Policy shift gives birth to optimism

2013-11-22 10:36

Having been an only child, Li Xia has been longing for a sibling for her 2-year-old daughter.

Center links firms with foreign partners

2013-11-15 09:57

As China's government seeks to open up the economy and ease it away from leaning on state-owned heavy industry and a massive manufacturing base, the role of small and medium-sized enterprises has become more important.

Steady as she goes for wary SMEs

2013-11-15 09:57

China's small businesses are cautious about prospects in the world's second-biggest economy amid a manufacturing contraction in recent months, a bank survey has shown.

Quotable

2013-11-15 09:57

"China's external trade environment is smooth, with demand from the United States and the European Union rebounding. Meanwhile, imports have remained robust since mid-year because of an improvement in domestic demand."

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2013-11-15 09:57

Incubators hatch plots for healthy future

2013-11-15 09:57

It's not quite Catch-22, but for most startups, you can't make much money until you spend a lot first. Then come all the other catches of setting up and running a business.

Agricultural waste turned into energy

2013-11-15 09:57

Commercial manufacture of cellulosic bioethanol from agricultural residue is expected to be given further impetus after commercial production begins in China next year, experts say.

Garment cloth cut in one direction

2013-11-15 09:57

The oriental look is not everyone's cup of tea, and it is on that sentiment that at least one Chinese garment maker is trying to build its fortunes in Europe.

Assembling a strategy for the future

2013-11-15 09:57

Peter Agnefjall says he never makes blind forecasts. "In Ikea, we think about and look to the long term."

11+11 is a winning formula

2013-11-15 09:57

A day in celebration of unattached people has essentially become an annual cue for massive online discounting in China.

Watchmakers not marking time

2013-11-08 09:19

Despite economic slowdown, luxury timepieces continue to serve Swiss manufacturers well in China.

Chinese market 'more sophisticated than given credit'

2013-11-08 09:19

As the luxury watch company Jaeger-LeCoultre marks its 180th anniversary, it says it wants to use the occasion to consolidate its position in China's high-end market.

The little big man of Europe

2013-11-08 09:19

Chinese business takes a shine to the small but centrally important belgium that punches above its weight in the continent.

Quotable

2013-11-08 09:27

"The delisting system is one of the most important and fundamental regulations in China's capital market."

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2013-11-08 09:27

Great expectations in the lowlands

2013-11-08 09:27

Belgium is in the top five countries in Europe for attracting foreign investment, with 169 projects launched last year, 10.5 percent more than the previous year.

The art of staying connected in business

2013-11-08 09:27

Despite its high global breadth of exports, China still remains 74th in terms of global connectedness, says Frank Appel, chairman of the board of management and chief executive officer at Deutsche Post DHL, who was visiting Beijing after attending the recent Asia-Pacific Economic Co-operation meetings.

Prepping progress in principality

2013-11-08 09:27

Though it is the sixth-smallest country in the world, Liechtenstein has big dreams of attracting more tourists and other business from China.

Wanda steers yacht maker to home shores

2013-11-08 09:27

British luxury yacht maker says it will set up a small boat-manufacturing unit in China to make full use of the fair wind in the country's burgeoning yacht market and to cut costs.

Return of the listing fever

2013-11-08 09:27

Record responses to the initial public offerings of two Chinese Internet companies on US bourses has once again opened the floodgates for overseas listings by Chinese companies.