* 1st Party congress in 5 years to pick '4 pillars' of govt. * Vietnam economy reaping benefit from U.S.-China trade row. * U.S. sees Vietnam as increasingly important strategic partner. * But Washington may act over growing trade gap with Hanoi. * Beijing increasingly assertive in South China Sea, Mekong. By Khanh Vu and Phuong Nguyen.
- Telecom companies China Unicom Hong Kong Ltd, China Mobile and China Telecom Corp said on Thursday they had requested the New York Stock Exchange to review its decision to delist their American depositary shares.
Telecom companies China Unicom Hong Kong
Ltd, China Mobile and China Telecom Corp said on Thursday they had requested the New York Stock Exchange to review its decision to delist their American depositary shares.
Rescue teams on Wednesday drilled new holes down a gold mine in China's Shandong province, searching for more survivors after an explosion 10 days ago and preparing an escape passage for a group known to still be alive, state media reported. A total of 22 workers were trapped underground in the Hushan gold mine on the outskirts of Yantai, on China's eastern coast, following the Jan. 10. blast.
China's central bank has proposed stepping up antitrust measures for companies in the non-bank payments industry, such as Ant Group's Alipay and Tencent's WeChat Pay.
China will maintain necessary support for its economic recovery this year, Premier Li Keqiang was quoted by state media as saying on Wednesday. China will keep its economic operations within a reasonable range in 2021, Li said, adding that the country's development still faces relatively big challenges and uncertainties this year.
China said on Wednesday three drugmakers had submitted applications to supply their COVID-19 vaccines to global vaccine-sharing scheme COVAX in the country's first formal move to provide locally developed shots to the initiative.
China will be looking to tweak its economic policies to get consumers to spend more, policy advisers in Beijing said after retail sales emerged as a weak spot in better-than-expected GDP data, underlining the need for reform.
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