China

Economy

China raises bank reserve ratio to tame inflation

2011-02-19 07:43

Banks' required reserves were raised by 50 basis points on Friday and further interest rate rises to tackle inflation were not ruled out by Zhou Xiaochuan

Bank of China to launch securities sale in HK

2011-02-18 23:02

Bank of China (Hong Kong) Friday announced the launch of securities sale and repurchase facilities to Renminbi (RMB) participating banks starting from Feb 21.

China approves launch of lead futures trading

2011-02-18 21:41

The Chinese securities regulator said Friday that it has approved the trading of lead futures on Shanghai Futures Exchange.

Import price of soybeans rises

2011-02-15 11:02

China's import price for soybeans rose by 20.4 percent year-on-year to $558 a ton in January.

China's PPI up 6.6% in Jan

2011-02-15 10:48

China's producer price index (PPI), a major measure of inflation at the wholesale level, rose 6.6 percent in January year-on-year, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) announced Tuesday.

Inflation in food prices slows

2011-02-15 10:45

A rise in the price of most food items included in a government-monitored list slowed between Feb 1 and 10, according to data released by the National Bureau of Statistics on Monday.

Public rental housing eases distress in Chongqing

2011-02-14 15:10

As the southwestern city of Chongqing's ambitious public rental housing project began accepting applications this week, the less well-off there may finally be free from the distress, common among their counterparts in other Chinese cities, over dauntingly high housing prices.