Chinese Premier Li Keqiang visits the Shanghai pilot free trade zone in Shanghai, east China, April 10, 2018. Li made a two-day inspection that ended Wednesday to the municipality. (Xinhua/Wang Ye) BEIJING, April 11 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Premier Li Keqiang ... ( read original story ...)
Heritage minister gets assurances from China on protection of intellectual property
Heritage Minister Mélanie Joly said she and dozens of Canadian cultural organizations in China have been given assurances on protection of intellectual property should they enter the Chinese market. Canadian companies have raised concerns repeatedly with ... ( read original story ...)
China Construction Bank opens a branch managed by robots
China Construction Bank (CCB), the nation’s second largest lender by assets, opened one in Shanghai this week, run by pure technology including facial recognition (FR), artificial intelligent (AI) and virtual reality (VR). Hyped as a first for the ... ( read original story ...)
Shanghai new home sales down 44% in Q1
[Photo/China Daily] SHANGHAI - New house sales in Shanghai fell 44.2 percent in the first quarter of this year as a spate of measures to rein in the property sector took effect. New home sales totalled 842,300 square meters in the financial and business ... ( read original story ...)
China will link its stock market to London this year
Yi Gang, governor of the People's Bank of China, confirmed the timetable for the London-Shanghai Stock Connect in a speech on Wednesday. The project is modeled on mechanisms that already link Hong Kong's market to exchanges in Shanghai and Shenzhen. ( read original story ...)
China Adds Flesh to Bones of Plan for Big Bang Financial Opening
Stocks in Shanghai rose as concern over the U.S.-China trade dispute eased. Hong Kong Exchanges & Clearing Ltd., operator of the city’s bourse, gained as much as 3.7 percent. “China is set to accelerate efforts to open up its financial sector ... ( read original story ...)
The world’s biggest automated port terminal opens in Shanghai as it gears up to handle 6.3 million shipping containers weighing up to 136 MILLION tonnes a year
The giant new addition covers 2.23 million square metres and has a ... but also reduces carbon emissions by up to 10 per cent,' Chen Wuyuan, president of Shanghai International Port Group, told Chinese state media. Port worker Huang Hua, 36, drove cranes ... ( read original story ...)