Resource companies in limelight

Sentiment improves on hopes of more policies for energy sector

Steel firms surge on premier's call

Share prices of beleaguered coal and steel companies surged on Wednesday after Premier Li Keqiang vowed steps to cut overcapacity and overcome nagging problems.

Vanke falls 9.17% as trading resumes in HK after three-week suspension

Property group China Vanke Co Ltd's shares fell by as much as 11.35 percent during intraday trading at the Hong Kong Stock Exchange.

AB InBev brews up master plan to promote politeness on roads

'Drinking and driving should never be mixed' is message of safety campaign

Ikea boosts education donations to check poverty

Sweden's home-furnishing giant Ikea Group is to donate one euro ($1.07) to United Nations Children's Fund and Save the Children, from every soft toy or children's book sold from its 18 stores in China until Feb 11.

Wyeth adopts more cultured approach

Wyeth Nutrition, a unit of Swiss food giant Nestle SA, plans to add a more cultural feel to its brand marketing in China.

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New World wine, tastes so divine

Ready to get heady, China's growing middle class finds new ways to fill the glass

Retail sales to shrink, only to swell from 2017

Price cuts that kept China's wine market low in recent years will continue this year, and the retail market value will shrink, only to rebound from next year, according to an industry survey.

Taking a shine to the Kiwi grapes

China is now New Zealand's sixth-largest wine export market by value. Wine exports to China for the financial year to June 2015 exceeded NZ$27 million ($18 million), said Natalie Potts, marketing manager, Asia, for the New Zealand Winegrowers.

Top-level changes at SOEs

COFCO's Ning shifts from top food trader to drive Sinochem's international growth

Stocks eke out gains amid State-backed buying

Chinese mainland stocks rose in volatile trade as State-backed funds were said to intervene after a plunge on Monday wiped out $590 billion of market value.