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BEIJING — Premier Li Keqiang will hold a roundtable meeting with leaders of six major international economic and financial institutions in Beijing on Sept 12, Foreign Ministry spokesperson Geng Shuang said on Sept 6. The six leaders are World Bank Group President Jim Yong Kim, International Monetary Fund Managing Director Christine Lagarde, World Trade Organization …

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Liu Baocheng, an expert on rural reform, says that while there are many reasons to explain why China is paying so much attention to agricultural transformation, one in particular stands out. “Right now the reality is that we need to feed 1.4 billion people. That is a big task for food security,” the dean of …

AGRICULTURAL REFORM IMPORTANT TO FEED GROWING POPULATION (07-09-2017) Read More »

Commerce and Industry Minister Shri Suresh Prabhu went live on social media to address the startup community in India. He appreciated the role of startups in building economy and society and congratulated the startup community. He said that world around is changing fast and startups are poised not only to take advantage of change but …

COMMERCE & INDUSTRY MINISTER SHRI SURESH PRABHU’S MESSAGE TO STARTUP COMMUNITY IN INDIA (07-09-2017) Read More »

On Sept 6 at the State Council executive meeting, Premier Li Keqiang said made-in-China products should be not only competitive in value, but also competitive in quality. He noted as an example an incident he witnessed abroad more than 20 years ago. “A nice porcelain plate was in the production line. The inspector smashed it …

PREMIER: MADE-IN-CHINA PRODUCTS TO BECOME MORE COMPETITIVE (08-09-2017) Read More »

Commerce Minister Suresh Prabhu meets counterpart in move to address bilateral trade deficit In a bid to reduce the huge bilateral trade deficit with China, which, in the last fiscal, was a whopping $51 billion, the Centre has now sought greater investments from Chinese firms including in India’s export-focused Special Economic Zones (SEZ). In a …

INDIA SEEKS MORE CHINESE INVESTMENTS (09-09-2017) Read More »

NEW DELHI: With India’s trade deficit with China in danger of steadily expanding, newly minted Commerce and Industries minister Suresh Prabhu said on Saturday that the two countries have agreed to set up industry specific working groups which will help increasing Indian exports. “Concerned about growing trade deficit with China, we agreed to set up …

INDIA, CHINA TO SET UP JOINT WORKING GROUPS TO BRIDGE TRADE DEFICIT (10-09-2017) Read More »

Editor’s Note: The bike-sharing industry has brought many lifestyle changes in China. But also importantly, the business has inspired entrepreneurs in other industries. From basketball to umbrella, let’s take a look at what’s hot in the booming sharing sector. Bike-sharing While bike-sharing is no rarity in other parts of the world, the Chinese version has …

WHAT’S HOT IN CHINA’S SHARING ECONOMY (11-09-2017) Read More »

The launching of work on the 500-km Mumbai-Ahmedabad line, India’s first HSR line set to be completed by 2023, is the highlight of the Japanese PM’s India visit, which kicks off in Gujarat today. HIGHLIGHTS Beijing said it stands ready to take forward cooperation with India China already carrying out feasibility studies for 2 HSR …

MUMBAI-AHMEDABAD BULLET TRAIN: CHINA SAYS ‘READY’ FOR HIGH-SPEED RAIL PROJECTS IN INDIA, ‘PLEASED’ TO SEE JAPAN RAIL (13-09-2017) Read More »

Kolkata, Sep 23 (PTI) China and India are working together to “take forward” their relationship leaving behind the Dokalam episode, the Chinese Consul General here has said. Chinese Consul General Ma Zhanwu also asserted that by working together cooperation and exchanges can be further enhanced. “India and China are working together. Prime Minister Narendra Modi and President …

WORKING WITH INDIA TO TAKE TIES FORWARD POST-DOKALAM: CHINA (23-09-2017) Read More »

The State Council has released a plan to build a national technology transfer system. A national technology transfer system is conducive to capitalization and industrialization of sci-tech achievements and innovative development in China, the circular stated. It sets a target of building a basic national technology transfer system and a market of technologies by 2020, …

CHINESE GOVERNMENT PLANS TO BUILD NATIONAL TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER SYSTEM (26-09-2017) Read More »