China General Nuclear Power Group has initiated discussions with British engineering company Rolls-Royce over its nuclear plans in the United Kingdom, just days after Japanese company Hitachi pulled out of plans to build a new power station in North Wales.
The domestic market is expected to sell 48.51 million TV sets this year, up 1.6 percent year-on-year, with consumers favoring large 8K screens with higher resolutions and new-generation display technologies, an industry report said.
Chinese enterprises are emerging as first-tier international players, with huge strides in research and development, but more efforts are needed if they are to continuously grow their technological prowess, said experts.
Things for Peng Jindong's small e-store, which mainly sells street-dance wear on the leading Chinese online marketplace Taobao, first took off when he obtained a non-collateral credit line of 1 million yuan ($148,000) a few years ago from Zhejiang E-commerce Bank Co Ltd, one of the first five private banks established in China as pioneers of a pilot program.
Since its launch in 2013, the China (Shanghai) Pilot Free Trade Zone, the first of its kind in China, has become a home for opening-up, and companies are keen to test their latest innovations across the likes of banking, technology, e-commerce and medicine.
Qingdao Port International Co Ltd launched its initial public offering on the main board of the Shanghai Stock Exchange on Monday, the first Hong Kong-listed company to make its debut in the A-share market this year.
IBM Corp is assisting Pacific Coffee's digital transformation by helping the brand, owned by China Resources Enterprise Ltd, to establish a smart coffeehouse to improve user experience and cut costs.
China's continuing reform and opening-up will revitalize the A-share market and improve liquidity in it this year, insiders said.
After suspending reverse repos for a week, China's central bank resumed them on Jan 14 in the hope of injecting more liquidity to prepare for Spring Festival on Feb 5.
China's trade and investment relations with countries in South America remain solid and are expected to continue to expand, despite the downward growth pressure and other challenges facing the Chinese economy.
China has been working with Latin American countries to build logistics, electricity and information pathways in recent years, and analysts said the cooperation will continue to enhance and achieve shared benefits for both sides.
Before I arrived in Bogota of Colombia, all I had heard about the country - which is a 35-hour journey from China - was its coffee beans and narcotics.
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