China urges international support to DRC

2011-05-19 15:39:11

Li Baodong, China's permanent representative to the United Nations on Wednesday called upon the international community to continue to provide practical support to the government of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).

PE organizations launched

2011-05-19 15:37:00

The Yunnan Equity Development Center and Yunnan Private Equity Association were launched on Tuesday in Kunming, the capital of the southwestern province.

China's pension fund increases tenfold

2011-05-19 15:35:28

China's National Council for Social Security Fund said that by the end of 2010 the assets managed by it totaled 856.7 billion yuan,a tenfold increase since it was established in August 2000.

GE launches diagnosis device

2011-05-19 15:33:42

GE Healthcare has accelerated expansion in China's rural market with the launch of a portable and mobile phone-sized diagnosis device in Beijing on Wednesday.

Deer Jet gets Airbus plane

2011-05-19 15:29:31

Deer Jet Co Ltd of Beijing, the nation's largest provider of chartered plane services, took delivery of the first Airbus Corporate Jetliner in China on Wednesday to increase its ability to meet growing demand in the top-end corporate jet market.

Shiseido makes up in China

2011-05-19 15:28:29

The China sales revenue of Shiseido Co Ltd will increase to more than 10 percent of the Japanese cosmetics company's global business this year. That's despite the March 11 tsunami and nuclear crisis, the company said on Wednesday.

PICC premium income surges

2011-05-19 15:26:21

PICC Group, China's second-largest insurance group, saw its premium income standing at 110.1 billion yuan ($16.6 billion) on Monday, exceeding the total for the whole of 2010, the company's management said on Tuesday.

Aging population a challenge

2011-05-19 15:21:37

Census data released late last month have sparked a public debate on whether demographic factors would hinder China's economic development.

Ten measures to promote M&As in capital market

2011-05-19 15:18:36

The China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC) confirmed plans which include 10 measures to promote mergers and acquisitions (M&As) in the capital market, China Securities Journal reported Wednesday.

Chinese military officers' wages steadily rising

2011-05-19 15:15:36

Chinese military officers' wages have risen steadily over the last five years, according to a report in Thursday's People's Liberation Army (PLA) Daily newspaper.

Starbucks to increase presence in China by 2015

2011-05-19 15:10:43

Starbucks will continue its expansion in the Chinese mainland market by opening 1,500 new cafes by 2015, said an official from the company on Wednesday at a ribbon-cutting ceremony for a new Starbucks cafe in the city of Kunming in southwest China's Yunnan province.

China marches towards "green economy"

2011-05-19 14:37:42

That China is talking about developing "green economy" is a move in the right direction, said former Norwegian Prime Minister Gro Harlem Brundtland in an exclusive interview with Xinhua during the 3rd Nobel Laureate Symposium on Global Sustainability being held in Stockholm on Wednesday.