Domestic tech overcoming unique geographical hurdles

China's shale gas exploration sector, which grew to nearly 600 wells and 9 billion cubic meters of production last year, is due to advance further thanks to new domestic drilling technology and cost cutting strategies, according to analysts.

Shell provides clean energy solutions

As China's growing appetite for liquified natural gas is starting to change the global market pattern, global energy giants are taking action to meet the surging demand.

A-share listing channels expanded

China's securities regulator released rules on China Depositary Receipts and initial public offerings on Wednesday night, a move to expand channels for innovative companies to list on the mainland's A-share market.

E-card could speed up Bay Area border checks

Tencent Holdings Ltd said it is working on an e-card electronic document system to ease border crossing procedures for people traveling across Guangdong province, Hong Kong and Macao.

Foxconn shifts focus to industrial internet

Foxconn Technology Group has said it will ramp up efforts to promote intelligent manufacturing, and take a lead in boosting the integration of the internet, big data and artificial intelligence with the real economy, in a bid to wean itself off its heavy reliance on manufacturing smartphones and diversify into new areas.

PICC gets approval for $1.6b float

The People's Insurance Co (Group) of China Ltd, the country's largest property and casualty insurer by premium income, has received regulatory approval to raise at least $1.6 billion through a long-delayed IPO on the Shanghai Stock Exchange.

Investment in UK commercial property falls 70%

Chinese investment in commercial property in the United Kingdom has fallen by more than 70 percent this year, according to new data, with analysts attributing the drop to the control of capital outflows from China and uncertainty over Britain's pending exit from the European Union.

Domestic lenders lining up for IPOs

Seventeen banks are waiting in line to be listed on China's A-share market, in the hope of raising up to a total of 90 billion yuan ($14 billion).

Zuoyebang offers girls free online safety classes

Chinese online education company Zuoyebang has launched free classes to teach girls about safety, reflecting wider efforts to raise awareness of the subject.

CNPC unit boosts environmental protection efforts

Dagang Petrochemical Co, a China National Petroleum Corp subsidiary, has announced that it will invest 550 million yuan ($86.5 million) to continue its environmental protection campaign in Tianjin.

Bayer committed to promoting women's welfare

Bayer AG joined with the China Women's Development Foundation in May to raise women's gynecological health awareness by launching a knowledge sharing project.

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