China is not likely to resume the week-long May Day Golden Week holidays for the time being, despite growing calls to go back to it, according to the country’s top economic planner.

The global financial crisis will have only limited effects on the 2010 Shanghai World Expo, an event that will cost nearly twice as much as the Beijing Olympics, top officials said yesterday in the capital.

China Tuesday demanded the auction of two looted historic bronze sculptures in Paris be canceled, saying it broke international conventions.The auction seriously violates the country's cultural rights and interests, and hurts national sentiment.