An integrated transportation network will get a major boost in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei area this year as regional authorities seek to improve coordination.
Despite uncertainties about the popularity of winter sports in China, the joint bid by Beijing and Zhangjiakou for the 2022 Winter Olympics remains solid amid a belief the international competition would boost regional cooperation in economic development and pollution control, said officials.
A Hebei city aims to build China's "Windsor" to draw more retired people from Beijing and Tianjin municipalities.
Twitter Inc, one of world's most popular social networking service providers, took its first steps into China on Monday, with the company's chief executive officer starting a three-day visit - his first - to the world's second-largest economy.
China's first urbanization plan demonstrates its ambition to achieve multiple goals through a massive economic and social program, analysts said.
Amid continued talk of a bursting domestic real estate bubble, Chinese property developers' overseas expansion has picked up steam this year.
China's largest foreign crude-oil supplier, Saudi Arabia, welcomes Chinese investors in business sectors beyond the traditional energy industry, a government official said.
The yuan eased against the US dollar in the first trading day after China doubled the currency's daily trading band to 2 percent - a move intended to increase volatility and break one-way appreciation.
Sinopec Group, China's largest oil refiner and distributor, welcomes different forms of cooperation with e-commerce companies in its petroleum retailing business which has huge potential, according to a company announcement on Monday.
JD.com Inc, the second-largest business-to-customer e-commerce business in China, teamed up with more than 10,000 convenience stores from 15 cities across the country to try to leverage its online experience in the offline world.
Although the renminbi has attracted a host of suitors from across the world, it is banking on a small European nation to boost its global standing as an investment currency.
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