Vanke gets creative with Alibaba discount program

Property companies are resorting to imaginative strategies to promote sales amid a market downturn. The latest tactic is teaming up with e-commerce companies.

Carrier says it is jettisoning its first class

China Southern eliminating premium service amid campaign against corruption

Higher inflows from Brazil, Australia may trigger iron ore price declines

Iron ore prices are at risk of falling to their lowest level since 2009 as increased supplies from Australia and Brazil boost a global surplus and prompt the closure of some higher-cost Chinese suppliers.

Former ChinaCast chairman accused in theft of $150 million

ChinaCast Education Corp sued its former chairman over claims he and others stole more than $150 million of the online education company's funds and assets over a four-year period.

Summer Davos aims for 'green' meeting of minds

The 2014 Tianjin Summer Davos Forum, also known as the Eighth Annual Meeting of the New Champions, will be held with a more sustainable and environmentally friendly fashion this year.

Mars to set up food safety center

New facility in Beijing to lead R&D, quality efforts of global manufacturer

Foreign firms in China release CSR reports

Fifty-three foreign enterprises in Shanghai collectively released for the first time their corporate social responsibility reports on Aug 12.

Sinopec sponsors a 'health train' to put rural lives back on track

Meng Zhaowen, 24, a college student in Shandong province, wrote down a thank-you note right after she received her cataract surgery on a hospital train sponsored by Sinopec Group, China's largest petrochemical company.

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Experts predict local OS will be ready by October

Domestic software developers set to benefit from localization plans

Sinopec retail plans on track

China Petroleum & Chemical Corp (Sinopec) has shortlisted at least 37 bidding consortia for a stake of up to 30 percent in its fuel retail unit and plans to choose a winner by end-September, its chairman said on Monday.

Nuclear companies planning to power up exports

There's a saying in the nation's atomic industry that one reactor sold abroad equals 1 million cars, reports Lyu Chang.