TAIYUAN - The coal sector in North China's Shanxi province, one of the nation's leading coal producers, is losing its investment appeal as the province shifts to development of non-coal industries.According to data published by the Shanxi Bureau of Coal Industry on Thursday, investments in the secto...

The Datong Coal Mine Group Co Ltd is one of the four largest coal mining companies in China and produces 10 percent of the nation's coal. (Photo/Xinhua)All the coal is delivered on a 1.5-km long, 2-meter-wide conveyor belt from the pit to the washery factory and power plant. The belt can deliver 6,0...

The Datong officials met with a Swedish tourism delegation, in the city of Yanggao, province, on Sept 6, to discuss further communication and cooperation for the development of both parties.Datong's deputy Party secretary and mayor, Li Junming, who received the delegation, led by Sweden's Tourism B...

China has vowed to build 42 transport hubs by the end of 2015, with at least one in every province, autonomous region and municipality.Cities will be turned into traffic centers that make transferring between airlines, railways, buses and ships more convenient, according to a guideline published on ...

Chronicling the changesBy Peng Yining in Xiji, the Ningxia Hui autonomous regionLiving in a poverty-stricken village in Xiji county in the Ningxia Hui autonomous region, Yuan Zhixue, a 36-year-old farmer who dropped out of high school, wrote a novel describing the huge changes that have taken place ...