Business / Regions

Hong Kong's inflation slows to 3.9% in Dec

[2014-01-21 17:37]

Hong Kong's underlying Consumer Price Index (CPI) in December, 2013 slowed to 3.9 percent from 4.0 percent in November last year.

Macao records 1.8% unemployment rate in 2013

[2014-01-28 09:54]

Macao's general unemployment rate for the whole year of 2013 stood at 1.8 percent and the unemployment rate of local residents was 2.4 percent, both down by 0.2 percentage points year-on-year.

HK's exports, imports increase in 2013

[2014-01-28 09:51]

The value of total exports of goods rose by 3.6 percent in 2013 over 2012, and the value of imports of goods increased by 3.8 percent, according to HK's Census and Statistics Department.

Shanghai GDP grows 7.7% in 2013

[2014-01-27 10:48]

Shanghai's gross domestic product (GDP) grew 7.7 percent year on year to 2.16 trillion yuan ($353.9 billion) in 2013, official figures showed Sunday.

CDB's urbanization loans near 1t yuan in 2013

[2014-01-27 10:45]

China Development Bank (CDB) lent 996.8 billion yuan ($163 billion), two third of its total loans in 2013, to boost urbanization, the bank said on Sunday.

New Oriental 2nd fiscal quarter profit up

[2014-01-22 14:31]

New Oriental Education and Technology Group Inc announced on Tuesday a profit of $9.7 million in its second fiscal quarter of 2014, which ended on November 30, 2013.

Macao's annual inflation rates hits 5.5% in 2013

[2014-01-22 10:27]

The average Composite Consumer Price Index (CPI) for the whole year of 2013 was 123.48 and the inflation rate for 2013 stood at 5.5 percent.

HK's jobless rate falls to 3.2% in Oct to Dec

[2014-01-21 10:34]

Hong Kong's jobless rate fell to 3.2 percent in October to December 2013 from the 3.3 percent in the three months ended November.

Taiwan's 2013 export orders set new high

[2014-01-21 10:17]

Taiwan's export orders for the entire year of 2013 hit a record high of $442.9 billion, a year-on-year increase of 0.4 percent.

Output in Tianjin zone increases to 805b yuan

[2014-01-14 07:16]

Industrial output in the Tianjin Economic-Technological Development Area expanded 13 percent last year to 805 billion yuan ($133 billion).

Shanghai residents bag top disposable income

[2013-11-13 10:47]

Shanghai is tops in urban disposable income among 31 provinces on the Chinese mainland with 40,188 yuan ($6,550) a year, research shows.

Shenzhen per capita GDP reaches $15,000

[2013-10-28 20:27]

Per capita GDP in Shenzhen reached $15,000 in the first nine months of 2013, and is expected to exceed $20,000 by the end of the year, Shenzhen Statistics Bureau says.

Liaoning GDP over nine months hits $315b

[2013-10-24 17:13]

The gross domestic product of Liaoning province in the first three quarters hit 1.93 trillion yuan ($315 billion), up 8.7 percent year-on-year.

Shanghai’s FDI up

[2013-10-24 15:46]

Shanghai's foreign direct investment expanded 10.5 percent from a year earlier to US$1.8 billion in September, according to the Shanghai Statistics Bureau.

Liaoning exports reach $46.74b in first 9 months

[2013-10-23 17:07]

Exports in Liaoning province rose steadily in the first three quarters to $46.74 billion, up by 9.3 percent year-on-year.

Beijing's GDP up 7.7% in first 9 months

[2013-10-19 09:35]

Beijing's gross domestic product (GDP) in the first three quarters of 2013 totaled 1.38 trillion yuan ($224.2 billion), up 7.7 percent year-on-year.

Tibet to reduce poverty by 45%

[2013-10-16 16:13]

Southwest China's Tibet autonomous region is expected to reduce its population living in poverty by 45 percent by the end of this year.

More foreigners get residency permits

[2013-09-16 08:19]

A larger number of Chinese permanent residency permits were issued in 2012 than in previous years, a police official said.

Tin city explores economic shift

[2013-09-02 10:08]

Peng, deputy general manager of Green Novo, said the factory has been extracting metals from the dust particles discharged by iron and steel plants since 2003. Annual tin production has increased to 40,000 metric tons, a rise of 50 percent from two years ago.

Macao's trade deficit widens in July

[2013-08-30 17:21]

Macao's trade deficit for July of 2013 widened by 21 percent over the same period of last year to 6.38 billion patacas ($798.7 million).

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