Steel mills shift to exports as market sags

First-quarter steel exports surged 40.7 percent to 25.78 million metric tons as mills responded to weak domestic demand and falling prices, the China Iron and Steel Association said on Wednesday.

A helping hand for migrant workers

The birth of 23-year-old Luo Guofang's son was a bitter-sweet experience, because just four days later the young mother was diagnosed with leukemia in November 2013.

Battling the scourge of MDR-TB

Cui Kunzhu, a 59-year-old farmer living in a remote mountain village in Yangcheng county, Shanxi province, has been going through a harrowing time during the past seven years. He has been suffering from multidrug-resistant tuberculosis since 2010, after undergoing a cancer surgery in 2008.

Volunteers play key role in patient care

Volunteers recruited by local Red Cross branches have played an important role in the MDR-TB Patient Aid Program.

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Investors remain very confident of achieving goals

Individual Chinese investors have become among the most optimistic globally when it comes to achieving their investment goals, according to a survey by Franklin Templeton Investments, the global investment management company.

PetroChina net profit drops 82% in Q1

PetroChina Co has blamed the plunge in global oil prices after reporting an 82 percent drop in net profit to 6.15 billion yuan ($1 billion) in the first quarter compared to the same period last year.

New trade initiatives to spur gold demand

Gold demand is expected to rise in China and other Asian countries along the "Belt and Road" routes in the coming few years, the China Gold Association said on Tuesday.

Outbound M&A deals reach historic high

The volume and value of Chinese outbound M&A deals reached a historic high in the first quarter of the year, according to a report from PricewaterhouseCoopers, while the "Belt and Road Initiative" is likely to bring new merger and acquisition opportunities for enterprises in years to come.

New iPhones fuel Apple's Q2 profit

Apple Inc's iPhone is reeling in buyers in China, sending quarterly profit up by 33 percent and fueling a surge in growth that led the company to boost its capital-return program by $70 billion.

Piech's exit sets scene for shake-up at VW

Ferdinand Piech's sudden resignation as chairman of Volkswagen AG revealed a rift within the billionaire Porsche-Piech clan that controls the carmaker, threatening to complicate the search for a successor.

Lenovo aims to sell 120m smartphones and tablets

CEO plans marketing, social media campaigns to lure young customers