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China reports sufficient vegetable supplies but higher prices

China's vegetable supplies were generally sufficient despite an uptick in prices, according to data from the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs. China currently

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Costco to open second store in Chinese mainland

U.S. retail giant Costco on Wednesday confirmed a plan to open a second store on Chinese mainland, which will be in Shanghai. On Tuesday, the subsidiary of Costco, Pud

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China offers targeted financing support for virus-hit small firms

China has stepped up targeted financing support for epidemic-stricken small and micro-enterprises, the country's banking regulator said Friday. Banks have offered more

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China's banks offer 350-bln-yuan credit support for epidemic control

China's banks had provided over 349 billion yuan (about 50.06 billion U.S. dollars) of credit support as of Tuesday noon to help companies restore production amid the fight against the novel coronavi

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China reports stable daily necessities supplies in key supermarkets

A Ministry of Commerce (MOC) report covering 20 key supermarket enterprises in 34 major Chinese cities showed sufficient daily necessities supplies on Feb. 10. On the

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Big wholesale markets, supermarket stores return to business

Many big farm produce wholesale markets and supermarket chains returned to normal operation on Monday, an official with the Ministry of Commerce said.Fifty big wholesale markets of agricultural pr

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China Eximbank waives loan interest charges for small businesses hit hard by virus

The Export-Import Bank of China (China Eximbank) announced Friday that medium-sized, small, micro enterprises of wholesale, retail, logistics and transportation sector

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China moves to ensure resumption of work goes smoothly: MOC

The Ministry of Commerce (MOC) has issued a circular urging local departments to support commercial enterprises with epidemic control and prevention conditions to resu

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China encourages supermarkets, grocery stores to resume operation

China has encouraged dealers of daily necessities to resume operation to meet increasing demand in cities amid the epidemic outbreak, according to the Ministry of Comm

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Asia's largest flower market in SW China suspends operation

Citizens select flowers at China's largest fresh flower wholesale market Dounan in Kunming, capital of southwest China's Yunnan Province, July 9, 2019. (Xinhua/Qin Qing

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Daily necessities supplies remain ample in China amid coronavirus outbreak: MOC

The supplies of daily necessities across the country remained ample with stable prices amid the novel coronavirus outbreak in China, the Ministry of Commerce (MOC) sai

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Vegetables and food well supplied in Beijing during coronavirus scare

02:09 Beijing has lessened a temporary vegetable shortage and is making efforts to ensure an abundant supply of food and other daily necessities for local people, as part of efforts fo

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Carriers ‘violated federal law’ by selling your location data, FCC tells Congress

More than a year and a half after wireless carriers were caught red-handed selling the real-time location data of their customers to anyone willing to pay for it, the FCC has determined that they comm

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More Chinese provinces postpone business operations for coronavirus control

More Chinese provinces and municipalities have postponed business operations of enterprises in an effort to curb the spread of the novel coronavirus. In northeast Chin

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Timeline: Coronavirus around the world

Scroll left and right to see how the 2019 novel coronavirus spread. Early December 2019:The first cases of the 2019 novel coronavirus (2

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Wuhan seafood market may not be only source of novel coronavirus: expert

The seafood market in Wuhan, central China's Hubei Province, may not be the only source of the novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) outbreak, according to a Chinese pulmonary

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Coronavirus 'not yet' a global emergency, says WHO

A police officer walks in front of Huanan Seafood Wholesale market in Wuhan, where the coronavirus was detected. (Credit: Hector Retamal/ AFP) Cases of the new coronavirus are likely to contin