Archive for February, 2008
US, China differ only in approach to resolving Darfur crisis
Visiting Chinese government’s special representative for Darfur, Liu Guijin, said Wednesday that the US and Chinese governments had no differences in principle regarding their policies on the Darfur crisis and yet ... Read More
Envoy praises Chinese peacekeepers in Darfur
Visiting Chinese special envoy for Sudan’s Darfur Liu Guijin on Tuesday lauded the performance of a 140-member Chinese peacekeeping engineering unit deployed in Darfur’s capital Nyala, and affirming the other ... Read More
Steel sector rationalization moves forward with merger
Officials in Shandong Province announced personnel changes at two of China’s largest steel makers that will pave the way for a merger, part of the larger rationalization of the steel industry. Analysts say the new ... Read More
Chalco to bid for parent’s stakes in subsidiaries
Aluminum Corp of China Ltd, or Chalco, is vying to buy 4.175 billion yuan worth of equity stakes in six sister firms from its parent Chinalco, in a move to consolidate the nation’s aluminum processing ... Read More
SEPA shifts policy focus to incentives
Editor’s note: The State Environmental Protection Administration (SEPA) is taking on polluting manufacturers from a new angle. SEPA is trying to shift from unenforceable administrative orders to a policy approach ... Read More
Sinosteel plans share sale to fund asset buys
Sinosteel Corp is likely to sell yuan-backed shares in Shanghai in the third quarter of this year to raise about 12 billion yuan (US$1.68 billion), industry sources said yesterday. Sinosteel has picked underwriters ... Read More
S Darfur’s security, humanitarian situations stable
South Darfur’s Acting Governor Farah Mushtafa Tuesday told visiting Chinese special envoy for Darfur Liu Guijin that the security and humanitarian situations in South Darfur were stable and making ... Read More
China rounds out aid to Darfur
The last batch of China’s 80 million yuan humanitarian aid for Darfur was delivered to the Sudanese side yesterday. The last shipment, which arrived at Sudan Port on January 10, includes tents, mosquito nets and ... Read More
China envoy: more humanitarian aid to Darfur
The Chinese government’s special representative for Darfur, Liu Guijin, Monday pledged China will provide more humanitarian assistance to people in Sudan’s western region of Darfur. “Our government is ... Read More
China, Algeria to strengthen cooperation in housing sector
China and Algeria agreed to step up cooperation in the housing sector here on Monday during talks between China’s Minister of Construction Wang Guangtao and Algerian Prime Minister Abdelaziz Belkhadem. Belkhadem ... Read More
IFC backs Industrial Bank on green loans
The International Financial Corporation (IFC), a member of the World Bank Group, will provide a $100 million risk-sharing facility to the Industrial Bank to support green loans in China. Yesterday’s deal is the ... Read More
China, Zambia sign $200m contracts
Visiting Chinese trade delegation in Lusaka, capital of Zambia, on Monday signed with local enterprises a basket of contracts, buying goods worth $200 million. Entrepreneurs from both China and Zambia also hammered out ... Read More
Chinese Dam Builder Wins African Contract
A construction deal for a new sewage system in Malabo, the capital of Equatorial Guinea, is the latest example of Chinese business expansion in Africa. Compiled by Caijing staff Three Gorges project leader China Gezhouba ... Read More