A record high of 150,165 new local companies were registered in Hong Kong last year, with an average of 12,500 local companies set up each month.
The Tianjin Economic-Technological Development Area is at the top of a list of State-level economic and technological development zones, according to the latest evaluation of the zones from the Ministry of Commerce.
Hong Kong's acting Financial Secretary K C Chan welcomed the ranking of Hong Kong as the freest economy in the world for the 19th consecutive year.
Beijing Capital International Airport said Saturday that it remained the world's second-busiest airport in 2012 in terms of passenger throughput.
The chilly weather in Beijing did not cool down consumption in the three-day New Year break.
Guizhou will relocate more than 100,000 destitute rural residents into modern communities before spring 2013.