Preferences going to domestic firms

2011-06-09 14:17:28

With the growth of the national economy and the continuous development of Chinese enterprises, more middle- and high-level professionals in China now prefer to work for domestic companies rather than foreign-owned enterprises.

'Mainland tourists can visit Taiwan at their will'

2011-06-09 14:17:15

Tourists from selected cities on the Chinese mainland will be able to travel across the Taiwan Straits as individual tourists by the end of June, said a senior mainland negotiator on Wednesday.

Blueprint for fair demolition compensation

2011-06-09 14:17:01

The central government is requiring that compensation for properties reclaimed for demolition equal at least the market price to protect property owners' rights and interests and reduce related conflicts.

China vows stricter food safety law enforcement

2011-06-09 14:16:45

China has vowed to resolve the country's food safety problems through stricter enforcement of laws and regulations, according to an official statement Xinhua received Wednesday.

ASEAN expects China to help boost businesses

2011-06-09 13:45:33

ASEAN Deputy Secretary-General S. Pushpanathan said on Wednesday that China could help boost businesses in South East Asian countries, which are often faced with issues in financing.

He doesn't play golf but can still hit a fair score

2011-06-09 13:28:17

Very few billionaires don't play golf. David M. Rubenstein, The Carlyle Group's co-founder and managing director, however, is one of the very few.

GE intensifies focus on additive manufacturing

2011-06-09 13:27:23

Developing the next generation of manufacturing technologies that will replace traditional approaches that cut and machine parts down with new methods that build parts up, GE Global Research, GE’s central technology development arm, has established a new lab in the field of additive manufacturing. Additive manufacturing is the practice of building up material to directly form a net-shape product rather than forming a product by traditional methods such as forging, casting or machining material away.

China 2nd among favorite places for green M&A: KPMG

2011-06-09 13:25:13

China is likely to attract more merger and acquisition interest in clean energy this year, Bloomberg News reported Thursday citing a KPMG LLP survey.

E China's 4 ports ally with ROK's largest port

2011-06-09 11:27:29

Four ports in east China's Shandong province signed a strategic alliance with the largest port of the Republic of Korea (ROK) on Wednesday in Qingdao, Qingdao Port of Shandong announced in a press release.

Fijian farmers urged to plant more rice to reduce imports

2011-06-09 11:25:34

About 50 farmers in Fiji's Central Division on Wednesday attended this year's first training course on rice production at a rice model farm in Naselai with an aim to increase rice plantation in the country to reduce imports.

PBOC rebuts report of 'canceling home purchase limit'

2011-06-09 11:22:48

China's central bank on Wednesday said the media report that some "central bank researcher" forecast the cancellation of the home purchase limit within two years was factually incorrect.

RMB retreats to 6.4830 against US dollar - Jun 9

2011-06-09 11:20:02

The Chinese currency renminbi, or the yuan,lost 35 basis points to 6.4830 per US dollar on Thursday, according to the China Foreign Exchange Trading system.