15 Oct 2021
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On Thursday, the National Development and Reform Commission raised the floor price for wheat in 2022.
How it works: This state-set minimum purchase price guarantees to wheat farmers that local grain reserves will purchase their harvest – provided it meets minimum quality standards – if market pr...
March 24, 2023
Meet China’s new labor czar. From Monday to Wednesday, Shen Yiqin – one of China’s five newly appointed state councilors and the country’s highest-ranked female official – toured two Jiangsu cities to better understand the province’s labor market. ICYDK: A… Read More »
March 24, 2023
Well, that's settled then. On Thursday, Vice Premier Liu Guozhong was in Sichuan for the National Spring Agricultural Production Work Meeting – an annual inter-agency effort to prepare for the winter wheat harvest and spring planting season. The meeting's readout… Read More »
March 24, 2023
TikTok’s high-profile car crash of a Congressional hearing on Thursday served to reinforce the perception of Washington policymakers that the Chinese government controls the company. The big question: How would Beijing react if Washington forces TikTok’s Chinese owners (Bytedance) to… Read More »