As China endeavors to become the world's leading innovator, several measures are already underway to achieve this goal.
When it comes to innovation in Asia, one country stands head and shoulders above the rest, and that is Singapore. The city-state consistently ranks among the top 10 innovative countries in global surveys.
With China's growing status in the global economy and closer cooperation with countries in Southeast Asia, the number of people learning Chinese in the region is now on the rise.
Heng Qidong, managing director of Shanghai Maling (Czech) A.S., says it was a combination of luck and insight that led to the Chinese canned meat producer's tremendous popularity in the Czech Republic.
The Czech conglomerate PPF Group took a decade to expand its presence in China, and its hard work has been repaid in growing revenue and consumer trust, company officials say.
Something taken for granted in many parts of the world, uninterrupted electric power, is one of the biggest attractions of a burgeoning free-trade zone on a peninsula on the outskirts of Lagos, Nigeria's commercial capital.
Chinese cement producers in Ethiopia say they are experiencing toughening market conditions as demand falls and competition in the market grows.
Finance | Rocky Tung
When Gary C.K. Huang joined the Rotary Club 32 years ago, he never imagined that he would become the president of this international organization. Nor did he think much about the charitable services to which it's committed.
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