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Cross-Strait Economic Forum Held in Shanghai

May 4, 2015

The 10th Cross-Strait Economic, Trade and Culture Forum, a regular meeting between the Chinese mainland and Taiwan, was held Sunday in Shanghai. Yu Zhengsheng, top political advisor and senior leader of the Communist Party of China (CPC), ...

Tags: Cross-Strait Economic, Communist Party of China

Chinese Small Firms Save 24b Yuan in Taxes in Q1

May 4, 2015

China's small and micro enterprises saved 24 billion yuan ($3.92 billion) in the first quarter of 2015 due to preferential tax policies, the State Administration of Taxation (SAT) said on Monday. Statistics from SAT showed that a total of ...

Tags: small enterprises, preferential tax policies

Slowdown 'May Last Longer'

Apr 29, 2015

More steps necessary to reverse trend, says government think tank China may need more time to reverse the current economic downturn than previously expected, and further measures are necessary to prevent an accelerated cooling, a leading ...

Tags: economic downturn, China economy

Belt and Road Account for 26% of China's Trade

Apr 29, 2015

Trade with countries along the Belt and Road, a China-proposed initiative to enhance international connections, amounted to $236 billion in the first quarter of 2015. This translates to 26 percent of China's total exports and imports ...

Tags: Belt and Road, China's Trade

Gold Demand Is Stimulated by New Trade

Apr 29, 2015

Gold demand is expected to rise in China and other Asian countries along the "Belt and Road" routes in the coming few years, the China Gold Association said on Tuesday. In a report on the likely impact on the gold market, officials ...

Tags: Gold Demand, Trade Initiatives, Gold

China's Plans to Set up Free Free Zone

Apr 24, 2015

China has cut the number of restrictions on foreign investment for new pilot free trade zones in Tianjin, Guangdong and Fujian and also for the zone in Shanghai.To increase transparency, the central government has made public a "negative ...

Tags: Free Free Zone, pilot free trade zones

Vietnam GDP Continue to Grow

Apr 23, 2015

The World Bank’s East Asia and Pacific Economic Report April 2015 paints a favourable picture for Vietnam. According to the report, medium term projections reflect gradual improvement in GDP growth and macroeconomic stability ...

Tags: Vietnam's Growth, GDP growth

Retail Business Is Booming in China

Apr 21, 2015

China is quickly finding itself in uncharted retail territory, with a large availability of new shopping malls coinciding with the fast adoption of e-commerce by its rapidly-expanding consumer class. Despite the projection of 70 per cent ...

Tags: retail territory, Retail Business

Guangdong Banking

Apr 21, 2015

Financial service companies expect the pilot free trade zone in Guangdong to play a key role in fostering innovation and boost business with its close proximity to Hong Kong and Macao. The Guangdong zone, to be unveiled on Tuesday, is ...

Tags: Financial service, pilot free trade zone

China's Q1 Tax Revenue rises 3.4%

Apr 21, 2015

China collected 2.71 trillion yuan ($442.7 billion) in taxes in the first quarter of this year, up 3.4 percent year on year, new data showed on Monday. The growth pace was slower than the 9.9 percent collected in the same period of last ...

Tags: taxes growth pace, tertiary industry

China's Q1 Bond Issuance Hits 3t Yuan

Apr 21, 2015

The total value of yuan-denominated bonds issued in China in the first quarter of the year reached 3 trillion yuan ($490 billion), up 39 percent from a year earlier, the central bank said on Monday. Of the bonds issued during the period, ...

Tags: yuan-denominated bonds, bond market

China's Central Bank Cuts The Level of Commercial Banks Funds

Apr 19, 2015

China's central bank said yesterday it would cut the level of funds commercial banks must hold in reserve by 1 percentage point, the second such move this year to boost lending.The move, effective today, comes after the world’s second ...

Tags: China's Central Bank, Commercial Banks Funds

China's Cotton Import in February Kept Unchanged

Apr 17, 2015

China's cotton import in February kept unchanged month-on-month in terms of both quantity and price, but it continued to drop year-on-year. According to the General Administration of Customs, China imported 159,100 tons of cotton, down 0.21 ...

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China's Growth Declines to 7% in Q1

Apr 15, 2015

China's economic growth slowed to 7 percent in the first quarter of 2015, down from 7.3 percent in the fourth quarter, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) announced on Wednesday. The latest figure was better than the forecasts by ...

Tags: Chinese economy, consumer prices

China's Q1 Industrial Output rises 6.4%

Apr 15, 2015

Despite concerns over lethargic industrial output and increasing downward pressure in the first quarter (Q1) of 2015, growth in China's key emergent sectors fed positive sentiment. Industrial output in China grew 6.4 percent year on year ...

Tags: Industrial Output, key emergent sectors