Participants pose for a group photo on the first day of the China (Rizhao) International Sun Culture Forum in Rizhao, Shandong province on Sept 26. On the third day of the forum, a foreign delegation, including the deputy mayor of Delphi, Greece, a parliamentarian from Cuzco, Peru, a diplomat from t...

Energy company sees opportunity on the horizon as 'going out' strategy harvests rich dividendsCEFC China Energy Co is a private enterprise aiming to serve the national industrial interest by building a modernized and internationally competitive corporation that expands cooperation in the internation...

Alibaba Group Holding Ltd said on Thursday that it will create another online shopping event in the next two months to tap further into rural consumption. The e-commerce giant, which generated a gross merchandise volume of 91.2 billion yuan ($14.3 billion) in the 24-hour sales event on Wednesday, sa...

Data from the National Bureau of Statistics show GDP in the first three quarters grew 6.9 percent year-on-year to reach 48.78 trillion yuan ($7.67 trillion), the first time it fell below 7 percent since June 2009. The third-quarter growth of 6.9 percent lightly beats expectation signaling an overall...

Rizhao Port in the eastern province of Shandong aims to become the country's largest terminal for crude oil imports, and a key participant in the nation's energy security drive, by expanding and bringing in strategic investors.The National Development and Reform Commission, the top economic planner,...