Experts say the successful development of the C919 airliner - China's first domestically built large passenger aircraft - could spark the creation of a nationwide aviation industry.
Growth slowdown, poor power consumption and lower increase in profits seen as key reasons
Europe's biggest lender HSBC Holdings Plc has agreed to establish a majority-owned securities joint venture in China, taking advantage of the country's rules that favor Hong Kong-established banks over foreign peers in the world's second-biggest economy.
ICBC Financial Leasing Co, China's biggest financial leasing company, is to start promoting sales of the domestically built C919 airliner - the narrow-body aircraft being produced by Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China Ltd.
Domestic stocks fell for a second day after official data showed manufacturing contracted for a third month and the authorities detained a top-performing hedge-fund manager in widening probes into market manipulation and insider trading.
Crucial developments are in the pipeline as more environmentally friendly vehicles hit the streets. Below are the four key areas which could revolutionize the industry:
Investors, especially smaller ones, can be confident of being able to trade in a better environment
Listed Chinese iron and steel companies reported wide-ranging losses in the first three quarters against the backdrop of sluggish demand and renminbi depreciation.
Technology will pave the way for surge in sales as companies invest in new line of eco-friendly models
Two forestry companies colluded for more than a decade to control the prices of toilet paper and other products, according to Chile's competitive practices regulator.
South Korean President Park Geun-hye said the emotional issue of "comfort women", who were forced into prostitution at Japanese wartime brothels, would be central at this weekend's bilateral summit and is key to stable ties with Japan.
The ruling party of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea said on Friday that it will hold its first congress since 1980 in May.
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