China, the world's most-populous country and the biggest consumer of rice, soybeans and wheat, has begun a campaign to push genetically modified organisms as it seeks to expand food supplies.
The Global Innovation Index for 2014 sees Singapore, South Korea and Hong Kong in the top 20 and expects the Chinese mainland to hit the top 20 before too long.
Despite signs of softer growth momentum, Kazuhiro Tsuga, president of Panasonic Corporation, has voiced confidence in China's economy, which he said has great potential.
Brussels has decided not to launch an anti-subsidies investigation into Chinese telecommunications equipment makers Huawei Technologies Co. and ZTE Corp.
China's top economic planning agency said that it will lower domestic fuel prices by about 300 yuan ($49) a metric ton effective Saturday, the sixth cut in four months.
China will set an economic growth target of about 7% for 2015, the weakest expansion in a generation as the country's leaders tackle debt risks and imbalances.
Leaders of top the US-based companies have urged President Barack Obama to make the China-US Bilateral Investment Treaty a top priority when he meets with President Xi Jinping next month.
China's top planning agency has issued stricter rules for approval of bond sales by local government financing vehicles, people familiar with the matter said.
Costco Wholesale Corp, known for its US membership-only warehouse clubs, is entering China without a store as it will sell food and household items to Chinese consumers on Tmall.
The timeline for approval and construction remains unclear even as energy officials push for more nuclear generation to meet electricity demands of a growing economy.
Domestic financial and professional service companies continued to push up demand for office buildings in Shanghai's central business district during the third quarter of 2014.
A Chinese drug maker is seeking fast-track approval for a drug that it says can cure Ebola, as China joins the race to help treat a deadly outbreak of the disease.
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