Experts expect that China will become the biggest auto market in the world this year, the West China City Daily reported yesterday. Based on current trends, consumers will buy between 12 and 13 million cars this year, analysts said.
China Minsheng Banking Corp, the nation's first listed private lender, may get a hearing for its initial public offer in Hong Kong by the end of this month.
China's total premium income of 2008 reached 978.41 billion yuan ($143 billion), making it the sixth largest country in terms of premium income.
The new winter-spring flight schedule released by China's aviation authority has triggered carriers to add more flight routes while greatly slashing ticket prices to compete for passengers.
Insurance funds can be used not only to compensate for insurance companies' underwriting losses, but also to increase their profits to ensure the industry's sustained and rapid development.
He may be a billionaire, but soft-spoken William Ding, founder of Chinese online gaming giant NetEase.COM, feels as comfortable on the farm with his pigs as he does in the boardroom.
While it is no surprise that many Beijingers have taken to coffee since foreign companies arrived on the scene nearly 10 years ago, customers are hanging out at cafes not for the coffee - but the environment.
| Name | Value | Change | Time |
| Shanghai | +0.06% | Mon | 3,109.57 |
| Shenzhen | -0.22% | Mon | 12,815.26 |
| HSI | +1.71% | Mon | 22,589.73 |
| NIKKEI | +0.77% | Mon | 10,362.62 |
| Dow | -0.18% | Fri | 9,972.18 |
| Nasdaq | -0.50% | Fri | 2,157.47 |