Chinese Vice Premier Meets Former French President

Chinese Vice Premier Zeng Peiyan says China is still evaluating bids for its introduction of the third-generation nuclear power technologies and hopes the French companies will propose competitive cooperation plans.

Mr. Zeng regards the upcoming China-France business forum as "of great significance", saying the forum, with energy and sustainable development as its theme, will discuss issues on energy exploitation, usage of renewable energy and the relationship between energy and environment. 

U.N. Demands Iran Suspend Nuke Enrichment

The U.N. Security Council demanded that Iran suspend uranium enrichment, the first time the powerful body has directly urged Tehran to clear up suspicions that it is seeking nuclear weapons.

Iran, though, remained defiant, maintaining its right to nuclear power but insisting that it was committed to the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty and had no intention of seeking weapons of mass destruction. 

China Finds New Offshore Oil Reserves

China National Offshore Oil Company Limited has announced that it has made a new independent discovery of oil deposits in East China's Bohai Bay.

Further appraisal work will be conducted to evaluate the commercial value of the discovery. 

Quotas for Blood Donation Abolished

Annual quotas for blood donations from employees in government bodies in Beijing have been scrapped.

It follows a huge rise in the number of people in the capital coming forward to voluntarily donate blood. 

Liu Ye's Film Heading for Italy

A big winner at the Madrid Experimental Film Festival in Spain, Chinese film "Sudden Lover" has received an invitation to compete at Italy’s Far Eastern Film Festival in April.