China Minsheng Investment Group, the nation's leading private investment firm, is partnering with a renowned university to broaden a global talent pool to support the Belt and Road Initiative.
The C919 is not just the first homegrown Chinese passenger jet, it is the nation's first large plane with intellectual property rights.
The successful maiden test flight of the C919, China's first homegrown passenger aircraft, has shown numerous business opportunities await international suppliers of COMAC (Commercial Aircraft Corp of China Ltd), the State-owned enterprise that built the plane.
On Friday, when COMAC's C919, China's first homebuilt passenger plane, took off from, and then landed safely at, Shanghai Pudong International Airport, it not only completed its first test flight successfully but marked a major milestone for the Shanghai-based Baosteel Special Steel Co Ltd.
Last Friday, I realized even journalists, who are supposed to be dispassionate and objective while on duty, could get carried away by emotions. An overwhelming emotion and a sense of pride overcame me when I witnessed the momentous takeoff of China's first homemade large passenger aircraft, the C919, for its first test flight.
May 10 is being marked as the nation's first Chinese Brands Day, which aims to publicize brands owned independently by Chinese companies and attach greater importance to brand building in the country.
BGI Genomics, China's leading DNA sequencing provider, said is partnering with United Kingdom genomics software company Congenica to bring cutting-edge genome-based medicine to China's healthcare system.
Chinese college students spent a total of 685 billion yuan ($99 billion) last year, with each spending more than 1,400 yuan a month on average, according to a survey released in Beijing on Tuesday.
NEW YORK - US President Donald Trump has pledged a massive infrastructure plan in the country, which may bring increasing opportunities for Chinese companies, US experts said recently.
Chinese are increasingly preferring road trips overseas as the preferred way to travel and soak in sights and cultures. The United States remains their top destination with Los Angeles, Las Vegas and San Francisco being particularly popular.
International travel technology service provider Amadeus said it believes that rail travel will play an even greater role in supplementing and complementing the wider travel industry in China - as well as other parts of the globe.