Chint Group, China's leading industrial electrical equipment and new-energy company, will definitely be making new investments in 2017 - particularly in economies along the Belt and Road Initiative - as part of its aggressive globalization strategy, its chairman told China Daily on Friday.
Boeing Co plans to deliver some of its new fuel-efficient B737 Max aircraft directly to Chinese customers from its fledgling completion and delivery center in Zhoushan, Zhejiang province, after the plant begins operations, the company said in Beijing.
COSCO Shipping Heavy Industry Co Ltd, China's third largest shipbuilder by output, plans to cut the number of shipyards that are able to manufacture offshore engineering products from five to two by 2020, its senior executive said on Friday.
Nasdaq-listed JD, a Chinese online marketplace, said it has agreed to sell its 68.6 percent stake in its finance unit, JD Finance, for 14.3 billion yuan ($2.07 billion) in cash by the middle of this year, which is expected to pave the way for the latter's listing eventually.
Major Chinese chemical company Lianhetech has bought UK-based chemical manufacturer Fine Industries in a 103 million pound ($126.5 million) deal, securing an operation with more than 200 jobs and providing Lianhetech with its first European base.
BARCELONA - Phones rugged enough to survive falling from the sky or resistant to foaming hand soap - just some of the special features mobile phonemakers are offering to appeal to niche markets.
LONDON - A British zoo is facing closure and its owner prosecution after nearly 500 of its animals died of poor nutrition, cramped conditions and hypothermia over four years, it emerged on Wednesday.
HAVANA - In Cuba's westernmost province of Pinar del Rio, farmer Francisco Lazo has cultivated tobacco for two decades and shows no signs of slowing down.
LAKE TITICACA, PERU - Tucked between snow-capped mountains, it was once worshipped by the Incas, who proclaimed the deep blue waters the birthplace of the sun.
DHAKA - A memorial that was built to honor a Buddhist cleric has opened in Bangladesh after receiving support from China.
Editor's note: On Wednesday, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Cyberspace Administration of China jointly released a document titled "International Strategy of Cooperation on Cyberspace". Full text below:
LOS ANGELES - An accountant for the Academy Awards botched the meticulous procedure for announcing the Oscar for best picture when he handed victory to La La Land before declaring Moonlight the real winner, PricewaterhouseCoopers said on Monday.
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