Hotel guests in Sept rise 6 pct to 1.1 million

Commentary        BEIJING –  As food shortage grips many parts of the world, with the United Nations (UN) warning of “an unprecedented global hunger crisis,” China’s success story in grain self-sufficiency might help soothe the frayed market nerve.Deemed the world’s largest grain producer, China has secured a bumper wheat yield in the summer harvest, which traditionally accounts for one-fifth of its annual grain output. It has also completed nearly 80 percent

The Legislative Assembly (AL) has finally passed the government-initiated Tobacco Prevention and Control Law’s amendment bill, which allows casinos to set up smoking lounges in gaming areas in line with the standards set by the government. The bill is slated to take effect on January 1 next year.The bill was passed during a plenary session on Friday.The amendments state that smoking lounges with the officially required standards will have to be set up within a year of the law coming into