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The government is considering a proposal to link vehicle tax to exhaust emissions, a top official has revealed. "The government will levy no tax if consumers buy lower-l...

Industrial insiders said Friday that upon the impact of both the macro-control move and the new policies on iron and steel industry of the Chinese government, China's coke industry...

European finance officials on Sunday acknowledged the timing of China's exchange rate reform should be upon the country's own decision. They did not press the yuan to appreciate in...

Unocal Corp. said on Thursday that it has got a waiver from Chevron Corp., enabling it to negotiate with Chevron's Chinese rival bidder for the US gas and oil company. In a state...

Raising tariffs against China for its refusal to let the yuan rise would hurt the US, Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan and Treasury Secretary John Snow told lawmakers Thursd...

As more and more Chinese people enjoy surfing the Internet, "greyware," or malicious software, is becoming an increasing concern. To combat the problem, 16 of China's m...

Companies and mines across four provinces have been punished for violating environmental protection laws, it was announced yesterday. The State Environmental Protection Administra...

Beijing is considering allowing private finance from both home and abroad to fund new public transport projects. These investors will be allowed to earn a profit by running transp...

It is unfair to blame China for job losses in the US textile and apparel industry and the two countries should work together to find a solution, head of a leading US textile import...

US natural gas and oil company Unocal Corp. said on Wednesday it intended to evaluate an 18.5- billion-US-dollar merger proposal from the China National Offshore Oil Ltd (CNOOC). ...

Macao's composite consumer price index (CCPI) in May rose 3.68 percent from the same period of lastyear, according to official statistics issued on Thursday. The figures from...

The China Banking Regulatory Commission (CBRC) would raise the foreign ownership limit in domestic banks, Li Fuan, vice director of the CBRC’s policy and regulation division,...

China Construction Bank, China's biggest property lender, plans to sell shares for the first time by the end of the year. It is expected to raise US$5 billion in an initial public ...

Quick, which is more expensive, Beijing or Shanghai? Take a taxi in Shanghai and you will pay more than you would for a ride of equal distance in Beijing. Buy a beer at an interna...

Do you want to travel through the numerous hutong, or alleys, in Beijing by a trishaw pedicab? Or do you want to float paper boats with candles on them on the waters of Shichahai...

China's first private funded oil conglomerate announced recently that it has completed assets integration and will start its business in oil exploitation, refining and marketing. T...

The number of phone subscribers in China reached a record of 692 million at the end of May, according to latest figures released by the Ministry of Information Industry (MII) Tuesd...

Haier Group, China's largest appliance maker, and two US equity giants jointly offered 1.28 billion US dollars for Maytag Corp., the No. 3 US appliance maker, New York-based Bloomb...

China resumed export license for textile on June 19, only six months after it canceled export quota,aiming to change the increase mode of the industry and stabilize the export orde...

The Chinese economy will maintain growth between 8 percent and 9 percent in next two years provided the macro control policy can be carried out effectively, said economist Fan Gang...

Scientific projects from Taiwan and industrial co-operation achievements between Fujian and Taiwan firms were key attractions during the Third China Fujian Technology and Project F...

A State Council leader has called for a wider exploration of the potentially oil-rich Xinjiang to make the region the country's strategic oil and gas base. During a recent visit...

China has limited plans to sell more than US$200 billion of government shareholdings in listed firms, telling companies to specify minimum stakes to be kept in State hands for the ...

The future of China's business hub will require a careful balance of resources, people and development goals, the city's mayor told a delegation of business leaders over the weeken...

The Chinese Government is offering a maximum reward of 300,000 yuan (US$36,000) to people who report illegal CD/DVD copy production lines, according to the National Office for Crac...

One week since China and the European Union reached agreement on textile and garment trade, Chinese clothing firms have begun to see its rewards -- both orders and prices are on th...

China gave domestic insurers approval Friday to invest on overseas stock markets for the first time, opening a new investment channel for the likes of China Life Insurance Co. Ltd....

China has limited plans to sell more than US$200 billion of government shareholdings in listed firms, telling companies to specify minimum stakes to be kept in State hands for the ...

Hong Kong saw jobless rate fell from 5.9 percent to 5.7 percent in the period from March to May, said a report from the Hong Kong government Thursday. According to the latest lab...

China has become a major supplier of the world's merchandise as approximately 60 billion US dollars of goods are to be purchased this year by multinationals from China. Ding Junf...