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Shanghai port reported an 18.8-percent year-on-year rise in container throughput in the first half amid strong economic recovery and booming trade. The country's largest port handled a record 13.86 million twenty-foot equivalent units (TEU) containers, the Shanghai border ...
Rising domestic iron ore production and slowing steel demand have hit some foreign miners and affected the global market, industry leaders said on Tuesday. China's iron ore imports dropped for the third straight month to 47.2 million tons in June, while spot prices have dropped ...
China's machinery industry has rebounded during the first half of this year, but the momentum is likely to slow as the country's economy cools. The machinery industry has grown by 37 percent during the first six months of 2010, with a total output value of 6.59 trillion yuan, ...
Wuhan Iron and Steel Company Ltd., the listed subsidiary of China's third largest steel maker, said Sunday that its net profit rose 90.43 percent year on year to 963.53 million yuan (141.7 million U.S. dollars) during the first half of the year as strong economic growth boosted ...
China's "Henry Ford," Li Shufu, founder and chairman of Geely Automobile Holdings, stunned the world when Geely acquired the 82-year-old luxury-car-maker Volvo earlier this year. Now he is out to shock the world's auto industry again -- this time by selling cars online. Geely, ...
With growing sales online, food may well be the next hot commodity in China's e-commerce market. Online food sales are experiencing a boom as the Mid-Autumn Festival, when eating mooncakes is a traditional practice, draws near, and as growing numbers of Chinese companies enter ...
For China, coal has been both an economic driver and a source of pollution. However, the world's fastest growing economy will continue to rely upon coal in upcoming decades to fuel its economic growth; the difference is that it is also striving to do so in a greener fashion to ...
China will raise gasoline and diesel prices 310 yuan (about 46 U.S. dollars) per tonne and 300 yuan per tonne, respectively, beginning Wednesday, the National Development and Reform Commission(NDRC) announced Tuesday. The is the second increase in fuel prices in two months after ...
China's self-sufficiency in crude oil is expected to be 45 percent in 2010, the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC), the nation's top economic planner, said Tuesday. The country imported 218 million tonnes of crude oil in the first 11 months, a rise of 19.8 percent ...
Due to lower prices and broader choices, Chinese netizens have been roaming shops online for weeks before the Spring Festival, or the lunar New Year. But for those who are still hesitating about what to buy, it would be best to visit a real store. Recently, more of China's online ...
China's Anshan Iron & Steel Group Corp. has inked a deal with British Stemcor to set up a joint venture, an official of the Chinese company said Tuesday. Anshan, the state-owned parent company of Ansteel based in northeast China, and Stemcor will each hold a 50 percent stake in ...
China's imports of iron ore stood at 618.64 million tonnes in 2010, down 9.13 million tonnes compared to the previous year, figures released Thursday by the China Iron and Steel Association (CISA) showed. But spending on the imports hit 79.43 billion U.S. dollars, up 29.28 ...
The value of China's logistics industry hit 125 trillion yuan (18.9 trillion U.S. dollars) in 2010, a growth rate of 15 percent year-on-year, said the China Federation of Logistics and Purchasing (CFLP) on Tuesday. The growth rate was 3.7 percentage points more than the previous ...
The Greek government would launch financial support programs worth 1.3 billion euros in the following six months to support the country's small- and medium-sized enterprises amid economic crisis, local media reported Wednesday. The programs, including the energy efficiency ...
The government will step up efforts to eliminate outdated production capacity, said a statement issued by the State Council on Wednesday. Eliminating outmoded production capacity was imperative to transform the economic growth pattern, boost economic growth quality and fight the ...
Revaluation of the Chinese currency will not help solve the U.S. trade deficit problem, a renowned U.S. economist said here on Thursday. During a roundtable held in New York, Allan Meltzer, economist and professor of Political Economy at Carnegie Mellon University, told Xinhua ...
The country's high trade surplus will likely remain for the rest of the year as domestic demand continues to shrink from government attempts to curb the property bubble, Chinese analysts have said. Exports in July shot up 38.1 percent from the same period last year, bringing ...
The Second World Investment Forum (WIF), seeking to offer insights on the balance between investment and sustainable development, opened Tuesday in Xiamen, in southeast China's Fujian Province. With the theme "Investment for Sustainable Development," the forum is organized by the ...
ICBC Financial Leasing Co., Ltd., solely invested by ICBC, held a formal opening ceremony and celebration cocktail party respectively in Tianjin and Beijing on November 28th. Dai Xianglong, mayor of Tianjin, Cui Jindu, vice-mayor of Tianjin, Cai Esheng, vice-president of China ...
Beijing, January 4 - Ministry of Railways and ICBC entered A Strategic Partnership Agreement on China Railways to "Go out to the World". Guests at the signing ceremony from the Ministry of Railways were Liu Zhijun the Minister; Lu Chunfang the Vice Minister and Yu Bangli the ...
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