Chinese tourists blacklisted by the country's tourism authority for behaving poorly while travelling are likely to be banned from travelling abroad as part of the country's efforts to promote civilized tourism.
Indonesia, the world's largest producer of palm oil, has asked all palm oil plantation firms in the country to meet environmental and sustainable standard in a bid to boost competitiveness at global markets.
Switzerland's adoption of the declaration on the new automatic exchange of information (AEOI) standard in tax matters signaled its commitment to global crackdown on tax fraud and as well as its concession in nearly-a-century-long tradition of bank secrecy and a consent to reveal clients account information to a third party under the domain of the new standard.
Chinese drivers will have to pay more in fuel prices amid the country's drive to reduce air pollution through upgraded fuel quality.
The Ministry of Environmental Protection on Tuesday issued a stricter regulation on light vehicle emissions, the fifth of its kind in the country, which will be fully implemented nationwide on Jan. 1, 2018.
The Malaysian government has approved the delayed implementation by SMEs of new minimum wage standard for their foreign workers, local media reported Wednesday.
Sinopec Corp., Asia's biggest oil refiner, has said it is upgrading desulphurization facilities and will supply cleaner oil products from 2014 over public concerns about oil quality.