Lovers of luxury do their bit for planet

Fair trade and environmentally friendly goods are becoming increasingly popular with lovers of luxury, with distinctive products as much as politics driving demand, according to French fashion and consumer experts.

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Business Indepth

Biz Scene: Market

Foton scraps plan

Everybody is responsible for product safety

Intertek Group, the first foreign testing service company to set up a joint venture in China in 1989, has grown its business here to more than 5,000 people, a quarter of its global workforce, and has built more than 30 labs and 70 service outlets. Dr Wolfhart Hauser, CEO of the London-based firm and a 27-year veteran in the testing and certification industry, speaks with China Daily reporter Liu Baijia about the quality and safety of made-in-China products and opportunities in the testing service market.

Biz Scene: Grapevine

Restructure approved

Biz Scene: Local

Outsourcing push

Biz Scene: Biz Unusual

Five-star birth

Business Indepth

M&As, emerging markets key for big players

Regulators are cautious about foreign investment in China's construction equipment industry, as the sector has become strategically important for the nation.

Nuclear plan powers ahead

A breakthrough in the preliminary preparation work for the construction of the Taishan Nuclear Power Plant has been made after China Guangdong Nuclear Power Corp (CGNPC) signed an agreement with French nuclear company Areva to import two nuclear islands early this week.

Biz Scene: MARKET

Factory gets go-ahead