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), ...
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 ...
Output of China's building materials sector fell in the first quarter as the property market remained weak, the country's top economic planner indicated on Wednesday. Cement output was down 3.4 percent year on year to 428 million tons, ...
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Chinese Premier Li Keqiang on Tuesday called for improved import and export policies to offer more choice to the domestic market. Boosting domestic demand is key to ensuring steady growth and successful economic restructuring, said a ...
Tags: Domestic Market, Consumer Goods
Intertek, a leading provider of quality and safety services to industries around the world, has opened a comprehensive leather and footwear testing facility in Chennai, India, to support the country’s leather, footwear and leather ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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
In late March, on the 10 hectare former airstrip at the Gatton campus of The University of Queensland in Brisbane St Lucia, the 3.275MW Gatton Solar Research Facility (the state's largest solar array) was officially opened by Industry and ...
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IRL has announced the launch of a new edition of its single country report A Profile of the Indian Paint Industry. In this study, IRL examines India’s paints and coatings market independently and not as part of a regional study on the ...
ThyssenKrupp has opened a new automotive steering components plant in Puebla, Mexico. The facility complements ThyssenKrupp's existing plants that produce components for the automotive industry in Mexico. The company's products include ...
Germany is sending out a message to the global textile industry for fair production. The steering committee of the Partnership for Sustainable Textiles, the German Development Ministry and the textile industry have put in place a roadmap ...
The National Development and Reform Commission, the nation's top economic planner, said on Friday that retail prices of gasoline would be hiked by 300 yuan ($48.55) a metric ton, or 0.22 yuan a liter from Saturday, while diesel prices would ...
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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 ...
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