Urbanization reform is expected to give rural residents the chance to benefit more fully from China's development, said Chen Xiwen, a senior rural planner for the central government.The masterplan, ap...
China will relax deposit rates .when the time is ripe. as the central bank intends to let the market play a decisive role, Hu Xiaolian, deputy central bank governor, said yesterday. .It has been pr...
China is likely to shift its tax focus away from the production sector in a bid to cut overcapacity and boost consumption, a former tax official said. Xu Shanda, former deputy director of the State...
Global miner BHP Billiton Chairman Jac Nasser said on Thursday that China's economic growth remains an important driver for the resources industry. Speaking at the company's annual general meeting...
SAP AG launched public cloud computing services in China through partner China Telecom yesterday, as Europe.s biggest software vendor aims to make China its top regional market by revenue by 2020....
The eighth German Center, a platform for small and medium-sized German companies to venture into international markets, has been launched in the eastern city of Qingdao in Shandong province.Constructi...
Just six days after final approval of change of use on a plot of land owned by his company, Wang Jianzhong jumped from the 15th floor of a government building and died. In a suicide note, the compa...
China's manufacturing activity expanded in November, but at a slower pace than October, according to HSBC'S preliminary purchasing managers' index (PMI) released on Thursday. The HSBC flash manufac...
China's widening value-added tax (VAT) reform has resulted in a tax reduction of 93.97 billion yuan (15.31 billion U.S. dollars) for businesses in the first 10 months of the year, the State Administ...
China's industrial capacity utilization rate stood at 78 percent in the first half of this year, the lowest since the final quarter of 2009, a government official said.The figure highlights the urgent...
China's stock index futures opened mixed Thursday, with contract for settlement in December, the most actively traded, opened at 2,423.8, up 1.8 points.The contract for settlement in January 2014 shed...
China's treasury bond futures opened higher on Thursday, with the contract for settlement in December, the most actively traded one, opened at 91.116 yuan (14.85 U.S. dollars).The contract for settlem...
Bitcoins, a type of virtual currency, are gaining popularity and value, but mainly among speculative tradersA residential project in Shanghai's Pudong New Area is accepting bitcoins from apartment buy...
The ChiNext Index, tracking China's NASDAQ-style board of growth enterprises, opened at 1,295.93 points on Thursday, down 0.27 points.The index, together with the Shenzhen Component Index and the Shen...
China National Agrochemical Corp showcases its products and technology at an industry exhibition.[Photo/China Daily] SOE Agrochemical corp grows in fertile company of foreign mergerThey say wh...
Beijing will make available applications to enter a lottery drawing to purchase low-cost homes designated only for residential needs, a new type of affordable housing, as early as the end of this mont...
The Chinese currency Renminbi, or yuan, weakened 61 basis points to 6.1366 against the U.S. dollar on Thursday, according to the China Foreign Exchange Trading System.In China's foreign exchange spot...
Chile's Codelco, the world's top copper producer, has raised the premium for 2014 term shipments to China by 41 percent to a nine-year high, Reuters reported Wednesday, citing four trading sources,...
Qunar Cayman Islands Ltd, a Chinese search-based travel commerce platform, released its first financial report of the third quarter of 2013 on Wednesday after it went listed, indicating a loss of 48.8...
The Guangzhou Qianjin branch of Trust-Mart, which is majority-owned by US-based global hypermarket giant Wal-Mart, will close on December 18, the National Business Daily (NBD) newspaper reported Wedne...
Apple Inc products supplier Hon Hai Precision Industry Co will cease production of iPhone 5C at its Central China factory since the model was too unpopular compared with the higher-end iPhone 5S, acco...
China will allow financial institutions to issue certificates of deposits and will set up a guidance system before removing controls on deposit rates as part of reform efforts to promote a market-ba...
"Empty" commercial complexes highlight an oversupply, according to an economic planning official.Qiao Runling, deputy director of the China Center for Urban Development under the National Development...
It is imperative for Botswana as a country to benchmark from other countries like China to find out what strategies they employed to turn their cities into investment centers, Trade and Industry Min...
Opportunities at a premium with massive development of online market and other factorsThere are many dynamics at play in the Chinese market today for foreign insurers, and understanding them can make...
Shanghai stocks rose yesterday after a pledge by the central bank governor to enhance flexibility in the yuan and liberalize interest rates fueled reform expectations. The Shanghai Composite Index...
Stocks in the Chinese mainland recovered Wednesday following a fall on Tuesday.The benchmark Shanghai Composite Index rose by 13.49 points or 0.62 percent to close at 2,206.61 points on Wednesday. The...