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China will strengthen its protection of intellectual property rights (IPRs), in a bid to improve the nation's capacity for innovation, said senior figures from six ministries and administrations.
A senior executive from the China Kweichow Moutai Distillery Co Ltd - the maker of one of nation's most famous alcoholic drinks - has responded to criticism that the iconic beverage costs twice as much in China as it does overseas.
Skin care and beauty salon visits used to be the preserve of high-ranking career women or rich housewives in their 30s or 40s, but now the average age of women who visit beauty parlors is falling.
A growing number of companies are moving to China's western or central areas because of rapidly rising labor costs elsewhere, according to a report released by Aon Hewitt, a global human capital consulting company.
The rising price of land in China is prompting foreign private equity firms to cast an eye at the nation's funeral industry.
A boss at Beijing's famous Silk Market on Wednesday dismissed a United States trade report that accuses the mall of being "notorious" for fake goods.
China is to build its first outdoor production base in the western region, near the Three Gorges, given the booming demand and availability of local labor and capital resources.
Labor shortages in China are back in the headlines. But this year, the story has a new twist: Companies in central and western China have also entered the labor-grabbing fray.
A courtyard house next to Beihai Park that was once part of a Qing dynasty palace is being advertised online for 420 million yuan and attracting the interest of State-owned enterprises.
| Name | Value | Change | Time |
| Shanghai | 2,794.27 | -0.58% | Thur |
| Shenzhen | 12,392.93 | -0.26% | Thur |
| HSI | 22,530.18 | +0.06% | Thur |
| NIKKEI | 10,071.14 | -0.11% | Thur |
| Dow | 12,719.49 | +0.74% | Thur |
| Nasdaq | 2,872.66 | +1.36% | Thur |