Business
Huayi to take 51% stake in Internet film company
2014-06-20 08:09
Huayi Brothers Media Corp, one of China's leading private media and entertainment conglomerates, plans to acquire a 51 percent stake in Shenzhen Huayuxun Tech Co Ltd, an Internet movie service provider, for 266 million yuan ($42.7 million), the corporation announced on June 16.
High-tech park growing local innovation
2014-06-13 07:58
Chengdu plans to launch more high-tech enterprises over the next three years to drive the city's economy and innovative strengths amid China's industrial upgrading.
Technology becoming new engine of economic growth
2014-06-13 07:58
Transformed over two decades from China's biggest base for heavy industry in the western region, Chengdu is now a modern economy built on high-technology industries that are driving its growth and providing a window on its innovative strength.
Quotable
2014-06-13 07:58
We consider that vulnerabilities have risen to the point where containing them should be a priority. Therefore, additional stimulus should only be deployed if growth slows significantly below this year's target.
Chengdu Report: Sichuan Opera another draw as Chengdu goes global
2014-06-13 07:58
Classic Sichuan Opera finished its debut to close out the Antalya International Theatre Festival in Turkey on May 25.
Italian firm looks to leave rivals in shade
2014-06-13 07:58
China is playing a big role in the business plan of Luxottica, an Italian company that is a world leader in the design, production and distribution of sports and luxury eyewear brands such as Oakley and Vogue.
A new global reach to recruitment
2014-06-13 07:58
Global competition among countries, companies and individuals has never been fiercer, and a recently formed Sino-UK recruitment joint venture illustrates perfectly just how well companies from different parts of the world can now operate together.
Beef and railways on the menu
2014-06-13 07:58
China is to expand trade and investment cooperation with Central and Eastern European countries by increasing imports from these countries and helping build their infrastructure construction.
Traditional trade fair's online embrace
2014-06-13 07:58
Cross-border e-commerce platforms are positioning themselves to better identify needs and match Chinese exporters with foreign customers, industry experts says.
Alcohol imports fall as austerity move crimps sales
2014-06-13 07:58
Alcohol imports slid in the first four months as an official crackdown on lavish entertainment and a weaker economy cut corporate and government spending on beverages.
Living in the luxury of laptops
2014-06-06 08:13
After Hewlett-Packard was born in a one-car garage in Palo Alto, California, it took 75 years for it to grow into the global computer behemoth it is today. And since HP set up shop in Chongqing, it has taken the city in Southwest China only a few years to become a global giant in making laptop computers.
So long snail, adieu sail, guten tag rail
2014-06-06 08:13
As snail mail bites the dust and sail mail disappears into the sunset, there is something just as old-fashioned to hail: rail.
Quotable
2014-06-06 08:14
"Some medicines that are suitable for online sales will have a big market."
A touch of French class for the masses
2014-06-06 08:14
If anyone is adept at high-profile positioning and selling luxury fashion brands, it is the French, but at least one French company has made a virtue of going after a more modest market in China, and its efforts are paying handsome dividends.
Link across continents to gather steam
2014-06-06 08:14
When the train from Chongqing, Southwest China, rolls into Duisburg, western Germany, every Monday and Thursday, you can be sure that one of those standing on the platform like an anxious parent waiting for a child's homecoming will be Ronald Kleijwegt.
Economy on path of steady growth
2014-06-06 08:14
Hope is on the rise that China's economy is growing steadily following a more encouraging performance in the manufacturing and service sectors in May.
Executives are still positive on outlook
2014-06-06 08:14
Global executives are still optimistic about the Chinese economy, ranking the country the second most attractive destination for foreign direct investment, a report showed On June 3.
New star emerging in media market
2014-06-06 08:14
China will overtake Japan to become the world's second-largest entertainment and media market by the end of 2018, next only to the United States, according to the Global Entertainment and Media Outlook 2014-18, published by global consultancy PricewaterhouseCoopers on June 3.
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