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Beijing is seeking to boost economic growth to avoid a hard landing in the world's second largest economy
Beijing is seeking to boost economic growth to avoid a hard landing in the world's second largest economy
China's economy grew 8.1 percent in the first quarter of 2012 year-on-year, its slowest pace in nearly three years
China's economy grew 8.1 percent in the first quarter of 2012 year-on-year, its slowest pace in nearly three years
An employee works at a cotton thread factory in Huaibei
The People's Bank of China will cut the benchmark one-year lending rate by 0.25 percentage points
Chinese stock investors monitor their share prices at a stock brokerage firm
China's official purchasing managers' index for manufacturing indicated a sharper-than-expected slowdown in May
China's military budget jumped 11.2% year on year to $106 bn in 2012, a rise that has caused unease around the region
Chinese labourers work at an electronic products factory in Bozhou
China overtook Japan to become the world's second-largest economy in 2010
China overtook Japan to become the world's second-largest economy in 2010
China overtook Japan to become the world's second-largest economy in 2010
China overtook Japan to become the world's second-largest economy in 2010
Exchange rates between yen and yuan will be determined by their transactions, departing from "cross rate" system
China's economy is widely expected to slow this year
A clerk counting stacks of 100 yuan notes at a bank in Huaibei, east China's Anhui province
Easing inflation should give China more room to ease monetary policy
China's inflation rate slowed in April from the previous month, official data has shown
Easing inflation should give China more room to ease monetary policy
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Li Keqiang named China's new premier

by Kelly Olsen  AFP Asian Edition
Mar 15, 2013 14:26 EDT
China's parliament installed bureaucrat Li Keqiang as premier Friday, putting him in charge of running the world's second-largest economy in one of the final steps of a landmark power transition.
 

New China premier Li faces challenge to exert authority

by Tom Hancock  AFP Asian Edition
Mar 15, 2013 10:23 EDT
China's new premier Li Keqiang has risen from relatively humble roots to take charge of running the government of the world's second-largest economy, but could struggle to enforce his will.
 

China busts trafficking ring, 89 children rescued

By Staff Reporter  AFP Asian Edition
Dec 24, 2012 09:47 EST
Chinese police have rescued 89 children and arrested 355 suspects after busting a series of child trafficking rings, officials said Monday.
 

World's tallest woman dies in China

By Staff Reporter  AFP Global Edition
Dec 05, 2012 03:30 EST
A Chinese woman who was certified as the tallest in the world has died, an official from her hometown said.
 

China activists dead in custody: rights groups

By Staff Reporter  AFP Global Edition
Nov 19, 2012 01:36 EST
At least two activists died in custody before or during China's Communist Party congress and tens of thousands had their movements restricted, rights groups said Monday.
 

China auto firms in 'strategic alliance' to compete

By Staff Reporter  AFP Asian Edition
Nov 07, 2012 02:57 EST
Two major Chinese auto manufacturers said they have formed a strategic alliance, as China seeks to consolidate the industry and create national champions able to better compete with foreign players.
 

Toy helicopters restricted as China tightens security

By Staff Reporter  AFP Asian Edition
Oct 31, 2012 07:53 EDT
Restrictions on the sale of radio-controlled helicopters and planes have been imposed in Beijing as China heightens security before a once-in-a-decade leadership change, state media said Wednesday.
 

Tanker-bus crash inferno kills 36 in China

by Neil Connor  AFP Global Edition
Aug 26, 2012 07:03 EDT
At least 36 people died when a double-decker sleeper bus slammed into the rear of a methanol tanker and burst into flames on Sunday in China's worst traffic accident in more than a year.
 

36 die in China road accident: Xinhua

By Staff Reporter  AFP Global Edition
Aug 25, 2012 23:11 EDT
At least 36 people died in a collision between a methanol tanker and a double-decker sleeper bus on a motorway in northern China on Sunday, state media said.
 

Neil Heywood murder verdict Monday: China official

By Staff Reporter  AFP European Edition
Aug 17, 2012 03:48 EDT
A Chinese court will on Monday issue its verdict in the trial of Gu Kailai, the wife of disgraced former Communist party leader Bo Xilai, for murdering British businessman Neil Heywoopd, a local government official said Friday.
 

