Roewe setting the pace for refined domestic cars

As foreign brands invade China's entry-level, low-priced car market, domestic automakers are moving in the other direction to build more expensive vehicles and improve their brand image.

Ensuring child safety

Editor's note: The following is the latest in a series of weekly auto safety tips provided by premium carmaker Mercedes-Benz:

Short torque

Report: VW to double output

New arrival

Infiniti M long wheelbase

Scalded youngster lands free treatment

With the help of many warm-hearted people, Wang Han, a little girl who scalded herself with boiling water 18 months ago, arrived at a children's hospital in Boston on May 16 for three months of free treatment.

Disaster trainers hail quake success

Staff at a center designed to train people how to cope with unexpected disaster are hailing the success of their program after no injuries were suffered when an earthquake struck a village where they are operating.

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Capital's tech center shows off IT services

Zhongguancun National Innovation Demonstration Zone, China's high-tech industrial hub, is showcasing its business opportunities in the technology services sector at the ongoing Beijing International Fair for Trade in Services, which lasts from May 28 to June 1.

E-book publishers talk copyright protection

There is an even more pressing need for copyright protection in the age of digital publications, said Tong Zhilei, chairman and president of online e-book publisher ChineseAll, at a recent forum in Beijing on online copyright protection.

DHgate aids small firms with big goals

While many business-to-business e-commerce websites are vying for big deals from top brands to achieve revenue and profit growth, website DHgate is focusing on helping China's small and micro enterprises do business overseas.

HD TV sales hot in Beijing

With the total number of subscribers surpassing 2.8 million, Beijing has developed into the country's largest market for high-definition (HD) interactive digital television.

Firms urged to help staff live healthily

A survey conducted by China Health Education Center under the Ministry of Health shows that as a result of high pressure at work more than 80 percent of company employees in China are suffering from not only physical but also psychological problems and nearly half cannot maintain a healthy lifestyle.