BHP Billiton Ltd will not cut its iron ore annual output target this year, despite shrinking demand as China's economy slows down.
The daily output of China’s major steel companies in late October dropped 5.39 percent, or 86,600 metric tons, compared with the previous 10 days to 1.51 million tons, said a report issued on Wednesday by the China Iron and Steel Association.
Chinese lending companies extended 141.4 billion yuan in the first nine months, according to data released by the People's Bank of China Wednesday.
A new version of 100,000 public signs will sweep across the capital by March 2013, xinhuanet.com reported.
China is expected to become a $20 billion seafood import market within this decade as rising incomes increase domestic demand for seafood, particularly premium species.
Chinese financial regulators announced on Wednesday that preferential financial policies would be applied in Kashgar and Huoer Guosi in the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region.
The annual passenger volume of the Beijing Capital International Airport exceeded 70 million on Tuesday, and the figure is expected to reach 80 million by the end of 2012.
China's economic activity will continue to show a small pickup in domestic activity, with stable Consumer Price Index inflation and slowing Producer Price Index deflation.
Bank of China Ltd was selected again as a global systemically important financial institution by the 20 Group executive body of the Financial Stability Board.
China National Chemical Corporation has been granted approval for a quota of 10 million tons of crude oil imports, mainly to supply its oil and gas companies.
Central China's Hubei province is planning to boost investment in its ports and waterways construction, in a bid to develop its logistics industry.
China's State Council said that Fujian province is the new ocean economy pilot area, the fourth in the country after Shandong, Zhejiang and Guangdong, a statement on the provincial government's website said on Friday.
