China mulls free license plates for new-energy cars
2011-11-12 17:37:48
China is to lift restrictions on the issuance of new license plates for buyers of new-energy vehicles, a move aimed at putting more green vehicles on the country's roads.
Beijing housing prices stumble 5.1%
2011-11-12 14:39:39
Prices for new residential apartments in Beijing have stumbled 5.1 percent year-on-year in the first 10 months of 2011, as authorities' measures to cool the sizzling property market took hold.
$3m bid wins 1st island sale
2011-11-12 10:28:19
Da-yangyu, the first island ever to be put up for auction in China, sold for 20 million yuan ($3.15 million) on Friday.
Power shortages on the way
2011-11-12 08:40:43
The coming winter months may see nationwide power shortages, as the soaring cost of coal hits stockpiles, industry sources said.
Singles' Day sees online sales surge
2011-11-12 09:47:49
Online retailers registered a sales surge on Nov 11, as a result of "Singles' Day", and experts said wider recognition of the event is likely to support the growth of online sales.
Private lenders OK'd to fund railway project
2011-11-12 09:10:22
Individual creditors have been given the green light to fund a multi-billion-yuan railway project in an eastern Chinese city where authorities undertook financial reforms for the city's huge informal private lending market, local officials said Friday.
Carbon emissions cuts set for testing by 2013
2011-11-11 15:46:18
Five cities and two provinces have been chosen to test controls on carbon dioxide emissions, probably starting in 2013, sources with knowledge of the matter said.
Ministry takes dim view of US solar dumping case
2011-11-11 13:24:02
China is very concerned about the anti-dumping, anti-subsidy investigation into Chinese photovoltaic (PV) solar cell producers initiated by the United States, the Ministry of Commerce said in a statement.
Online sales of 3C products fall in Q3
2011-11-11 10:09:12
Sales of computer, communication and consumer electronics (3C) products by China's online retailers in the third quarter of 2011 showed a decline for the first time in three years.
Putting whisky on the menu
2011-11-10 13:46:45
The cognac market in China grew by 17.5 percent last year to 1.9 million cases, according to The IWSR Spirits in China Report 2011. Whisky, meanwhile, grew by a more modest 2.8 percent in 2010.
Jobs crunch hits traffic engineering graduates
2011-11-10 13:58:20
Shi Xin, a fourth-year student of traffic engineering at Shijiazhuang Tiedao University, said he never expected looking for a job could turn out to be so arduous.
Strict checks conducted to ensure milk quality
2011-11-10 13:51:35
Compared with the time that it takes to ensure the safety of a carton of milk, the two minutes it takes to drink it seems insignificant.