Local govt's sell low-rent housing to ease capital pressures

2011-09-23 17:36:08

Local governments in China are using the sales of equity in low-rent public housing units to cope with capital pressures, as the country plans to provide 36 million new affordable housing units for low-income people to buy and rent within five years.

China, Arab countries trade aim to hit $200b by '15

2011-09-23 15:22:48

How to achieve the goal of $200-billion trade volume by 2015 is an important topic for participants of a sub-forum of the ongoing 2nd China-Arab States Economic and Trade Forum held in Ningxia.

Citibank China steps out to take a journey to the west

2011-09-24 07:51:08

CHONGQING - Citibank (China) Co Ltd, a division of the US financial services giant Citigroup Inc, inaugurated a new lending company in Chongqing on Friday, as international banking giants dig deeper into the Chinese financial market.

Eco-cities are the key to conservation

2011-09-24 09:08:54

Ecological city planning and construction will play a crucial role in energy saving and emission reduction as well as low-carbon industry, as half of the global population live in cities that use 70 percent of the world's energy.

Citibank China steps out to take a journey to the west

2011-09-24 07:51:08

CHONGQING - Citibank (China) Co Ltd, a division of the US financial services giant Citigroup Inc, inaugurated a new lending company in Chongqing on Friday, as international banking giants dig deeper into the Chinese financial market.

Apple opens new Shanghai store

2011-09-24 07:51:08

Apple Inc, the world's top technology company by market value, opened its biggest official Asian outlet in Shanghai on Friday.

Alibaba attracts fund investment

2011-09-24 07:51:08

DST Global Solutions and Silver Lake LLP have agreed to invest as much as $1.6 billion in China's Alibaba Group Holding Ltd

RPD Bloc aims for closer relations

2011-09-23 09:49:08

Governments of the pan-Pearl River Delta (PRD) region cooperation bloc have pledged to achieve closer ties in their transport network.

China's rich defy global crisis

2011-09-23 09:37:16

Despite the looming global financial crisis, the average wealth of China's wealthiest individuals surged in the past year.

Trade with Arab states sets record

2011-09-23 09:09:08

China's trade with the Arab states reached a record high in the first half, and Arab countries expect deeper trade ties with China, officials said.

Revising environmental standards

2011-09-23 09:04:22

China will reevaluate and revise a series of environmental quality standards, including those for air, water, soil and noise, in the next five years.

China's grain output to hit a record

2011-09-22 17:35:53

China's grain output is expected to reach a record high of 550 million tons in 2011, the Ministry of Agriculture said Sept 22.