Gear art: New trade for old business in nation's rust belt

SHENYANG - It was an exhibition all about gears: motocycles, tanks, figurines and animals, all made out of shining gears of various sizes welded together.

Poverty-reduction drive inspires sci-fi writers

GUIYANG - China's poverty reduction program is attracting new participants - science fiction writers.

Farmer Care app offers guidance, increases returns

Farmer Care is China's first app that standardizes and guides agricultural practice, and has attracted 53,800 farmers across 11 provinces in three years since its creation.

CSR progress starts fresh cycle, index shows

In the past two years, corporate social responsibility in China has maintained a strong level of growth and reached a new high, indicating that CSR development in the country is starting a new cycle, according to a recently released index.

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Stocks bounce back on PBOC comments

Mainland stocks closed higher on Tuesday after senior officials of China's central bank emphasized their efforts to keep the yuan basically stable at a reasonable level.

PwC forecasts fewer, higher-quality A-share floats

Chinese A-share IPOs decreased in the first half of the year both in number and value terms, with estimates putting the year's total financing at 200 billion yuan ($30 billion), according to a PwC report released on Tuesday.

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Growing projects from the ground up

Zhuhai Aviation Industrial Park, a business incubator for startups, is rolling out 22 infrastructure projects with a total investment of 1.91 billion yuan ($287 million), in a response to the city's call for high-tech development.

ABB banking on innovation momentum

Editor's Note: This year marks the 40th anniversary of China's reform and opening-up. China Daily interviewed top executives of well-known multinational companies for their views on the country's socioeconomic development.

Space data services set to take off

Civil aerospace equipment company Zhuhai Orbita Aerospace Science & Technology Co Ltd set up a space data trading center in June, in order to tap the growing commercial applications of space technology.

Environmental, economic shift to transform energy demand

In the next 30 years, natural gas will be the fastest-growing energy product in China, with demand reaching about 520 billion cubic meters in 2030 and 800 billion cu m in 2050, said the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences.