Promising entrepreneurs, manufacturing delegates and experts gathered at the 2012 Summer Davos Forum to discuss the reinvigoration of China's manufacturing sector.
China's remarkable development is opening up more business opportunities in Europe, including in Lithuania, which is located between the mature markets of the European Union and the emerging economies in eastern Europe.
The European Commission's anti-dumping investigation of China's solar panel products harms the development of alternative energy, said the head of the Chinese solar company involved in the case.
China should accelerate innovation to support growth rather than remaining the "world's factory", though its traditional manufacturing role does help the country remain a leading driver of the world economy, said experts.
Premier Wen Jiabao assured international companies they will be given equal treatment when entering the strategic emerging industries.
As they attempt to achieve a greater international presence, large Chinese companies are facing slower market growth at home as well as fiercer competition from global peers.
According to the latest statistics from the Thailand Board of Investment (BOI), China was the country's second-largest source of foreign direct investment in 2011.
Voyager of the Seas, operated by Royal Caribbean International, carried more than 3,000 Taiwanese tourists in its maiden voyage to Tianjin.
China's exports improved slightly in August, indicating prolonged weakness in the global economy, data from General Administration of Customs showed.
Two economic zones operated by China and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea have started to seek investment, according to an investment briefing conference held on Friday in Changchun, capital of northeast China's Jilin province.
Delegations from China and Canada held talks on boosting economic and trade ties on Friday, according to a statement from the Ministry of Commerce.
China and Switzerland have made great progress in the sixth round of bilateral talks on a possible Free Trade Agreement, according to a Ministry of Commerce statement posted on its website on Friday.