Investors are in a wait-and-see mood about the newly launched stock index futures, as less than 100 trading accounts were opened yesterday, the first day for account registration, sources told China Business News today.
Individuals in China are now allowed to apply for websites, according to the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, but applicants are requested to hand in a full-color photo, cnr.cn reported today.
China's net import volume of coal surged to 103 million tons in 2009, the first time for the country to become a net importer of its staple fuel.
Chinese mobile users sent about 23 billion text messages during Chinese New Year, a year-on-year increase of ten percent, according to the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, cited by the Beijing Times.
The micro blog of Chinese President Hu Jintao was paralyzed after it was swamped by too many fans, the Yangtze Evening News reported today.
China's web search request volume totaled 203.38 billion times in 2009, a year-on-year increase of 35.7 percent, while Baidu.com and Google.com together make up 94.9 percent of the market, according to a report by a consultancy agency iResearch, cited by the Beijing Times.
The US Department of State announced on Monday afternoon that Special Representative for North Korea Policy Stephen W.Bosworth and Special Envoy for the Six-Party Talks Sung Kim will travel to Beijing tomorrow (Feb 23) for consultations with partners in the Six-Party process.
The planned stock index futures (SIF) will benefit four types of shares, according to the semimonthly business journal Chinese Entrepreneurs.
Will the high thresholds harm the liquidity of index futures? Will the new derivatives stimulate business growth in brokerage firms? What's the impact on the stock market? Here with the help of some securities analysts, we are trying to offer answers.
More than a thousand Chinese tourists toured New York City during the Chinese Spring Festival spending US$6,000 per capita, China Business News reported today.
Ten people have died and another seven injured after an overloaded car crashed into the side of a mountain and tumbled into a 70 meters valley, chinanewa.com reported today.
The old Dujiangyan restoration project started yesterday and is expected to be finished in May next year, newssc.org reported today.