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China's appetite for oil will remain voracious this year, although growth in consumption will slow, according to China's largest oil company. The country's consumption of crude w...

Beijing ranks first in overall competitive strength in China for 16 years in the past two decades, says a report published Friday. The Report on Regional Competitive Strength Dev...

China and Canada agreed yesterday to take on the energy sector -- oil and gas, nuclear energy, energy efficiency and cleaner energy -- as "priority areas" of long-term mu...

Cheng Siwei, Vice Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, promised to create a favorable environment to spur the venture capital market in China. To t...

BEIJING, Jan. 20 -- Travelers between Shenzhen and neighboring Dongguan will have a new alternative after the two cities signed an agreement recently to build a new expressway. ...

Head of Asia Regional Research of UBS Wealth Management Yonghao Pu said in Hong Kong Thursday that China's economy would continue its controlled slowdown. "China's economy r...

China exported 140 million mobile phones last year, said an Official with the Chinese Ministry of Information Industry (MII) on Wednesday. The export of handsets has been a rapid...

Carlson Wagonlit Travel (CWT), the global leader in business travel management, is keenly eyeing the domestic business travel market as the sector is set to witness double-digit gr...

Following the lead of a number of other European countries, Italy is taking action to woo increasingly better-off Chinese tourists. Sixty-six Italian travel agencies and 62 outbo...

Some 94 million Chinese on the mainland became Internet users by the end of last year, a new survey shows. The number represents year-on-year growth of 18.2 per cent, Director of...

Telecom operators will be the major winners from the government's decision to gradually relax controls over telecommunications fees this year, according to industry analysts. The...

The government gave awards Thursday to more than fifty young Chinese for their excellent work in foreign affairs. Of them, ten were recognized "outstanding " while the ...

Two Chinese-based DVD manufacturers have filed a lawsuit against the 3C Patent Group in the United States, alleging that it violated US laws, leading to unfair competition. The c...

Shanghai Airlines is expected to be the first to fly non-stop charter flights across the Taiwan Straits out of six mainland airlines. The first flight will take off from Shanghai...

Both Lord Sainsbury, British Science and Innovation Minister, and Sir Christopher Hum, British Embassador to China, reiterated their anticipation in Beijing recently that their con...

Economic growth in Shanghai, used to living life in the fast lane, is expected to slow this year as China's richest city grapples with power crunches, a property bubble and traffic...

BEIJING, Jan. 19 -- The world Travel Fair 2005 will open tomorrow and run through January 23 at the Shanghai New International Expo Center. About 480 companies from 47 differe...

The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region's Chief Executive Tung Chee-hwa says the SAR government will continue to improve its policy to maintain Hong Kong's economic growth mome...

Three new highway bridges opened to traffic Tuesday, facilitating traffic flow between Hong Kong and the inland. Construction began on the three projects at the end of 2003, with...

The European Union Trade Commissioner Peter Mandelson says China's market economy status is a technical question, not a political one. The commissioner notes that the EU does not...

China's Ministry of Commerce said 82 percent of the world's leading firms would increase their investment in China in the next three years, attracted by the country's rapidly growi...

China and Ireland have agreed to strengthen co-operation in information technology, software, agriculture, culture, education and tourism. "Enjoying great co-operative poten...

Banks in the Chinese mainland reported total assets worth of 31.49 trillion yuan (US$3.8 trillion) at the end of 2004, up 13.6 percent over 2003, said the China Banking Regulatory ...

The scientific development perspective should be the guideline for Shenzhen’s future social and economic development and pursuit of becoming an international metropolis, Part...

Siemens AG is establishing an advanced software research and development center this year in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, targeting the third-generation of mobile communication tec...

The nation's attempt to speed up its railways for a sixth time is likely to be thwarted for technical reasons, a senior railway official said yesterday. An undated file photo sho...

According to Chong Quan, spokesperson with Ministry of Commerce, the direct investment by foreign businessmen in China in 2004 took on the following three characteristics: the indu...

China's foreign trade volume of high-tech products exceeded 326.97 billion US dollars in 2004, up 43.8 per cent year-on-year, according to sources with Chinese Ministry of Commerce...

China will complete the construction of prototype fast reactor (PFR) nuclear stations by about 2020, the director with China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC) announced Sunday in...

The Ministry of Science and Technology will inject more funds into research and development of technical standards, an official with the ministry said Tuesday in Beijing. Xu Jian...