Free compulsory education expands in western rural areas

The central bank raised benchmark lending and deposit rates for the first time in several years to restrain investment and inflation. Monetary tightening showed continued state intervention in...

China launched a pilot to address the split-share structure that left many state-owned shares non-tradable. The reform was intended to align shareholder incentives and deepen capital markets;...

The People’s Bank moved from a strict dollar peg to a managed float referencing a basket of currencies and revalued the renminbi. The adjustment responded to international pressure and domestic...

The Standing Committee voted to repeal the agricultural tax, ending a long-standing fiscal burden on farming households from 2006. The change recognized rural grievances and strengthened rural...

The end of the tax marked a major reversal in the fiscal relationship between state and peasants. It relieved one burden on farm households but did not eliminate other local fees or structural...

The Sixth Plenum adopted proposals emphasizing social development, public services and more balanced growth. The agenda acknowledged costs associated with rapid marketization, but implementation...

China completed a major banking-services transition under its WTO accession commitments, allowing foreign banks broader access to local-currency business. The opening expanded competition and...

The law defined protections for state, collective and private property and became effective in 2007. It sought predictable property relations in a market economy, but did not privatize rural land;...

The law set a unified corporate income-tax framework, replacing separate preferential regimes over a transition period. It reduced one formal distinction between domestic and foreign firms while...

The law sought to formalize employment contracts and strengthen worker protections after years of flexible hiring and restructuring. Employers and workers contested its scope; legal protections...