4G spending hits China Mobile

Nation's top telecom carrier's net profit declines 0.6% in 2015 due to impact of increased investment, competition

Small-company shares see biggest rise in two months

Chinese mainland stocks rose, with a gauge of small-company shares surging by the most in two months, in a broad-based rally after United States Federal Reserve officials scaled back their forecasts for interest-rate increases.

Auckland hails FuWah venture

City believes the Chinese company is the right partner for high-end hotel development

Policies aimed at luring success back home

Last year Ouyang Yun followed the route of many other successful young professionals in China, and returned home to start his own business.

Launch of new Shanghai board in doubt

Speculation grows that plans might now be abandoned altogether

Smart era begins for banking industry

Banking institutions have entered a new era of smart financing by making innovations through integration with Internet technologies, said a report released this week by the China Banking Association.

Coke expands sugar cane irrigation

Initiative has already lifted farmers' production, incomes in Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region

New Suning online platform helps Sichuan citrus growers

Suning Commerce Group Co Ltd, the household appliances retailing giant, has co-launched an e-commerce platform to specifically help sell tons of citrus fruit, grown by villagers in Sichuan province.

Creation of biological zone boosts farming in fragile Inner Mongolia

Officials from the Lao Niu Foundation said it has helped nearly 3,000 farmer households over the past five years, through its creation of an international biological demonstration zone in the Inner Mongolia autonomous region.

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Firm develops clean coal tech

Shenwu Environmental Technology Co Ltd, a Shenzhen Stock Exchange-listed company based in Beijing, has released a new technique in coal processing that the company said will significantly lower the costs and emissions compared with conventional coal gasification.

Alibaba arm gets Temasek, GIC funds

Alibaba Group Holding Ltd's logistics offshoot Cainiao has attracted investment from Malaysia and Singapore, including Temasek Holdings Pte, in its first round of external fundraising since being created in 2013.