Prosecutors accused Du of taking advantage of his positions — which included being director of the group's fertilizer center and director and general manager of Sinochem Hong Kong Holding — to help some companies operate fertilizer businesses and gain access to ports between 1999 and 2010.
Proposed by Chinese President Xi Jinping in 2013, the Belt and Road Initiative aims to build trade and infrastructure networks connecting Asia with Europe and Africa along and beyond the ancient Silk Road routes. It comprises the Silk Road Economic Belt and the 21st Century Maritime Silk Road.
Public security officers nationwide have busted 1,759 criminal gangs using information networks to commit crimes and arrested 17,000 suspects amid a three-year campaign against organized crime, the Ministry of Public Security said on Thursday.
Queen Elizabeth welcomes Boris Johnson during an audience in Buckingham Palace, where she officially recognized him as the new prime minister, in London on Wednesday. VICTORIA JONES/POOL/REUTERS
Questions like this have become the most popular way for residents of a neighborhood in Shanghai's Pudong district to start a conversation with one another these days.
Q: Radical protesters have committed many acts of violence that have affected people who do not share their views. Why do you have strong aversion to arson in particular?
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Putin proposed during a visit to Israel in January that leaders of the main nuclear powers, which have "a special responsibility for the preservation of civilization", should hold a summit this year.
Qingdao Haier Co Ltd, the listed arm of home appliance giant Haier Group Corp, said on Friday that it is studying the feasibility of issuing D-shares in Frankfurt, with no specific plans yet, after media reported that the company plans to be among the first Chinese companies to be listed in Germany.
Qi said the province has attached great importance to meeting the challenges of overusing fertilizers, frequent droughts and water shortages.
Qantas flight QF7879 took 19 hours and 16 minutes to fly directly from New York to Sydney in the first of three "ultra long-haul" journeys planned by the airline this year.