Policy Updates & Analysis
Businesses ready for healthcare plan
China's healthcare reform plan will create a huge potential market for health-services providers, pharmaceutical companies and insurers.
Ping An Insurance 2008 net profit down 94.4%
Ping An Insurance (Group) Company of China, Ltd., China's second largest insurer by market value, said Wednesday its net profit in 2008 plunged 94.4 percent from a year ago.
New international standards push upgrading of oral nursing industry
New international standards push upgrading of oral nursing industry
Read moreChina's first national coal reserve base to be built in east China in Longkou
Shandong, as one of China's three largest coal producers, will start construction of a national coal reserve base in Longkou, with designed distribution capacity of 10 million tons for the first phase project, and long-term target of 50 million tons.
China discovers huge coal reserve in northwest
China discovered a 3-billion-tonne coal reserve at Aiding Lake in its northwestern Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region.
China's airlines grow in first quarter
China's airline industry grew slightly and was profitable on aggregate in the first quarter thanks to government bail-outs and tax breaks for struggling carriers, according to Li Jiaxiang, vice-transport minister and administrator of the Civil Aviation Authority of China.
China's auto sales said to beat U.S. again
Preliminary figures show auto sales in China reached about 1.03 million units last month, exceeding United States sales for the third month in a row, state media reports said on Wednesday.
China's auto sales expected at 10.2 mln in 2009, association
China is expected to sell 10.2 million vehicles in 2009, up 8.7 percent year on year, according to the Chinese Association of Automobile Manufacturers (CAAM).
Hong Kong says prepared for RMB settlements pilot program
The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) government said Wednesday it was prepared for becoming the first city outside the Chinese mainland to operate a pilot program using Renminbi for trade settlements.