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An increasing number of provinces in China are richer than some countries, according to a blue paper published Sunday by China's top think tank.
Copper prices may rise after a magnitude-8.8 earthquake halted mines in Chile, cutting supplies from the world's largest producer, Bloomberg reported Monday.
Toyota President Akio Toyoda will arrive in Beijing Monday following his US visit over the company's global recall crisis to hold a press conference and meet Chinese officials, China Security Journal reported.
East China's Zhejiang province is facing the most severe labor shortage since 2003, with an average of 383 jobs for every 100 registered job seekers after the Spring Festival, the local Hangzhou Daily newspaper said Saturday citing the province's human resource department.
The issue of levying property taxes will be a major topic during annual meetings next week for China's top legislature (NPC) and top advisory body (CPPCC), or the 'two sessions', the China Times learned Thursday.
Beijing's total imports and exports hit $21.95 billion in January, a year-on-year increase of 83.9 percent, according to Beijing Customs, Xinhua News Agency reported today.
Zhejiang province will send four work teams to provinces with a surplus of laborers to recruit migrant employees amid the most severe labor shortage over the past seven years, according to Hangzhou.com.cn.
In what might be the biggest acquisition in China, Ping An Insurance (Group) Company won approval from the State Council, China's cabinet, for acquisition of Shenzhen Development Bank (SDB), the Economic Observer reported.
China's Wang Meng powered into victory in the women's 1,000m short track speed skating race after 500m and 3,000m relay triumph at the Vancouver Olympics on Friday, becoming China’s first winter Olympian to win three gold at one Games.
China will face inflationary pressures in 2010, and its Consumer Price Index (CPI), a main inflation gauge, will probably grow by around 3 percent this year, said Xia Bin, director of Finance Research Institute at the Development Research Center under the State Council.
The proportion of home grown brands may make up at least 50 percent of new purchases of government-owned cars, as required by a draft plan on procurement of official cars, Jinan Daily reported Friday.
Beijing's total population has exceeded 22 million, a mark that is supposed to be surpassed a decade later, the China National Radio reported today.
