Consumer inflation jumps 6.9 percent in November

2007-12-11 10:36:33

China's consumer price index (CPI) jumped by 6.9 percent in November due to rising food prices, the National Bureau of Statistics said on Tuesday.

China lets foreign investors buy more

2007-12-11 15:17:31

The government said Monday it will triple the limit for purchases of local shares by foreign institutional investors.

CFFEX approves 13 new members

2007-12-11 10:39:46

The China Financial Futures Exchange announced the fourth group of members on Monday, bringing its member brokers to a total 52.

Profit pinch may hit lenders

2007-12-11 09:56:59

A tight monetary policy could see the average annual profit growth of banks dip to around 45 percent next year, analysts said.

QFII quotas lifted to $30 billion

2007-12-10 14:39:18

China plans to triple the quota for foreign investors to invest in the country's stock and bond market under its qualified foreign institutional investors (QFII) scheme.

New fund to be launched soon

2007-12-10 15:21:47

UBS SDIC Fund Management Co Ltd announced that its seventh fund was recently given the green light by the China Securities Regulatory Commission.

CITIC Securities to inject $425m into HK unit

2007-12-10 14:29:50

CITIC Securities plans to inject $425 million into its Hong Kong unit after buying out its minority shareholders.

Bank reserve ratio raised by 1%

2007-12-08 16:30:30

China will raise the reserve requirement ratio by one percentage point for commercial banks in an effort to cool the booming economy.

SMEs seek more fund sources

2007-12-10 10:22:31

China's capital market is still maturing and banks favor big borrowers - those are the oft-repeated explanations why China's small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) suffer from a lack of capital.