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CCTV-14 is a Chinese free-to-air television channel that was launched on 28 December 2003 and is owned by the China Central Television.It airs animated films and series as well as kids game shows and other young-oriented programmes, including The Beachbuds, FriendZSpace, Super Wings, Kung Fu Wa, 100% Wolf: Legend of the Moonstone, Ben & Holly's Little Kingdom, Willa's Wild Life, and Octonauts.
Taken as a whole, China's economy and exports do not rely on the mining industry, but the industry is critical to various subnational Chinese governments. Mining is extensively regulated in China and involves numerous regulatory bodies. The Chinese state owns all mineral rights, regardless of the ownership of the land on which the minerals are ...
The reforms of 1978 changed TVEs, which became the most vibrant part of the Chinese economy as they experienced significant expansion in the 1980s and early 1990s. [ citation needed ] However, from 1989 to 1991, these enterprises faced challenges due to the blending of government administration with enterprise operations, marking a period of ...
Historically, the Chinese economy was characterized by widespread poverty, extreme income inequalities, and endemic insecurity of livelihood. [1] Improvements since then saw the average national life expectancy rise from around forty-four years in 1949 to sixty-eight years in 1985, while the Chinese population estimated to be living in absolute poverty fell from between 200 and 590 million in ...
Along with their original methods of forging steel, the Chinese had also adopted the production methods of creating Wootz steel, an idea imported from India to China by the 5th century. [15] The Chinese during the ancient Han dynasty were also the first to apply hydraulic power (i.e. a waterwheel) in working the inflatable bellows of the blast ...
Fuerdai (Chinese: 富二代; pinyin: Fù'èrdài; lit. 'rich second generation'; [fû.âɚtâɪ]) is a Chinese term for the children of the nouveau riche in China. [1] [2] [3] This term, generally considered pejorative, is often invoked in the Chinese media and everyday discussions in mainland China as it incorporates some of the social and moral problems associated with modern Chinese society.
In 1996, the Chinese economy continued to grow at a rapid pace, at about 9.5%, accompanied by low inflation. The economy slowed for the next three years, influenced in part by the Asian Financial Crisis, with official growth of 8.9% in 1997, 7.8% in 1998 and 7.1% for 1999.
The informal economy in China represents a large portion of domestic output, consumption and employment. Employment in the urban sector represents a major part of the Chinese economy: approximately half of urban Chinese workers belong to the informal economy as of 2004. [1] —a significant increase since the 1990s.