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.

Securities chief 's pledge boosts market sentiment

Chinese mainland stocks gained the most in more than a week in Monday trading, as investor sentiment was boosted by the new securities chief's pledge for reform.

Regulator vows to get tough on online brokers

China's top banking regulator has vowed to crack down on illegal fundraising activities by unscrupulous online brokers and warned investors to be wary of their schemes.

Vanke seeks rail expansion

Leading property developer China Vanke Co Ltd is positively bringing in strategic partners and undertaking personnel changes to participate in urban rail construction and explore new business opportunities, experts said.

Supply-side reform key for SOEs

Kocel Machinery Company, a State-owned enterprise that had been struggling in the anemic foundry industry, is recovering amid a wave of economic reforms in China.

Big cities' property gets frothy amid leveraged purchase

Wang Xin was close to buying an apartment in downtown Beijing for 3.3 million yuan ($500,000), but the home owner raised the price by 20,000 yuan at the last minute.