Business

VC investor targets budding smaller cities

2011-03-04 10:47

Company wants to provide lending to SMEs in less-developed areas

Spice of success

2011-03-04 10:47

Hot pot chain founder gives a sneak peek behind his bubbling business

Gyms struggling to stay fit

2011-03-04 10:47

Fitness clubs see spike in popularity as healthy liviing becomes new buzzword for professionals

Business briefs

2011-02-25 13:20

Bank reserve requirements hiked

Head of the class

2011-02-25 13:11

China's higher education system is on the verge of an overhaul and Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University (XJTLU) is leading the charge.

Suzhou solution

2011-02-25 13:02

Europeans work with China's Silicon Valley to solve skilled labor shortage.

Cornered in

2011-02-25 11:27

Higher production, labor costs hit Guangdong furniture businesses

feeling at home

2011-02-25 11:27

Beijing’s furniture street taps into growing domestic tastes

For success set in stone

2011-02-25 11:14

Chinese investors bank on latest papermaking technology

Inflation concerns hit consumer confidence

2011-02-25 11:14

China's consumer confidence index saw its second consecutive quarterly decline in the last three months of 2010.

Yacht sellers feeling sunk by tax proposal

2011-02-25 11:14

Owners of yachts will have to pay an annual vessel tax based on the length of their craft if a draft law is passed by the top legislature.

German firm opens high-tech factory in Suzhou

2011-02-25 11:14

Manz Automation AG will soon be the world's first foreign provider of integrated production facilities for high-tech companies to launch a factory in China.

Rent your own island in Zhejiang!

2011-02-25 11:14

Zhejiang Province charts plans to lease coastal islands for private investments

Caring for the aged opens up new growth avenues

2011-02-25 11:14

Overseas companies keen on gaining a foothold in Chinese geriatric care market

Parenting parents gaining ground

2011-02-25 11:14

China's elderly, faced with a shortage of care home beds, are increasingly resorting to being looked after by their children, a move tacitly approved of by policymakers.