 Logistics info sharing system opens in Hangzhou
The opening ceremony for the service interface of the North East Asia Logistics-Net, the first international logistics information sharing and cooperation system in the world, was held in east China's Hangzhou on Dec. |
Alibaba opens the doors to its group-buying platform
HANGZHOU / BEIJING - The Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba Group Holding Ltd announced on Wednesday that its group-buying site will serve as an open platform for other sites to sell their goods. |
Korea Life to establish JV in China
Korea Life Insurance, South Korea's No 2 life insurer, said Wednesday that it planned to establish a joint venture in China in a bid to make inroads into the world's second-largest economy. |
E-commerce giant launches reward points platform
Jifen Bao, a reward points service based in Nanjing, will enable clients to redeem points to make small purchases on Alibaba's e-commerce subsidiaries, such as Taobao, and to pay utility bills, company officials said Tuesday. |
Alibaba spins off reward points service
Alipay, China's leading third-party online payment platform and a subsidiary of the Alibaba Group, has spinned off its reward points service as a wholly-owned subsidiary to tap the country's booming e-commerce market. |
Shanghai VW's new car factory to be located in Zhejiang
Shanghai VW's sixth passenger car production site will be located in Zhejiang's seaport city of Ningbo. The new site will boast a yearly production capability of 300,000 vehicles. |
Keeping the flame alive in paradise city for merchants
Yiwu is often considered a success story for rapid economic development. Over the 10 years since China entered the World Trade Organization, Yiwu has made several remarkable economic strides. |
Chinese company's 6 bln USD investment in Brunei win-win for both sides
A privately-owned company in east China's Zhejiang province said Wednesday its 6-billion-U.S.-dollar investment in a petrochemical plant in Brunei benefits both sides. |
Zhejiang vows to leap in film & TV industry
Zhejiang province will accelerate its film & TV development in the 12th Five-Year Plan period (2011-2015), according to a blueprint issued by its TV watchdog on August. |
Home improvement
Someone once described ZARA, the clothing and accessories retailer, as "possibly the most innovative and devastating retailer in the world". |
Hangzhou's outsourcing industry provides jobs
Hangzhou's booming service outsourcing industry will provide about 30,000 jobs by 2015, Lin Ge, vice mayor of the city's municipal foreign trade and economic cooperation bureau |
Gold rush
Beijing's Caishikou Department Store, popularly known as Caibai, is one of the Chinese capital's few malls that are packed even on weekdays when business is much slower at others. |
Key projects launched in Tianfu New Area
On October 20, two key projects - International Low Carbon Environmental Protection Science Park and Tianhe Bio-medicine Science Park - were officially initiated in Tianfu New Area. |
Tablet to utilize Alibaba OS
Alibaba Cloud Computing, a unit of the Chinese Internet company Alibaba Group Holding Ltd, said the world's first tablet computer running on its proprietary mobile operating system (OS), the Aliyun OS, will hit the market by Dec 31. |
North Carolina governor seeks expanded investment
NEW YORK - During a six-day visit to China for the China-US Governor's Forum, the governor of North Carolina will attend 25 meetings with Chinese companies that are at various stages of expansion in the state, part of North Carolina's efforts to attract investments from China. |
Taobao Mall postpones fee hike to ease protests
Taobao Mall announced Monday that it will postpone raising its annual service fees and deposits for its registered sellers. |
India's Tata Consultancy to triple investment in China
Tata Consultancy Services Ltd (TCS), one of the largest software and IT service providers in the Asia-Pacific region, plans to triple its investment in China during the coming three years, the company's top management has said. |
Zhejiang to issue 8b yuan bonds
Government of China's eastern Zhejiang province will issue 8 billion yuan ($1.25 billion) worth of bonds to fund infrastructure this year, as part of a trial program of the central government to allow local governments to sell bonds directly. |
Alibaba vows to step up efforts in online search market
HONG KONG - Alibaba Group Holding Ltd started its search engine service last year to "cause sleepless nights" for Baidu Inc, the industry leader in China, Alibaba CEO Ma Yun said. |
Parcel blast raises concern over express industry supervision
A parcel explosion that injured two people in east China's Zhejiang province on Sunday has raised concerns about the lack of supervision over the country's fast-growing express industry. |
