Clearing the air for the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum in Beijing early last month meant closing many factories and construction sites, which left manufacturing activity almost stagnant, figures released by the National Bureau of Statistics and the China Federation of Logistics and Purchasing on Monday show.
Despite the recent market stimulus measures, China's new home prices fell in November for the seventh consecutive month, private institutional data have revealed. But there were clear signs of stabilization in the country's largest cities.
Following the announcement that China's two largest train manufacturers will merge, the government is now considering another combination of industrial giants, this time in the nuclear power sector
Alipay, China's largest online payments provider, stepped up its expansion in the overseas travel sector by launching a service on Monday to make it easier for Chinese tourists to use mass transit in three Asian destinations.
Malaysia's new 200-kilometer high-speed rail line between the capital Kuala Lumpur and the city of Ipoh to the north, will feature the world's fastest inter-city bullet trains by the end of next year, built by China's CSR Zhuzhou Electric Locomotive Co.
A Chinese-led consortium plans to retender for Mexico's $3.75 billion high-speed rail project, after the Latin American nation abruptly cancelled its earlier win, according to sources close to one of the firms involved.
China will likely lower its growth target for next year at the upcoming Central Economic Work Conference, indicating Beijing's willingness to trade short-term growth for reforms, economists said on Monday.
There is growing public concern over the quality of water in China, with more than 75 percent of urban residents now saying they are willing to pay more for safe water, according to a report published on Monday.
Guangzhou, the provincial capital of Guangdong, signed partnerships with the city of Pokhara in Nepal and Quito, the capital of Ecuador, on Saturday, increasing its total number of sister cities to 36 and bringing the 2014 China International Friendship Cities Conference to a successful close.
As the second Guangzhou International Award for Urban Innovation concluded, the host city looked at the inspirations behind this year's entries.
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