Shanghai to soar on FTZ wings

2014-01-03 10:00

Shanghai's experience with the development of Pudong puts it in a unique position to manage the new national free trade zone, says Zhao Qizheng, a former deputy mayor of Shanghai and the first director of the Pudong new zone in the early 1990s.

Busy time ahead for logistics firms

2014-01-03 10:00

Shanghai free trade zone offers good growth prospects for global majors

New model to tackle excessive steel capacity

2014-01-03 10:00

Deutsche Bank AG says that it has, together with Switzerland's Duferco SA, an international steel dealer, arranged an $800 million structured prepayment term loan facility for Tangsteel in Tangshan.

China Mobile moves into next generation of communications

2014-01-03 10:00

Nation's biggest telecom operator to roll out its 4G service in 340 cities this year

Foreign firms still favor east side

2013-12-20 10:05

Despite rising costs in recent years, China's eastern region remains a strong attraction for foreign investors, thanks to its well-developed industrial facilities and infrastructure, as well as easy access to the domestic market, businesspeople say.

Investment growth triple that of GDP

2013-12-20 10:05

China's outbound investment is expanding almost three times as fast as the nation's GDP, and the emphasis is shifting away from resources and toward the service sector and industry, a private equity firm said in a report on Dec 18.

Quotable

2013-12-20 10:05

"Central bank operations recently have already been in the direction of tightening. Monetary policies won't be any looser next year, in the broad policy frame of 'deleveraging'."

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Chemical brothers bond for strength

2013-12-20 10:05

Switzerland-based chemicals major Ineos Group Ltd is banking on its upcoming projects in China to drive growth in the rapidly changing global energy market.

New-age outlook in age-old Hunan

2013-12-20 10:05

The factory floor in Changsha reverberates with the thunderous rumble of mysterious machinery, relentless robotic arms turning out enough building material every 72 hours to make an entire skyscraper. Somewhere in Russia, and in parts of Africa and South America, the pieces of prefabricated concrete wall the factory spits out will become offices and homes.

On the right road back to nature

2013-12-20 10:05

On the banks of Liuye Lake in Changde, where the morning mist hangs over water as clear as a looking glass, Ma Fengchi smiles at the world his generation made for their children. His 65-year-old son, Ma Jianshi, smiles with him.

Silver threads, golden gloves

2013-12-13 09:35

It is early winter, and the sound in the air is an incessant whirring of sewing machines.

Quotable

2013-12-13 09:35

"The steel industry's downstream business will see slower development next year. The ship-building industry, in particular, may see negative growth, which will lead to flat steel consumption in 2014."

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From civil servant to business guru

2013-12-13 09:35

When Chen Jianhua left his job as a civil servant 15 years ago to start a glove-making business, he never thought he would become the largest sports glove manufacturer and exporter in Jiaxiang county, one of the world's major sports glove production areas.

Selective settings for China wash

2013-12-13 09:35

Reflecting some of the settings on its products, multinational home appliance maker Beko is being particularly selective about how it caters to the Chinese market.

CPI eases to new low

2013-12-13 09:35

China's November consumer price index eased to a three-month low of 3 percent year-on-year from 3.2 percent in October, amid relatively weak demand, the National Bureau of Statistics said on Dec 9.

GDP growth could rise slightly next year

2013-12-13 09:35

But unpredictable factors at home and abroad could keep growth at this year's level, economists say

Sinopec drills deep into Africa

2013-12-13 09:35

As Africa becomes increasingly important in the global energy structure, with growing proven reserves of oil and natural gas, China Petroleum & Chemical Corp has big plans for the continent.

In choppy seas, some are shipshape

2013-12-13 09:35

In November, the Chinese company Wuchang Shipbuilding Industry delivered an offshore engineering vessel it built for the Greek shipping outfit Toisa Company.