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If tensions are not eased over Huangyan Island, trade between China and the Philippines will be affected and economic sanctions might be applied.
A "milestone" investment agreement between China, Japan and the Republic of Korea was signed in Beijing on Sunday, after years of negotiations.
China's SOEs and private businesses are complementary, and allegations of a widening development gap between the two sectors is a totally "false proposition" .
China's consumer confidence fell slightly last month as food prices rebounded in late April, according to a report released Friday.
Hong Kong's gross domestic product (GDP) grew to its slowest pace in a year and a half in the first quarter, rising by 0.4 percent year-on-year.
Business owners, real estate investors and professional investors are the wealthiest people in Shanghai, according to Shanghai Wealth Report 2012.
Investment growth in the first four months was at its lowest level in nearly a decade, but the figure may rebound in the second quarter.
China's less-developed western provinces have become new champions of GDP growth, as coastal areas experience setbacks in their export business.
Continuously weak demand from developed economies has already led some experts to forecast China may miss its 2012 foreign trade growth target.
Newly released economic indicators show that China's economy continued to slow in April, raising expectations that there will be greater policy easing.
The first quarter saw a slowdown in GDP growth in 29 provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities, mainly owing to macroeconomic controls.
China's fiscal revenue rose 6.9 percent year-on-year in April to 1.08 trillion yuan ($171.02 billion), the Ministry of Finance said on Friday.