China's top economic planner said Thursday that Hong Kong was expected to play a bigger role in promoting the country's development. Xu Shaoshi, minister in charge of the National Development and Reform Commission, told a press conference ...
Tencent Holdings Ltd, one of China's largest Internet firms based on market value, is working on a barrier-free technology standard that will allow its Internet-related products on mobile devices to benefit disabled people and the elderly, ...
Tags: Tencent, Lower Barriers
Chinese mainland stocks declined as the country's leader hints at an economic 11-year-low growth target. The benchmark Shanghai Composite Index fell by 0.95 percent or 31.06 points to 3,248.48 points on Thursday. The Shenzhen Component ...
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China will further encourage projects that export Chinese industrial capacity and equipment under a "win-win" principle, an official with the country's top economic planner said on Thursday. Xu Shaoshi, director of the National ...
Tags: Industrial Capacity
The Chinese economy is confronted with more difficulties than anticipated in 2014, but it has scored more achievements than expected, said Xu Shaoshi, minister in charge of the National Development and Reform Commission, China's top ...
China's confidence in achieving its economic growth rate of around 7 percent this year is not weakened despite rising downward pressure, a senior official said Thursday. The economic development has entered "new normal" and economic ...
Cetec has announced its estimate of a 20% sales growth for 2015. "The rather optimistic estimate, especially in such turbulent economic scenario, is supported by a strategy that combines portfolio expansion and the development of custom ...
About 85 percent of U.S. businesses in China are still "optimistic" or "slightly optimistic" in their five-year outlook despite an economic slowdown and rising costs, showed a report on Wednesday. There is continued confidence in business ...
Tags: economic slowdown, economic growth
As more global fast food chains rush to China for expansion, they also have to face the costly headaches in a fast-changing food supply environment plagued by repeated safety scandals. Fast-food giant McDonald's Corp recently announced ...
Tags: fast food, Food Production Monitor
Activity in China's services sector grew modestly in February as new orders rose at their quickest pace in three months, a private survey showed just a few days after the central bank cut interest rates to stimulate the world's ...
Tags: HSBC Services, PMI
The Chinese economy is expected to grow 7 percent in the first quarter of 2015, according to an estimate released by the State Information Center, a government think tank, on Monday. A steady slowdown is expected for the Chinese economy, ...
Tags: Chinese economy, steady slowdown
China's economy is likely to grow at a medium-to-high rate under the "new normal", Economic Daily reported Justin Yifu Lin, a member of China's 12th CPPCC as saying on Monday. Under the "new normal", China has both the conditions and the ...
Tags: medium-to-high rate, new normal
Owing to its large population and rising disposable incomes, India continues to be an attractive long-term retail destination, says the Economic Survey 2014-15. Citing AT Kearney’s Global Retail Development Index (GRDI), the ...
Tags: retail destination, Apparel
In previous posts, I examined the high-tech industry in significant detail by picking a representative sample of leading systems, software, and semiconductor companies. Taken as a group, the selected firms serve the full range of ...
Tags: Electronics Industry, Electronics
Chinese firms are beefing up research and new product development programs in a bid to gain higher margins from the global market, according to industry experts. As a result, the number of innovative devices coming out of China has risen ...
Tags: global market, Chinese Innovations