Archive for May, 2010
China’s Sepco lowest bidder for Saudi power plant
A group led by China’s Sepco III Electric Power Construction has made the lowest bid of $2.44 billion to build a 2,400 megawatt power plant in Saudi Arabia, two industry sources said Saturday. The group, which also ... Read More
FT: PetroChina world’s most valuable company
For the first time, a Chinese company has overtaken Exxon Mobil as the world’s most valuable company, according to a ranking released by Financial Times May 30. PetroChina, China’ biggest oil and gas producer, made ... Read More
FTZ to produce hefty benefits
While regional integration is breaking down the walls dividing adjacent countries, free trade is thickening the web of their economic interdependence between them with potential benefits. After concluding their third round of ... Read More
Bigger say in price discovery
China must focus its efforts on extracting a higher price for its exports at a time when global inflation is inevitable China’s lack of pricing power in fierce international trade has become the top concern at a time when ... Read More
Nations map out shared vision of future relations
China, Japan and the Republic of Korea (ROK) are expected to remove obstacles to trade and to promote further cooperation among the three nations, following the release of a blueprint for the next decade during the third ... Read More
Kiln using slave labor raided in Hebei
Black brick kilns with slave-like laborers have resurfaced in China, as 34 migrant workers were set free by a police raid in Hebei province, local media reported on Sunday. A total of 11 suspects including the kiln’s ... Read More
Experts call for affirmative action for farmers as wealth gap widens
A national think tank official said at a gathering of county officials from Sichuan Province Saturday that the local and central governments should make continuously boosting farmers’ incomes a priority, as urban and ... Read More
Watch foreign investment in vulnerable vegetable markets
China’s vegetable prices have soared in the last few weeks, and foreign capital is looking to take advantage. An international private equity investment bank, the Blackstone Group, recently injected capital into the China ... Read More
Chinese PLA senior officer leaves for Tanzania after visit to Angola
Chen Bingde, chief of the general staff of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army, left for Tanzania on Saturday after a three-day friendly visit to Angola. During his visit to Luanda, Chen met with Angolan President Jose ... Read More
Heilongjiang leases land, grows crops in Russia
Northeast China’s Heilongjiang province has leased 426,667 hectares of land in Russia to grow crops, the provincial agriculture commission said on Friday. As China’s northernmost province, Heilongjiang shares a ... Read More
Angolan president meets with China’s PLA senior officer
Angolan President Jose Eduardo dos Santos on Friday held talks with visiting Chief of the General Staff of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army Chen Bingde, officials with the military delegation told Xinhua. Welcoming ... Read More
Chinese firms told to invest more in Africa
Chinese companies have been told to shift their investment focus from infrastructure and energy resources to Africa’s agricultural and manufacturing sectors. “Chinese companies can explore more opportunities in ... Read More
3 kidnapped Chinese freed in Niger Delta
Three kidnapped Chinese technicians were freed on early Saturday morning in the Niger Delta region of Nigeria, an official from the Chinese Consulate General in Lagos said. The three male technicians, who worked for a Nigerian ... Read More