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.

BMW's driving safety campaign aims to protect children on the roads

BMW advocates good traffic behavior among drivers to create a safe traffic environment for children, launching the BMW Good Driver campaign as part of its 2017 BMW Children's Traffic Safety Education program, also known as CTSE.

Growing Jiangsu hub exploits proximity, relation to Shanghai

Nantong, the city in Jiangsu province located at the estuary of the Yangtze Rivers, wants to better integrate with its neighbor Shanghai to become a "northern gateway" to this economic powerhouse of China, according to local officials.

Conference brings neighboring ports' industries together

As part of its mission to become the "northern gateway of Shanghai", Nantong, a port city in eastern Jiangsu, is demonstrating its attractions to businesses from Shanghai.

'King of Fairy Tales' fights back against infringement

Renowned writer Zheng Yuanjie called for increased protection of influential literature imagery at a recent intellectual property forum in Beijing.