National Development and Reform Commission

14 May 2013

A deputy head of the mainland's top planning agency has been sacked for corruption after allegations against him were first posted online, media said yesterday, in Beijing's latest move against...

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How to fund China's urbanisation

13 May 2013

After extensive consultation, co-ordinated by the National Development and Reform Commission, the long-term plan for China's urbanisation is being finalised. Behind all the complex issues is one...

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Top planning official Liu Tienan probed by anti-corruption committee

12 May 2013

A one-line Xinhua dispatch quoted unnamed officials within the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection (CCDI) as saying that Liu Tienan, the 58-year-old deputy director of the powerful...

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NDRC orders probe into housing bond sales

12 Apr 2013

Local branches of the National Development and Reform Commission were sent notices this month instructing them to complete the checks by the end of April, said the people, who asked not to be...

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Harvard-alumni Liu He new vice chair of NDRC

29 Mar 2013

Liu He has been appointed a vice chairman of China's top economic-planning agency, a sign that President Xi Jinping's government may be preparing to quicken market-driven policy changes to sustain...

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Deputies give lowest marks in six years to budget and court

18 Mar 2013

Thousands of National People's Congress deputies gave the lowest endorsement in the past six years to government, budget and court reports yesterday - a small sign of progress in the top...

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Opinion

Howard Winn

Ferry companies shouldn't be subsidised while they burn dirty fuel

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Shirley Yam

What were our top officials doing to let HKMEx fail?

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3:37AM

Xu Shaoshi is director of National Development and Reform Commission

Xu Shaoshi, a former minister of land and resources and a protégé of former premier Wen Jiabao , has been appointed director of the powerful National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC), the...

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Expansion of National Development and Reform Commission criticised

China's top economic planner, the National Development and Reform Commission, is under fire after its functions were expanded rather than streamlined in a cabinet overhaul, while senior officials...

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Analysts welcome railways ministry's break-up as move towards reform

The once-powerful ministry will be dissolved, with the Ministry of Transport taking over railway planning, safety and standards, while the business side will be spun off into a state-owned company...

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IRON ORE

Further decline seen in iron ore prices

Analysts expect the latest correction in iron ore prices to continue after prices had almost doubled from September last year, which the mainland's top industry policymaker said was partly driven...

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Investment still key to China's growth, says NDRC chairman

National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) chairman Zhang Ping's comments suggest the authorities may follow last year's practice and maintain a fast pace of project approvals to spur...

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TRADE

China fines six firms - including LG and Samsung - over LCD price-fixing

China has imposed penalties totalling 353 million yuan (HK$434 million) on six manufacturers of flat panel screens, including Samsung and LG Display, for fixing prices.

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