Gu Kailai murder verdict Monday: China official

By Staff Reporter  AFP Asian Edition
Aug 17, 2012 02:51 EDT
A Chinese court will on Monday issue its verdict in the murder trial of Gu Kailai, the wife of disgraced former Communist party leader Bo Xilai, a local government official said Friday.
 

Gu Kailai murder verdict Monday

By Staff Reporter  AFP Asian Edition
Aug 17, 2012 01:43 EDT
A Chinese court will on Monday issue its verdict in the murder trial of Gu Kailai, the wife of disgraced former Communist party leader Bo Xilai, a local government official said Friday.
 

Murder trial for wife of China's Bo Xilai opens

By Staff Reporter  AFP Global Edition
Aug 08, 2012 17:23 EDT
One of China's highest-profile trials in decades opens on Thursday when the wife of the disgraced Chinese politician Bo Xilai appears in court charged with murdering a British businessman.
 

Typhoon causes widespread damage in China

By Staff Reporter  AFP Asian Edition
Aug 08, 2012 13:30 EDT
A typhoon slammed into eastern China on Wednesday, the country's third in a week, killing at least three people and causing more than $1.5 billion in damage, state media said.
 

Typhoon sows destruction after landing in China

By Staff Reporter  AFP Asian Edition
Aug 08, 2012 01:50 EDT
A strong typhoon ploughed into China's eastern coast on Wednesday, the country's third in a week, knocking down buildings and cutting off power to hundreds of thousands of people, state media said.
 

200,000 evacuated as typhoon threatens Shanghai

By Staff Reporter  AFP Global Edition
Aug 07, 2012 02:38 EDT
China evacuated 200,000 people from Shanghai as the third typhoon in a week bore down on the east coast, state media said Tuesday, warning it could be the most powerful storm to hit since 2005.
 

World's first sea-floor mine signs first customer

By Staff Reporter  AFP Global Edition
Apr 24, 2012 11:05 EDT
Canada-based mining firm Nautilus Minerals said Tuesday it had signed China's Tongling Nonferrous Metals Group as the first customer of its pioneering Papua New Guinean sea-floor mine.
 

China signs onto PNG's world-first undersea mine

By Staff Reporter  AFP American Edition
Apr 24, 2012 10:24 EDT
Canada-based mining firm Nautilus Minerals said Tuesday it had signed China's Tongling Nonferrous Metals Group as the first customer of its pioneering Papua New Guinean sea-floor mine.
 

Cardin showcases 'Light Palace' project in China

By Staff Reporter  AFP Global Edition
Mar 31, 2012 03:04 EDT
Legendary French fashion designer Pierre Cardin is in Beijing this weekend to present his 240-metre-high edifice "Light Palace" planned near Venice and which he hopes to reproduce in China.
 

China's labour woes loom large ahead of congress

by Neil Connor  AFP Global Edition
Mar 03, 2012 11:28 EST
China has built its rapid ascent on the shoulders of its migrant workers, but higher costs are deterring rural Chinese from moving to cities, causing a looming labour shortage that is worrying top legislators.
 
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Facts from the Wikipedia page:

Anhui Province
Chinese :安徽省
Ānhuī Shěng
Abbreviations: 皖  (pinyin: Wǎn)
Anhui is highlighted on this map
Origin of name安 ān - Anqing
徽 huī - Huizhou (now Huangshan city)
Administration typeProvince
Capital
(and largest city)		Hefei
CPC Ctte SecretaryWang Jinshan
GovernorWang Sanyun
Area139,400 km2 (53,800 sq mi) (22nd)
Population (2009)
 - Density		54,692,289 (8th)
580 /km2 (1,500 /sq mi) (9th)
GDP (2008)
 - per capita		CNY 887.4 billion (14th)
CNY 14,485 (27th)
HDI (2006)0.737 (medium) (25th)
Ethnic compositionHan - 99%
Hui - 0.6%
Prefecture-level17 divisions
County-level105 divisions
Township-level*1845 divisions
ISO 3166-2CN-34
Official website
http://www.ah.gov.cn/
(Simplified Chinese)
Source for population and GDP data:
《中国统计年鉴—2005》 China Statistical Yearbook 2005
ISBN 7503747382
Source for nationalities data:
《2000年人口普查中国民族人口资料》 Tabulation on nationalities of 2000 population census of China
ISBN 7105054255
*As at December 31, 2004
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