Hainan province has banned alcohol ban at official receptions, the People's Daily reported on Jan 15.
A government official in Gansu province has been suspended, after a coal mine accident that killed four people and wounded five on Jan 3, the Lanzhou Morning Post reported on Monday.
19.27 million vehicles were produced in China in 2012, increasing by 4.6 percent year-on-year, up 3.8 percentage points.
A record high of 150,165 new local companies were registered in Hong Kong last year, with an average of 12,500 local companies incorporated each month.
CP Lotus Super Center, a subsidiary company of the Thailand-based Charoen Pokphand Group, reportedly closed one of its supermarkets in Beijing.
China's largest private steel company Jiangsu Shagang Group Co Ltd set up its international headquarters in Singapore to explore the overseas market.
BMW Brilliance Senior Vice-President Daniel Kirchert has recently submitted his resignation and may leave the company soon.
Yum Brands Inc, owner of the fast-food chain KFC, publicly apologized on Jan 10 for what it called its inappropriate response to the Chinese government's investigation into one of Yum’s former chicken suppliers, chinanews.com reported.
An office building in Beijing has become a hit on the Internet because of its distinctive outline, which resembles part of a large intestine.
Applicants in the January car license plate lottery hit 1.43 million by Jan 8, registering a new record and an increase of more than 60,000.
China's foreign trade in 2012 expanded 6.2 percent year-on-year to $3.867 trillion, the General Administration of Customs announced Thursday.
China's trade surplus with US up 8.2% in 2012
China's trade with EU declined 3.7% in 2012
Exports to ASEAN countries up 20.1%
In production safety, no enterprise should be exempted from supervision, irrespective of its safety production record, size and ownership. The safety watchdogs should treat all enterprises equally without favoritism, says an editorial of Beijing News Daily.