China / Business

China Life splashes out on US property

[2017-05-24 07:16]

Chinese leading insurer China Life Insurance (Group) Co said on Tuesday it is buying 48 commercial properties in the United States with total value of $950 million.

Chinese tourists ready to go off beaten track, Airbnb report says

[2017-05-24 07:16]

Chinese tourists prefer less well-known small cities and villages - along with big cities and hot destinations - when traveling to countries and regions related to the Belt and Road Initiative, according to a report by international house-sharing service provider Airbnb Inc.

Consumer confidence surges in Q1

[2017-05-24 07:16]

China's consumer confidence index in the first quarter hit the highest score since 2015, buoyed by an improved macroeconomy and surging consumption power, Nielsen's latest survey showed on Tuesday.

Yanchang blazes trail in carbon capture tech

[2017-05-24 07:16]

Asia's first commercial carbon capture and storage project will begin to operate in northwestern China's Shaanxi province next year, said an executive of Shaanxi Yanchang Petroleum (Group) Co Ltd.

California almond exporters eye rich growth potential in China market

[2017-05-24 07:16]

The growing spending power of China's middle class and its increasing interest in healthy food are creating good conditions for exports of Californian almonds, said Richard Waycott, chief executive officer of the Almond Board of California.

Villagers may hold the key to drive rural auto boom

[2017-05-24 07:16]

During the Spring Festival holiday in early February, I spent a few days at my home village in Henan province in Central China, and happily noticed how much the village and its residents have changed.

Australia boosts ties, eyes Chinese funding opportunities

[2017-05-24 07:16]

Australia has cemented closer economic ties with China in a shift of policy that should open up new infrastructure projects and funding opportunities.

What's news

[2017-05-24 07:16]

Govt and policies

Tax cuts to boost SMEs' R&D spend

[2017-05-24 07:16]

With tax liability lower now, small and medium-sized technology companies in China will likely increase their spending on human resources and research and development, thereby facilitating innovation and stabilizing growth, observers said.

Chinese idea brings in rich innovation

[2017-05-22 07:44]

BEIJING - The Bamyan province in central Afghanistan not long ago had the rare opportunity to witness the world's tallest standing Buddha. In June 2015, a visiting Chinese couple successfully projected it in the Bamyan Valley, utilizing image projection technology, in the process winning cheers from the local people.

Branding moves to take center stage

[2017-05-22 07:44]

Branding is emerging as an all-important pillar of the growth in value of Chinese companies - -particularly for those in the consumers products and high-tech sectors - according to research conducted by universities and market research firms in Shanghai who surveyed some 3,000 companies.

Hearing aid group Sonova aims to drive up sales with new facility

[2017-05-22 07:44]

Sonova, the biggest hearing aid maker globally by revenue, said that it is aiming to drive up sales in China, whose population suffers the world's highest levels of hearing loss, with the help of its newly-opened international training institute in Jiangsu province.

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