Ties to cover more sectors
2012-02-10 13:53:57
China is willing to increase imports from Canada and to boost cooperation in energy and other areas, Chinese leaders said on Thursday.
Lanxess issues 500m yuan in 'dim sum' bonds
2012-02-10 13:52:12
Lanxess AG announced on Thursday that it will issue Chinese offshore renminbi-dominated bonds in Hong Kong worth 500 million yuan to build a new leather chemicals plant in Changzhou, Jiangsu province.
China's current account surplus narrows in 2011
2012-02-10 13:39:46
China's current account surplus narrowed sharply by more than one third from a year earlier to $201.1 billion last year, the State Administration of Foreign Exchange said Friday.
LVMH fund buys stake in Chinese fashion brand
2012-02-10 13:21:34
CITIC Group is joining with a private-equity fund financed by the French luxury giant LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SA to buy a 10 percent stake in the Chinese fashion brand Ochirly.
Use of fossil fuels to decline
2012-02-10 09:09:36
China's consumption of fossil fuels declined slightly in 2011, but the world's largest energy consumer still faces great challenges in optimizing its energy structure, said analysts.
TPG raises 4b-yuan fund in Chongqing
2012-02-09 17:26:37
TPG, a leading global private investment firm, has raised 4 billion yuan ($640 million) for a yuan-denominated private fund established in southwest China's Chongqing municipality last August, the local government reported Thursday.
China auto sales fall 26.39% in January
2012-02-09 17:29:33
China's automobile sales plunged 26.39 percent year-on-year to 1.39 million units in January this year due to festival factors, the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers (CAAM) said Thursday.
Chinese stocks moderately higher on inflation data
2012-02-09 15:58:08
China's stocks ended slightly higher on Thursday after official data showed a rebound in consumer price growth in January.
Exports drop first time in 2 years
2012-02-10 14:34:55
China's exports for January decreased slightly from a year earlier, the first drop in more than two years, as demand from European markets continued to shrink and the Chinese new year holiday slowed trade.
Association denies rare earth deal with Japan
2012-02-09 12:55:08
An association in China's major rare earth reserve region on Wednesday denied Japanese media reports claiming that it has agreed to cooperate on mineral business with its Okinawa counterpart.
Canada trade links tightened
2012-02-09 09:01:46
China and Canada signed a series of agreements on Wednesday covering energy, investments and other sectors.
Pizza Hut seeks bigger piece of pie
2012-02-09 10:51:52
Pizza Hut, a restaurant chain owned by Yum! Brands Inc, announced it will open at least 150 restaurants in China this year as its parent company moves forward with plans to expand overseas.