China Focus: China clarifies new five-year plan at key forum
Chinese policymakers illustrated how to carry out the newly released 13th Five-Year Plan, showing confidence on sustained growth in the next five years at a forum.
Industries
China's industrial profits return to growth
Profits of China's major industrial firms rose 4.8 percent year on year in the first two months of 2016, reversing the downward trend of last year, official data showed Sunday.
Financials
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China expands VAT pilot program to all industries
China's financial and taxation authorities announced it would expand its VAT pilot program to all industries in order to deepen the country's fiscal and taxation reform.
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Premier meets IMF chief on financial issues
Premier Li Keqiang met with managing director of the IMF Christine Lagarde on Monday, promising to press ahead with financial market reform.
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Companies
Chinese aircraft manufacturer uses big data to build safer planes
A Chinese aircraft manufacturer is using big data and cloud technology to build safer airplanes.
ZTE to continue to work with U.S. after sanction lifted
Chinese telecom equipment maker ZTE Corp.said it will continue to work with the U.S. government to be fully removed from the Entity List.
Alibaba 2016 fiscal year GMV exceeds 3 trillion yuan
Alibaba Group on Monday said its gross merchandise volume (GMV) for the 2016 fiscal year had exceeded 3 trillion yuan (463 billion U.S. dollars).
