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2 Jiangsu companies listed on Fortune Global 500

100 Chinese firms are listed as Top 500 companies this year, released by “Fortune” Magazine on July 7, 2014. The total number of Chinese entities has grown for an 11th successive year. Two Jiangsu companies entered the list this...

First ‘China–Switzerland’ preferential origin certificate issued in Yixing

The Yixing Entry-Exit Inspection and Quarantine Bureau issued the first “China–Switzerland” free trade zone (FTZ) preferential origin certificate on July 4. A Yixing-based international trade company saved 20,278 yuan (US$3246) of tariffs on the female overcoats it exports thanks...

‘Taipei 101’ meets ‘Zifeng Tower’ in Nanjing Agriculture Carnival

A “Taipei 101” made of 194 pineapples produced in Taiwan, and a “Zifeng Tower” made of 156 Xiaolan watermelons produced in Hengxi, have attracted visitor’s eyes at the 9th Nanjing Agriculture Carnival. The two-day-long 9th Nanjing Agriculture Carnival opened...

Jiangsu tops the list of haze-proof product consumer

A total of 870 million yuan (US$143 million) has been spent on anti-haze products by China’s online shoppers in 2013, according to statistics released on Dec 17. The data also said that Jiangsu took over Beijing as China’s No...

Largest distributed photovoltaic project in Nanjing to start operation

The photovoltaic power generation project on rooftops of the agricultural products and byproducts logistic center in Nanjing Dongshan Business R&D Park will be connected into the grid, according to the park on Dec 18. With an investment of about...

Argon leakage in steel mill kills 3

An argon leakage accident in the No 3 converter plant of a steel works of Nanjing Iron & Steel Group Corp (NJSteel) killed three in the wee hours of June 30, 2014. The cause of the accident is that...

First high-speed train from Nanjing to Chengdu departs on July 1

Shanghai Railway Bureau enforced the new train schedule from 00:00 of July 1. The new schedule incorporates high-speed train heading for Sichuan province and Chongqing city from Jiangsu province, Zhejiang province and Shanghai. Train D2207 starting from Hongqiao of...

Jiangsu diabetic patient triples in 10 years

The incidence of diabetes has risen sharply in China over the past 10 years, and the number of diabetics in Jiangsu has tripled with 8 percent of residents suffering from the disease, reporters learned from a media promotion activity...

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Iranians in China become more Visible than Countable

These things often start, not with a statistic, but with a voice; Persian heard in a lift, a WeChat...

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