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Over 75 pct of Chinese listed firms report profit growth: report

Steady increases in the net profit of listed firms were mainly attributed to the substantial growth in revenue from main businesses, higher gross profit margin of key p

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China to introduce strong financial measures to help smaller firms tide over difficulties

China will roll out a set of strong financial policies, including encouraging financial institutions to provisionally defer loan payments and increasing lending at con

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State Council unveils new measures to mitigate coronavirus impact on Chinese economy

China will issue 500-billion-yuan (about 71.2 billion U.S. dollars) reloan and rediscount quotas to give backing to small and medium-sized banks in their credit support

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Most foreign-funded enterprises resume work in Chinese manufacturing hub

About 91 percent of the top 300 foreign-funded import and export enterprises in the southern Chinese city of Dongguan, the country's manufacturing hub, had resumed wor

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Across China: Chinese pick up extracurricular skills amid epidemic

Sand performer Hu Shui makes video of her sand painting themmed on the epidemic fight in China on Feb 13, 2020. (Provided by Hu Shui)A majority of Chinese canceled thei

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Economic Watch: China witnesses robust culture, tourism consumption

Nighttime activities and cultural tours boomed in China in 2019 and drove the development of China's culture and travel consumption, according to a series of reports r

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China remains attractive to foreign capital despite epidemic: official

The Ministry of Commerce (MOC) said Friday that China still has advantages in attracting overseas investment as the impacts of the ongoing novel coronavirus epidemic wo

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China Focus: Travelers, businesses still confident in China's epidemic-hit tourism

Chinese travelers and businesses have expressed confidence in the development of the country's tourism industry, although it was hit hard by the coronavirus outbreak.

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Electricity transfer volume surges in NW China's Xinjiang

Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region has transferred 10.14 billion kWh of electricity to other regions since the start of this year, a year-on-year surge

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China sees steady FDI inflow in January

Foreign direct investment (FDI) into the Chinese mainland saw steady growth in January as authorities pledged better services and environment for foreign-funded enterpr

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Investment banks: Coronavirus to largely affect China's Q1 GDP growth

Global investment banks believe the impact of the coronavirus on China's economy will largely be in the first quarter of 2020, if the outbreak is contained by the end o

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Coronavirus hits auto sales, demand may recover in Q2: report

China's auto production and sales have taken a hard hit from the novel coronavirus pneumonia outbreak, but analysts largely expect a pick-up in demand in the second qu

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China's CPI up in January

A citizen buys vegetables at a supermarket in Handan City, north China's Hebei Province, Jan. 9, 2020. (Photo by Hu Gaolei/Xinhua)Food prices was up 20.6 percent year o

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China's airports driving digital expansion

China’s civil aviation industry is driving new developments in digital innovation, according to the country's civil aviation authorities. China's major airlines and 22

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Unrest-hit Hong Kong economy slips 1.2 pct in 2019

The Hong Kong economy declined 1.2 percent year-on-year in 2019, the first annual contraction over the past decade, as months-long unrest and chaos dealt a crushing blo

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Hong Kong reports biggest annual exports decline since 2009

Hong Kong witnessed the biggest decline in annual goods exports last year, weighed on by a lackluster global economy, official data showed Thursday. The value of total

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Beijing's retail sales up 4.4 pct in 2019

Beijing's retail sales of consumer goods, a major indicator of consumption growth, totaled some 1.23 trillion yuan (about 178.7 billion U.S. dollars) in 2019, up 4.4 p