China can make considerable progress in food self-sufficiency if it uses methods like consolidation of farmlands and encourages use of modern machinery, technologies and good practices for agriculture, said a report published by Rabobank.
Leading domestic peer-to-peer lending and wealth management company CreditEase Corp has been relying on big data technology to give consumers quick decisions on loans, senior executives of the company said.
Two local governments have withdrawn support for bond sales by their financing vehicles in the space of a week, throwing the market into disarray.
The State Intellectual Property Office announced recipients of the nation's top awards for patents at a ceremony on Dec 12 to honor 20 gold-medal invention and utility models, and five industrial designs.
The State Intellectual Property Office has started trial operations of an online patent information system that offers free updates and downloads of patent data from China and abroad.
At the Second China Music Industry Conference in Beijing on Friday, representatives of music companies, copyright agencies and law firms called for stronger enforcement and awareness to better protect music copyrights.
Baijiu maker Wuliangye Yibin Co Ltd has teamed up with United States liquor giant Brown-Forman Corp to develop new products for emerging markets and counter sluggish baijiu sales business due to the ongoing crackdown on corruption and extravagance in China.
XE Flavor Group Co Ltd, the former high-end catering and restaurant company, has sold all its XE Flavor catering services and trademarks for 300 million yuan ($48.46 million) to Shenzhen Jiajia Catering Service Co, the company said in regulatory a statement.
Brokerages in China are on a broad-based hiring spree to capitalize on booming local stock markets and a surge in new clients and trading activity.
The nation faces four key tasks in sustaining economic growth under the "new normal" situation, a top economist said.
Recent macroeconomic data show that 2015 may present challenges for an economic recovery, and it will take profound reforms to upgrade industries from low value-added outputs to higher ones.
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