Big data expo showcases latest industry trends, achievements

Various cutting-edge technologies are available at the 2017 China International Big Data Expo in Guiyang, capital of Guizhou province in Southwest China.

Access point to continent

For China, there could hardly be a more welcoming entryway to Africa than Mauritius. It is believed that the noted explorer Zheng He received China's first greeting from the continent here during his 15th century voyage, beginning the original Asia-Africa maritime trade route.

Historic Asia-Africa route revitalized via air corridor

The tropical island of Mauritius has revived its ancient role as an Indian Ocean transit hub through a historic air corridor agreement that will bring Asia and Africa closer together, positioning Mauritius as the passageway between the two continents.

Sophistication spurs rise to financial center of high standards

In about 30 years, Mauritius has leapfrogged from a monocrop economy on the sidelines of Africa into a highly diversified economic base that has become a leader of the continent's emergence.

New opportunities putting rising banking sector first

Mauritius' location between Asia and Africa places the island in a busy causeway of cross-border trade and activity that demands an increasingly sophisticated array of financial services.

BOM governor shares views on Sino-African economic relationship

Mauritius' banking sector is well capitalized, resilient and highly competitive, having attracted top global operators that add value to the already innovative financial landscape. The size of the offshore market, however, presents a challenge that must be monitored closely. Rameswurlall Basant Roi, governor of the Bank of Mauritius (BOM), explains the sector's successes and challenges.

Transactional products and services provide links along Silk Road

China set to become top tourist source

When Mark Twain first stepped foot on Mauritius over 120 years ago, he said that the tropical island must have been "made first and then heaven; and that heaven was copied after Mauritius". Twain's observation still resonates today, with Mauritius inspiring a vision of paradise that is framed by affordable luxury, white sand beaches and volcanic mountain peaks.

Reforms open up paradise property for foreign owners

Mauritius has caught the eyes of foreign property buyers far and wide thanks to the island's blissful marriage of economic stability with a mild tropical maritime climate.

First Chinese airliner puts aviation on global map

China's homegrown large passenger plane, the C919, had its maiden flight on May 5 in Shanghai.

Province focused on transforming research into profit

Zhai Wanming, a chair professor at Xinan Jiaotong University in Chengdu, capital of Southwest China's Sichuan province, is going through procedures to determine his research and development team's share of a special technology's intellectual property rights.

Business and innovation center supports EU-China trade growth

The Business & Innovation Centre for China-Europe Cooperation (CCEC) formally started operation in the Chengdu Hi-Tech Industrial Development Zone in Chengdu, capital of Southwest China's Sichuan province, on May 10.