Bond link-up could debut before July 1

Hong Kong Exchanges & Clearing (HKEx) Chief Executive Li Xiaojia said on Wednesday that he hoped the much-awaited bond trading link between the Chinese mainland and Hong Kong could be launched before July 1, as a fitting tribute to the 20th anniversary of the handover.

Experts call on convenience stores to improve service

The number of convenience stores in China is approaching 100,000, generating more than 130 billion yuan ($18.8 billion) in sales in 2016.

Dollar funds for Gansu infra show foreign investors upbeat on China

Gansu Provincial Highway Aviation Tourism Investment Group Co, the largest State-owned enterprise of Northwest China's Gansu province by asset volume, will issue the second round of US dollar-denominated bonds in European markets in the second half of this year.

Udmurtia benefits from Sinopec

Chinese companies' activities related to corporate social responsibility or CSR outside China are setting new standards, and Udmurtia Petroleum Corporation or UDM is a shining example.

Cosmetics sale offers scholars donations, jobs

The fifteenth edition of the annual L'Oreal Campus Charity Sales, which started at Shanghai-based Fudan University on May 4, will have a larger footprint, more products, lower prices, bigger donations and an online dimension for the first time.

CMIG teams up with uni on Indonesian initiative

China Minsheng Investment Group, the nation's leading private investment firm, is partnering with a renowned university to broaden a global talent pool to support the Belt and Road Initiative.

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Manufacturing at new heights

The C919 is not just the first homegrown Chinese passenger jet, it is the nation's first large plane with intellectual property rights.

Global suppliers seek to fly high with C919

The successful maiden test flight of the C919, China's first homegrown passenger aircraft, has shown numerous business opportunities await international suppliers of COMAC (Commercial Aircraft Corp of China Ltd), the State-owned enterprise that built the plane.

Baosteel switches gears,lands big deal from COMAC

On Friday, when COMAC's C919, China's first homebuilt passenger plane, took off from, and then landed safely at, Shanghai Pudong International Airport, it not only completed its first test flight successfully but marked a major milestone for the Shanghai-based Baosteel Special Steel Co Ltd.

This Chinese bird's a beauty!

Last Friday, I realized even journalists, who are supposed to be dispassionate and objective while on duty, could get carried away by emotions. An overwhelming emotion and a sense of pride overcame me when I witnessed the momentous takeoff of China's first homemade large passenger aircraft, the C919, for its first test flight.

First Chinese Brands Day marks rise in excellence

May 10 is being marked as the nation's first Chinese Brands Day, which aims to publicize brands owned independently by Chinese companies and attach greater importance to brand building in the country.