 China on the road to low-carbon economy
As a responsible developing country, China has internalized low-carbon economy into its overall development strategy and is making unremitting efforts to realize objectives of temperature control and sustainable development. |
Zhejiang producer conducts trial use of H1N1 vaccine
Zhejiang Tianyuan Bio-Pharmaceutical, Hangzhou-based vaccine producer, has been conducting clinical trial use of H1N1 flu vaccine designed for children between 6 to 35 months old. |
Cities hooked on land fees
Hangzhou, Shanghai and Beijing had the highest land-transferring fees. |
Zhejiang Week opens in Hong Kong
HONG KONG: Representatives from the mainland's eastern manufacturing powerhouse of Zhejiang are in Hong Kong this week to promote business cooperation between the affluent province and the Special Administrative Region at various venues in the city. |
Jumeirah signs hotel in Hangzhou
Jumeirah Group is to manage a luxury hotel in the Yangtze River Delta tourism hub of Hangzhou, China, according to an agreement between GT Land Holdings Limited and Jumeirah Group, which was signed at a ceremony held in Hangzhou in December, 2009. |
Li consummates his love of Volvo
To Li Shufu, chairman of Zhejiang Geely Holdings Group, his pursuit of Swedish luxury brand Volvo is the story of a swain courting a princess. |
China tightens rules for second home mortgage
China will take measures to curb the rapidly increasing housing prices, including introducing a strict mortgage loans policy for second homes, said Jiang Weixin, minister for Housing and Urban-Rural Development. It is understood that "family" is strictly identified as the unit for the second home standard. |
China's leading companies present at World Future Energy Summit in Abu Dhabi
Leading companies and organizations from all across China, from Beijing, Shanghai, and Changzhou, to Wuxi, Ningbo, and Hangzhou will be participating in the World Future Energy Summit which is now in its third year and will be held from 18-21 January 2010, in Abu Dhabi, with a particularly strong level of participation from the solar energy sector. |
Trade volume sets new record at China's largest small commodities market
The trade volume at the Yiwu market in east China's Zhejiang Province, the country's largest distribution center for small commodities, had set a new record in 2009 despite the global financial downturn, local authorities said Friday. |
Affordability crisis leaves many out in the cold
White collar workers find it tough getting on the urban housing ladder |
UTStarcom gets $140M for China branch
UTStarcom reached an agreement with Zhongnan Group to sell its R&D facility in Hangzhou, China for $140 million, or $132 million after taxes. |
Consumer spending fuels retail expansion
European fashion retailers are accelerating business expansion in China thanks to the nation's increasing number of fashion-conscious consumers. |
Life insurers rake in 64.2b yuan in November
China's life insurance companies saw their premium income jump by 48.52 percent year-on-year to 64.2 billion yuan in November marking the largest increase this year, the industry regulator said at the weekend. |
Residential land supply increases
Home prices in major Chinese cities continued to grow, while the supply of residential land also increased, though at a slower pace, according to a real estate sector report published on Dec 8. |
Hangzhou Special: Traditional Hangzhou wants more trendy souvenirs
An international design competition, organized by the Tiangong Art Gallery Co Ltd, was launched last month in the famed tourist city Hangzhou with attractive prize money offered to draw creative ideas on souvenirs that best represent the city. |
China's billionaire to watch
After his Geely Automobile reported 2009 sales that exceeded expectations and forecast further growth for 2010, its stock price soared. The chairman of this Hangzhou-based carmaker with overseas aspirations is now worth more than $2 billion, up from $1.3 billion since the November publication of Forbes' list of China's richest people. |
Taobao to crack down counterfeits
Taobao.com will spend 100 million yuan in fighting against counterfeit products to make e-commerce safer, according to a report by the National Business Daily. |
Hangzhou economy has apparent recover
Since the second quarter of this year, Hangzhou's economy has had an apparent rebound, with sound results of all items, and enterprises confidence has been resumed. |
2009 Hangzhou Leisure Shopping Festival kicks off
Hangzhou is set to be hit with a consumption boom as the 2009 Hangzhou Leisure Shopping Festival kicked off last Saturday. |
Chinese businessmen hit by Dubai property crunch
When many mega-constructions, including the world's tallest building Dubai Tower, kept on rising from the sands in the Middle East, Chinese investors' confidence had been sky high on Dubai property market as well. |
