Social security funds to get a leg up from SOEs

Enterprises would have to pay more to bridge rising income-expenditure gap, say experts

Foreign reserves show a record decline in Q1

Foreign exchange reserves held by China fell by a record $79.5 billion in the first quarter of the year from the last quarter in 2014.

CSR sets up UK R&D center

The nation's largest maker of rolling stock, CSR Corp Ltd, said on Tuesday that it will set up a joint research and development center with three universities in the United Kingdom to support its "going global" strategy.

Shenzhen set to steal Hong Kong's thunder

Pioneer city in Guangdong reinvents itself with innovation, technology and a young population, reports Bloomberg.

Ringing the smart bell for success in India

Recently, my teenage son back home in India asked if I could treat him to a Xiaomi Mi4i smartphone, or what he called "the ultimate style statement".

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FDI from nonfinancial firms rises

High-end manufacturing industry and service sector trigger 11.1% increase in first four months

Lenders to issue more asset-backed securities

China's listed commercial banks are expected to accelerate the expansion of their credit asset securitization businesses in 2015, as regulators loosen their control over the sector and the banks themselves attempt to reduce risk amid the economic slowdown.

Crossed wires for phone firms

Is Chinese buyers' appetite for smartphones slowly running out of steam? At least for the time being it appears so, after the world's largest smartphone market recorded an unprecedented shipment contraction during the first three months of the year, an industry report said on Monday.

Baidu starts internal probe into 3 top managers

Search engine giant Baidu Inc has been put under the spotlight after local media reported that the group has launched an internal anti-corruption investigation against three of its departmental directors.

Bourses regain lost momentum

The Shanghai Composite Index rebounded 3 percent to close at 4,333.48 points on Monday, reversing last week's losing streak, after the central bank cut benchmark interest rates for the second time this year by 25 basis points to help shore up the flagging economy.