4/16/2009 1:35:00 PM
As of the end of 2008, more than 190 companies in China, including some foreign-funded firms, have published their annual corporate social responsibility (CSR) reports -- compared with 19 in 2006, according to China Business Council for Sustainable Development (CBCSD) at its annual conference this we…
4/15/2009 10:53:00 AM
The Vietnam Leather and Footwear Association is organizing a delegation of businesses to participate in the international Footwear Expo 2009 in Guangzhou, China, the Vietnam News Agency reported Tuesday. The three-day event, beginning June 2, would be a good opportunity for Vietnamese businesses to a…
4/14/2009 9:48:00 AM
The decline in inward foreign direct investment (FDI) began to show signs of easing in March, according to figures released by the Ministry of Commerce Monday.In March, actual FDI was $8.4 billion, down 9.5 percent from a year earlier but an improvement on the year-on-year decline of 15.8 percent in …
4/13/2009 1:58:00 PM
China will continue to implement a "moderatedly relaxed" monetary policy and keep sufficient liquidity in the banking system, the People´s Bank of China said on Sunday.The statement appeared to be the central bank´s response to new data released on Saturday, which showed…
4/13/2009 10:08:00 AM
More Chinese listed companies forecast profit plunges or losses for the first quarter at weekend following downbeat predictions published previously last week, showing the persistent impact of the global financial crisis. At least five listed companies will see net profits slump more than 50 percent …
4/7/2009 1:39:00 PM
Another Chinese delegation of businesses and industry leaders led by the Ministry of Commerce left for four European countries in early March for investment and economic cooperation. The new delegation, following purchases totaled more than 10 billion US dollars in Europe by a Chinese procurement del…
4/3/2009 1:19:00 PM
According to the statistics by Nanjing Customs, the textiles and garments exported via Jiangsu Port during the first two months of 2009 amounted to 250 million US dollars, down 19.4 percent compared with the same period last year. The exports in February totaled 93.33 million US dollars, down 40.8 pe…
4/3/2009 9:38:00 AM
CNTAC Statistics Center revealed that China´s yarn output totaled 21.49 million tons in 2008, increasing by 3.9 percent over the year-ago level; cloth output amounted to 71 billion meters, up 5.1 percent year-on-year. During the same period, the country yielded 24.15 million tons of chemica…
4/3/2009 9:36:00 AM
It is announced that ITMA ASIA+CITME will return to Shanghai in 2010 for second combined showcase. The exhibition will be held at the Shanghai New International Expo Center (SNIEC) from 22 to 26 June 2010. The show owners and organizers are confident that with the experience already gained by the tea…
4/2/2009 1:52:00 PM
China textile industry realized 272.44 billion yuan (39.89 billion US dollars) in fixed-asset investment for 2008, and the growth rate was 6.75%, 18.99 percentage points slower than the year-ago level, or 18.75 percentage points lower than that of the country’s overall investment on fixed assets dur…
