Electronic products industrial added value up 18% in April
2010-05-22 10:59:26
The growth of China's electronic products industrial value-added output topped 18.2 percent in April year on year, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) said Friday.
Drought leaves millions in short of food
2010-05-22 10:42:15
More than 8 million people are facing a grain shortage due to the lingering drought in the southwestern province of Yunnan, a senior provincial official said.
First month of futures trading ends smoothly
2010-05-22 09:06:43
China's stock index futures wrapped up their first month of trading on Friday as the May contract was delivered smoothly without triggering sharp declines or volatility in the spot market.
HK exports by land rise 11.6% annually between 1999-2009
2010-05-21 10:34:44
The value of Hong Kong's total exports transported by land had recorded an average annual growth rate of 11.6 percent in the last 10 years, rising from HK$299.4 billion ($38.4 billion) in 1999 to HK$894.3 billion last year.
16.7b yuan to sponsor low-cost appartments
2010-05-21 10:09:50
China's central government has allocated 16.7 billion yuan ($2.45 billion) to help fiscally stretched local governments solve the housing problems of low-income urban families, the Ministry of Finance said Thursday.
Insurers' Jan-April premium income up 36.58%
2010-05-21 10:08:13
China's insurers posted strong growth of premium income from January to April due to a rebounding economy, the China Insurance Regulatory Commission (CIRC) said in Beijing Thursday.
HK consumer prices rise 2.4% in April
2010-05-21 09:58:53
Hong Kong's overall consumer prices rose 2.4 percent in April over the same month last year, the Census & Statistics Department announced on Thursday.
Taobao sees over 1 million online stores
2010-05-21 09:54:41
More than 1 million people in China have opened online stores on the country's largest retail website, Taobao, over the past five years.
Macao residents' monthly employment earnings reaches $1,250
2010-05-21 09:23:02
The median monthly employment earnings of Macao's residents reached 10,000 patacas ($1,250) in the first quarter of 2010, the same level as the previous quarter, according to the figures released on Thursday by the city's Statistics and Census Service (DSEC).
China expands yuan settlement in cross-border trade
2010-05-20 17:47:08
A program for cross-border yuan settlement, which has been piloted in five Chinese cities since mid-2009, will be expanded as the volume in cross-border trade settled in yuan neared 50 billion yuan ($7.3 billion) by mid-May, the 21st Century Business Herald reported Thursday.
Bad debt, late payments on credit cards surge to 8.8b
2010-05-20 17:32:11
China added 1.11 billion yuan in the first quarter of this year to its balance of credit card bad debts, statistics by the People's Bank of China (PBOC), the central bank, showed yesterday.
Cross-Strait trade rockets in first 4 months
2010-05-20 17:27:54
Trade between the Chinese mainland and Taiwan reached $44.26 billion in the first four months, up 67.9 percent year-on-year, according to the Ministry of Commerce.