled former leader Muammar Qaddafi, amid fears of fresh violence and calls for demonstrations across the country.
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