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A senior economist said Friday that a slowdown in China's economic growth was not the signal of a hard landing in the world's second largest economy.
Chairman of global mining giant Rio Tinto Jan Du Plessis said on Friday that China's debt levels were much more manageable than Europe's major economies and China's economy would be resilient to any global economic shocks ahead.
The People's Bank of China (PBOC), the country's central bank, stopped draining liquidity from banks through its open market operations this week, moving one step closer to easing its monetary tightening measures inspired by economic slowdown and external jitters.
Despite being a developing country, China can use its expertise in health and agriculture to help the poorest countries in the world, especially those in Africa, said Bill Gates, the technology magnate and co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
In declining to now discuss the possibility of buying bonds to bail out Europe, China is being reasonable, the chief of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development said.
Leaders of the major developing countries met in Cannes on Thursday to forge a united front ahead of the G20 summit.
Master of business administration degree programs have flourished in China since they were introduced in 1991. That year saw fewer than 100 students on nine campuses. Last year, more than 35,000 students were registered in MBA courses at 236 universities.
China is expected to receive its first imports of corn from Argentina, the world's second-largest exporter of the grain, next year, a senior Argentina agricultural official said.
Young Chinese people returning from studying overseas and lacking in work experience are likely to earn a starting salary similar to those of graduates from domestic universities, because of white-hot competition in the job market.
Although China's trade volume has surpassed a historic level of $3 trillion, analysts have forecast a grim trade outlook in light of growing global uncertainties.
China's imports and exports reached a record high of more than $3 trillion as of Nov 2, according to preliminary calculations, the General Administration of Customs (GAC) said on Thursday.
As the world looks at China ahead of the G20 summit in Cannes, France, the country's private sector is going through a hard time.
