Nutritional-supplement maker NBTY Inc has formed an alliance with Qin Shan Tang to be the exclusive distributor on the mainland of the company's product.
A $1.5 waterfront development in Oakland, California, will break ground next year thanks to investment from a Chinese real estate developer.
If investor Warren Buffett was to buy bankrupt Chinese solar-panel maker Suntech Power, it would "open doors to potential investment opportunities in China's utility and energy sectors", an analyst said.
Google Inc, the US search giant, plans to boost its operations in China on display advertising, mobile services and advertising for Chinese exporters.
The world's top two energy users, China and the United States, face an array of challenges in securing future supplies of what fuels their economies.
China's holdings of US Treasury securities surged to their highest level in over a year, allowing the country to remain the largest holder of US debt.
Chinese officials have called on the United States to reduce barriers to Chinese investment and turn to talks and negotiations to tackle trade disputes between the two sides.
China's economic growth and its commitment to urbanization and globalization are stimulating Chinese investment in the United States, said officials from both countries on Tuesday.
The $1.7 billion deal between one of the biggest homebuilders in the United States, China Development Bank and Chinese Railway Construction Corp to build nearly 12,500 homes in San Francisco has fallen apart.
Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker is making his first trade mission to China with a delegation of 42 members, including representatives of such home-state businesses as Harley-Davidson motorcycles.
Residents of the Rocky Mountain city of Fort Collins, Colorado, have gained an important resource for studying Chinese with the opening last week of a Confucius Institute at Colorado State University.
Martz Timms spent his 21st birthday competing against other Chinese-speaking American students for a chance to visit China this summer and meet fellow collegiate winners from around the world.