The National Development and Reform Commission, China's price regulator, has summoned executives from Toyota Motor Corp for questioning over pricing policies and practices for spare and replacement parts in its luxury Lexus division, people with direct knowledge of the matter said.
China upped its commitment to strengthen ties with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, seeking to bring bilateral relations into a new "diamond decade".
Business continued to improve for small and medium-sized exporters in the Pearl River Delta in August, lifted by increased overseas demand and government policies to support foreign trade, a report said on Tuesday.
Share prices on the mainland tumbled on Tuesday, sending the benchmark index to the biggest drop since March, after foreign direct investment sank to a four-year low and investors speculated that new share sales would divert funds.
Many labor-intensive manufacturing industries in China have declined with the country's economic slowdown. But China's textile and apparel industry is determined to resist the trend by becoming more efficient, innovative and environmentally friendly, according to the industry's 2013-2014 social responsibility report.
Markus Lehni travels at least once a year from Switzerland to Southwest China's Sichuan province to check on the millions of trees his company planted in remote mountain regions as part of reforestation projects that started four years ago.
Private enterprises from China have made significant advances in generating economic value and toward philanthropy, said a report on the corporate social responsibility accomplishments of such enterprises.
Cathay Pacific Airways and the Hong Kong Committee for The United Nations Children's Fund raised HK$13.1 million ($1.69 million) last year through "Change for Good", the airline's in-flight fundraising program that collect donations from passengers.
Jack Ma, founder and executive chairman of Alibaba Group Holding Ltd, made an unscheduled appearance at the company's roadshow in Hong Kong on Monday, although there was little need to woo the big Hong Kong investors that have allocated huge sums to subscribe to the e-commerce company's initial public offering.
Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba Group Holding Ltd has been in the limelight recently with its much-anticipated initial public offering of shares in New York. But its chairman Jack Ma has also been busy making trips to countries like South Korea to expand the company's flagship e-commerce business.
Dai Haibo, deputy chief of the China (Shanghai) Pilot Free Trade Zone's management committee, has been removed from his post because of alleged disciplinary violations, State media reported on Monday.
China's largest steelmaker, Hebei Iron and Steel Group Co Ltd, will take a controlling stake of 51 to 52 percent in Swiss-based steel trader Duferco, a move that signals China's determination to offset pressure from domestic overcapacity, experts said.
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