Chinese tech companies are making good on President Xi Jinping's promise that China will provide investment and technical support to expand Internet access in developing countries. They are busy advertising international projects and ...
Tags: China's Race
China's central bank is allowing individuals to set up bank accounts via video teller machines and the Internet. The People's Bank of China issued a note saying banks can use multiple ways to verifying applicants. In addition to going ...
Tags: VTMs, Personal Bank Accounts
It's been reported that online financing and retail investment platform JD Finance, a subsidiary of JD.com, is preparing a 5-billion-yuan Series A funding round with a domestic IPO targeted in 2017. Media reports say the Series A will ...
Tags: Finance Solicits, JD
China's online retail volume is expected to outperform the rest of the world by reaching four trillion yuan (618 billion U.S.dollars) this year, Commerce Minister Gao Hucheng said Sunday. China has attained key targets outlined by the ...
Tags: Online Retail, Volume
The human brain is the world's most sophisticated computer, but a group of Chinese scientists have developed a computer chip that works much like the brain. Jointly developed by scientists from Hangzhou Dianzi University and Zhejiang ...
Tags: Brain-like, Computer Chip
China is set to cut benchmark on-grid price of electricity generated by onshore wind power and photovoltaic power to promote a sound environment for the green-energy industry, the country’s top economic planner said on Thursday. The ...
Tags: Cut Price, Wind Power
Craig Hadley, Victoria Plum’s former head of buying, has joined online-only home furniture brand MatalanDirect.com as buying director. Having being instrumental in leading Victoria Plum to unprecedented growth, Hadley has been ...
Tags: MatalanDirect, Furniture
Baytree Interiors, which retails home accessories, lighting and furniture, has hired experienced interior designer Ella De Wastney to join its head office team based near Bedale. With over 25 years' experience in interior design, Ella ...
Tags: Baytree Interiors, designer, Furniture
A new mobile-technology-assisted APP has recently been made available to young Chinese students in a hope to better tackle the modified SAT, a standardized test for college admissions in the United States. The SAT will undergo its biggest ...
Tags: Mobile tech, SAT Examinees
Alibaba has hired Apple's former counterfeiting investigator to lead the charge against fake products on Alibaba's e-commerce platform. The Chinese online retail giant has appointed Matthew Bassiur as its head of global intellectual ...
Against the backdrop of the gloomy global economy, almost all countries have taken innovation as a key to success. So does China. On top-level design, China's 13th Five-Year Plan for 2016-2020 clearly lists innovation as the number one ...
Tags: Innovation, China, Innovation Trend
pple and China UnionPay announced a partnership to bring the digital wallet of Apple Pay to China on Friday, cashing in on the popularity of such services in the country. China UnionPay cardholders will be able to link their bank cards to ...
British clothing and food retailer Marks & Spencer has opened its first store in Beijing, located in the CBD area. Costas Antimissaris, International Director of the retailer, says their strategy is to focus on big cities. "Our strategy ...
Tags: Marks&Spencer, food retailer, clothing
China's central bank offered a total of 100 billion yuan (15.4 billion U.S. dollars) in six-month medium-term lending facility (MLF) loans at 3.25 percent to 13 financial institutions on Friday. "The move is aimed at maintaining proper ...
Tags: Central Bank, Liquidity
Acura today announced additional launch details for the next-generation 2017 Acura NSX supercar, coming to market next spring, including pricing and the order taking process. Acura also revealed plans to auction off the very first serial ...
Tags: Acura, NSX supercar, Auto