Top brands fail to pass quality test
2011-04-20 10:08:31
Many Chinese consumers favor foreign brands because of their international appeal and perceived higher quality. Now shoppers, and consumers worldwide, might have to think twice.
China to further soak up liquidity
2011-04-19 17:31:32
China will continue to soak up excess liquidity as the country tries to keep full-year inflation down to 4 percent in 2011, said Hu Xiaolian, deputy governor of China's central bank in a speech published on Tuesday.
China's March FDI up 32.9% yr-on-yr
2011-04-19 14:25:36
Foreign direct investment (FDI) into China grew by 32.9 percent year-on-year to $12.52 billion in March, the Ministry of Commerce (MOC) said Tuesday.
PBOC governor: Foreign reserves excessive
2011-04-19 14:13:08
China's huge stockpile of foreign exchange reserves, the world's largest, have become excessive and the government must diversify investments using the reserves, Zhou Xiaochuan, governor of the People's Bank of China, said.
China to let yuan rise faster to ease prices
2011-04-19 13:14:10
China is expected to let the yuan rise at a faster pace as a way to help curb inflation, the China Securities Journal said on Tuesday.
Spring Air plans overseas JVs
2011-04-19 11:10:05
Spring Airlines, China's first budget airline, is hoping to set up joint ventures in Japan and South Korea to expand its presence in the neighboring markets, said the carrier's chairman of the board.
Wealthy Chinese falling in love with luxury
2011-04-19 10:58:44
China to put brakes on its economic bullet train
2011-04-19 10:05:23
Just as it lowered the speed of its Beijing-Shanghai bullet train to ensure safety and affordability, China is trying to slow down its rapid economic growth to encourage sustainability over the next five years.
New rules on State assets management
2011-04-19 09:48:13
China has revised and issued its guidance and supervision regulation on the management of local State-owned assets to promote the preservation and accretion of State assets.
Inflation could shoot past target
2011-04-19 09:52:06
China's inflation this year will overshoot the government's target despite more expected tightening measures, Wang Tao, head of China Economic Research at UBS AG, said on Monday.
China's State firms see profit gains in Q1
2011-04-19 09:27:57
The combined profits of China's State-owned enterprises and State-holding companies rose 27.5 percent year-on-year in the first quarter to 512.35 billion yuan ($77.6 billion), the Ministry of Finance announced Monday.
Housing prices dip in survey
2011-04-19 09:27:04
Property prices in key cities grew slower in March, and some actually declined, as the government's measures to curb rampant real estate speculation and tightened monetary policies began to bite.