The Chinese version of a video game called Food Force, which is designed to teach children about world hunger and the importance of humanitarian aid work, will be launched on Thursday.

On the morning of Oct. 23, the cities of Chengdu, Shanghai, Shenzhen and Xi'an were awarded by the Ministry of Commerce respectively with the title of "base for China's service outsourcing business" and, plus Dalian awarded previously, the country now has the first batch of service outsourcing base cities. This move implies that the Chinese team has geared to a hug business o

Special working groups will be set up in the Chinese capital of Beijing and four surrounding regions to ensure good air quality during the 2008 Olympics.

The benchmark composite stock index of Shanghai Stock Exchange broke the important mark of 1,800 points and closed at 1,805.18 points on Tuesday, a rise of 45.79 points, or up 2.6 percent over Monday.

Insurance companies have been granted permission to invest in the basic construction projects of the Beijing-Shanghai railway to the amount of 40 billion yuan, according to Zhou Yanli, the Vice President of China Insurance Regulatory Commission.

The 90,000 live sheep China is to export to Saudi Arabia are undergoing checks at quarantine and will be transported to Saudi Arabia at the end of October, according to information from the State Quality and Quarantine Administration.

The world's poorest nations would suffer the most if the Doha Round of World Trade Organization (WTO) talks stalled permanently, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) said on Monday.

Around 10,000 Costa Ricans protested on Monday against a free trade deal with the United States, calling on the legislature to reject the agreement.

The government of the Macao Special Administrative Region plans to invest 4.2 billion patacas (525 million U.S. dollars) in the construction of an elevated light metro (ELM), local media reported Tuesday.

U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry M. Paulson Monday unveiled the first paper currency with his signature, which he signed on his first day in office in July.