Taiyuan, China News

Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao said China will keep consistent macro-economic policies, promote structural adjustment, develop new growth sectors, improve growth quality and increase people's livelihood to ensure stable and fast economic growth.

Tue Jun 30, 2009 5:57am EDT - Customers use computers at an internet cafe in Taiyuan, Shanxi province June 29, 2009.

New Delhi, June 27 : Pregnant women in China are giving cash to doctors so that they receive better care during childbirth, according to a new survey.

A sacred mountain in China that has been witness to centuries of Buddhist history was added Friday to UNESCO's World Heritage List during the 33rd session of the World Heritage Committee in Seville, Spain.

Few people gave Zhao Xin a second look when he strolled into the biggest antique show in Chinaa s coal city of Taiyuan, Shanxi, wearing straw-trimmed canvas shoes, black polyester-mix clothes, and a tobacco-stained grin.

Longwei Petroleum Investment aims to complete construction of a new 70,000 mt oil products storage facility in China's northern Shanxi province in 2009, the energy trader said in a statement Tuesday.

At least four miners were trapped after a colliery in Shanxi Province in north China was flooded Friday morning, the provincial coal industry regulator said.

After being alerted by the sound of gunshots, shocked residents of Taiyuan watched as armed security officers, firefighters and paramedics rushed to close off the city's police academy last Thursday night.

On 6 June at around 6pm a Mr Goa was driving through the Chinese city of Taiyuan near the Yi-Fen bridge when he saw a totally unexplainable object or UFO hovering in the sky above him.

Shanxi province in north China boasts a rich traditional culture. Folk artists from different genres have shown the charm of China's intangible heritage ahead of the fourth China's Cultural Heritage Day on Saturday.

The first flight of newly-established Tianjin Airlines took ff Wednesday morning, marking the start of 20 daily flights.

TAIYUAN. June 9. KAZINFORM One person was killed in north China's Shanxi province, bringing the death toll of rains and storms since last Wednesday to 50, according to officials on Monday; Kazinform refers to Xinhua.

The Ministry of Health Thursday reported two more confirmed A flu case, bringing the total number of infections on the mainland to 60.

The Shanxi Coal-Steel Energy Development Company recently began operation in Taiyuan, capital city of northern China's Shanxi province, a senior official with the Shanxi Coking Coal Group confirmed Saturday.

Puda Coal, Inc. said it has entered into a definitive agreement of shares transfer to acquire 18% equity in Shanxi Jianhe Coal Industry Ltd.

Staff of a flower store prepare flowers in Taiyuan, capital of north China's Shanxi Province, May 10, 2009.

Shougang Group, China's sixth largest steelmaker, is in talks to buy Highsee Iron and Steel Group, the largest private-owned steel mill in Shanxi province, according to reports in the 21st Century Business Herald.

The key investment point of China's railway is the railway construction. 60% of the fixed asset investments are used to the constructions of railway lines.

According to the World Health Organization the worst air pollution is undoubtedly in Asia.

A senior Communist Party of China official has called for both economic development and social stability during a visit to a northern province.