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'More progress lies ahead' for FTZ

[2014-09-27 08:36]

Officials say crude oil futures trading may be the next innovation in zone

Trade zone's new gold board 'gets off to slow start'

[2014-09-27 08:36]

One week after the Shanghai Gold Exchange started trading in the China (Shanghai) Pilot Free Trade Zone, transactions on the international board have been scant compared with international peers. But analysts said it is still too early to assess the board's operations.

Shanghai, HK stock program will offer flexibility

[2014-09-27 08:36]

Investors participating in the upcoming Shanghai-Hong Kong Stock Connect program are expected to have more flexibility in trading than under previous rules, according to a set of revised regulations published by the Shanghai Stock Exchange on Friday.

Necessity is the mother of invention for developers

[2014-09-27 08:36]

Tough times for China's developers are creating a showcase for marketing experts, whose creative and sometimes downright bizarre ideas are desperately wanted by property companies grappling with continuous downturn.

Short sellers expect Alibaba price slide

[2014-09-27 08:36]

Short sellers are making their first bets on a retreat in Alibaba Group Holding Ltd a week after the company priced the world's biggest-ever initial public offering.

Use of the renminbi is gaining ground globally

[2014-09-27 08:36]

More financial institutions are using Chinese currency for payments, says SWIFT study

Higher prices boost domestic aluminum production

[2014-09-27 08:36]

Higher aluminum prices have prompted some Chinese smelters to abandon production cutbacks and are seen leading to restarts of other plants, chipping away at what was expected to be the first global deficit after years of oversupply.

China Mobile to pare smartphone subsidies soon

[2014-09-27 08:36]

China Mobile Ltd, the world's largest carrier, is taking steps to eliminate $2 billion in smartphone subsidies by revising the packages available for devices sold at its flagship store in Beijing.

Pepping up prevention

[2014-09-26 08:09]

Non-governmental organization worker Yang Jie believes the authorities are overlooking an important weapon in their fight against the growing threat of HIV/AIDS.

High alert

[2014-09-25 08:15]

Tang Zheng stood on top of the brick fort, at 4,300 meters above sea level on the Pamir Plateau.

'Friendship road' fuels business

[2014-09-25 08:15]

Pakistani businessman Saifullah Baig has been trading via the Karakoram Highway for more than two decades.

Sea change

[2014-09-24 07:10]

At the sound of a steam whistle, the troops on the People's Liberation Army navy cruiser spread white chrysanthemums and red Chinese roses on the waters, where China was defeated during the Jiawu War, or the First Sino-Japanese War, in 1894.