Refined oil products output remains flat

2011-11-19 17:42:46

China produced 20.53 million metric tons of refined oil products in October, marking the same amount as a year earlier, according to the country's top economic planner.

Natural gas consumption up 20.4% in first 10 months

2011-11-19 15:42:25

China's apparent consumption of natural gas rose 20.4 percent year-on-year to 104.1 billion cubic meters in the first 10 months, driven by an increased demand for power, according to the country's top economic planner.

China to explore sulphide ore deposit

2011-11-19 14:14:27

China has gained the right to explore a polymetallic sulphide ore deposit located in the Indian Ocean over the next 15 years.

Rule to send gutter oil down the drain

2011-11-19 13:27:00

Starting in March, a person will have to have authorization before he can transport and recycle kitchen waste in Beijing.

China Mobile pins hope on 4G tech

2011-11-19 13:18:47

China Mobile Communications Corp, the parent of the world's largest telecom carrier by subscribers, said it hopes the homegrown 4G TD-LTE technology will account for half of the global LTE market in the future, said a top company executive.

AkzoNobel to invest extra $61m in Chinese factory

2011-11-19 13:04:10

The world's largest paint maker AkzoNobel on Friday announced an investment of 45 million euros ($61million) in a new factory in Ningbo, China.

Metal firm to invest $500 m in Cambodia

2011-11-19 12:59:40

China's Guangxi Nonferrous Metal Group has planned to invest $500 million in a steel plant and an industrial zone in Cambodia in the next three years, Yang Daoxi, vice chairman of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, said on Friday.

Snakes and ladders in Shanghai's housing market

2011-11-19 12:55:22

For Jiang Ke, a 32-year-old employee of a multinational corporation, to buy or not to buy a house in the current housing market, clouded as it is by negative sentiment and tightening policies, is a decision he can't afford to get wrong.

Property prices in big cities heading south

2011-11-19 12:52:36

Nearly half of 70 major Chinese cities surveyed experienced a decline in the price of housing in October, the widest-spread decline in the country this year, as the government's continuous tightening measures took effect.

Five cities to pilot cloud computing

2011-11-18 14:01:49

Policymakers have chosen five cities for a pilot program in cloud computing technology, an area the nation aims to develop during the 12th Five-Year Plan (2011-2015).