Online orders surge after big festival
2012-02-04 09:59:57
In the week following Spring Festival, online retailers and delivery services were overwhelmed by a flood of orders from customers unable to access certain virtual stores due to holiday closures.
China issues infant formula regulation
2012-02-04 01:10:22
China's Ministry of Health (MOH) on Friday issued a regulation to standardize infant formula for children with congenital diseases.
Land sales in January plummets by 50%
2012-02-03 16:32:35
Land sales in China's 300 major cities dropped by nearly 50 percent year-on-year in January, as the property market cools down amid the government's rigorous measures.
China pledges tightened supervision to ensure food safety
2012-02-03 15:55:22
China's Health Ministry has pledged to improve its supervision measures to keep the country's food safe from contamination.
Public views solicited on vehicle recall regulation
2012-02-03 15:54:15
The Legislative Affairs Office of the State Council, or China's cabinet, published a draft regulation on recalling defective vehicles Friday to solicit public opinions.
Can deliverymen keep pace with e-commerce boom?
2012-02-03 15:53:05
After unloading piles of packages from a van and stuffing them into a backpack, deliveryman Dong Zhongting starts his electric bike and zooms away from a delivery terminal in the early morning.
Chinese wine investors worry as rare vintages drop in value
2012-02-03 10:17:43
Tipsy Chinese investors drunk on the legend of Lafite wine have been rudely shocked by the cold economic fact that what goes up can come down.
China's holiday gift market is booming
2012-02-03 10:14:01
The demand in the Chinese gift market was as much as $122 billion in 2011, and the Spring Festival accounted for up to 60 percent of this huge market.
Nascent storage industry taking off
2012-02-03 10:07:14
A Western practice has landed in China to solve a new dilemma for urban residents: too much stuff and not enough space.
China's electronics exports, imports up 11.5% in 2011
2012-02-03 10:03:02
The export and import value of China-made electronics rose 11.5 percent year-on-year to $1.13 trillion in 2011, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) said on Thursday.
China to balance grain market through imports
2012-02-03 10:01:55
Even though China's grain output hit a record high last year, the country will continue to maintain grain imports at appropriate levels to balance market demand and supply, a senior official said Thursday.
Travelers get urge to splurge
2012-02-03 09:39:31
Chinese consumers were big buyers of luxury goods worldwide during the recent Spring Festival holiday, an industry report showed.