 Nursery business now online 2011-11-07
Mothers with newborn babies or those who are just about to give birth can now go online to find a maternity matron or nursery maid. |
Home improvement 2011-11-04
Someone once described ZARA, the clothing and accessories retailer, as "possibly the most innovative and devastating retailer in the world". |
Hangzhou's outsourcing industry provides jobs 2011-11-04
Hangzhou's booming service outsourcing industry will provide about 30,000 jobs by 2015, Lin Ge, vice mayor of the city's municipal foreign trade and economic cooperation bureau |
Etao out to net more customers 2011-11-03
BEIJING - The Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba Group Holding Ltd will provide a marketing budget of 1 billion yuan ($157.3 million) for its online search arm next year, going head-to-head with Baidu Inc, the operator of China's largest search engine. |
Promoting altruism important 2011-11-02
Unlike the passers-by in the tragic Yue Yue case, the authorities should punish the cabbies according to law to send the right message across society, says an article in Beijing News. |
Regulators review Taobao 2011-11-01
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BMW: Expanding support for charitable causes 2011-10-31
China Charity Federation BMW Warm Heart Fund third Anniversary Warm Heart Night was held in Chongqing on Oct 18, 2011. Besides sharing the experience of a sustainable public welfare fund established in 2008 by the German premium carmaker, BMW also announced a new donation of 20 million yuan ($3.1 million) to BMW Warm-Heart Fund, and the roll out of its "BMW Joy Home" Children Care Program, which would bring Warm Heart Fund to a new stage and extend its corporate social responsibility efforts. |
CDB to issue another $1 billion loan package to African firms 2011-10-29
HANGZHOU - State-owned China Development Bank (CDB) will provide another special purpose loan worth $1 billion over the next two years to support small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in African countries, an official with the bank said on Thursday. |
China's assistance in African security issues applauded 2011-10-28
African scholars attending a China-Africa experts' conference on Friday applauded China's increasingly active participation in Africa's security issues. |
Key projects launched in Tianfu New Area 2011-10-28
On October 20, two key projects - International Low Carbon Environmental Protection Science Park and Tianhe Bio-medicine Science Park - were officially initiated in Tianfu New Area. |
Amazon set to ring the changes in China 2011-10-28
Amazon.com Inc, the world's largest e-commerce company by market share, announced the opening of its latest order-fulfillment center in Kunshan, Jiangsu province. |
SMEs' shortage of funds boosts PE/VC firms 2011-10-28
The current difficulties being encountered by small and medium-sized enterprises (SME) in securing bank loans amid tightened monetary policies are providing more bargaining power for private equity and venture capital (PE/VC) companies when striking deals. |
Turning point in housing market looms 2011-10-27
When long-awaited housing price cuts finally came to the Chinese market, the immediate response was not a warm welcome. |
China to add $1b loans for African SMEs in 2012 2011-10-27
China Development Bank (CDB), one of the country's three policy banks, plans to boost a special lending fund by $1 billion in 2012 to provide loans for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Africa. |
China, Africa can tackle challenges from growth in ties 2011-10-28
China and Africa should work together to tackle new challenges and ensure their strategic partnership based on equality and mutual benefits, diplomats and scholars said at a forum. |
Tablet to utilize Alibaba OS 2011-10-25
Alibaba Cloud Computing, a unit of the Chinese Internet company Alibaba Group Holding Ltd, said the world's first tablet computer running on its proprietary mobile operating system (OS), the Aliyun OS, will hit the market by Dec 31. |
The Porsche driving street vendor 2011-10-20
Shoppers buy sneakers sold from the back of a Porsche sport car in Hangzhou city, capital of East China's Zhejiang province, Oct 19, 2011. |
Small shops deserve better 2011-10-19
After Taobao mall decided to raise the annual fees for technical services, tens of thousands of small shop owners formed a league to "attack" top Taobao sellers by buying goods and applying for refunds in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, says an article in Jiefang Daily. |
North Carolina governor seeks expanded investment 2011-10-19
NEW YORK - During a six-day visit to China for the China-US Governor's Forum, the governor of North Carolina will attend 25 meetings with Chinese companies that are at various stages of expansion in the state, part of North Carolina's efforts to attract investments from China. |
Textile world again expected for Keqiao expo 2011-10-18
More than 500 major suppliers from home and abroad are expected at the 2011 Keqiao International Textile Autumn Expo set to run from Oct 25 to 28 in its namesake township in Zhejiang's Shaoxing county. |
