Students left impressed by Swedish corporate values

Organizers of The Swedish Spirit of Innovation, a program promoting Swedish corporate culture among Chinese college campuses, said the initiative has attracted more than 1,300 students and young professionals to events in Shanghai, Beijing and Nanjing.

Revised laws hit the small players

Recent revision of China's environmental law could sound the death knell for many of the country's smaller iron and steel companies, according to industry commentators.

Bringing old and new together

Jinhua Home-Stay project fosters healthy exchanges on ancient village preservation

Turmoil has little impact on US-listed companies

Some Chinese companies listed on the US stock exchanges have not lost their appetite for going private despite the continuing turmoil in China's stock market.

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Online shoppers pack heavy wallet

Chinese shoppers who make purchases online from US merchants are spending more than three times what US consumers are spending, according to new research from PayPal.

Aliyun gets more funding to expand cloud-based offering

Alibaba arm expects huge growth as businesses use big data, other technologies for industrial transformation

Ford: Car sales may shrink

US motor giant warns it could be facing its slowest Chinese performance in 17 yrs

Realty slowdown proves fillip for associated sectors

The slowdown in real estate sales will help the country's furniture sector and other building products producers raise their environmental standards, and weed out weak industry players, according to a leading industry body.

Volkswagen lowers sales forecast amid slowdown

Volkswagen AG has lowered its global sales forecast amid a slowdown in China and challenging markets in Russia and South America.

SOE reform to open door to foreign capital

Mixed ownership will provide an opportunity for overseas enterprises to enter key industries blocked to private investors China has been pressing ahead with plans to expand mixed ownership of State-owned enterprises to boost economic efficiency. This is expected to produce unprecedented opportunities for foreign companies.

Obama cancels stay at Waldorf

US president switches from Chinese-owned hotel for upcoming UN General Assembly