Strategy is key to success in China: marketing chiefs
2014-03-14 15:01:55
China's emerging middle class - growing and strong - creates numerous opportunities for international businesses in all sectors. These opportunities, however, also bring competition, and marketing strategies are key for these businesses to grow and sustain in China, according to a panel of chief marketing officers (CMO) from different global firms.
Property sales value ebbs amid negative outlook
2014-03-14 08:58:06
The value of home sales fell 5 percent year-on-year to 598.5 billion yuan ($97.5 billion) in the first two months as concern grew about the outlook for the residential property sector, industry experts said.
Jan, Feb figures show chill in economy
2014-03-14 02:25:57
The rapid deceleration of China's economic growth indicators in the year's first two months shocked the market, as industrial output, fixed-asset investment and retail sales all dropped to unusual lows.
From 'Made in China' to 'Developed in China'
2014-03-13 14:14:17
China's drive to shift its role from "the factory floor of the world" to an inventor and innovator has become a hot topic at home and abroad.
Nevada delegation heads to China to mine for investors
2014-03-13 12:56:14
As Las Vegas ramps up efforts to attract even more Chinese tourists in the next few years, a Las Vegas economic delegation will be visiting several major Chinese cities for a 12-day trip to promote southern Nevada as a global business destination for Chinese investment.
Nobel laureate: Beijing reform policies 'dynamic and flexible'
2014-03-13 12:56:14
China's economic growth target of 7.5 percent and reform policies set out at the annual meetings of the National People's Congress and the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, or the Two Sessions, have shown that China is on the track of being a "dynamic and flexible" economy, said a Nobel laureate.
US faces new challenge in critical market
2014-03-13 12:56:14
China represents the second biggest market for US renewable energy exports, trailing only Canada, but it is a market with "considerable barriers", according to a US Commerce Department agency report.
GDP target of 7.5% 'may be possible', expert says
2014-03-10 12:04:29
China's GDP target of 7.5 percent for 2014 "may be possible" but the rate "is not sustainable", said longtime finance professor Mei Jianping.
ZTE, Houston Rockets blast off promo deal
2014-03-10 12:04:29
ZTE USA CEO Cheng Lixin and a few of his associates came down to Houston from their Dallas headquarters and spent the entire weekend joining thousands of local basketball players and fans for the city's 10th annual Blacktop Battle tournament.
Guizhou aims to maintain its rapid growth
2014-03-10 08:15:55
Authorities in the poverty-stricken province of Guizhou vow that the region's gross domestic product will maintain its double-digit growth rate over the next three to five years.
China sees trade deficit in Feb
2014-03-08 11:55:24
China's foreign trade deficit stood at $22.98 billion in February, compared with a surplus of $14.8 billion the same period of last year.
No GM staple commercial production in China
2014-03-07 14:20:41
China has not approved any commercial production of genetically modified (GM) staple food, Minister of Agriculture Han Changfu said Thursday.