 More help for private sector firms
Authorities in Zhejiang province will provide more fiscal and policy support for SMEs and the private sector in a bid to counter the effects of the financial crisis, a senior official said Wednesday. |
Samsung ordered to pay $7.3 million
Samsung Electronics has been ordered to pay 50 million yuan ($7.3 million) in compensation to a Hangzhou firm for an infringement of its intellectual property rights, Sohu.com reported on Monday. |
Deloitte opens office in Hangzhou
Deloitte today announced the opening of an office in Hangzhou, bringing to 11 its total number of offices in China. |
Bad news, good news
Before his second year in college, Yang Qing majored in IT technology and knew nothing about finance. But now he is plugging away at financial courses including asset management. |
Alibaba.com 3rd-quarter profits surge 49 percent
Alibaba.com Ltd, the mainland's top e-commerce firm, said its third-quarter profits soared 49 percent as a growing number of smaller businesses worldwide turned to the cyber-market to buy and sell products to cut costs. |
Measures must protect the poor
The aim of measures to shore up the real estate market is not to save property developers, but rather, to protect the interests of ordinary people, says an article in People's Daily. The following is an excerpt: |
Alibaba Group merges online auction, ad units
China's largest e-commerce company, the Alibaba Group, said here on Thursday it was combining the operations of two of its major units. |
China Silk Town honored with national title
In 2008, China Silk Town, Hangzhou city, was named one of the “Top 50 textile and clothes wholesales markets of China”. |
Zhejiang may legalize underground private lending business
In the most sweltering month of the year in Zhejiang province, Fang Peilin rushes around for business like a cat on hot tin roof. |
New nirvana
The saying goes: "In the sky, paradise is heaven, and on earth, it's Suzhou or Hangzhou." |
Vice Premier urges Chinese firms to adjust to change
Vice Premier Li Keqiang has urged the country's enterprises to raise their international competitiveness by speeding up transformation and adjustment in line with the changing domestic and global economic situation. |
Residents welcome wireless Hangzhou
When fully implemented by 2010, the broadband metropolitan area will cover Hangzhou and its suburbs, enabling civil administrative services such as parking lot charges to be paper-free. |
Solar strategy
Diversification seems to be an odd word for Nan Cunhui, who has been focusing on producing electrical apparatus for over two decades. |
Wedding bells ring up business in Hangzhou
The popularity of Chinese basketball star Yao Ming has reached far beyond the basketball court - even to where he took wedding photos with his wife Ye Li. |
Bridge construction
Construction has begun on the second bridge spanning Hangzhou Bay, which links Zhejiang province's Jiaxing and Shaoxing cities. |
Alibaba forms alliance with India's Infomedia
China's B2B e-commerce portal alibaba.com has entered into a long-term strategic partnership with Infomedia, India's largest yellow pages and special interest publishing company, Alibaba announced on Tuesday. |
Hangzhou discusses economic co-op with Dubai
Delegates from government and business sectors of eastern China's Hangzhou city and Dubai met in Dubai Monday to discuss ways for boosting economic cooperation between the two cities. |
Customs officials nab illegal grain exports
Customs authorities have stepped up efforts to block illegal grain exports by traders hoping to cash in on high international prices. |
Experts propose further industrialization of animations
China's cartoon and animation industry has developed rapidly in the past 30 years, but it needs more to catch up with advanced countries. |
Flea market in trunks
Dozens of local citizens sold a variety of their unused items from the trunks of sedans in Hangzhou, the capital of eastern China's Zhejiang Province. Although such "garage sales" are common occurrences in western countries they are rare in China. |
