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    Trade growth falls short of 10% target

    16  January 2013 “Negative factors,” led by eurozone woes, were responsible for the trade target being missed, said a spokesman for the General Administration of Customs on Thursday. Although there…

    Central SOEs see profits decline

    16  January 2013 BEIJING – China’s State-owned enterprises administered by the State-asset regulator saw profits drop 6.9 percent in the first 11 months of 2012, according to official data released…

    China’s Dec inflation rises 2.5%

    16  January 2013 BEIJING – China’s consumer price index (CPI), a main gauge of inflation, grew 2.5 percent year-on-year in December, the National Bureau of Statistics announced Friday. The inflation…

    China’s Dec PPI drops 1.9%

    16  January 2013 BEIJING – China’s producer price index, which measures inflation at the wholesale level, fell 1.9 percent year-on-year in December, the National Bureau of Statistics said on Friday.…

    Tianjin development area keeps top spot for 15th year

    16  January 2013 The Tianjin Economic-Technological Development Area is at the top of a list of State-level economic and technological development zones, according to the latest evaluation of the zones…

    SOEs make strong progress on listings amid reforms

    16  January 2013 China’s State-owned enterprises made major progress in transferring their assets into listed companies during 2012, according to the latest official figures. By the end of last year,…

    Cross-straits trade hits $169b in 2012

    16  January 2013 BEIJING – Trade between the Chinese mainland and Taiwan expanded 5.6 percent year-on-year in 2012 to $168.96 billion, the General Administration of Customs said Thursday. The trade…

    Industrial cooperation offers way to expand trade with ASEAN

    16  January 2013 Trade between China and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations reached a record high of $400.9 billion in 2012 and the biggest progress in trade facilitation was…

    China continues to increase influence on global trade

    16  January 2013 The world’s second-largest economy is well on its way to achieving “the Chinese Dream” when it comes to foreign trade and economic cooperation on the global stage,…

    Companies say innovation hampered by lack of talent

    16  January 2013 A lack of candidates for high-level research and development positions is hampering attempts to boost innovation, companies in East China have found. To maintain the country’s rapid…