Key issues involved in the IPO reforms

What's the point of pushing forward the registration-based IPO reforms?

Stocks fall on growth concerns

China's stocks fell amid concern the government's efforts to make domestic consumption and services a bigger part of the economy will not be fast enough to offset sluggish demand for industrial goods and commodities.

Weichai eyes overseas deals

Weichai Power Co Ltd, an automotive and equipment manufacturing company, said on Wednesday that it was considering acquisition opportunities to make optimal use of its resources in overseas markets.

DP-Master wins US plea on pipe exports

DP-Master Manufacturing Co Ltd, China's leading oil and gas drilling pipe manufacturer, has won an appeal against a United States ruling imposing anti-dumping and countervailing duties on imported piping equipment from China.

MCC shares slump in wake of merger with Minmetals

Metallurgical Corp of China Ltd saw its shares slump 10.01 percent on Wednesday, after an official announcement the previous day of it being folded into China Minmetals Corp, the country's biggest steel and base metals trader, as a wholly owned subsidiary.

Stocks edge higher as property shares rise on policy hopes

Chinese stocks inched higher on Wednesday, with property shares surging on policy support hopes as well as signs that insurers are scrambling for stakes in major real estate firms.

Charity dinner aids homeless children

Avene, the French skin care brand owned by the Pierre Fabre Group, raised 500,000 yuan ($78,100) for homeless children after co-hosting a charity dinner in Beijing with fashion magazine Elle China.

Elion's 'desertification' plan gains international acclaim

Groundbreaking environmental projects, carried out over many years in the Kubuqi Desert in the Inner Mongolia autonomous region, are to be used as blueprints to further improve conditions in other harsh areas of western China.

Chinese NGOs seeking wider global horizons

More of China's non-government charitable organizations are spreading their wings overseas, Huang Haoming, vice-chairman of the China Association for NGO Cooperation, told a major gathering of 300 professionals from the sector.

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Luye Medical to buy Healthe Care for $688 million

Shandong-based company to use acquisition for expansion in Australian hospital sector

Lao Feng Xiang to open new outlet in HK

Lao Feng Xiang Co Ltd, one of China's oldest jewelry brands, is opening its largest store yet outside of the Chinese mainland, in Hong Kong - its third launch in the city this year.